Written by Andrea on January 18th, 2012
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We had such a great time spending all of our lovely wedding vouchers at John Lewis replacing our cutlery, plates and glasses. It makes our evening meal all the more enjoyable now we can use all of our lovely new things.
The cutlery has caused a bit of a problem though. The knives are so sharp! Like steak knives or similar and hubby found out the hard way when preparing the sandwiches yesterday morning. As he sliced into the cheese, he also sliced into his finger. With blood spurting everywhere like a gusher pump I did the best I could to apply the plaster he handed me.This proved to be a little different as I was applying a tiny plaster covered with Postman Pat!
Hilarious!
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Written by Andrea on January 18th, 2012
Now I know how my mum must have felt all those years ago when she used to try to turn off my CD player. I would watch her and sigh as she attempted to find the volume switch and roll my eyes as she struggled to turn the music off.
It’s my kid’s turn to get frustrated and annoyed with me as I try to keep up with ever-changing technology. I actually think that I do a good job of keeping myself up to date with things…after all I am writing this blog and you’ve got to be a bit tech savvy to do that!
Even my four-year old can find his way around an iPhone better than I can! He’s also obsessed with YouTube and has Buzz Lightyear envy after seeing a boy showing off his extensive buzz collection. He even asked if he could download music from YouTube. How does he even know what download means?
We took a video of him dancing last week and after we showed it to him he said, ‘Can you put that on YouTube mum?’. It’s all a bit worrying.
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Written by Andrea on January 17th, 2012
I’m not really into gadgets, but I do like to have a nice phone.
When I got the chance to upgrade my very dated old mobile, I decided to go for a Blackberry. My husband was horrified! He’s an apple man through and through and if it hasn’t got an ‘i’ in front of it, he isn’t interested.
My phone has served me well though. It does everything I want it to do. Take photo’s, email, text…OK, so just the basics. I don’t use the apps (don’t like them) and I find the screen too small.
So now it’s time is up and I’m looking at new phones. As I’m a bit rebellious, I don’t want to go down the iphone route, much to my hubbs dismay, I’m looking for an android phones. He suggested I try the Galaxy S and I have to admit that I do like the look of it. But, it’s the old touch screen that I have trouble with. I find it really awkward to use, but then I can’t have a Blackberry for ever as…well…it’s not that good! (Sorry Blackberry).
I wonder if anyone else out there has problems with touch screens or is it just my fat fingers that are the issue?
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Tags: blackberry, galaxy s, mobile contracts
Written by Andrea on January 17th, 2012
So we’ve been married for a whole 2 months and so far so good. After the big day itself, we did have a few days away in sunny Dorset…and it really was sunny despite being the middle of November!
We visited both Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door, had a day trip to Bournemouth, and it was absolutely lovely. I really wouldn’t have wanted anything else from a honeymoon….that is until my new in-laws offered us the trip of a lifetime to Hong Kong!
My husband grew up in Hong Kong due to his dad taking a job out there and as a very generous wedding gift, his parents are not only paying for us to visit his childhood home, but they are also having our 4-year-old for the entire time!! What a honeymoon!!!
Now to do some serious shopping! First things first, some replacement sunglasses. I’m especially liking the Arnette brand at the moment, particularly for running. And then there’s new shoes, T-shirts, dresses…etc. etc.
How exciting!
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Tags: bournemouth, durdle door, honeymoon, hong kong, in-laws, lulworth cove
Written by Andrea on January 4th, 2012
Christmas in our house is not a quiet affair. With three boys, all of very different ages, they have different hobbies…..and none of them are quiet.
Youngest is 4 and has the entire collection of Toy Story characters. He already had Buzz Lightyear and Woody and this Christmas he completed the trio with Jessie. ALL of the them ‘talk’, which is fine until he has them all ‘talking ‘ at once!
Oldest son listens to music, and it’s actually pretty good music, he just likes to listen to it LOUDLY!!
But none of this tops middle son who is now the proud owner of an electric guitar and a
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Fender Amp. Why did we buy him this, I hear you ask. Because we wanted to encourage him and his newly acquired interest in guitar playing plus hubby also likes to strum a few chords also couldn’t wait to get his hands on the new ‘toys’.
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Written by Andrea on January 4th, 2012
2011 was quite simply brilliant!
For those of you that have been following this blog, you’ll know full well that I got married! Yes I did it…and it was fantastic!! We couldn’t have wished for a more perfect day! The sun was shining, the sky was blue and the whole thing went off without a hitch!
And look…here’s a piccie of me and the new mister!
Although we had a fantastic time I do feel a little sad that it’s all over and I’ve now got nothing left to organise and I do like to organise!
Although we do have one big adventure left! My hubby was bought up in Hong Kong and my new in-laws are paying for return flights for us both so that I can see where he used to live. What an amazing and generous gift and one thing is for sure, I won’t be needing any electric blankets like I have on my bed at the moment. Brrrrr!!!
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Tags: electric blanket, hong kong, wedding, wedding gift
Written by Andrea on November 1st, 2011
….you know the rest.
Not sure where that rhyme comes from or even why brides still recite it, but it feels like the right thing to do for our wedding.
Something new…is of course the dress. Something borrowed….my cousin is lending me her bracelet to wear. Something blue…..it has to be the garter!
But what about something old? That was the one that I was struggling with until my dad told me that he’d repaired my mum’s old citizen watch that he’d given her as a gift some years before and that he’d like me to wear it. I was very touched and started filling up….again!
I now have everything I need. Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.
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Tags: citizen watch, something blue, something borrowed, something new, something old, watch repair
Written by Andrea on October 28th, 2011
Halloween is always an extra special time of year in our house. Yes the kids love to dress up and inflict heart attacks on our elderly neighbours but that isn’t the only fun they have!
Halloween is also middle sons birthday and we always have a fabulous Halloween party to celebrate.
This year, I was on the look out for different, unusual and above all, cheap decorations for the party when I was contacted by Poundland who asked me if I’d like to have a look at their range.
I have shopped at Poundland before but hadn’t considered it for Halloween, so I was quite surprised when I popped into town and saw that their window was crammed full of fantastic decorations, costumes, horror make-up and everything was…you guessed it… a whole pound! Brilliant!
Poundland in Coventry used to be Woolworths, so it’s a pretty big store with plenty of choice and I have to say I was really very impressed. The store stocked pretty much everything you could want from table decorations, plastic glasses and paper plates through to the whole costume and when you have three children to buy for, value for money is the key!
I filled my basket and the whole lot came to just £15 which I thought was amazing value for money.
I showed middle son when I got home and we started to plan the big bash for Halloween night. He was over the moon with all the goodies I came home with and I feel confident that all of his friends are going to love it too and have a fantastic time.
And if you’re stuck for party ideas, these websites give great tips and advice on how to host the perfect Halloween party:
www.halloweentips.com/
www.allfreecrafts.com/halloween/index.shtml
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Tags: Birthday, Halloween, poundland, trick or treat
Written by Andrea on October 20th, 2011
It’s OK, I’m not going to actually bore you with all the details of how we both met, but it was one of the questions asked of us by the woman conducting our wedding ceremony.
I have to say that I felt a little embarrassed as it isn’t some fabulous romantic story where our eyes met across a crowded floor and it was love at first sight. No…we met through online dating!
Seven years ago, online dating was frowned upon, at least it was in our house. My mum wouldn’t even tell my dad how we met!
But now, where as the most popular way to meet used to be through work, it’s now online dating. And if it’s free online dating then that’s even better!
It’s worked for us. We were both single parents and lets face it the chances of meeting someone in a bar or club were pretty slim. We probably had about five or six dates with other people before finally meeting each other and I was on the verge of giving up.
But I didn’t and I’m so glad that I persevered as here we are 7 years later and on the verge of our wedding day.
All together now…..awwwwww!
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Tags: dating, online dating, wedding
Written by Andrea on October 17th, 2011
I’ve been thinking about buying OH a really nice and expensive cigar for him to smoke after the wedding.
The only problem is….he gave up smoking a couple of months ago, much to my delight! I’m concerned that a cigar specials will get him smoking again!!
I don’t know anything about smoking, or even how people get hooked! After all, I have tried it and couldn’t stand it! But I know that people see cigars as being different, certainly not the same as a cigarette. I would even go so far as to say that I quite like the smell!
I think I will buy him one and if he starts smoking again? I suppose he’s already given up once so could do it again!
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Tags: celebration cigars., cigars, quitting smoking, smoking
