Goth Daddies

I've been reading some articles on Helium about Fatherhood; specifically when does a man know if he is ready. There are some good pointers, thinking about your childhood, thinking of your partner before yourself and looking at scantily clad women and thinking that they are a bad role model for young girls. I got to thinking. Goth blokes are some of the most self obsessed and disorganised people I know and I can say this because I love them very much and they all like scantily clad women.

I think that for Goth blokes they have to get out of spending 2 hours getting ready to go out 4 times a week and obsessing over their PC or their music or whatever before they think about all that settling down stuff. I must add here that Mr V and myself were both in our early 30's before little Miss came along.

Does 10 years of having fun, building a career and becomming an interesting person make you a better parent than someone who is in their early 20's and just starting out on their adult journey? Now I have to say I have seen it from both sides, as one of four siblings. Two of us had kids in our 30's and two in their 20's. All of the children are well balanced, well socialised young people who I have ultimate confidence in their future success. Can I also add as a matter of some smugness that all bar one (who did everyting first in the family) are still with the other parent.

I'll shut up now as it has been a long day and I have to work in the morning.

Bath Flutes

You have never know fun until you have played 'Ode to Joy' on a set of these. Hang the kids (ok maybe not literally) these are too much fun for toddlers to keep to themselves. Also if you blow in one while releasing the plug you get a trombone-esque slide *giggle*

Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes

Set a reminder, put a note on the fridge. 9pm 7th February is the first episode of Ashes to Ashes, the sequal / spin off from the fantastic Life on Mars.

For a review of the first episode click here (thanks to the fab Lesley Smith).

If you can't wait for the 7th Amazon has more than enough Life on Mars stuff to keep you going. The DVD is out on 12th May (you can pre-order. We bought Mr V's sister the modern policing book for her birthday and the 2008 calendar is counting down the days to the disertation hand in on the study wall.

Really fun new toy

This is a reminder to post about the fantastic bath flutes that I was playing with in the bath tonight (no really it's clean)

Will Smith - What a man!

I watched The Pursuit of Happyness on Tuesday. I'm off work at the moment with a bad back so took the opportunity to watch a chick flick with out Mr V tutting from the other end of the sofa. I haven't cried so much for months, it is totally in league with Romeo & Juliet and Moulin Rouge (Baz Lurman always makes me cry). Unfortunately, it pushes all the parenting buttons.



There is this one scene where they are spending the night in a subway station bathroom and little Christopher is asleep in his Dad's lap and Will Smith is just sitting there with tears running down his face as someone bangs on the door. It's making me cry now just to think of it. The things that they did together and the strength of their relationship was amazing.

Anyway the real point of this blog was something that Will Smith said on one of the extras. He talked about how he had to run like his Dad in the film (you can see his running in the trailer below)



This was compared HUGELY by Bad Boys II on Channel 5 last night. I think I prefer the Dad version of Wil Smith. I may be getting a bit old now *wibble*

Anyway, you can see The pursuit of Happyness, Bad Boys or any other film you fancy for free on Love DVD (click below) so enjoy, cry your eyes out.

Oh bother

The genetically inherited wobbly bottom lip came out when I left little miss at Nursery this morning. I think she's going through a 'clingy phase' BUM

separation anxiety

Little Miss has started getting upset at being let in her bedroom at bed time. Is this separation anxiety or is it not wanting to go to bed and stop having fun with Mum & Dad? She goes to the Childminder ok but does complain that she doesn't want me to go to work (TOTAL guilt trip for me).

I guess I'm just stressing. I'm not feeling too well right now and work is a bit stressy at the moment. I really don't want to hear "Mummy don't go to work, I want you to look after me!!!!" as I crawl out of the door at 7.20am.

Ho Hum, I guess I'll have to see if she is OK at Nursery tomorrow morning. If she goes in there with no probs then I guess she's just yanking my chain.

lipstick is a feminist issue

But I find myself obsessed by Gok Wan and Anthea Turner

Is it wrong to want to look good and have a nice home; all be it in a goth chic kinda way? Why do I feel better when I am wearing eye make up, lipstick and pretty sparkly things?

Hmmmm, I feel a Matha moment coming on.

I've got no time for a little light reading...

So I'm going to listen instead. I spend enough time in the car over the course of the week with my trusty MP3 player so I may as well make good use of the time.

I thought I would start with these...







I haven't seen the film yet, I much prefer to read the book first. I'll let you know how it goes on.

Bedtime Stories

The UK Government is urging parents to read to their children (read the BBC news item here) well duh! We've been reading to little miss since before she was born (ok that may have been a slight exageration). My Mum read to me and guess I just carried on the trend.

Our current favourite is Peter Rabbit and we read it EVERY night. However, we have been through... The Gruffalo , The Smartest Giant in Town and Where's my Cow? among others.

My childhood favourite was The Owl that was afraid of the Dark



I loved it because it made the night seem so cool. Very Goth in the making *chuckle*. There is a very battered copy on her bookcase and I'm hoping she wants to read it soon.