It's Me, Sarah

Sport Relief

On Sunday we went up on to Plymouth Hoe for Mark, Ben and Charlotte to run the Sport Relief mile.  Actually they ran 3 miles, the kids worked incredibly hard and ran their race in 28 minutes!

They were so proud of themselves and we were so very proud of their achievement :)

Didn't they do well?

Floral iPhone Wallpaper

The pictures in Thursday's post are so pretty, don't you think?  I did too!

I set the large pink rose image as my iPhone wallpaper and it looks so lovely (especially as I have a pink snap on cover on the phone. 

I thought you may like to have it too.  Just click below to download the full size image.  The picture on the previous blog post has been optimised for the web so it won't look as nice if you just save that one :)

I change my wallpaper on my phone all the time but this one will probably be on there for a while because I love it!

A relaxing kind of week :)

I have been dreading this week because Mark was going away for a few days and it is surprising how quickly you become used to having company every night, even when you have spent the majority of your marriage spending weekday nights alone because your husband commutes to work and stays away during the week.  It wasn't just that Mark was going to be away but also because Charlotte has gone away with the school, on a residential trip.  For FOUR days (and three nights).  She's only 8 and I miss her because I know she is a big la-la and so accident prone - I think I stopped every teacher in turn and asked them if they would look after my little girl.  I hope they don't speak to each other about it, my hope is that they think I have asked them because they are the special one!

On top of that my Mum has left too! She lives across the road and I see her every day but she has flown out to South Africa to see my sister (who lives there and is 50 on April 4th *snigger*).  So you see Ben, Amy and I are a little lost this week.

I have mostly been doing a bit of sorting, new wardrobes tend to require a complete sort out of your 'stuff' don't they?

I have also been having a bit of me time...

...and admiring the flowers in my window (which my brother bought for my Mum for Mother's Day but I have acquired on account of Mum buggering off to SA).  A few quiet cups of tea, a bit of nail painting (interuppted and thereby ruined by untimely delivery of my groceries!) and some hooky happiness in the form of pillow finishing (the one to match my Flowers in the Snow blanket).

I have had some lovely moments with little Amy.  She has been doing little dances for me all the time and it made me realise that, perhaps, she has been wanting to do them for ages but that Charlotte always takes over / joins in.  It's lovely to see her doing her own thing and being so sweet with it.  Amy is a little lost at bed time though, she is not used to going to a room by herself and getting to sleep without her big sister!  Actually, Ben has been a little angel too, apart from trying it on a bit when he should be going to bed - I am sure he thought the bedtime routine would be discarded if Charlotte was away.  Ben misses Charlotte too, I can tell.  He would never admit it though!

Rainbows and Hearts are the room!

The rainbows and hearts blankets made by me and my Mum are in the girls bedrooms.

Here are a few pictures of them in-situ to give you an idea of how they look and the reason for the colour choices :) 

Don't they look pretty?  Amy and Charlotte love them!

See how happy they are.

The room is so much easier to keep tidy now that we have sorted it all out.  It looks like this all the time now.  In fact, it looks even better because they have a nice roman blind now and the wall has been painted pink (it was still plaster when this was taken as we had the wall batoned to combat the damp problem).

The wire below the TV is also a thing of the past as it has been hidden behind some trunking (is that the word?) which has been painted to match the wall.

I love their little room!

Blooming flower cushion and a bit of decorating

I finished my blooming flower cushion a few weeks ago but I haven't managed to blog it so I have finally taken a few photographs so that I can share.

I loved making this cushion, it was so easy and the cushion inserts (12") that I bought from Abakhan Fabrics are the perfect size for it, they are feather too so really soft and squishy :)

Ignore the errant blue thread, there is always one end which gets away and needs to be sewn in later isn't there?!

I am going to make another one of these later on to match my bedroom because I think it would look gorgeous nestling amongst all the other cushions on the bed.

Talking of beds, we have got a new one.  Finally!  It is memory foam and we splashed out on the memory foam pillows too.  It's heaven but I have found that the new bed makes me really warm so it is taking a bit of getting used to.  I am not sure that Mark is too fond of the pillows yet as he woke up the other morning and said he may as well of bought a breeze block and stuck a pillow protector on it!

I love our new wardrobes in our room too, it is lovely to have the floor to ceiling sliding doors especially as one of them is a mirror and I have been meaning to buy a floor length mirror for ever.  I am not sure about the reflection I see it it but the oak and mirrored doors are certainly gorgeous.

We have got new wallpaper and paint and as soon as Charlotte and Amy's room is completed Mark is going to finish ours off.  I can't wait.  I will share a picture when it is all done - it's going to look lovely. I need to get a little french dressing table and some wall art to finish it off,  I may make a mixed media canvas for the wall by my bed :)