Easter Holidays

Had a lovely few days off work over Easter and managed to pack a few things into the days. Pete decided to tackle the cupboards in the back room (aka my craft room) and get rid of the old freestanding shelf unit in there and build new integral shelving. What a difference:-)) I've now got twice as much space as before, which is going to make crafting life so much easier.

Saturday was spent deciding what was going on the new shelves and generally rearranging the craft room (again!!) Mind you, it's all preparatory work for when we get the new units in and really get organised. It is going to be fantastic :-)) Best part of the day was at 6.45pm though. DOCTOR WHO SPECIAL!! Mind you, the anticipation was tinged with regret as this is the beginning of the end. The first of the last four episodes with David Tennant as the Doctor. Everything else was abandoned whilst this was on so that I could give it my full attention. Well you have to, don't you.

Decided to get out in the fresh air on Bank Holiday Monday and walked from home via Hunters Bar and to the Botanical Gardens. We'd taken monkey nuts to feed the many squirrels that live in the gardens - but I think they'd all gone away for the Bank Holiday! Typical. On the point of giving up, we did see one squirrel, who accepted a nut and then legged it up a tree and hid. Ah well, maybe next time.

The gardens were beautiful with so many trees coming into blossom and leaf.

Tuesday was still a day off (thank you SHU for extra holidays). We had a little run out in the countryside and called at the Sherwood Forest Craft Centre first. Had some lunch there in the lovely cafe and browsed the craft shop there. Then on to Blyth Craft Studio where I bought a few things, including some A4 plastic storage boxes for my cardstock, as the reorganisation has left it temporarily homeless. Last stop was Turners Retreat just outside Blyth - a woodturning shop for Pete. Then we meandered our way home. A nice day out.