2010 Calendar

This is my new Calendar for 2010, it has photo's of the Lake District in it where we spent a few days for a break in November, it is such a beautiful place for photography. And when I have finished with the calendar I will be able to put the pages in a scrapbook, marvelous two jobs in one just the way I like it. I also managed to use up most of a K&CO scrap pad that I have had for several years.

Winter

Look what I woke up to this morning, like most of the country there was about 7-8cm of snow on the ground and it got worse as the day progressed. Basingstoke where my daughter lives had it much worse than we did, they had about 20cm overnight and of cause that grew worse as the day progressed; but I am so glad I don't live up North, especially Scotland as they have much more snow than us.

Isn't it strange how the country grinds to a halt when we have snow; we've been spoiled these past few years with such mild winters, it looks like we are paying for it now though.

I can remember the snow we had in 1987, I was just pregnant with my Son and the snow was knee high; transport could'nt cope much better then either.

Well I hope every body can stay warm and safe with the BIG chill; you never know we may be in for the sizzling summer they were going on about last year! We can live in hope anyway!!

Last post for 2009

Hello all

Well as you can see I have been very naughty and have not posted for almost 2 months, with the run up to Christmas things became somewhat hectic as I'm sure you would all appreciate and sadly I did not find the time to wish you all a Merry Christmas.

So now I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy & Prosperous new year with lots of crafting time.

Have a great year everyone!

I have news

Wow I can't believe we are only 50 days away from Christmas, I have been so busy these past few months it's hard to believe we are near the end of another year!

I now have permission to bare my good news; I'm going to be a Grandmother again in May next year. I went to stay with my daughter a few weeks ago to help her out as she was not feeling well, she does have a tough time during pregnancy bless her and there are some instances where only a mum will do! Well I am off there again on Saturday for another week and I'm looking forward to having some more quality time with my "Little Princess" too, she has become quite a little character now, they grow up so fast these days!

I have not been doing much in the way of beading lately but did make these 2 pendants from Swarovski Crystal. I think they are rather pretty. I'd like to know what you think of them?

Will try not to leave it so long for my next update. Bye for now.

How time flies

Wow I cannot believe it is a month since my last post and so much has happened!

I have spent a week in hospital for rehabilitation which was dropped on me on the Thursday so did not have much time to prepare; I already had a bad headache I could not shift and was suffering from extreme nausea which the nurses chose to ignore; while I was in there I developed a rather severe tooth infection and the right side of my face was really swollen; (can't believe the nurses didn't spot it!) I spent 4 hrs on the Saturday getting the run around on the phone trying to get to see an emergency dentist, finally saw one on the Sunday for some antibiotics. then I had to wait a week before my dentist could extract the tooth. While all this was happening I had to postpone a long weekend break in the Lake District which should be happening this weekend (fingers crossed). I was booked to go on a scrapbooking retreat that I had to cut short because I was unwell, I was most disappointed as we had been building up to it all year, the girls were great though, packed up all my stuff and got it in the car without me having to lift a finger. I'm so lucky to have some great friends.

So what else could possibly go wrong for me this month!! I guess only time will tell!!

Old Stash

I have been having a good old sort out of my stash as I have so much of it, I found lots of bits that I have had for a long time so decided it was time I used some of them on my layouts. I even found 3 8x8 page kits that I have had for 2-3 years so they were finally put to use last week. I managed to get 2 LO from each kit plus a card and still have some paper left. Can't remember how much the kits cost me but I'm sure they were a bargain at the time (as is any stash, isn't it?). These are what I made.

Sunday

Had quite a productive day on Sunday, these are the 5 pages I made. I also used up some stash that I have had for a long time which usually gets forgotten about or it has not been right for a page until now.

Had a great day with friends, cake and lots of chat!