the sun has got his hat on!

Well what can i say, what a week of such wonderful weather. How could we all just sit inside and ignore it, i certainly didnt.
The weeds got pulled,

 the plots have nearly all been dug over, and planting has been started.

here i have sowed my peppers, tomatoes (money maker), and some miniature cucumbers.

Apparently these cucumbers and have about 20 mini friuts a week. I had better get ready for that then, i think more salads will be on the menu.

I have 2 of these tubs, and these are what im going to put the cucumbers in. 2 to a pot. Last year i put them in some grow bags but to be honest when watering the water just seem to run off so hence the tubs. Last year the tubs were used for the tomatoes  and that went ok, so we will see how the cues go.

The next task is to move all my strawberry plants to to small raised bed which i have now finally dug over.

I cant quite believe how quick the runners spread.

We have been having lots of these popping up in the lawn too.

While being out this week its been great to see the blue sky and candy floss trees all in blossom. Hares, pheasants, pigs, kestrals, deers have all been seen. The birds are all singing loudly, its just a great time of year, just so sweet.

ohh a first for me and hubby is that we had our first skype call/video.

Since hubbys auntie and uncle returned back to america we have stayed in better touch, and video calls are just great but so weird if you know what i mean.

Also this weekend i have the sunday off work, thankyou i said as dont forget the clocks go forward a hour, so for me i dont have to get up at  6am which if you are still in old time 5am Arghh no not by choice, so i had just a few hours left of my holiday intitlement so i think they have gone to a good cause. Lay in here i come, and i might even go to a carboot tommorrow too..

Anyway no matter what all you are getting up to this weekend have fun and enjoy...

Oh nearly forgot, as some of are maybe aware i have put a video bar on the side. I thought it may be fun if i swap it every other week and have a different piece of music on it, but to have suggestions  from ALL OF YOU. what would you like to see on there. Let me know and i will try and put it on. Prehaps its a local band, whatever you like tell me x x x

I look forward in seeing what you come up with x x

Take care everyone x x

Ist makes

Hello everyone i hope you have all had a good week so far, nearly the weekend.

It seems like ages since i last did a post, bust going here and there.

Well this week i have been a busy little bee, ive been doing some more granny squares for my blanket. i find it really relaxing just sitting there in my spare time crocheting away.
I have made some bigger granny squares, then i have some that are a  little smaller because i had ran out of the yarn i was using. So anyway last night i had a little lightbulb pop up in my head and this is what it was..............

What do you think, this is my crocheted lavender cushion it is about 10cms x10cms and im so pleased with it and i really enjoyed making it. Prehaps if i made some more i could sell them. 
   One question though how much do you think i should sell them for if i did?..

And today i made this

My floor cushion.....
   I didnt think that i would be able to finish it as my sewing machine just decided to stop on me. After having a good fiddle with it i thought that prehaps it might be a fuse, so i popped down to Pattersons, which is a small shop in the village that sells almost everything. Mind you this little shop is like a little treasure trove because some of the stuff in it is years old, but you know i guess thats what makes it kind of special.
When i got back home YIPEE! it worked but then there was no light. Not too  worry as i had a spare bulb in a drawer, so  i then changed that and hey presto the finished cushion.
And like my other little make im so pleased with myself.
I have to admit though i have to say thankyou to my sister, as she sent me a package in the post with the material and instructions on how to do it. It was a envelope design so no buttons or zips (great)  and she showed me exactly how to do it, and you know shes right it was such a simple thing to make that i make well just make some more.
Its funny isnt it, i never really thought that a year ago i would be doing all the crafts but im loving it.
  It just prove how addictive this bloggy world is, fab isnt it...
Oh my trees that i ordered have turned up today too.

One Prunus Kanzan
One Bramley Apple
and
One Granny Smith

Now i just have to get them into the ground, which would normally be my hubbys job, so i guess this maybe another blog at a later date as it good take a while.
I cant wait though to have my first friuts yum yum.... not sure what the neighbours will think though but they have nothing to worry about as we will keep them well maintained.
This year is definatley going to be a year of growing your own.

Anyway i think i have rambled on for longer enough now, so hope you have enjoyed reading my blog now im off to read yours x x x

busy busy busy

well again its been a busy week.
Went back to the hospital on Wednesday, part good news and part bad news, the good news is that hubbys leg is trying to mend now even though it does have abit of a bow to it, but the bad news is that he has got Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome, ouch. The consultant said that it is the worst that he has ever seen, so thats good news then NOT.. poor hubby is in so much pain he now has to take his painrelief  back to where he started when he came out of the hospital, he really did want to come off them and he was so close to doing that it feels like we are just going round in circles. The thing with the pain relief tablets is that they are opiate ( not sure if i have spelt that right, so so if i havent) based so are very addictive. Cant win can we. So now we just have to be patient, i have to keep touching his leg and his foot to try and get his sensors in his brain to tell him that his leg shouldnt be hurting, all very confusing i know.
Anyway we now have to wait another 6 weeks before we see the consultant again, before we know it summers going to be here..
On a good note though he did manage to sit outside for half an hour today in the sun before having to go back indoors to put his leg back up.
While bear was sleeping and hubby was sitting in his chair, i got on with pruning my rosemary bush which at first glance look dead, but on second inspection i think it just needed a good cut back as in the middle there was still some life. One of our other plants also need a trim and re connecting to its trelis. Then it was the task, which i must say i have been meaning to do for a while now was to clean out my green house ready for the sowing season. I emptied all the pots brushed everything down, then washed all the glass with soapy water then gave it all a rinse with clean water. Great i was so pleased that i had finally done it. Yesterday i cut the lawn, but i have to admit i was knackered, our lawn has a few bumps and moss so this adds to it all. One thing i must say is that we now have new neighbours..

please may i introduce piggy, all together there are 4 piggys that have moved in, i think its fab and bear seems to enjoy their company every morning when he wakes up he has to look out the window to see them...

While im on here i have to say a big thankyou to two lovely ladies, as this past week i have won two giveaways.
One was fron the lovely dee at retro delights...

she used some lovely paper..

They are just so lovely, 2 little light pulls and i know just where they are going to go, one in the bathroom and one in my bedroom.

The second one was these from lisannee...

these are some fab quaters, now what do you all think i should make with these.......
i still cant queit believe that i have won these as i never win anything so im going to enjoy using these.
Also i found this this week it was a duvet cover if you like it let me know.

 maybe a giveaway item in the future who knows... let me know what you would do with it....

Anyway time has flown again so im going to leave you all, enjoy your weekend and i will be back soon x x

its the weekend...

Hi everyone, hope you all have had a good week. I cant believe that the weekend is here again already, where does the time go.
I must say thankyou for all your sweet comments about my crochet cushion, im glad you all like it.

I suppose i have'nt done too much this week, which is ok i guess as we all need to slow down from time to time.
Thursday hubby had phsyio, which to be honest really didnt seem to be worth the pain and the car journey, but enough said about that.
Wednesday was good as i had abit of a sort out, i went through the whole of my wardrobe and got rid of all the clothes that i no longer wear, and boy i felt so much better after that. I had been putting off this job for ages.
I know there are so many more jobs that need to be done its a shame i dont have octopuss arms.

Bear has had fun as you can see. He found it really queit funny posing for the camera with his tops around his head, as if it was a hat....

Bear and Cameron also had fun by trying to hide from me, but i think they were forgetting something dont you?

and they also failed to see me coming....

This afternoon they have been making dens, i dread to think what mess the play room is in.. 

My kids are not the only ones that have been getting into hidden places, Chester has been too. I have decided that iam going to recycle my own newspaper now by shredding it and giving it to my chickens instead of using too much straw. They seem to love having shredded newspaper in there and it keeps them just as warm as the straw so everyone is a winner.

I store the shredded paper in a brown recycling bag that we put all our green waste in, and one day i saw this...

Chester had found his new snug, all cosied up at the bottom of the bag.

Cats do like to hide away in funny places, dont they.

Just one thing before i go, why not pop over and see suz at  suz place she makes some lovely things from crochet and i know she would love to see you.

This is to sweetpea, suz is the lovely lady who helped me make the lovely flower i showed you..

Anyway have a good weekend everyone and i will catch up with you all soon..

my little something...

you know at the end of my last post i said that i had been working on a little something, well i have  now finished it, and if i say so myself i  very pleased with it.

These blue/grey granny squares were blogged about previously and i did have plans to make them into a blanket, but i decided to change my plans and i decided to do this instead...



this is the front




and this is the back..forgive the colour the picture didnt want to come out as good as the top one.

For my first attempt at crochet iam really pleased with the outcome.
And now i have my mind set to making a blanket, i just have to sort out the pattern of how the squares will go.
Anyway yesterday i had a wonderful day, i went into Ely one to do the food shop, but also to go in hunt for some cushion inners because of the above task.
While i was out though i had a good rumage in the charity shops and found these.

lots and lots of wool going really cheap from 50p to 1.99.  I thought wow and even if i dont use them all i wouldnt of spent much money on them if they didnt get used. But being in the bags you prehaps dont see them properly so....

the blue above is very much the same colour that i made the back of my cushion with..

just think what i could make now! a few more cushions maybe..

Also while out and about i picked these up

I found 2 more cushions, one from a charity shop and one from the haberdashery, some fabric, some t towels in the coulurs of liquorice alsorts well thats what i think, maybe i could make something with them any ideas? and lastly keep calm and carry on postcard for my hubby so he knows he can be strong and keep moving forward in the toughest days.

When cameron came in from school he really fancied a hot chocolate dont blame him as it was abit chilly yesterday and as you can see he had much fun putting lots of marshmallows on the top..

Anyway today has been abit more sunny so while bear was kipping i popped out and cut back our roses, so now they are all ready to flower, i cant wait...

There are so many jobs to do, in the garden and in the house i really must write a list and put them into some sort of order.

I hope you have all had a good day x

back to school

Well tommorrow its back to school, and the house can return back to some normality. Everything will be tuned down a bit, if you know what i mean.

I do love it when they are home for the hols, you get to spend time out as a family, lay ins, which are just fab even if i do still get up at 7.30am. Bear has really enjoyed having the older two at home, i guess its someone else to play with apart from just mum.

Begining of the week though was taken up with appointments with dr's and physio etc, wednesday though was a good day as hubby's brother and family were back from Holland. We havent seen him for a while and it was lovely to see how much his kids Robin and Anna have grown. Such lovely children, so sweet to see them both playing with my tribe.

cameron, anna, robin, bethany and bear...





dave and ester and again bear, he's everywhere..

They were all only back til friday, short but such a lovely visit.

All week i have promised the kids that i would take them to the cinema, so come friday that is what we done, now this is not my type of film but the kids wanted to go and watch it, it being Yogi Bear. It was the first time that bear had been and i must admit he watched the film so peacefully. I wasnt sure if he would cry or just make alot of noise but he didnt he sat there so nicely, eating his popcorn in one hand and drinking with the other. I really enjoyed being out with the kids today, gets us all away from the stress that we all have to deal with at home.

Anyway hasnt it been a mixture of weather conditions this week sunshine then rain, just typical of british weather. I cant wait for the colours to come out in the garden.
When i was working today i saw these fabulous things..

i just couldnt resist them, i do so love tulips i cant wait for them to come out in the garden. at the moment the are only a few inches out of the ground but be patient they will show when they are ready.

Also this past couple of weeks i have been working on a little something, which i shall show you very soon, but for now i had better go.
I hope you have all had a good week, see you all next time x x

and the half term begins

Well as the title has already said the half term has started, and this morning me and the kids made sweetpeas chocolate fudge brownies yum yum..
I must say this recipe she gave me has a large quantity of butter, sugar and of course chocolate. 300g to be precise, 300g of butter and roughly the same quantity in sugar. We got all of the ingrediants out ready into bowls, and then we started to put the ingrediants together, i did find though at the end that i had to quickly sort out another baking tin as the one we had  prepared wasnt going to be big enough, thats ok more choc brownies at the end. I finished pouring the mixture into the tins then i placed them into the oven.
Then came the job that we all tend to dislike, the washing up. Anyway while doing this i quickly realised that i had missed one of the important ingrediants, coco powder oops!!
so as the brownies had only just gone into the oven, i very quickly pulled them back out and put half of the coco in one tin and half in the other, blended it on in, then quickly put back into the oven and fingers crossed. Time was up, and the oven door got pulled open, to my surprise they came out looking absolutley fab.
The end product was to die for, very mourish, squigy, yummy chocolate fudge brownies. Even though they are lovely, you couldnt eat too much at once as i think you would sick, but that isnt a bad thing, plenty more for another day.

This afternoon. oh well it was jumble sale time, yay!
Not any old jumble sale this was the WI jumble sale, Isleham WI jumble sales are in a league of their own, people come from afar to come to these ones. Out of all the people there i should think only 10% were from the village, a shame in a way that more Isleham people didnt turm out but good because there is always still a good turn out.
It always make me laugh when i go to these as people just dont care, they are like a bull in a china shop, the clothes go up in the air, people push and shove, so you have to be on the ball, but you know thast what i kind of enjoy about it all.
 Sweetpea joined in the fun too, but this was her first WI jumble, and i think she was quiet surprised about it all, so i showed her a few tricks about getting in the crowds, grab her her by the hand a pull her in, as soon as i saw a gap we were there. oh we did have a laugh.
Sweetpea was looking for woollen jumpers so she could turn them into felt, all depends on the wool mix and percentage apparently. I picked up a couple of tops for 40p each bargain, i also did quiet well in the tombola too, 1 bottle of wine, 1 bottle of bucks fizz, small bottle of shandy, pair of slippers, easter egg, j2o bottle, notepad, and lynx deo.
 I also manage to pick up some  material for crafting, all in all a fab day at the jumble.
I think sweetpea enjoyed herself too.

One more thing before i go and that is this fab giveaway at Laalaas, go and have a look,




Anyway time to go so have a great weekend, and i will see you all soon x x x