Kids TV shows from my era...

For some reason, I have started to feel much more nostalgic of late....
YouTube has fueled this, I have been watching whole episodes of Firman Sam!
Is it wrong I remember them?

Anyway following a conversation with Louisa, and her Auntie Diane and Uncle Jason I have put a video bar down the right hand side that will come up with videos of Button Moon, Fraggle Rock (mainly for Jason), Postman Pat and Fireman Sam! (Sorry if some are random, I don't choose them, I just put in the search thingy for YouTube)

Anyway, enjoy!

A day in the life of Louisa!

Well it's been a while since either of us blogged, so I shall do a little update (Disclaimer: I can't guarantee it will be very exciting!)

Well I've been back at uni just over 2 weeks now, and there was no easing us back in thats for sure! So its back to busy busy again, but to be honest it's good to have something to focus on after a very long summer! It's been a bit stressful of late becuase I am currently living in the dining room - yes I am! I am having my room decorated...bright pink...

yes father does have a huge slit in the back of his tshirt.. and it is only that wall the rest will be a pale pink! so basically everything i own is all over the place at the moment and its a nightmare when its comes to packing for goin to Ste's (although its worth it for the chance to sleep in a real bed and not have to wait for everyone else to go to bed before you can!)

Apart from that though, lots of other things goin on! Me and Ste have started goin to the Christian Union at uni (well when i say started, we've been once but plan to go again on a regular basis!) its really nice to sit back and take part in worship without having to anything for a change! And its nice to have some Christian friends who you actually get to see! - youth councils was great - just wish we got see more of those guys there! I am a firm believer that you need other Christians around you, that you can turn to when perhaps you feel you can't even go to God, knowing that they will go there for you, that song, Somebody prayed for me, "when my heart was so broken that i could not pray, when love wasn't easy to see, someone was there, somebody cared, somebody prayed for me", its so true.

Anyways i'll leave it there, I'm sure Stephen will have some updating to do :) xx

Other than the dolls house!

I thought maybe a change of subject ie no dolls house talk was in order..but before I continue I must say its coming along very nicely and i'm very proud :)

Anyway, what to tell you? Well we went to the candidates farewell last weekend, and it was very good to see the support which they all had as they go on this very scary journey! The theme was "It's not just our story, its God's story" (like the M&S adverts!) and it was stressed upon how we are all linked together through our stories, and really its an amazing thing when you think about it! I'm lucky (and I'm sure Ste would say the same) to have some really good friends who I know i can count on for anything, who take an interest in my life, who genuinely care for me, and it always amazes me how God brings these people into my life! A lot of those people who I would consider to be my 'best' friends, are not close by and are not directly involved in my life, but they always appear just when I need them! reminds me of the song, "Just where he needs me, my lord has placed me, just where he needs me, there would i be", the words are so true!

Anyway thats what came into my head so thats what i wrote, and I'll leave it at that for now :)

Love to all my bestest buddies! (and Stephen my bestest buddy of all..love you!)
xxxxxx

The bathroom is nearly complete.....

Well I'm sorry we're talking about the dolls house again but its so exciting and we're actually getting somewhere!
But today we actually painted a room, the picture below shows the bathroom with painted walls and white paneling and so far, an unpainted skirting board.


We welcome any questions and suggestions, one thing not finished it the white paneling and the dado rail we need to put on top of it to finish it off but......

1. Should we varnish or paint white the skirting board?

2. Should we paint the back roof green (although we may anyway)?

3. And what colour towels should we make for the towel rail and what colour bath mat?

Hope you like it!

P.s. If you read this, please comment, lets us know we are loved!

Love from Louisa and Stephen

Summer - Part 2!

As you can see we have been busy bees this summer - I don't think I've ever really done so much with my summers before! And Stephen makes Birthdays so much more exciting (although sometimes I feel he gets a little overexcited - especially when it's not even his birthday!!)

So yeah we went to the dolls house shop in Ripley, and saw the Peak district, which took a long time, and I don't want to see any bendy, twisty, curvy, non-motorway roads for at least a year now! (I'm not a great passenger) But it was worth it! We now have enough to more or less complete two rooms, and just to give you an idea, I took these pics..

The Kitchen...

The yellow tile floor is what we're using, and hoping to have enough to put some on the walls, we don't know what colour to do the kitchen currently (paint or wallpaper) suggestions welcome? There will either be some more worktops or perhaps a washing machine..although they are rather expensive, and I'm hoping to get a microwave if i can find a good price! We've got skirting boards and cornice to finish off and then its just a case of adding any finishing touches although I'm quite pleased with what we've got!

Next is the Bathroom..

Although not as much is needed in the bathroom, it still lacks the finishing touches, the towel on the rail is a tissue at the moment but I have seen some nice sets on ebay! I also think a toilet roll holder would be a good investment! Depending on how much we have, we plan to put up white panels on the walls maybe just on the bottom half and get a daedo rail (I have no idea how you spell that?!) Again colour has not been decided if we do only have panels half way up but probably a bluey colour of some sort? Watch this space!

We haven't finished the house completely on the outside as we still have the basement to do, but I want to complete at least one of these rooms before I do that, so when thats done I'll post you those pics (we have exciting trees for the outside now!) It's full steam ahead now before going back to uni!

I can't remember what the other thing that I was gonna blog on so I'll leave it at that for now! Will be back soon!

x Louisa x

And now the summers gone....

Well people, I have apologies....

I am very very sorry for not blogging for ages!

I promise I will try better in the future!:-)

Anyway, where to start!

Many people say that this summers weather has been one of the worst!
I think otherwise, I take no enjoyment whatsoever from being in ridiculous temperatures being sweaty, thirsty and incredible uncomfortable in certain areas so for me, colder summers are the way forward (its not global warming by the way, there have been summers like this before, ask old people!)

But anyway, this summer I got a new car :-)

Before I introduce the new 'un let us say something about Frank.

Frank was a beautiful, mature car,
Who's colour could not be described.
He was sometimes slow,
But he could really go far.
Franky boy, I'll miss you!

Anyway.....

Meet......

SALLY!!!

For those amongst you who are thinking "thats the same as the old one!" Your very wrong!
For starters its 3 years younger, it has alloys, it has a very sexy spoiler on the back, it has a 1.6 engine instead of 1.4 and it has air con (although currently not working). So there you are!

Also this summer I was on staff at the north west divisions JS Camp for the third time!
Although there were less kids this year, it was still just as good as ever! The kids had fun and it was great to have fun and have a laugh with the other staff. (I can't post any pictures... child protection and all that malarkey!)

There was also our summer school! Which I was a student at! This was such an amazing week, I know people will be reading this who thought it could've been a flop as there were only 14 paying students! Well you are wrong! In a way this made it better, everyone there was just awesome and I had such an amazing week doing Godly things and having fun, and doing some awesome singing in the workshops! If you want to see what went on I do believe the DVD will be available to anyone who wants on at a cost of £10 (which all goes to the SA's Human Trafficking) in a couple of months time! During that week also, there was a fundraising event in the form of a movie night! For this we all dressed up posh and had professional photos taken which we could buy for a fiver, and all of it going to the same cause. Here is one of me and Louisa....


Last Sunday (2nd) it was Louisa's 20th birthday! Oh my, aren't we getting old!
I bought her a lovely necklace and I also took her to the Dolls House Emporium Shop to buy her some bits and bobs for her birthday. If you want a hobby don't get a dolls house, its far too expensive! We shall do another blog about the dolls house soon!
But Sunday we went with Louisa's family to the Tweedmill in St Asaph for a lovely roast dinner, then the next day we came back to my house, in preparation to go to the dolls house shop which is near derby, and we went for a meal at Evenwood Farm, the new carvery about 500 yards from my house! (very handy!) So this week we've not been very healthy really!

Also after going to the dolls house shop, we thought we'd make a day of it, and went to the delightful village of Castleton in the peak district. The main attraction being the Speedwell Cavern which is under a hill and is basically a tunnel which you have to go down in a boat and is really quite exciting and potentially very claustrophobic. But for more information on this attraction go to http://www.speedwellcavern.co.uk/

For anyone thats interested, our house is having its kitchen refitted this week, Mums finally decided to do it, shes just not decided on everything like tiles and stuff but there you go, its fun eating out of the fridge which is currently in the dining room! Heres a picture of what it looked like last night....

So there you are, I think thats my whole summer done!
Hope to see you all or speak to you all very soon!

love from Stephen x

The Summer is Here!!

Hello fellow companions!

Just want to let you all know what me and Steevy (he is here telling me what to write..) have been up to this past two days!

First thing: Remember that old dolls house I got for my 18th..nearly 2 years ago..
Well now the outside is nearly finished!

[Stephen modelling Springwood Cottage..]

[Me smiling proudly!]

It must be noted that this is only the frontage of the house! The rest is at my house as we finished it off in Stephens garage! So on Sunday, we shall post again with the finished article!

Prior to completing this part of the dolls house, we got a little carried away and started to discuss the room in the basement which in itself will be its own Salvation Army Corps..! (We are not sad! Just Army Barmy!) so we have produced some 1/12th sized copies of band tune books, magnify books and sheet music. And here they are!

After all that excitement there was more to come! Stephen came across an old record of achievement book, which contained soem rather..interesting pieces of work/art/gobbledygook! I thought you should all have the honour of reading this particularly special piece of work..

Limericks

There was a man called Paul,
Who had just lost his ball
With a glued 10p
Stuck on his knee
Went to buy a new one at the mall

There was an old man called Bill,
Who had a big phone bill
He only had a pound
and went around
always meeting people called Will.

So there we have it! Hope you had fun, see you next time on the Louisa and Steevy show!

love from Louisa and Steevy x

Am I allowed to be ever so slightly loved up on here?

I just wanted to tell someone what a blessing Stephen is, but as no-one is online I figured this was the next best thing! I'm sure anyone reading this blog knows it anyway, but Stephen is such an inspiring person! And without sounding soppy, I can't believe that he chose me :) life isn't all plain-sailing but he has always stood by me (and he deserves a medal for it!!) thankyou steevy :)

and most importantly thankyou God, for sticking by us both :)

J.S. Camp '07

As many of you will know I am on the staff for the Salvation Army Northwestern divisions summer camp for the third year running! Just thought that I would post the logo that I have made for this camp to gain your opinions on them. Hope you like them, I do, they're very nice I believe!

Go0ooRo0oEo00oEoo0oTooIo0ooN000Go0oS

It is 9am and I am wide awake even though it is my day for a lie-in! This is because Stephen thinks if he has to go into work early that the rest of the world should join him! Anyway I've finally managed to sort out an account to be able to write on here, only problem is I've managed to create two me's (see the list of contributers..) but Stephen'll have to fix it 'cause he's not made me a team member yet to be able to do such things!

Well there's my rant over..and now I have nothing much to say..except that I love ya really darling ! In case you were wondering, the picture is Jonah THE whale, I purchased him at Roots which coincidently was all about Jonah AND the Whale. When I bought him, the woman at the til informed me that a little boy had got one earlier (I'm not sure if she was implying that I was too old for one..) but that he couldn't understand why it didn't make a noise when you squish it, so he made his own evey time he squished it, I unfortunately do not have a noise for mine but I thought that naming was orignial enough...! Anyway that I'm sure bored you to death so I shall depart now and go back to bed! Ciao!x

The first blog of the new and improved Louisa and Steevy Show Blog!

Well hello fellow blogmeisters!

This is the first blog of the Louisa and Steevy Show Blog!
I'm sorry the last one died, mainly cos I was too lazy!
But here it is, me and Louisa will both be blogging on here so its more likely to be kept up to date

Hope you all like it
Stephen