A good few weeks!

This month of July has been a good one for me. I had been feeling a bit low with health issues and needed a pick me up. My husband had been away a fair bit on business so I was home alone most of the time. To top it off he wasn't able to make it back to home for our 34th wedding anniversary which really upset me. It was the first one he had not ever been around for.
Then it was my birthday and I was sure he was coming home, so when he rang in the morning and said sorry he could not make it I was so sad.
I was upstairs getting ready and my daughter arrived and called me. When I came down my hubby was standing there with a huge bunch of flowers. Well I have to say I cried like a baby, I was so pleased to see him.

Then I picked up some nasty virus which went and came back and went and came back. This was not fun and I was thinking that I was fed up .
Thankfully my husband got finished with his work and came home so that was lovely. I had a great meal out with my children and husband and got spoiled which is always good. I also got an ipad mini so I was really lucky.

Then I was sent a message by my niece Emma and it made me so happy to hear from her. I love my niece and nephews and as we get older we see less and less of people. Everyone has busy lives and we tend to mean to see someone but get caught up in day to day life. So when you do hear from anyone of them its always a joy.

Life can bring you joy in small bits and bobs and that's ok if it really does your heart good and it keeps you going. It reminds me that keep smiling as you never know what is around that corner.

Royal Baby!

Royal Baby fever has hit the UK and I think all over the world. The press have been camped outside the hospital that Kate and William will be having the first baby, for days now. I feel sorry for them as it must be very boring standing there day in day out!
More important I feel sorry for the young couple who must want to have some peace and to really enjoy the arrival of their first child.

I also feel for Kate in the very warm weather we are having as I know myself what its like being pregnant in this heat. My daughter Natalie was born in July 1986 and we had a heatwave that year as well. I do remember being huge and so uncomfortable. I think that we are so unused to very hot weather in the UK we find it very hard to handle.

So no one knows when our future King or Queen will arrive! The world waits with baited breath and excitement.
For me I hope mum and baby have a safe delivery and I wish them all the best wishes for the family.
Oh and no I will not be winging my way to London to stand outside the hospital!!

Sainsburys Icing Challenge

Sainsburys family blogger network had a fun challenge to offer to us bloggers. They would send icing and we we would make something to show everyone. I loved the colours they sent really bright and sunny. If you read my blog often you will know I have recently got into cake decorating. Its funny really I am not keen on cooking but I loved cake decorating. I also love watching cooking shows as well which is also funny.
Over the last year I really think I have got better and I guess the old saying " practise makes perfect" really is true. The more you make the better or the more confident you become. So I thought I'd show you my first and then leading up to my Sainsburys challenge. So my first cake I made was for my friend Sarah for her birthday. I was rather pleased with it but looking at it now makes me cringe . It was a giant cupcake and I thought it was ok for my first attempt.

So then I practised a bit more and when my friend Rosa asked for another cupcake for her daughter Katy I was ready to have another go. This time I think I was a bit better.

Then I was off and racing . I had really got the bug and the more I did the better I got. I was really proud of one I made for my daughter in law Karen for her birthday. She loves the colour of purple and butterflies so I thought of a perfect cake for her.

I loved that cake I was so proud of it. So I think that the sainsburys icing challenge was right up my street.
So I thought I would make a cute cake which we could use to raffle for our local church. They were having a fund raising event which was a teddy bear picnic. The packets of coloured fondant I got from sainsburys were perfect. Already coloured so no mess of fuss. I used their while flower and modelling paste and mixed with a little fondant to make the figures. The modelling paste sets hard but you can still eat it. I found they all worked really well and would say go and buy some today and have fun. This is my cake for the challenge, can't wait to see yours.

I'm back

I'm back ! I have really been slack as far as posting as to be honest I had nothing much to say. I was then reading a blog post by the lovely  www.louslakeviews.com  who is the wife of my nephew Sam. She is an excellent blogger as is my niece Emma  www.thesyders.com  and it was something she wrote that really made think I had to do a post today.

She said that we should not feel the need to post about our life or feeling only if it was good. I must admit I have posted before about my struggle with health and weight issues and how sad that makes me feel. Yes I am jolly most of the time but sometimes its hard to be positive, when life is out to get you.
I am very lucky I have a wonderful family who I love very much and that part is great. Saying that I also live with constant pain most of the time which is wearing and exhausting.
My weight is an issue and I feel like i am on a never ending circle with one messing up the other. The pain makes it near on impossible to do little to no movement and the weight making the pain worse.
When people ask "how are you" they don't really want to know more than "I'm fine", they don't want to hear all the details, so you keep it to yourself.
Chronic pain is difficult to live with and very isolating as you feel you have to keep most to yourself.

Most of the time I don't let anyone know that I have a problem and that's fine. It would be nice to share but maybe that's what this post is all about. I am sharing with you!
So thank you Lou you gave me a reason to post today and for that I am happy.

Wedding Anniversary

On Sunday the 7th July it will be 34 years since I married my husband Kevin. We were very young and had only known each other for a short time. It didn't seem to matter as we were engaged and married within 6 months. .We had a lovely wedding and enjoyed all of it, our wedding party was Les our best man, Carole my maid of honour and Lucy Kevin's cousins daughter and my niece Emma. We also had our super cute page boy, my nephew Sam.

Over the years we settled into our daily life and had two wonderful children Matthew and Natalie.
Don't get me wrong its not always been roses we have had ups and downs like most long term relationship.
So every year we normal either just hang out or maybe go for a meal, but even when Kevin was in the Royal Navy we were always together.
So this year is a little different and Kevin sadly is not going to be able to make it home as he is away on business . I already have my card which I have to add was very romantic, but no Kevin. That makes me sad as it doesn't seem right to spend it alone.

Its ok he will hopefully be home by Tuesday its my birthday and we can spend some time with each other.
So if anyone has the same wedding anniversary date as me I wish them a very happy anniversary.