Hello, long time no blog

Well it's been a while, lots of things to write about, probably not in order but........

Sad news, Jez my friend, constant companion for the last 15 years has gone to the great beach in the sky, here he is with the new addition Angus.
Will miss him lots

Will be back soon

I will be back soon, lots to post and it's been almost a year since my last post WHERE has the time gone???

It's that time of the year........

It's that time of the year, Bruce has had man flu, kindly given it to me, and we have Jake home from school with tonsillitis. I know the boy is poorly he's not eating!!! So I have him home to look after for a few days ;-))

Like me he's allergic to penicillin and the penicillin substitute, so it just has to take its natural course................... 

what better excuse to snuggle up on the sofa and watch DVD's in the afternoon ;-))

A sigh of relief, it's over

After lots of these...............................

were loaded into one of these

then unloaded

our new garden ;-))

we can now breathe a sigh of relief and we have all this...........................

Jez yearning to get into the sea

this is what he's trying to get to

my boys........ Andrew in red and Jake in grey

setting off to walk to Craster

This is how the Northumberland coast can look................... today we walked up to Dunstanburgh Castle in the driving rain waterproofs still not dry and the dog still ignoring us but, it was good to be outside and walking the coast.

Below is a picture of a group of very talented ladies but more about that later.

I am happier than I have been for a couple of years, I have no job, it's bucketing down outside, dark nights are on their way far too quickly, but I live near the sea, I am a volunteer gardener at Howick Hall, we are closer to Jake, it's still a 180 mile round trip, but we are closer!!

I think I am one of the luckiest people around.....................................................................

BOXES, BOXES and more boxes!!!

 How time flies when you're having fun...................................
We are at that stage of moving where EVERYTHING and EVERYWHERE looks messy, untidy and there is STUFF everywhere!!! aarrgghh
Later today it will be time to unplumb all that needs unplumbing, box up games consoles, tv etc ready for the packers on tuesday, we also have to pack clothes etc for our transit time between the two houses, put the roof box on my car, and many, many other things i am in denial about!! and believe me there is lots!!


Best of all Bruce is home safe and sound from sunny sandy places, and for that i thank God. 


So it's Northumberland here we come ;-)))))) ( over the next week ) This time next week we should be almost fully unpacked and we WILL be getting ready for our first visitors ( cos they're coming ready or not ) on Bank Holiday Monday.


So TTFN back when boxes are no more.

let the madness begin.....................

Jake and I have just come back from a few days away with some very special friends, we were invited over to stay for my birthday, and I was spoilt rotten, everything was done for me ;-)) from a cup of tea to dinner out in the evening.

Staying with J is always a treat as they have a housekeeper, the housekeeper sees us all as children to be looked after and she is the indulgent mother, we don't even have to make our own beds!!! she gets very upset if we do, so Jake and I have had a few days of nothing to do, playing tennis, badminton with J and her boys, reading books, geocaching.

now we are back home the madness begins;

26 days until the removal van arrives and the packers do their thing

15/16 days until Bruce comes home

The house is a total tip, there are things everywhere, NOTHING is where it should be or where i thought it was!!!

I will post photos when i find my camera.

wish me luck

This is my life..................... as a wife..................

She packs,

She moves,

She follows,

Why?

What for?

How come?

You may think she has lost her mind,

But actually, she's lost her heart.

It was stolen from her by a man who puts duty first,

who salutes the flag,

and whose boots in the doorway remind her that as long as he is her Military Husband,

she will remain his Military Wife.

Not many people understand our life and why we live as we do, this was sent to me by someone who does, and, is living the life, at the moment like me without her husband ( both detached abroad at the moment ) and we are both moving house within the next 6 weeks, maybe with our husbands help, maybe not!!! 

We have many talents like;

 how to unplumb and replumb the washing machine and the dishwasher

pack the computer AND be able to put it back together and get on the internet

reassemble beds,

build the trampoline ( AGAIN!! )

These are some of the many things we do, and usually with good humour, it comes with the job, I will be thankful when we are back together again, and pray that we will not be separated again for a very long time. 


I hope if you read this you will understand how proud I and other wives are of our husbands and how much we love them.