Where is time flying to at the moment? I seem to have a million and one things to do and no time left to do them. Christmas cards need to be written, some gifts need to be made or purchased, my seasonal swap needs to be completed (why is the last bit always the most time consuming?) and posted, and I daren't even think about the housework waiting to be done.With Mr C off work this week I've wanted to some home and spend quality time with him seeing as he's mainly been on his own all day feeling a bit bored. Unfortunately that means that other things don't get done. Still - ... read more
Home and away
Apologies for the lack of posts over the last couple of days. Mr C has been in hospital for an operation and I've been busy being the dutiful wife.It's amazing how tiring waiting and worrying can be. There's been quite a bit of knitting, reading, tv watching and attempts at crosswords to try and keep me busy whilst waiting around at the hospital.The good news is that he's back home now. He's not very mobile, but at least he's feeling much better. Fingers crossed that he makes a full recovery over the next few weeks.In the meantime normal service here should hopefully be ... read more
Am I a Yappy?
According to tonight's thelondonpaper it seems that I'm a "Yappy". The article doesn't seem to be on their website so I'll summarise here for you.Apparently a "Yappy" is a Young Aged Pensioner; young people who rather than go out, instead stay in and knit, make jam and tend their allotments. In an article by Johnny Vaughan he asks whether or not this is a result of the credit crunch that's currently hitting us, or possibly something else.Thinking about it I've probably been a Yappy for a while now. I don't (yet) have an ... read more
St Pancras
Once again I'm just not too sure where the last week has disappeared to. It's been a difficult week at work, with a couple of days working away as well, and I was certainly ready for the weekend when it came around. One big highlight of the week was Mr C and my fortnightly Thursday meal out. It was my turn to choose this time and I managed to book us a table at the St Pancras Grand in London's St Pancras International station. Normally the idea of going to a train station for dinner would be laughed at, but St Pancras is no normal station.Since it was re-opened ... read more
Time for celebration!
On Saturday night Mr C and I opened the bubbles to celebrate: on Friday we finally sold our flat! We are now officially out of the housing market and watching the daily economic turmoil around us we couldn't be happier.We had big plans whilst we were on honeymoon earlier this year that we'd come home, sell our flat and buy somewhere bigger so that could think about the next step of being able to start a family. Unfortunately reading newspapers on the plane back made us realise that the economic situation had changed somewhat in the month we'd been away and things weren't going ... read more
Charity Shop Treasure
I love poking around the charity shops and trying to find a bargain, and Saturday was a pretty successful day in that regard. The bundle of goodies above came in at a grand total of £3.98! Two mixed bags of yarn, an embroidery hoop and a brand new copy of Alexander McCall Smith's Love Over Scotland (still with an original £6.99 price sticker on it). A pretty good haul of treasure for just an hour or so of hunting! ... read more
Time flies when you’re busy
I'm not too sure where time is going to at the moment. So much seems to have happened since the weekend, in addition to two full days at work! Mr C and I are in the middle of selling our flat at the moment. Sadly, the current credit crunch means that we're unable to buy our dream home in which to start a family and instead we're taking the slight different move of renting our flat back from the people who are buying it from us. We figure that this should leave us in a better position to rejoin the housing ladder once everything is sorted. This means that there's ... read more
Snow!
I can't quite believe it - 29 October and we had snow! Mr C and I went out this evening to the St Albans Blog meet-up tonight and we had to trudge through snow to get there and back again. I certainly wasn't expecting that in October! ... read more
Weekend with friends
Mr C and I have come back from spending a fantastic weekend with our friends C and P who live in Hampshire. It was great being able to spend time with friends (H and D also joining us down there for the weekend) and reminded me of just how important these friends are. On Saturday we were treated by fantastic weather and spent the afternoon outdoors. As we don't have garden ourselves eating lunch outside is quite a novelty. Time was also spent collecting apples from the many fruit trees in their garden. C's plans for apple chutney should certainly be met - although if she uses all ... read more
Weekend plans
Today we're heading to see friends who live in the countryside. I'm really looking forward to the opportunity to get away for a couple of days and spend quality time with people that I care about and don't get to see often enough.Enjoy your weekend. ... read more