RIP Mo...

Mo died on Friday 10th May. I've been really sad and being at home has been really difficult with him not being there.

I've had so many lovely comments from friends and family, but there will always be those who think that a cat is just a pet and can be easily replaced. Someone at work actually asked me if I had got a 'replacement' cat yet! It upsets me, but then I just feel sad that they've obviously not experienced the love and companionship of an animal.

I'm not going to go into too much detail here, it's still a little raw, so here are some more of the pictures of the little boy that I was so lucky to have....

RIP little one xxx

Life right now..

Hi everyone,

Soooooo... I have been lame. I started a new job in January and it has been MANIC! (I'm actually off work today, but had to nip in for an hour to update some bits for Monday...rubbish!)

It will all calm down soon, then I will get back to blogging again!

Mo is overwhelmed by all the views on his pictures - I will follow up with another post soon :)

But just a few pics of recent things I have been upto...

The UK had snow....

More snow (and epic icicles!)....

And more snow (there is actually more planned this weekend - unheard of for late March!)

Mo found a new space to sleep in my wardrobe...

And helped me take some photos of Soap and Glory products for an upcoming post!

We went on a night out, so I tried out my new Collectif dress

And Mo photobombed us with his robot eyes!

Oh and my lovely boyfriend surprised me on our 2 year Anniversary with a trip to The Harry Potter studio tour!!! (Blog post coming up)

Hopefully once work has calmed down, I'll be able to get to get back to posting!

Hope you're all having a good March - isn't 2013 flying by already!!

xxx

Kitten Tuesday

Wow, so many people seem to love cute little bundles of kittens!

So... here are a few more to cheer up your Tuesday:

Forever friends :)

Hugs

Wow - just the eyes!

Hi

Wink!




And a few of my other boy to finish...

This little gorgeous baby...

Is now this big boy :)

Cherry Crumble

My lovely boyfriend had been amazing - tidying, cleaning and sorting out the house etc while I had a super busy week at work, so as a Friday treat, I cooked a meal of his choice.

He loves it when I make homemade burgers and one of his favourite topping is prawns with mayonnaise. So after work on Friday, I went and got all the ingredients and saw a big container of juicy looking cherries

 

I heated them on a low heat with 4 tablespoons of raspberry jam for a few minutes

Then covered with crumble (I cheated this time and bought a crumble mix :s ) 25 minutes in the oven at Gas Mark 6 (200 c)

In the meantime, I whipped up some burgers, the prawn mayo topping, homemade chips and corn on the cob. I also made a delicious and healthy coleslaw (forgot to take a picture of it though!). I used this slimming world recipe (minus the radishes).

After we had eaten it, the crumble was ready. We topped it with custard and naughtily polished off the lot!!

Apologies for the steamy picture - fresh out of the oven!

It definitely went down well! (I'd just like to point out that Olli doesn't always get treated so well ;) )

Tuesday kitty post

Although going back to work on a Monday is hard, Tuesday's are always my down day. After 3 hours of skating to attempt to burn off some of the Christmas weight, I was in a meeting from 9.30 until 4pm today - aghhhh!

So, a few kitten pics to cheer me and anyone else feeling the Tuesday blues up :)

This is Mo, he is just over 6 months old. After months of pestering Olli for a 'brother' for Ant, I came home to this little bundle. He loves cuddles, sleeping in/on/under my handbags, play-fighting with his 'brother'/shadows and drinking out of the bathroom tap. A little cutie! 

Arrival day!

Little stretch

Big beautiful eyes

Sleepy

'Tickle my tummy!'

Me and the little one

Squiggle time

'I'm trying to sleep!'

Loving sleeping on my bag - as always!!

Getting bigger...

And bigger!!

Wash time

I love cats, if you have any cute kitty pics, let me see!!

Exciting year for the Brawds!

A roller derby related post for today...

I've been part of the Norfolk Brawds Roller Derby team for about 2 years now. In that time, we've gone from strength to strength!

And this year we will be taking part in the Heartlands Series Tournament with 11 other teams!

This is such an exciting time for the team and we cannot wait to skate with the other awesome teams out there!

After having a break over Christmas, we are back to practice tonight to start our training for the year. CANNOT WAIT!!

We are always looking for new skaters, referees and non-skating officials to join the team - if you are in the Norfolk area and interested in joining us or just fancy seeing what we are up to, check us out on Facebook, Twitter, or contact us on our website

I'm hoping I can last 3 hours of training :s

New Year's Day

The morning of the first day of 2013 was spent watching Home Alone and eating a hearty breakfast with friends following a night at the pub to bring in the New Year.

The sun was still shining in the afternoon and after weeks of rain and clouds (typical British weather!), we decided to take the girls out for some exercise. Though not technically our dogs, they are excellent walking companions, so off we went down the country lanes near our home.

Secretly I only wanted to go for a walk so I could wear my new wellies that I got for Christmas! Joules do some gorgeous ones and they are perfect for splashing through puddles - although Daisy the pug wasn't so keen!

All excited and ready to go!

Sun shine!

Me and Daisy
H&M coat
Dorothy Perkins jeans
Vintage scarf in my hair
Wellies - Joules

Olli and Ruby

Hope everyone is settling into the New Year - I still haven't got used to writing 2013 yet!!