Travels!!!!

My sister and mum and dog in tow arrived safely whilst we were at the supermarket getting dinner and had not even realised we had left the back door open, they thought we had done it on purpose for them but we had'nt it was just a mistake.

On Friday we decided to revisit the Edgbaston Resevoir as we had done many years ago and thought maybe it would conjure up some memories for us especially for my sister as she was only about 7/8 years. When we arrived we were very disappointed in what we found, we are sure there were more trees and the water seemed to have shrunk unless that was just beacause we have grown older.

We continued our journey onto my brothers warehouse as when my mum and sister are down they like to visit them, the warehouse is full of junk and has an air of feeling of abandonment but lots of fun to mooch around as you never know what you will find.

I treated myself to 3 large crock pots for the new to be garden for just £8 a bargain or what.

Friday night we decided to go to a car boot as i have the luxury of having a qualified driver in beside me in the daytime so i like to take advantage of driving alot. We went to Stratford boot and it was a let down there were lots of traders there. My brothers had a stall so we had a cup of tea with them. They have a helper who we like to call "Fraggle" who was on top from this morning and had us all in stitches and even got himself a laptop for £15 but found to his dismay that it had been melted on the back, it didnt really deter

him as he thinks he will make more money if it is of no use to him.

Stolen Gate!!!!

We got the paper for the walls and washed it all down ready so no lumps and bumps, only to discover the plaster is loose on the wall underneath the window and above it. It came out easily in our hands so hubby has rang the council and they wont be out now till March 5th so its all on hold again grrrr.

Today I've been filling in the smaller holes preparing it all and we have been taking off the skirting to rub it down and re paint it and put it back on once we have carpet laid.

We also drew a plan of our garden as you have seen in previous posts it is a mess, we really need to get a rotivator on it but it going to be expensive and very hard work. My husband is going to work out whether it would be worth getting a landscape gardener into do it.

We went out in the garden to have a look around there's stuff everywhere and then discovered low and behold someone has stolen our back gate!!!!!!!! I must add too that it was attached in anyway for some unknown reason, it was like this when we moved here, so now we need a new back gate too!!!

Gardening, Photography and Tantrums

Well i haven't written for a few days so i thought i'd better or you will be thinking i've abandonded my blog.

I went out yesterday afternoon, we have fields over the back of us so i went walking over there(if you knew me you would know walking and me do not go hahah) it was really quite nice the sun was shining but it was quite blowy which was quite hard because the things i wanted to take pictures of would not keep still.

We had hubby's other daughter for the day that passed quite well no arguments with my daughter which usually happens. There is only a year between them, after lunch i persuaded hubby to come for a walk we took the little one too, to run off her lunch and get some fresh air. She is soo comical we had only been walking a few minutes and she was huffing and puffing and wrapping her arms round herself saying "cold" at 2 years old she is very clever and very funny.

Today has been a busy day too, ive been out in the garden digging the borders ready to put some plants in, my hubby came home with some gardening gloves for me "he is so romantic".

I was using my gloves when my little one came back into the garden and had marigolds on about 4 times too big for her, then proceeded to pick up the weeds for me and put them in the bin. She got very angry and had a tantrum because she could not keep the gloves on but we found it hilarious bless her, she ended up stomping back into the house so im am going to be on the hunt now for a pair of gardening gloves for a 2 year old.

My husband papered all the ceiling in the living room, im so chuffed its taken us ages to get to this point and it only took him 2 hours. Tomorrow if he is back early enough then we will be getting the paper for the walls. Im so excited it will look great once it has been all done.

The other room at the moment is full of the living room bits and bobs so its a case of climbing in here if you need to use the room.

My mum and sister are coming down on Thursday for a visit, as its my birthday on Sunday so that will be nice, i also hoping to get a chance to drive my car while they are here as im still a learner my sister can sit in the passenger with me. Usually when they come down we end up going o0n alsorts of adventures and you can be sure we will be this time too.

Here are two of my pictures from last nights sunset.

Here is my little rascal she is 2 years old.

My New Lens

These are just a few of the pictures ive taken today with my new lens, im so excited to have it at long last. Ive been buzzing since i went out over the fields at the back of us which is where i took these photos.

We drove to Gloustershire to fetch and the drive was really nice and thinking of all the pictures i was going to take.

Ha but what i did not account for was a dead battery. Oh well i do try.

The day has been glorious yet again feels like Spring/Summer rolled into one, when i went over the fields, a chap stopped me and informed me that at dusk a barn owl likes to sit around in the trees, which would be great to capture also he mentioned a buzzard that likes our area and is around alot, so i shall certainly be on the prowl for them two.

An Outcome

Well the lens saga continues i managed to get through to the company believe it or not only to be told "im sorry because its in your husbands name he has to cancel the order" grrrr, so i have someone FINALLY who can deal with my request but they cant deal with me typical. I got my husband to ring them and cancel the order and im finally done with them never again.

I have found another place that does the lens, ive rang them to see if they have any in stock and have asked them to reserve me one. I also had a few queries and this man sounds like he knows exactly what he is talking about yayy. Im fecthing it tomorrow it will take at least an hour but i will have my lovely lens at last amen.

The day ahs been gorgeous again so ive been out in the garden pottering, ive been getting all the weeds and grass from between the slabs and looks so much neater.

We are going to have to use a rotavator on the bottom half as the grass is nearly all dead and theres lumps and bumps in it too. Im not looking forward to it if im honest the garden at the bottom is quite big as you can see by the picture below.

Spring in the air

The day has been really nice almost like Spring is in the air, we went to town and got the dvd i promised my daughter "High School Musical" i am sick of seeing and hearing it around the house at the moment.

We took the little one to the park to let off some steam and stretch her legs after being in the pushchair, she loves the slide her nanny and grandad bought her one for her 2nd birthday. The swings she gives a miss as she does not like the sensation when you go forward she thinks she is going to fall.

I rang the company AGAIN about my lens for my camera and they still said "can i take your name, number and order number please and i'll get someone to give you a call back". I had a hugee rant about there service and how this was the 5th time now i had rang and been asked the same thing with no phone call in reply like they promised everytime grrr. Guess what, yes your right i still never recieved a call back again in response to my query.

All i want to do now is cancel my order is that just too much to ask one of the staff to do for me.

I shall never shop there again thats for sure, ok rant over now.

I managed to get rid of a pine chest of drawers on freecycle along with a single matteress we no longer need, i also have alot of curtains to put on but just have'nt got round to it.

Miracles

Well a miracle happened today, as i said in a previous post my husband and i are terrible about making decisions. Today we made the decision on wallpaper AND bought it how about that.

In the car on the way home was the next question " when will you be starting the ceiling then darling" he says he is going to start the weekend yayyy at last.

We collected the sun tokens for the £9.50 holidays a few weeks ago we got confirmation through recently that we have a holiday booked in Isle of Wight i cant wait my camera will be going too. I bought a swimming costume for ML it was a bargain at £2, later the same night she found the costume hanging up and decided to try it for size haha, she had put it on over her clothes she looked such a picture.

Decisions Decisions

Well Ive been debating about whether to continue this blog, i had not told anyone i was doing it to start with but i have been persuaded to carry on. I think in the long run i will enjoy doing it, its a bit nerve wracking to start off with so here goes.

The last week or so has been pretty busy, we have been filling holes in the walls in ML room now the carpet is down, i know we always end up doing things arse backwards even though we say we will do it properly every time.

Well i ordered my telephoto lens for my camera on Feb 2nd and I'm still waiting its soo frustrating, i just want to start using it NOW. I'm so impatient sometimes i want things like yesterday as many people who know me will tell you. After numerous calls to the company they have taken my name and number and have said they will get back to me and of course they haven't. I finally managed to speak to someone who knew what they were doing and from Friday 13th i now have to wait a further 7-14 days.


One of my other passions is Freecycle for people who may of not heard about it, it is a recycling group online where people can offer there things to other for free to stop them going in the landfill, all you have to do is email the person with the particular item and ask for it and then they decide and you just go and fetch it.

I have had some fantastic things from there including a bunk bed with a single bed at the top and a sofa at the bottom which converts to a double bed too, Quarry tiles, curtains, tv unit, tripod for my cam.
Its a great way of getting rid of stuff you don't want or updating your old things.
I have got rid of many things on there myself too and i have met some lovely people through it too.


We have decided we really must push on with the decorating it has come to a halt and been like that for about 4 weeks now. We have to decide what kind of paper we are going to use for the living room but if you knew my husband and i, we are not good at decision making it is just sooo hard. We will start our search for wallpaper this week sometime hopefully.

We had visitors on Thursday namely my mum and sister, my mum had been visiting some friends in Inverness, her flight had been delayed 8 hours,she couldnt fly to Manchester so ended up flying to Birmingham airport instead which is nearer to us. They arrived a mum smelling of incense sticks, a desperate dog wanted to strectch his legs and a frazzled sister who had been at the sirport since about 8am. They stayed the night then continued there journey home on Friday back to North Wales.


We have had some lovely weather so i have been doing gardening just mainly weeding and ML has wanted to help also even though i brought her bike out for her to play. I ended up getting her bucket and spade from the shed and so she helped weeding, along with finding worms and a frog much to her delight, her face was a picture. I also managed to get JR off the sofa too, to lend a helping hand which was a nice change so it was a real family affair doing the garden.

Rainy Days

We moved into our house at the beginning of November, we have been slowly trying to decorate it but with christmas and kids birthdays it has been a bit hard. We are now getting back on track with it and the living room has been stripped of the awful blue striped wallpaper.

Today we went and had a look round Ikea it always gives me ideas of things i would like to do in the house. I got some metal shelves i have been wanting for my kitchen we measured up AFTER we got home and found they are not going to fit arhhhhhh. Oh well cant say i didnt try hahaha.

I have been dying to get out with my camera again but with the weather i dont want to wreck my camera, so i will just have to be more patient. My daughter was not too happy either to discover her school WAS open again thinking she might get an extra day off.

The weather cant decide what to do it has rained all day and now it is snowing quite alot.

Jobs getting done

Its not been an eventful day really, just the usual weekend things you tend to do. We got the carpet fitted in ML room today and it looks great, changes the whole look of the room. I scrubbed kitchen cupboards in and out must of been on a mission i think, housework is not my number 1 favourite.

More cards arrived in the post for my husbands birthday tomorrow, so stashed them away. Ive bought him a new hands free kit the 3rd one, i may add as he seems to have the knack of losing them would you believe. I've told him this is the last one now hahhaha. They dont come cheap either some of them.

Im waiting patiently for my telephoto lens, they have said delivery in 10 days its been 5 so far and counting. In the mean time i have been messing and practising with my maro lens at home and trying it on the tripod too, the effect and quality of the pictures are amazing. Im really getting into this photography lark.
I have lots of books from the library too, to help me along and i've jotted down little notes for when im out and about with my camera.

Here are a few experimental shots with my macro lens:

Brain not in gear

I've been considering for a while to start a blog but just not been brave enough, ive been following a few of them and must say how much i have enjoyed it.
Well i here goes, i have been married to a great bloke for 4 years in August. I have 5 kids, ages ranging from 21 down to 2 years only the youngest two are at home now.
We have moved around alot over the years and have now settled into this area where we have been since October 2007.
I have various hobbies which i enjoy including reading a variety of books, cross stitch, computers, photography, drawing, car boots to name but a few.
My most recent are photography and embroidery embellishment im really enjoying both.


The day seems to have gone soo slow today, my husband went off to work to do some repairs for his company, i did wonder why he went as the weather here was not too great. He text me an hour later saying he was turning back as the roads were getting worse.
After bringing breakfast back with him a latte and sausage and egg muffin(been a while since i had one) we went into town to collect his phone as it had been repaired.

We decided to find somewhere where i could take pictures as recently i have taken my camera with me alot afraid of missing a good shot or 2!! We found a park and had a wander round with our little girl who i will call ML who is 2, she was shouting snow snow.
I got what looked like great pictures and was very pleased with myself we wandered a bit further and L slipped and ended hands first in a muddy, slushy puddle and was black haha, she was drenched therefore or outing was cut short but i did get pictures of a mucky girl too!!!

We got home i was eager to check my pictures out, discovered i had not put my memory card back from when i last transferred my pictures to the pc argggggg. I was soo annoyed and could of kicked myself but hopefully i have learnt a valid lesson today.