Hi again folks...
Right then... we had seven bridesmaids and they were Laura my daughter, Sharon and Lynne my friends, Abi my neice, Hannah the bestwomans daughter, Leah Keiths neice and Rosie, our friends daughter, the friend whose wedding Keith and I met at last year.
Amazingly the sun actually shone on our wedding day, though there were a few fluffy clouds, generally it was fine and we had some lovely photographs taken in the beautiful gardens of the church. the whole party walked the short distance through the village from the Church to the reception, and the cars stopped to let us herd accross the road, which was nice, people were waving!
The photo's are - Sharon, Lynne and Abi receiving their gifts from Keith, he loved the day full of kisses given and received! The bridesmaid on the right of the photo behind table is my daughter Laura...blonde and pretty, nothing like me!
The yummy cake on the aforementioned bucket, complete with far to many sugar roses, all made by Keith and I and recently consumed by both of us at every cup of tea.... we did give tons away, but oh what a shame there was a little left!!!
The barbeque outside, the nearby restaurant Nosh put on a fabulous spread, continually stocked with all sorts of delicious food. The stone building in the background is an old mill, now used by a bespoke joinery firm, a really lovely building, shame you cant see the chimney in the photo.
The room we decorated in bunting, floral everything... my brother has some pre-bash photos of the room before we crammed in, so I will show one when I have them. This was quite early on, by the evening this room was too crammed for photo's...standing room only, probably breaking most health and safety laws....oops sorry!
And the last one here is my lovely bridesmaids -
from left to right we have - Abi, Leah, Rosie, Laura, Hannah, me, Sharon and Lynne.
Will add some more as we get them all back, my brother was our photographer and we are picking up the photo's on Friday so watch this space!
Bye for now,
Love Sue x
Tuesday, 17 July 2007
Sunday, 15 July 2007
Wedding Blog
WE DID IT!!!!!
Sorry for the ten day long absence, its been chaos of the most enjoyable kind. The wedding was fantastic, the sun shone (amazingly) and everyone came.
Well everyone, I am now officially married. Our country style wedding was a truly memorable day, with guests from afar, tears- so many tears, and laughter, dancing and love by the bucket load. I didn’t cry all the way through the service, my biggest worry, but did blubber through the speeches- my step dad doing a good job of choking the whole room with tears, followed by my husbands hilarious account of his previously minimal life being taken over with knotty pine, flea market finds and more flower than Holland. Then Keith best person Liz made everyone cry again by talking about Keiths dad, a proud man, known and liked by all, who died two years ago, and whom was obviously sharing the day with us, if not in person.
The church service was lovely, emotional, happy, funny in places, and the church was full. The barbeque was delicious, the ice creams went down a treat, and we partied day and night. When you invite your wedding guests, you think ‘not everyone will come’…. well, they did and it was packed to the rafters, the only down side being the whole day went far too quickly and I wish I could do it all again in slow motion, changing nothing.
Catch you later all, have some cake to polish off….
Sue xxx
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
A nervous pre-wedding blog from Almondbury
Hi everyone,
Sorry for the lack of blog, been mega busy with the wedding stuff, cant quite believe its only ten days away. The whole 'country/vintage' them is coming together nicely and I am almost boggled by the amount of floral pattern flashing before my eyes on a daily basis. The cake is made, three tiers, iced, with about a thousand hand made sugar roses in shades of pink and lemon ready to stick on it once assembled. I have also been busy producing forty tablecloths in vintage floral fabrics, and gingham, a zillion miles of bunting in the the same style, table favours in handmade pink rosey paper cones filled with flying saucers, dolly mixtures and pastel coloured sweeties, and too many girlie, flowery, ditsy, oldey worldey goodies to mention, poor Keith!!! I have almost finished my dress too, just the hem to do, and i am off to the flower wholesalers shortly to order a small parks-worth of roses for next friday. Phew, its all go.
We have the rehearsal on thursday evening, and I can honestly say I am a bit nervous. My main concern for the actual day is blubbering all the way through. I cry at other peoples weddings, so what am I going to be like at my own? A snivelling wreck. Cue the waterproof mascara and a hidden pocket in the fancy cream frock for some kleenex.
Really looking forward to having the whole family together, and we are having a barbeque at home on the friday before for everyone thats stopping up here for the two days. Mad though it might be the night before we get married, i love having the family round and its the first 'big bash' sinced we moved here.
So although I may not have much time to blog up to the big day, I will pop on for my nighty read. And will definately put some photo's on of the event itself! I will try to add a pic here today, its of the old coal bucket on which I am standing the wedding cake. I have countryfied it too, what a surprise!
Take care and see you all soon
Sue xxx
Tuesday, 5 June 2007
Evening from Almondbury
Good evening everyone, I hope this finds you all well. I apologise for not blogging for a week or so, been here and there, doing this and that.
Must spend some time catching up on everyone’s blogs, its funny, when you don’t read them daily, you miss that snippet and find yourself wondering what friends are up to. I have been telling everyone about this virtual garden party, and all you lovely peeps.
Last week I had my first ‘date’ with a new friend, a very beautiful woman in many ways, whom I am sure will be someone that shares my tea and biccies as often as we can. I met her through a business link advisory service, she being a centre manager, and after our initial meeting, the formalities, we realised that we had more than just a few things in common. As some of you might remember my initial blog on CL was a sort of plea, for friends, as I had moved here last Autumn, but working from home meant my social circle was kind of small, and although Keith has loads of lovely friends, its not the same as meeting people yourself, who share the same interests. Needless to say, making many friends online has kept me happy and busy.
My new friend and I actually grew up just a few miles from each other and she has been in Yorkshire for many years, though still calls our home county ‘home’ and visits often. After picking my new friend up from here gorgeous cottagey home, we toured a nearby town, chatting, getting to know each other, scouring charity shops, haberdashers and visiting the tea rooms for the obligatory tea and cake. Back to hers for a tour of her pretty, inspiring garden, more tea and loads more chat, it was just heaven. Needless to say the day went toooo quickly, and I drove home with the hugest of smiles and a warm feeling inside.
The weekend brought a trip to Warwickshire, family visiting. Mums first thing Saturday for some serious wedding cake making, me, Mum and Keith all crammed in her tiny kitchen, with several hundred weight of ingredients, far too much brandy and more than one washing up bowl for the mixing. Once it was in the oven, we left mum to keep her expert eye on the three tiers and flew off on a whistle stop tour of friends and family.
The evening was spent at my uncle Daves 60th birthday party, cant believe he is 60, looks about 45 and acts about 20. Sunday was more visiting, and took in a reclaimation yard, where we purchased two old rusty train wheels to put in the garden, and back to mums to collect the perfectly cooked cake. Of course, the top tier was a little domed, so we had to shave a bit off, and try it of course, quality control. Hmmmm.
After 48 hours of tearing around, tea, chat, kisses and partying, we set off back to Yorkshire, and I have to admit, I had a few tears in the car. Its hard to drive away from everything you knew and everyone you love. Keith wasn’t immediately aware that I was blubbering, as I had sunglasses on but trying to wipe away my snotty nose while I was driving gave the game away. I love the life I have here, with my husband to be, new horizons, and I keep in touch with everyone big time, however on Sunday evening I shed several fluid ounces between junctions 21 and 28 of the M1.
My eldest two children are in Warwickshire, and they have busy lives. They come up to ‘ours’ often and ring daily, but at times I miss the ‘Waltons’ style house we had.
Monday was brighter mood wise, and the mist eventually cleared, leaving me with a glorious view over the fields at the back of ‘ours’. The garden is really coming on now, just 6 months and its been transformed from a bare patch to a colourful display, still in its infancy, but prettier by the day.
Keith spent the morning phoning me with words of lurve to keep me grinning, the sun shone and my new friend texted to say she was looking forward to our next get together.
Must spend some time catching up on everyone’s blogs, its funny, when you don’t read them daily, you miss that snippet and find yourself wondering what friends are up to. I have been telling everyone about this virtual garden party, and all you lovely peeps.
Last week I had my first ‘date’ with a new friend, a very beautiful woman in many ways, whom I am sure will be someone that shares my tea and biccies as often as we can. I met her through a business link advisory service, she being a centre manager, and after our initial meeting, the formalities, we realised that we had more than just a few things in common. As some of you might remember my initial blog on CL was a sort of plea, for friends, as I had moved here last Autumn, but working from home meant my social circle was kind of small, and although Keith has loads of lovely friends, its not the same as meeting people yourself, who share the same interests. Needless to say, making many friends online has kept me happy and busy.
My new friend and I actually grew up just a few miles from each other and she has been in Yorkshire for many years, though still calls our home county ‘home’ and visits often. After picking my new friend up from here gorgeous cottagey home, we toured a nearby town, chatting, getting to know each other, scouring charity shops, haberdashers and visiting the tea rooms for the obligatory tea and cake. Back to hers for a tour of her pretty, inspiring garden, more tea and loads more chat, it was just heaven. Needless to say the day went toooo quickly, and I drove home with the hugest of smiles and a warm feeling inside.
The weekend brought a trip to Warwickshire, family visiting. Mums first thing Saturday for some serious wedding cake making, me, Mum and Keith all crammed in her tiny kitchen, with several hundred weight of ingredients, far too much brandy and more than one washing up bowl for the mixing. Once it was in the oven, we left mum to keep her expert eye on the three tiers and flew off on a whistle stop tour of friends and family.
The evening was spent at my uncle Daves 60th birthday party, cant believe he is 60, looks about 45 and acts about 20. Sunday was more visiting, and took in a reclaimation yard, where we purchased two old rusty train wheels to put in the garden, and back to mums to collect the perfectly cooked cake. Of course, the top tier was a little domed, so we had to shave a bit off, and try it of course, quality control. Hmmmm.
After 48 hours of tearing around, tea, chat, kisses and partying, we set off back to Yorkshire, and I have to admit, I had a few tears in the car. Its hard to drive away from everything you knew and everyone you love. Keith wasn’t immediately aware that I was blubbering, as I had sunglasses on but trying to wipe away my snotty nose while I was driving gave the game away. I love the life I have here, with my husband to be, new horizons, and I keep in touch with everyone big time, however on Sunday evening I shed several fluid ounces between junctions 21 and 28 of the M1.
My eldest two children are in Warwickshire, and they have busy lives. They come up to ‘ours’ often and ring daily, but at times I miss the ‘Waltons’ style house we had.
Monday was brighter mood wise, and the mist eventually cleared, leaving me with a glorious view over the fields at the back of ‘ours’. The garden is really coming on now, just 6 months and its been transformed from a bare patch to a colourful display, still in its infancy, but prettier by the day.
Keith spent the morning phoning me with words of lurve to keep me grinning, the sun shone and my new friend texted to say she was looking forward to our next get together.
Thursday, 24 May 2007
Morning From Almondbury
Morning all,
Hope this finds you well. Sorry I have not blogged for a few days, had tons of stuff to do, no excuse though, naughty me I will take my punishment headmistress.
Well, its only six weeks to the wedding, and I have cake/flowers/decorations and wedding dress to make. Have an idea of the style in my head, no pattern and about 20 yards of cream embossed silky stuff with tiny floral pattern. Absolute bargain, end of roll, couldnt believe it when they said it was less than £2.00 per metre, as the edge was dusty from the roll being stood up. In total, with the zip, tulle, and boning the whole dress will be a snippette at around £60.
Have been furiously collecting vintage curtains to recycle into table cloths and bunting for the event, and my daughter has suggested offering the complete wedding/recycled/country-themed package as a service. We have made the invitations/order of service, and the rest will also eventually be produced by us, out of 'previously cherished' goodies. Will try to use as much organic ingredients in the wedding cake, and it is to be displayed in a battered coal scuttle, as opposed to a shiny chrome stand,...far to squeaky and new!
The vicar came to chat with us the other night, all the formalities sorted. I was trying to remember a piece of music for the organist to play during the 'signing of register', and hadnt a clue, so this morning I rang a music shop and hummed it down the phone...they knew instantly, how cool?! Its 'Bach' apparently, I really am ignorant when it comes to Classical music, I was bought up on T-Rex.
We did Weight Watchers again last night, and the scales were not kind. I wanted to insist on a recallibration, but Keith dragged me to my seat! I have gained a pound, despite skimmed lettuce being added to most meals. Perhaps its the pound and a half of pure cheddar thats flowing through my veins, it curiously arrived in my basket and then in my fridge, so I had to complete its life-cycle, didnt i?
On a more healthy note, all the veg I planted is coming along nicely, I am really pleased. Previously I had only ever grown raddishes and tomatoes, but now we have peppers, carrots, cucumbers, beetroot, onions, rocket, broccoli, sprouts and much more... all I need now is a chicken or two....does anyone know of any restrictions that may be in place on keeping chickens in an average back garden on a semi rural bog standard estate? And would they eat the veg?
Well, friends I better go and put the kettle on, warm the sewing machine up, turn the radio on in my little shedette and sew, stick, paint til dusk. Might even finish the 'purple' car seat covers I have started.
Bye for now
Sue x
PS Best Wishes to Faith X
Hope this finds you well. Sorry I have not blogged for a few days, had tons of stuff to do, no excuse though, naughty me I will take my punishment headmistress.
Well, its only six weeks to the wedding, and I have cake/flowers/decorations and wedding dress to make. Have an idea of the style in my head, no pattern and about 20 yards of cream embossed silky stuff with tiny floral pattern. Absolute bargain, end of roll, couldnt believe it when they said it was less than £2.00 per metre, as the edge was dusty from the roll being stood up. In total, with the zip, tulle, and boning the whole dress will be a snippette at around £60.
Have been furiously collecting vintage curtains to recycle into table cloths and bunting for the event, and my daughter has suggested offering the complete wedding/recycled/country-themed package as a service. We have made the invitations/order of service, and the rest will also eventually be produced by us, out of 'previously cherished' goodies. Will try to use as much organic ingredients in the wedding cake, and it is to be displayed in a battered coal scuttle, as opposed to a shiny chrome stand,...far to squeaky and new!
The vicar came to chat with us the other night, all the formalities sorted. I was trying to remember a piece of music for the organist to play during the 'signing of register', and hadnt a clue, so this morning I rang a music shop and hummed it down the phone...they knew instantly, how cool?! Its 'Bach' apparently, I really am ignorant when it comes to Classical music, I was bought up on T-Rex.
We did Weight Watchers again last night, and the scales were not kind. I wanted to insist on a recallibration, but Keith dragged me to my seat! I have gained a pound, despite skimmed lettuce being added to most meals. Perhaps its the pound and a half of pure cheddar thats flowing through my veins, it curiously arrived in my basket and then in my fridge, so I had to complete its life-cycle, didnt i?
On a more healthy note, all the veg I planted is coming along nicely, I am really pleased. Previously I had only ever grown raddishes and tomatoes, but now we have peppers, carrots, cucumbers, beetroot, onions, rocket, broccoli, sprouts and much more... all I need now is a chicken or two....does anyone know of any restrictions that may be in place on keeping chickens in an average back garden on a semi rural bog standard estate? And would they eat the veg?
Well, friends I better go and put the kettle on, warm the sewing machine up, turn the radio on in my little shedette and sew, stick, paint til dusk. Might even finish the 'purple' car seat covers I have started.
Bye for now
Sue x
PS Best Wishes to Faith X
Friday, 18 May 2007
Mushy Midnight Blog from Almondbury
Hello all,
Hope you are all well. Thanks for the lovely comments, its so nice to read them, I wish there was enough hours in the day to read and respond to everyones blogs! I have found myself allotting time to read them!
Talking about weight loss, its not easy as I am some mean cake eater. I have been what you would call chunky for most of my life, curvaceous, womanly.
Good for mixing cakes and cement, if required.
I blogged about Keith a little on CL, but here is how the story goes for those who don’t know.
I had been single for about five years, a few very part time things, but on and off and no one special. I had almost given up, happy to do my own DIY, scratch my own back and hog a double duvet to oneself, and then my friend met a nice chap from here in Almondbury.
When the inevitable wedding invitation came along, I attended with my children, and got chatting to Keith, whom I didn’t realise was someone my friend had previously talked about, ‘this real nice guy, bit big, but is losing weight, you’d love him, she said’. Not realising (til we had chatted each other up) who he was, I was stunned at his amazing weight loss, he had gone from 31 stone to about 19 stone. And being over 6 foot, he looked just gorgeous.
Well, Keith proved to be an absolute star, funny, loving, caring, all the things I honestly thought didn’t exist anymore. He’d had a life of caring for two ill parents, until they left this place for a more cloudy one, and being ‘Mr Huge Personality’ I feel like not many females had ever looked beyond his size. And here he was, wanting to date me, slimming furiously, single, coming with a massive fan club of men and women who had been his friends for years, saying ‘he’s a good one’.
Almost one year later, and I now live with Keith, and we are to be married this July. I take my inspiration from him, as he must have battled so hard to change his habits of a lifetime, and utterly turn his life around.
Sorry to bang on about him as if he was some super god, but to me he is, and I am sure you lovely lot have your ‘soul mates’ too. I would have laughed it off and been extremely sceptical if someone had told me a year ago that I would be living in Yorkshire, surrounded by rolling hills and dry stone walls, and marrying the man of my dreams. But I am, and I am loving every minute of it.
I used to do good things sometimes, nice things and then sometimes get bad things happen to me, and my mum used to say ‘what goes around comes around, and one day something really good will happen to you’.
Sounds a bit of a cliché but I think good old mum was right, as they so often are. I miss her and my family and friends who still live in Warwickshire, but phew, what a trade off.
Well, enough, enough mushy wishy washy stuff, I will have everyone reaching for the hankie, or the sick bucket…..back to reality, to shove another wash in before bed.
Night my very special friends
Love Sue xxx
Hope you are all well. Thanks for the lovely comments, its so nice to read them, I wish there was enough hours in the day to read and respond to everyones blogs! I have found myself allotting time to read them!
Talking about weight loss, its not easy as I am some mean cake eater. I have been what you would call chunky for most of my life, curvaceous, womanly.
Good for mixing cakes and cement, if required.
I blogged about Keith a little on CL, but here is how the story goes for those who don’t know.
I had been single for about five years, a few very part time things, but on and off and no one special. I had almost given up, happy to do my own DIY, scratch my own back and hog a double duvet to oneself, and then my friend met a nice chap from here in Almondbury.
When the inevitable wedding invitation came along, I attended with my children, and got chatting to Keith, whom I didn’t realise was someone my friend had previously talked about, ‘this real nice guy, bit big, but is losing weight, you’d love him, she said’. Not realising (til we had chatted each other up) who he was, I was stunned at his amazing weight loss, he had gone from 31 stone to about 19 stone. And being over 6 foot, he looked just gorgeous.
Well, Keith proved to be an absolute star, funny, loving, caring, all the things I honestly thought didn’t exist anymore. He’d had a life of caring for two ill parents, until they left this place for a more cloudy one, and being ‘Mr Huge Personality’ I feel like not many females had ever looked beyond his size. And here he was, wanting to date me, slimming furiously, single, coming with a massive fan club of men and women who had been his friends for years, saying ‘he’s a good one’.
Almost one year later, and I now live with Keith, and we are to be married this July. I take my inspiration from him, as he must have battled so hard to change his habits of a lifetime, and utterly turn his life around.
Sorry to bang on about him as if he was some super god, but to me he is, and I am sure you lovely lot have your ‘soul mates’ too. I would have laughed it off and been extremely sceptical if someone had told me a year ago that I would be living in Yorkshire, surrounded by rolling hills and dry stone walls, and marrying the man of my dreams. But I am, and I am loving every minute of it.
I used to do good things sometimes, nice things and then sometimes get bad things happen to me, and my mum used to say ‘what goes around comes around, and one day something really good will happen to you’.
Sounds a bit of a cliché but I think good old mum was right, as they so often are. I miss her and my family and friends who still live in Warwickshire, but phew, what a trade off.
Well, enough, enough mushy wishy washy stuff, I will have everyone reaching for the hankie, or the sick bucket…..back to reality, to shove another wash in before bed.
Night my very special friends
Love Sue xxx
Thursday, 17 May 2007
morning from almondbury
Morning all,
Just thought I’d show you these two beautiful porcelain rose candlesticks I picked up last week, so pretty I want to keep them!
It’s a grey and misty morning here, and when I dropped Keith off at work Castle Hill was shrouded in a white cloud, eery and
very ’Hammer house horror’… expected Peter Cushing to come creeping out of the bushes….
On a lighter note, Keith and I had both lost weight at Fat Club, Keith 5and a half pounds, and me 3lbs. Whey hey! Dot, our leader is very inspirational, and every week puts on a themed meeting, decorating backboards with relevant info, sometimes even dressing up, and ending on a story, poem or some funny ditty or food for thought. it’s a proper social event, and don’t mind going, even when the scales aren’t too kind!
Work wise, I have loads more photo’s and text to upload on the site, and two shops to stock not too far away so will be busy over the next few days.
Will get out in my cottagey shed and get on with some serious creation, and try to add a snap of the aforementioned shedette for you to imagine me in here, radio on, singing badly, fortunately this being drowned out by the sewing machine.
Have a nice day all.
Sue x
Just thought I’d show you these two beautiful porcelain rose candlesticks I picked up last week, so pretty I want to keep them!
It’s a grey and misty morning here, and when I dropped Keith off at work Castle Hill was shrouded in a white cloud, eery and
very ’Hammer house horror’… expected Peter Cushing to come creeping out of the bushes….
On a lighter note, Keith and I had both lost weight at Fat Club, Keith 5and a half pounds, and me 3lbs. Whey hey! Dot, our leader is very inspirational, and every week puts on a themed meeting, decorating backboards with relevant info, sometimes even dressing up, and ending on a story, poem or some funny ditty or food for thought. it’s a proper social event, and don’t mind going, even when the scales aren’t too kind!
Work wise, I have loads more photo’s and text to upload on the site, and two shops to stock not too far away so will be busy over the next few days.
Will get out in my cottagey shed and get on with some serious creation, and try to add a snap of the aforementioned shedette for you to imagine me in here, radio on, singing badly, fortunately this being drowned out by the sewing machine.
Have a nice day all.
Sue x
Monday, 14 May 2007
Evening from Almondbury
Good evening all,
Hope this finds you well. Thank you to all who left comments, theyre so lovely to read.
Been out with daughter today, got measured for bra’s for our wedding gear….ha ha, I could have worn my size as a beanie, a whopping 40G!! Not so much lace, far too much metal and more elastane than a bungee cord. Needless to say, I passed on the hammock x 2 with straps hoping for something marginally more pretty… might try Bravisimo, I am told they’re good.
Been good on the ole diet today, skimmed grass and low fat lettuce, so might not run out of weight watchers so quickly this week. I wrote a few words last week, to describe my battle with the brie and here it is, you might titter a little…
Bless me Dotty for I have surely sinned
My belly is quite swollen and I guess its not just wind
I tried the other week and the weight loss came with ease
And a cocky little bugger me, I reached again for cheese.
I’d started to feel quite lively, spring was in my stride
But its been to shortly lived, I am back to getting wide
My bra is getting tighter, knickers under strain
The lung capacity of a gnat and knee joints giving pain
I dream at night that I am thin, I shapely little dolly
And my waking hours are spent disguising cornetto’s in my trolley
You can read this out at fat club, I wouldn’t think it rude
My friends will know its me, I’m the one being weighed in the nude
So I plead for your help one more time, help me to get slim and fit
The hoover wont cope with liposuction and I aint got a jaw wiring kit
So I’ll empty the junk laden cupboards, get rid of high calorie clutter
I know its mind over matter but with me its jam over butter
In eight weeks time I’ll be on show, its getting very near
I don’t want to wear a marquee to hide my increasing rear
So chain me to those scales Dotty and don’t let me falter
Or my dear fiance may simply leave me slurping ice cream at the alter
____
Nighty night all
Love Sue x
Hope this finds you well. Thank you to all who left comments, theyre so lovely to read.
Been out with daughter today, got measured for bra’s for our wedding gear….ha ha, I could have worn my size as a beanie, a whopping 40G!! Not so much lace, far too much metal and more elastane than a bungee cord. Needless to say, I passed on the hammock x 2 with straps hoping for something marginally more pretty… might try Bravisimo, I am told they’re good.
Been good on the ole diet today, skimmed grass and low fat lettuce, so might not run out of weight watchers so quickly this week. I wrote a few words last week, to describe my battle with the brie and here it is, you might titter a little…
Bless me Dotty for I have surely sinned
My belly is quite swollen and I guess its not just wind
I tried the other week and the weight loss came with ease
And a cocky little bugger me, I reached again for cheese.
I’d started to feel quite lively, spring was in my stride
But its been to shortly lived, I am back to getting wide
My bra is getting tighter, knickers under strain
The lung capacity of a gnat and knee joints giving pain
I dream at night that I am thin, I shapely little dolly
And my waking hours are spent disguising cornetto’s in my trolley
You can read this out at fat club, I wouldn’t think it rude
My friends will know its me, I’m the one being weighed in the nude
So I plead for your help one more time, help me to get slim and fit
The hoover wont cope with liposuction and I aint got a jaw wiring kit
So I’ll empty the junk laden cupboards, get rid of high calorie clutter
I know its mind over matter but with me its jam over butter
In eight weeks time I’ll be on show, its getting very near
I don’t want to wear a marquee to hide my increasing rear
So chain me to those scales Dotty and don’t let me falter
Or my dear fiance may simply leave me slurping ice cream at the alter
____
Nighty night all
Love Sue x
Sunday, 13 May 2007
Afternoon All
A pic of Castle Hill one bright November morning.Good afternoon from Almondbury
The wesbite is coming along nicely, curently uploading some photo's. We have had 65 hits in just two days, so I am getting excited about the possibilities.
My daughter is up from Warwickshire today, and she currently watching 'Grease' for the thousandth time! I plan a healthy tea (we are all weight watching for the 8-week away wedding) and a nice evening in the foot spa, picked up some nice lemongrass salts from the bodyshop which the assistant assures me I can use in it....here goes!
Spent last night making 100 wedding favours- we have made handmade paper cones (pink, rosey) and filled them with a mixture of flying saucers, dolly mixtures, pink shrimps, lemon banana's and sugared almonds.
Each cone was filled, tied with pink and white ribbons and a little satin rose or two added for effect...very pretty, and edible, which in my book is the perfect marriage!!
Have to get on and make the cake next weekend, give it time to mature. Laura (daughter,19) thinks I should go into wedding planning, as I am doing the whole sha-bang myself, dress, cake, flowers, tablecloths, bunting and much more. Seriously though, I love doing it all and wouldnt want it any other way.
best go and finish tinkering with the site, and put the kettle on. Anyone coming?
Sue x
Friday, 11 May 2007
friday feeling
Hi everyone,
Well, its Friday evening and I can only apologise for not blogging for some time. I have been uber-busy with wedding plans, only 8 weeks to go and still sooo much to do.
On a business level I have been making some changes, as I had been in the process of having a website built by a local firm, however after six months, and much liaison it was still not ready, so I have thrown in the towel there and created my own in just a few hours, thanks to MrSite, who wholeheartedly endorse. Will spend the weekend uploading photographs and pray for hits!
Have been successful in securing some business with a small gallery in nearby Holmfirth (where Last of the Summer Wine is filmed) and as it’s a touristy, pretty place I am hoping to have many reasons to trip off there on a sunny day with a basket full of goodies, and stop off for afternoon tea….. I don’t need many excuses do I?
Must, oh must start making my wedding dress soon, the fabric is staring at me from the corner of my workshop when I go in. I have been a little naughty on the saturated fat front over the last two weeks..ie cake and more cake, oh and cornetto’s too, only a pound off at fat club…me thinks I may be using all the bridal fabric up, and not having huge lengths left over!
Back to the website… got a wicked shopping trolley to add to the gallery… Being as we all need to walk more and use the car less, I bought a bog standard trolley, and as theyre all tartan, covered it lovingly with some Cath Kidston fabric in blue and pink roses. Well, went into town with the prototype, and about six women stopped me and asked where it was from..(gave out my number) and one woman said ‘I want to order one here and now’ and I hadn’t even worked out a cost! (Will try to add snap of the said trolley on my websites ‘odds and ends’ page).
I go to sleep wondering what else I can cover with vintage or vintage style fabric…can I get tablets for this affliction?
Nighty night
Sue
www.ragsandrosesvintage.co.uk
Well, its Friday evening and I can only apologise for not blogging for some time. I have been uber-busy with wedding plans, only 8 weeks to go and still sooo much to do.
On a business level I have been making some changes, as I had been in the process of having a website built by a local firm, however after six months, and much liaison it was still not ready, so I have thrown in the towel there and created my own in just a few hours, thanks to MrSite, who wholeheartedly endorse. Will spend the weekend uploading photographs and pray for hits!
Have been successful in securing some business with a small gallery in nearby Holmfirth (where Last of the Summer Wine is filmed) and as it’s a touristy, pretty place I am hoping to have many reasons to trip off there on a sunny day with a basket full of goodies, and stop off for afternoon tea….. I don’t need many excuses do I?
Must, oh must start making my wedding dress soon, the fabric is staring at me from the corner of my workshop when I go in. I have been a little naughty on the saturated fat front over the last two weeks..ie cake and more cake, oh and cornetto’s too, only a pound off at fat club…me thinks I may be using all the bridal fabric up, and not having huge lengths left over!
Back to the website… got a wicked shopping trolley to add to the gallery… Being as we all need to walk more and use the car less, I bought a bog standard trolley, and as theyre all tartan, covered it lovingly with some Cath Kidston fabric in blue and pink roses. Well, went into town with the prototype, and about six women stopped me and asked where it was from..(gave out my number) and one woman said ‘I want to order one here and now’ and I hadn’t even worked out a cost! (Will try to add snap of the said trolley on my websites ‘odds and ends’ page).
I go to sleep wondering what else I can cover with vintage or vintage style fabric…can I get tablets for this affliction?
Nighty night
Sue
www.ragsandrosesvintage.co.uk
Wednesday, 25 April 2007
Good Morning,
To my friends on the Purplecoo blog, hello all... I have trying to get on since yesterday, so not sure if this will work, but here goes...
Shame about all the goings on at CL, I echo in what many say, there are some very obvious winners in our minds, and we know who they are.
Sunny morning here in Almondbury, and I am struggling with prising one 15 year old out of bed at the moment, he has but a few short weeks left at school and the reality of working is making him lethargic... haha, what a shock has he coming?!
Wedding plans going well, caterers for the barbeque booked, bunting made, trillion s of miles of pale pink voile and pastel floral fabric at the ready for some serious girlie tablecloth manufacture. Icing roses in production each evening during the usual telly trash, with every third rose being not very shapely...ooooh I'll have to eat that one.
Had lost 6 pounds last week, by eating skimmed lettuce and low calorie fresh air, but this week (fat club tonight...) dont think i will have lost much, toast with butter yesterday, spag-bol for tea and some jelly babies, not a waist line shrinking menu is it? Its only 10 weeks to the wedding and I have not started my dress yet, hoping that I might even have to make it marginally smaller. (Picture me, the night before, hurredly adding roses to a meringuey cream silky creation, size ZERO, oops I meant TWO-ZERO)
I have not blogged much on CL Lately, been busy in garden, and its almost finished now, just waiting for mother nature to smile nicely on the new plants... more flowers= less visable soil for weeds to flourish. The veg is in the patch and the bench is built, complete with large terracotta concrete pot anchor. You see, we back onto fields and there is footpath diagonally accross this field that young rascals frequent, and yesterday morning I was heckled at the window by my neighbours, 70 somethings J and J. Their garden had been raided during the night, and the thieves had taken, a bird bath, and wait for it.... two concrete ducks, that Mrs J had said, must have been 'stolen to order'. 'The furniture is next, it'l all be gone by tomorrow' she said. So last night Keith, my mad intended made the aformentioned ton weight to attach by chain (which will be interwined with something aesthetically pleasing to the eye) to the bench to deter would be thieves.
Its a shame when you have to anchor your hanging nut feeder to the shed wall, but if the posse are 'stealing to order' ones Wilko fat balls then needs must.
Well, must go, got to dye ones greying roots this morning, before a cute child asks me politely why I am putting white stripes into my parting.
Have fun everyone
Sue x
To my friends on the Purplecoo blog, hello all... I have trying to get on since yesterday, so not sure if this will work, but here goes...
Shame about all the goings on at CL, I echo in what many say, there are some very obvious winners in our minds, and we know who they are.
Sunny morning here in Almondbury, and I am struggling with prising one 15 year old out of bed at the moment, he has but a few short weeks left at school and the reality of working is making him lethargic... haha, what a shock has he coming?!
Wedding plans going well, caterers for the barbeque booked, bunting made, trillion s of miles of pale pink voile and pastel floral fabric at the ready for some serious girlie tablecloth manufacture. Icing roses in production each evening during the usual telly trash, with every third rose being not very shapely...ooooh I'll have to eat that one.
Had lost 6 pounds last week, by eating skimmed lettuce and low calorie fresh air, but this week (fat club tonight...) dont think i will have lost much, toast with butter yesterday, spag-bol for tea and some jelly babies, not a waist line shrinking menu is it? Its only 10 weeks to the wedding and I have not started my dress yet, hoping that I might even have to make it marginally smaller. (Picture me, the night before, hurredly adding roses to a meringuey cream silky creation, size ZERO, oops I meant TWO-ZERO)
I have not blogged much on CL Lately, been busy in garden, and its almost finished now, just waiting for mother nature to smile nicely on the new plants... more flowers= less visable soil for weeds to flourish. The veg is in the patch and the bench is built, complete with large terracotta concrete pot anchor. You see, we back onto fields and there is footpath diagonally accross this field that young rascals frequent, and yesterday morning I was heckled at the window by my neighbours, 70 somethings J and J. Their garden had been raided during the night, and the thieves had taken, a bird bath, and wait for it.... two concrete ducks, that Mrs J had said, must have been 'stolen to order'. 'The furniture is next, it'l all be gone by tomorrow' she said. So last night Keith, my mad intended made the aformentioned ton weight to attach by chain (which will be interwined with something aesthetically pleasing to the eye) to the bench to deter would be thieves.
Its a shame when you have to anchor your hanging nut feeder to the shed wall, but if the posse are 'stealing to order' ones Wilko fat balls then needs must.
Well, must go, got to dye ones greying roots this morning, before a cute child asks me politely why I am putting white stripes into my parting.
Have fun everyone
Sue x
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