Missing...

...well, not really missing... more AWOL!  Oh yesh, Grim and I managed to get our first proper holiday since 2009 in last week!  We haven't been abroad together for toooo long so it was lovely to just chill out and have him to myself (am so selfish) for an entire week.  We jetted off to Portugal last Tuesday week and in time honoured tradition, hated the room we had been assigned... so Grim went off to talk to the reception lady and see if we could change rooms.  Well, it turns out the hotel is full... apart from one place we could use if we were willing to wait until 4pm to get into it.  As it was already 1pm it wasnt' really an issue... especially when we went off to have a nosey and found out it was actually a villa... a two bed, two bathroom, huge kitchen, huge lounge/diner with front garden furnished beautifully!  Seriously!  How cool!!!  Well, not very cos there was a slight hiccup when we realised there was not a single whiff of aircon in the place... we did get some fans though so sleep wasn't impossible.


I decided that I was going to be a good girl and not get burnt.  Being of fair English rose complexion... ok, ok, I have freckles and they co badonkers in the sun... I started the first day of sunbathing by keeping covered up between midday and 3pm.  How good am I?  Needn't have bothered though, every single day we were there is chucked it down!  A typical Sheridan holiday!  In the end we decided to walk to the beach and whilst it was a bit windy (like pebble dashing the body) and a bit rainy (yep, we got wet) Grim still turned the colour of a nut and I...erm... got my freckles back.


Sunday was a particularly eventful day.  So, we poddled on down to the beach and saw the yellow flag flying.... the lifeguard said that we could go into the sea up to our chests.  Needless to say Grim went haring off like a rat up a drainpipe and was soon bobbing about in the rather choppy water.  I decided to be brave and stood knee deep in said crashing waves.  Anyone who knows me, indeedily has spent time with me, will know how awfully clumsy and accident prone I am.  Well, there I was, standing knee deep in waves when all of a sudden I am on my backside... unceremoniously knocked off my feet.  ahahaaa... I laughed, this is fun (not!) and tried to stand up... but everytime I tried, the sea crashed over my head and dragged me along on my backside, a little bit more at a time.  All I will say is that "sand in the bikini bottoms so it looks like a nappy" look will NEVER catch on... nor will I EVER venture into the sea EVER again... sand... in places sand should NEVER be!!!  Thankfully Grim came to my rescue, grabbed hold of my hand and I dragged him over too!  Later on, he was sent back into the sea to get rid of aforementioned sand in bikini bottoms... bless him, he is a trooper.  Either that or he just couldn't bear to listen to any more of my moaning!

As you will have noticed, this blog post isn't peppered with photo's of our trip... mainly cos I only took one pic the whole time!   Grim took plenty of pics... I was just too bone idle to get the camera out of my bag!  

Anyways... I shall away... I have samples and demo's to get ready for my Craft Clinic shows on Monday 7th - I also have an hour show in the afternoon too... so I will be on air 11am - 1pm and then 4pm - 5pm... on Create & Craft and all the channel deets are over in the sideybar!  Thanks for looking... did ya miss me??   TTFN!

Hels x