Happy Birthday hubs!

My hubby turns 25 today! We've already begun celebrating with an early morning bacon butty (which I got up especially to cook as I am currently on my Easter holidays being a teacher) and some cake, but I've organised a few suprises for him this evening as he 100% completely deserves it. I read this quote yesterday on Pinterest which says....

Source: zenscorpion.tumblr.com via Becky on Pinterest

I feel so privileged that already happened to me with my hubs! I'm very biased but I happen to think he's fantastic so HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETHEART!

Spring has sprung...

Hubby and I managed to have a perfect afternoon out in London yesterday. The sun was shining, the blossom was out and there was another day between us and work (which is always nice). London is a different place again in the sunshine, and sat having a capuccino out on the street near Convent Garden, it felt like we could be on the streets of Rome.

Rather than taking the tube to every destination we were heading to we took advantage of that reliable form of transport- walking! In the late afternoon the hazy sunshine looked fabulous and perfect for trying out my new camera.

Having uploaded my pictures I have noticed that much of our afternoon revolved around food and drink. We headed off to a gorgeous Lebanese restaurant for dinner called Maroush on Vere Street (for any Londeners who may wish to try it). We knew we were in for a winner of a meal when half the restaurant was made up of Lebanese eating there. Boy talk about hommous from heaven!

We then made the most of one of the best parts of London- the theatre culture. We saw a fabulous play called 'A Walk of Part- The Fall of New Labour' which was very funny, brilliantly acted and also a moving depiction of a politician wanting to be an idealist but struggling to be one. It was interesting as young twenty somethings watching it depict all the significant events in world history and British politics that we grew up with too. It seemed to put a lot of various events into context.

Finally it was off home on the tube for a doughnut and cup of tea! Perfection!

What have you been doing this sunny weekend?

There is little better....

....than a steaming mug of hot chocolate made with proper Belgian chocolate and cream. Enough said.

On cupcake goodness...

It has been far too long since I've been on here. I'm currently in the process of trying to balance out my work life with what should be priorities in my life, unfortunately work seems to take precedent these days. That's not to say that I don't love my job, and most importantly think spending 6 hours teaching teenagers as a privilage (yes many would think I am mad) but teenagers are funny, wonderful , unpredictable and certainly stop my life from being dull. Teaching has however meant I've not had the time to do many creative things recently including spending time blogging.

However, I finally had the money (now I'm no longer a student- woooooo!) to spend on a DSLR camera which makes me very hapy and has stirred my blogging juices again. So here is the product of a new camera and some cupcake making for my dear Daddy's birthday. I'm pleased to say it tasted even better than it looked!

My happy place...

I've been having some family time back where I used to live pre getting hitched so have had the time to go to one of my favourite places in the world, the edge above my old village. If I had a difficult decision to make or just wanted some peace and quiet this is where I used to go. I always felt because you were so high up and looking down on the rest of the world that it put everything else in perspective. Do you have a similar place?

A blessing in disguise

So my immune system did me well for 6 months and then has failed me miserably in the last 1 month having had two stinking sets of colds (accompanied by a sore throat before and a nice long cough after) within 4 weeks. This last bout of nastiness has been in the first proper week off I've had since December which meant I actually rested properly but, being me, after sleeping and watching TV for about a day I started to get bored and realised that being stuck inside on a sofa all day meant I had the time to do some crafting- so this is the product of my cold.....

It's from a kit from a really awesome new magazine called Mollie Makes which is a simply beautiful 'lifestyle and craft magazine'. With the first issue they included the felt pieces, templates and instructions for this phone holder which was ridiculously simple to put together but looks rather lovely! It's made my cold seem a whole lot less worse.

Tomorrow's the big day....

Phew! It's been far too long! I'm on my teaching practice at the moment which has meant barely time to breathe let alone blog. However I'm back though maybe sporadically for a while.
Anyway, it's the Royal Wedding tomorrow and I've been so excited about it this week. Every programme about Royal Weddings or Kate and Wills long romance has been watched on TV, every article in the newspaper we read about the preparations has been read, and everytime anything about the Royal Wedding has come up on the news I've grabbed the remote to turn the volume up. Tomorrow I will be with a small group drinking bucks fizz out of commemorative (and very cheesy) paper cups, eating home made jam tarts, watching coverage of the wedding from 8 a.m. in the morning tilllate in the afternoon and no doubt shedding a tear or two.

Taken from MamaPop

My (slight) obsession with the Wedding is to the annoyance of my poor hubby who is so unexcited about the prospect of the Wedding has escaped to Scotland on a walking holiday with another male friend. I'm sure there are many like him but the country, and it seems the world with two billion watchers estimated to be tuning in, are ready to party. The flags are up in London, street parties have been organised across the country and the bank holiday has now started! The British Royal family despite much bad press in recent years are still loved by many, and after all we all love a good wedding to shed a tear over and raise a smile. The country is still realing from the recession, some say this is precisely why we should not be bothered about the wedding tomorrow as it's a drain on tax payers money. However, it's a good excuse for a knees up and if it brings a smile across the country tomorrow I say cheers to Wills and Kate! I just wonder why my invite got lost in the post....

A sweet moment

I cannot believe me and my new hubby have already been married for over six months. Before Christmas I was super busy and run down, which inevitably bubbled into being perhaps a little irritable with my loved one. So when I came in after a long day at work after mulling over in the car what a rubbish wife I am sometimes finding this written on our little chalkboard (G being my hubby).

A catch up....

Hello all and a late happy new year!

Ok I failed to keep up with 'Blogvent'. I'm trying to avoid making excuses however I was trying to be superwoman in December with my first teacher training placement in particular draining me of all energy. I ended up exhausted mid-way through December (and remained so until after New Year when I'd just about had enough rest and wine to recharge the batteries properly) with a mild case of shingles which is starting to become a regular way of my body telling me I'm doing too much. Hence I'm afraid my blog became the bottom item on my list of priorities.

Anyway enough moaning, what I did manage to do before Christmas was to finish the advent calender for my nieces that I started in November. This was a Christmas present for the two of them. I'm rather proud of my effort in the end.

Day 11- Blog-vent

Finally a bit of crafting to go up. Here are my little blanket-stiched tree decorations which I'm doing in stars and hearts. They're so easy to make, as all they are, are a piece of felt cut out with a blanket stitch embroidered round the edge. Even the hubby thought they were very nice!