Royal Albert

Here is the dinner set in situe

We went off to the Christmas fair yesterday. My eldest daughter Jade got a 50 piece royal Albert country roses  dinner service for £10.00.

I won these on the tombola

And I had to buy this cushion.



These Christmas plates and this Christmas dish.

I think we did quite well really. What do you think?

Dreaming of moving

 Dreaming of moving

I have come across a house not very far away/. And I Love Love Love it. Its empty and derelict and I just want to love it and make it all gorgeous. This obsession has gone on for weeks know I have even been on www.land registry.co.uk to see who owns it with no luck. My idea is if I can find out.



1 is it for sale

2  how much is it.
3 I can persuade the other half to move!!

Here's the living room fire place with a lick of paint and new tiles.

Here's the living room fire place with a lick of paint and new tiles.

I used flat black fromhttp://www.littlegreene.com its the most amazing paint. Drys instantly.

Before last Christmas.

I thought i would have a recap of all the furniture I have painted over the last couple of years. It might inspire me to do more.

painting furniture

I got up this morning and thought it was a good idea to paint the dining room furniture. My back is breaking now.

Coffee

I know I keep saying this but I am going to make sure I post at least once a week.
I have just been to Aldi and bought my self  a milk frother And here is the result.

An it was delicious.x

Birthday Holiday booked.

Just booked  a little winter  break for Geoff and I. We are going to celebrate our birthdays here in the sunshine............

Empty Nest

Well my baby has gone back to university today, so we now have empty nest syndrome what makes it worse is its my weekend off and Geoff's working. What shall I do the whole weekends stretching ahead!!.

I have just bought these, I bought one at Christmas and it smelt lovely and lasted forever.
    

Finished blanket!!

Well finally finished Natasha's blanket..

Happy New Year

Hello
Not been on here for ages Happy new year.
I have made a list of things I want to do this year.
1 Clear my house of clutter, I started before Christmas and made a fair bit on eBay.
2Read more books, I got a kindle for Christmas so no excuses.
3Take more photos and post on here.
Save save save for Geoff's special birthday next year.

I need to lose some weight so have joined Slimming World I will update on Thursday after weigh in.

I haven't blooged this month because we haven't had any Internet connection. I made a promise to my self that I would blog at least once a week.
Without Internet connection I have got so much done the house is clean all the washing and ironing is done. I have been busy using the camera I got for my birthday and the camera on my phone,theses are all the things that have made me happy this month. A bunch of Daffs. A new Bag


Some Pretty storage boxes

Back to work

Well i have gone back to work after 6 week's off with the flu. Nothing changes I was swore at by a 3 year old yesterday I was shocked, which is a good thing that means I still care apparently. For people who don't know me I work with homeless families who have complex needs.
Just as I was sat there still wondering what to do about it Tasha texted me and asked if Emma bridgewater had a cafe she was thinking of going there for lunch as she was training across the road.Then started texting me asking do you want this for your birthday. She knows what buttons to press.




On a nicer note I am going to watch all this weeks Land girls on my day off and carry on with this.


Peanut allways has to get in the picture.

The snow and the robbin is back.

I got up this morning and looked out of the kitchen window to OMG snow and a big fat Robbin. I have been looking for him every morning for a few weeks now.

Click on the picture to enlarge and see how fat he is.

Well I have managed to not buy any food apart from veg, I haven't even manged to make a dent in the freezer as yet. I am not back in work till Friday and I am going back to work I don't care what the doctor says. I haven't told you but I have had swine flu and have been off work since the 5Th December as it left me very week and with a really bad chest infection, the GP keeps saying you need to rest well I am rested, bored and better so off to work I go on Friday.
So t will be a test then if I can keep up with emptying the food mountain out of this house time will tell.

Donna

New year new start

Well it's been a whole year nearly since I blogged. In that time I have stopped smoking, learnt to swim and put lots of weight on. Been ill most of the year with colds and flu I even had a cold in Santorini in July. Whats that all about.
So this year I am going to lose this weight ( I am going to join a gym) and walk more, eat a more health diet.

I am going to empty my freezer and store cupboard before I go to Mr T's again, there is only three of us at home, Tash is busy being a student in Stoke most of the time, so I think I will set myself a challenge to use it all up and set myself a budget of £20.00 a week for bread, milk, veg and fruit. I think I have enough food in the house to last all of January anyone care to join.

Here he is the love. Lets see what Lovelies I get tomorrow

OMG

Oh my god I can not believe it has been so long since i posted something on my blog. I have been ill most of last year. So I am determined to post here at least once a week from now on. Geoff's taking me shopping tomorrow for my birthday present, he says I have to go cos he doesn't know what I like GOD after 30 years you would think he knows me by now.I will post what I got tomorrow. He did very well with my Christmas presents, he just went into CK and said I will take everything the girls went with him though . God I was spoiled this year so only want a token birthday present.

Natasha's 18 Birthaday

Happy Birthday Natasha

I can't believe my baby's have grown up so fast and into beautiful young women

Shopping

I went shopping today not dull food shopping nice shopping I had set my heart on a Laura Ashley cake dome but when I saw it in the shop I couldn't justify £25.00 for a bit of tin and a piece of glass.

So I bought a bath mat instead not just any bath mat a Cath Kidston lovely I found in TK Max.

Then I saw A lovely pair of slippers in Monsoon and I swear they just fell into my hands well I had to take them home.

On the way home I went into the charity shop and there it was a glass dome all the princely cost £1.00.

So not a bad day got every thing I wanted for less than the the price of a cake dome.

What made you buy your house ?

I have just Thought we have lived here 15 years today and this is what made me buy this house, I stumbled across it by accident, the estate agent phoned and told me about another house on this road, I went to see it and it was beautiful with a hundred foot back garden and a stream at the bottom of the garden. But it didn't feel right so driving back down this long road I saw it for sale it was the windows I spotted first. I stopped the car and had a look in the letter box and knew then I had to have it.

I came to see it the next day and put an offer in there and then £10.000 below asking price well it had been empty 4 years, it was accepted and it was ours.

It's been a very happy house and I always pinch myself when i walk in knowing how lucky we were to find it.

Thrifting and a gift!

I got some lovely buttons today hand painted they look really old, a big bag of wool that I started to try and make granny squares with. My dear friend Michelle said she saw this book and thought of me thank you Michele I know Michelle will never read this because computers scare her, but who knows maybe one day.

Finaly finished the dining room!

Heres the dining room finaly finished.

Wasting food

One of my pet hates is wasting food, I went to Mr T'S this morning and after leaving £100.00 lighter with hardly any shopping. I get home and start putting it away in the salad drawer I find three dodgy looking peppers, 10 dodgy tomatoes I say dodgy that's the families take on anything that is a little wrinkled me included. In the fruit dish there was 2 over ripe bananas and in the veg rack 4 dodgy looking carrots, now if I had have gone shopping yesterday as usual the said family would have put the shopping away and all this dodgy produce would have gone in the bin instead of here. Any one want a piece of carrot cake or a banana muffin. and with some mushrooms,courgettes,garlic and a can of tomatoes tomorrow nights dinner sorted lasagne.

Thank You Caroline Lace Threads

I have been busy doing this today, this statue was destined for the CS, my mum keeps bringing me stuff that she thinks I like and to be quite honest I hate most of the things she brings me, so with a little present from Lace threads a scrummy packet of tissues I decided to do this, because she has got a pretty face and now a pretty dress. what do you think.

Shabby dining room /not chic

As promised before pictures of my shabby dining room, I have been working hard all weekend with my daughters to chic it up we are still busy doing it so may post pics tomorrow of the finished room.

Finished Quilt

I have spent the morning finishing the quilt I started last weekend, I had enough of the dining room, so thought I would sew for a couple of hours. Excuse the mess on the dressing table.

Update

My darling daughters and I have painted the walls,and re painted the furniture.
I don't know how they feel cos there not up yet but I feel like I have been hit by a train god I ache. Today we have got to finish painting the table and the chairs, I say we but I'm guessing they will cry off. better get to it, I want it finished for tonight.

Right heres the list

1, Buy paint, Floor varnish.Done Scrub dining room take everything out.Go to work.

2,Wednesday After feeding mum's psycho cat, another post a long story. Go and buy some yummy Cath Kidstom fabric to make new curtains hay how hard can it be. Go to work

3, Thursday Working all day, Finish at 4pm. Make a start, oh better tell Geoff at this point.

4, Friday Start painting, try and make at least one curtain.

5, Saturday finish making curtains and put them up. I will come back and add things as I think off them

Shabby dining room

I have been looking at blogs and my dining room is shabby, Not chic just plain shabby. So on Thursday I finish work for 5 days, do you think that's long enough to shabby it up. Pictures to follow. I have made a list, and I am going to tick it off as I go along

Thought i would resurrect my blog

Thought i would resurrect my blog, I don't know why I haven't posted for so long. My grandma would have been 100 today, if she were still alive.She died 5 years ago, she was a wonderful funny lady, who taught me allot.
I got to thinking about her on Saturday as I was sat making a patchwork quilt, the green fabric reminded me of an old eiderdown she used to have.
I wish we still had it it was really warm and snuggly.
Here's a picture of the quilt not yet finished

Overlocker is on its way

Well my ebay sales finished on Thursday night, and some last night and guess what I made enough to buy my ovrlocker http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=310057668714&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=021and here it is well the link on ebay. not only did I sell my tables and foot stool I DE cluttered my wardrobe as well so i have got another 70 items on ebay it feels really good to have a tidy wardrobe, even the girls are thinking about selling there unwanted things and believe me that would take forever to list.

Tables and foot stool

Ebay funds over locker

I really need no want an over locker so I have put loads of things on E bay today hoping to get the magic £200.00 for an over locker, I have put my tables on and foot stool that i have recently shabby ed up,