30th July 2011

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After a sleepy morning we had a big breakfast then got to work! Pierre finished off the sanding/cementing around the house, I helped by mixing a bucket of cement (yay me lol) but I was busy repairing the damage I did to the tea caddy the other day. I’d primed it then painted over it but I’d forgotten it was a gloss primer and it looked all crackled (which would have been awesome if intentional) and weird so I sanded the hell out of it and repainted it. I’ve still got the inside to do, currently not sure if I should do it white or the pale yellow paint I have. Decisions, decisions!

29th July 2011

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We had quite a lazy day today, in fact this week has been quite a relaxed and easygoing one as we’ve both got a mental August coming up. We went to John Lewis in Cheadle as we want some bowls big enough to do asian style soups in but so far we’ve not seen any bowls we like either online or in real life. We didn’t see any in John Lewis either but had a good wander round! I bought some hair curlers that were reduced to a tenner and also a Gruffalo tin that I’ve put my make up in.

28th July 2011

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We had a lazy day today and didn’t do much of anything. We went out to some shops and I got some ace bargains! I got a black Trespass winter coat for a fiver, it was so cheap I went back and got another in red! I then bought a dress/jacket suit and a pair of tweed work trousers from the next outlet shop for the grand sum of £23. Such a bargain! We had dinner in the local tapas bar called La Torre, we’d never been before but it was really good such a pleasant surprise! It makes a difference having it on our doorstep instead of having to travel into Manchester to go to El Rincon!

27th July 2011

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Another Pierre action shot! Today was my mums birthday and I didn’t get any related pictures unfortunately but I did take this one of Pierre. It was one of those lovely days so whilst I was painting things (Bird table thing I made and our boring pine tea caddy .. pics to no doubt follow!) he was doing the thankless task of sanding/cementing the brickwork at the side of the house. I also had a trip to the dentist this morning (the fear the fear!) but luckily he’s given me the all clear and I don’t have to go again now for another 6 months! woo!

26th July 2011

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We went to Dagfields today which is an antiques village place in Cheshire. It’s a lot of bric a brac along with tons of chintz, furniture etc. They had a leather workshop wit lots of handmade bags, I was semi tempted by two or three but I was good and resisted! It was a gorgeous day and after we’d wandered around we then stopped off in Nantwich and got some lunch in a pub/restaurant/hotel called The Cheshire Cat which was gorgeous, it was nice to sit and eat outside in the sun!

25th July 2011

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George has been ill this weekend, yesterday we really were aware of it and then ended up taking her to the emergency vets in the evening as we’d both scared ourselves reading the internets about cats not weeing! Today I’ve been Nurse Caroline and taken pee samples to the vets and then picked medicine up for her. She has to go back again on Friday but we’re hoping it’s just cat cystitis rather than anything more serious. She’s getting lots of cuddles and pats and generally being a spoilt cat today 😀

24th July 2011

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I must admit I’ve been really lame at taking pictures at the moment, I just don’t have the time as I’ve been so busy doing other things and just end up forgetting or taking a non composed picture of something random around the house. Case in point is todays picture, it’s of our tea chest but it’s not the best of pictures or relevant to anything I did today! When I do this next year I might re-visit this one with a “this is how it should have been” photo!

23rd July 2011

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We went to a BBQ tonight and when it got just a little too chilly later on we moved inside. Our friends are moving to the States in the next few months and I managed to capture Dave showing Pierre where about’s he is working/thinking about living.

22nd July 2011

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I had a mad moment of being useful when I got home from work this evening, mostly because there was a bunch of things I’d been meaning to do but was just too exhausted to after work throughout the week and as we had guests staying over on Saturday night I wanted to make a head start so I wouldn’t have to do it tomorrow morning! So today there is a picture of a Summers day washing as viewed from our kitchen window!

21st July 2011

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Another super busy day at work today and it’s only going to get worse, one of the guys isn’t coming back until October at the earliest and the other, who knows. Gah! Today’s picture is of the ingredients to tonights dinner! Pierre did a Tuna steak and veggie stir fry. Nom!