Date night !

No 2 was whisked off to the dry ski slope very early this morning. A good friend offered to give her some instruction before her ski trip in 2 weeks...especially since she missed out on lessons after breaking her thumb.

They had a great time - and she is very excited about her trip now.

Mr S spent hours today cleaning my oven (that's not a euphemism btw!). I told him I was getting someone in to do it - and he wasn't happy - so I suggested he cleaned it himself (I may have used a few more words than that !!!) The ovens' not perfect but at least it doesn't smoke when you switch it on any more !

Meanwhile No 3 and I went for a wee scooter along the canal. Met some friends and had a great catchup.

Tonight No 1 was babysitting for us. She's got a long way to go to earn the cash to pay her £120 mobile phone bill, so looks like I'll be getting a lot of babysitting for a while.

Mr S and I went to see '12 years a slave'. It was good, but I don't know why it was nominated for so many Oscars. I thought the lead actor was very one dimensional. There has been many other movies about slavery that were a lot better (The Colour Purple for example) - and I didn't understand why Brad Pitt appeared for ten minutes. He must have needed the cash (or they needed the ratings).

Ok....Barry Norman bit over.

Back home - relaxing with the 'Mrs Browns Boys ' New Year show ! Nightie night.