Times Are A Changing .... And A Bag Of Luck

Howdy Howww

( just a small post )

My Little Family are going through small changes, I have now finished my course, and Jordan has changed his job meaning a lot more family time over the summer, and also we will be moving in two a little house at the end of summer. All normal family events but I couldn't be more excited about watching these small changes. Jordan was stuck in a job that he hated for years and now has finally been able to change. My course took up so much time that it almost feels wired being able to sit down with a cuppa and think about others things that are not from psychology and biology based. This september we will even be picking Lilahs school!

 Its just a really nice feeling that we have a long summer together now waiting for these changes so me and Jordan went for breakfast on the seafront to mark the start of it all :) 

My mum was giving this little bag by some nuns that were handing them out to people in a village and she gave it to me so I am carrying it around in my purse as a little good luck charm at the moment :) 

Happiness kit An eraser to make mistakes disappear. A coin so that you can never say "im broke". A marble in case someone says you've lost yours. A rubber band to stretch yourself beyond your limits. A piece of string to tie things together when things fall apart. A heart to remind you that love is all around you 

Boo and Kayleigh Kiss And Make Up

The lemsip has now (thank god) been changed for a Big Mug of Tea ......

Just a quick explanation about the name of this post.... My big brother called me Boo ever since I was a baby and once my friends heard it, it just stuck and Kayleigh Kiss and Make Up is my friend kayleigh business name...

Soooo have youuu meet Kayleigh?? ..

(I hope some of you watch the American Show How I met your Mother or you wont get that little joke) :) 

Kayleigh is a scrummy/yummy/well travelled/ambitious/quick thinking/ old school friend of mine, who is always off chasing what she wants in life. She has worked on big cruise ships abroad doing her beauty, and is really passionate about what she does. 

However K9 (as I like to called her, as she had a football shirt with K9 on the back when she was a little girl ) is a bit lost for once...
She has found her self a man, who she could possibly be falling mad for. 
She has started to enjoy being at home and the simple things in life that make her happy, even thought about getting a little mortgage on a little apartment for her self....

K9 has even got plans in place to start her own business up ... Kayleigh Kiss and make up. Butttt kay has also been offered a full time job to work on a cruise ship in Italy.
For the moment this girl has noo idea what she wants to chase, and what is the right decision for her,  so as you can imagine we had a lotttttt to talk about!!

I meet kayeigh at work, she left me to wait for her in the relaxation room on a hot stone bed for a while ....was amazing !  Then we went for dinner, we eat at ASK, it was real good food and good company....... apart from when we was sat out in the patio area eating then the seagulls sent us running for our lives clutching our dinners!!!!

Summer night out

 So as you may know, as hopefully all who are reading this do live on this World, but hello to you to if you are reading this from space or beyond :S .....anywayssss the World Cup is on... and this was my very womanly/English support for it ........

Great British Coloured Flowers with a good Cuppa ! 

This birthday I had planned to get Jordan the new play station 4 and set it all up under the TV and just wait until he had noticed, but that didn't go to plan as Jordan found out my plan and told me not too, as the money it would cost could pay for a family weekend away on Brighton sea front.....blown away by his suggestion, we agreed that's what we would do as soon as we get a weekend free this summer. My Man deserves some credit there! couldn't believe my ears without going soppy I sometimes forget how good my man is, I am very lucky. 

(We were both young when I fell pregnant with Lilah, both young and planning on going to uni. But Jordan still sent me off to university just after I had had Lilah beau, and he went to work full time to support us finacial, in a job he hated with a passion, until the day I qualify and can support our family so he can go to uni. Basically putting his dreams on hold, so I may follow mine first. Could never ask for more from him, an amazing partner and father, i am very very lucky........

So the first England match landed on Jordan's Birthday. So we both went out to watch the match and meet our friends, it was a really good night out (apart from the score ) I didn't take pictures of me and jordan that night which I really should have but I have a few that the girls took on the night out 

Annabel Karmel Sleeping Dolls

Replacing the Tea with Lemsip today as there's a stinking cold and tonsillitis bug camping out within me!

One of the things I wanted blog and share with you lovely yummy lot was Annabel Karmel. I recently picked up this book after finding it packed away from over a year ago from when we moved house. Some of the recipes are brilliant in here! Really creative for example Jacket potato sailing boats !?! and the one I made Sleeping dolly's ?!? 

Soooo as I have now finished my studies for the summer, I plan to be making a lot of things out of this beauty of a book

This is the finished result of the Sleeping dolly's .....

Lilah Beau absolutely loved it! so much so that it actually took a long time to actually get her to eat in because she loved the dolly's that much :) the Dolly's heads are mushrooms, their features are made from tiny cuts of peppers and olives, their hair is made of cheese and their tiny patient shoes are black olives :)

The dolls are actually pasta tubes stuffed with a cheese onion sauce, baked in a cheese sauce. This is the book I used but the recipe can also be found online. 

The Summer May Now Begin

Cuppa tea in hand and ready to write again...

Iv been bursting to have a mothers meeting with my little laptop, sipping on a tea as I spill out the last few weeks events. I have had exams over the last few weeks so my mornings, days and even late nights with my little lappytop have not been ones of enjoyment! On the morning of my last exam I popped in to town early just to purchase the trashiest magazine I could find, and also copy of Vogue, because the thought of being able to read for pleasure again was far too exciting. I taped away with a head jam packed full of biology and psychology information (trying to push the thought of my magazines to the back of my head) for a few hours and then thank god it was finished. The year and half of study was finally over and the summer could really begin ! Iv have meet some truly beautiful people and made some life long friends on this course, and I will really miss seeing some of their faces every week but I could not be happier that its over. 

So I am currently sat with my daughter in the garden, playing mummies and babies for some much needed mummy and daughter time, catching up on some mummy blogs and writing all of the posts iv been wanting to write for the last few weeks :) 

An Old Town Adventure

Helloooo humaniods ! Currently sat with morning Tea with my little lady, wondering what to do today as its a cloudy day at the seaside today.

As its been half term I have had a whole week to spend with my little family it has been beautiful. While daddy is at work though me and Lilah Beau like to go on our own little adventures. I am a total shabby chic-oholic, so I love looking round vintage, unique boutiques which Margate old town is PERFECTO for ! I am a very lucky mummy as Lilah also lovesss doing this.





We jumped on the bus over to Margate old town, and walked along the little coddled streets to the Cup Cake Cafe...... (like Disney land for me)  Its a beautiful shabby chic cafe, with shelves packed with beautiful tea cups, old trinkets and everything floral!

All the way there Lilah said she wanted a blue cup cake, so she had a blueberry cup cake, and a ham sandwich on a amazing little floral plate with gold edging and I had a thick chunky ham cheese and pickle sandwich with salad and a vanilla cup cake and not forget a tea pot of tea and the cutest little tea cup.

After we stuffed our guts, we strolled along looking for the little boutiques, Lilah didnt want to leave one when she saw these amazing maileg toys, I personal would buy them for my self to have on display their so sweet.

Another shop we visited was full to the brim of old furniture, and the most random retro things, Lilah dragged me in after her, when she spotted it. 

When we where all shopped out we walked along to the new beach steps on Margate sea front, we sat and chatted and played a spot of WHAT'S THE TIME MR WOLF !!!!!

And that was the end of our vintage seaside adventure :)