My week overview

I'm not sure if you all like this type of post but I like writing them :-) if you want to see more of these please let me know.

I have been at work all week, including the weekend, but I can't complain as I knew what I was getting myself into when I started working for the nhs.
I did have my final echocardiogram on Monday and my heart is fine, it's very strong and healthy apparently.  I was hoping I wouldn't have to take my bra off again but unfortunately I did. Luckily L was there with me this time so he talked to me throughout the whole thing so I didn't get embarrassed like last time. It's just weird lying with your boobs hanging out in front of a stranger (well a nurse but still).
But anyway, it has been a mixed week as there were a few sad days like when a patient died and a baby was diagnosed with leukaemia, I hate it when sad things happen and I will admit that I do cry when a patient dies.
I also got shouted at by a nurse for something that was her fault but I am not allowed to shout back so had to be super polite while being told that I can't do my job. I ended up getting upset after she hung up as it's never nice to be in that situation especially when it was their fault but i guess that everyone goes through something like this.
I did however get told that I'm a very nice person and i had my appraisal at work which i was very happy about.

At home L and i have decided on a bed that we are getting for our bedroom and we are going to ikea today to get some more drawers (I am also going to try and sneak in some makeup storage facilities) which I'm excited about!!
We did a big shop at asda a few days ago and L managed to leave a bag of shopping there so we had to go back to get it, but they had already put all of the food away so we had to work out what we had put away at home and what we hadn't got so we could go and get it all off the shelves again! What a farce that was!! He won't be doing that again I'm sure.
We were invited to go to York with his friend (I did a post about this) but I am working so won't be going. I am however going on a night out with the people from work which I can't wait for! And I made posters for another night out in July but don't think I will be going to that. 
I received my benefit beauty score box, which L wasn't happy about as he expected the products to be larger than they were for the price we paid but I am happy with it.
I tried to get in touch with m ( my friend from home who has just had a baby) as she was always wanting me to be there for her while she was pregnant but she was very short with me. She said she was stressed, unhappy and tired with her baby which I'm sure new mums are (hopefully I will have a baby of my own soon) and I suggested she let her husband/father of her child have the baby for an hour while she had a bath but she said it wasn't fair to leave him with the baby alone. I am in no position to judge as she pointed out I do not have a child and I don't know what women go through but I am sure that when we have children L will look after the baby alone sometimes to give me a chance to rest. I am not judging her at all, I just think that she should have been a bit nicer to me as we were really close and I was always there for her throughout the pregnancy. I understand she is busy with her new baby but it would be nice if she asked how we were occasionally instead of just complaining about her baby.

We are going to see Mrs Brown's Boys film today which will be good as we hardly get time to just have a date anymore.

What have you all been up to?
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But I just don't like her...

Hi lovelies,
I was in a bit of a predicament earlier so thought I'd share it with you lovely lot. As you all know I am married, and as a married woman I do try to get on with L's friends. Unfortunately most of them are just not very nice people and L does change when he is around them, but I still try to be nice whenever we see them. 
There is one friend of his that I like but he has a girlfriend who I just can't stand. I wanted to get along with her but when someone tells you that you are mental and don't want your fella to have any mates so shouldn't be getting married one week before the wedding, you are going to dislike them. Just to clarify I am not mental and this was said because SHE rang ME from Thailand (yes thailand) saying that her fella and L apparently hadn't gone back to her fellas house that night. She thought they were up to no good and I couldn't get hold of L. Previous to this L had gone out with his mate before and cheated on me a few times (yes I know I should have dumped him then but he promised he wouldn't do it again) so understandably I thought the worse (which then turned out to be true but I didn't find that out until we were married). I told her what I thought and said that's why I didn't really want L and mate going out alone (although I wouldn't stop him) so she came out with that.
She then tried to stop the mate from being best man at our wedding, eventually agreeing to let him come if they could leave straight after the speeches and if she could be at the top table. I agreed to this cos it was what L wanted but in every single wedding photo she is glaring at me. Everyone has commented on it. 
Anyway, L rang me today and asked me if I wanted to go to York with them in a couple of weeks time. I really didn't want to as I can't stand her but at the same time I want to be a good wife to L so I didn't know what to do for the best. If I agreed to go I would have to be nice to her which I don't want, I'm not horrible to her I just don't speak to her. But luckily for me I can't get the time of work so I was given a perfect excuse for not going without looking awful.

What would you all have done?

@prettyinpeach04
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The kitchen

I'm not sure if I've already mentioned this but I have decided that the colour scheme of our kitchen is going to be red. The cupboards are cream, the floor is a pale grey and the worktops are a dark wood (we didn't choose it) but the walls are white. I decided when we bought the house that I wanted Russell hobbs kettle, toaster and microwave that are metallic red because as soon as I saw them I fell in love. L knows how serious I am about getting them so we have decided to make the kitchen match this.
We are getting red tiles for the section of wall in between the top and bottom cupboards, which I think will look amazing but I don't think we should get all red I think red and cream or red and white to break the colour up a bit will look amazing.
I am also getting a metallic red large clock to go on the wall above the radiator and we already have red crockery and mugs.
I will post pictures as we start it :-)

What are your thoughts on a red themed kitchen?

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Overview of last week

Hi lovelies,

So this is a bit of a different post, I love reading about what other people have been up to so decided to start writing a weekly post giving an overview of what has happened in the past week. Do you like this idea? Or would you rather I stuck to telling you about my house and how it's coming along? Please leave a comment below or send me a tweet :-) 

Well, I will start with health. As you all know I have hay fever and if you have it you will know how very annoying it is! If you don't then I'm a bit jealous :-) I have had so many nose bleeds because of it this week I have started carrying tissues around everywhere (blood and cream carpets do not go together). I had one nosebleed Saturday night and asked L to get me a tissue but he was playing on his ps4 so I had to run to the bathroom trying not to drop blood everywhere!5 minutes later he looked at me trying to clean blood out of the carpet and said 'oh do you have a nosebleed, you should have said' men and their toys!lol 

L has had a bad knee this week, he needs an operation but can't get time off work so I've been running him baths and massaging his leg to try and help. 

Work wise i had Wednesday and Thursday off with L and we had a fab time just relaxing and getting over last week (which was the most stressful week I've had at work for a while) and they were needed!!i was back at work Friday night and Sunday but as I was the only one at work (being on call means only one person is in all night) it wasn't too bad. I don't get many weekends off so having a couple of days off during the week every now and again does me the world of good. L loves his job but even he needed a few days off to relax as his is a very hands on job, he has to lift heavy kegs all day long!

One of my colleagues had a head injury this week and I was a bit concerned so got his number and texted him asking if he was ok. I know that people will talk about why I texted him (you will come to know the people I work with aren't very nice) but I would be concerned about anyone. He replied once but ignored my other text which is fine. Another friend of mine has a family member who is in hospital so I have been trying to be supportive of them as best as I can.

I made L some home cooked meals this week such as lasagne, spag Bol and stir fry which I love to do but I did burn my thumb! If you follow me on Instagram you will have seen my poor thumb, which blistered and when I put a rubber glove on at work the blister popped which was so painful! I love cooking for L as he is so complimentary, once we get a dining table I am hoping to throw a mini dinner party for my friends! 

L pre ordered FIFA 15, I decided I spend loads on makeup so he should have his fun too although I am still not entirely sure  what the difference is between the different FIFA games other than the players change teams, if anyone can shed any light on this please comment below (I asked L but he just looked at me like I was crazy and said everything).

I got back in touch with my mates from Sunderland (well technically they are from Newcastle) as I haven't seen them since I moved and haven't heard from them much but we missed each other so have arranged to meet up next time I'm there which I'm super excited about!! And I've arranged a day out in York with my sister which I'm also excited about.

We have finally decided on a colour for the guest bedroom, which I will do a post about as I think it will look so nice and hopefully other people may look at it and decide to do one of their rooms the same if they are decorating. 

My life does sound a bit boring doesn't it! At the minute we basically work and plan our house, but I like to share anyway :-) 

Let me know what you think of this post. Let me know how you have spent your week :-) 

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An idea of how to get ideas

Hello Again lovelies,

As you all know we are currently decorating our house and have no clue yet what we want to do. We can't decide on anything as we aren't sure what will or won't look good in a room.

I went back to my parents house in Sunderland last weekend and my dad gave me some really good advice which I thought I would share with you all (although to be honest most of you will already have thought of it).

He told me to go to show homes and write down what we like and don't like about the decor and furniture. As our estate is still being built there are actually 4 show homes currently on the site and the nice woman who works there has said she will let us have a look around all of them and if we like anything she will find out where they got it from. As well as the ones on our estate there are a few others nearby so we are going to have a weekend of looking round houses to get n idea as to what we want.

I thought this was a really good idea as it doesn't waste anyone's time as they are show homes and we can then visualise what our house could look like. We can also take some photos so we can remind ourselves what the layout of the rooms and furniture looked like. 

Happy decorating :-) 

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Some facts about me

I thought I would give some facts about me so you can all know me a bit better. Tell me in the comments below or on twitter if you like this kind of post?

1. I am from Sunderland, and so am a mackem. 

2. I went to Sunderland university. 

3. I am married to a scouser.

4. I was a lifeguard for 4 years while at uni (both pool and beach) which I loved and has helped me in my current job as I had my first aid at work and life support 3 qualifications.

5. I work in the labs in an nhs hospital but want to work in research after I have my PhD.

6. I have an older sister who I get on really well with although we did argue a lot while I lived at home.

7. I have a massive fear of spiders!i genuinely had to get someone at work to come and remove a spider from my department on a night shift once.

8. I also have a fear of wasps and do scream when one flies near me which is embarrassing for anyone with me.

9. My favourite holiday destination is Mexico which is actually where I am taking my husband L later this year as he has never been.

10. I went to school with Jordan Henderson who now plays for Liverpool, a fact which L loves as I introduced them once.

11. I also went to school with some other now famous people and the one thing to note about them all is that they all still have the best mates they had while at school which I love.

12. I can't wait to have children! 

13. I own my own house which we are currently decorating.

14. My favourite food is sweet and sour chicken and when I was younger I was a really fussy eater so while on holiday my mam bribed me by saying if I are everything for a whole week I could have sweet and sour chicken on the last day but it turned out to be minging.

15. I loved butlins when I was younger and have been to all of the ones in the uk.

16. My favourite meal in a caravan is stewed steak and mashed potato.

17. I hate the smell of tar when they are laying roads but it is my mams favourite scent.

18. One of my favourite smells is freshly made coffee even though I hate coffee.

19. I live miles away from my family now but I speak to my mam and sister every day.

20. I am obsessed with the play blood brothers, I have seen it four times now, 3 times in London and once in Sunderland. I have the soundtrack on cd and I love it. 

I can't think of anything else at the minute but if you would like to know anything else just let me know!!

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My favourite app for the house

As you all know we are currently looking at colour schemes for every room in our house, this can be really hard as I am not very good at imagining what a colour would look on the walls! I suggested buying those little samples of paint but L didn't want to as they are £2.50 each and we would have to buy quite a few.
While I was in Sunderland I was telling my sister that we couldn't decide on a colour and couldn't tell what each colour would look like so she told me about this amazing app from dulux that let's you select a paint colour and it uses your camera to apply the colour to your walls. I actually love this as it colours in the whole wall and shows your furniture too so you can see if the colour goes with everything else in the room. This is such a good idea and I thought I would tell all of you about it incase you were going through the same thing as us and didn't know about the app.

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My old bedroom

I was recently back at my parents house for the weekend and we stayed in my old bedroom which has been completely redecorated (the only thing that is still the same is my wardrobes) and honestly it looks amazing!!
It looks like the perfect guest room, and it has made me rethink some of the things I want in my house.
I have included pictures below (as I can't work out how to put pictures in with the writing yet) so you all can see! The pink kindle and the green bag on the floor are both mine, I am a bit messy!
At the minute every room in my house is white and we were going to paint every room but since seeing my old bedroom in white I am considering leaving the bedrooms white and just choosing bright furnishings. My dad pointed out to me that if we leave the walls white (or leave 3 white and have one feature wall) then we can change the furnishings whenever we want to any colour we want as everything will go with white whereas if we paint the rooms we will have to get bedding and curtains etc to match the walls and then we will become restricted in what we can do.

What are your opinions on this?

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