Kitchen!

There are worksurfaces, there are cupboards, there are doors, on the cupboards...

there are still little bits of things to finish off, but since I've got things in the cupboards and I cooked a whole meal in there this evening to my mind it.is.done!

I will organise some before and after pics for you all to have a look at, hopefully in the next few days.

Next it will be the living room, which we've just emptied so the plasterer can work in there tomorrow.

In other news, work keeps getting in the way of my quest to acquire christmas spirit. I'm working on a solution. As a collegue said recently, it's too late to marry a rich man. Thankfully I married one who is rich is every essential area so loadsa money is an extra that we dont miss.

time for snuggly warm bed, in my new slippers that were my bonus bran tub work christmas buffet gift. No pics, but my toes are toasty atm :)

Shiver!

Andy and I have been away since yesterday, staying at my aunt and uncle's house. In a burst of eco-consiousness I turned the heating onto standby, so it would only kick in if the pipes were going to freeze. I set it so it would come back on properly at about 10am today to make the house warm for when we got back. Or so I thought I did.





It turns out that I haven't quite mastered the timer system on the (fairly) new boiler yet and the heating didnt come on before we came back. The radiators had just been on though when we arrived home, because the temperature *inside* our house had fallen to less than 10 degrees.





After three hours of full blast heating the general temperature is up to 16 degrees...I've lit lots of candles, so at least it *looks* warm!





We were visiting my aunt and uncle to catch up with them, which we try to do at least every couple of months. They had also offered to do us a photoshoot, as they are photographers (amongst many talents and business ventures). They have a lovely warm house, including a studio at the back of the living room and we spent an enjoyable few hours pretending to be models.





Strike a pose, it's the beautiful people!

and would you like to see my wedding dress?

We had a really lovely time, were made to feel relaxed and helped to enjoy ourselves as neither of us are keen about having our pictures taken generally. There are loads of beautiful pictures that look amazingly pretty and capture little glimpses of our personalities. I know that Trish and Bill are happy to do informal photoshoots during evenings and weekends, so if any of you are interested let me know and I can put you in touch to talk to them about details and charges.

Trish and Bill are going to come for christmas at our house as well now. So it will be the two of us, my parents, their dog, Trish and Bill and their two dogs. Six people, three dogs, half renovated house.

I'm actually quite excited about it. I may be crazy but a whole house full of family, hectic movement, warm lovely food and fairy lights seems a great idea to me.

Now I need to go and work with Andy to make it happen!

New Shoes!

cosy toes!

Once again, from my favourite place to get all the basics...M&S.

Though they did let me down on the coat front, a total lack of waistlines. Next has some potential...although they dont seem to be on their website.

I'm not a massive shopper, it just happens that my everyday boots and winter coat have run out at the same time, and at the same time as our lovely weather has turned super-chilly.

In other news, I have had a lovely weekend hanging out with some of my best friends, and have another one planned for this saturday. I am not vibing the whole going to work every day thing right now, I want to be really into it because I do actually like the majority of my job.

Only a few weeks until I have nearly two weeks booked off (otherwise known as christmas) well, looking forward to it is an understatement!

Happy Birthday to....

Little Miss Possibilitea!

Due to the ongoing lack of kitchen I raided a lovely little cake shop in town and decked out my own Tea room thusly...



Then the wonderful company arrived....

Tea was drunk, cakes were eaten (including the biggest scones in the world...we eat and eat and eat until it'scone! - go on you want to laugh, you know it)

Then time for singing....

and sparklers!

In conclusion, we have proven (scientifically no less) that it is possible to drink your own body weight in tea and it does you no harm at all. And when you add in wonderful company it does you good!

Tonight is definately one for staying inside, snuggling down and seeking warming things.

I also want to start making the cupboards for the new kitchen. It's a toss up between the sofa with a blanket and flat pack furniture upstairs.