virtual coffee with mint tea...

ok friends...i feel a bit more like the rest of you organised people today!
i spent the better part of the last two days lugging things back to their rightful spots!
& so i have a little stride in my step today...
still in wellies with this english rain...but at least with a little stride...

of course...yesterday i was not in my stride...but in the upstairs cupboard...
& under the stairs...& in the garage organising *stuff*...
so i didn't catch up for our weekly *virtual coffee*...
i thought about it...but gals i was on a roll...big time...!
so here we are today catching up...
my favourite time of the blog week...!

so...if we were really meeting for coffee mint tea today...
we'd be back on the pink chair...
i'd even let you pop your feet up on my new moroccan pouf!
yep we stashed one in our luggage...
a gorgeous brown that will age beautifully...quickly...
{if thats what living with three kiddos can do to anything foreign...beautiful...leather....& under your feet...}
my parents bought it for us for christmas...
they slipped us the dirham & ritchie did the deal...bartering & pacing round the souk...
looking professional at the whole shopping in marrakech souk thing...
which is not to go unrecognised when we in the western world don't generally haggle for anything...
finding a bargain on line...or visiting a sale....
is nothing like starting from no-where & haggling for a price you have in your mind....
& for a moroccan this is delightful way to spend the passing of time...
a *mint tea* is a must in many of the souks & much time is spent on the final outcome...

so yep help scruff up that beloved pouf for us...
put your feet in these moroccan slippers & drink your mint tea...apparently it's incredible good for you...
if we were really meeting for a virtual mint tea...
i think you would have interrupted me with your own idea of what we should call our pouf...
an ottoman...a footrest...a kids stage....what would you like to refer to it as...
i mean it's your feet you've got all over it...
enjoy it by whatever name you like!

if today you really had ventured out in this dismal weather to visit me...
i would be very grateful for the *sit-down*...
somedays do you feel like you've stood up in some sort of capacity since the kiddos were dropped to school...
& eventually you only sit down by way of the car before you collect them again...
i mean it's obviously good to be physically busy...
it alleviates gym trips & well...relaxing i guess...
but today, after climbing our stairs too many times to mention yesterday...
i'm very happy for the sit...so thanks...
i'm also going to do some serious happy sitting this week to finish all the special projects i have ready to sew together for Sol's 10th birthday...
yep we start our 2011 birthday ball rolling on sunday...
he has requested amongst the usual very cool football gear he has marked on line...
a floor cushion & a bedspread...god i love that kid!
so here is a little something in the pipeline...i'll show you it on the floor with the kiddo after the big day!

i think i should also be honest with you about something...
mint tea & sharing & all...
my daughter {who is nearly 13 i must add} & i have a new addiction...
GLEE
there i have said it...
i  almost feel relieved...
have you seen it?
if you're between 12 and 20 chances are you have....
well i'm not  quite in that demographic but i am quite honestly obsessed...
in fact we discussed over breakfast this morning that we would have a *Glee-free* night tonight as we get nothing done...
with our box set by our sides, evenings run like this at ours at the moment...
home...homework...dinner...Glee!
yep...the characters have us hooked...the story line has me in tears!
the writing is seriously brilliant -the characters of the teaching staff nothing short of brilliant!
well...i obviously feel safe with our weekly catch-ups...so don't judge me to harshly...

& finally, if we were really catching up for a virtual mint tea...
i would tell you that i am already planning holidays...
little half term escapes...
it will be our third visit to this magic school house off the isle of skye when we go in may...
we have escaped up here each may for three years with our dearest, mad, gorgeous London friends...
cooking fresh seafood we have caught ourselves...
& baking our own bread...
in fact we almost lug in more wine than food as much of it we catch fresh...
if you ever get the chance.....it is heaven in a bay...

ok my lovely bloggy friends...it's time i pushed you back out in the cold...
wellies on...i unfortunately have late dvd's to return {i'm almost nearly organised!!} on the way to school pickup...
so thank you hugely for stopping by...
for sharing another pot of mint tea...
{it really is beneficial for you....but so is a glass of wine & a good 10 hours sleep!}...
xox

thanks miss.amy for our virtual mint tea

xox