A CRUSH, BLUSH & NAUGHTY NURSE?

OMG  would have to be that isn't it, without a doubt however young or 'old' you are, and no matter whom you seem to have a crush on, whether it is the rough looking homeless guy, the man from next door, or the local newsreader.....you ALWAYS bump into them when you are:-

Smelling of tsatsiki (Greek dip made with lots of garlic and yogurt, and more garlic!!!)

Buying tampons.

Just popping to the shop and you haven't looked in a mirror since dawn, and it's 9.45 pm and you are desperate for wine, before the shop closes........

Tucking into a spinach pie, and you daren't open your mouth, let alone smile, in fear of the green dangly bits that are now lining your teeth enamel.

OR all of the above......


Well, there is no harm in 'looking', I was always brought up to believe in that!!!  The problem is the blushing and then the stupid things that just tumble out of your mouth......

Like mmmmm, yes, it's been a bad day (you have the huge bottle of Ampelia wine infront of you), but it's been really good...........uhhhh???  Helloooo........and that's even before you've had a drink!!!

Or you stand there answering "you're fine", when your nose is streaming, eyes are red raw, and you are struggling to breathe ....

YOU then proceed to knock everything over (the kids or the dog aren't even around to blame), with your over sized handbag.

By then your kids are ringing you, wondering why mummy is taking so long.....your phone is blurting out some kind of tune you don't even recognise, (they've changed it again), and of course you don't even realise it is yours and have no chance of even knowing who sings it....!!!
"Aren't you gonna answer that then"?.....

"Ummmm, oh, ummmmm, hold on.....wait a minute, where is it"?.....By this time, ALL the contents of your bag have been emptied and spread out onto the counter, for everyone to see.....and it's stopped ringing!!!

Contents of by bag usually:-
sweet wrappers, chewing gum wrapped up in paper (not mine), lipsticks without the tops on that are usually coated in something.....pens that don't work, loose change, cards from every supermarket on the planet, camera, magazine, receipts, a banana that has seen better days, and, and, and..........
Not only are you blushing, flushing, crushing.....gushing....whatever, you are for sure WISHING that the ground will just swallow you up, or at least that there could be a power cut !!!

So, it's a really good job you have that bottle of wine to look forward to when you finally make it home. 

That's if you remember to actually pick it up in the plastic bag, which already has split because it's soo bloody heavy!!!

 AND then if you didn't walk out the shop forgetting to pay, and  having to be called back, knowing your purse is somewhere in that Mary Poppins bag of yours........after all you had it out before, when you were trying to find your phone, and then the keys a few moments a go.........!!!

They are quite happy to say "pay me tomorrow" by this time, as you go to tip out your handbag again!!!

Meanwhile all you're thinking is thank god it's a screw top.....who cares  if it's not chilled!!!

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I HEART The Anna Summers status updates on Facebook, and the outrageous questions they ask (the answers of course are even funnier!!!).....

Where do you hide your sex toys???   -
One lady wrote....
I don't, they make lovely bedside table decorations......(.haha....yes i can just see Jessica Rabbit now.....and the cleaning lady giving them a good dust!!!)


So next week I'm going to be busy with this Fist Aid Course, the only reason my husband is allowing me to do it, is because I said I would practise on him 'after', so better go and buy some band-aids......although, I'm thinking he was thinking  more along the lines of a Naughty Nurse outfit......and bandages.  BUT, then I might really have to resuscitate him!!!  (Not by any means i would look good in it, it's just a man thing isn't it???)
If only a could find a McDreamy mask.....you can buy wigs though!!!


So that's it from me, have a great weekend......

Lots of Love

Tracey XXX

P.S.  We can get a discount if we order the wigs in bulk.......???!!!

Alvin & The Chipmunks - You Had A Bad Day - Daniel Powter (FULL VERSION)

So you've had a bad day....bad week,  wine helps!!! XXX There's a storm brewing and no doubt i'm just about to lose my connection.........

Handsome Men's Club

I posted this on Facebook a few weeks ago....and still thinking about it.....!!!  Enjoy, lots of lush men.....all in one room, who would you choose??? XXX

EAT LESS EXERCISE MORE

Yep, by the time we get to 'almost 40', most of us actually do know  what we should be doing, and what we shouldn't be eating!!!  It's simple really......but just difficult to follow.

I mean sayings like 'You are what you eat'.....don't really help, do they?  I would be cheese.....which is of course the perfect accompaniment to wine!!!
Are you what you drink then too......medium, white and fruity??? 


Not a day goes by on Facebook that someone doesn't mention how many lbs/stone...kilo's they've lost....or put on even, or which diet they are trying this week.  Think of the millions we've all spent over the years on cabbage, eggs, Cambridge shakes, diet meals, and fitness video's and DVD's....(I've got a cupboard full of them!!!).   All the dusty exercise equipment, (never actually could afford any myself, just a hula hoop), and gym membership cards. 

Oh yes, we've all been there,  (well some of us),  and probably are still the same size, or bigger, just a few of us  might have got to lolly pop status.  Certainly not me, I mean how can you always be on a diet, (since about 15years old) but still be overweight???

I've followed the CABBAGE soup diet, absolutely disgusting, even when you fool yourself it isn't.  You do lose weight fast, but also friends with it, gets a bit embarrassing when you can't hold one in......wind that is!!!

Eggs, done that, again same problem as the Cabbage one, and probably best avoiding now, all that cholesterol and red meat, have to start thinking about your heart these days too.

Then you've got the Cambridge diet (does it still exist???). Not wise to do this for a week, and then binge drink (bottle of Cinzano), and end up with someone practically having to call the Paramedics, which happened to someone I knew once.......!!!  I have never drank that again, nor Southern Comfort, Babycham, Pimms, Pernod......etc....etc............!!!

To be honest, I really have attempted them all, Atkins, Low Fat....Special K, ummm, the Post Natal one, which how on earth are you  meant to be cutting up/juicing everything, when you don't even have time to wash your face, in the morning???......I can't understand.............Sooooooo many diets, so little time really!!!

The diets that I really know, are the ones that start on Monday and last till about Wednesday (on a good week).  The ones that you save up all your points and then binge on anything and everything at the weekend.  The ones when you've had a bad day, and think sod it, you only live once, and then proceed to eat everything in the fridge and freezer!!! 

It doesn't help also living in Greece when every day seems to be someones birthday, name day, or another kind of eating occasion, it's so rude to refuse!

I think the only time I've actually lost weight was due to illness, and you're finally feeling thin, and then everyone tells you how awful you look!!!  Or when I had the twins, basically for 2 years I don't think I actually sat down, let alone ate, how do people manage with triplets and more???

Nope, diets aren't 'my thing', I'm the type of girl that walks into the mini-market and can't decide, wine, crisps or chocolate, so buys them (drinks & eats) them all, especially if it's been a bad day!!!

I wonder if I would hate Monday's still so much,  if I didn't associate it with a diet or doing the housework after a manic weekend........of food, drink and toys!!!

OMG would have to be....I must be the only one not talking politics at the moment!!!

AND I so want a Yoga Instructor like the one in 'Couples Retreat'..............BOOM...BOOM.... (You won't understand if you haven't seen the film, not that it's particularly brilliant, but makes you laugh in places......and you can iron without burning anything......!!!)

FASHION....polka dot's..........'She wore an incy wincy....'..........well, not quite in my case, unless I wear pegs at the sides, (which almost makes me look as if I've got a flat stomach), and tattoo my stretch marks, now there's a thought!!!  Or maybe just a very large spotty sarong!!!

Lots of Love

Tracey XXX

P.S.  Well done to all those girls/boys out there on Facebook who have done so well.....it's not easy...!!!

CARPET CRAWLERS - ANKLE BITERS- KIDS- CHILDREN - TEENAGERS???!!!

Ok so the mop, bucket, swiffer and broom are in position by the door...(just in case someone comes....and it doesn't look as if i've spent the whole morning on Facebook)......

I know you're not meant to blog about THE KIDS....however, after the a.m. I've already had, it might work as a distress, let of steam kind of thing.

There is a status on Facebook saying....s'thing about 'You teach your children to walk, talk and...., and then as soon as they can you spend most of the time telling them to sit down and shut up'!!!

VERY TRUE!!!
(and all those manners you installed into them....time and time again....."You must remember to say....."
what happened??? I thought kids had fantastic memories, I mean they ALWAYS remember when you promised something, don't they???  Mine do, and all those embarrassing moments, like when you walked out of the loo with your nickers tucked into your dress....or when talking in Greek you congratulated the people on the death of a family member....(opps).

I guess i have the advantage of kids through the ages or DISADVANTAGE.....2 teenage daughters at once, is enough for anyone to cope with! 

OMG would have to be they already finish school (only a few exam days) now till September, so if i haven't lost it by now...then i surely will have by then.  Thank god we are going to England to break things up a bit.  I wonder if i should tell my mum that i've actually booked 2 weeks on my own in Spain....and just the kids will be staying with her!!!


Seriously, it doesn't matter how perfect you think someone is, as a mother, wife, house keeper etc, etc.  If you really get talking everyone has issues, everybody gets stressed and screams and shouts from time to time, or locks themselves in the bathroom now and again!!! (and drinks wine!!!)


This is why I love OMG-I so need a glass of wine or I'm gonna sell the kids  Group on Facebook......!!!  There are plenty of mums out there who feel like that...(105, 932 members) and it makes you feel so much better.  You can even order wine glasses with the Group's Name on.....hey, wonder if one day I'll be able to do that with The NOT so Greek Goddess......and coffee cups???!!!



I remember using the excuses of mmmm, yes, they are teething, but this stage lasted from 0 months....till now.  Yep, the teenage girls are getting their wisdom teeth, the middle one her second ones straining under her old ones, and the little one is still getting her baby ones at almost 3!!!  Just wondering though what excuse i can make for behavior problems after this....hormones....and??? 




Yep, we've all had days when you are so tempted to give them that anti-histamine medicine, the one that makes them sleepy, (so you can get some sleep also), or packets of smarties/lollies just to keep them quiet......(until, the e numbers set in....i don't care what is says on the packaging now....they still make my kids bounce!!!).  Failing that, you've got your DVD player.......and you buggered if that breaks!!!



My youngest daughter goes to Play School and is completely infatuated by a boy who's mother is The Child Pyschologist on the island.  A wonderful young lady that always has time to chat.  I feel quite sorry for her because we always start of with 'normal' conversation......and then slowly, somehow I don't even know how, I end up asking her for advice!!!.....She will start charging me soon.....or avoiding me even!!!


WITH CHILDREN, basic parenting....remember....


NEVER tell a child they are NAUGHTY....!!!  ( but it's quite alright to tell them they are 'The Devil's Child' then???).........

NEVER reprimand a child in front of other's.....take them aside and far away.  This is a hard one, when you've got another mother breathing fire down your neck, as your child has just bitten them!!!

IF they have done something that you are not 'satisfied' with , explain it to them, and let them have TIME OUT.....either on a stair, chair....etc....TIME OUT CORNER.....



God, my children would be constantly there, (and my husband) and they wouldn't all fit!!! Plus, i would have lost my voice (and patience) explaining, by the time they had even gone to school in the morning!!!



Yes, we all forget those simple rules on parenting, it doesn't matter how many books, articles we read, and people we listen to, we all need reminding sometimes. 



When it was my daughters party I was a little bit concerned as to whether to invite this lovely lady and her son.  I could just imagine, my beautiful friends and I (whom are all great Mother's) sitting there, sipping our coffees, whilst the children played happily....and then a major fall out/scrap/strop with the kids....and us just being all tongue tied, frozen, rooted to the spot.....thinking ok what am i meant to be doing/saying now???......

It turned out that she was working anyway...(I think???)!!!



At the end of the day, we all love our kids...(sometimes we might not actually like them....) BUT, I am proud of mine, and if they do happen to be reading this THEY ARE GOOD KIDS, but I just wish they would come with a remote control sometimes!!! (and would tidy up their bedrooms....etc...etc...)



I loved a video link which I will now try and add or put on The NOT so Greek Goddess Blog Fanclub on Facebook!!!   A Mother's Song.....it is Oh so true and funny, and another Link about a Cocktail drinking mum who keeps putting a DVD on for her kids......(still working on finding that again!!!)

Hope you find them funny......
Lots of Love

Tracey XXX

Don't forget to join the 'OMG I so need a glass of wine or I'm gonna sell the kids' page on Facebook, it's brilliant!!!

P.S.  My husband just quickly nipped home, and told me a 4 month old baby was killed yesterday (car accident) here on the island.....which really makes you think doesn't it.???.....Guess we should just appreciate our children, even if they are not always perfect!!!

The Mum Song

Where The Streets Have No Name

Where The Streets Have No Name
Originally uploaded by naomi.photography

This is a guy I have had a major crush on for half my life-time!!! He is still incredibly sexy and his voice.....well!!! Yep, thumbs up for Bono!!! They just played U2's top 10, on a music programme....and as my Wii Board wasn't working (possibly needs batteries???), I almost knocked myself out with my weights, jumping up and down to 'Sunday Bloody Sunday!!!' XXX

NOTICE BOARDS AND A HOLIDAY, PERHAPS?

I finally took a picture of my computer, which was once a lap-top and is now on an (old) table top connected to an even older monitor, soooo old fashioned that our teenage daughters don't even want it in their bedroom!!!

I guess, you can see their point!  It's taken over the whole kitchen.  I almost gave myself a hernia trying to lift it!

Anyway, my notice board caught my attention.....AND.........

let me see, yep, lots of lovely artwork,  shopping receipts, recipes cut out of magazines (that I'll never get round to ever making)...One for scones even. Never make plain or cheese ones, the sultanas help with Plan B- Rock cakes, which mine always turn out like anyway!!!

There are photo's of myself slimmer, (and wrinkle free) - aged 10 !!!...which are meant to encourage the weight lost/beauty programme, although I'm actually sitting here with  ice-cream dripping on the keyboard!!!  Probably 3 kilos worth, why do friends do that??? 
"I bought ice-cream for the kids"........knowing that you are on a diet, of course you refuse when offered and then just scoff the whole lot after they've gone anyway!!!


BACK TO THE POINT..... somewhere UNDER that lot you will actually find the emergency No's! 

I can really see me sifting through that and finding them, even on a normal 'panic less' day!  Let alone, touch wood, if something was to occur.  BEST move those to the front and highlight them.  Or even better, next to the phone!!!

What was it the other day i was looking at on the Health Section???  Oh yes, it was a whole page on 'Whether you should go to The Emergency Room'.....for example it stated.....read this if your child is choking....then a list of questions. 

1) Is your child having difficulty breathing?
2) Is your child unable to swallow?
3) Is your child coughing continually?
4) Is your child turning blue?

OFGS are you really going to sit down at your computer and look this all up, if he/she is??? I mean....honestly!!!  It  then stated, if your child is showing any signs of these symptoms you should proceed straight to the hospital.....!!!  What a waste of time, your child  has NOW turned purple by the time you've remembered your passwords, let alone managed to type the right address and read it!!!

I am so glad that I will hopefully be attending an Emergency First Aid Course this month, although a little bit disappointed we have to practice on dummies instead of male models!!!

By the way, most of the girls that live here have rescued more than one infant/child from a pool ( I know I have), not sure what makes people think that they can JUST sit back on their sunbeds and read their books/sleep even, whilst their wee ones are wondering around pools without armbands etc!!! 

OMG would have to be The Elections in England, there were more comments about The Championship League on Facebook in fact!!! (on my home page anyway!).  Mmmm "Hung Parliament', sounds doomed to me!!!

FASHION

Khaki is in, (thank god, because I'm still wearing Khaki from the last time - the same summer dress which comes out year after year!!!)  I also found a shop that had slightly under the knee line dresses, instead of high thigh ones!!!  Just need to find a rich man now though. 60 Euro each, and I liked about 10 of them!!!  Prices have already started to escalate, as if they could go any higher???

A friend and I discussed today, that it would be cheaper to book ourselves  (and kids),  into  An All Inclusive Hotel for the summer, and eat/drink as much as we want, (no cleaning up afterwards),  than try and feed a family with the supermarket prices.  (Are husbands would obviously be working.....!!!)
We also laughed that we wouldn't need any clothing just swimwear, flip-flops and perhaps a wrap for the night!!! 

There is also fantastic entertainment for the kids, and kiddies clubs  too. Probably tons of  of inter-net places, so no-one will have to fight over the computer, it's certainly worth considering.  Plus you get a cleaner every day, not much washing, no ironing.......sounds perfect!!! NO WATER/ELECTRICITY BILLS AND NO NEED FOR  PETROL (we'd rent bikes)....my garage charged 1.61 a litre tonight! AHHHHHHH!!!
The thing is....we just might have to stay permanently.....along with everyone else who lives here.....!!!
On that happy note (again), I shall say goodnight, just off to pack my suitcase!!!

Lots of Love

Tracey XXX

P.S.  Please do not think i am trying to promote ALL-Inclusive Holidays, totally the opposite.  They are destroying Greece.  The companies are selling these style holidays so cheap, most of the money stays in the hotel, very few guests actually take a walk outside the premises, let alone spend anything.  The result over the last few years is that many small businesses are unable to 'stay alive'.....and with the economic situation and all the taxes that the Greek population have to pay,(especially now) it won't just be the small ones that are struggling to survive.