Aren't I a lucky Girl

Well I couldn't resist any longer so have got myself an iphone 4. I was so excited waiting for it to arrive that I made Kim take a picture of me with the box before I had even got it out to play. It is so sleek and swooshy ( not sure about that word but hey ho) and i  love the feel of it . Have already got some great piccies on it and downloaded a couple of apps but there are so many to choose from where does a girl start!

My new toy

I have also been looking at our library.....only joking but anyone that knows us knows how we love books. All kinds of books have found it into our library but I wanted to explore some more of the arty stuff so we had a little trip to the fabulous Stamp Attic at Wantage. What a fab range of stuff they have and they are the only shop locally well 1 and 1/2 hours away that do all kinds of books. I went armed with my camera of existing books and low and behold a couple that I had been looking for they had.
Their range of goods are phenomenal so it is well worth a trip.

Reminds me of High School Monsters

Ready for Kim to start Steampunk stuff

Cloth paper scissors is a magazine that I had seen before but not really looked at closely until I found a great technique in this edition called Fragile Fusion by a very talented lady called Rebekah Meier. What a great idea and something that I think is well worth a try. I had to go out and hunt for some supplies so have those ready and waiting for my first attempt.

How very English.

Kim and I went out for afternoon tea at the Bartley Lodge Hotel. Set in the New Forest what a great place. We dressed up for the occasion and took ourselves off for a well earned treat. We had mini sandwiches, cream cakes and best of all scones with jam and clotted cream. There was a glass of champagne to go with it along with the good old English Breakfast tea.

 

 

Kim with his little tipple

 

 

Me with my little tipple

Best of all.......the food

It was a great afternoon just relaxing in nice surroundings. Shame about the weather but maybe next time it will be a little better.

Who would have thought it.

Yesterday Kim and I got out there and attacked the garden. We decided to tidy up borders, edge lawns and mow the grass. We have not gardened since we had the house in France and that was not so much gardening as hacking our way through the undergrowth. We are really pleased with the results as you can see below. Kim put his heart and sole into it the only hiccup was no........petrol so we had to trundle off to the garage and buy not only petrol but a can  He really doesn't like gardening but suffers it for me although he was really pleased with the results.At least with a garden you can see your efforts relflected in the finished product.

Kim getting on with it.

Here is the finished garden just got to hunt down some plants and hanging baskets to pretty it up.

Wow what a difference

 

 

 

 

 We did go off to look at plants and have a list of things we like including colourful azaleas, roses (fragrant of course), fuschias and hebes.

Where has the time gone?

I know it is a long time since I last blogged ( how many times do people say that!) but I have a really good excuse.....WE MOVED HOUSE!!!!. After 13 years at our old place we finally up'd sticks and moved to a bigger place. It has been a really exciting time we finally took the plunge as with all things we do which is very last minute. I cannot believe that we had all this stuff crammed into our 2 bedroom flat. Packing was a nightmare as we had nowhere to put things when they were packed apart from into the rooms we were living in.

 

How much more stuff can we cram in?

 

 

Poor Alex had no where to sit let alone sleep!

So we have gone from this .......................to this!!!!

Mid move from old 2 new..

and finally to this......

So much space................

and it really does feel like home now. We even have a garage for the boys to play in so they are in seventh heaven.

Boys playground!

We have had the family round and they think it is GREAT. Can't wait for the summer to get here so we can make full use of the conservatory and garden. Have even bought a lawnmower and anyone who knows me knows I do not do gardening :)