Hurrah!

Today Mr May comes home!

I am looking forward to it so much - even it is only for a very short while!

He is working very hard at the mo doing what he does best! And bizarrely my house is tidier... ;p

Once upon a time...

There was a girl who had a lovely little cottagey house that was painted blue. She lived there with a lovely hard working husband, and a hoard of mini peeps.

Then a lady and her husband moved in, then he moved out and she started playing Radiohead - Creep on repeat for weeks. At 2 in the morning, and super loud on school nights. And when she got asked to turn it down she hurled a smidge of abuse at me 0ver the fence.

Then the next morning she came round and apologised and promised it wouldn't happen again... Oh, yeah - not until she was drunk again.

I used to love Radiohead. When I was 17. Now if I ever hear it again it'll be too soon.

What's that I hear???

Ace!

Cookin'

Today I have been trying to get organised - I have so far made spagetti bolognese, chicken casserole and chicken soup.

I thought the soup lovely - the kids weren't so convinced but I did discover Noo likes potato farls!!

And the eldest has gone off in his role as a scout to be spooky character at Exbury Gardens to raise money for charity.

A better day than yesterday!!

Awfully awful day!

They say things come in 3's!

And today was that day! It has been a day of flat tyres and burnt out hoover and broken eggs all over the kitchen floor!!

The tyre issue - I drove over a screw and subsquently ended up with a flat - I started to try and change the thing - BUT the nuts were on too tight, and I managed to get 3 undone then got stuck. So I decided to take off the spare and discovered that the piece that holds the spare on had corroded and I couldn't get the thing to twist 90 degrees so I could get the wheel off!!

Eventually I got it off. And then struggled for another 10 minutes till a bystander took pity on me. Although I did have to tell him to loosen to the left - not tighten to the right!

Then the hoover - it doesn't even start!

And the Eggs, Oh Toby is not my friend! 18 eggs used to reside in my fridge there are six now. We shall not discuss the details! But a better day tomorrow!

Daft children!

I have some children. They are really quite daft. Here is 3/4!

My new LBD!

I made it! And I almost love it. But I shall be changing the sleeves and maybe running some elastic round the waist - It doesn't hold it's flounce if you know what I mean?

It's a Cynthia Rowley pattern and after the beautiful simplicity of a Collette pattern I actually found it quite tricky - even though it reckoned it was easy!!

It's black lace over crepe back satin. Comfy and glam!

This is the work in progress.

New pattern!

I have a new pattern and some lovely fabrics - once the kids are in bed I shall cut and sew!

Argh!

So

the niggly belly pain has come back. This is not ideal with mr may off on his travels.

My lovely mother in law has given me some buscopan - on top of the pain killers it appears to have worked! Hurrah.

Now - I must go and get on with the house work.