Week Thirty Three

Week thirty three was another good one, here are the highlights:

After work on Monday I spider proofed myself!

So that I could turn one of my sheds from this:

To this so that I could get my new bike in and out more easily :)

I went walking in the rain and loved it :)

I went for a bike ride to my mum's where we all tried my helmet on to see who had the biggest head, mum won!

I picked blackberries from my garden to have for dessert, they were lovely and sweet :)

I still had dirty pudding though :)

We had quite a bit of rain!

I took my mum for her very first trip to the optician!

And then she took me out to lunch :)

These two had lots of cuddles :)

On Sunday I headed off for a special adventure :)

That involved wearing this:

And doing this:

And learning all about these:

It was amazing.  I'm lucky enough to have a friend who's a beekeeper and a best friend who's a bee lover so I got the two together :) I was so nervous but, once I'd got the suit on, I was fine. Mmmm, honey :)

We came away with a huge chunk of honeycomb!

We then spent an hour or so getting the bike rack fitted to my car, we couldn't stop laughing :)

This naughty boy then nicked the cup of tea I was really looking forward to!

I spent the afternoon watching Harry Potter with Maddie, she felt a bit cold so pinched my mood blanket!

In the evening I finally got my Project Life photos printed up to date!

Next weekend I'm off on another exciting trip :)

Have a good week and thanks for stopping by
Jo xx

Week Thirty Two

Week thirty two was busy but brilliant, here are the highlights:

The weather was amazing:

We had cinema night :)

Alfie ate the earth from my plants pots and then refused to look at me after I'd told him off!

He then helped himself to dessert by eating the blackberries in the garden :)

Dirty pudding :)

My weight has been creeping racing back up so I'm going back on plan 100%!

I went on a road trip with Pippy :)

We had glorious weather at the beach :)

After almost 8 years of trying I finally got Paul to come for a paddle in the sea with me!

And we spotted some of these, the reason I hate going in the sea :(

We decided to get fitter by getting some bikes :)

And I loved it, I felt so free.  I do need to find some safe places to cycle though because the roads here are too busy :(

We also spent some time relaxing, not a lot though.

And then our amazing weekend was over :(

I have no plans for this week (apart from something exciting on Sunday) so I'll be recharging my batteries.

Thanks for stopping by
Jo xx

Five Favourites From July!

It's time to pick another bunch of five favourite layouts for the month, it was another tough choice but here are the finalists:

Paul having a win a bingo :)

My and my girl spending time in the garden together, I don't know how I managed to drag her out there!

My cheeky nephew George celebrating his birthday :)

The calculator :) A story that makes me laugh so much :)

Our first visit to Sprinkles this year :)

I am really looking forward to working with these photos but August is a busy month and I don't have a crop to go to so the pressure is on!

Thanks for stopping by
Jo xx

Five Favourites Finished!

Another month has passed and I'm still keeping up with my five favourite photos challenge!  Here are June's favourite photos all scrapped and ready for my album:

My niece Elsie and great niece Charlotte took themselves off for a quiet chat during a family BBQ, I have no idea what they were talking about but it was lovely to watch them :)

My mum drags her lucky charm out at bingo if she hasn't had a win by the time the second half starts!  It's a brooch she got from her mum with some sort of foot/claw on it, we haven't got a clue what it came from but it has fur and feathers on it...yuk!  Sarah thought she would model it on this occasion :)

Last month saw me at the wedding of the year and I have lots of photos to scrap from it.  This was one of my favourites and I've managed to include some of the table confetti from the night on the layout :)

A rare night out with Paul at my neighbour's 30th birthday bash :)

I'm lucky enough to go to a monthly crop with a talented bunch of ladies.  Last month I sat next to Claire, she is on the Hey Little Magpie design team, she also has an amazing number of stamps.  I'm another lover of stamps but I'm never sure how to use them on a layout, Claire showed me how when she created this layout, I loved it so much I just had to copy it :)

That's another five layouts in my album taking the total this year to thirty!

I'll be along to share my five favourite photos from July soon.

Thanks for stopping by
Jo xx

Week Thirty One

Another week is over and thankful the start of it was quiet because it got very busy by the end!  Here are the highlights:

I potted some pretty flowers in the garden :)

I had lots of cuddles with my boy while I was crocheting :)

I finished this blanket for my niece Alice, she wanted "a lellow one" :)

Dirty pudding :)

My sister gave me a naughty treat at work :)

I met with Sandra for another naughty treat :)

I saw the blue moon.

I did a 5k walk with my Slimming World buddies :)

And we had a lovely pink fairy with us :)

A reward of a Slimming World picnic at the end :)

Then it was over to Sarah's for a BBQ where Bingo tried to sample the lovely food on offer :)

And then to bingo for an ice-cream pudding :) 

No winnings though but we did have a good night.

On Sunday we went for a day out in Wimbledon:

Where we supported the riders in Ride 100, it was amazing!

Then lunch at Nandos :) It was Paul's first time so he played it safe with lemon and herb :)

Before finally relaxing in the garden in the sunshine :)

And I did all of that with a migraine!

I'm hoping that this week will be another good one.

Thanks for stopping by
Jo xx