Hi, Had no idea what to call this post....lol So - since my last post what have I done? I spent a week at Helen and Pauls house dog sitting whilst they went on holiday.  They are looking after our place and cats so we can go to Italy in September! whoop!!! We are going to Milan, Venice, Rome and Naples! So I actually really enjoyed staying at their place and taking the dog out everyday - we went on some coastal walks and the weather was great! Everybody was happy apart from Andy who was left in this big old house on his own! All the fresh air and walking, was awesome ..read more

  Its cold in this house! I've just got up and have a jumper on and am sat under a blanket in the living room, and I thought to myself - I'll update my blog! I cannot update everything because it has been ages!  Oh, I think there might be a bird in my chimney....I can hear something! So as a little catch-u I might do little categories - erm....coronavirus, work, family, house? Coronavirus Well, it is obviously still a big part of our lives, most (sensible) people have been vaccinated and now we have boosters 6 months after our last jab.  Andy has just been called for his booster ..read more

 So - time for some more before and after pics! Such a long time since I have been able to do this - and it is a sign of a little normality! So - some before pics...hard to find actually considering how many pictures we have of the house! and now for some progress pics...... might just skip to the completed pics ..read more

So - its the end of April and I've not posted anything since February.  A lot has happened since then! Andy had his first dose of the vaccine a few weeks ago - maybe longer than that? It seemed everybody around me, my age or younger had the vaccine but me - but then i got mine yesterday - hence why I have the time to catch up on my blog! Its my day off and I am having a couch day as I feel so tired and yuk! I was quite a wuss about the needle.  I've been nervous about it for a while as I have a thing for needles, and it didn't help that the vaccine and its progress has been on the n ..read more

 Hi, So....I just read back over my last blog - which I forgot to post - maybe I hadn't finished? anyway it is mainly talking about Trump....he has left now thankfully...and his impeachment trial is ongoing - but he wont get found guilty.... So England went into the 3rd Lockdown on 6th Jan 2021 (I think that was the date) and it is now 6th Feb 2021 and I down think the lockdown will be lifted until March.  We still have high daily death rates and people in hospital.  The vaccine is being rolled out - think they have moved from the over 80's to the over 70's.  People in care ..read more

  Hi again! So today there have been the most deaths reported in a 24 hour period than any other day since the pandemic began - with 1,325 deaths.  To think we were over the worst of in the summer - and we actually went out once or twice too! Well the other day I posted figures for the first time in months - this was on Tuesday and it is now Friday - here is a comparison: Tuesday 6th Jan 2021 Total world cases: 86,549,352 Total fatalities: 1,871,620 UK total cases: 2,774,479 UK fatalities: 76,305 Friday 8th Jan 2021 Total world cases: 88,902,065 - difference of 2,352,713 Total fatali ..read more

  Hi, So last night Boris announced that England is now going into is 3rd lockdown.  Scotland and I think Wales have already made this decision.  Figures are currently worse than last April when we had the first lockdown - re cases, more people in hospital - not as many deaths because many infected people are younger and care homes etc. have much more protection now. This doesn't really affect us much to be honest because we were not really leaving the house anyway - certainly wasn't going to pubs and restaurants.  This lockdown looks like it is going to be for at lest 6 we ..read more

  Hi! So I haven't written anything since September 2020.  I wrote that I was still fed up but looking forward to the fraud job I got, that the NFL season had just started and both our teams won, we had a great time meeting up with ppl for Andy's birthday and that I had lost a stone (but just gained 4lb after the birthday celebrations!). Well, I have started the new job now (on November 23rd) and it lifted my mood considerably and made me realise just how much I was not enjoying my job!  I work from home everyday and have an office set up in one of the attic bedrooms - I enjoy ..read more

  27th July 2020   It has been so long since I have written in this blog, and I was doing so well too!  But – I suppose life got in the way because I have been working and the annex is back up and running.   I suppose the biggest thing that has happened since I last wrote is that Adam had his twin boys!  Erika had a section – so we knew when they were going to be born – and it was on 29 June – almost a month ago now – actually I believe that they were 4 weeks old today!  They are adorable!!  Rory and Rudy – Rory was 6lb 1oz (I think) and Rudy was 4lb 8oz.&nbs ..read more

  19 Sept 2020 So, I know I haven’t been too happy in some of my last posts.  Nothing has changed lol.  That’s not true to be honest – I have been trying to get myself into a better place.  I have started working on the house again on my days off work, and that makes me feel a bit more productive.  Me and Andy have been doing the Keto diet for about 8 weeks – and I lost 1 stone – until we had a weekend off and I put 4 lb on in 2 days!  I applied for a job with the fraud team, which would mean I enjoy the work more, won’t get sent out at the drop of a hat when a ca ..read more