First Day Back....Again....

I spent most of today writing an essay for Timglish that I should have done over the holiday. I hate filling my holidays up with college work... I think it's nice to have the opportunity to do some work, but I never put pressure on myself to do it, I need my chill out time too much. As a result my entire two week holiday resulted in only a singular 40 mark essay for Sarah, but that's cool with me. College is for working anyway :)

Today I also watched the Great British Sewing Bee, which is a really tiny series of only 4 episodes, but I'm completely in love with it as a concept, and I've been told to apply for next year....I must say I'm very tempted...

Now I think me and James might have a bit of a jam session before bed.... nighty night...

James is applying for a new passport..... this made me laugh SO much...

(I'm so cruel...)

Day off.

Today, I made a cheesecake, some little spicy lentil cakes called chilladas, and avoided doing an awful lot of work. It's our first day back at college tomorrow, and I really am the queen of procrastination. We've eaten the entire cheesecake, and now we're all sitting around watching the first ever, super awkward episode of Gavin and Stacey.

Back on the horse.

I'm back again, from the Gower, and my little blogging holiday :)

Today I've written an ENTIRE page of my english essay, which is in for Wednesday, so I've got a load to do tomorrow. I'm also planning to make a cheesecake tomorrow, to tick something off the list, since I haven't done a lot lately, I've been doing other stuff. I've been doing that home hydroponics (update: two going well, one shrivelling), trying to book myself in to get a coil fitted (sorry if that's too much info) and organising the house. I'm also getting super duper excited for uni, even though I'm slightly concerned about missing James since I've been away for six days and I actually missed him LOADS. But we're thinking we'll see each other about every two weeks, and at Cambridge the terms are only 8 weeks, so we should get fairly long holidays together, but it certainly going to be a juggling act between him, uni work and the family...

Here's some photos from our delightful week in the Gower:

Lily's adorable Used Bedding sign.

A missed post from easter.

EASTER!

Today we had an Easter egg hunt, kicked down the igloo and of course, shared out all the eggs lined up on the grooves in the table. I also made some hot cross buns, but they are as yet untasted because we had a massive roast dinner (cooked by moi): a huge chicken, 20 sausages, masses of roast potatoes, and parsnips, plus veg, and roast red onions and pepper. So they'll be a nice breakfast :) This is my favourite kind of day, full of messing around and cooking and failing to get the fire going and cuddles with my favourite people and confused body clocks from the clocks changing. It's good. :)

Photos will appear when I get them off James' laptop :3 I wanted to clear my memory card for the Gower.

Last day...

Tomorrow we're going to the Gower for a week, so this is my last post until next Friday/Saturday. I was thinking about taking my laptop and doing offline posts so I didn't get behind, but I've decided I would rather just enjoy the isolation. So I'll be back next week. :)

Today, we went for a walk through Leasowes, put new (mismatched) curtains up in Lily's room, and watched Pocahontas (James' first time!).

Allotmenting!

Today, me, Dad, Lily and Joe went up to the allotment. We dug over half the plot, and moved the plastic that was covering another quarter, so we've got less than a quarter to do next time we go. I'm really into growing our own food at the moment, I think that in the years ahead, some degree of self-sufficiency may well be the best way to protect ourselves. My next project is a biogas digester for our house. I want to try and make one before I go off to uni.

Lily's unusual digging style....

Buffet Island

Day 93 (?) - 3rd April 2013

This evening we went to Buffet Island for James' mum's birthday. It was fun, but I don't cope well with 'all you can eat' scenarios. Growing up in a big family, the emphasis was always on 'if you don't get it now you won't get it at all.', so I tend to go a bit crazy, load my plate up at the first round, and I'm full up by the 2nd plate. Having said that, I did manage to eat 3 platefuls of food, 1 plate of puddings (black forest gateau, profiteroles etc.etc.) and 2 sticks of candyfloss. Now I feel like I'm about to go into a food coma.

Also, I made a poofy fairy dress today, after watching the Great British sewing bee on iPlayer. It is definitely my new favourite programme.

Bowling with the Jim...

Day 92 - 2nd April 2013

Aside from watching way too much Walking Dead today, we went bowling with James' family. It was fun. I was terrible...but I'm used to that ;)

A meal with the grandparents...

Day 91 - 1st March 2013

We went for a meal with my mum's mum and dad at The King's Head in Bearwood. It was lovely.

This was Dad's very impressive looking Moroccan spiced cod with coriander mash and chorizo. It was SO delicious.