A good end!

Most of today was dark, dreary and wet wet wet!

But at about 15.00 - the clouds cleared, the SUN came out and for the first time today we could turn the lights off!

These photo's don't really do it justice, but the sun was lighting up the tree tops at the bottom of the garden as it peeked over the tops of the houses.

Oh and at 18.00 - IT IS STILL LIGHT!

See....a GOOD END to the day

x

Picnic on the beach

Awoke this morning to sunshine.  Went to do the shopping and the car said 16c!!!!!

Naturally - picnic supplies were purchased, coffee made when I got home and off to the beach we went!

First picnic on the beach without a coat, hat and scarf this season

LOVE IT

Happy Weekend Everyone

x

Happy Valentines

What a lucky girl I am!

Look what arrived in the post today from a lovely blogger!

(Excuse the poor photo's)

Thanks so much Alex!  

er...the chocolate hearts have already gone!

Thank Crunchie it's Friday

This week at Chez Marleys:

:: Work has been CRAZY busy  ::
 (working long and very late hours has taken its toll)

:: The weather has definitely turned - I can hear the wind whistling down the chimney tonight ::

:: We both have colds.  I started on Monday and am beginning to feel a little better (ish), Marleyman's started yesterday.. sniff sniff...cough cough ::

:: We finally had a milk delivery!!! ::

(many phone calls and a £10 compensation credit later and I was asked to try again)

:: We are working our way through bags of Clementines in the hope that the Vit C will help with the colds ::

:: I took delivery of a new kitchen bin ::
(I will try not to sound too excited but I love it!)

That is it - too much work and feeling very under the weather has meant no walks and nothing much else really.  But hey - it is Friday and we have a visitor on Sunday for the SUPERBOWL!  

Happy weekend!

2011 Big Garden Birdwatch

I was ready...

This is what I saw in my hour: 

(counts are the most at any ONE time in the garden - not total)

3 Blackbirds

4 collared doves

1 Song Thrush

2 Jackdaws

5 Starlings (goodness they do squabble)

7 Chaffinches

3 Magpies

1 Great Tit

1 Black Cap

9 Rooks

1 Grey Wagtail

1 Herring Gull

(just after my hour was up we had 5 Long Tailed Tits but those didn't count)

Milk Shortage...

It is official... we are "non deliverable". 

Anyone would think I lived up some back alley or out in the sticks...not just off the A30!!

On my THIRD attempt at getting milk delivered, STILL NO MILK! 

DairyCrest/Milk&More - you are offically RUBBISH

(at least in this area - I know people reading this have very good experiences with them, which is what introduced me to them in the first place.

I am so dissappointed - do I have to put up with those hideous plastic bottles forever. 

More investigation needed!

Milkman do-over

I am not about to start bashing my local milkman... rather I am hoping I will see one for the first time!

Back in May of last year I registered with Milk&More to get our milk delivered in "proper milk bottles".  However things were NOT meant to be (see this post...and this one)

I was so fed up of seeing THIS in the kitchen (quite a large % of our recycling seems to be plastic milk bottles and it is one of the few things our door step recycling service does not take, so build up till we remember to take them to our local recycling centre)

Excuse the very unsophisticated and rather ugly recycling solution

Well, I am STILL FED UP with those plastic bottles so I am going to try again.  I have phoned Milk&More and discussed how unhappy I was with trying TWICE to get milk delivered.  They have very nicely called me back after investigation and assured me my service should go ahead with no problems

So hopefully I will see one of these on the doorstep tomorrow morning...

Image courtesy of Milk&More website

Fingers crossed....