Well hubby is King and I am Queen of the house but we now have another king in the house.
Our new bed! Our old bed was 20 years old and although still quite comfortable, I always wanted a king size bed.
The Home Show was on last weekend and we didnt go with the intention of buying a bed just yet.
Our main aim was to look at stoves and fridges as we are getting to the point of the kitchen renovations where it is nearly ready to put the appliances in.
Last year when we went to the home show they had heaps of appliances to find out about but we werent ready at that point.
Sadly this year there were no displays with stoves and fridges. We had just gone in and one of the first displays we saw was beds. We had been looking at beds but just werent ready to buy but we did our homework to see what was out there.
Speaking to the salesperson we investigated just what home show special they could do on one of the beds we liked and he gave us a huge discount price on the mattress.
So how far would he go? We ended up getting 50% off the price of the mattress and he threw in the base, a mattress protector and free delivery.
Also 50% off a set of sheets. We told him wed continue looking around and talk it over.
Didnt want him to get all excited at making a sale so we left it for 2 hours while we looked around the rest of the show (and other beds to see what they could offer).
Eventually we went back and took the offer. We really did get a fantastic bargain and it was delivered on Wednesday. Weve had two nights now of sleeping in it and it is great but the biggest tick of approval comes from the cat!
She has heaps of room now and doesnt get shoved everytime we roll over and she also is spending her days dreaming away where ever she likes on the huge bed!
I snapped thjs adorable goat, on a recent visit to the Averyron department.
He was wandering around a trodlodyte village (all the original buildings built into the rock) and by the time we had finished clambering up the mountain, we both felt that the goat had the best of it because he wasnt hot and sweaty!
After 18 months of chemo, radio and immunotherapy, we havent really had the opportunity to take any holiday so the 5 days we spent away was a wonderful reward for my husbands (virtually) clean bill of health.
We have had so much rain over the last few weeks. But there have been a few bursts of sunshine in between the showers. We took a walk in the country park in the Autumn sunshine the other day and it was quite warm.
The boys had a great run and lots of sniffs and stayed dry for once lol The country park looked beautiful and very Autumnal.
I was so happy to get this lovely picture of the boys with the fallen leaves.
Well it finally happened, my twelve year old grandson has had his ear pierced. It wasnt planned, he just happened to be in a certain well known accessories shop looking for a Christmas present for his girlfriend Sophia (ah, young love).
He spotted the ear piercing station and asked his mum if he could have his ear pierced. Obviously she said yes and the deed was done. However, she never thought to as how much thinking maybe no more than £15.00, she nearly fainted… it cost in total with the cleaning solution £53.00.
She text me and sent the photo of a very happy Alfie and when I read it I said how much?
I nearly fainted. I said it would have been cheaper to buy the piercing gun and do it yourself. Was the stud 18ct gold with a real diamond.
I also said when I was a child one of my friends mums would do it with a couple of ice cubes and a needle.
… its the start of the cross country competition season soooo my youngest Grandchildren were both competing in the first cross country competition of the season at Ripley Country Park last weekend.
Luckily it wasnt too bad a day, (it can be a sad and soggy outing to these race meetings sometimes! lol) They both did really well and were heartily cheered on by us supporters!!
A couple of weeks ago it was our Grandsons 9th Birthday. Every year his party is themed to whatever he is interested in that year. No guessing needed looking at the photos….this year it is Minecraft.
Everything was with a Minecraft theme and of course I made his card to fit right in!. He had his party at the YMCA in one of the rooms there. Was great because it has a full kitchen and great room where we were set up. Lots of games to play both inside and outside so something for everything.
The piñata proved to be rather stubborn though but eventually it came open and I dont think Ive ever seen kids scramble so fast to get lollies.
Even his cake was a Minecraft design with gooey green custardy filling!! Was a wonderful day and the kids wouldve slept well that night with all the activities they did.
Last week my daughter went as a parent helper with RAF Benson school to Didcot Railway centre in Oxfordshire. It is a museum and preservation engineering site.
Today the Great Western Society have developed the site, which still retains many of the original Great Western Railway buildings and features, as both a working steam locomotive and railway museum, engineering maintenance centre, and railway line offering short rides to visitors.
The day was sunny thankfully and the children enjoyed the experience. Of course my daughter had to have a little ride in the drivers cabin.
This week will be the year anniversary of losing my little sister.I cant believe a year has passed already, Im still so sad and I miss her every day, we used to chat daily and its true you never know pain until the person you need to speak too is in heaven.As kids we fought like crazy LOL.
But as you grow up its funny how close you become. Sorry to be sad. Im not normally sad with my news but this week is slightly different Im sure shes looking down and laughing at me for being sad.
She wasnt an emotional person she kept them well hidden not like me. A blubbering mess sometimes hahaOh well thats all from me this week. Take care
On Saturday hubby and I visited the little seaside town I worked at until a few weeks ago. The town had an Arts Festival, called Between the Tides, with an art trail. With artist displaying their work in many venues around the town.
There was also music and activities to join in with, including a sand castle competition, and a teddy bear parachute jump for the children.
There was even sand art on the beach, but the tide was in when we were there, so it had disappeared!
One artist displayed her art in my old place of work Freddies of Pinewood.
They are usually an online business but opened their doors to show what they were all about. They had worked hard to make the shop, which used to be a cafe, look lovely for the public, all done out in 1950s style of course.
There was even a fashion shoot going on.
… have had more lovely cuddles and playtime with my great grandson Noah!
Im absolutely sure (well nearly! lol) that it wasnt wind but that he gave me a wonderful smile! lol Hes such a wonderful cutie I cant get too much time with him … but … unlike with my six grandchildren when they were small, I am happy to have short and sweet visits! lol
I had a day out this week to RAF Waddington where they were in exercise and the Hornets from Canada were in townAlong with the finish F18s and the Poland F16s.
Had a lovely day watching them launching and landing.It was a long drive there and back 6 hours round trip but was well worth the travelling.I doubt they will be back anytime soon.
So was great to catch them with my lens
A few weeks ago hubby and me took a weekend break to a caravan in Suffolk. Of course, our Golden Retrievers Billy and Sam came too. It was very relaxing, with lots of lovely walks on our favourite beaches.
The caravan was a good size, but unfortunately, they dont make the seating very comfortable and the TV is tiny.
Luckily we took out camping chairs so we ended up sitting on those. But how can you complain when the sun is shining and you have a sea view out of the bedroom window?
Ever since being diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia in March my own crafting other than designing and crochet has had to change.
I am limited to what I can realistically do because of how the chemo meds affect me.
I have to think of things I can do sitting down with just a small lap table to work on.
I had been watching a lot of YouTube videos and came across a number of channels who craft and make items on a 1/6th scale intended for 11.5 in fashion dolls like Barbie.
Now I already have a love of dolls and have some and I thought this would be ideal for me.
Now I can crochet clothes because Ive done that before, I can sew and make miniature stuff. I was inspired by all the videos, making things from stuff like caps and cardboard, foam board and general things you may have lying around.
So I started to collect bits and pieces I bought some second hand Barbie dolls to restore and restyle even re-root hair which Ive done before.
The bundle I bought had lots of clothes, but had seen better days but some just needed a good wash, which my fab hubby did.
Not only that he ironed them all without me asking as he knew I wouldnt be able to.
He stood and ironed all the small clothes for me. Part of my plan is to make some good for charity and others to sell for doll collectors. My hubby is definitely my Iron Man.
… Beautiful Misty Morning!! Im up and about early most mornings … and sometimes I am rewarded by beautiful sunrises …. but this week the view from the back window of our house was quite different and rather beautiful!
We have a beautiful view with fields and a valley, then on the horizon theres the M1 motorway with more fields beyond.
The mist was rising from the fields and valleys with the lights on the motorway shining through the mist ….
The beauty ofIt took my breath away!!
A week ago we took a trip to Healesville Sanctuary, its a wildlife Sanctuary for Australian native animals and birds.
We were lucky with the weather and the sun shone down for us.
It has been many years since I had visited this place and it was obvious that they had done some really good changes.
It was a pleasure to walk around and see the various animals, Koalas, Echidna, Tasmanian Devils to mention a few and of course lots and lots of our native birds.
I especially enjoyed Spirits of the Sky, where we got to watch some of these birds including an Eagle in flight.