Fairy Godmother

I'm so excited... I've just been asked if I would like to be Dylan's Godmother.

Of course - I promptly burst into tears! Then I was just overwhelmed at the honour of being asked!

I'm so excited and cannot wait to see my new little God Son and his lovely Mummy.

Luvya loads chick x

Holiday?

Our holiday started on Friday..... Somehow we have not managed to organise ourselves well enough to actually go away to our van in Somerset (Blue Anchor or BAH).

The kitchen, which we ordered 2 days before Paul was put onto short time, was delivered, and we are now in a situation where we can start to fit it.

And so, instead of heading off up the motorway on Friday afternoon, we started to pull out the old kitchen units.

For those of you that read regularly, you will already be aware that the wall cupboards and tiles came off last week (along with a trip to the hospital for Paul). Paul's stitches are now out, the electrician is booked for next Thursday the 21st and the integrated freezer and integrated fridge are due to delivered by Argos on the 21st also...... It's all systems go, so we may as well stay here and see it through.

Paul is laying the last bit of flooring today, he got a good start on it late yesterday, and then we shall sand and paint the walls before placing the units in a test before the fixing can begin.

Onwards and upwards....


I don't think Colin and Justin are very impressed by my decorating of the lounge at the moment!

Dinner with Friends

Sharon and Mike, our friends from the MX-5 owners club, asked us over to dinner tonight along with some other 5Er's.

We were both really looking forward to meeting up with everyone, as we have had to drastically curtail our club activities due to Paul's short hours at work, so it was a nice chance for us to catch up and have a good gossip.

We went over on the King Harry ferry and had a wonderful view of some of the large ships that are resting there.

Sharon and Mike live in a beautiful 19th century round house in Veryan on the Roseland Peninsular, quite possibly the most beautiful area you could visit in Cornwall, let alone live in.

Sharon has made their beautiful quirky cottage into an amazingly cosy and welcoming home, and along with these great surroundings, we had the bonus of spending time with friends, and not having to cook!

We had a fantastic night - thanks guys - I just hope that I have not inflicted the cold I have onto anyone!

Especially for Marg!

I hope that this little lot manages to keep you going for a few minutes Marg.... I feel well and truly told off - apologies for not updating sooner xx

Anyway not much gossip but....... I watched the latest episode of Greys Anatomy this morning (shown in the States on Thursday evening) - Episode 22 of Season 5!

There are only another 2 episodes to go and I don't know what i shall do when it ends.....

A marriage, a fatal illness, a death (possibly), Denny Duquet back again - Oh no.... not good not good (even though he is gorgeous), and love lorn glances from two total opposites!

Roll on next week for Episode 23 ! ! Where are you at in the saga - can I talk about it yet??

I expect and hope to receive some comments on here from you - and don't say you don't know how! I even created the account for you...... Love you loads Mom, J x

Mr Bodgetastic

Just after Paul's little incident we noticed something amiss with the wiring around the light fitting

The cheeky monkey who owned the house before us, did a real bodge job linking in another wire and sitting it just below the surface of the tiles....

down across the floor in front of the back door, just underneath the peel off kitchen floor tiles and back up the wall and through the connecting wall.

I think the electrician that we are getting in to add some more sockets is going to have a field day trying to fix this little botch up!

AAAAHHHHH!!!!!

Blood and Gore...

For those of you with a nervous disposition look away now...

For the rest of you ghouls, who are like me, check out what happened to Paul this avo when a rogue tile decided not to come away from the wall without a fight.

You will be pleased to know that I waited until the cleaning process had been completed and the blood had stopped flowing quite so freely before I took the first photo's...

A lovely deep gouge on his left hand above his thumb...

As steri strips would not last 5 minutes on Paul because of his job, John the chap who saw to Paul decided to go with the real deal - sutures - John reckoned on about 5

In went the anaesthetic...

Then the stitches started to go in

Very impressively it actually took 7 stitches to pull the gash together

and here endeth the story of the kitchen so far....

One more scar to add the the collection methinks Mr L

Ground Force 4....

Finishing touches were applied to my lovely planter, in the form of the shaping on the top, and it had its first coat of white paint before being refilled with soil.

and then it was a trip to the garden centers and Trago for a few nice shrubs - My friend Alison also supplied me with loads of lovely little bedding plants that she had grown from seed ...

in they all went...

My lilac - so that I can get some fairies back at the bottom of the garden - What do you mean you don't believe in fairies - sacralidge LOL. We had one of these in the front garden of the house I lived in as a small child, I always loved their scent.

pretty purple petunias, busy lizzies, gazinias....

and Escallonia Red Tide

and Cape Daisy's - I love these as my Dad gave us some when we moved into the house before the last one, not long before he passed away - I love their pretty violet colour and their eagerness to spread and reach the sun light.

Kitchen Warzone

Just as I put a chicken biriani on the stove top to simmer, Paul decided now was the time to start tearing apart the kitchen to make way for the new one. Firstly the wall cabinets came down...

Then the very badly fitted tiles came off...

He is working around the top half first then will pull the base units out at the last minute - at least I can keep my washing machine, cooker and sink intact for a few more hours!

despite everything being in boxes on the living room floor, not been able to get to the breakfast cereal, and hoping that the sugar tub does not empty before too long...


I think it will get a lot worse before it starts to look better - on a positive note though, I have chosen the paint for the wall colour - it's a Dulux, Softy Olive!