I have wanted a kitchenaid stand mixer for a long time. I do a lot of baking, so it would be well used, but they are very expensive. So decided that I would work out when it was 400 days before my 30th birthday and start saving £1 a day, so I could splash out for my birthday.I did a wedding cake in January and kept aside the money I had been paid ( Read more... )

We made an offer on the house this morning and it was accepted!!! We made one last week 10k below the asking price, but today she accepted 5.5k below asking price. WooHoo ( Read more... )

A friend introduced me to a blog a few months ago called Attic 24 and I find it so inspiring. Her house is so beautiful and can't be more than an hour from here, I'd recognise a Yorkshire stone terrace of houses and those beautiful hills a mile off! She crochets some amazing things and has 3 wonderful children. Her life clearly revolves around ( Read more... )

More progress on my great office refurb ( Read more... )

You probably aren't interested, but I changed my LJ layout... the other one didn't look good with my new mega monitor (it was stretched funny) so I chose a freebie one with chickens on. I've also cleaned out all my tags. Looking good ( Read more... )

Dad rang today to say he wants to come tomorrow to install my lovely new shiny computer. When they were here 2 weeks ago for Mothers day we had a chat about where everything would go and it looks like an office reorganisation is in order. We're probably going to swap my large L shaped desk for a smaller rectangular wave shape one. That should free ( Read more... )