Summer hols!

Just found this picture on the phone from 1st July 2008. We travelled from Ely towards Bedford and found a mooring site just outside St.Ives on a small island near Houghton Mill. We stayed for an afternoon and overnight and it was just perfect. I later found out that this was an old haunt of my mothers when she was younger. She used to visit the mill when it was a youth hostel and told me that she had spent many happy hours on the island just like we did.

Basil - the meercat

Our Basil, just loves to look at reflections in a picture that we have hanging across from the window. In the reflections he can see the boat next door and see the comings and goings of all the dogs that live there.

I know he loves his life here, he's a completely different dog. More relaxed, better behaved and so much more loving - he's the best!!!

The cake

Who says it can't be done in a kitchen the size of a postage stamp ! I haven't made a proper cake in years, so when the eldest son suggested that the whole family go to his for Christmas, I decided that I would do the traditional thing and make the family cake. I was really pleased with the results and at the same time I made some mince pies for the neighbours and delivered them along with the Christmas cards, all nicely wrapped in a silver and blue Christmas parcel. I am definitely feeling festive.

Finished!!!

All that space!!! Not as much as I had in the house, but plenty for me and hubs. Serving dinner is so much easier now - I don't have to put the washing up bowl upside down to make more surface space. The telling will be when we have people over. Cooking and serving a meal won't be a problem, but they will have to go outside to eat it!!!

The next job is a wall cupboard over the microwave, hubs will sort it!!!!

Lovely!

I promise!!! I will clean you everyday, I will protect you from Hubs bashing you about and spilling things on you. I will cook beautiful meals on you and always wipe you down after cooking. I love you!!!

Sad I know, but I have spent all my life making do and managing with cheaper or secondhand cookers. As you get older, the priorities change and I will not have to 'make do' any longer.

Isn't she beautiful!!!!

Hubs - in the calm before the storm

This is the hard part, taking the tiles of in order to make to old worktop light enough to move. This is the time for retail therapy and leave hubs to it. Might have to stay away for hours!!!! A girls got to do, what a girls got to do! I do hope he hoovers up afters (joke!!)

Ooohh bloomin lovely!

Isn't she lovely!!!! No more cold evenings sitting huddled up round the electric oil rad. We have our very own brand new 'Old Dutch'. Thinks I'm in love!!!!!

Its been a rotten cold miserable winter and this little baby is going to make our lives so much easier. She heats the rad up (40ft away) and bonus is that she keeps the hot water ticking over at a reasonable temp if left on long enough - I'm in heaven!!!