Bungee fun!

We went to the sandhurst Donkey Derby today, Charley showed absolutely no interest in the donkeys but in the bungee jumping frame! She had fab fun, but guess what I forgot to take, yep the camera, so the only pics I have on my silly mobile and there is no point in trying to upload them here!

I finished my recipe swap cards and have posted them today, heres the pics!, I like them just hope the reciepients do!

A new job!

Well I havent posted for a couple of days because I have been snowed under with interviews. I got a post that I went for on wednesday as a TA in a school. Only problem is that when I told my line manager that I needed to reduce my hours he wasnt too impressed! Ah well he will have to get over it!

So I start september part time in year one, then hopefully after xmas full time in the nursery as a nursery nurse! Im soooo pleased.

the docrafts scrapbooking goody box comes out next week and looks to be reasonable value so Acre have put one aside for me to collect whenever I fancy! Yeah, its packed with yummy products that are not all by papermania for once! but also has basic grey and doodlebug in it too!

Little treats!

I had to buy something I was getting withdrawel sypmtoms from stash dieting, so I went to http://www.scrummystashcafe.co.uk/ and treated myself to some cute little clear stamps.

I had to have the owl one as Im about to scap some old photographs of me as a Brownie Leader!

This cool original art stamp for my circle journals!

and these little birdie and house stamps which will go brilliantly with my Heidi Grace 'Little Birds Tale'

oh and some blooms from rolicards! So I broke my stash diet and now feel quite happy!

Busy day!

Managed to paint my office in 2hours this morning, its now a nice shade of pale blue, might treat myself to a fake pot plant to finish it off!

Spent this afternoon reading government docs in preparation for my interview, I found this document really interesting but dont believe that we will achieve it all by 2020
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/childrensplan/downloads/Childrens_Plan_Executive_Summary.pdf

Sunday, and Im up at silly o'clock!

Well 5.15am was my wake up time, so I spent it creating some more of my circle journal which I will photograph later and add. Went to town to get the paintbrushes and masking tape for painting my office at work and then some new cork boards to put up over the desk and in the entrance to tidy it up. Mad isnt it, here I am applying for new jobs and desperate for one on tuesday Im going for and actuallyI dont really want to leave what I am doing, I love it, its sooooo flexible and free from hassle, why would I want to leave...MONEY! If I had more hours it would be fine, but it doesn't so I guess that I have to make the descision to better my pay packet or we will never afford nice things like hoildays or such like. I hate scraping around the bottom of the barrel every month trying to find enough to survive on. Anyhow doom and gloom is hubbys line and not mine, mine is supposed to be positivity this year!

I found some yummy clear little stamps I had bought a few months ago today so Im going to go and find a layout to scraplift so that I can use them. Ive only got my layout on my cj to do and cant finish that till I get some piccies developed, so I fancy some proper scrapping! See you later!

Another circle journal!!!

Well I'm onto number three Circle Journal and this one is entitled guilty pleaseures. Im a bit dissappointed that I couldnt use the papers I wanted for it but money is tight at the moment, so I have used some scenic route providence papers that I bought a few months ago from Scrappydo's.

Here is a sneak peak, can't show you all of it as I would like some of it to be a surprise for my loopy team mates, so heres the front cover and sign in pages!

Hope you like it!

The weekend starts here!

Well its the weekend, I know I passed my management exam as I had no phonecall today to tell me otherwise, but its going to be the 3rd of July before I find out what mark I got for it!

Nothing much planned for this weekend, would like to get some scrapping done, but as I have lost al my mojo this week Ill not hold my breath!

I have some prep to do for tuesday also when I go for the job interview. I really want this job but dont think I have a chance in hell. Still Im going to go for it and see what happens.

Did my last exam invigilation this morning, thankfully, my feet are killing me still! Monday is inset day but Im going to paint my office, got some paint yesterday so it will be busy busy busy!

Gutted!

Well I am completely now as I just wrote this really long post and blogger went wrong and wouldnt publish it so I lost it all!

Well i only got 51% for my dissertation, to say i was disappointed was an understatement, but life goes on and i have a graduation ceremony to worry about now. Finally got round to ordering my gown and photos and sorting out childcare for the day so Im half way there!

Been shopping this morning to Farnbough, very uninteresting, we bought some toys for Uncle Steve and Auntie Gemmas kitten that they are hopefully getting on monday! and then spent some of kids club money on new footballs, sponge balls and tennis balls! I also bought a load of knex, so now my older children actually have some toys that suit their age!!!

uh oh, its results day!

Its results day for my dissertation today, I know I have passed, just dont know how well, guess Ill find out at 9.40am, be thinking of me won't you!

Wisdom, do I have it or not?

Not sure but my wisdom teeth are definatly rumbling at the moment. I ahve been in agony since friday and completely dosed up on paracetamol and ibuprofen cos Im such a scaredy cat and wont go to the dentist to get them checked, anyway I love pain, who doesnt?

We had a lovely fathers day, went picnicing over at Goldwater Lodge then onto the Mizens Railway where we had a ride on the minature trains. Charley loved Alice the little steam train. They have some lovely events there, each dad got a free ride on the train which was sweet! Next month they are having a teddy bears picnic and the children get a free ride and a jar of honey. Well worth a visit if you have kids!

Havent done much scrapping except the fathers day bits that I finished, - dads wallet card and grandad cd tin, similar to the one I did daddy earlier on the blog, I forgot to photograph them though so will have to steal them back at some point for a piccie!

I want, I need, I can't afford!!!!!!!!!

Poorness isnt something I like or enjoy, I want one of these little beauties:

A bind-it-all, to make lots and lots of little mini books, which I love doing at the moment! Only issue is that I have no overtime due until the summer months, so no money, so I can't afford it! Ive tried selling all my sizzix dies on that famous auction site, but still cant get rid of them all!!!!!! If I could then I could have it, but heyho will have to wait for september for my holiday pay!!!!!!

Am job hunting at the moment and got an interview for a job that I really, really want, but probably have no hope in getting, we shall see, lots more still to apply for though!

Right no more blogging till later as I have fathers day stuff to get ready, I need to finish it today, cant leave it any longer.

Sunshine makes me smile

Oh how sunny was it today, even caught a bit of sun! We had a fabby day, picnic in the park, fun and games with friends and plenty of smiles and laughter, will post some piccies tomorrow when Im on the desktop computer!

Im hoping that tomorrow is the same and we can go out again. Laura and Paul picked up the slide tonight so se are now baby garden toy free!!! Just a rocker, trampline and few pop up play houses now!!!! The joy of children.

Charley bear has given up her lunchtime sleeps now and it is fab! 7.20pm I went in to tell her to go to bed and she was laying there flat out and fast asleep in front of the Mr Men! Bless her, love her! Right my takeaway is here! Im off.....Night Night!

Still revising

After going inot college yesterday I am now seriously revising!!! The theory is the bit Im having the problems with, I can tell you how to project manage, I can tell you about budget setting (and the theory that goes with this actually!) but ask me about quality theorists and Ill freeze!

Revision time!

My exam is next wednesday, the 11th, and I soooo want it ot be over. Im finding revising really hard as I have sooo many projects to be getting on with. Next tuesday we are having a little summer fete at Kids Club to hopefully raise a little bit of money for new equipment, you never know it might happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right back to studying, Ill be back later!

Forgetful!

Im having a forgetful time at the moment, I forgot to update my blog yesterday and then forgot that my mate was coming over in the evening! Charley stayed at Grannies last night and I completely forgot that Em was coming!

She is getting married next year, thanks for telling me Em!!!! Only got engaged in November last year, where are we now, May! Oh well, better late than never, I'll have to get card making now.

I have made Steve's Fathers Day pressie today and am hoping he loves it, will post piccies in a bit! If anyone knows where to get more of these fabby little cd tins from please let me know!!!! I want more!!!!

I also made this the other day, Im fed up of having my ribbons shoved in a tin and never being able to find the one I want, so i altered this choccy tin using some K&Co papers, fabby american crafts ribbons which are a complete bargain at http://www.croptilyoudrop/!, my trusty cropadile and some eyelets! Oh and some Anitas clear gloss. Im pleased with it, now I just need to make a few more! I have way too many ribbons.

Had a little stash buy today, i got some PM boy brads for Steve's Fathers Day pressie, and a 6x6 Basic Grey Sultry paper pack, not much Im afraid, but money is tight at the moment and I wanted to treat myself. Ive managed to sell about £120 of my sizzix dies so Ive paid for quite a lot towards my robo now, only another £100 to raise and its paid for, Ive soooo many sizzix dies still though its unbelieveable, I must have spent a fortune on them when I was sizzix mad!

Heres a little card that I made using a DL craft tonic card, Basic Grey Sultry papers, PM buttons and Aunty Sarahs bloomers! I really like it and its very different from the usual Penny Blacks I make!

Sorry photo is a bit sqwiffy!

Right we have visitors tonight so Im off to get organised!

Peace, whats that???

Today I looked after some of the kids from work as there is no holiday club this week, it was quite good and we had some fun icing cakes despite the weather being grim!

Been making fathers day cards today, need to get charley making hers tomorrow, I like to be organised, Ill post piccies tomorrow, no idea where the camera is.

Im also working on a mini book for Steve's mum, she hasnt been well lately so I thought it would cheer her up to have a mini album of Charley, so i got lots of pics printed out and am putting that together now!

Right off to watch the F word, yes I know it was on last night but i also love The Apprentice and as they are on at the same time one had to be taped to be watched tonight!!!! F Word is tonights fest, I lurveeeeeeeeeee Gordon Ramsey, Im reading his 'Humble Pie' at the minute and have just read another of his, cant for the life of me think of the title.

Right F Word calls and tomorrow I AM going to start some revision for my management exam!!!!!!!!!

Neglectful blogger!

Its been a while since I last blogged, sorry! Ive been enjoying my free time since handing in my dissertation, I should really be studying and revising for my exam but Im not in the mood!

Sunday, Steve's uncle came over with his german friend, Bodo is so receptive to what is going on and sensed that at 8pm it was time to go so that Charley could go to bed! We did have a lovely afternoon with them and I was really pleased with the dinner I cooked, nothing special just a chicken chasseur with rice and veg and a lemon meringue pie, simple home cooking that went down a treat!

Yesterday my brother came over in the morning and did some painting with Charley, then a quick trip to tesco's, what fun!!!! We took Charley to Farnborough Leisure Centre in the afternoon to the jungle gym and she had such fun for an hour before it closed! Its great now she has gotten over her biting, we can actually sit and chat rather than chase round the whole time behind her.

We stopped at the Monkey Puzzle for tea and that was an experience. Steve and I both ordered exactly what we had the last time (smothered chicken for me and steak and ale pie for him!) When the food came out mine was perfect, his looked like it had stood for about 2 hours before they served it and the gravy was all congealed and yucky! He sent it back and the second one came out (after charley and I had finished out food!) dry and hard (overcooked this time!). Anyway after complaining they refunded the cost of his meal and gave us free puddings, chocolate fudge cake and profiteroles!!! Yum Yum, now I pigged out of course cos it was free, but really must go back on my diet, I did so well acouple of months back and now have piled it all back on and really do need to loose some, Im looking awful in photos, (thats why there are none of me on here!)

Right off to get everyone organised for the day, not sure what we will do but Im sure we will go somewhere!

Here are a couple of layouts Ive been working on!

I'm spinning around, move out of my way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wish I'd had the music yesterday to Kylie song whilst dd was at the park! We went to The Look Out discovery park in Bracknell and had great fun! Its full of hands on science fun and there is loads even for a 3 year old to do!






Faster Mummy, faster, Faster Mummy, faster, Faster Mummy, faster, Faster Mummy, faster!


Oh she has so much fun on this and it is pretty cool!!!!

It was my turn to set the challenge on docrafts this month, its a just for fun one, but lots of us have a go so here is what I set:



I would like you scrap a fun day out, family event or celebration.June means sunshine and summer so bright bold summery colours please!



As dd is learning to count you must use:

1 chipboard shape

2 patterned papers

3 ribbons/ric rac

4 blooms/flowers

5 brads

and here is the photobucket link in case you want to see what everyone has done!

All done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My dissertation is all bound and handed in as of 8.45am this morning! Had a mad hour last night when the printer ran out of ink and I had to make a mad dash over to Big Bro's house and get hime to print it, thank heavens for him!

So now Im just sitting, chilling, and watching last nights 'F word' I love Gordon Ramsey!

Right Im off TTFN!

Getting there!

Well my dissertation is well on its way to being complete, being checked by 'dh' as we speak although its taking him ages as he doesnt understand the topic well enough!

Roll on wednesday when its hand in day, I can order robbie my robo, I sooooooo want it now!

Spent the day doing very little, but its been nice.

Grandma and Grandad had Charley for the night last night which was fab, Steve and I got a pizza and a bottle of wine and just chilled in front of the telly, but it was soooooo nice to be child free for a while, roll on the next time!

Hamster in a wheel

Ever feel like your like is just turning round and round and never slowing, I feel like a hamster in one of those wheels at the moment, going round and round and round and never getting anywhere!

Im soooo fed up with this dissertation, I'm at the point where I dont know what to do with it, I cant see the wood for the trees or the light at the end of the tunnel! Ive done a bit of every section but not enough to call any of it complete. Ive finally given it to dad to read,not sure how much he will understand though, unless you speak childcarers lingo its probably not the easiest of things to get to grips with.

The weekend was lovely sunny and hot again, we went to the theatre with Charley to see the MI Men Live show on sunday, talk about cheap, nasty and tacky, the props were terrible and looked like they had been on tour with them for years, the woman playing the teacher had this really annoying grating voice and it was hot in the theatre which didnt help, but hey who cares, Charley enjoyed it, she wasnt too impressed that she didnt see Mr Tickle, only his arms came onto stage. 'Next time mummy Im going to ask Mr Bump if I can see all of Mr Tickle! Awwwwwwwwwwwww bless her!

I got rid of a load of my dies on ebay this week so now have 1/2 the money for anew craft robo or all of the money for a second hand robo, only problem is that it is the original model but I dont suppose that it really matters which one I get. Decisions, decisions!

Saturday sunshine

I can't beleive how nice Its been all week, so I hope you are all out enjoying the sun. Visited one of my fellow cj's on docrafts blog today and she is giving away some PIF blog cany so why not get yourself over there and have a look, Im stash dieting so anything free is always cool! http://foxcrafts.blogspot.com

Dissertation is still struggling along and with a decorating mad hubby who wont stop for a day to help me look after dd and do some work and a 3 year old who wont do anything apart from trash the house, I very much doubt Ill be graduating in July as Ill never get this thing finished!!!!!!!!!!

Dissertation Distress

Argggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I just want some time to get on and finish it, why wont anyone help me out! DH is too busy worrying about blooming bath panels and painting banisters to realise that this is due in on 21st may, less than 2 weeks away. Im sure that his behaviour is because he just cant be bothered to look after dd, i really dont think he reaslises what a huge peice of work this is.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I just want to finish it!

Neglectful blogger!

Been so busy with working on my dissertation its been a few days since I posted, Im afraid thats what it will be like over the next few weeks till its due in, roll on 21st May.

Have nothing crafty to blog as I havent time for anything crafty, but will get around to some at some point soon!

TTFN

Oh hurry up and give me my house back!

Another day of messing around waiting for carpet fitters to arrive then arrive back from lunch and still only have half a wood floor, I guess its getting there though!

Am still feeling really rough with my viral infection and have lots of rashy spots all over my legs and my arms, weird though as there isnt a single one on my stomach! Will pop and see the GP later this week if they are still there though. Im enjoying my week off though, going to get on with my dissertation for certain tomorrow, but am finding it soooo hard to get into! Due date is looming though so I best hurry up!

Been checking out the cc galleries from the weekend on UKS, there is some fab work, might try a few more of the classes this week, I much prefer doing them in my own time rather than to a deadline.

Back to reality with a bump!

Well its monday morning and Ive been told by the doctors not to work this week, so Im about to enjoy my week off!!! lol! Ive a viral infection so Im soooooo sad, because at least now I can work on my dissertation whilst Charlotte is at preschool! She is starting tuesday afternoons now so that will be cooooool!

I finished the cybercrop with 280 points which isnt bad considering I didnt think I would get a chance to do anything for it, 200 of those i gained before i started though! I managed two classes which I will upload tonight when I can get upstairs, we have the carpet people in screeding the floor, so by about 6.30pm/7pm tonight we will be able to walk on it again, problem is they are screeding the downstairs hall which is the main walkway through the house and we can't go anywhere at the moment, Im confined to the lounge and if i want the kitchen I have to walk around the outside of the house and go in through the back garden! Oh what joy, still tomorrow we should have spanking new wood floor up the hallway and then this time next week we will be having the carpet laid up the stairs!!!!!! Hooray the house will sparkle for the first time since we moved in!

Im have started making a book about our house and bought some lovely Heidi Grace papers - a little nirds tale the other week to cover the book with, Im really pleased with how its turning out, I now wish that I have bought the shimelle no place like home class as I think that that would have been fab!

The Cyber Crop is underway

Over on UKS, its frantic over there, but here is calm and collected! Well sort of! Ive done one class and thats it, Ive printed all the PDF's so that I can have a go at them but to be honest, scrappig to a deadline doesnt really do it for me. With precrop tasks etc Ive got 200 points for my team but apart from a couple of layouts Im not likely to get many more. I played bingo last night but all that refreshing gets a bit tedious so was glad when it was over.

I took Charlotte to the park yesterday morning to feed the ducks, there was one little female duck that she named Darling and had to keep feeding and on the way back round the pond we spotted some baby ducklings with their mummy and daddy, she was desperate to take one home and kept asking for one, tried explaining that their mummy would be sad if we took one but she wouldnt have one she was determined to have one till i told her that if she wanted to go get one she would have to get into the pond and swim to one. She then decided that the sandpit in the park was a better option!

Getting there!

Right here are some of the layouts from the Shimelle challenge on UKS that I have completed, I dont want to get all the pages ready because I want to choose papers etc that go with the pics I take on those days.

Can't get my PDF reader going so will get hubby to sort it out later I hope and then perhaps this time Ill take my pics tomorrow and just pretend they were taken today, no one will know will they!!!
Ive taken all my pics for my circle journal and am uploading them as we speak so that I can send them across to Jessops to print out then I can collect them in the morning, no way Im going into town tonight!

Ive been tagged!

Well I have been tagged today by foxcraft, aka, Caz! http://foxcrafts.blogspot.com/ so here are my 7 random facts:

1 I used to be a Brown Owl witht he Brownies
2 I proposed to my hubby on the back of a Jet Ski
3 The first time I flew was on my own to the USA
4 My first car was a horrible little Fiat Panda
5 I cant stand milk, especially on my skin
6 The first time I went abroard was to France with the school
7 I have always wanted to go to Rome, but huby doesnt so I guess Ill never get there!


Im passing this to five other bloggers:

http://jinnysartsandcrafts.blogspot.com/
http://clairesmumblings.blogspot.com/
http://rachelsdaydreams.blogspot.com/
http://www.mmwwaahh211.blogspot.com/
http://www.cannycrafter.blogspot.com/

Well its cyber crop tonight on UKS and all weekend, not sure how much I will get done but IM hopig to do a little bit! Im off to do my shimelles 25th of every month challenge now Ill post pics later.

Yay!!! I passed!

Got my last assignment back yesterday, and got 60% which for me is good! Im pleased as i was expecting about 45%.

Ive still got my two circle journal entries to get done this week and finish the other book which is great, the mystery challenge for the cybercrop, cyber crop trading faces challenge, this weeks uks challenge and he cyber crop this weekend! too much to do I feel! Oh and about 6 weeks of ironing - well thats how it feels.

Steve is still working on the decorating, its sooooo time consuming and frustrating, you cant get anywhere in the house, roll on monday when the floor arrives! Another week monday and we will have stair carpet too! Sooooooo excting!

Managed to get the week 2 cybercrop challenge complete from UKS, there was a sketch to follw and this is my interpretation of it! DD has this thing about these rocking horse thingy's at parks, even from an early age, this was at the airport in Spain on her first holiday in 2005!

Busy little bee today!

Been busy today, did these three layouts, these first two make up a double layout in my Charley's book! They were taken a week or two after Easter when she did her egg hunt in Granny's garden as the weather was soooooo terrible Easter weekend!

This one is of her in her Easter Dress which she absolutely loves and would wear every day if she could!

These were all made using Scenic Route Lynden papers, which I got from my fellow Fruitloop, Jo at Scrappydos. Love these papers and chipboard shapes, the ribbons are some american crafts ribbons.

This is the fabby stash that Claire sent me! I love all of it and Claire you will notice that I have used some of the flowers on my layouts above, they were perfect colours for the lynden papers! Got some paints on order so that I can Jazz up my letter J, thank you once again Claire!

We spent this afternoon at the park as it was really lovely sunshine - would be bearing in mind that we go back to work tomorrow!

My swappee got her bag too!

Here is the gooody bag that I sent Barbara G, She said that she was happy with it so I hope she was!..I popped in some wooly, fluffy socks to keep her toese warm whilst she scraps, a wooden box to alter, sticky tape, lots of choccies, nuts and popcorn. I didnt decorate a pen it ws uselsss attempting to so bought one but did alter a little notebok, then there was hot chocolate, archers and a box of bits and bobs like brads, chipboard and flowers as well as ribbons and papers!

It came!

My cyber crop goody box arrived this morning whilst I was out shopping, Hooray! Look at thar paper, so glittery and glimmery, sooooo special! and made with care and attention to detail, thank you sooo much Kelley! I just love the bx alone!

It was brimming!

It was all wrapped soooooo cutely I had to photgraph it and everything had a little label with some kind of cryptic clue as to what was inside it!

So what was inside you ask, loads and loads, including a little pressie for Charlotte which isnt pictured as she hadnt opened it when I took pics! Just get an eyeful of this!!!!

There were some fab nivea products, honey roasted nuts(mmmmm), Werthers originals (my fav!) dark chocolate (notice how I started with the food!, blingy bits, a pen, paperchase journalling book, nail file, nail varnish, sticky bits and lots of other little cool bits, I love it and was soooooo excited with it.

My goodies from my team swap arrived today as well, will take a piccie later, Claire sent far more the £5.00 we were meant to, so now Im going to have a look and see what else I can find for her!

Worms, worms everywhere!

We went to the allotment with grandme today and Charley did her usual worm hunt! The she named them all with names like Betsy, Cheesey and george! Kids huh!

Life gets easier!!!

Fab morning this morning! Steve took the day off from decorating and we took Charley to Fizzy Kids, this was the first time neither me or Steve has had to follow her around she played really nicely with a couple of little kiddies and not a bite in sight! (for those of you who know me, this is a real hurdle we have overcome, for those that dont, biting has been an issue since about 18 months with Charley, so there is light at the end of the tunnel for us and Im so happy!)

My gorgeous new scrapagogo kit arrived and I love it, pinks in it so thats the best for me, got the add ons this month as well which were lovely, the sequin flowers are beautiful, but the nest bit was the journalling notebook from Making Memories, its lush and I cant wait to get using it on layouts!!! I feel some scrapping coming on!

Finished my goody bag for the UKS swap and have packed up my team mate CLaires goodies for the team swap too, so tomorrow its off the Post Office for me! Then we are off to Grandmas allotment to help plant some veggies!

Right bed is calling my little madam! So toodlepip, Cherio and i'll be back soon!

Hooray, Ive got the rest of the week off!

I did my last afternoon at kids club this afternoon till next week, booked myself the rest of the week off so I can relax and chill before heading back to work next week. Need to get myself into gear and do some work on my dissertation as the date is only a month away!!!!

Charley got a new kitchen for her bedroom today, she was given one last year but its sooooo huge I had to buy a smaller one, its only an argos cheapy but will do the job for the next year or so!

Finished my goody bag except the silly pen! Im not sure that I know what to do with it so Ive bought a predecorated one as a cheat just in case!!!

Right off to apply for a new job, wish me luck the closing date is today!

Shop til you drop!

Been shopping for the UKS cyber crop today, found it really hard although my swappee has written what she likes in her profile, from the pics in her gallery its quite obvious that she uses mainly die cut stuff (on an electronic die cutter) so it didnt give me any clues, and there is nothing in her profiles about smellies/body products she might use so Ive guessed and have to hope that she likes them! Just got to wrap them all up, decorate my little bear and finish the bag off. I am hoping she likes the altered notebook I have made for her, its been great fun doing this!

Bought Charley her space hopper today she has been wanting one for ages (I can't wait either) keep remembering the holiday we went on as kids to Pontins where we had space hopper races at the evening disco every night! Those were the days!

I have done a double layout this morning and last night using Rhonna Farrarr papers, they were fromt he Scrapping Angels January Kit and very lush! Well I love them, just have some journalling to put on obe of them but cant find the little journalling spots I bought the other week on etsy!


Right I need to complete the weekly challenge for UKS and get on with my Docrafts CJ so no rest for the wicked is there!

Crop-a-dile

Over on the Docrafts blog they are asking for comments on the crop-a-dile. I love mine so much so I also now have the Crop-a-dile 2 big bite! I have the lilac version which matches my craft tote and trolley so that's always a good start. I find it very easy to use and mine came with a handy storage case which holds eyelets which is fab!

It cuts though almost anything and Ive made some fab ribbon storage with mine. The downside is that it can only set and make holes up to just over an inch into a page hence the purchase of the Crop-a-dile 2 big bite which makes holes up to 6 inches into a page, so right into the centre of my 12x12 layouts! I love it and would not be without it!

Feeling Guilty!

One of my teamies from UKS made me feel a bit guilty today about the amount of 12x12 I have, I have over 4 pm carriers of paper and at a rough guess Id say over 1500 sheets of paper and I still continue to buy more! Ill photograph it later, the worst thing is that I hardly use any of it, I always go buying more and more, take today for instance, my order from angel crafts arrived and yep, there was more paper in that! But its soooooo cute, its by Heidi Grace and its called a little birds tale, so that says it all really doesnt it!

So should I feel guilty I ask myself, we I suppose yes, when I tot up how much stash I have it is really rather worrying, so I think that I seriously need to go and use some of it up on layouts, so off I pop! Toodle pip!

Two postings in one day!

Just updating my latest addition to my blog for Charlotte's scrapbook, with my march scrapagogo kit!

Settling down

Well our hall is almost a very bright shade of yellow, I think Steve will try and finish it tonight, I hate the colour now its on the walls but can't tell him!!!

Did a layout in superquick timing today, ill upload later. Im really pleased with it as it uses my least favourite colour - BROWN - YUCK!!! It acutally looks quite cool though! I used my march scrapagogo kit which I thought that I was never ever gonna use as its all browns, mustardy yellows etc using lots of the K&Co wild saffron and some scenic route papers. Im pleased with the way it turned out though and am going to start another brown layout later!!!

Charley is beginning to settle down at pre school with other children now - fingers crossed and the biting for the moment has slowed right down, I can finally see some light at the end of the tunnel, she is much better behaved at home but Im dreading the next 2 weeks of school holidays and cant wait for 25th April when school starts again!!! Shoudlnt wish life away but I hate school holidays!

Snowing!!!

Was woken up this morning to the shrieks of 'its snowing, its snowing, its snowing!' and there it was 2 inches deep! So it was up, bath, dress and breakfast before breaking loose into the street to make our snowman which I will upload piccies of later!

No we are at home int he warm watching a dvd and believe me thats the best place for us at the minute! I hate the cold, well who doesnt!

Circle Journal is doing its rounds!!!

my Circle Journal!

My cj for the newbie UKS cj's is on its way, I loved working on this little book, two scoops is soooooooooo yummy I love it to bits, now I want to buy more, but Im not going to, I have just ordered the UKS musical melodies mystery kit and joined the goody bag swap too so Im going to be busy over the new few weeks getting organised for that!

My team on UKS (the Fruitloops!) are also having a mini swap of all our old stash, we have to decide on what we think is roughly £5.00 and send that off to a fellow loopie and a parcel will be sent in return, only problem is if I dont want my stuff will they really want it!!!!! We shall see!

Done and dusted

All done and dusted, well the assignment is anyhow! The last one so just a dissertationa and an exam to go wahay!

Just ordered the cybercrop mystery kit hopefully it will be good!

Why does the sun always shine when I have to work!

How comes the weather over easter was so awful and now Im back at work its lovely sunny weather! No doubt next week will be glorious when Im running the playscheme and the week after will be terrible cos Ive booked the week off.

Quite pleased with myself over the weekend, made good headway with my assignment and managed to finish an easter mini book - with dull grey piccies in as the weather was so bad! and also managed to get three other layouts done for my a-z of me, havent managed to upload them as i cant find the thing you put the photo card into to (full of technical jargon me arent i? they thingy you put the thingy into!!!)

Right off to polish my assignment off and hopefully then can lay it to rest early this evening as Im soooooooooooooooooooooooooo fed up with it, I only have to pass, i only have to pass, 41%, 41% will do! If I keep saying it I may convince myself that I will pass!!!

Cinema on saturday

We popped off to see 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' this morning, leaving daddy at home decorating! It was actually quite good for a kids film, I have to say and Charlotte enjoyed it.

Well its nose to the grindstone again today with my assignment, so will try and blog more later!
Toodlepip for now!

It came!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My big bite!!! Just in time too, I love it to bits, Im going to alter some sweetie tins once my assignments in, Im going to town with my big bite and everything will be eyeletted and holed and decorated!!!!!!!!!!!

It came yesterday but I was too busy with my assignment and prep for my uni placement this morning I didnt have time to blog, my KI Memories lace cardstock came also and thats yummy, will do pics later!

Placement was good, great teacher, very helpful, so dissertation is on the way! Lookig forward to finish at uni will make my life so much simpler, did some assignment and now were off to get fish and chips (diet, what diet!)

Stumped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My last uni assignment is due a week today, arghhhhhhhhhhhhh, panic, panic, arghhhhhhhhhhhhh! Im not doing well with it at all, I just don't get it!!!!

I have to discuss how management theories relate to early years and I just can't do it, I don't have the theories established in my head enough to be able to write constructively! Oh well I guess I only need 41% to pass, and thats all I will do on this one!!!

Right nose to the grindstone and all, I'd better get on with it and see how I do!

Cold, wet, snowy easter day!

Happy Easter Everyone!

Hmmmm that didnt last long did it???

We were woken up very early this morning from the shouts of 'He's been, he's been, the easter bunnys been!' And so he had, leaving a little maltesers egg beside dd's bed and some rather quickly cut out bunny shaped feet (well i think they are bunny shaped!) he had also left some from the front door to the back door in anticipation of an easter egg hunt, however snow soon put a stop to that!

Our bunny prints!
Anyhow several easter eggs and lindt bunnies later dd is in bed! im chillin on here and dh is decorating! I have my priorities right, surfing and chilling! Might even crack open a bottle of wine!

Uni, work and cleaning

Well today is filled with all fun things in life - Uni for a lecture then tutorial for my dissertation

Home for a quick lunch and catch up on eastenders.

Work for fun and games with the kids.

Then back home to cook tea, clear up and put Charley to bed!

What an excting day, can hardly contain my happiness! Ive got washing to do later and need to think of something for tea still.

Anyhow work calls!

Baby its cold outside!

How cold is it today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FFFFFFFFreezing!!!!!!!

We went swimming this morning which Charlie really loved and then finished making her little bags of choccie eggs for her teachers at school, she made her little tags for each bag so lovingly and decorated each card too. Bless her they look soooooooooooo cute!

I made some easter cards too last night, they are just a few stamped images with some pm papers, will post pics later!

Not very exciting post today, as Im busy planning my cicle journal for my Angies Angels team over on UKScrappers, Im going to do 'The little things in life ... that make me smile! There are lots of them, so this should be a nice simple one for my fellow teamies to take part in!

Ive also joined the penny black swap and the alphabetties swap too as I lurveeeeeeeeeee alphabets!

Right uni work to do or Ill be in trouble tomorrow!

Sunday sun - where has it gone!

Surprise, surprise its raining again today, happy sunny sunday! I decided that as its been so grey and grim today I'd scrap a sunny layout, this pic was taken in southsea when we went on a family picnic. I used Scenic Route Lynden Papers and American Crafts Thickers.

Steve has the decorating bug and we spent this afternoon in the DIY stores looking for paint, new doors and carpets, bought a few bits and Steve is now priming the lobby, it will be great when the house is finished! We only moved in four years ago!!!

The weekend is here again!

Yesterday my Scrapagogo kit arrived Im sooooo excited, it looks so lovely, totally not my style at all with lots of browns, mustards and greens in it which are colours I would never dream of using or buying for that matter, but the whole point of sunscribing to a kit is that you are out of your comfort zone! Heres a piccie of whats in it: Scenic route papers, K&Co Wild Saffron, bazzill cardstock and loads of other bits and bobs!

We went to Jongleurs last night and it was brill all three acts were great! Had us in stitches. As we were leaving we were given a card to let us get 20 free tickets for next friday, no chance in going though as we have no babysitter, what a bummer!!!!

Have done a layout this morning of Charlotte using the Basic Grey Two Scoops, which ae a very delicious set of papers in my sort of colourways! Very cute and girly styles! The layout uses the neopolitan paper,the monograms, the elements stickers as well as the glazed brads along with some pretty pastel pink and lemon ribbons. The piccie is of Charley on her first spanish holiday at about 5 months old, we love the dress she was in its so old fashioned with its smocking but very pretty!

Steve is getting into the mood for decorating which is great we've been in the house for four years and not done much now so were off to look at some paint colours and floor coverings for the hallway as that really does look bad, then the study needs doing next I feel! Right off to shop for paper and paints for the walls so will love you all and leave you! Enjoy the rest of your saturday!

Monday morning

The wind is howling, the rain is pooring, but happy monday! I love it when it rains in the mornings especially when its a work morning! The kids go in early and I go home early - Im a Kids Club supervisor so I drop the kids at school after giving them breakfast!

We had a good weekend, went swimming yesterday with Charlotte, she howled when it was time to get out of the pool bless her, she really didnt want to.

I did the UKS challenge again this week.

This weeks challenge was entitled : REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

Use Sketch (Impromptu Scrap 10.30 est)

10ptsUse Recycled (scraps, magpie items, etc.,) 10pts

Use Green 5 pts

Nature Inspired 5 pts

Ok, so used the sketch, the little fishy charm was on an atc that was damaged in the post so Ive reused it! Lots of green with bazzill cardstock and K&Co Amy Butler papers and of course the seaside is def nature, so I claimed my 30 points for my team which I am really pleased about. The next challenge is out so Im off to look at that.

Before I go, I have lost another 3lbs this week so that puts me at 7lb in total over the last 2 weeks! Hooray Im getting there, just got to try and keep up the good work.

Just for a giggle!

Here is the layout that I completed tonight while Steve was out, it of my graduation a few years back, due for another one later this year for my degree Im completing, if I can only get it finished!

This was sent by a mate to me, thought that it was very apt and funny!


A PARENT'S DICTIONARY

Amnesia: Condition that enables a woman who has gone through labor to have sex again.

Dumbwaiter: One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.

Family Planning: The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster.

Feedback: The inevitable result when the baby doesn't appreciate the strained carrots.

Full Name: What you call your child when you're mad at them.

Grandparents: The people who think your children are wonderful even though they're sure you're not raising them right.

Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.

Impregnable: A woman whose memory of labor is still vivid.

Independent: How we want our children to be as long as they do everything we say.

Ow: The first word spoken by children with older siblings.

Prenatal: When your life was still somewhat your own.

Puddle: A small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes into it.

Show off: A child who is more talented than yours.

Sterilize: What you do to your first baby's pacifier by boiling it and to your last baby's pacifier by blowing on it.

Top Bunk: Where you should never put a child wearing Superman jammies.

Two-minute Warning: When the baby's face turns red and they begin to make those familiar grunting noises.

Verbal: Able to whine in words.

Whodunit: None of the kids that live in your house.

4

I am still really chuffed with loosing 4lb this week so I thought that I would make myself a list of 'four things' to do with my life in the hope of some scrapping inspirations!

4 Jobs I have had in my life:

1. Nursery Manager
2 Out of School Care Manager
3. Deli Counter Assistant at Tescos!
4. Sandwich Maker at a bakers shop!


4 Movies I can Watch Over and Over:

1. Top Gun
2. Serendipity
3. Dirty Dancing
4. Cocktail


4 Places I have Lived

1. Camberley, Surrey where I live now!
2. Bracknell where I first lived with Steve
3. Manchester where we moved when my dad fancied a change!
4. London, where I grew up!


4 Places I have been to:

1. France with the school!!!
2. Dallas, Texas
3. Spain
4. Florida


4 People that text me regularly:

1. My mum
2. My friend Cara
3. My work colleagues
4. My husband


4 of my favorite foods

1. Dominoes Pizza
2. Butterfly cakes
3. Spaghetti bolognaise or anything with pasta
4. Galaxy chocolate


4 Places I would rather be right now:

1. the Beach, well anywhere hot and sunny by the water really!
2. In a purpose build scrapbook room
3. Getting a new hair cut
4. Somewhere peaceful like the Lake District


4 things I am looking forward to this year:

1. Finding a new job that challenges me
2. Changing my lifestyle and getting healthy
3. My mun and dad having Charlotte to stay overnight occaisionally
4. Seeing my little bro settled in his new flat


4 books I have read more than once:

1. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
2. Charlie and the chocoalte factory
3. Ballet Shoes
4. Monkey Do! Nearly every night to Charlotte, she knows the words better than me!

So there are my fours, not sure that I will have lost that amount this week, well we will find out on monday won't we!

Exciting deliveries

Ohhhh I just love getting stuff through the post. I got my back pay this month andhave spent a little of it on cafty bits! The first were from an etsy shop called Every Jot and Tittle Have a look, there is some great things in the shop. These labels and journal spots are delicious.

I also ordered the qvc foam american thickers (586141) as they were such good value, they were about £16.50 for 12 packs, couldnt have asked for better value. The final things that arrived were my 7 Gypsies stamps from www.craft-emporium.co.uk I am just getting into putting journalling on my pages and these little stamps are perfect!

So the futures bright, the futures scrapping! Im looking forward to getting down to some serios scrapping over the next few weeks, I guess really that I should be doing my uni assignment but heyho! thats life.

Heard from my friend Jo yesterday, she ahs moved to Nottingham, I can't remember the last time we emailed but it must have been years ago! Anyway after several e-mails we have begun to catch up on each others lives and hopefully we can meet up soon!

Long time no blog

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Im a happy bunny at the minute, I have lost 4lb this week which is great for a first week! Looking forward to seeing more pile off and getting back into all my old clothes as well as buying some new ones!

Scrapping is sort of taking a bit of a back seat at the minute, dont get much time to do any but would love too! I guess in some ways I have lost my mojo, so if anyone finds it please let me know! My ribbon for my multicoloured swap on UKS arrived yesterday so I will posting that off this week and can't wait to see what I get back! This is my first swap so Im really looking forward to completing it! Just waiting for my scrapagogo kit to arrive later this month and Ill be a happy bunny, might help me get my inspiration back.

Going to challenge myself to complete a pencilines sketch ths week, I dont normally use sketches very much but figure it might help me out.

Right off to check out http://www.pencillines.com/ for a sketch to use!