Ho Hum...

 Well that was a big pile of nothing. We finally viewed the flat we were offered and it was just plain unsuitable for us. So no moving after weeks of prepping for it.....Bugger.
 However it has meant we realise just what we have here, and how lovely this flat it so we are kind of rediscovering it.
 The photo above is of the girls bedroom, we used it for all the furniture and boxed up stuff. DD was sleeping on the sofa and Baby D's cot was in with us.

 Once we knew the move wasn't happening we decided to give the current flat a huge makeover. so we unpacked, rearranged and cleaned to create a room for the girls again.

And if you look carefully you will spot them both sleeping in their beds happily. We have some under bed storage on order in Wilko's so ignore the box of clothes please lol. Next room to blitz is our bedroom, which we start tonight.

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A snip at £4

DD's hair seems to have had a growth spurt in all this sunshine. It was in desperate need of a tidy up.

OH heard about a new hairdressers opened locally that gives trainees/students a chance to get practical experience. The prices are also heavily discounted and sometimes even free if they are desperate for people to practise on. Children's haircuts at the moment are just £3 (we tipped a £1)

DD loved sitting in the big chair and being pampered. I think I have a future beauty queen on my hands lol.

 And voila a new look for DD. We decided on a bob cut because of her complete hatred of having her hair up. The only thing I need to do in the mornings is a quick brush and a clip on her fringe (if she'll let me).
 No more tantrums first thing in the morning thanks to tangles. Whoo hoo.

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Just finished

Just finished this little bunny for Baby D's first birthday in August.
I hope she enjoys her as much as I liked knitting her.

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P.S Not long till moving day now.  Can't wait to get back to my usual blogging

And the packing continues...

That's one small child ready to move. Just need to find a smaller box for Baby D.  

Use-it-up cake.

I couldn't resist sneaking some time away from sorting and packing to show you my baking.

Its a sandwich Battenburg!  Using up my almond essence, food colouring,  dried eggs, marzipan and silver balls. Phew! That'll save some packing space lol.

The plan is to eat it during a seaside picnic tomorrow.  I will try and pop back to tell you how it goes.

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Popping in for a moment

 Sorry it's been so quiet here lately, but there is big news in the FHMH house after almost 6 years of waiting and bidding, we finally have been offered a Council Home!!!!! There has been much excitement and celebrating I can tell you.

 We are just waiting on confirmation which have been assured we will get on Friday and is just a "paperwork" thing, so it is definitely ours. We should get our first proper access on Monday and Our moving date is a week Friday! So we are having a huge dejunk and pack-a-thon here to get everything ready in time.

 I will post soon with some photo's of the new place.

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Family picnic

On Sunday we headed to Victoria Country Park with all the in-laws for a big family picnic. We each brought something to eat and drink for everyone so it was quite a varied tasty feast. The weather was just perfect for sitting on the shore and chatting. Or in my case going beach-combing with my little SIL.

  

This is part of the famous Victoria Hospital which is in the centre of the site. It houses a lovely exhibition about Florence Nightingale who was quite involved with the building of the sight. If you have five minutes spare I recommend looking the park up on Wikipedia.

 I spent the afternoon beach combing with my SIL Rosie. I've blogged our finds over on my other blog - here.

 And finally a little peek at my current WIP - pink and white stripe jumper for Baby D. I'm knitting it for aged 1 year so it should do for the winter.

 And a quick project I just finished. A pair of multi color socks for DD using up a ball of interesting wool I picked up an age ago in a charity shop. They are really snugly and warn, perfect for colder weather.

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