Day 4 of mat leave. Oh this is lovely..no rushing out of bed, can do what I want.......this is not going to last I know so I'm just enjoying it!

Having said that, we did have a bad day yesterday, mainly because Craig was very poorly on overnight on Tuesday - severe D&V and stomach cramps, so no much sleep for either of us. Kind of wiped out yesterday really. Luckily, I seem to have avoided catching whatever it was! All I managed was a walk up to the post office to post my expenses (last bit of work! Yippee!) and buy some more paracetamol. They recommend taking paracetamol when labour pains start! Can't see them having much effect, but who am I to argue with experts??!

Did make about a dozen Christmas cards last night. Please don't be offended if you get a shop bought card, I'll never be able to make enough for everyone! I tend to inflict my art on family first and just a few friends depending on how many I manage to produce! Craig was laughing at how long it took me to make each one. Not being naturally gifted in the arty way, I do tend to fiddle around for a long time before coming up with a design I like. Each one took me about 20 mins yesterday, but I was distracted by Deal or no Deal and other rubbish TV!!

Deal or no Deal..what a strange programme - Noel has become a parody of himself surely. How can he say things like "you played a shrewd game" and "be true to yourself" etc....they chose a box number and it's got a value inside..good or bad...there is no strategy any more than there is for choosing lottery numbers!! The only strategy is taking the bankers money or not! The last 2 days the players went away with nothing......very amusing to me!!! Sorry!

Anyway, back to today's plans. In about half an hour I'll be taking me and bump for a swim, much to the amusement of other swimmers who have been tempted to call Greenpeace in the last couple of weeks to take this whale back out to sea!! Only manage about 12 lengths now, but better than nothing. Would be all too easy to sit on the sofa now, but deteremined to try to stay active...all supposed to help during labour....I'll let you know!

Then later today my hairdresser is coming ot sort out my mop......don't want to frighten my new baby with the site of my hair at the moment! Mind you, be a miracle if he turns up (the hairdresser that is!) as he quite often cancels on the day for a variety of reasons! We'll see.

Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross..........................what a stupid storm in a teacup...how is this headline news???!!!! End it now!