The Week that was Captured...

The Week That Was Captured.....

This is my first go at joining this feature run by the lovely Make Do and Push.  My photos are a bit slap dash this week but I hope to have some pretty photos for joining again next week.  I have been inspired by reading through the linky and seeing some of the gorgeous photos people have posted to record their week. 

Day 1

Kitchen Shopping

We are moving house. Its every exciting.  Our new house is currently undergoing a rewire and getting the flat roof of the extension replaced.  The house is very old and groovy and we will be fixing her up for years to come but it is a project I am looking forward to.  It is a home for life.  The current kitchen was installed in the 70's and is a very retro olive green.  I secretly love it.  Phil does not.  The builder has recommended we replace the kitchen at the same time as getting the rewire so we went kitchen shopping.  I could spend all day perving over the swanky pant kitchen showrooms.  Some of them are beautiful to look at, I even found myself taking photos of some examples - who knew I was a kitchen geek?  Anyways we choose a very classic, neutral cost effective kitchen.  It may not be as swanky as some of its relatives in the showroom but it will be just as beautiful in a different way in our new home, over the years it will be decorated with Joel's pictures , cupboards full with soul food.

Day 2

Awful Hair

What can I say?  I need help.  Serious help.  And more hours in the day.

Day 3

Who needs toys?

Our flat is bursting at the seams with shiny new toys from Joel's first birthday on the 5th and from Christmas.  But none have quite the appeal of the forbidden objects around the house.  Joel loves to grab the laptop cable, lick the metal bin and empty the olive oil and tins of soup from the kitchen cupboard.  There were a few toy successes but more about that another time..  

Day 4

Collecting Daddy

I usually get home from work first and get dinner on for Joel.  When Phil finishes work at 6pm I bundle Joel up in his Marks and Spencer's snow suit and cosy hat and we walk together to the bus stop.  Joel sits on my knee and watches all the lights of the cars drive by.  When a bus comes up the road he is transfixed, watching to see if his daddy will get off.  They walk home together hand in hand and warm up on the sofa together, just in time for In the Night Garden.  

Day 5

Viewing Day

Due to a last minute phone call from the estate agent we spent this morning up at the crack of dawn cleaning like crazy people in preparation for a viewing at the flat.  Last minute breakfast of hot tea in my thermal cup while waiting for the bus to work.  Having hot tea in the cold morning air is lovely, plus I feel like I'm a dragon with my hot steamy tea breathe. 

Day 6

Christmas Lunchbox

Yay for lunch.  This was a present from my secret santa.  Today was the first day I actually remembered to pack my lunch in it. 

Day 7

Sofa Day.

Today was an absolutely bogging day.  Stinkin' rain, all the rain, all day, yuck.  Prime weather for hiking a sofa about on a trailer? Nope but some generous friends did exactly that. They donated a lovely sofa they were getting rid of to my new house, only to find (after much shimmying) that it wouldn't fit through the door. There was was car borrowing, trailer borrowing, handle removing, cushion squashing but in the end it was redirected to the comfort of mums garage awaiting a solution. AND the mad woman, bought me lovely cushions! What a bunch of lovelies, thanks!