We love Freecycle!

We do, we do, we do! And it's all free!!!!!!
We've found new homes for a king sized bed, some odd sized shelf supports, a 10 yr old fridge freezer (that were taking up space in the garage).... and we have re-homed this smart chest freezer ready for all our surplus produce this summer! (to fill up the space we'de made by giving away the other stuff!!!)

Go on give it a go, find your local group and take a peak or even chance at putting in a request for somthing on offer.... you may get lucky like us.
A simple way to de-clutter your home/garage without adding to landfill sites. If it still has some life to it, don't bin it... freecycle it!!!!

Oooooooooh Pink toes!!

Well blow me down with a feather! Who'd have thought.... Today I had my first ever pedicure! Was feeling a little unsure as it would never have entered my mind to ever have one... but Beth VERY kindly booked one for me and arranged to have Benjamin and Leah for me to have it... so...... I couldn't rightly say no now could I?!!!!!!!
Well THANK YOU Beth for a wonderfully relaxing and utterly pampering experience, quite litteraly I had my feet up for 1hr 15mn! Still getting used to my pink toes but then as I was going for it I decided to go for a noticeable colour!! The boys are fascinated and think it hysterical that my nails are painted, they've never seen a "girly" side to mummy before!

Little Miss twinkle toes...

Here she is in her frame bouncer strengthening those leg muscles.... No signs of walking just yet but she still has a month before her first birthday!
What do you think? A ballerina in the making with all those pirouettes?

Word Cloud

So what words describe you and your life?
Thanks Kris for the link to create this one

Friends and Heroes

BBC news reported on a new series to be aired next week, looks promising, but shame if it's aimed @ 6-10yr olds to put it on at lunchtime?
Click here for the schedule and lets look forward to a program designed to "entertain, educate and inform the audience, introducing a new generation, whatever their faith, to the stories of the Old and New Testament"
A refreshing concept seeking to " to empower children to listen to their conscience and to make good decisions about respect, kindness, compassion, faith and tolerance, based on knowledge and not ignorance."
Want to have a preview? take a look here
It's got to be better than letting them watch the antics of Bart Simpson?

Helping to build a wall of words...

So what's your favourite word?
"As part of its First Mile programme,Openreach is challenging the nation to build a mile of words and unlock a £50,000 donation to I CAN , the charity that helps children communicate.
Submit your favourite word now and then spread the word to your family and friends!
The challenge is to make the Wall of Words 1 mile long by the end of March 2007 - that's a target of 50,000 words. When we achieve it, every word will turn to gold (or a £1 coin at least) and the £50,000 donation will be unlocked."
So go on add a word and come back and tell us (using the opinion link below)what it was and how many (if any) people chose it too...
... OK I put in "huggle" together with 21 others...

A Sunday School Creed...

We cut our ½term break away a little short to get back to St Michaels and All Angels ' Family service where the Sunday School children sang a new creed to the congregation (with Tom accompanying them of course!!)

Come and join in at the next family service Sunday March 25th @ 1100, you can practice the creed beforehand!!

Half Term

Well, a week's break between termlets 3 & 4...to be exact!

After a few days rest and an eventful dentist's appt for mummy, we set off down to London with Tom's tools in the minibus. Although stranded whilst Tom was working, we were with Mamine and Papytail an easy distance away from Wimbledon Common and park for releasing pent up energy!!




Maman and Daddy, thank you for letting me have lie ins and enjoy some uninterrupted reading time!

An early start on Friday saw us make a quick visit mid morning to see Betty and John in Locking near Weston-super-mare, Tom's aunt and Godfather. We kept it short and sweet as 7 Stainsbys descending on anyone even for a cup of tea and biscuits is a feat to be endured!!!
But Matthew managed to come away with a recipe for chocolate squares, and the boys discovered newts in the front garden pond!

We had planned on going over to Wales for a picnic but when we saw the toll charges to cross the new Severn bridge, we opted for a cheaper picnic under the bridge!!!! Matthew was relieved as he seemed apprehensive about crossing the bridge! We will go over it when we plan a proper trip/stay in Wales....

We then made our way to Mark and settled in to Lorraine and Jeremy's house before the hosts got home! At least they didn't see the chaos of unloading the bus!!

At the mearest glimpse of a clear if cool morning on Saturday , we went fossiling on Kilve beach before moving on to a rainy picnic amongst the trees at Ramscombe forest.

Back home and the children warmed up by jumping in to the "warm tub" (It was made back into a proper "Hot tub" for us adults later on... BLISS... a nice long night time relaxation session.....can you bring it up to us next time you come up?!)

Anyway, thank you Lorraine and Jeremy (and Blythe of course) for letting us relax and enjoy your hospitality whilst not being fazed by the upheaval the 7 of us can engender.

An even earlier start back on Sunday morning saw us arrive home in time for the Family service.... see above post!

Overall, a very positive break, with lots of relaxation and lots of "changes of scenery" which I sorely needed!

Cross country running

Here they are again, yesterday, our two intrepid cross country runners.... Just before the start!

They made the trials to join the Sleaford District inter school cross country event. I drove over to Cranwell RAF base (the venue) with the little ones to cheer them on.

Get ready,

on your marks...

They came 15th and 29th out of 57, but were their school's 1st & 2nd!!



They had great fun and have decided to do more running..... That's one way of keeping their energy levels in check! Now I just need to sort out a circuit!!