Twas the week before Christmas

Well you just don't realise how fast time fly. Another year has nearly passed today is Friday and Christmas is next Thursday.
Last Sunday which was the day after jolly boys might I add! I woke up with the worst hangover I've ever had! And I decided to take Hollie and Nolan into town to get a few presents I had to collect which turned out to be the best cure for my hangover!
We all got wrapped up and got the tram as far a Wilkinson street tram stop. The reason being u had left my car there on Saturday to go on the jolly boys. Then we drove into town and parked in vic centre carpark.
OK so this bloody blogger app has crashed on me twice now and I've lost lots of text grrrrrrrrr

Memories not to forget

Well I dread to think how long it's been since my last blog but today I've had an idea that will hopefully help me in my old age or if I have a bump on the head!

Every now and then a memory pops up out of nowhere! And wouldn't it be sad if those nice memories of usually loved ones that have passed get more distant and grainy to the point of lucky if you remember them at all!

Which is why I'm creating this post so I can keep adding little snippits is that spelt right? Snip it's? Anyway I'm going to try and remember that when one of them pops up to edit this post and add it.

I'm sure it will be nice when I'm old to look back and go "oh yeah I'd forgotten about that". So that's what this is I just hope I remember that I've done it! Lol.

Today's snipit is of when I was about 12 and I spent a couple of weeks with my grandparents in hinckley Gaston and Joan. The reason it came back to me was because my dad was explaining to me the different types of rock and roll and the types of dancing they do to the types of music and he showed me a clip on you tube of people dancing called strolling.

Which brought up this snipit of me with my grandma and grandad at the sweet pea club where they used to go ballroom dancing and I would sit and watch them with my lemonade and packet of mini cheddars. And after a while my grandad would have to stop as he had a bad heart so grandma would have to go and dance with another man!

http://rodsbowlsclubs.yolasite.com/hinckley-sweet-pea-leics.php.

Yesterday's snipit was a little different slightly weird but in a nice way.

I was driving home from work and for some reason Steve hurt popped into my head and I just felt that I needed to phone his mum Jane! It was like I was phoning on behalf of him if that makes sense. Weird I know but that's how it was.
I called but Jane was driving so she text me with a preset text then we spoke later that night. I didn't mention at the time as it felt a little weird to say over the phone.
But today I text her and explained in a nice way so not to upset her what had happened.  Which them brought me onto my snipit that Steve used to call me on his way home from work or if he had just landed back in the UK.

God I miss his calls we used to have a right good laugh together memories that hopefully I'll never forget (unless I have a bump on the head ) and as I'm writing this I hear his voice saying that last sentence at the same time as me just like he used to almost like finishing the sentence off together.

It's funny how writing things that your thinking makes you feel emotional but better at the same time like right now I'm recapping on the times we had together and the laughs and jokes.

Another snipit that always makes me laugh was when Steve was in hq talking to me about a psychic reading he had and we was talking about ghosts and things and he said if he dies first he'll come back and tell me and made a ghostly hoo hoooo noise.  Anyway after he had passed away and Ian and me went round to see Jane we were stood in her kitchen and the wind blew the blinds in Jane kitchen and clattered and Ian shit himself and I smiled to myself and thought yep that was Steve!

New arrival!

Well yet again it's been too long since my last post so here it is news of a new member to the Inman foundation ! Its a ......Dog! Yep a dog I never thought I would see the day! I always wanted o e when I was a kid but wasn't allowed but now we've got one! We travelled all the way up north Yorkshire to get her from a breeder in Whitby. She's not the colour that we wanted but I picked her the same as I would a car! Sounds odd but hear me out. When buying a car it needs to have good service history, the same as a dog it needs to have come from a good background of blood line's. A car needs to look in good condition as does a dog it needs to look healthy. And last but not least colour yea it's nice to pick a car in the colour you like but if you find one with better history and condition ect then it's a small sacrifice to make to get a good one.

And we have, she was toilet trained within a couple of weeks and weaned onto the food we want her to have. Shes a lovely fussy dog but she has been a bit nippy which I'm hoping is just down to teething and being young but she has seemed to calm down a lot since her baby teeth have dropped out.

We have brought her on the understanding that she is a working cocker spaniel but due to her colour liver and white everyone says she's a Springer but I have papers for her and like I said we brought her from a reputable breeder.

She loves going out exploring and getting mucky! It's good for us all as a family to go out with her out in the fresh air. She's still young so she gets tired after about an hour but soon enough she will out walk us! Apparently you just can't tire them out!

Kids are doing fine well 3 out of the 5 and growing so fast Nolan is walking and Hollies is so clever for her age. Ethan is still doing great at school and now he goes to cricket practice every week and he loves it.

I'm not going to say I won't leave it as long for the next post as I can't seem to keep that promise!
So whenever!

Chow

Christmas Eve eve!

Well it's just 2 more sleeps to go and we are just about set for Christmas all the pressies are wrapped (except sallys I've got to do that) we've got all the meat and veg and little treats. We're having lamb for dinner got a lovely lean leg. The kids are getting excited and I can't wait for Ethan to see what we've got him!

I had a trip into town on Saturday to get sallys Christmas presents on my own which was weird not having kids to keep an eye on! Town was rammed! I got the tram from work and then got off after and drove home which was quite stress free.

The week before last was Jolly Boyz Christmas Edition 2013 and we placed a photo of Steve hurt on the wall of dead legends in formans bar which was nice of the landlord as it's only for famous people.

The day was going so well until Steve Bailey and Paul Parkin thought it was a good idea to put a santa hat on top of the Brian Clough statue which resulted in Bailey falling off from having a leg up from Paul and broke his wrist and sprained the other one!
3 hours in a & E and then back out in the pub! Lol

I was out for the full day and felt surprisingly well for a 14hr session! Or should it be worryingly well? Lol

Earlier that week was Hollies first Christmas play which was great! Me and Sal were in the top balcony (vip roped off section of course!) and the view was great and Hollie kept waving at us during the show. She's a diamond x

Nolan has finished his second dose of antibiotics and fingers crossed I think he's almost fully recovered from his ear infection bless him.

Well I'll sign off with a few pictures from the last week or so

C

Nearly time for the big fat fella

Well Christmas is not far away only a few weeks we've got most of the presents still got a few more to get. It was Hollies 3rd birthday last week but unfortunately she's been really ill and Nolan has too. They've had a really bad cough for the last 3 weeks so we've had sleepless nights. So her birthday was a quiet one as she was so ill. I can't believe how quick she has grown up and what a lovely polite little girl she is. Don't get me wrong she can be a right little madam and when she's nice she's really nice but when she's bad she's a devil lol. Her talking is great and she has got so much confidence bless her I love her to bits. She's really into princess toys and clothes and pink things she's so girly!

Nolan is still being a lazy bones and not crawling but I'm sure when he does there will be no stopping him!
Ethan is still top of his class and doing fine and he's really into writing story's at the minute which is mostly about underpants and bogeys and all other funny boys things! He's asked for books for Christmas which is great for a lad his age and of course some games etc.

About 4 weeks ago me and Steven my nephew and my mate Ian went to the ice arena to see Micky Flanagan the comedian thanks to Irish John in his hospitality box with a fridge full of beer which was a great night! After the show we went round Nottingham for a few more just to finish us off! We went to cucamara which is a cocktail type of bar up hurts yard. Upon entering the bar we were greeted by a black barman with the biggest hands you've seen in your life! So we glanced through the menu and Ian asked the John coffee looking barman "have you got your own special drink?" The barman just smerked turned his back and began pouring  a lethal concoction of jack Daniels amureto cherry sours and coke and my god it was like rocket fuel but of course I had 3.
Then a kebab and a cab home followed by work the next morning which was fun!

Had a strange Steven hurt moment again! I went to the beer festival at the castle in November (thought I had blogged about it but I've just checked and I haven't) wow what a day that was lots of random ciders and Perry's and some nice food! And a scrap with some toffs but that's another story. Anyway me and Paul parkin were the last men standing and we went round notts and then round hucknall after and we went into h20 bar and there was a live band on and they played the song "littlest hobo" the song that was played at his funeral which really spun me out and brought a tear to my eye. I mean what's the chances of that song being played? I'm sure he's playing games with me.
And last week we went out for his birthday and again in h20 a killers song came on Mr bright side which was one of his favourite songs and one which most people relate to that as being his song. Weird but nice.

Well I think that's enough to read about for the time being on the day after the night Nelson Mandela died!

C

Quite recent since the last

Well not to long since my last blog! I was asked by my mate Ian a favour the other day one which quite frankly was out of the ordinary. Ian's father in law has a problem with drink. So obviously all of his family are worried about his health.
So I got a message from Ian asking me if I would go with him to see if we could talk some sense into him.

Now I've only met him one at Ian's wedding so it was a tough situation to be in as I was in his home telling him what to do with his life!
Who am I? Anyway it went really well as I seemed to have a calming affect on him. He seemed to talk to me in a different tone than how he spoke to Ian.

Anyway to cut a long story short we managed to get him to agree to have a assessment and if he passed then he would get a placement in priory (rehab)
Which is the best place to go and costs 3k a week!.

He promised that he would go.
It turned out the next day that he went to the assessment but then refused to go to rehab as 2 weeks was to long!
I really thought he wanted to stop drinking, I really thought that we had got on a level with him.

It was quite an experience talking to someone with problems and I felt like a councilor or social worker for a day. And looking back I quite enjoyed it. Don't get me wrong it was horrible seeing a grown man cry and being beheld to drink, but the feeling that I might of made a difference felt really good! Kind of doing a good deed for the day feeling?.

Family is doing fine Nolan is growing so fast and eating like its going out of fashion! Still no news from my other 2 boys, I emailed Callum a week a go but no reply :( I just told him that I love them both and think about them every day.

Well logging off for now and I'll add some photos when I sync them to my phone.

Oh yeah I took Hollie to the fair at Ilkeston the other week. Sally stayed at home with the other two as they had a bug. So I'll add some pics of that too!

Tot ta!

Long overdue blog!

Well the last time I blogged was about a week before my wife had our baby which turned out to be a boy!

He finally popped out on the 12th of February. We were shocked when he turned out to be a boy! We both thought he was a she!

Anyway Nolan is nearly 7 months old and is doing great. Hes so handsome ( like his dad of cause) hes so calm and chilled out its unreal!.

The 27th of august was steven hurts anniversary being the first year without him since he passed. It brought it all back and made it very raw again. I organized a bronze plaque to be made and has been placed in the chequers in his memory.
Its nice as the Brian clough statue is bronze so it just seemed right as cloughie is god! Whats good for him is good for steven hurt.

Summer has been quite a hot one for British weather but today has turned really cold from 24 yesterday to 14 today its quite a drop!

In the holidays we had some nice days out picnics , white post farm, wheel gate, newstead abbey.  Etc.

Yesterday was Hollies first day at play group and she loved it! As soon as we walked in she was off saying "hello" to the other children! Shes so sociable bless her!

Ethan has now moved up to the juniors so im guessing we will see some attitude in the coming days lol.

I really should of blogged every month since the birth of Nolan but its just flown by! I suppose its ni excuse it only take ten minutes eh?

Well anyway ill leave with a few pictures of the past few months.

C