the happy little world of miss ktp!

I'm in a really weird mood at the moment. I feel really bogged down & on the verge of being a stress head but instead of letting it panic me I'm motivated & excited to get going. Normally I'd just call up mum&dad & have a moan & be completly mardy but not today, not this week. Here's some of what's spinning round my head: ~ Each new month brings money to let me pay off a bit more of my visa which is a great feeling & I've not got long to go now till I'm debt free (well apart from my student loan but that doesn't count in my head!). Each time I transfer money I get a jolt of exitement as I see the total going down. I'm hoping it won't be too hard to not pick up my visa again & get into bad ways of spending, though I'll just need to remember how rubbish I felt before & I'm sure the card will go away again!  ~ My to do list is crazily long with little niggly things but it's all good & I'm makin ...

Danielle at Sometimes Sweet has started a new project called Journal Day & I thought I'd take her up on the challenge & attempt to write a post each time she writes a prompt so here goes.... Describe a "first" (first date, first lie, the first time you experienced something, first time in a particular setting, etc). Include as many details as possible to paint a picture. After a bit of thought I decided to write about my first day at school. I'm not picking any school in particular but my mum&dad started a tradition right from the start where they'd take a photo of me outside their front door all ready for the challenges ahead. It's something I'd love to carry on when we have a little P of our own & he/she is ready to face the outside world (Argh I'm actually talking about children! When did that happen?!). There are 2 images I can remember vividly. One is my first day at Infant school where I'm clutching a little yellow ...

Had a lovely relaxing time at ma & pa's with Adam this weekend. It was mum's birthday on Friday, followed by her retirement party on the Saturday & glorious sunshine today, so it was busy busy but great fun too. After a rather hectic week at work I met Adam at Euston. Seeing as I got there a bit early I headed to m&s & got some flowers for mum & a mini bottle of red wine for us on the journey! How civilised! When we arrived dad & uncle Colin picked us up while mum & aunty Sue waited at home for our Indian takeaway to be delivered. When we sat down to eat it took me back to living in Bommasandra where they couldn't ever get the quantities right. We only got 2 of our 4 chapatis & about 15 popadoms to share amongst 6 of us! Saturday was spent getting ready for mum's retirement party (only 6 more work wakeups to go I think!). Adam & I spent most of our time chopping fruit for the Pimms which was a huge success. I ended up polishing ...

When I visited Michelle in Manchester a while ago we went to a place where you can paint your own pottery. I decided on a tile for our home et voilà here's the finished materpiece: It's been yonks since I drew or painted anything so I was pretty chuffed with the outcome. Apart from the bratty posh kids & their mums who let them get away with everything it was a really cool little place. We sat & drank tea & nattered away as we painted for a few hours. I've always heard about these cafes but never thought about going before, I'd definately recommend it now though, brats & all! xKtPx

I didn't know the jazziness of your shoes was supposed to progress with the week but apparently it does. Adam looked very confused this morning when he pointed out I was wearig gold shoes on a Monday. Mental note made & it won't happen again I promise. Maybe the world's not ready for metallic shoes at the start of the working week?! xKtPx

For Father's Day this year ma & pa came down to London to me rather than me heading up to them. We headed into town for the Marylebone Street Fayre which only meant one thing....a ruddy good afternoon of dancing! Jive Nation dusted off the trusty roll up dancefloor & got ready for a boogie. I was dragged up for my first dance by Lou followed by Teddy. I went over to get something out of my bag & turned around to see mum&dad heading for the dancefloor & I thought "aw sweet they're gonna have a little bop," then they completely wowed me by actually jiving! Apparently they've been to classes in secret & were going to shock me at the wedding but couldn't keep still when they heard the music! It was so cool to see them dancing away & I even got to have a few dances with dad which was a lovely way to spend Father's Day. The only thing left to say is Happy Dad's Day :-) xKtPx

Last night some jive people & I went to a late night opening of London Zoo. When we booked it there were photos of people sitting on the grass & relaxing with glasses of pimms. I'm not sure what city that was supposed to be in but it certainly wasn't London last night! The heavens opened & didn't stop until closing time! We'd planned to wander round a few animals, sit on the grass chatting & drinking & end up at the silent disco. In actual fact we had to wait an hour for everyone to show up as we got wetter & colder, we ran to the reptile house cos we knew it would be warm & dry, then shot over to the aquairiun & watched the funniest made up musical by a company called musicbox, braved the weather to see the lions & tigers & watched 2 ants biting a leaf to carry back in the bug house (it was more exciting than it sounds thanks to lou & courtney's running commentry!). When it was time to meet everyone at the silent disco...

I've been really excited about getting some photos of Adam & I done ever since we got engaged so I spoke to Lou (a.k.a bridesmaid, honorary sister according to most people at jive & un-official photographer!) to see what she could do. We got all excited coming up with ideas, where to go & when so we booked three dates, the first for the shoot, a second for backup & the third in case of the apocalypse, thankfully we've not needed the third one....yet.   Lou came round for tea & a chat last Friday. I got so excited at being able to talk to someone about the wedding that I ended up having verbal diarrhoea, poor girl. Hats off to her though she kept the enthusiam bubbling as I ploghed through my bulging book of ideas for photos, outfits & decorations, some of her facial expressions at some of our more 'individual' ideas were priceless! She then helped me rummage through my wardrobe when I was having an 'I've got nothing suitable to wear for t...

Every time I leave jive on a Tuesday there's a thought for the day in the station. I thought I'd start sharing them with you seeing as someone takes time to write them out to bring a smile to commuter's faces. Yay for London! xKtPx

The weather's been proper minging today. Normally I love it when it's this blustery & wet at the weekend cos it would mean we wouldn't go anywhere & hibernate in front of the tv, but not today, we had our first engagement shoot! More on that when we've got some pics to share as well, let's just say it was chilly & damp but lots of fun. When we got back I had to do my forfeit set by mum. The weather was starting to clear up so I set off but just as I was out the door the heavens opened again & I got wetter.... & wetter.... Till I was soaked! Hopefully I'll think twice next time I go to grab a sweet cos I don't really want to go through that again! Yuck! xKtPx

We took a little trip to Great Dunmow today. It's a place we always pass on the drive to Nick & Lisa's house & always say we'll go but never usually get the chance. We'd popped over to give Brandon his birthday present but didn't stay too long so we could explore The Ancient Flitch Town. We always keep some sweets for the long journeys (not exactly long, we were only travelling for an hour but we still need refreshments!) & I went to get a Fruit Pastel but was greeted by this gooey mass! I kind of nibbled away at the Tootie Fruities but couldn't bring myself to break my jaw on the rest!   We were heading to the gardens of Eastern Lodge but they were closed so we stopped off on a deserted road & just enjoyed a bit of silence surrounded by greenery.   On our way to the town we passed a village pond. We felt a bit guilty when we walked over & all the ducks zoomed to us expecting bread! Maybe we should always keep some in the car for emergen...

A couple of months ago I was comp shopping in Shoreditch & came across the Lomography shop. I couldn't possibly see it & walk on by so took a little detour to drool over all the pretty cameras & endless budget breaking possibilities in there. I was looking around & noticed a flyer of workshops that were planned for the evenings & one caught my eye called Paint with Light. It was only a tenner for a talk & 2hr workshop that included the use of a Lomography camera & a roll of film. I jumped at the chance of giving it a go cos I definately can't afford another camera at the moment but this would give me the chance to try out a different model I wouldn't usually go for. We used the Coloursplash camera along with external coloured flashes & lazer pens to draw with. I've seen loads of these kind of images online & kept meaning to give it a go & now I had the chance. I wish I'd had a tripod for more of the outdoors shots but you can...