Jinxed!

Well I knew if I put something on the blog about West Park it would be bad luck-you would think I'd learned buying No13!! The next day we got a call from the mortgage broker to say there was a "problem". So we just accepted that that was that, then today he called to say he may have sorted the "problem" so it could all be back on again. I don't know if we can deal with this on again off again stress at the moment-not to mention all the work we have to do. Really don't know when I'll find the time to do everything! So I'm not holding my breath-who knows what will happen.

Anyway, had a lovely day on Friday. Martin and Sarah dropped by on their way back home. The kids loved seeing them and as the kids were off school we decided to go bowling. Martin thrashed all of us by finishing off with 2 spares followed by 4 strikes!!! More surprising Anna-Belle came 4th by head butting the balls done the alley. Don't ask-by far the most insane child.

Had a bit of a nothing day-wanted to get the house tidy and failed miserably. Only managed to get the ironing done, but it was a rather large pile. Chris is in Gateshead tomorrow on assignment so I'm having a break and we're all going with him. He's talking on coping with trails in life so should be interesting given our current circumstances. Wow, just realized it will be 3 weeks with no Primary. Roll on next week!

13 West Park

Well I thought it was about time we put something up about the new house. So here it is. If we actually move in it will be nothing short of a miricale. So, it's another number 13 (not sure if thats a good or bad thing) and although it needs everything doing and could quite possibly be a bit of a money pit it's redeeming features are 1-I can walk to school, 2-Chris can walk to work, 3-It has 5 bedrooms, 4-It's opposite a great big green open space, 6-Loads of the kids school friends live on the street, 7-It's got 3 reception spaces downstairs, 8-It's got a private back garden that gets loads of sun, 9-Outbuildings, 10-It's a real bargain. Humm, when I write it down it doesn't seem that scarey! In fact it seems too good to be true. So despite be scared to death we keep going.

This is the view from the back with all my lovely storage to the right. Really needs a good tidy up but we may leave that to the spring. The best bit about the garden, actually there a few but there is only 1 conifer tree (that will be going pretty sharpish) So no more trimming hedges with growth spurts!

So excited about the garden. Having such a great garden here we are so lucky to get one thats just as good. Note the TWO apple trees-can't wait. Chris was standing next to me when he took the picture above this one.

This is just a small part of our garage. It runs the entire length of the house. I thought food storage-Chris thought garage cricket. The debate continues!!

This is our "beautiful" blue and yellow kitchen. Hummm-this may be one of the first things to go-no it definatly is one of the first things to go. Just need to work out how my dream cooker, in my not so dream blue and gold will fit into my modern white kitchen. Any suggestions welcome.
This is a photo taken from the living room at the front of the house looking towards the back. Still not sure how we are going to split up the space-this is giving us the bigest headache as there are so many options. The only thing we are really clear on is the horseshoe opening is going about 2 mins after we get the keys for good!

One of my fav things about this house is the lovely bay windows at the front and stained glass. This is the front bedroom and there's another one directly below. Fabulous! Unfortunately the windows are rotten but we are getting them replaced with the same stained glass
Well I could put loads more pictures on but it takes forever to upload them and I really need some sleep. So please feel free to comment on how crazy you think we are! We may still be in denial.

New School Year

Can't believe yet another year has gone by. Emmaleigh is now in year 4, Aimee in y3 and Danny y1. I don't know if the school is ready for Em and Aimee to share a playground again-there have been tears already! Other than that they are loving being back but not as much as I am.

I eventually made a cheesecake for the first time a few weeks ago and I must have picked a good recipie. Not only was it one of the easiest things I have ever made it was undoubtably one of the nicest. Needless to say I made a few more since then. Chris enjoyed it so much he took this picture and put in on facebook straight away.
Emms been helping alot with Hollie just recently. I was busy getting dinner ready and came into the living room to see Hollie all snuggled up to her big sister. I love this this picture.
Oh and how could we forget Anna-Belle making herself look beautiful! The first of my daughters to try and cut her own hair. Unfortunately the hairdressers couldn't do much with it so she's looking "beautiful" until it grows!

Dannys bike riding feats

Danny took to his bike like a natural as we took his stabilizers off for the first time. Within minutes he was getting cocky and lifting his legs off the pedals as seen in this video below.