Nursery has been upped to two half days a week - monday am and Friday pm ( in the world of work probably the worst days to ever try and arrange meetings so not sure if I will get much work done ) but last week I had a good time in Milton Keynes Ikea , followed by a swift trip to the largest Asda ever seen before getting back to collect Nelly and being the last parent to collect !!! well I have an excuse she only goes twice a week and I wanted to get my money's worth!
Tomorrow is Chinese New Year - so will probably cheat and head to M&S to collect some Chinese food , as not sure of the best Chinese take away in the local area...and then at the weekend we may head into town to get Dim Sum Gōngxǐ fācái or in cantonese Kung Hei Fat Choi
Some Facts.....
Good luck
Opening windows and/or doors is considered to bring in the good luck of the new year.
( hope it is not raining! today they were open all day! )
Switching on the lights for the night is considered good luck to 'scare away' ghosts and spirits of misfortune that may compromise the luck and fortune of the new year.
( Ok let's not worry about the carbon footprint for another night of the year ! )
Sweets are eaten to ensure the consumer a "sweet" year.
( nelly will be pleased about that - !)
It is important to have the house completely clean from top to bottom before New Year's Day for good luck in the coming year. (however, as explained below, cleaning the house after New Year's Day is frowned upon) Good job the £12 per hour cleaners came in today!
Some believe that what happens on the first day of the new year reflects the rest of the year to come. Asians will often gamble at the beginning of the year, hoping to get luck and prosperity.
Wearing a new pair of slippers that is bought before the new year, because it means to step on the people who gossip about you. ( OOOps have no new slippers will a pair of shoes do! )
The night before the new year, bathe yourself in pomelo leaves and some say that you will be healthy for the rest of the new year.
( hope it is not raining! today they were open all day! )
Switching on the lights for the night is considered good luck to 'scare away' ghosts and spirits of misfortune that may compromise the luck and fortune of the new year.
( Ok let's not worry about the carbon footprint for another night of the year ! )
Sweets are eaten to ensure the consumer a "sweet" year.
( nelly will be pleased about that - !)
It is important to have the house completely clean from top to bottom before New Year's Day for good luck in the coming year. (however, as explained below, cleaning the house after New Year's Day is frowned upon) Good job the £12 per hour cleaners came in today!
Some believe that what happens on the first day of the new year reflects the rest of the year to come. Asians will often gamble at the beginning of the year, hoping to get luck and prosperity.
Wearing a new pair of slippers that is bought before the new year, because it means to step on the people who gossip about you. ( OOOps have no new slippers will a pair of shoes do! )
The night before the new year, bathe yourself in pomelo leaves and some say that you will be healthy for the rest of the new year.
Bad luck
Buying a pair of shoes is considered bad luck amongst some Chinese. The word "shoes" is a homophone for the word for "rough" in Cantonese, or "evil" in Mandarin.
( Hopefully just for the day !)
Washing your hair is also considered to be washing away one's own luck (although modern hygienic concerns take precedence over this tradition)
Washing your hair is also considered to be washing away one's own luck (although modern hygienic concerns take precedence over this tradition)
Sweeping the floor is usually forbidden on the first day, as it will sweep away the good fortune and luck for the new year. ( No excuse needed )
Talking about death is inappropriate for the first few days of Chinese New Year, as it is considered inauspicious as well.
Buying books is bad luck because the word for "book" is a homonym to the word "lose".
Avoid clothes in black and white, as black is a symbol of bad luck, and white is a traditional funeral colour. ( bring on the red dress! )
Seriously though there are some dreadful weather conditions in China just now and lots of work being done to get relief to those orphanages that are suffering due to lack of heat and power. One of the organisations is Half the Sky ...http://www.halfthesky.org/ and our group of families is organising to send money directly to our little ones orphanages ........
More of the cute new bob!
Musing over responding to a piece of direct mail to buy a new laptop!!! WHAT !! 
Nelly after the local CACH Chinese New Year lunch - watch that tummy!
This is also to show my Mum that she does wear the clothes you buy her!!!
Nelly in her latest past time - re- arranging the pillow in the bed ( she only wants a huge square adult size pillow ) and relaxing in bed with a book and her rabbits ...she can be in there for hours , god help when she hits teenage years!
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