* Lazylol *

To Blog Or Not To Blog...that IS the question!

I have decided that I am more a reader of blogs, than an actual blogger. I'm not sure what direction this, my poor and sometimes neglected little blog is going.  Often I am full of ideas of things to blog but when I sit down to write it, my mind goes blank.  Not very productive on the craft front  lately either. I am so short of time that I can't create anything or whip up a new recipe.  Luckily I have the summer holiday coming up.  Thank goodness I work in a school.  I hate having to work full time so the summer holidays, well, all the school holidays help me through. 

Is once a week really enough to blog?  I'd like to do it more but I don't often have the time.

This week I have been mostly reading.........

 

I am doing something that I have never done before - reading two books at the same time.  I absolutely do not do it.  Ever.  I always finish a book before I open the next one. But here I am with these two little beauties on the go and I can't put them down or decide which to read from next. What a rebel.

I wanted to read this before the movie comes out

  

I know I'm always way behind everyone with what I'm reading but I'm half way through and enjoying every word.  Very entertaining. Maybe reading two at a time is the way to go?

This is the other book.

Again, a very good read so far.  The bit about the sheep in the road made me laugh out loud.

 

Lift Off

At last I am online at the caravan, thanks to my new laptop & vodafone who now provide mobile broadband to the little village we are situated.  It is a slow connection but I'm not complaining - certainly an improvement to the only other internet available around here - the WiFi connection belonging to a private company who charge £5 per hour to use it!

I can now blog at the caravan - when i actually have the time to do it.

Grand Day Out

What is wrong with me? I kept typing posts and then not posting them.  I've just deleted two from last week. *Note to self -  must a better blogger!

How great is the weather this week! Isn't life just great when the sun is shining.  On Saturday we attended the wedding of our lovely friends Michelle and Robert.  It was a fabulous day made all the better by the glorious sunshine and beautiful grounds of the venue (of which I have absolutely no photos - how stupid!).

 

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Here is something for any  paper craft fans out there ~ blog candy and more yummy stuff here

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FedUp

I am feeling a little 'blah' today.  Tired and fed up.  Too much work and not enough 'me' time.

BUT I am not going to make this a post full of moaning.  So instead, here are some nice things to look at which cheered me up a little bit.

 

 

 

All the above are available (along with many other lovely items) from Jam Tart.  I really should get some of these for the caravan.  I love beach huts.

Normal service will be resumed shortly.  Well next week, as it happens.  I have a week off! WOOHOO !!

May Day

Don't you just love a bank holiday weekend?  Lovely weather, up early to visit the car boot, out walking in the sunshine, lunch, then when everyone else is off doing there own thing, I finally get some time to enjoy a cup of tea and my two new magazines.

 

This issue of Sew Hip is really good.  I am dying to make the sundress featured in it.  The writer of the article suggests that you make it using an old vintage sheet so I may have to take the scissors to this one I bought at the car boot this morning for £2.

 

It's a shame I don't have any girls  because it is a king size duvet and there is enough fabric for the Von Trapps.

 

I've been too busy to even think about posting this week and I haven't read any blogs (oh the joy of coming home from a week away, going straight back to a full time job and then trying to catch up with all the housework in the evenings!).  At least I have all your lovely posts to read next week.

I celebrated another birthday whilst at the caravan last week and received some lovely cards and presents.

 

 

and had a nice lunch at Mr Moo's in Skipsea - I recommend it if you are in the area, gorgeous ice cream!

 

There is a lovely walk down to the beach from Mr Moo's, which is just perfect for after lunch.

I am heading back to Skipsea for the weekend, fingers crossed for the nice weather to stay so I can do lots of walking.  It is sooooo nice to be outdoors when you've spent all week in a stuffy office.

Happy Easter

 

Happy Easter!

I gave up Chocolate for Lent so I had a Cadburys Creme Egg for breakfast!  Actually, I can't believe I did it.  I'm in shock.

Then it was time to do some baking ready for the Easter visitors.

 

 

Now I am busy ironing and packing for a week at the caravan, so farewell until next Sunday when I will be back and I am planning to start a little monthly giveaway.

Enjoy the rest of the Easter hols x

 

Homemade Home

I've been spring cleaning like a mad woman, the trouble is, once you start, you notice other things that need cleaning. Even the dog started to look worried....

and he should have, it was his turn next....he was brushed, bathed, dried, clipped, trimmed and brushed some more.  He didn't like the bath bit but he enjoyed the rest of the pampering pooch session. He no longer looks bushy and is all ready for summer.

I've swept, weeded, tidied and planted out in the garden.

I have stopped spring cleaning now though, and  am starting to feel a bit under the weather.  I have a cold coming on and my throat is starting to hurt, oh no :(

Yesterday I had a trip to Ikea earlier this week

 

We ate some lunch in the restaurant.  Organic veg soup, a roll and a organic strawberry yogurt - all of which were delicious. Mr Fuzz had fish & chips with tartar sauce, which he enjoyed  and then was only too happy to carry on mooching around the store with me. I bought a double quilt cover with 4 pillow cases....for the bargain price of £1.99...isn't that just crazy?! £1.99! I love the print, it matches my bedroom colours too. I love new bedding and I love bedding with a white background, it is so clean and fresh looking. I am one happy Easter bunny.

I also bought a Ribba frame for this poster that I've had a while and only just remembered about.  I know, as usual I am probably the last person in blogland to get this on my wall - OH NO the bloomin' frame is too small.  Oh well it looks like I'll have to get a new mount for it.

I am looking forward to Kirstie Allsop's new programme, Kirstie's Homemade Home which is on Channel 4 and starts next week.   I read about it in this article in last Sunday's newspaper. 

 

It is all about her renovating a cottage in Devon, restoring furniture, learning new skills, such as block printing, sewing, etc  and doing as much of the work herself as possible. Sounds just like the sort of programme that will be popular here in blogland. I hope it is as good as it sounds.

Spring Clean

Busy busy busy.....spring cleaning, declutterng and re-organising.  That is what I have the urge to do this week. Kitchen cupboards have been emptied, cleaned and tidied.  At last I have some space in them! I am now re-organised my cds into new little cd boxes. £1.30 from Morrisons - what a bargain! They all stack on top of each other in my little cupboard, instead of a jumble of cds that fall out every time you try to find one.  Oh the little things that make me happy.

A 'freezer' week is on the menu here in the lazylol house.  We have two freezers, both stuffed to bursting point with BOGOF offers etc which I regularly buy and forget about.  I think we could survive for a good couple of months on the stuff in there and still I buy more! So on Monday I decided I would not buy more and would use up as much as possible.  I keep pulling out things I have no recollection of purchasing and another favourite of mine, label-less leftovers. Freezer bags full of...well I'm not really sure.  Spag bol or perhaps it is chilli? Soup, stew, or some sort of curry or casserole? The list goes on. 

*note to self - buy some freezer labels

How cool is this.........

 

( seen here - thanks Ali)

I need this poster!