An interview with........ME! :)

Huge thanks to my lovely Etsy Expat team mate Jac and the interview she gave me a few months back. She recently uploaded it to the Etsy Expat blog, see: http://www.etsyexpats.blogspot.com to read the interview and learn a little bit more about me :)

SUMMER SALE!!!

Sam´s Shenanigans is having a summer sale!!!

A whopping 20% off EVERYTHING! (Even custom orders)

For the month of July

Another reason to smile this summer :)

http://www.samsshenanigans.etsy.com

Happy Birthday ME )

It was my birthday yesterday :) I had a lovely, lovely day spent with good friends and my better half. I was spoilt rotten and now have a house full of flowers and a garden full of plants :)

A huge thank you to my messages, cards and presents guys.

Here´s to 28! :) x x x

Here comes the sun :)

Welcome to the first day of summer :) The weather has been summer like for quite a while, but today it was exceptionally summer-like. It has been lush! :)

I managed (inbetween exams and the last few classes) to get some photos of stock for the shop :) It was a such a beautiful day I think it always enhances the photos when the weather is so nice!

The day job is manic busy at the moment with the end of term exams and taking up lots of time...roll on next week when the day job routine changes and in theory should be a lot easier and I should have more time to sew ;)

Fingers crossed x x x

He looks like butter wouldn´t melt...

Milo has been getting very brave recently in the garden...he´s starting sneaking to the neighbours terrace (both of which have dogs) and generally just getting braver. But today he earnt his claws :( He got a sparrow :( He was so shocked he ran away from it and looked very surprised it wasn´t moving, which did make me feel better (although I know he´s a natural born killer really..the Mama in me doesn´t want to believe this). So it was up to poor Victor to dispose of the poor birdy....poor thing :(

He really does look like butter wouldn´t melt doesn´t he.....?

Not a good start to the week for the birdy! But it was a nice bank holiday here..so a better start for us.

Happy Monday all x

Me and the day job...

During the week, Monday to Friday, I am an English teacher. Generally I really enjoy my job, I work with children from as young as 1 years old to adults of all ages. I get to talk all day long, sing, dance, I get hugs and kisses and on top of this I get paid :) lol

A work colleague and friend of mine, came to take some photos of me teaching my 2=3 year olds on Friday, obviously I can´t put pictures of children on here, but here´s some pictures of very tired me on Friday morning teaching :)

Observe....teacher Sam :) x

Thanks Dad! :)

I am truely a daddy´s girl. My father and I are very alike and have similar tastes and hobbies, one of which is gardening. I LOVE gardening. I love the concept of free food and having grown it yourself knowing what has gone into it and how much time and care you give to achieve it :)

I learnt everything I know about gardening from my dad. My dad has a nice big garden and a massive greenhouse. When he was away with work it was up to me to maintain and feed and water the plants; tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, chillies, potatoes...you can think of it...we had it :) which of course my dad still does now, however with me being in Spain the job of plant caretaker has fallen to my brother. I have my own little veg patch to take of now :) and I grew each one from seed, lovingly. So, currently I have some runner beans, tomatoes, peppers and chillies, as well herbs; mint, basil, parsley and rosemary.

I called my dad today, as I always do on a Sunday, and told him my runner beans weren´t looking to healthy. So he told me to check if they had white fly...which I found out they did (small white flies on the underside of the leaves that fly off when you flick the leaf). I had naturally assumed due the ridiculous amount of rain we had had lately that the runner beans just didn´t appreciate it. So dad gave me a nice cheap trick to get rid of them, as apparently they will kill the plant and drain it of life. "Next time you wash up.." he said, "Fill a spray bottle with the soapy water and spray the underside of the leaves with throughily." he told me it will not only kill the white fly but hopefully prevent more of them. So as soon as I got off the phone with him I filled a bottle with weak soapy water and sprayed away. Fingers crossed!!!

He also told me to spray my tomato plants, as they are more than likely attacked as well. "You can tell if they are as the new leaves will curl right under" he said, and after checking my plants, one was certainly covered! (see photos!) So all my tomatoes, beans and peppers have been soapy sprayed.....hes hoping the white flies find a new home soon!!!

One happy gardening day :) x