Yesterday, we were lucky enough to be invited to lunch at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. As previously mentioned on this blog, Chelsea is the home to the Chelsea Pensioners and is where a good friend of ours lives. He also just happens to be the current head tour guide. ~ Lunch in the Great Hall ~ ~ DS with a … Continue reading Lunch In Chelsea
Note to self: do not rush journaling; you will think faster than you can write.
The latest challenge on the SAG blog has been set by by my pal Amy. She wants to know if you record current affairs/happenings in your albums. I admit that this isn't something I do much of, but I did record the Royal Wedding earlier this year and also when Barack Obama became the 44th President of … Continue reading SAG Challenge #7
Back at the end of May, Amy asked what five things wouldn't be in or around your house in five years. In at #4 on my list was our bedroom wallpaper ...Last week, the decorator finished our bedroom (and the en-suite and family bathroom as an added bonus) and this is what our bedroom looks … Continue reading One From That List Of Five
~ Hooray for height restrictions ~ ~ Dodgem delight ~ ~ something of a squeeze to get the safety rail closed ~
~ Shopping for big-school shoes: gulp ~
The week where we came home from Scotland to find a leak under the kitchen sink, where we took advantage of the reasonable weather to be outside, where DS added a sense of scale to the pre-decorated shot of our bedroom (there'll be a post about that very soon). Loved that I found a clothing … Continue reading Project Life: Week 20
Shimelle has decided to host a weekly (Saturdays) just-for-fun scrapbook challenge, using her offering as the starting point. You may recall that she ran this challenge during her online crop recently and I offered this in response.I think this might actually be the final layout for my Royal Ballet School album; all that is needed … Continue reading Shimelle’s Scrapbook Starting Points
Early this morning (well, reasonably early: 09.15) DH left with DS to visit the Didcot Railway Centre for a steam day. They were collecting Grandad on the way. A true boys-own-adventure! I can only hope that DH remembers to take a photo or two ...So that left me here, wondering what to do. Walk the pooch … Continue reading An Adventure Just For Mummy
DS had his first ever cinematic experience this lunch time and I had my first as a parent.~ there's no way to make a cinema in the rain look photogenic ~We took a picnic lunch ...... but still spent a fortune. What we spent:Bus fare: £2.60 return.Tickets: £17.35 ~ that's £9.15 for me, £6.70 for DS and £1.50 … Continue reading The Big Screen
