288 Steps

That's how many steps I climbed on Sunday afternoon, and my legs are still aching! As Sunday was Father's Day, we invited Mr P's parents to join us for a barbecue, followed by a trip to Ely Cathedral and a tour of The West Tower.

I was slightly worried as I have had issues with heights in the past, and I was scared I would get to the top and want to go straight back down. However, there was no need to worry, as I loved it, and the views were absolutely amazing.

Hope you enjoy the photos.

Father's Day

This morning I am up bright and early because it is Father's Day. Today we have Mr P's family coming over for a barbecue, so I want to get the house clean and tidy, and also start getting the food prepared before they come.

I also want to surprise Mr P for Father's Day. I know we have no children together yet, but with his daughter living so far away, I feel he misses out on this day. Although he would never say it, I know this makes him sad. So I have bought him some lovely balloons, kind of arranged by his daughter too over Facebook chat. This is the surprise I was sorting out yesterday for him.

The other surprise, which I will get on with when I finish typing, will be bacon sandwich and cup of tea in bed. That's if he doesn't get up first!


Yesterday I went to Norwich to meet some wedding forum people for the first time, and I have to say that I did have a really nice time. It's always weird meeting people who you have been speaking to online, as you feel you do know them, but still don't know exactly what to expect! All the ladies I met were lovely, and now I can't wait for the next meet. I think I may organise another one for September time in Cambridge.

Right, I better go and get this bacon sandwich cooked, and then on with the housework.

Bye for now

Lazy Start

Why is it when you have lots to do, and a busy day, that you can't get motivated to do anything? That's me this morning. Here I am blogging, when I should be in the shower, getting ready to go into town. The annoying thing is that I don't actually need to do much in town, just need to do it alone and before Mr P thinks about coming into town too. Otherwise the whole surprise may be ruined. Now I probably have you wanting to know what the surprise is. Well obviously I can't reveal that yet as Mr P might be reading too. However, all will be revealed soon.

After my trip into town, I am going to the station to start my trip to Norwich. I will be joined there by a fellow hitcher (wedding forum term), and we will make our journey to meet other hitchers. I am hoping the sun comes out and it's a lovely day for it. Right now I am wondering what to wear. I don't want to be too cold right now, but obviously if and when the sun comes out later, I don't want to roast!

Well I suppose I better go and sort it all out. need to shower, find suitable clothing, and sort out the surprise. I will be back later to report on the fabulous day. Until then, goodbye.

New Life, New Creations & New People

Let's start with new life. Growing your own veg seems to have become very popular this year. Loads of people are doing it, and it doesn't matter what size garden you have, as there is always room for something. In our small garden we have pots containing new potatoes, dwarf beans, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, and a variety of herbs. It's really exciting watching them grow, and last weekend saw the start of the strawberries and the cherry tomatoes.




New creations are the 24 favour boxes we sat and made this evening. I know what a lot of people think, that we have over a year till the wedding, but who wants to sit and make over 100 favour boxes, 70 invitations, 70 order of service sheets, 65 place cards, and other stationery, all in one night? Not me! 24 boxes was enough for one sitting. By spreading it out I am hoping I don't become bored of making stationery.


Finally we get to new people. Tomorrow I am going to be meeting more new people from the world of the wedding forum. I am really looking forward to it, although also a little nervous. Believe it or not I can be shy sometimes and a little timid around new people. I am not Zippy all the time!

Goodnight

Big Brother = Big Pile of Rubbish!!

So why is that I keep watching it? It's not like I turn over especially to watch it or anything. If there was something else on then I would happily give it a miss, but for some reason there seems to be nothing on the other channels worth watching at that time. It also seems that the programme shown before it, is something we want to watch, and then the TV just doesn't get turned over.

10 years ago when Big Brother first came on to our screens, I didn't really have any interest in watching it. However, like most of the population, I started watching it when Nasty Nick was evidted from the house. After that I was hooked, and really enjoyed watching it. As someone who has a habit of people watching, I really liked seeing the different personalities and loved being able to watch someone 24/7.

The few years that followed were quite good too, with some quite memorable characters. Now, it just seems that they fill the house with the biggest idiots ever. Take this years selection for example, I can probably only think of a few people who seem normal. Like I said, I don't know why I watch it. Half of the people in the house make me so cross that I have to shout at the TV. Tonight I was getting agitated with Marcus, he is just a big bully who loves the sound of his own voice. I actually felt sorry for Sree, even though he is weird too, he doesn't deserve to be bullied by the others the way he has been. The other people who annoy me are Siavash and Cairon. I also think Halfwit and Angel are very weird people.

Who will win? At this stage I have no idea. There isn't really anyone who stands out as being a favourite, although I do quite like Charlie. Do I really care though? How long will I still be watching it for? I suppose it all depends on how long it takes for another channel to put something decent on at 10pm.

Goodnight

Plush You!

Following on with my creative spell, I decided I fancied making some quirky plush toys. So on Sunday evening I started searching for a book to show me how. After half an hour on Amazon I decided on 2 books:

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I then for some reason decided to google 'Plush You!' and realised that there is a whole website, with flickr album and blog. I will post links on the right to share these, and as soon as I start stitching I will share the photos too.

Kitchen Update

Ok, so I know I have been a lazy blogger, but looking back over past posts, I have noticed a lot of things I have not updated. One of these is the kitchen story.

Well the good news is that we have found a kitchen we love, the bad news is that it's double the money we are getting from my Dad. The other bad news is that the amount of pounds we get for the Euros is dropping daily, so we need to hurry up and buy it soon.

Returning to Blogging

After another sleepless night of tossing and turning, I have decided I need to return to blogging regularly. I don't really know what I will be writing about, but I am sure I can find something. It's not very often I'm lost for words!

So watch this space for more of my stories and thoughts.

Late Night again!

Another late night. Not good when you have a lot on at work and the heat in the office already makes you want to sleep at your desk. Especially not good when you had to get up earlier than usual and therefore have had a long day. What if you are not tired though? What then? I guess that's why I am here, writing my blog, sending everyone else to sleep but myself. That's assuming people do actually read my blog. I know of 4 people who do, and my profile has had 140 views. So either each of those people have looked 35 times, which is possible, or there are others who come here and read my late night ramblings!

Today I got up 40 minutes earlier than normal. Not out of choice, but because of our stupid electric. Or the village's stupid electric. It all started as usual with the alarm going off at 7am and Mr P getting up and heading for the bathroom. At this point I am usually hitting the snooze button and dozing on and off till 8.45. Not this morning. Within minutes of Mr P getting up, I awoke with a sense that something was wrong. Like that feeling when the alarm doesn't go off and you wake up with 10 minutes before you need to leave the house. Turning to look at the time I realised the electric had gone off. Luckily it was only 10 past 7, and I hadn't overslept. No extra sleep for me though as the we soon realised that there was no hot water, and I wanted to wash my hair. So there we are in the kitchen at 7.15 boiling pans of water on the gas hob. It makes you realise how much we take having electric for granted, and how much we use it for. It's just a good job it was bright and sunny this morning. I don't ever want to do that on a winter morning.

Luckily the electric came back on at around 7.30. Just as I had my head over the sink with Mr P washing my hair. Just in time, as I hate not being able to wash my hair properly, and what would I have done without my hair dryer and straighteners. I'm not sure I could have gone to work looking a mess!

Tomorrow, or should i say later this morning, I hope to wake up to a normal morning, with my usual routine.

Just quickly before I go to bed, I have to share the fact that my patchwork quilt is getting bigger every day, and some pretty new retro fabric arrived today. Tomorrow evening I will take a photo of it to put on here. As from tomorrow I will be taking all the quilt photos on the bed so it's easier to see it grow into full double quilt size.

Night x