the happy little world of miss ktp!

As a thank you for collecting with the Poppy Appeal over the last couple of years I was invited along with about 30 other people to a guided tour of the Tower of London last Monday. We all met at the Westgate that had a brilliant view of Tower Bridge & I managed to time it right with a red double decker bus going over it - a typical touristy shot if there ever was one! At about 7:15 we were met by a Beefeater who took us round telling us all the gruesome tales from the past that had gone on there. Who'd been beheaded cos of what & when & other stories that may or may not have been true. It's quite a spooky place if you believe everything they tell you! It was brilliant going back there cos I've not been since I was about 7 & I actually remembered & understood more this time! The gate below is Traitor's Gate & if you look closely at the bottom right image you can just about see a raven. This was a naughty Raven called Merlin who wouldn't ...

For the bank holiday weekend Adam & I headed up to mum&dad's to see the Flower Festival at St Marys (where we'll be getting married in 369 days! eeep!). After a Ploughman's Lunch followed by a cream tea at the village hall we headed over to the church. The theme was Famous People of Leicestershire & it looked stunning. The displays ranged from Gok Wan to David & Richard Attenborough & Mum's window was for Prof Sir Alec Jeffreys. He's a professor of genetics at the University of Leicester & developed techniques for DNA fingerprinting. The display mum did was brilliant & no I'm not being biased! The way the flowers had been used to create the helix as well as the genetic finger printing looked fab. The girl done good! It was lovely to see the rest of the church all decorated too. It gave Adam & I a chance to see what we liked & want to use for the big day. We took ideas from overall displays as well as single flowers ...

On Thursday the rockstars that are W.I.T had their very last gig at The Standard in Walthamstow. It was really sad to think that's the last time they'll stand on that fab stage (& we'll sneak off for fish & chips before soundcheck). Don't get me started again but the venue's been sold so new flats & shops can be built. Grr! Another live music venue bites the dust. I thought it was only fitting that the band posed for a few shots off the stage as well as on. The first time I saw the band was here. I hadn't been going out with Adam that long & they played a song called Burning Candle that has the line "....I don't know what to do I can't take my eyes off you...." I remember feeling exactly like that looking at this rockstar I was dating & not much has changed now. It was lovely that they dug this old classic up & played it one last time on Thursday as well as all their other brill songs. Fancy a listen? Go to their myspac...

Pest Control! Adam noticed a wasp nest in the gutter by the bathroom so we called out the wasp man to get rid of them. He arrived this morning & blasted them away but warned me they'd get a bit angry for a couple of hours so I went into our larder with my camera & got some fab snaps of them swarming around. I love the way this little guy looks like he's heading right towards me! I'm greatful of the glass between me & them! xKtPx

Some may say I'm just being paranoid but it's hard to ignore it when there's a huge sign above your head! Yoink! xKtPx

It's that time of year again when I turn another year older & not really any wiser! It all started on Friday when I caught up with Michelle in town & we went to Drink, Shop & Do for a yummy cocktail & a gossip. Saturday was pretty relaxed, with Adam at band practice I could get away with watching heaps of America's Next Top Model & trying to clear out our sky box! What a perfect day! This morning I woke up & opened some of my many cards & a few presents that Adam had been hiding when they came through the letterbox & got ready to head out. Our first stop was for a spot of cake with Michelle before heading off to the Saatchi Gallery. On our way through Piccadilly Circus we spotted a girl really struggling in her heels. Each step her ankle was actually going over but it didn't seem to bother her! This photo makes me cringe every time! We grabbed a quick drink in the sunshine at Slone Square before heading into the Gallery. As usual there were s...

Danielle at Sometimes Sweet set another brief for Journal Day yesterday. See her entry here . "If you had a free pass to go back and change anything in your past, with the promise that it would only affect you positively, would you do it? And if so, what would you change" I had quite a long think about this & in all honesty I don't think there is anything I'd change. Yes I have a few things that I regret, as does everyone, but whenever I've done / said summit I've ended up learning from it.  You get that horrible feeling of guilt & time of reflection afterwards when you look back over what happend & it teaches you to count to 10 in the future before saying something or thinking before you act when / if you end up in that situation again. For me, everything happens for a reason & so each time I've regretted something it's helped me to grow into a better person. I guess I’m kind of lucky not to have something major in my life tha...

Got an ace surprise at home the other day, I found the Christmas cake mum had made only half eaten! Might stick a candle in it on Sunday & make it my birthday cake! Not that I need an excuse to munch away but it sure helps! Yum! KtPx

Last Thursday Adam & I decided to follow the trend of most Leicester peeps & head to Skegness to see the sea. We eventually got there after a Toby Carvery breakfast (as fab as it sounds!) & tackling winding roads & slow drivers (not impressed!). Again our first stop was the tea room (noticing a theme?!) we found the best hotel for our 'cakey summit' that was stuck in the 80s & the average age of the people eating there was around the same figure too. I'm surprised we weren't I.D'd on entry & turned away for being too young. After a wander we went to play Crazy Golf (it rained a bit & holding a club in one hand & an umbrella in the other isn't as hard as it sounds!). I managed to get a hole in one but Adam still thrashed me on the last hole completing it in 7 where I took 16 shots! Yoink. We couldn't come to the seaside without heading to the arcades & playing on the 2p machines. I think this bottom right photo ...

It had to happen one day.....Adam & I needed a holiday, had very little money & wanted to go somewhere with mates so the dreaded C word was brought up....camping. Argh! This was my face when Art first mentioned it to me...... After a bit of persuasion I was convinced to give it a go & last weekend was that very weekend. Off we went to Edale in the Peak District with a hole in my sleeping bag, no walking shoes only Doc Martens, skinny jeans (& a dress packed for the last day in celebration that I'd survived if I made it that far) lots of layers, a partly waterproof coat & a huge can of dry shampoo. You may note that the key thing in camping was missing - a tent. We didn't own one so borrowed a spare one from Art. In the pics below I was still smiling, though it was gradually turning more & more into hysteria as we headed deeper into the countryside. I'm normally a proper country bumpkin & love being surrounded by trees & fields but as I...