Lazing on a Sunday afternoon

Well I was going to show you some hols pics but Mr Twigs hasn't uploaded them yet, so they will have to keep for now.

We had a potter around day yesterday and  went to the local farmers market and bought two huge carrier bags of fruit and veg for a fiver!! 

We also bought some terrific bread and cakes from the lovely folks at Ackworth Breads.

I buy my shopping online from Tesco as we live in the sticks and have to share a car so I wouldn't have time to shop unless I did it in the evening or at the weekend - erm no thanks.  I hate supermarket shopping.  To be honest I really want to get my costs down and I'm BORED with supermarkets, so intend to TRY to shop around more.

However, the next two weeks are going to be very busy for me, a lot of extra hours at work, meetings, courses, other commitments, I feel like I've returned from my hols and hit the ground at 100 miles an hour.

Although, I like the work/life balance I have these days,  I am a bit of a stress bunny and feel a bit erm... restless at the moment.

I've decided that I need to MAKE more time to craft and do something that I want to do. 

I like having a potter up at the lottie - and I'll post some pics soon - but I feel a bit like I need to make time for my crafting Mojo to return.

I want to make preserves, bake, read, sew, paint, paint my bathroom, sort out my cupboards, make stuff.

With a view to doing this, I've looked at how I spend my time and although I don't watch much TV, I spend far too much time online.  Reading forums and generally wasting time.  

I've decided to spend 10 minutes max on the internet each day for a week and in the words of Why Don't You - go and do something less boring instead.

Care to join me?  I'm going to keep a record of what I do instead, over the period of a week and what it does for my head.

I'll keep you posted.

Today was a very soggy day so we had a lovely cosy Sunday.

I did a big part of my ironing mountain while watching Come Dine With Me (guilty TV pleasure:)

We then got in the kitchen and made some scrummy hob nobs and a multi coloured choccy cake.

Can you tell Twiglet decorated it?

Mr Twigs cooked this lush Sunday dinner using the veggies we bought from the market yesterday.  He oven baked beetroot in tin foil, it was heaven.

Righto, off to watch Case Histories now and do a spot of stitching.

   I've just read the Kate Atkinson book that tonights episode is based on and really enjoyed it.

Meanwhile tell me what you do to unwind?

Twiggy x

PS Send healing vibes, poor old Dom the guinea pig has a very nasty scabby back at the moment and is currently visitng the vets on a weekly basis, good job we love him as it's costing us a fortune :)

We're back

After a truly lovely holiday, we have loads and loads of photos to upload and I have loads and loads of ironing to do, so I will return later.

Twiglet has an Inset day today so we are going up to the lottie this afternoon, all the jobs we've put off until after the holidays must now be faced :)

See above a photo of the beautiful Blasket Islands, we took a very exciting boat trip out there and did lots of seal watching, just lovely.

Back soon

Twiggy x

Signing off

Thanks for Twiglet's birthday wishes folks, I read them to him and he said thank you very much - what a polite young man.

We had a lovely day at Drayton Manor yesterday courtesty of my Tesco vouchers. 

Tiptop fun. 

Fearless Twiglet went on Stormforce with his Daddy - and sat right at the front - I waved from the sidelines what a wuss!!!

I did go on the big wheel though which is a major feat for me as I hate heights.
See us above on Cranky in Thomasland - I'm sooooo brave :)

We've had a very busy week, what with work stuff and birthday celebrations.

Had a lovely visit to a local school last Wednesday that is doing a Twinning Project with Twiglet's school. 

The children did a joint assembly and sang some lovely songs about friendship and Noah's Ark. 

It's a great idea as Twiglet's school is predominantly white, Christian and the other school is 100% Muslim, the children have really enjoyed the project and we're hoping to do it every year now.

   Our house is now a sea of Star Wars Lego and Top Trumps cards!!

We're going on our jolly hols next weekend to lovely Ireland and I have a lot of home and work stuff to get through in the next 5 days, so I'm signing off for now.

Have a great half term everyone.

Twiggy x

Happy 6th Birthday Our Beautiful Boy

Happy birthday our lovely, lovely boy.

We love you millions.

Mummy & Daddy 

xxxxxx

Goodness me.

I blinked and the Easter holidays were over and we're back at work and school.

My Twigs had a bit of time off so we got out and about.  

On the day of the Royal Wedding we visited lovely Filey - ooooo it was quiet!  

I watched the wedding when I got home, wasn't it lovely?

We spent a fair bit of time up at the lottie and went for lots of walks and went swimming too.

Had a lovely Bank Holiday Monday on the fantastic Keighley and Worth Valley Railway where they had a Railway Children Day. (Lots of children dressed in Victorian dress and special celebratory beers, but I didn't see anyone waving their red knickers!)  

 The weather was perfect we drank real ale on a gorgeous steam train - just perfect.

This is a very short term at school for us, just 3 and a half weeks, so we have a lot to cram in.

Take care

Twiggy x

Belated Easter Greetings

 Ooooo hasn't the weather been smashing?

(Twiglet surveying the new lottie - above).

  

We've had a lovely Easter and I hope you have too.  

We've spent a lot of time with family and friends which was lovely, eating, playing, drinking, eating chocolate, gardening, eating chocolate, visiting, eating chocolate, you get the picture.

Twiglet's little cuz was up for the weekend so they had a fabby time, we went out for a lovely lunch on Friday, thanks Grandad Twigs.  Spent Sunday round at Nana and Grandad's while the children played very nicely together for 9, I repeat 9 hours, occasionally coming in for drinks, ice creams or to round up the grown ups to play tig or jump through the lawn sprinkler - and we did :)

We had a nice restful day at my Mums today after visiting friends this morning, so although we are tired, we are happy.

Mr Twigs is off for a week and a half now, so we're hoping to get out and about and do some more work up on the new lottie.

Have a super week.

love

Twiggy x

Buttons !!!!!!!!!!!!

That got your attention didn't it? 

If you'd like to join Lucey's lovely button swap, go take a look!!

Just click on the image on the right hand side.

Twiggy x

The slacker returns.................

Thank you for your get well wishes after 2 and a half long weeks I'm finally bug free and it's the Easter hols hooray!!!

We are sooooooooo looking forward to some time off, Friday was manic in school, we had a big Easter Service/fundraiser, so along with my month end stuff, I had to count a LOT of money!!  

We managed to raise nearly £400 - pretty good for such a tiny school.

Twiglet and I have been quite productive considering the lurgy and being busy.

I'll have to show you next time as Mr Twigs has my photos on his PC and it's a bit poorly at the moment.

Great news, we finally got our new allotment on Saturday and spent most of Saturday and Sunday up there, here's a few pics from my camera.

I have the nettle stings, backache and sunburn to prove it, but it is SO good to be back in the saddle again.

Hopefully I'll have a bit more time to blog now we have a couple of weeks off school, that's the intention anyway.

Have a great week.

Twiggy x

Bleurgh........

Sickness stops blogging.  

I've not had any time off work but have felt very dodgy for the last 2 weeks. 

Had a yucky, sicky, tired, poorly tum type bug.

Will be back later.

Twiggy x

Old haunts.............

Do you have special places that bring back happy memories?  

I bet you do.  

This is one of ours, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal in North Yorkshire, so beautiful.

We used to spend loads of time up here many moons ago as Mr Twigs uncle used to live very nearby in a lovely little cottage.  

He was a very talented artist and did a lot of design work for Athena (remember them?), Marks and Sparks and many other companies.  

We spent such a lot of time in his little house, laughing, drinking and being silly. 

Sadly he died the year before Twiglet was born, but we have a lot of happy memories.  

Twiglet has never been here before and he loved it, so come and take a little walk with us.  

Hope you enjoy it, it really was a beautiful, sunny, warm day.  

We saw lots of little new born lambs and daffodils.  

A perfect day to enjoy the perfect place.

 Fab playground !!

 Amazing vaulted ceilings.

 My very favourite spot, the beautiful Moon Pond.

 We call this Zen Valley :)

 You can't beat a good tree trunk !!

If you are ever up in North Yorkshire, do visit.  

Here's a link  

Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal

 

You won't be disappointed and did I mention that it has a fantastic cafe, with tiptop cakes!!!

Love

Twiggy x