Over the last few days

Tuesday - Thursday 

My week started on Tuesday with a family fun afternoon head of to my main blog to read that entry:  http://memyselfandcrash.blogspot.co.uk/
I then got my self ready to go to work, thats right work it was my first day back and my gosh I was nervous and excited.  I drove there and it took me roughly half and hour, I went a new way which cuts off 90% of traffic as it is all down side roads. I pulled up in the car park and took a deep breathe.

  Preview of my Blog about family fun in the park.

I walked up to the back entrance and pretended I was ok. I pressed the buzzer, a new member of staff called Moet opened the door for me. Marc (the manager) was half in and half out of the cellar so I shouted hello, I went straight into the staff room to put my shirt on and sorted my bottle out and Spencer came in and said a hello (he is quite shy). I walked out of the staff room and was greeted by G and Bradley who both said I look well and gave me big hugs. I went into the managers office and Louise, Lyndsey and Caroline were all in there chatting.

My shift started and I walked to reception, The bowl was sooooo busy I jumped straight onto reception and started work. I started booking people in and changing over shoes, handling complaints and giving out redemption tickets prizes. Some things had changed but all the staff helped me pick it up. By 10 o'clock I was pooped I had, had my break and I was tired and my feet and back hurt soooo bad. IT WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT. I got back to Sam's at roughly 1.30am. 

My snap chat from my first day back at work.

On wednesday me and Sam had a little trip to Wylde Green in Birmingham to have some lunch and look around the shops. The sun was beaming and we went to Costa coffee to have a nice cold drink and a little chit chat. We went into a card shop and I got his and my Mums birthday card, then we headed to Subway for some lunch. I ordered a new beef and chorizo melt but they didn't have any chorizo so I opted for my favourite italian BMT on cheese and herb bread, I have mine with cheese and toasted,lettuce, onion,
pickles and jalapenos with southwest sauce. We didn't have any crisps or cookies we just had a bottle of water. Sam had a new pulled chicken sub (it tasted better than mine but I wouldn't tell him that).

We went back to Sam's house and ate our subway and then we watched Breaking bad, we are only only season 3 but I really love it. We got half way through when Sam's friend called Daz came round to play Witcher on Playstation 4. Being an amazing girlfriend I was like turn this off and play your game..... I was so bored haha I caught up on my Youtube videos and read a magazine I bought earlier, then I decided to go home.




Thursday (I am writing this blog on Thursday night) I watched a little bit of Once upon a time on Netflix until Mum woke up. We then decided to go food shopping which we all know I love. To avoid spending to much money on food I don't need I went shopping down the road for birthday cards and presents for my friends who's birthday in two - three weeks. We came back from Shopping and I cleaned my bedroom and my car, I have had a productive day today.

My nice shiny car 

The gift bags full of presents for my friends.

                                         

I bought this juice Thursday(today) It is epic.

I am looking forward to tomorrow I am going for a meal with Sam's family to celebrate Sam's birthday. eeek.

Becky xx

Bella Italia - Bentley Bridge

Family Meal.

Photo from google.

On Saturday 23rd May 2015, Myself and my boyfriends family went out for a BEAUTIFUL meal to celebrate Tony and Ade's (Sam's Dad and Uncle) 50th birthday. All of the family was there, I had never been to Bentley bridge, I had no idea it existed as it is roughly 30 - 40 minutes from where I live.

look at my amazing arrow drawing skills.

We walked in and were greeted by a lovely woman that was like out own personal waitress throughout the evening, A male member of staff was also there ready to greet us with big smiles. Half of the our family were already seated, we had a lovely little corner right by the window and the bar. There was 10 of us all together and it wasn't cramped.

This is the area we sat. Photo from google.

Our lovely waitress (who for this blog I am going to call Sharnie) came over ready to take our drinks order, I had a cherry milkshake and a small bottle of water, If you go to bella italia and you are a fan of cherry flavours you have to try this milkshake. The drinks were brought over promptly and Sharnie then asked us for our starter orders, I had the Pizza spirale which were melted mozzarella in dough with a pizza sauce dip (they were so yummy).

Tony with his soup starter. Sharnie with the massive Pepper.

Sharnie took our main orders at the same time as our starters, I ordered a dish called Agnello Tagliatelle which was shredded slow cooked lamb with a red wine ragu and tagliatelle pasta. It was the best lamb pasta I have ever had, I enjoyed it so much that I am going to attempt my own version (I will keep you posted on how that goes). 

This was my actual meal. YUM!!

Finally all the mains were finished and the pudding menus were brought over. They all looked so decadent on the menu and I was so full I opted for 3 shot glasses, banoffee pie, strawberry cheesecake, and cherry panna cotta. All I can say about the dessert was WOW it was delicious. Sam had the "big Tony" and it was so big! that he couldn't finish it but Ade helped, he didn't get the Human dustbin nickname for nothing.

My yummy deserts.

We asked for the bill and it came to roughly £240.00 mine and Sam's was £64.15. It might seem a lot of money but the atmosphere, the service and the food definitely explain why. I would go here again and again and again. We left Sharnie a £20 tip and she deserved it. Yum !!

            Family Photos 

Becky xx

SHOPPING

Food shopping

My name is Becky and I am a shopaholic!

I do not class shopping as an adventure but it is me getting out of the flat for an hour or two. Recently I have been fascinated by food shopping (boring I know). Me and Sam both started a diet 5 weeks ago and we had to go shopping to re stock all of the kitchen cupboards. Gone was the chocolate, crisps and bread and in was vegetables, quinoa and almond milk.

I have opened this new me I enjoy looking through the shelves in the supermarkets looking for a bargain or fresh food. When I see something I have never tried on offer I get a fuzzy feeling inside. It doesn't stop at shopping I love looking at new recipes which need new ingredients and methods (the more I write the crazier I sound).

What is it about food shopping that I am so inlove with? 

Thinking I had gone insane I decided to ask the internet God AKA Google and this is what I found out:

POPSUGAR POLL

Do You Like To Go Food Shopping?

I love food shopping.

76%

It's okay sometimes.

16%

I hate it.

7%

Undecided

0%

Other - Let us know

1%

I am not alone, there are so many people that are obsessed with shopping I even took a short poll that says 76% of people that took the poll love shopping also. I feel like I should join a community of women that enjoy this "hobby" of mine. 

On another note there is actually a side affect of my food shopping addiction. I spend far to much money on food I dont even use, but I have recently been buying the own brand products to try and save a little.

Please feel free to leave me a comment sharing your opinions on food shopping, do you love it or hate it??

Becky xx

Tenpin Bowling - My work.

Tenpin Bowling

I work in a bowling alley and my gosh I love it. I signed my contract 19th February 2013. It was busy and I was wearing leggings and boots with a bright pink work shirt, this was incorrect uniform clearly making a great first impression (uniform was actually jeans and trainers). This was my first job back after having cancer so I was super nervous.

The people there are so lovely and my confidence grew every single day. I worked hard and trained even harder learning reception, bar, diner and became a lane host/party host. By february 2014 I felt good where I was and applied for unit supervisor, unfortunately I was unsuccessful but I was aloud to learn some unit supervisor bits and pieces from the Deputy Manager Lyndsey. 

I worked my bottom off trying to proove I would have been a good unit supervisor, I was already staff representative. By the end of November 2014 I became ill again with Thyrotoxicosis/ graves disease and had 182 days on the sick. I spent most of this time waiting for appointments and not really leaving the flat, taking beta blockers so I didn't have a heart attack.

It is now May 2015 and I had my return to work meeting with my General Manager Marc. It went really well and we both agreed I need to take it easy working two evening shifts to start of with. I agreed with everything he said and I am going to take it easy but I am very money motivated. 

I cannot wait to go back and see all my friends and get my confidence back because it has dropped not having worked for 6 months. It is weird because when I first started working here it was just and inbetween job to get me back on my feet. I had no idea I would love it as much as I do. 

Sorry for rambling on but I want to take you on my working adventures as well as every other adventure!!

Becky xx

Trip with my Mother to Blakesley Hall 2015

Blakesley Hall 

Mum and I went to Blakesley hall, Yardley, Birmingham, United Kingdom. We went spontaneously on Tuesday 19th May 2015. We was at the hospital because Mum has wax treatment on her hands due to her having Arthritis, I asked Mum if she wanted to do anything and persuaded her to come with me to this little house I had seen signs for driving around Yardley.

It took us only 10 - 15 minutes to get there from our flat. We pulled up in the car park and WOW this beautiful house was right there. A true hidden gem. We went to the reception and asked about the price and what we could see. The staff there are amazingly polite and efficient, it cost us £6 each to see all of the house and a small art gallery showing the house change from the 1800's - 1930's. 

 

We were only here for 2 hours which isn't long but for me and Mum it was perfect. We strolled through some gardens with benches and beautifully smelling flowers. It was raining before we got there but as soon as we got out of the car the sun came out. We found our way around to the Tudor house and it was amazing the door was covered with Wisteria plants and truly took my breathe away.

I opened this massive wooden door and was greeted by a lovely brown haired lady (I will call her Jane because I feel rude calling her "she"). Jane welcomed us in and explained the way people "normally" look around the house and explained there was a lot of world war 1 expeditions laid out. I was instantly excited because I am a little bit nerdy like that. 

We were in the main hall of the house and I could here music coming for the corner of the room and laid out was a newspaper and letters. I saw nurses costumes, diferent tables laid with foods and money, bedrooms and a wee pot at the end of the bed. It was overwhelming but in a good way, this was part of my ancestors past they might have lived a little bit like this.

Towards the end of the tour around the house there is a trench and benches to sit and watch a short film about Tom, Frank and Mary Merry who's mother owned the house. We were able to see a glimpse into these peoples lives during WW1 luckily it wasn't a horror story and they all survived and married. 

We finished our adventure in the Tea room with some drinks only costing £4, the lady serving was very kind, it was her first day but she did really well. Both me and Mum were fascinated by this house and its beauty, we spoke to all four of the people working there and they all seem so passionate and in love with the house. I bought a marble and a fridge magnet as souvenirs. 

We spent a total of £17.60 for 2 hours and it was money well spent. I love Birmingham and this just makes me love my city so much more. If you are ever in Birmingham you MUST see this beautiful house.