Funny Feet

Hey all

Happy Wednesday!! Don't know why I felt an urge to say that - except I've got the afternoon off, the sun is shining and I'm feeling pretty happy!

Some good news today - I've been in an "acting" role as head of speech therapy since April 2006 when our previous head retired. Over the last year, the NHS has been reconfiguring all over the place so my job couldn't be made permanent - anyhoo, a letter landed on the mat today to say that I'm no longer just pretending, I'm head of service for real!! Mind, after the lengthy staff meeting yesterday I'm not sure if I still want the job!! No, I'm chuffed - that's good news :)

Anyway, here's a pic of my new office, just so you can see where I sit! - anyone recognise the mug!!?!?!?! Comments welcome ;o) (Thanx Sharon x)





Nick's doing well at work at the moment, lots of exciting new developments have opened up over the last few weeks so we're hoping for an interesting 2007!! He's been away in Leicester overnight with work - I phoned him this morning just before 9:30am to check how he was doing - only he'd not put his clock forward an hour on his phone for British Summer Time and thought it was still 8:30!! OOooooppsssss - he was s'posed to be meeting Les who works with him at 9:30 ready to leave to come back up north to Middlesbrough!!



So, the funny feet well.... Last Wednesday, Lauren and I went out for our first training run for the Race for Life. It went ok, except for my knee and foot really hurting as we ran (and Lauren was in pain too with her knees so we were a right pair!!). So, I went to a specialist running shop for some guy to check out if I needed special shoes for my funny flat feet. He made me do all sorts of exercises and said "yes, you have no arch on your left foot and almost none on your right - you really do have very flat feet" - no kidding!!!



Anyway, he tried one pair of shoes on me and made me run on the running machine but said they were still no good and he'd have to order some in - but they come from China and take 40 days!! So, I asked if I could still run in the meantime on my old shoes and would I injure myself - to which he simply replied "yes"! So, no running for me until the shoes arrive but in the meantime my Dad has advised cycling and general fitness stuff so since last Wednesday we've been running once and cycling 3 times and its going really well :o) I'm thoroughly enjoying getting out for 30minutes after work and thrashing the bike - great stress reliever!



Last weekend, Nick built a little wooden swing in the garden for the girls and Lauren took them out on it yesterday and took a few pics - here they are looking very cute :o)





So, Saturday is Lauren's 22nd birthday and Caitlin's 8th birthday party - to which she has invited 7 friends for a beauty party and a movie after. The beauty party bit is organised by a company called 'girls just wanna have fun' - if you want to see what she's up to, check out this link http://www.girls-just-wanna-have-fun.co.uk/ Caitlin is having a splashdown party - should be fun!! Next week there'll be plenty to blog I'm sure plus all the preparations for Easter too!.. and I'll pester Caitlin tonight to finish off her Theseus story ;o)

God bless and love to you all!!


Nikki xoxoxoxoxox