Oh What A Beautiful Day

The weather has been fantastic today so I really didn't want to be stuck in the office but heyho I need the money to buy more gorgeous stash............like I haven't got enough already! (stash that is not money)

Got home and spent some time in the garden with Alfie and then one of my thoughtful neighbours saw that we all had windows open and washing out so they decided to treat us all to a bonfire.  Don't you just love people like that, I always want to say to them "Hey when's it my turn to hold the axle so that the world can revolve around me?"  There was a moment that I thought they were going to catch their fence alight and Alfie was going mad, he must have been a firefighter in a past life.

Talking of Alfie and past lives, I honestly think he used to be a dolphin.  Ok so he hates water but I discount that, the thing he loves most and the thing that makes me think of a dolphin is..............he loves to have his tongue tickled! How weird is that, he can sit there for hours with my hand in his mouth stroking his tongue :o)

Here are some scrapping delights that I've been working on recently. They're both from page kits that Sandra, of Gotta Craft fame, made us for a Thursday crop.  She really does look after us and it's lovely to not have to sort out stuff for the crop after a hard day at work, I just grab my tote and go.

Maddie with another friend, a sheep.  You wouldn't get away with getting that close to a sheep now, health and safety would probably stop it.

 

More flowers and buttons

I love these fabric Thickers, in fact I just love all Thickers

This one is of  the Walled Garden in Bushy Park.  I'd been going to Bushy Park near Hampton Court for about 30 years before I ever knew it was there.  It's tucked away in the middle and it's like Teletubby land with lots of rabbits, ducks, a stream and even a totum pole! Great for picnics

How great would it be to have a real button tree?!

Enough rambling from me but one thought to ponder on if you have nothing better to do.....why is there always a Lottery Rollover on a Bank Holiday, at Christmas or when the Grand National's on?  It's almost as if it's a fix because those are the times people are more relaxed and more in the mood to have a flutter on a Lottery ticket.  Can you tell I love conspiracy theories???

xx

More Rain.......Like we really need it!

What a difference a day makes, another wet day today just in case we were starting to forget what it's like!

I have a bit of a headache today and here's why





They are digging up the road outside my office and have been for a couple of weeks now. Only another eight weeks to go and it's no fun I can tell you! A weird thing I noticed was that now, sitting at my desk, I can feel the vibrations of the trains that go by (I work right next to a railway station) and I'm wondering if it's got something to do with the massive holes they've been digging. I just hope it doesn't all collapse and leave me sitting amongst a pile of rubble.

Alfie didn't get to go to the park today and that's probably a good thing because he destroyed his ball yesterday




It's flat as a pancake now so I need to invest in a new one, unless he should happen to come across an abandoned one in the park, which is usually the case. I think that's because most dog owners don't trek for miles to collect a ball because their dogs won't fetch them......I walk miles because I'm as mad as my dog LOL

Footie's on tonight so I shall enjoy a soak in the bath with my Julie Walters book, she is SO funny. x

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Super Sunny Spring Day

So the weekend was a washout but as soon as I step back in the office the sun puts his hat on and comes out to play.......not fair! I did have a lovely walk in the park with the dogs after work so it wasn't all bad.

I didn't have any luck at bingo last night, just there to make the numbers up as usual.  I think I'll purchase a lottery ticket in a minute and see if I fare any better with that.

Here are another couple of layouts from the Sarah's Cards March Kit.

My nephews, it's not until I see them photographed like this that I realise how alike their facial expressions are.

Lots of buttons this time but I think they look so good on kids layouts, especially when the subject of the layout is the male species LOL

The next layout is of a day we had at Legoland, I really wanted to go on the cars and drive round the little town but age was against me.  I don't remember ever having something like that around when I was growing up, we went to a zoo when it was a zoo and only had animals and a little train going around it!

I look at Maddie in this picture and wonder when the smile went and the scowl arrived, when she became a teenager I guess.  To be fair to her we do have a laugh when nobody's around but it's not often the camera catches it.

As usual there are more flowers

Tonights interuption of CSI Tuesday is purely for Sandra's benefit so she can see I can keep up with blogging :o)

Ooh, ooh, ooh, I got a lovely parcel today from Sarah's Card.  I managed to get one of the grab boxes and it's gorgeous, I'll take a picture tomorrow so you can see all of the lovely things I got and just in time for my crop on Saturday.......result

Where Does The Time Go???

I can't believe that it's been such a long time since I posted on here. Just as I'm getting into a routine at work the clocks change and seem to throw me all out again!  My day's been starting a six with a game of football over the park with Alfie, he enjoys it and it sure wakes me up.....since the clocks leapt forward I haven't been able to drag myself out of bed quite so easily though!

I've been making sure that there is plenty of crafting time in my life, it's great that my new boss is also a scrapbooker and we're always exchanging tips and best buys in the office now.

I managed another couple of layouts from the Sarah's Cards February Kit:

This picture was taken at a Scout's Raft Race, I have no idea where Maddie got the alien from though!

Maddie is not always a people person, she normally alienates people, hence the title which did make her laugh

When I took the next picture, I very nearly had a hairbrush thrown at my head!  Now that she's a full on teenager I only venture into the room in extreme emergencies

I'm still loving buttons on layouts....

......and flowers

There were no Easter Egg hunts here this year, Maddie doesn't really like them and it would have been no fun looking for eggs by myself.

I'm hoping to win my fortune at bingo tonight, no doubt I'll come home with a ligher purse and a heavier heart lol

Chilled Out Saturday

I had a great day at my local crop today and actually managed to get two whole LOs done! It was lovely to be out of the house and just worrying about what I wanted to do. It was even better to have tea and the most delicious cupcake:







I started another LO when I got home and I've decided to have a day of scrapping tomorrow as a Mother's Day gift to myself!

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Another Sunny Day

And it sure makes a change!

Got a couple of layouts to show you.  The first is of my niece and nephew, I did it at a crop on Thursday night.  Now I don't normally get anything done at the Thursday crop but Sandra, who runs the crop as well as Gotta Craft, thought up the brilliant idea of doing a page kit for us along with a sketch, Paul was shocked when I got home with a finished LO!  Terrible pictures I know but the light wasn't good and I was rushing because I told my sister yesterday that it was going on the blog for her to look at.

The journalling says " I would never admit it to my sister but her kids are SO cute"

The other LO is one I did for Emma at Ribbonmad for her April kit, sadly she has now decided to close the shop but my LO did make the gallery.  There are lots of bargains still to be had on the site though:

As soon as I got these lovely ribbons I knew exactly what picture to use and I really love this LO.

Fingers crossed for a lovely summer this year.

New Phone

I finally got a new phone and I'm trying hard to work out how to use it! Here's a picture of the unimpressed but willing model Alfie




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