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.