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.