New arrivals

We came home on saturday and found our neighbours sitting outside with their 9 week old kittens in a play pen. She was waiting for someone to come and look at them, so we ended up playin with them for a while.

Jilly has always wanted a cat, as she hasnt had one for ages, so she convinced me to take one of them, but we couldn't pick which one, so we now have two little kittens. They are adorable and have such funny characters, however Skye is not particularly enamoured by them. As far as she's concerned, we've brought two evil kittens that spit at her, into her house!

Here they are. The one on the left is Ginny and the darker one is Tonks

Hard Knocks

I am writing this post feeling truly fed up.

So I finished my operating theatre training and was waiting for my professional registration to come through before i could start the job i had lined up at a private hospital. However, on tuesday i received a letter from Human Resources at the hospital saying that after receiving all the information and dcoumentation they required, they would no longer be processing my application. This completely shocked me, as as far as i was concerned everything was fine and i did have the job. This has completely knocked me for six, as i have no idea what the reason for this sudden change is, and the HR woman will not speak to me!

In truth, i think it involves the educator from the hospital where i did my training. He was a nasty piece of work, who if he liked you and you were one of his favourites, he was nice, and if not he would make things difficult for you. Unfortunately, i stood up to him on this...morally the right thing to do, but apparantly the wrong thing for my future career.

So i am unemployed and really gutted, as i thought Jilly and i would be sorted and all our money issues would be solved. I know, after reading posts by some bloggers lately, that there is a lot of unfairness in the world and i have no reaal reason to complain....myself and Jilly are healthy, as are the kids and she has started her job. I'm just fed up of coming up against obstacles at every turn. We are definitely the family who nothing will ever come easy to!

Sorry for rambling and ranting, but if i cant vent on here, where can I?

Wordless Wednesday

Courgettes, Chickens and Civil Partnerships

Our allotment is very overgrown, however there is plenty of produce coming through. The beans are doing well, as are the courgettes, so we had a courgette and green bean risotto last night that was scrummy!

The allotments are surrounded by blackberry bushes which are full of fruit right now, so the other day we picked lots of blackberries and came home and made blackberry and apple crumble and some jars of blackberry jam. The kids ended up covered in juice pretending to be murderers (too much imagination!)

Unfortunately, Bangles, one of our ex battery chickens died the other day. She didnt seem very perky and wasnt herself. It was very upsetting to feel like i'd let her down, but she did get a few months of life outside the cages, sunbathing and pecking around.

On a happier note, we went to Jilly's cousin's civil partnership ceremony on monday. They got married at the town hall and then had a party afterwards. We all had a boogie and Jennifer sang on the karaoke with Jilly's other cousin, Ben.

Congratulations Gemma and Clare!

What I love about Jilly

I am always telling Jilly all the things i love about her and why she is so wonderful, but she never believes me. Hopefully one day she will, but until then i'll just have to tell the world.....

-Firstly, and most importantly she is the most beautiful woman in the world

-She has the loveliest bright blue eyes and the softest lips

-The way she sings along to songs in the car...so cute and sexy!

-The way she takes care of me, especially when i'm ill

-The fact that she always humours me, even if i'm not being funny

-She lets me be who i am, and loves me for it

-She is so strong and independent and doesnt let people take advantage of her

-She is so clever and really ingenius sometimes

-She still has the ability to make my heart skip a beat

-She is a complete and utter romantic

-And we both want the same things in life....she really is my soulmate

I could go on further, but i'm sure you'd all get bored.
Anyway just wanted to let you all know the fantastic things about my fiance, Jilly.

A Vegetable Feast

Hello everybody, sorry it's been a while...we've both been so busy with work. Jilly has finished her training and has got a job in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and i finish tomorrow and have been offered a job in a private hospital. Hopefully we should start work at the end of september at the latest, until which time we'll be a bit short of money (just for a change). Oh well it will just be nice to spend some time together as a family.

We spent a few hours at the allotment last saturday and harvested all the onions, the remainder of the potatoes and some peas (which unfortunately harboured lots of maggots/caterpillars). The beans are finally starting to do something and the sprouts, broccoli and main crop potatoes are coming along.

The main reason for going up was so Jilly could try out her new toy, a battery powered strimmer. She was very excited and it turned out to do the trick and cut those nasty weeds back down to size! We also put in place a garden bench that Jilly's grandad had fixed for us...so now we have somewhere to sit and drink our tea.

Anyway hope everything's ok with you guys

Italy for the weekend

Last weekend we left the kids and dogs with the ex and flew off to Italy for the weekend. It was my friend from school's wedding on the saturday in a castle in a little town on lake garda called Malcesine.

It was a beautiful weekend, we had a welcome rest and ate lots of delicious food. Lake Garda was absolutely magnificient, with its big mountains and lots of lovely villages and towns.

The wedding was just a semetic one and therefore quite short, which we were glad of as the sun was beating down, even at 4.30 pm. We were then taken to the reception at a gorgeous restaurant and were fed a whole feast of courses between 9pm and 1.30pm. The speeches took the longest time as they had to be translated between italian and english for the grooms family and Rebecca's.

It was generally a very romantic break and had me and Jilly wanting to tie the knot...maybe next year!