Merry Christmas Everyone

I hope everyone has had a great few days and that you all are a little fatter!  We had a lovely Christmas here quiet but good.  We opened presents in the morning then prepared dinner, no turkey in this house we went for big fat juicy steaks instead.  For pudding it was homemade mince pies and pumpkin pie which I spent almost all of Christmas Eve baking but even if I do say so myself the pastry was mint.  Thinking about it now we didn't have crackers - I am not sure if they do that here, what a shame missing out on all those really funny jokes tehehe!  Then we just chilled out for the rest of the day nursing big fat bellies.

 

So many presents we must have been good this year.

Looking so pleased with my Christmas booties.

What could this be?!

Teddy bought these speakers with the Christmas money he was given I think its his best present - cheers dudes.

 

I bought wool with my money purple to make a bag, green to make tablemats.

This will keep me busy - thanks everyone :-)

Pictures we bought from a local photographer to decorate our bare walls.

Checkout the green dishware I bought these with my Christmas money too - thanks!

Boxing day we just lazed around eating more naughty food (I think I will go to the gym today) I read one of my new books and Teddy adjusted his speakers all day ha!  We hope everyone enjoys the rest of there hols and has a great new year lots of love and best wishes from across the pond xxx

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

It was beautiful when we woke up this morning a white covering everywhere, we decided to take our first walk in Rockcreek Park to enjoy the snow.  It was strange in the streets really silent and peaceful.

 

 

Even the newspaper boxes looked pretty in the snow!

 

   Wish we had a sledge it looked like so much fun.

It snowed constantly the whole time we were out and got much harder to walk in, so thats our adventure for today back home now enjoying hot choclate and soup.

Happy Holidays

At the garden centre choosing our tree... after the tiresome job of carrying it home Teddy slept whilst I put put up the decorations.

Putting the finishing touches to the tree and table decorations; those of you who know how neat and tidy I am will know the dining table will always look this way over Christmas time. It's easy being a domestic goddess when you don't have belongings!

Some pics of our humble abode - Teddy enjoyin' his first ever eggnog. They are very yummy but also very naughty and we still haven't used the gym yet - whoops.

Finally - America!!

Been here almost a week now keeping very busy assembling furniture and checking out the local neighbourhood. Last night was our offical first night out in DC, we decided to check out

"Miracle on 3rd & 4th Street - An Ugly Jumper Crawl"

Moomin couldn't resist the opportunity to wear her Christmas sweater and Teddy was dragged along in his most 'ugly' jumper.


Our award for the best ugly sweaters went to these dudes - good effort!


We meet some new friends; Amber, Roger and Nick. They were most kind to us newcomers sharing insider tips on DC and cheers for shouting us burgers.

Even Santa was out for the night I told him our new address so fingers crossed he will send us some presents.

The long lost Aunts

I took a road trip to Notts at the weekend along with Jessica to visit Grant. Grant had told Ben that he was going to be meeting his long lost Aunty's; he was a little shy when we first arrived but then I think he liked us we read a bedtime story (the atlas - he is going to be quite a clever one!) then took him to football practice the next morning and to a kids party on the afternoon - it was lots of fun playing Aunty!!



Ben and Grant



We did a little shopping in Southwell on Saturday afternoon and a lot of eating sweeties!!



Then after Xfactor we managed to put on the glad rags and drag ourselves out into town...


Thanks Grant for a great weekend, you were a super host. Sorry us two left your shiney new house like a whirlwind had just hit! Love your pair of slugs x x x

Busy bee

Been keeping my self busy since last posted trying to get a little creative again, started making a dress that wasnt too successful as I cut out the wrongsize so had to unpick it all and need to re=cut (at least its smaller - makes me feel a little better!) I successfully made some bits of jewellery...

Teddy - while I was in the beadshop getting things for your cuff I couldnt resist a new head band; red, black, shiny and loud I had to have it!

Teddy is in DC at the moment - he is there for 2 weeks :-( ... maybe he will make an appearence on the blog.........

I started a new temp job today; it ain't too good. The office was so cold and no one spoke to each other all day I thought I was in a mourge surrounded by corpses!!! We will see what tomorrow brings but I think I will be looking for something else. TTFN

Teddy's Second Post

Only joking about the previous post.

Just wanted to post something interesting like the new Muse album which comes out on the 14th...

I've just ordered the new boxset which has the album vinyl and cd plus a dvd... very much looking forward to hearing it but it will be released while I'm in the States so Moomin will hear it before me.

Later.....

Teddy's Premiere Post

I am sick of Moomin!

About time...

The long awaited next post! I have been meaning to sit down and write for ages...

So we are living back in Durham at Mama Moomin's house and its lovely to be catching up with family and friends. Teddy is working back in his old office a few days a week and the rest at home. Moomin is working with her Aunty as an Assistant Hair Extension Technician - tehehe quite a difference, its fun but long days and achey legs!!

Mama Moomin had a family get together over the bank holiday weekend Teddy and I had great fun having a water fight with my little cousins

The next day we took the train down to York, we had a great time and Teddy bought me a beautiful dress from a lovely little vintage shop. I will post a picture when I get round to trying it on again!

TTFN xx

Home Sweet Home

So we are pleased to be back in the North East after finally moving on Friday from Plymouth. Yay..... The drive back was long and boring, but it'll be the last time we ever do it again.
First things first we get hair cuts yipee!!!

It felt great to drive over the good ol' Tyne Bridge and if we had remembered the camera I would have posted a photo..... note to self if I am to be a Master Blog-a-tron I must always have my camera to hand! TTFN

Cooked Breakfast...

We handed the keys in for our flat on Friday... so we are living it up in a B&B for a week. I chose this one because there is two lovely doggies here - Molly and Oscar the spaniels and Teddy and his belly are happy as they get a full english each morning.

So we are not doing America just yet...

Me bowling

Sara bowling

Last week in Plymouth ... we have been tenpin bowling tonight with Sara and Dan then for a Japanese - yummy!

Now I'm learning how to blog - yip check me out!

Testing testing...

Welcome to our blog... this will be our American story. We will be keeping in touch and letting you know how we are getting on in the land of dreams!