Summer Holiday

hi all

well i feel like Ive not posted for such a long time but i think its only been about a week or so but in blog times that's ages!

anyways last week we set off for four days in a little cottage in criccieth in wales

it was such a lovely place. it had the feel of a lovely french fishing village ( even though Ive never stayed in a french fishing village!) so calm and peaceful, not to touristy but enough to do so that you didn't get bored!

we stayed in a beautiful little cottage that was about five minutes walk from the town centre

it had a lovely feel to it and i think that was down to the fact that it felt like a well loved little cottage and not just a dank dark holiday let. It had beautiful furniture and had a really well kept feel to it!



i don't think this picture really does the room justice but it had such a lovely cosy warm feeling and it had exactly the same cast iron fireplace that i have in my bedroom except that the cottages had a perfectly restored one in black and not a very carelessly painted one in pink!

there was tons of stripped pine to the house and a beautiful tiled hallway floor
it really was a shabby chic kinda house with lots of nooks and crannys!



we had such a lovely time that Ive been left with restless legs now.. I'm sat in work and really don't want to be there

there is is a great pebbly beach which my oldest loved to explore for crabs etc with his daddy..there was a couple of charity shops and a gorgeous shop that stocked all sorts of lovely house goodies. i really could see myself living here!

there was even a shop in the next town that had a gorgeous shop full of Emma bridgewater goodies and cath kidston towels etc
so for now we are going to have to settle for perhaps a few days away or a week at the most and enjoy it and who knows maybe in a few years time once the babies have got a bit older we might be able to get a little holiday bolt hole..who knows!!!!

i bought a few goodies from the charity shops ( they even have one that's open on a Sunday that's more than enough reason to move don't you think!) but alas our digital camera got broke so cant take any more piccies with it at the moment..once i do I'll show you what we bought!

also just to thank little gem for my awards..Ive never had one before so am feeling rather thrilled from it!.
I'm not sure how i go about sending them to people so until i do please enjoy them from my blog !!!

Are these actions normal!!!???

i am on a diet.. have been for the past few weeks as i really want to feel good in the summer months

so why oh why was i desperate to bake fairy cakes first thing this morning!!

i wasn't starting work until 10.30, the hubby had taken the boys to the in laws which is were they go on a Wednesday when I'm in work and i had from 8.00 am onwards to myself..

did i lounge on the sofa watching a bit of gmtv, perhaps joining in with Mr motivator with exercise, did i go and have a nice long leisurely bath and just chill out before the madhouse of work ????

oh no.. i kept on my spider man tshirt that i wear for bed..stuck my jeans on and ran round to the shop for eggs and sugar!!!!!!

i don't know what come over me.. i just felt the need to bake cakes, cakes that i cant even eat!!!!

this was what my kitchen looked like when i should have been getting ready for work!!

i thought i would leave the icing until i finished work, as i really was running out of time this morning

i have been dying to get home, put the babies to bed and then get on with my cake decorating all day!!..

honestly do you think i have gone a little bit mad.. has all the lettuce I'm eating sent me a tad loopy.. i think so!

anyways here are the finished results... they actually look like my two year old has decorated them.. i just don't have the knack of making them look like others do..but who cares!!

there is chocolate butter cream, lemon flavoured yellow butter cream and good ol pink butter cream all decorated with chocolate chunks or hundreds and thousands!!





theres tons of them.. think hubby will have to take some into work with him and I'll dish the rest out to anyone who comes to the house.. "hello Mr postman..please eat one of my cakes!!!"

i have to admit my finger has been in the bowl a couple of times to try the butter cream..only for research reasons mind!!.. i have to make sure the butter icing tastes correct!!




I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels the need to make fairy cakes am i!

right lets move on now, as I'm starving!

i bought this lovely plant holder from the charity shop and i think it will go perfect in my living room either on my side table or on my mantelpiece, only i don't know what type of plant to put in it.. I'm thinking more of one that drapes down if you know what i mean!..



I'm rubbish at buying plants though, never know what to look for, could you give me some tips please!!

also picked up this picture at the same time.. I'm going to change the frame as this one is a bit rammy and add this to my collection of pics that I'm going to put up in the lounge once i get enough! i love the pinks and creams in it, very pretty..almost good enough to eat...oh eck theres my stomach rumbling again!!!!!!!

well I'm off to watch Big Brother.. what are your thoughts about it this year.. it does really attract the cream of the crop doesn't it !!!!

morning sunshine

i am so loving these beautiful summer mornings now.. although just watching the gmtv weather they have said that's it now for the next week or so..boohoo... i am such a nicer person when its sunny!
the sun makes everything feel better in my opinion, everything looks brighter and lovelier don't you think
i always think white bedlinen is the best when its hot outside it looks fresh and clean and feels lovely to sleep in,
i bought a lovely set from homebase of all places a couple of months ago but haven't used it until now, it was half price which was probably why i bought it in the first place
its so lovely though i hadn't realised how pretty it was






its so vintage looking i think,
like something that you would find in Granny's linen wardrobe! the detail is gorgeous,
so I'm going to have to look after this one.. no eating chocolate ice cream in bed don't want any spillages on this!!
you know i really must get some new pillows they look rubbish dont they like biscuits..i do like a plumped up pillow!!
my photos probably don't do it much justice..i am pants at taking pics!!

i was sat on my bed before thinking how lovely my bedroom feels when its sunny.. last year it was that horrible putty colour and it just felt so drab, now its the lovely blue it feels so fresh, the only thing is i hardly get a chance to sit and enjoy it!
in the day I'm either at work or looking after the two boys and then come evening I'm either pottering around downstairs or i just get straight into bed and go to sleep!
so thought id take a few moments to look out my window whilst sitting on my lovely comfy bed!




its lovely you know because even though we live in a terrace and don't have an actual back garden the houses opposite do have gardens and they face our house so i do get to look at lots of pretty plants and flowers without actually having to put any work in!!

ooh another thing about the warm days and nights that I'm enjoying is .. you can hang your washing out at 9pm the night before and leave it over night and then its dry for you in the morning.. how much washing can you get done..its great isn't it!



( you know my neighbour was in her backyard as i took this picture before she must think I'm a little strange taking piccies of my washing !!!!)

right all hope you have a good day enjoy the sun if you can 

pretty dishy!

take a look at this lovely dish i bought for 20p.yes a whole twenty pence...!!





its a little serving dish with little sections so i think i may use this for when I'm having a cheeky gin and tonic and do require a selection of peanuts as an accompaniment!!!

you cant really tell with my rubbish photography skills but the edges are raised flowers..its so prett, its got a crack in it so i'm just hoping it doesn't break the first time i use it!

we are having my sister, bro in law and family round later for a BBQ so this may make an appearance at one point in the night even if its just me boring them with how pretty i think it is!!

speaking of dishes ..did anyone catch Brandon flowers from the killers on Jonathan Ross last night ( see what i did there!!)
honestly i think I'm in love with him!!







me and my sister went to see them in March and had such an amazing time.. they were fantastic he is such a showman as well..ooh this fancying a band member is taking me back to my Take That days when i was at school, I'm going to end up putting posters up of Brandon above my bed ..ha ha can you imagine the hubby's face if i did that!!
well i taped it so you know what I'm going to keep watching now don't you.. all 5 minutes of Brandon's loveliness.. ( although saying that he doesn't say a lot..so i would probably start to wind him up with my big gob!)

well it looks like the lovely weather is staying with us .. yippee.. there were a few miserable days this week but this is more like it don't you think ! we are off to a big park today with a picnic, we were going to go to a beach but the weather man says that there is a cool breeze on the coast so I'm staying inland!!!

hope you all have a good weekend..

coming up roses!

i was looking at these beautiful  roses that the hubby had bought me the other day that were sat on my mantelpiece when i realised that i had so many other things that either had a rose pattern or were indeed roses!!

so i went on a little hunt around the house and took pictures of some of my many rose covered objects!!!

to be honest i am more of a fan of peonies but I'm obviously a rose fan to!!

i did have a few more things that were rose covered but i got  a little  bored!!!!...

carboot goodies

what a glorious weekend we've had ey!

lovely sunshine and i think this has been the first bit of sun were it was really warm as well oh happy days i hope it stays like this all summer now ( is this a little bit to optimistic!!?)

we went to the bank holiday carboot today and it was packed because of the good weather which didn't bode well for bargains i thought especially as we didn't get there until mid morning!

but i did manage to nab a few things.. you know I'm trying to build up a nice little plate collection so that i can put them up on the wall and make a feature well i got hold of a few more today

and along with a nice little serving bowl which will come in handy now BBQ season is upon us.. need nice bowls to put salads in etc don't you think!

bought a lovely little china posy .. oo I'm so in love with these pretties they are soo delicate!!

i was made up when i came upon this bag of drawer handles . they are porcelain ones and the lady only wanted £2 for all 10 of them.. i bought them in a flash just in case she changed her mind!

I've put them on my chest of drawers in my bedroom.. which Ive now realised needs a good ol repaint..its a bit like when you try a new pair of shoes on with an old outfit you can just tell!!

and i got this lovely double handed little bowl.. i thought it was lovely,

for my rocking chair i bought a lovely cushion cover but now i need to find a cushion insert that's big enough!!

looking back on most of my purchases they mostly involved a floral pattern of some sort.. is there a theme starting to build up in my house do you think!

oh sob sob.. i bought this lovely Johnson's bros grey dawn little milk jug and a matching bowl and a little sugar pot all for £2.20 and i smashed the sugar pot before as i was trying to find a home for it.. i couldn't believe it .. gutted i was!!!

i think i could have bought more but me and hubby had given ourselves a £10 budget each!!

i did end up with really bad blisters on my heels so had to take my little pumps off .. oo i felt like a free spirit walking in the grass with bare feet!!

hope you've all had a good bank holiday weekend.. mine has been very laid back, lots of reading in the sun and had some friends and family round.. love weekends like this just wish i didn't have that sick "going back to work tomorrow" feeling in my tummy now!!!

question time

I told you i was a geek when it came to filling these in .. i will always jump on the bandwagon and have a go!!!

Just seen this on another blog so thought i'd have a go. Feel free to do it too.

1. What are your current obsessions? the thought of decorating my bathroom !!

2. Which item from your wardrobe do you wear most often? skinny jeans

3. What's for dinner? steak with peppercorn sauce and chunky chips!

4. Last thing you bought? last night i bought a gorgeous top from river island and a pair of v high sandals from dotty p's ( am now feeling a little bit sick about how much i spent!) 

5. What are you listening to? at this minute im listening to the verve 

6. If you were a god/goddess who would you be? the "get men to clean " goddess were nagging actually worked!

7. Favorite vacation spots? greece and dumfries in scotland ..lovely people and lovely place

8. Reading right now?personal shoppers revenge

9. Four words to describe yourself   silly, organized, calm, tired!

10. Guilty pleasure? smirnoff vodka!

11. Who or what makes you laugh until you’re weak? my sister who is my best friend and my hubby who is so funny but a total idiot for it! 

12. Favorite thing to do in the summer? lieing in the sun with a good book and the music on

13. Planning to travel to next? nope not this year defo next year though but not sure were.. hopefully somwere hot!!

14. Best thing you ate or drank lately? sweet potato chips at my sisters the other night.. ooo i could eat bucketloads of them!

15. When did you last get tipsy? last night!.. children being looked after by grandparents ..we took to the pub only had two glasses of wine got piggy back of hubby home!

16. Favorite ever film? breakfast at tiffanys every time !!!!

17. Care to share some wisdom? never eat yellow snow!!!!.

18. Least favorite part of your day? when i hear my baby start waking up about silly oclock and the house is freezing!!.

19. What make/model was your first car? i dont drive but OUR first car was a little black escort ahh it was great!

20. Favourite song to sing? somebody told me by the killers.. my two year old knows it to so we sing it together!!