Hi, so here's my big news... most of you prob know but if not, Tim was offered a job in July and accepted it so we are moving to Derbyshire!! We spent the summer looking at houses and have put an offer in for this property below. We are soooo excited. I have had to keep it quiet as I didn't want it to get out to parents at my school before my hea dteacher announced it. I handed in my notice at beginning of term to leave at Christmas. They are now appointing a new teacher next week. Parents got told tonight!

I am gutted to be leaving Milverton as I love it there SO much but at the same time I am so excited about moving into a new home with Tim and starting our 'grown up life' together, seeing he has been a student for 7 years it is about time!!!

Our house is in Belper. It is a four bedrooomed property with a dining room, ounge, kitchen, 2 bathrooms and a garden! We can't wait to complete and move in. It needs quite a lot of work doing to it but we are looking froward to the challenge and a project!

So right now I am aplpying for jobs and we are just waiting for house stuff to go through, all looking good so far!

No other news, although i feel that this news is exciting enough to last ages!!! Will keep you posted on how it all goes.

Tim officially finishes his PHD today so his supervisor has taken him out for drinks. I am enjoying eating garlic bread an dpizza and watching girly TV, love it!!

Chat again, soon, Gemma xxxx

Hello,

still no gossip this end. School going really well, am on top of it all at the moment and enjoying working with my new class, they are lovely, a bit noisy but hey they are children, it's their right! Anyway, so Tim and I had some engagement photos done with our photographer this summer and they have been put on his website... it is really cringy looking at so many photos of ourselves but he did actually take some really good ones, as well as some horrendous jumping in the air ones... was definitely a bonding experience between Tim and I!! Very funny! The things we do in the name of love...! It has made me even more excited (if that is possible) about getting married, I know it is still ages away but we do need to start sorting things out now which is SO MUCH FUN!

Anyway, back to the here and now, Tim has been growing some sunflowers since spring time in a competition against his mum or who can grow the tallest and biggest sunflower. Well Judith (Tim's mum) grew really tall ones with tiny little sunflower heads at the top which flowered in July, and Tim's took AGES to even get taller than a metre which is ridiculous for sunflowers, but since September has FINALLY started to get sunny his have started to get taller and this week a flower grew!!! So above are a few photos of it, isn't it beautiful?!

We are off to Stratford tomorrow for a walk along the river and maybe have a bit of a shop, I love Stratford so much!

Chat soon, Gemma xxxx

Hi,

I know I promised photos next time I posted but I really haven't ben near my camera or done anything exciting to justify taking photos!!! I am back at school and feeling tired and coming down with a cold/sore throat already!! Can you believe it! Those germy little children just saved up all their germs over the summer hols to pass on to me...

Work wise I am in control but already counting down the days to half term, only 6 weeks to go!!

Tim is busy busy busy writing up his phd and so now doesn't have to get up early. So now I have to get up on my own in the mornings, it's so not fair, I just want to stay curled up snuggling in bed with him (sorry mum!)

So I have no news at all. Chat really soon when more exciting things have happened my end!
hugs, Gemma x