Friday Round Up

'must dash, i've got the kids in the car' - a foggy start to the day - and a nap stop on the way home

gorgeous lincolnshire scenery - perfect eggs - buff cuddle

you've never seen chickens eating pot noodle? - spooky trees - my new toy arrived

For the last few weeks I've mentally skipped a day in the middle of the week. I grasp Monday, then move on to Tuesday but think the next day is Thursday. This has made each week seem unfairly long and the weekends seem very far apart indeed! Hopefully I'll get to grips with the old 'seven days = a week' rule next Tuesday

The most exciting thing to happen this week was the arrival of my new MacBook Pro yesterday, I've wanted one of these bad boys since I started blogging. I'd been planning to   treat myself with my bonus but my old Dell took matters into it's own hands last weekend when it decided it was no longer willing to accept a memory card, so I couldn't upload any photos from my camera. So I was forced to splash out a bit earlier than planned! I'm still finding my way around it, it's years since I used a Mac and nothing is where I expect it to be but it's fun and I'm excited to learn how to use it properly

It was Matt's birthday this week so we spent a night snuggled under a blanket, watching Skyfall (amazing!) and eating junk food. Not the most exciting way to spend a birthday but that was all he wanted to do and I think that's cute! I got him a swanky digital radio which he'd been dropping hints about for the last month and a card from his favourite hen (who was also his Valentine last week, she loves him!) We owe ourselves a meal a our favourite restaurant, The Crab & Lobster at Thirsk because February is a special month for us - both our birthdays and the anniversary of our first date. So I need to get that booked soon, I can't wait. The food is amazing and the restaurant is so quirky, it's very 'us'

I've had some great walks with the dogs this week, our Discovery was sold so I'm now using Matt's old loan car, a little Ford Ka to ferry them around, which is brilliant! It's so dinky and cute and the dogs fit perfectly on the back seat. The weather has been crazy - early in the week I thought Spring was here but on Wednesday the fog came down and it's been absolutely freezing ever since. It feels like it's been winter forever. I don't mind walking the dogs when it's cold, a bit of mist and a crisp, cold morning makes everything look a bit more beautiful. But I won't be complaining when it warms up a bit and that can't be far away, the nights are getting lighter, have you noticed?

This weekend I'll be continuing on painting duty at the new house, surprise surprise. I drove past the house this morning and saw the roofers there starting to tile the extension, I can't wait for that to be done. That will mean we're nearly there. There's just the utility room to build and that's all the building work done and we can just focus on the inside

Have a great weekend everyone!