Its Christmas.......................

Well what can I say, its Christmas Eve!!!!

I am late on today, I normally like to get on here earlish on a Sunday, but given what Sunday it is today time has run away with me, I am pleased to say that EVERYTHING was finished yesterday phew!!! everything is done and wrapped.

We popped into Fleet yesterday for a walk around to get a roll of wrapping paper and bits n bobs but nothing too stressful, and today we have finished off the little bits, so all pressies wrapped and eager eyes are looking!! and we dont have children LOL.........

So batteries are on charge, camera is ready!! So whats in store for Christmas Eve, well just a quiet chilled day really, been around Rogers mum and dad's for dinner and a game of deal or no deal, collected our stockings, which I hasten to add seem to rattle so feel there are a few little games in there, you know the ones LOL

And now we are back, time for showers and a cheeky JD and Lemonade and try to get some sleep, ohhh watching santa online at the moment too, I know I know im 31 but I find it amazing I wish that these type of things were around when I was younger.

I was in a shop yesterday and this little girl said to her dad, "Daddy, what do you think we should leave for santa? milk and mince pie?" and I think every dad has said, "no darlin I think Santa would prefer a bottle of beer!!" LOL Roger and I had a chuckle cos we all remember our dads saying the same.

So too all of those little children finding it hard to sleep now, morning will come very soon.

Merry Christmas to you all

and Happy New Year

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Craft Resolutions for 2007

Ok so I never normally do resolutions cos I know im crap!!! but seens as I have already packed up smoking, and I seem to be on an everlasting diet, I thought for 2007 I would turn my determination and will towards craft!!

Last year I said NO to making these silly things and decided to type up a few goals as normally they work, and stragetically placed them in my diary at different times of the year, I can now empty the back secret slip in my diary and safely tick..................bare with me im counting.......Source more income..........erm nope, Complete Bathroom....PMSL nope still have Roger's foot hole in the ceiling, Get into Yoga ROFL a definate nope, Try Pilates (cant cope with the LOL), ooo this is a good one, lose enough weight to get into a size 12 for mates wedding..........(ok got a headache now from LOL)..............ok so we can see that 2006 was not the best year for goals, and we have established goals are not for me LOL.....

So I thought right I will write down my craft resolutions where everyone can see them and watch my (little) progress throughout the year LOL....so here we go:-

1. Start a BOM, im 31 surely there is enough on me to start this project!!
2. Start wedding album for best mate, as I now have the photos
3. Do a memory book of my Dad
4. Start Yorkiegirls 2007 Journal
5. More Canvas' for Family
6. Do an exploding box, I love the look of these, really want to do one
7. Participate in more swaps on UKS
8. Visit Scrapitude and LCC online more often LOL
9. Try something new, ie technique or material every couple of months
10. Find more time to scrap LOL

So ladies you have seen my testimony, and my goals for 2007 on the craft front, and to balance my life here are a few non craft things I would like to do in 2007:-

1. Pay more attention to my friends and family
2. Keep up the dancing,
3. Get used to the fact this is me, I will never be that size 10!! face it LOL
4. Enjoy my life, realised how short it can be!!!!!!!!!!!!
5. Laugh, laugh and belly laugh some more, feel free to join in LOL
6. Tell the person you wake up to, how much you love them everyday :-))

Thats it for me today, sounds like a fun filled 2007, and I hope you are all going to join me and nag me should I slack off

Luv ya all
Me xxxx

Tagged!! I'm It....

Ooooooh, I was tagged by SCRAPPYFAIRY , I've never been tagged before!!Its the "abc" of life...
A - Available or taken: Very happy in love with Roger my partner of 5 years
B - Best friend: Lisa and Diane, they know the most LOL
C - Cake or pie: Would have to pick something savory
D - Drink of choice: Pepsi if not in the mood or Jack Daniels if in the mood LOL
E - Essential item you use every day: Glasses
F - Favorite color: hhmm lilac every time in and out of scrapping
G - Gummy bears or worms: Gummy bears out of the choice
H - Hometown: Fleet in Hampshire, but born and bred in South London
I - Indulgence: Crisps (Doritos), crisps (McCoys) and oh maybe some crisps (Sensations)
J - January or February: February I dont normally feel so down in February!!!
L - Live is incomplete without: Laughs with Roger I couldnt bare the belly laughs that he provides and Music
M - Marriage Date: Not engaged yet!
N - Number of siblings: 1 - Older brother
O - Oranges or Apples: Apple - Granny Smiths get those teeth on edge
P - Phobias or Fears: Anything that flies, my back to a door, loosing my hair..
Q - Fave Quote: "you've got more front then Woolworths"
R - Reason to smile: Roger, Smokey, Friends, Family, UKS and life its self
S - Season: Autumn every time, colours, smells anticipation of the end of year, walks
T - Tag 3 or 4 people: JaneH, Beesbabe, ChrisRydel
U - Unknown fact about me: I broke my jaw at 15 and can sometimes dislodge it (yuk i know)
V - Vegetable you don't like: Sprouts every time evil
W - Worst habit: Opening post and leaving in on the kitchen worktop!! Sorry Roger xx
X-rays: A few in my lifetime!!
Y - Your fave food: Anything savory
Z - Zodiac sign: Cancer

Christmas Part 2 - Ready, Set, Panic

Ok so here is Part 2 of ScrappyFairys Christmas prompts:-

Its the 17th today.. only 8 days till christmas... which begs to ask the question:"Where are you in your christmas preperations!?, have you finished? tree up? pressies wrapped?, turkey defrosted lol!?? - whats left to do and how do you feel about this time of year?!"

HHmm interesting.................we have 2 pressies left to get, and now its just the wrapping them up part, most of mine is done, Roger on the other hand has to wrap mine! im assuming ive been a good girl this year in order to have a pressie LOL

Tree is up, lights are up, iccicles are out on the gutter LOL, thankfully this year we are not cooking we are at Rogers parents so that will be nice, bracing myself for the token Sprout yuk pah still never forgive mum for lying to me, about one sprout would give you good luck!!

Ha how do I feel about this time of year.............well every other year I have been at exploding point around now, but this year has a slight edge to it, being the first year without my dad, its a strange one, still looking forward to christmas but you just know its never gonna be the same, still find it a magical time of year, and as this is my first year scrapbooking, there will be a ton of photos for me to do something with once I can get my craft stuff out again.

All in all despite the obvious I am looking forward to it, and spending time with Roger, which is something we have lacked on this year, its been a very strange year.......................

Christmas Part 1 - Cherished Moments

Ok missed part one so had to have a hunt and find the first prompt from ScrappyFairy, and here it is: -

Christmas .... what is your earliest christmas memories?What made christmas for you as a child?If you could have anything for christmas what would it be?

Right so what was my earliest memory?? thats a hard one, I dont remember a single first memory, it seems to be a few wrapped into one, and im not sure if they are all from the same year!!

I remember watching my parents putting up the ceiling decorations, I think like most others their parents had a thing about ceiling decorations and not just the odd hanging thing I mean large garlands from each corner into the middle by the light and then in each hoop there was something hanging, then the tree and then the hallway! hanging things here and dangly things there, coloured lights galore, a million and one sweets, toffeee oh who remembers them!! i used to love them.

But a memory I always have is one of me and my older brother desperately trying to get the seals of the sweets and nicking just the odd one or half dozen LOL and shoving the wraps in a whole in the settee! no one ever knew we done this and over the years frankly we both forgot until we were moving and my brother and dad picked up the sofa and OH MY GOD all those sweet wrappers flew to one end, it was going to the rubbish tip, so dad ripped it open and there we stood wetting ourselves!! my mum was horrified LOL was not sure whether she was upset that we nicked her sweets or to the fact she knew how long they were in there LOL.

I always remember walking home from school in December and seeing my lights up and then realising how close to christmas we were...........

Cherished moments

Cxx

Comfy Zone

Ok so as we are missing our daily prompts by Jane, the wonder Scrappyfairy stood in today, she normally only create the Sunday prompts, and her prompt today was "What is your idea of cosy!? When do you feel at your most relaxed?"

My idea of cosy, simple really, this time of year nothing nicer then twinkling lights, nothing blarring down on you, nice a toastie house, watching something like a film snuggling up on the sofa, you know nothing nicer then just throwing a load of pillows on the sofa and falling into them and getting comfy.

Nice hot coffee, spotted dick and custard, closed curtains, lock the world out. Cat rolled into some funny kinda ball where you just dont know where she starts and ends...............these are my small ideas of cosy.

I do truly love this time of year, especially when you dont have to go out, you can hear the rain and the wind howling, but you know your in for the night cosy on the sofa of pillows LOL

Love it, thanks scrappy for making me feel all warm and cosy

xx

Jingle Bell Rock!!

So my tree has been up in the corner since the weekend, and after browsing some other crafters blogs today I realised that I needed to kick my butt into gear, so we went food shopping had dinner, then cracked on with the tree!!


With christmas music on in the background we really got into the mood, so much so that I have even wrapped some pressies!!!


So here is a of piccie just to show that im finally getting into the spirit!!

See there are presents under the tree!!! woohoo, cant wait to wrap some more!!

xxx

Name me This Name me That

Ok so another prompt from the past by Jane, was All about your name, the meaning, my likes dislikes/nicknames etc.........

Claire!! Ive been sung to with a song that I know nothing more about apart from the moment I saw you I swear!! as that is the only dam bit ever sung to me LOL.

Whats the meaning? Bright and Clear!!

My likes with my name is you just cannot shorten it, no matter what!! my dislikes its a common name, the amount of times I have walked down the road or in a shop and I have heard my name and turned around, probably because im a nosey cow LOL

Nicknames, well its been from clara, clarence, care bear, cuddly claire, clarabell the list is endless, and the one that annoys me the most is clarence and the only one that gets away with calling me that is my cousin!!

Short but sweet I know...............

Healthy Advice!!

Ok our lovely lady Jane at UKS has decided to hold off on the prompts until the new year, but she has been kind enough to send me a copy of all her prompts, not only for here, but will help my inspirations!! so here goes I am going to randomly pick a prompt and blog!!

So here is the first one, Go back to the age of 14, what 3-5 pieces of adivce would you give yourself??

Interesting LOL.................hhmm ok lets think....

1) Live life to the full, I dont mean become an complete loon, but enjoy every new thing you do.

2) Dont be scared try things out of your comfort zone, dont just restrict yourself to the things women are only supposed to do.

3) Remember those people around you that make you laugh and smile, and never forget them, make the effort even if you only contact them every 6 months put yourself out!!

4) Some one actually gave me advice once, they said its better to regret what you have done, then regret what you haven't!! the only thing I can add to that is sometimes its better to regret those things you have done LOL <>

5) Enjoy life

6) Oh yeah when you see that Mandy Atkins coming towards you at the rate of knotts, age 17 in your local ice hockey semi finals!! MOVE FAST if you dont it will hurt ALOT lol (if only you could give that type of advice!)

Its hard to give advice without being specific, there are a few things I wished I had done at a younger age, but not enough to regret, I have learnt in life that you should never have regrets no matter what, things happen in life for a reason, and when whatever is happening at the time embrace it and make the most of it good or bad!!

Whats that Feeling!!??

So this weekend saw me and Roger out shopping for christmas and desperately trying to get us in the mood for what is normally the best part of the year, but for some reason we are just not getting that feeling. Our mates laugh at us because normally by the first weekend in December out come the Decs and the cards, the music and old films (ok mainly me LOL) but im normally Mrs Christmas, but this year its just been the complete opposite!!

Been in a funny mood all weekend, as a crafty person I normally make all cards, but this year I havent and people have noticed and made not horrible comments but are taken back as I havent made them! but this year im finding it hard to motivate myself let alone making hundreds of cards. I seem to be more into scrapbooking, but even still I could make cards still, I suppose im just being lazy!!

Roger was working on Saturday morning, so when he got home we were "right lets get on and jump into Christmas" so popped into town and got a few more pressies which was good, its wasnt busy to the unbearable state, and then we realised that I couldnt make anymore cards or scrapbooking till after Christmas due to making room for our tree, so we went to the card shop, and brought our normal mums, dads, etc.... but for me this year was the hardest!! im one for words its something that I got from my dad, it could be the ugliest card in the shop but the words could be the most meaninful and we would buy it! so there I am in a busy card shop picking my cards (which was a novelty LOL) and then started looking for one to my dad, and then realised!! I wouldnt be giving it too him, I would have to go to the cemetry and pin it to his rose, and at that point I had an overwhelming rush of emotions and feelings, and found a few tears, its such a strange feeling.

The things I had to take into consideration, size, colour run, words!! words my god that was the hardest, I found one in the end, and have now written it ready for next weekend, it truly was the hardest thing ever...............

Anyway, lets end this on a positive note!! my tree is up and ready for mascaring LOL only kidding will post a piccie once its done.

Love to you all
Cxx

Its the Weekend!!!

Well thank god the weekend has come around, we have had such busy weekends recently, and this weekend maybe just a little less busy, it seems taht come December I never have a weekend to just me and Roger!!

But hey its only 2 weekends aways till Santa stops at my house, I have mixed reactions for Chrismtas this year! As you know this year will be the first year without my dad, its strange, oh I dont know I suppose im rambling......................well im glad that mum has decided to go to my brothers in Spain, I think being there with my nephews will keep her a little more occupied then she would be with me!!

But hey today is what we are nattering about, and my list of to do today is, put some music on dance around like a numpty, tidy away my craft corner to make way for my tree!! go shopping (local) cant be bothered to fight the traffic and the crowds in places like Basingstoke or Reading, and for what we need Fleet will be ideal!! then come home and get ready for Allies birthday, we are going bowling tonight which im really looking forward to, we always have a blast, and it feels like I havent seent them all for ages!!

Then tomorrow we will be seeing Rogers Aunt and Uncle who are coming up from London (sounds miles away LOL) and then its a chill out afternoon.

Been a funny week, been a bit hard going, so glad that this weekend will be rounding it off. And as we know from UKS Jane is stopping the prompts until at least after the new year, so I am going to just blog odds and ends and my daily rambles, plus a hint of past prompts.

So for now, its over and out from me, going to enjoy my weekend.
Byee
Cxx

A Time to Reflect!

Today, I am finding to reflect and remember! I have become very much into UKS and am loving the little crafting community and sense of being welcome somewhere! and that is what UKS does, I have made so many friends on this site, I always have it running in the background, its kinda like a lifeline to me. But now and then something crops up that pulls the community together even more.

Again, I have logged onto UKS to find another well loved and truly talented person has been taken from our sights and our lives, and is now in the arms of an Angel, I didnt have the privalage to know Joanne Ward personally, but have viewed her gallery and read some of her advice on threads, and from what I have seen and the response I have read I know she is going to be sorley missed.

Please take some time today and reflect and take time to spare a thought for those in your lives and those that may have touched your life in some way or another.

Joanne Rest in Peace

May the Angels hold you tight!!

Floating Boats!!

What's your favourite TYPE of music? Any favourite artists? What do you listen to while scrapping? Doing housework? Relaxing in the bath? Who floats your boat these days?

HHmm ok, so lets float a boat or two!! I have a million different kinds of music tastes, I think having parents in their 60's and brother in his 40's and me growing up at a ripe age of 32, I have such a span of music, I love things like Elvis (thanks Mum) Country (cheers Dad) ska/Madness (thanks a bunch Bro) and then things like 80/90/00 from my school and college days.

And depending on what im doing depends on what Channel on Sky I put on or what DVD, if im scrapping then I like easy listening, anything I can tap my feet too, or hum along with. If im tidying the house, something a little more upbeat, to get me in the mood to do stuff.

If I was too relax in the bath I suppose, chilled out music like Barry White, or Steve Wrights Love stongs.

I cannot pin point a certain taste, I know I dont like new Rock or music from the likes of Evenacense and alike.........

So I suppose most music floats my boat!!!

My First CyberCrop!!

Ok I have just officially finished my very first CyberCrop on UKS, and WOW what a fab time, I have throughly enjoyed it, new tips, techniques hints and tips its been amazing. I can see why the only have a couple a year, its been crazy, lucky Roger has been busy kitting out his new work van so he has been out of my way all weekend!!

Its gone all crazy in the Forums, overloading, with budding Witches uploading their creative flares!!

Anyway here are some of my bits i done this weekend:-


This was a project called Diagon Alley, fab mini book












This was a Class called Magic










And this one was from Tracie in LCC what a totally fab class




Cant wait for the next one, Thanks to everyone Professor Dolly you done great!! Everyone at UKS that made this possible thank you and well done!!!

Whats in your Bag!!!!

A fun one today. BBC Breakfast had a hilarious report on women's handbags this morning. The average woman's handbag weighs 1.6 Kilo or about 3 pounds. Our handbags say a lot about us....it could make a great LO for a 'Book of Me' as well as THE BLOG PROMPT today:What’s your handbag like? What makes a ‘perfect’ handbag? What do you carry in your handbag? What's in it right now? Do you ever have ‘handbag envy’?

HHmm well I think I have done the same as a million other women and keep buying smaller bags hoping that you wont fill it with as much crap as your last bag!! well that went out the window as I love over the body bags, as I think they are safer.

So I hear you cry, whats in my bag..............................here goes:

Scrunhie (hair band) essential
2 Lip Blams essential
House keys to Mums house and MIL house
Several pens and pencils often borrowed from work
Lipstick (never wear to work)
receipts (ink worn cant see for what is was for)
Eye drops
Business Card for a hotel in Mallorca (highly recommended)
£1 token for shopping trolley
And a very light purse

So nothing interesting, I love handbags and regulary point out new ones in hope that my light purse will become full so I can spend it on another bag, I have loads of bags indoors behind my wardrobe ~note to self try and sell on ebay~

So that is a snippet of me, maybe one day you will see a LO on this.......watch this space!!

Me xx

I've Had the time of my Life

'Simple' prompt today: What has been the best time of your life? Why? (Use more than one if you want! You can even use the 'worst time' but I thought it would be good to be upbeat....)

Interesting this one, best time of my life, hhmm have a few, but the one at the moment standing out is going to my brothers 40th in Mallorca this year, special for a few reasons, firstly because at one stage we thought we werent able to go, as I was in the middle of being made redundant, then good news the redundancy was re-thought and they took me off risk, so the holiday was back on.

Then when we got there the weather was amazing, and we went to a part of the island that we have never been to before, it was heaven, perfect weather, perfect location, with all the people I care about, it was truly an amazing weekend.

It was also an amazing weekend due to the fact it was 3 weeks before my dad passed away, it was the last time we were all together, having a good time, and my brother managed to have my dad there for his big 40.

So I suppose at this moment in time that is one of my life highlights, obviously followed very closely to one of my lifes worst times, but as they say all things must be balanced!! well thats what they say!!

Obvisously, the other highlight in my life was meeting Roger, its amazing you never know what you have had to live without until you find it!! does that make sense!

Inspriation Please!!

Where do you find your inspiration? Especially when going through a dry spell?Do you remember a specific moment when a light bulb went on "click" and you knew you had to get home to scrap!!What common day objects do you now view with a scrappers eye?

Im fairly new to scrapbooking, so inspiration at the moment is far from a loss!! but if I feel like I am lacking something, I tend to go to the boards on UKS, the people on their are amazingly talented and could give inspiration to anyone, I could easily spend a good few hours trawling through the galleries its amazing, from paint cans to canvas's to charms and dominos.

Each time I look on the boards I find my list of must try and like to try just gets longer and longer, im now doing a canvas as a christmas pressie, im trying a paint can as a pressie, along with a wedding albumn and so on. So for me inspiration isnt a real problem its seeing others inspriation that causes me a lack of time and that is where im stumped!!

But if I ever need it, or if you ever have a blank visit the gallery on UKS you will be amazed.

Me xx

Ask Away!!!

Today's blog prompt: What five questions would you like to ask your politicians (on any level: local, regional, national, etc.)? Explain the questions and name the politician (or just title: Prime Minister, Minister of Education, etc.) if possible.

Interesting:

1. Why cant we have Maternity like the nordic countries!! I dont want 6 months off with a child that has taken me forever to get!!!

2. Why cant our kids play conkers anymore!! that was a cool game, was horrified to hear they are banning it!!

3. Why is it so hard for first time buyers, help them out more

4. Why doesnt life me life anymore, the Krays got life for the crimes they done and in todays volient world what they done was hardly anything to what the nutters can do now, and todays criminals get life but out within 15!! Go figure

5. Why does my mum have to pay ridiculas tax on her pension, she was taxed when she earnt it, she is taxed on her pension and low and behold will be taxed when she has gone!! how can you tax people 3 times on THEIR money, I stress this as we have been going through all this tax crap since my dad passed away, its evil and down right greedy!!

Thats all LOL
Me xx

Im a Gryffindor!!!!

Ok ok I know im 31 but im still excited, UKS have just launched their CyberCrop and its on the theme of Harry Potter, and im well excited, I have never done a CC before and I must admit I am a little nervous as I dont know what to expect, but in true UKS style everyone is just as over the moon as me and they are all so nice!!

I am going to have so much fun, I have Rogers dad birthday on the saturday but apart from that I have blocked out that weekend for some fun and scrapping.....so watch out for the results

More soon.
Love ya all
Me xx

YAY The return of JaneH..................

Today's blog prompt: What constitutes a dream home for you? What features are most important? How do you make a house a home for yourself (your style, your trademark must-have items)? Colours, textures, floorplans, features, neighbourhoods, and even things like pets could make your 'home'...

Well funny you should ask this today...Roger and I were talking about if we moved what is it want the most, and for me the one thing I miss at home is my fire place, we moved 2yrs ago to a newer style property and they dont have fireplaces, so for me my next home will definatley have a fireplace! but its not that which will make my dream home, I think for me home is home, its the place I feel the most relaxed, I love certain colours in certain rooms, not saying that I wont ever change them but at the moment im into calming colours! we have alot going on at the moment so calming is good..........

Carpet.....Oh my god what a difference it makes, we have laminate wood floor everywhere and we hate it but as we all know time and money dictates when carpet can be laid!!

Nice and airy, but warm and cosy I know they are totally different but lighting makes it, we never have the big lights on (except when crafting !!) we always have side lights on, one in the hall 2 in the living room its just right...

Pictures and paintings, they tell you who lives there and what type of people live there, we have loads of family photos in collages up the stairs, and ones of our holidays you know the memories... I have a shelving unit on the wall in the front room and special bits and bobs are on there and they are the things that let you know I live there me myself and I ........ oh and my Rog lol

I dont think one thing makes a home its a mixture of everything, and the one thing that tells me im home is seeing Rogers van there when I get home from work and knowing that when I close the door im home and safe................

New Layouts

Well, I suppose its time I shared some of my layouts, please take it easy on me, as I have only been doing this for a little while, still trying to find my style and comfort zone..

So here goes

This one was of my first decent garden, it took alot of work it was in a right state, weeds were so high, we had to cut them with shears first LOL

Well this one was from our weekend in the lake district, we stayed on Lake Windermere and it was truly stunning, yes it was cold, yes it was foggy, but added to the atmosphere of a perfect few days

Ok this was my first holiday away from my parents, we called in Claire's on tour 94 what a fab 4 weeks!!

And finally............

Rog and I

Thanks for looking, be gentle with the comments LOL

xxx

Altogether Awwwwww

UKS Prompt: In light of recent events in my life... the sunday blog prompt is a romantic one..."What is the most romantic thing that anyone has ever done for you - has someone ever done anything so romatic that even now when you look back and think about it, you smile? - share your romatic stories with us! and if you havent got one.. what is your idea of romance? what would make you go "Awwwwww"? "

Well this is one that I cant answer witha specific answer, as Roger is a total romatic and has done loads of stuff that makes me think aw bless he really does care and love me!!

One valentines he paid for a weekend break in the Lake District and was truly to most amazing few days, Ok it was bloody cold but stunning, also he has named a star after me, cheesy I hear you say, Yes 100% but one of the best things ever, I mean for a change I have someone that thinks about things, not just goes out and buys a £10 DP Voucher or a bunch of flowers!! which as you can tell have had in the past.

He knows I love astrology so something like that took some thought, but with it came a telescope it was perfect...........

He leaves me notes dotted around, or writes a card telling me how much he cares and loves me, and its those things in my life that I cherish and think aww im loved!! and no money can express that more....

Hocus Pocus I swap with thee!!

If you could change places with someone (be they dead or alive, famous or not) for one day, who would it be and why?

This was a prompt on UKS recently, I have been really crap lately!! its not excuse, this is not the benefit of others, its for me, its my daily get to know me blog....my work pc has been really raking me off, its been crashing hour in hour out, and if im lucky maybe only once an hour!! fun I hear you cry....fun is now on my side as I have a izzy whizzy lets get busy all signing all dancing never forgets the sugar PC.................. so im BACK!!

Ok so back to the prompt...who would I want to swap with........It has to be the one and only Audrey Hepburn, my god that woman to me was an icon, stunning smart clever I could go on, along with most of the actresses in those days they were all that a woman was meant too be, I mean you could tell a woman was a woman not having to take a second glance cos your not sure!

I Mean I dont want to rattle some people, but nowadays women are just not lady like, not femanine enough, and I hold my hands up higher then any others, im typical, jeans, trousers, trainers, make up only at the weekend, well its my time I dress up and make myself look semi female for Roger, not the IT guy at work or the delivery guy!!

But yes im just as bad as the ones im blaming, I wish I was in a society of femine beauty, I truely want to shoot the women who burnt their bras and shouted equal rights, and I still want to shoot the women that say "oh no I should get paid that amount EQUAL RIGHTS" but then when a box needs moving "oh no im a lady, we cant do that" no whisper of EQUAL BLOODY RIGHTS! and I truly feel that, ladies like, Audrey and Catherine Hepburn (Un related) and Betty Davies were the last of those true lady Icons!!

I love her to bits and all she stood for, and I would love to have 24hrs as her just to feel what it would have been like to be a true Lady...........

Daft I know

xx

Tagged!! I'm It....

So this one was different, it was a tag.. so here goes...........

Ok Sundays prompt:

1: Do you have any middle names?
Roisin
2: Whats under your bed right now?
Junk, and winter clothes
3: Last time you laughed so much you cried?
The other night with my mates
4: What age were you when you first drank alcohol?
14 (looks over her shoulder for mum)
5: Whats your porn star name? (first pets name and mothers maiden name)
Bonnie Sullivan
6: Whats your desk top photo on your pc
Home, Ariel view of Niagra Falls, Work Kitten and a dog cuddling
7: What did you have for breakfast?
Shockingly Nothing today - Maybe thats why im hungary!!
8: Music or Tv?
Music
9: Worst out fit you have ever worn?
My mum brought me a Ra Ra Shirt !!
10: Where do you feel most at peace?
At home

There you go alittle more about me.

Me xx

Arrgghh Dont Do that..............

Phew nearly there... missing a couple prompts I thin.....

Is it sunday already!? You know what that means folks.. Its time once again for the SUNDAY BLOG PROMPT - I just love how many of you take part in this - and hope this week is no exception.PET HATES..if you had to list the top 5 pet hates.. the things that physically make you go "UGH"what would they be? what peeves you? What can make you leave a room!? Have a think and show us all your top five

Ok so I will keep it simple, Pet Hates are Pet Hates, so this will be brief or a shop box will arrive!!

1. Arrogance!! Cant and dont need to elobrate any more I dont think.....

2. Ignorance!! As above LOL

3. Stupid People LOL Ok not sure how much I can elobrate on this without offending, but you know the type where you look at them and you know FULL well that its very lonely in there head, you know the type that say stupid things like ooo i feels like wednesday when in fact its Saturday!!! please o please tell me firstly how does a wednesday feel like and secondly, how can a work day feel like a day at the weekend, or they park as the drive in...wheels facing out arse hanging out the space ...ooooooo (move on Claire move on)

4. Some women drivers, now im not declaring im the best female driver im far from, BUT and I stress BUT... those women who drive small iddie diddie cars like they are driving a cheiftan tank irrotate me, or those that take a hour to reverse park into a shopping car park, and still leave their cars half in the space next door aarrgghh.......thats why we get ripped by male drivers....

5. People who eat with their mouths open!! ok lets just straighten this one out, my mate is totally unable to breathe through her nose, which in turn she has to eat with her mouth open, this is fine why??? we do not see her food roll around like washing in the machine, nor do we hear the slapping of food and lips, nor does it fall out, where as there is someone else I know who firstly, eats foul smelling food, secondly, the noise!! well you can hear her eat from some distance, thirdly, you wear it should you happen to be facing her when she talks........I dont like oat cakes and I certainly dont like having them spat at me LOL my god I feel my blood pressure rising thinking of it.

Ok enough, let get back to happy happy face clear of oat cake self

Me xx

Happy Happy thoughts...

Ok so im still catching up....Prompt please..............

So list 5 things which are making you happy right now.

Well, I suppose this year very little has made me happy, its been a tough year, you know when New Year hits, I always say "my god that was a tough year" but 2006 has truly turned all my emotions on, I lost my Dad in May, and I think that was truly the hardest thing I could ever of experienced, being a girl I suppose you are always a daddy's girl, so having this happen could'nt have rocked my world anymore....but I have had some good times, so thinking and looking deep within here are my top 5 things making me happy now...

1. Roger, bless him he is my rock, everything that is me, he highlights them even more, and brings the good out in me, and always knows how to make me smile!

2. Crafting, I love it, and I seem to love it more that im scrapping, I was always happy card making, but know im really into scrapping, im completely happy!! Its for me me me .....

3. My Home, just having my own home makes me happy, when my days get me down I can close the door, and not have to answer to anyone!!

4. My Family, my mum, brother Sister in Law and the boys, I love them to bits, and kids always put a smile there, and family love you regardless, im happy that they are finding there way too, its been a real rollercoaster this year, and we have all stayed on track.

5. Finally, my friends, they make me happy, they have me in fits of laughter day in day out, I couldnt wish for better and more understanding friends.

So for all those points I suppose my life isnt that bad, it just hit a low early in the year, and I have to look ahead.

Me xx

Seasons in the Sun!

Ok ok so I have lapsed I have not blogged for a few days, so im in catch up mode, but here goes, prompt:

Feeling Autumnal today so todays prompt is list your 5 favourite things about this colourful season and i also want to know, now that you're a scrapbookers do you see Autumn with different eyes?
This is my favorite season, closely followed by Spring, Winter then summer! I dont know why that order, its just something I have always preferred! so here are my fav things for this season:

1. Waking up and seeing the low sun shining on everything golden, the trees look too me just perfect, I feel trees look there best this time of year, I know I know they are dying, but golden and brown are lovely.

2. Knowing its time to start wrapping up, just a little jumper, I love the clothes this time of year, I think cos im not your standard size 10 I tend to like my wobbly bits covered!!

3. Leaf kicking, simple, stupid, but something about the child within me loves it, even to Rogers dismay LOL, but he tries to resist but he knows its pointless!!

4. Knowing that Christmas is just around the corner, nothing better the christmas, god only knows what im going to be like when I have had kids LOL,

5. Snuggling, know that its coming to that time of year to snuggle, you cant in summer, as its honey im sorry but im just too god dam warm to cuddle!! but this time of year its lovely!!

As for looking at things differently, I suppose I do, I have not been scrapping for long, but I have noticed a change in me as too how I look at things, and possible pictures, and I suppose cos I love this time of year im noticing the ever changing colours.

Every season has its day in the sun, and too me the season to be in the Sun is Autumn, not too cold and not too hot, perfect weather to explore...........

Me xx

Stop Running in the Corridors!!

Today's Prompt:
What were your favourite subjects in school? (This can be at multiple stages, such as primary school through to university.) What do you still love to learn or study or read about? What do you wish you had learned or studied?

HHmm this is a hard one, well primary school I dont know what was my favorite subject, I think there are 3 things I will always remember from primary school, firstly, the little bottles of milk and the little red straw!! I dont know why but that is the first thing that ALWAYS pops into my head when I think of primary school, for some crazy reason I used to love that milk, where as I have an intolorence to other milk!! go figure LOL. Secondly, After school club, sometimes my parents were not always able to pick me up dead on time, so I remember going into the little annex off the corridor with Mrs Pink, loved her she was lovely, one of those people that are warm and always cuddled you, but we used to make little cushions, and table decorations, my mum still has the christmas table decoration, modified but it still has Claire aged 7 on the base !! oh the memories, and finally in primary school I will always remember the playground, from all us girls running along the painted lines, to "whats the time Mr Wolf" to ballsy up against the wall !!!

As for secondary school, I suppose my favorite subjects were History, Art and Dance, they were the ones I loved going to school for, and again, I have fond memories, just the odd small snippets, and it was even more strange as someone that used to go to my school started a website for ex pupils and teachers alike to visit memory lane, and there is one picture from the top of our school stairwell looking down, bearing in mind our school was 5 floors tall!! the caption is "and we never battered an eyelid" knowing full well if I had to walk one flight of those stairs now I would be panting like a gooden!! but the little snippets are, the drama room, god it was so dark so black so erri, the many stories of the assembly hall and under the stage being haunted!! oh, how I scared easy back then (who am I kidding im no different now LOL), and the Chelsea Smilers were on their way to our school to put perminent smiles on our faces with CFC on our foreheads LOL, and me trying to be so cool jumping over a fence in front of a load of boys and getting my skirt caught on the railings and ripping my hem, and that was on our 10am break, how long that day was, or trying to bunk off school knowing full well that the whole post office in my area knew what I looked like and would immediatley get back to my dad (he worked on the post) but trying to get away with it was the whole thrill! or fancying the new young assistance school caretaker (holds her head in shame!!)

School all in all was fun, not sure if I would go back now, if I could go back to when I was there then yes I would, I had many days of fun and laughter, hissy fits and tantrums when my hair wouldnt curl anymore, looking like poochy was my aim!! or running out of my second can of hairspray that morning!! and I think I would pay more attention to subjects and appreciate that my english essay was not the biggest stress of my life!! or not knowing what tetonic plate California was on wasnt going to be the most humilating thing ever to happen in my lifetime!!

I know I kind of sidetracked a little on the prompt but I couldnt help sharing my humilations with you all, oh and remember Dont Run!! Walk that was such a grown up thing to say, just cos the grown ups couldnt run without panting a puffing (sound familiar ;-))

Dream a little Dream for Me!

Prompt for today:-

Dreams, goals, fantasies, whatever you call them: Describe FIVE things you’d like to accomplish in your (future) lifetime. How do you plan to do them? What are you doing today to prepare for/do each of them?

Interesting, each new year I vow never to make resolutions, but what I do instead is write on a peice of paper what I want to try to achieve for that year and place them in my diary, sounds great doesnt it!!

Thats until the end of the year and find all the little slips that had my goals on are placed into December LOL, so looking at life goals are different to me I cant push my goals any further, so here is my list......

1. As im now 31, and have finally found the man of my dreams, my first goal is to share my life with him and get married, we have found a really nice venue to get married, and now just have to set a budget and then just save..............there is no date, probably wont be for a few years or how ever long it will take to save.
2. Children, as mentioned in a blog a few days ago, this is a hit and miss subject, I suffer from PCOS and really want children, but like normal other things have pushed that back and we now hope to start a family in the next 12-18 months, we are not fussed which way round we go marraige then children, or children then marriage, its something that is out of our hands, firstly we have to overcome the PCOS problem and then also fit it in with our money, in not saying I have to be rich, but I know the next 6 months at least will not be good timing!
3. Now for the supposidly easier things to gain in life, I want to lose 4 stone in total before I get married............so a nice long deadline there LOL
4. Go on a fantastic holiday just Roger and I
5. And become a good scrapbooker!!

See I only have 2 huges goals in my life, and have plenty of time to get there, but I want them now, as for what im doing to get there, its just a case of saving and listening for signs. I am waiting for my dad to relay next weeks winning lottery numbers LOL

I will let you know as and when I tick off my goals!! I hope you are all still around in 10 years time hehehe

Me x

Concerns!

Just a brief note for tonight. Came home from work early today, felt a little under the weather had a real pain in my right side, it kinda felt like in the region of your ovaries! its calmed down now, so I decided to come up onto my computter and surf and say hello to all my lovely friends, and I found another thread on UKS saying about someone losing their nearest and dearest.

It is something that really scares me at the moment, I recently lost my dad back in may to Phenomonia he was 65! but im reading on UKS and seeing photos of people that have just passed away and they are so young, what has this world come too, I know you have to expect it, but for heavens sake the people I have seen recently are now older then 45....and another site I am registered on a lovely wonderful family lost their son he was no more then 5, it breaks my heart to see such young people being snatched away like that.

So my thought to ponder on is....love the ones in your life, for all their flaws and good points, love them for their good, their bad, their funny and their tantrums...all that is bad has an equal good, and that is why you love and cherish the people in your life, they have etched a mark on your heart, and graced your life for a reason, so love and cherish every day.

(Dad I miss you and love you always x)

A Trip to Trumpton?

Janes Promtp for today, and a good one at that:

What’s your dream holiday destination? Why? What would you do on your holiday? How much time would you spend there? Who would you take with you?

All aboard to Trumpton then!! ok seriously, again this is going to have to be a lottery win or money no object blog today, I think I would have to go along the lines of a couple of places for short periods of time.

Firstly,I would head for San Francisco, its just somewhere I have always thought looks lovely, never been so I could be totally wrong, but its somewhere I would love to go, and I think I would do 5 days there, a perfect way to get work out the system and chill, before moving onto New York, and it would have to be Christmas time, to me that would be ideal, walking around NY's Macey's and Bloomingdales buying loads of pressies, hopefully it would be snowing, that real christmas feel, there is no better of a feeling! then in between Christmas and New Year I would fly to Sydney and spend New Years Eve in Sydney Harbour, I have seen how they celebrate over there and it looks fabby, spend a couple of days there and to finish my holiday I would then fly to Venice, winter in Venice is stunning, it seems even more beautiful!

So in total it would be just over a month off, going to the places I would love to go, and to be truthful and one of the best times, I would be able to see 4 cities at Christmas time, and as that is my favorite time of year its a perfect holiday, and there is only 1 person in my life I would share those moments with and thats my partner Roger.

The reason for my holidays lately are mainly to spend quality time with Roger, we both seem to be really busy with work and the stresses that come with it, so anytime we can spend together is a dream, so this would be perfect!! Im chilled just thinking about it now.

Talking about Chrimbo has got me all excited!! on 86 days to go woohoo

Favorite Things!!

Sounds like a song more then a prompt hehe!!


Ok so Janes prompt today was: - What are your scrapbook ‘buttons’? What item(s) do you find you can’t enough of? Have too many of? Can’t find ‘the perfect one’ of? Sets you in a rant about? Disappoint you the most?


Well im new to scrapbooking, I have only done 6 LOs and even then it was a few months ago, you see I am an avid card maker too, I enjoy making cards as more people see my work, and its building my confidence alot, I had a real knock back in my confidence a few years back so slowly but surely its coming which is fab! so taking the card making into consideration and the LOs I have made, I can confirm my downfall is BRADS, BRADS, BRADS oh and BRADS and some buttons and some ribbons LOL!!


I love Brads (even Brad Pitt ooo fab link!!) I just think that there are so many fab brads out there from around the block, to the general stars and coloured ones, there are just too many to list, but on top of that I have just got into buttons and ribbons, they give such a fab finish to everything, im making a load of Chrimbo cards at the moment and the ribbon is just finishing it off perfectly, and the reaction is great!!

I also have a great Tote bag, I got it from a site on line, the name has left me, but it was only £9.99 my OH brought it for my birthday in July, and as I go to a monthly craft meeting it has become a life saver, and the amount of boxes you get in there is amazing, it was like the never ending storage bag, I kept pulling more and more out, I felt like Mary Poppins hehehe.

So we have figured out I love allsorts of colours, shapes and size brads, ribbons and buttons, but if there was one thing I could not live without in my crafty life it would be.................hhmm this is hard....................probably my crafty tool, the one I use for everything, picking up peel offs, making holes, pulling back D/S tape backing, scoring you name it my little tool is a valuable thing in my life and I hold it dear to me LOL I know only my crafty friends will understand how a tool is so important in my life, I know my other friends will just think im barking!

So for now, until I get into scrapping more those are some of my Favorite things, im sure after making my next few LO my list will grow a little more....................


Me xx

Rule for all excluding the Boss!!

HHmm ok so how is that!! How does it work, there is a rule for everyone in life but each rule seems to exclude my boss, amazing really how on earth can my boss get away with everything, she has just come back from a 2 week holiday, and has left early.....go figure that one, and she also happened to mention that she is going to be late on Thursday as she has Osteo!! my god I have never known someone to have so much therepy! in fact where does she get the money to go to the Osteo every other week, I remembered when I had to go to the Chiropractor and that was £25.00 a shot, I fell like im the only mug around at the moment, and truthfully I feel I have had enough (not that I am every going to leave LOL)

Ok rant over will think of something positive to say in my next blog.....thanks

Me xx

A Blissful 24hrs

Sunday blog prompt!

So many of us rush through our days - Not letting the little things that usually mean so much to us get a look in, we fill our time doing things for other people, and putting so many people before us.If you could spend a day, doing everything for yourself, with no indulgence spared - what would you do.... 24 solid selfcentred beautiful hours!

So I can pick anything for me to do in 24hrs...The whole thought of just having 24hrs to do whatever indulgence is mind blowing, as it depends on my mood, today im very chilled and relaxed....but im tempted to say spa, and relax by the pool, but I know I would just get bored! so for me I think it would have to be:-

Up reasonably early around 8-9am wake Rog up and tell him we are having a day to ourselves, so the night before I would have organised from somewhere for someone to deliver a no expenses spared breakfast, so we could just get up and walk into the garden, and there waiting is our wonderful breakfast and coffee, the sun would be out and nice and warm on our freshly woken skin, then I would go and have a nice shower, in time for a knock on the door which would be a chauffer for the day. Showered, dressed and ready for my 24hrs of pure selfish bliss!! from that moment on my mobile would be off and left at home, and then here comes my day of pure heaven, I keep saying to Roger I would love to take him to Vience so for me that would be my perfect day, a private flight to Venice, have a light bite to eat on arrival, take a slow Gondola relaxing and still feeling that lovely warm sunshine, im chilled just typing this what heavenly thoughts!!

So my basis of a perfect day so far is me and Roger in Venice no mobiles, no interuptions, many people dont realise that Venice has a beach too, so I think I would spend some time chilling on sand looking at the horizon, and have some lunch brought to us, there is something about looking out at the horizon that too me I find fascinating and very relaxing, just thinking of many silly things like I wonder what bla is doing now, while im staring at the most amazing view hehe, after having some lunch I would go shopping (I had too hehe...) taking slow walks in and out of the wonderful Italian style shops being waited on hand and foot!! and spending like this 24hrs period is the most richest ive been (oh what a thought...ponder on that one for a little longer.....) ok so where was I oh yeah shopping, and I think just for a little bit I would go and have my make up done and manicure that would be the most I could cope with....and in true fashion the day draws to the evening and Venice in the evening is the most astounding sight ive seen.......

As soon as the night begins to fall I we would be taken to a lovely resturant that shows the best of Venice and there we would eat, drink and be entertained till its time to be taken to the hotel (hey I have 24hrs which means 9am tomorrow hehe) and there I would end a perfect 24hrs of no interruptions, just me, Roger and Venice, oh and 24hrs of being rich!!

So thank you Scrapfairy for putting this lovely thought in my head for today, it was a great Blog prompt and has made me think lovely warm chilling thoughts........I know its not a fab 24hrs but to me that is heaven, thanks for letting me share it with you all

For now love ya all
Me xx

UKS Blog Prompt

Today's blog prompt is about friends and friendships: Do you have a true friend? What is a true friend, after all? Are you a good friend? Describe your friend(s) or perhaps need/wish for one. I found two quotes that might help: ‘Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things’ (Author Unknown) and ‘A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.’ (Grace Pulpit).

I know I know I am a day late, but I just did not get around to finishing off yesterday, I was all too excited about having a blog spot!

Anyway, friends, yes I do have a select few that I cherish and hold close to me as friends, I have some friends that ok, due to busy work schedules and married lives we are not in as much contact, but I know those friends are always there and never frown or moan if we do not chat on a weekly basis, and friends like that are hard to find!! Those are the ones that I have made friendships with over my entire life, from school, college, and work.

But those I adore and cherish are the ones I see regularly and make me laugh on a daily basis, people like Nikki, Lisa, Alison, Jim, Ric, Amanda, Suzy these are my friends that I see and speak to on a very regular basis, and hold very close to my heart, these are the people that honestly look at me and take me for who I am, they never question why I might be down but instead make me laugh and try to take my mind of whatever it is!

Jim always makes me laugh he has the ability to double me in laughing, he has a natural ability to make people laugh!

Nikki is crazy bless her she is the sensible teacher through the week and turns into a dancing and giggling machine over the weekend, she never fails to put a smile on my face, but at the same time listens to me should I need a rant.

But I suppose if I was to say I have a ranting buddy then its the one and only Lisa, she is someone that has only recently become a true friend, this is someone that I have worked with on and off for nearly 2 years now, but have got to know her more in the last year, and I suppose I could say that out of all my friends she is probably the one that knows more about me and my past and future plans, she has left now to have her little sprouty (her words), she left yesterday, and I will be honest I am going to miss her loads!

Amanda, she is someone else that I have worked with in the last year, and to be truthful, someone I did not think I would click with as much as I have, not because there is something wrong with her, its just we are totally different to one and other, she is lucky enough to have her little family unit, which im please to say Gemma has just recently joined her little family, she was born in August weighing a hefty 10lbs (I bet you winched!!), anyway we did click and she is a very good friend and I think the world of her! but I still think she is selfish, I mean taking 6 months off to be with her little ones and not being with me at work lol only kidding!! cant wait for her to come back I have missed her infectious laugh.

Ric, I suppose out of my friends outside of work he would be the person I turn to first, I know I could tell him my deepest darkest secret but I know that would go with him to his grave! but he would laugh at me in the meantime! Its the type of relationship we have, we always take the mick out of each other, I call him Caveman, and he always calls me allsorts, we are both very much alike, we are both very hard exterior but as soft as mush on the inside, but very few will see that softer side, its just how I was brought up!

Alison, she is Rics wife, feels strange typing that, as its a recently thing, they got married at the end of August, and its these that I think the world of and because of this, I have have decided to to probably the biggest craft project ever which is to make a scrapbook of their wedding! in a way its a thank you for asking me to do their invites, in my eyes they believed in me that much that they gave me free rein over their invites and they were chufted so this is my way of saying thanks for believing in me!

Suzy, she is the last of my friends that I work with, she has recently come back from having a little boy, and he is truthfully the cutest little boy you have ever laid eyes on, its nice to have her back to have a laugh with even tho' she is miss stressy head!

But the final friend that is not listed, is someone that I have had the pleasure of knowing for 5 years, a true friend, someone that loves me for me, expects me for who I am and what I stand for, and is the biggest influence and supporter of my craft addicition, and is the one person who I owe my life to and thats Roger, my parter for 5 years, he is my love, my life and truely without sound corny my best friend.

Mex

A Cruel World

Ok so I have had my blog now for less then 6 hours and im just blogging away, whilst I have been messing around sorting this out, and finding important links in my life, I come across a couple of sites in my favourites that mean alot to me.

Im talking not about my crafting life but the fact that I have PCOS, Poly Cystic Ovaries, nasty little thing, I was diagnosed with it when I was 18 and at the time it was a thing not greatly known about, I was told that 1 in 5 women suffer with this but had very little information, apart from 1 of 2 things! 1 I probably wont have children, or 2 if I do I will hit many heartaches along the way, and at 18 I was no where near ready for a family but when your told that you begin to think "hey I want a family now, I have done everything I want" but I suppose thats the kind of mind your in when you get hit with a bombshell like that!

It wasnt until a few years later I thought hold on I need to find out what this is all about, and basically in a nut shell, its a condition that can bring on weight gain, missed periods, Diabeties, its a problem caused by insulin in balance along with a few other things, and the long and short of it is 'its not something that can be cured' you have several levels some are not so bad and some people have it terribly bad.

Aparently, if you are a lucky one at a certain age your body can try to level out, and if you are lucky enough to have children that can also start to balance your insulin and hormones out. My level is in between good and bad, I took a radical choice to stop any meds and let my body sort itself out, and slowly my cycles are a lot more regular then ever before. But im not saying all PCOS sufferers should stop then meds, its something that I discussed with my doctors and went from there under close watch.

I have fallen pregnant in the last few years, but it never worked out, the doctors blamed it on the slimming pill at the time, so in my eyes there is hope, maybe but maybe the world is not that cruel!!

Watch this space

Mexx

Friday Afternoon

Well here I am again!!

I have finished messing around with my new blog for now, been having so much fun, the possiblities are endless!!

Sad day for me today, my buddy is leaving to have her little baby, really going to miss her, we have such a laugh and she is my mailing partner! but im glad she is off now she needs the rest, I have mentioned to her that im doing a scrapbook for my best mates wedding, and I am looking forward to it, just pooping myself as im my own worst critic, but I think most crafters are the same!

So im thinking over the next few months after I have done this wedding one, I might start one for her littlen get things prepared and give it to her so all she has to do is sticker of photos in there, or if she wants I can do it for her, so then all she has to do is journal.

Been to the pub for her farewell drink, its raining and its look very much like winter, I do like this time of year, its a real snuggle time, you know close the curtains and snuggle on the sofa love it, I also get very excited for christmas and that......only 93 days woohoo

Right I suppose I should contemplate some work hehe

Mexx

My first Blog

Wow - I finally have a blogger!!

I felt I was missing out on a fantastic phenomen and thanks to a lovely lady Panicmum on UKS I have now gone and got my own blogger!!

So more from me soon

Claire