We have had such a busy weekend, on Friday we picked Maisie up, on Saturday we went to Peterborough, Sunday we went to London to meet a wedding client and then on to see some sights so Maisie could take some photos for a scrapbook. Monday we drove to Leek to visit Denise and co and now we are both shattered. At least I can work from home, poor Barry has to go to work!
Today I am taking Maisie to have her hair done and then I am going to try and NOT do a thing!! My horrid nasty menopause symptoms are driving me nuts and I can't remember the last time I slept for more than two hours at a time! Sorry if all this is a bit garbled but that is how my brain is right now.
I have already finished sending all the high res images to kerrie for the summer issue of Yarn Forward magazine so I've not been too unproductive.
I'll leave you with this adorable photo of my beautiful Ali and her youngest, Sullivan....
We don't have all the wedding photos yet but I'll be posting some more as soon as we have them to play with. I want to put them in order of being taken and as we had two photographers it is taking a bit of time but from the ones we have seen so far, I can tell you that they are really good.
Don't forget to comment on the previous post if you want to try and win the Moebius, I have decided to knit it in a different colour for the winner if pink is not your scene :^)
We have two wedding presents which had no label on them so we don't know who gave them to us. One is a beautiful crystal candle holder with a tea light in it and the other is a gorgeous amber glass globe which also has a scented candle inside it. If the giver of either of the gifts is reading this blog please let us know if it was you that gave it to us. There is an email link in the sidebar if you don't want to leave a comment on here. We want to say thank you! I have made all the thank you cards, I just need to write them and send them...being married is exhausting hahah!!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
A Busy Weekend
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
A Celebration in Pink
I want to celebrate the fact that Barry and I are married, it hasn't really sunk in yet, but I do know we are still floating about like a couple of aged lovebirds! haha!!
All you have to do is pop in and say hello, I will put all the names in a hat and get someone to draw out a winner. You have exactly one week to leave a comment on this post.
I am looking forward to hearing from you xx
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Redcoats and Rebels Re-enactment
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When we got in I sliced some onions, put some tasty organic sausages on the top, halved some new potatoes and drizzled the lot with olive oil and seasoned it with sea salt crystals and freshly ground black pepper. Baked it all together for about 40 mins in a reasonably hot oven, stirring once. I then put the kettle on to boil, plated up the sausages and potatoes and poured some boiling water over the onions and using a whisk I scraped up all the tasty bits sticking to the bottom of the pan, added some chicken gravy granules to thicken it slightly and we had dinner! So easy and if we both liked other vegetables I would have added carrots and parsnips to roast as well!
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Can anyone tell me how on earth Cat Bordhi worked out how to do that amazingly confusing but easy when you 'get it' cast on, for that clever mobius cowl she created? I mean, whatever must have driven her to do it? I am loving knitting it though :^)
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I just received this by email from my lovely Aunty Sally, my Mum's youngest sister who is very nearly the same age as me!!
MY LIVING WILL
| Last night, my friend and I were sitting in the living room and I said to her, 'I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just pull the plug.' |
Friday, May 16, 2008
Stitch Markers, Swallowtail and Mosaic Socks
Now I am going back to clearing out my kitchen cupboard, the one under the sink that is full of half full bottles of this and that...I think I will have a clearer head if I actually finish that task.
I have had ear ache for about three weeks now, off and on...the flying made it worse especially on the second honeymoon to Guernsey on Saturday. Didn't I tell you about that one? Ooops sorry....actually Barry was working there Monday to Wednesday so I tagged along for the ride. It was so warm and sunny and the seafood was out of this world. Thanks go to James, Barry's colleague for showing us some excellent restaurants, maybe we'll get to the lobster restaurant next time!
Doctors for me my girl! I am fed up of the pain and being deaf GGGggggrrrrrr!!!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Olives et Al
the sight was absolutely amazing, we feel so privileged to have seen this!
Just off to the post office now to collect our wedding photos, what this space!!
UPDATE:
Emma I can't get in touch with you, can you email me?
Oh and Jo, what a dope I am, my fingers were so excited they got the sentence wrong....
Of course I meant WATCH THIS SPACE doh!
Friday, May 09, 2008
Hey Marco!
Barry took this shot of me, I love it for some reason....I can remember the fun I was feeling at the time it was taken, I also love the fact that it shows the location of our room in the Hotel. I loved listening to the Gondolas passing by our room every morning, some of them had accordians playing but my favourite was listening to the wonderful Italian male voices singing songs that I recognised. It was so very romantic.......
Meet Marco...after our amazing ride on a Gondola, we went to the nearby bridge and I called out 'Hey, Marco!' and our Gondolia turned and waved to us! He had told us so many interesting facts about Venice as we ambled our way around the narrow canals, not sure I could recall any now mind you!
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Just one Cornetto?
This piece of Murano Glass arrived here in Cambridgeshire yesterday...we had our names and wedding date engraved on the bottom! You can see a photo of Barry signing his life away when we bought it, in the slideshow...I must have been pretty relaxed as I read a book from cover to cover, something I hadn't done for years. I have started plenty of books but never ever got past the first chapter or two...it was a good feeling finishing it. The book is called 'Remember Me?' by Sophie Kinsella
It's an easy entertaining read, perfect for a holiday!
we took loads and loads of photos throughout our honeymoon.... you can see the rest of the edited ones here
I'm going to be editing more so be warned....
Today, I wrote to the manager of the hotel where the wedding was held...I feel better now!
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a treat for you...a short video of Barry serenading me with a special tune on his trumpet!!
I love you Barry! xxx















