Sunburn, ouch

Kev is on his second week away in Aberdeen, not long now. He says they had nearly 2 hours of sunshine at the weekend , wow.

Clare stayed overnight at mine last Wednesday which was lovely and we had some wine, plenty of chat, and a Chinese takeout. Which unfortunately revisited me at around 4am, and didnt go away til 9.30 am. Not nice! felt very dehydrated and sorry for myself for the rest of the day.

Saturday - gorgeous day. Got up and finished painting our garden fence. Then had a bath and went shopping. Homesense, again. Bought a fabby new rug for the lounge, bargain (ish !). And a few bits of Xmas pressies. Spent the rest of the day sat in the back garden doing some cross-stitch. Then a pizza and some wine for tea.
Strictly Come Dancing is back - YEAH . Austin Healey is on, and danced an awesome waltz bless him. Can't wait for this series, really loving it already. And very sure that Gary Rhodes will make me cringe every week !! hee hee

I appear to have lost my little dog for a couple of hours. He has decamped to Sarah's next door ! When i peaked round the fence he was sat in their lounge, as if he lived there, the little scamp.

Sunday - glorious day. Did as little as possible, but sat in the garden all day with cross-stitch again. Realised later that my legs, chest and arms are quite nicely burnt - ouch ! hey ho, i seem to do it every time, my bad.

Grand Day Out

Still smarting from my fall on the bus on Monday last week. My left foot (yeah i know, i should write a book) is deeply bruised and my left arm too.

Worked from home on Wed, dropped Jack off at his hotel in readiness for our team day out.
The activity centre was great fun, it was really muddy and wet but great fun. We did blind driving, RAGEbuggies, clay pigeon shooting, archery and hovercrafting.
I loved the hovercrafts, but not the buggies. Everyone was covered head to toe in mud, but all had a great time.


Then off to Tortworth Court Hotel, which is gorgeous. An old, sprawling 4
* hotel set in amazing grounds. We had a lovely meal, and plenty (oh did we ) to drink. The Sift awards I made went down well, everyone seemed happy.
Much drinking and a very late night (early morning) followed.
Thankyou Sift - it was fab.

Friday - came back to the office, caught up on mails, etc. Kev came home around 5pm, but was off on a leaving do in Cheltenham on Saturday, so Jack and I were alone again !
Sunday flew by in a blur, Kev is away til Wed, and the winter weather is here with a vengeance. Its disgusting today, totally disgusting. And I look forward to spending the rest of the day in soggy jeans. YUK

Ouch

Not a great start to my week. I took a bit of a tumble on the bus.
Stood up to get off the bus, but the driver braked sharply, and I flew 4 foot down the aisle. Luckily the ticket machine stopped my face !

Bruised my feet, legs, left arm, shoulder and hand. My left cheek has a bit of a mark, but luckily not bad.

Doing that attractive walk today, when you can't bend or move any part of your feet or body - nice !!!

Happy Birthday Jack !!!

We've had another busy few days. Gav & Laura came to stay last weekend. We went shopping, bowling, and had a lovely meal at Frankie & Benny's. yum, yum, yum.
Picked Anna, Simon, Debs & Johnny from the airport on Bank Holiday Monday. Kev cooked pasta and chicken for all of us then all the kids went home. Packed Kev's bag and off he went again to Preston. Another weekend over !

Lexie has chicken pox bless her. At least its over with early.

Nipped down to see Lexie on Saturday. She was sooooooooo cute, you'd never know she was poorly. Full of fun and was a total Grandad's girl ! (which was lovely).
Popped in to see Anna too, and she gave me a lovely bunch of flowers.

Quite a quiet day on Sunday, then Kev packed off again for another week.

Work are going out this Thursday/Friday for our activity day. looking forward to that, and have a few little surprises up my sleeve for some of the guys too !! hee hee

this week

Friday 15th - 4am start. Arrrrgggh, not nice.
Picked Clare up at 4.30 so plenty of time to get to the airport for our 6am flight. But what's this ??? Someone appears to have moved Bristol Airport ! We can't find it for some strange reason. We drove through the same (very nice) village 4 times, but no airport. All of a sudden, I saw the sign, hung a sharp right, quick trip through Narnia, then out the other side to the airport. Phew. Grabbed a quick cuppa then off we went. Edinburgh was damp and busy, but we had a brekkie and managed to fit a bit of shopping in (Zara - good shop !! Lexie will do ok this christmas again )

Meeting. Back to town. Beer. Back to Airport. On the way back on the bus who do I see ? Gordon Bird from ADP !! Madness, havent seen him for 2 years, and there he is in Edinburgh for the week with his family for the Fringe festival. Good to see him. I like Gordon, he's a good bloke.
Anyhoo, back to the airport, bought the obligatory bottle of whisky for Kev, had a meal, plane delayed (grrrr), landed in Bristol at 8.15pm, home by 9ish.
Knackered. Kev was back from Preston and between us we sat in a tired stupor and drank copious amounts of wine for 2 hours then crashed into bed exhausted !

Saturday - did boring stuff (washing, cleaning), did a bit of shopping, collected Jacky boy. More wine. Saturday over.

Sunday - Anna, Si, Debs, Johnny arrived, had lunch at the Beefeater and some beers (not for me cos i am driving later!). Debs loves Jack cos he is just like their dog Sooty ! All off to bed by 9ish. Up at 2.30, drove the guys to the airport. Waved Kev off too at 5.30. Day off Monday, and spent most of in and out of sleep !!

Normal week. Gav has just been 'crowned' Apprentice of the Year at his college, so he and Laura are coming up this weekend to celebrate !

what has happened in the last 2 weeks ?

Kev's new job is going well, although his first contract is for at least 4 weeks in Preston ! So barely seen him since he started. The pay packet is lovely though, so Homesense might get hit quite hard soon.

We finally found a kitchen table at Ikea. Fits into the kitchen perfectly, and it is nice to have Sunday lunch at a table inside, instead of on the garden furniture !!

No more room for anything else new now. But still need to tidy the garden, hang some blinds in the kitchen and bathroom. Plus the spare room needs a coat of paint at some point. And the ensuite has to be redone. But nothing urgent !

Got some fabby new boots from Cushe (well ebay !). Sooooo cute and comfy, and a total bargain too.

Anna and Simon are coming up this weekend, looking forward to seeing them, and Debbie & Johnny too,before they jet off on their Ibiza holiday.
Beefeater Sunday lunch well and truly booked.

I get to jet off too, to Edinburgh for a one day work trip ! Me and Clare are being let out together - madness !!!

Jack is off to the kennels for a couple of days - his own little holiday trip.
So tonight will be pretty quiet - just me in the house.
But as I have to get up at 4am (!!!) to get to the airport for a 6am flight, then I don't think I'll be up late !

Monday already ????

Phew how the weeks fly by

Pretty busy all last week at work. We've arranged our team day out to spend our winnings. Having a team activity day, then an meal and overnight stay at a swanky hotel - looking forward to it v.much !!

Called over to Homesense near Bristol Airport and bought some fabby stuff ! Never been there before, but I think it will have a swift revisit !

Spent Saturday afternoon building our new chest of drawers. Dawn, Mike and Mum called over for an hour or so on Sat eve.

Power cut at 9pm !! Kev and I sat in the garden with candles til 12.30 and just got pissed ! Fab
Sunday - bad heads all round ! Built our new butcher's block trolley, cleared some of the rubble from the back garden. Too hot so stopped, had food and slept on the couch for 2 hours !

Kev stars his new job today (good luck Kev). The new company seem pretty good already, and having a laptop not a pda should be good.

Whoo hoooo

Wednesday 16th July - Happy Anniversary to Emma & Paul.
Thursday 17th July
My department made the most cash in Q2, and therefore we win £5k from the bosses to spend on a team day out. Fantastic !! I love this job !
Company meeting after work and then (free) beers afterwards.

Gav & Laura came to stay so that Gav can help build a new fence in our back garden.

Friday - off to the Beefeater after work, lovely meal with Gav & Laura, and plenty of beer. New fence looks great, except the boys put up 5 panels, and 2 of them were upside down !! hey ho, can we fix that, yes we can !

Saturday - Gav and Kev moved the garden shed and the garden is starting to look much better. Gav & Laura went home and Kev & I did a bit of shopping, lots of food and lots of wine !

Sunday - Mowed the lawns at Dawn's house, much better !
Not much else today, bit of a relaxing day - for a change.

Monday - Happy Anniversary to Anna & Simon.

back to work

so the holiday is over, booooooo. Back to work - for a rest ! hee hee

Saturday - Emma, Paul and Lexie came to stay. She is sooooo cute and growing up so quickly. It was lovely to spend time with them all, and have some quality cuddles with Lexie !!! We popped into Brizzle for a couple of hours, then went for food at the Beefeater just round the corner. It was way past Lexie's bed time but she was very well behaved and we had a lovely evening. Lexie went to bed when we got home and we stayed up with a few bevvies. Bed by 12.30.

4.30 Sunday am - Lexie had a temperature and then threw up, bless her. All day Sunday she was obviously not well, but still had a lovely couple of hours at the Avon Vally Country Park. But she was still very hot and flushed, so Paul & Em decided to take her home on Sunday afternoon. Shame, but I dont blame them.

Monday - Kev off today and I worked from home. Actually, yes I really did !!
Kev collected Jack from the kennels, complete with new hairdo ! soo cute.
Kev then attacked the back garden to get rid of all the horrid out of control plants, and to make space for us to put up a new fence and to move the shed about.
Jack slept. I spent half the day just reading emails from the last 2 weeks !

Emma text to say that Lexie was bit better and had some antibiotics from the doc, as they think she was getting an ear infection. Bless her, it was lovely to see her, even for a short while.

Back to work today, and sod's law after not needing the bus for 2 weeks, they strike tomorrow and Thursday ! Perfect guys, thanks for that one !!

Hey ho, normality is resumed.

days and days

What a busy few days. Sofas were delivered and are gorgeous. much more comfy than our old sofa ! They fit the lounge just perfectly and compliment the colours - a good buy I do believe.

Moved the furniture and most of the house on Friday. Knackered , and just need to clean the old house and fit all our stuff into the new one !!

Cleaned Dawn's house on Saturday - wanted to get it done before the viewing that was organised for midday. So scrubbed my little heart out from 7 til 11.30 !!
Kev had to stay in our house to welcome the Sky man ! At least we can watch the last Dr Who episode ! Whooo hooo

Miserable weather here, but Wimbledon managed to get through normal play.
Sunday - still sorting the house out, cleaning as we go. Had to pause to watch the Men's final (with a bottle of vino !!). What a fab match, loved every minute of it.

Bought a new microwave, some shelving units for the understairs cupboard, new chest of drawers for our bedroom, and a great (bargain priced) new vacuum cleaner - which just happens to be a stunning purple !!
Kev sorted all the sockets in the kitchen, so we have shiny stainless steel sockets which match the tiles.

Tuesday - popped over to Filton and found a Woolworths that was selling the Jeff Banks tableware that I love, and Kev very kindly let me buy it !!! Yippeee, I love it.
It is called Vintage Spots, and makes a funky edition to the kitchen!
Sky got our broadband all setup at last, so we are hot to trot - whoo hooo.

Wednesday - hung the lounge and kitchen doors back up. Now it feels like a home !! Still miserable weather and Kev and Jack are soaky wet after every walk !

Just a couple of days of our hols left - time has flown. Kev has to go to his office on Saturday for a company meeting, but as he starts a new job in 2 weeks time, its a crap waste of time. hey ho, i'm just glad he's leaving cos the company is crappy and a waste of space. roll on the new job which so far seems to be run by humans, and humans with a good level of knowledge about the job they do, which is a welcome change from the last lot !!!