Life in Lyrics

Ok, Just a short one tonight folks

I often think of the songs I would use if I had to compile a soundtrack of my life. Here is my present Top 10. I also given reasons why too…does it make you think of yours?

1, Money For Nothing (Dire Straits) - always on in my dads car

2, We Are The Champions - (Queen) - Live Aid, 1985, sitting with my mum and dad watching  

    Freddie Mercury and being completely mesmerised. It was also the day I first saw U2 and fell  

    in love with Bono

3, When Will I Be Famous (Bros) Matt Goss was my first crush

4, Baby I don't Care - (Transvision Vamp) We used to request it at every school disco and shout 

    the chorus so much we'd end up with sore throats

5, Time of Your Life (Greenday) - Played it to my brother Adam when he went to live in America

6, Tiny Dancer (Elton John) - Heard it after my mum died and it just makes me think of her

7, Sing it Back To Me (Moloko) - Rick introduced me to the clubbing world and I had a very   

    good time dancing to this track 

8, I Try (Macy Gray) - One of mine and Rick's first "songs"

9, Fairytale of New York (The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl) - Doesn't need to be chritsmas for me to play this. Kirsty MacColl had such a beautiful voice

10, Fix You (Coldplay) - When I was pregnant I would play this to the twins

There are so many more songs but these mean the most I guess

Now, below are some new pics of the kids and alongside them I've thought of some songs that sum up my thoughts and feelings for them and my family.

Close your eyes

Have no fear

The monster's gone

He's on the run and your daddy's here 

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Beautiful boy

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Beautiful boy 

Before you go to sleep

Say a little prayer

Every day in every way

It's getting better and better 

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Beautiful boy

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Beautiful boy 

Out on the ocean sailing away

I can hardly wait

To see you come of age

But I guess we'll both just have to be patient

Cause it's a long way to go

A hard row to hoe

Yes it's a long way to go

But in the meantime 

Before you cross the street

Take my hand

Life is what happens to you

While you're busy making other plans 

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Beautiful boy

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Beautiful boy 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5BBEOjUKrI

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day.

When it's cold outside,

I've got the month of May.

Well, I guess you'll say

What can make me feel this way?

My girl. (My girl, my girl)

Talkin' 'bout my girl. (My girl)

I've got so much honey

The bees envy me.

I've got a sweeter song

Than the birds in the trees.

Well, I guess you'll say

What can make me feel this way?

My girl. (My girl, my girl)

Talkin' 'bout my girl. (My girl)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P1x7Yy9CXI

There are places I'll remember

All my life though some have changed

Some forever not for better

Some have gone and some remain

All these places had their moments

With lovers and friends I still can recall

Some are dead and some are living

In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers

There is no one compares with you

And these memories lose their meaning

When I think of love as something new

Though I know I'll never lose affection

For people and things that went before

I know I'll often stop and think about them

In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection

For people and things that went before

I know I'll often stop and think about them

In my life I love you more

In my life I love you more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fo9YEhNEbE

The National Trust - Vigon Family Values

We've been trying to make the most of our weekends with the kids, spending some quality time together but also getting out the house so that we all don't go stir crazy - there is only so many times you can read The Gruffalo before your throat starts seizing up!!

So as we are now National Trust members we have begun to seek out child friendly places to visit

As I'm writing about this, I'm fretting that I am finally becoming like my parents as it brings back memories to when I was younger me and my brother spent many school holidays (dad was a headmaster and mum's job was flexible) being dragged around National Trust places under protest.

Back then, those kind of places did not really cater for kids and we had to find our own fun, or fights (two boys and one girl of various ages does not a good mix always make for long days out). My brother Adam would often be found (or lost) running round the gardens like a kid who'd had too much sugar (which was very much the case - how else do you bribe children!) Tim, my oldest brother made the most of being a sulky adolescent and spent most of the time sat in one place sulking. As for me, I'd be the one tugging on my parents clothes asking the irreverent question "Have you nearly finished?"

But it was not all hard knocks for us, to counterbalance these torturous days out, the Vigon family could also be seen on various roller coaster and white knuckle rides at either Alton Towers or Blackpool Pleasure Beach throughout the summer.

What I realise, having now had children myself, is that for my parents the most important thing about these days out was that we were all together as a family - and looking back, that time was really precious because now my mum is no longer with us, Tim lives in London, Adam lives in America, and I live in Shropshire. We have our own lives and families which makes it hard to find the time to talk to each other on the phone never mind see each other.

Now, I cherish those days I had with my family as a child and I too intend to carry on those same values that my mum and dad endeavoured to achieve.

ME AND DAD 30 YEARS AGO

OLIVIA AND MY DAD OCT 2011

So, here below is a few pictures of our family day out at Erddig Apple Festival (including one grandparent)


ERDDIG APPLE FESTIVAL - OCT 2ND 2011
We are currently at an advantage in that we can still carry the kids in slings so they have no option but to
enjoy the day!!