A Reflection on Time.......

A bit of a funny one today, I read a friends blog today and it got me thinking, that I am not the only one in the world in difficult times, we have all somewhere got ourselves into a pickle, and no one more so then Roger and I. Thankfully we are in the middle of sorting these issues out, but its amazing how quick they dont sort themselves out LOL!!

We are well and truly on the right path now and we are certainly not going to be sorted out in the first year, but slowly things are getting back to normal and there is that little glimmer of light, im not sure if its someone running away with the flashlight, but even still look at that positive! I am a faster runner I will catch the little sod LOL.

I am thankful for what I have, and reading a fellow bloggers entry made me realise that there are just so many things in my life im thankful for and never really realise it, so I have spent the last few hours sitting at my desk flicking through the photos and actually counting my blessings.

I count my blessings for Roger! he is truly my rock, yes we have our moments of higher vocals but that never lasts long in our house, we love laughing and giggling too much, im thankful that he shares my warped and bizarre sense of humour and he knows exactly what to say and when to say it in order to get the biggest impact. Bless him he got into this pickle with money trying to help me out of my past, how can I thank someone for being so selfless!!

My blogging friend said blogging on here is her diary, and letting off on here sometimes makes her shoulders feel that ikkle bit lighter (not exactly her words, I spun my own LOL) but its true, I come on here I waffle, I baffle then I leave, but its true you do feel better, im pretty sure if I waffled this much rubbish to Roger he would buy a set of ear plugs!!

Im also thankful for finding scrapbooking, it has really opened my eyes to my memories! I hope that made sense, but I have always loved photos I have hundreds and now I have acquired more from my mum (another thing im thankful for) and now she is handing over a pile of 35mm slides, but where im going with that is, I have always loved photos, but its not until you start doing something like scrapping that make you look at the photos in more light, you put yourself back in that moment, and your feelings, thoughts flood back and you can put it on paper, im thankful that I came across this art. And the friends I have made whilst in this wonderful addictive world.

Anyway, I have waffled myself silly now, it was meant to be a quick post to say, thanks to a friend, I have sat down and counted my blessings and not once deducted a blessing cos of something bad!! I have realised what I have and what more I can achieve.

Right im off to play with my new stamps. Thanks for reading right to the end of this waffle I wish I could give you a prize!!

ooo there is one consulation prize!! My knees have healed (its a prize of just knowing xx)

The Diva in Me

Thanks to SJ this week on UKS, I found out that I have a little bit of a diva in me LOL

Good prompt LOL, I wont tell you who else it came up with (must wear more makeup)

Canvas for Mum

Ok sorry I have not posted for a while, its been funny times at work, for some reason they are clamping down big time on IT, so I have tried to avoid checking in or posting this week, and have even limited my time on UKS!!! my days are getting miserable LOL

Anyhow, I wanted to share my latest creation with you, its my mums birthday this weekend, and I thought as she doesnt have many things hanging in her house, I thought the idea thing would be a Canvas, a cross between a photo and a painting so to speak.

So I found a lovely little cheap shop in Fleet called Snip, and his canvas' start from £1.00 good times hey!! so off I went into my little room and let my creative juices flow, and here are the results and I must say im well chuffed :-

These are my 2 nephews and the photos are from their Disney Holiday back in November, these are also the photos im using for my brothers anniversary album, seeing the results is just making me want to do the album more and more.

Thanks for looking

Cxx

Technology is all Around!!

Ok so a little while back the lovely JaneH from UKS was creating daily blog prompts for us, to manly keep us upto date in the world of blogging, and should we wish to use them as prompts for LOs then even better. Jane has stopped them now as you can imagine was time consuming for her and im sure each day was getting harder to find a good thing to have everyone to blog. So when she stopped she sent me a list of prompts that she had posted on UKS over the course of the year, and I did orgianlly say that I would try to do one of them a week, and as you can see I havent LOL.

So whilst sitting here on luch at work, tapping away and my PC I scrolled through the prompts on Janes list and found this prompt which I thought quite apt really:-

What technology do you use? How has it changed your life? If it were gone tomorrow, how would it affect you? Do you like it, Embrace it, or treat it as a necessary evil?

So this got me a thinking!! apart from the normal TV, DVD players, IPODs and a like, I think for me the one piece of technology that I embrace it my PC!! Plain and simple, it to me is the one most important thing in my life (non human form that is). Im a PA by trade so I use my PC day in day out, 5 days a week 52 weeks of the year (excluding coffee breaks, holidays, catch up with colleagues LOL) and that one piece of equipment has in turn made my life so much easier, it is truely a remarkable thing.

See when I left school not wanting to sound old my school never had computers, and neither did my college, I left school and took a diploma in Secretarial studies, and we learnt how to type on typewriters, oh how I still feel the pain, of my fingers missing the keys and slipping inbetween the keys and removing a thin slice of skin!!!

The thing that annoyed me was the carbon copy paper, never liked it, never got on with it, never want to go back to it, even clearing out our work cupboards the other day and coming across a few random sheets gave me the shudders. And the tippex!! a ray of colour choices but for some reason only ever typed on white paper, never did figure that one out!!

So for me my PC is the most important and amazing bit of technology in my life, the things we can do, store photos, print extras and not have to wait for weeks for Prontoprint to send them to you, talk to friends and family online, type millions of words and click one button to spell check and not a whiff of tippex!!

If it was taken away from me, well I think I would leave my job, sell my house and move to a desert island at least then I could understand why it was taken away from me, oh and cry, its my life line to everything!!

And who would be so mean as to take something so important away LOL

So Mr Compaq, Mr Amstrad, Mr AppleMac, Mr Microsoft, I salute you and thank you for saving the endless strips of skin off my fingers!

Its a Family Affair

Family Matters - what is your background, are you part of a big or small family, are you close? how often do you see your family, and is there anything you would like to improve or change about your family life?"

So this is SJ's prompt today, strange really as this weekend I have thought and spoken alot about my family, my immediate family isnt that big, mum, dad, older brother and myself, there are 9 years between me and Lee, and growing up that was a huge age gap and never really had that brother sister type scenario, but as we have grown up we have got closer, funny as he lives in Spain, but yet we are closer now then years gone by, strange I know, but when we meet up we are always having a laugh, out drinking, Lee is a dry funny bloke, I have yet to find someone that acutally doesnt like him, he has that like-ability about him, its one of those moment when your watching him and people just laughing and smiling its one of those proud moments 'Im glad he is my brother' type moments!!

Mum and Dad, it was hard growing up, I think you either have one of those childhoods where you get everything and are privaliged but not in a spoilt way, or your family have to work double hard, now im not after sympathy at all, as I wouldnt change my upbringing at all, but I always remember both my parents working flat out, mum having more then one job but always there to pick me up from school, and dad working on the post working all kinds of shifts. The worst I remembered was at Christmas, my dad would go onto Christmas pressure it was a shift the post office named, and I honestly wouldnt see him from the 1st December to the 24th December he was working flat out, but then would have the best fortnight ever over Christmas, and it was that time that NOTHING was open for at least a week!!

Dad passed away last May he was only 65 and with this happening has brought us much closer, I was daddy's girl and I think most little girls are, so it was a huge loss for me, and my family. We have always been close and yes had our struggles growing up but what family doesnt, I love and adore my family, im very lucky.



This is my brother, his wife and 2 boys on their Disney holiday in 2006







This is my mum and dad back in 2004 celebrating their 40th Wedding Anniversary

Skinned Hearts and Skinned Knees

Ok so have a peep at these:-

Now as much as I would love to say this skinned knee belonged to a 12 year old from running around the skool playground playing whats the time mr wolf or having a go at British Bulldog, it pains me to say that this knee belongs to a 31 yrs old!! Yes me!!!!

It also pains me to say that I was stone cold sober, wearing trackies and trainers!! we went to Rogers mums for dinner tonight and she treated us to a tasty chinese, she asked us to nip around first and collect the money so we could pick it up, and whilst Roger turned the car around I ran down the path knocked on the door, and collected the money.

I proceded to turn around and run back, forgetting these 2 tiny steps, and I mean tiny, normally you can walk normally they are that small, but for some reason I tripped up the first one which sent me flying into the shrubbery/rockery, I really couldnt stop myself, I was going and nothing including my hands were going to stop me and flew straight onto my knees, both of the them are skinned, also narrowingly missing a rock in her shrubs my face fell flat on her snowdrop flowers and a few are flattend now LOL, but looking at it on the way home there were 2 large rocks there, im sure that would have bloody hurt if I hit them at the speed I fell!!

I really have not skinned my knees like this since I was at primary school........Ok falling out of my patio doors was close a few years back but my hands stopped any major damage and plus that doesnt count I was drunk LOL.

But tonight my knees are grazed and skinned and really bloody hurt, how did I used to do this week in and week out upto the age of 10!!

Roger was upset that he didnt see it cos he didnt know until I got into the car, ouching and oohing!! I felt sick to my stomach and really wanted to cry LOL I have come to the conclusion that im a danger to myself at the moment, feel the need to wrap up in bubble wrap LOL

Anyway, just thought I would share, off to find the savalon and cotton balls, just like the school nurse...............see your all remembering your school nurse now arent you xx

Fluffy February!!

Well Well Well, we finally got snow today, and for once in a bliming long time it was a fall that was worth getting excited about, I must admit I have not seen snow this fluffy and this thick for many years, and even at 31 I felt myself getting that little excited feeling, I was just gutted that I had to go to work!!

It was funny, I left for work watching kids nicking the snow from cars and building snowmen, I think I counted 5 on the way to work, and even saw one little girl producing a snow angel!! priceless I can tell you, it took me back to when me and my brother were kids and seeing if we could through snow balls over the house LOL, I remember once, I was at the back of the house, and I thought my brother and dad were at the front little did I know my brother had snuck to the back with a fresh snowball, so once I through mine, dad was meant to through his, hasten to add very few made it over, apart from this one, I was amazed, I was so amased that firstly it made it over the house, and secondly hit me in the head, my brother let me into the secret a few years back little git!! LOL good shot though square on me head.

Anyway, I dont normally do 2 posts in one day but after posting my last one I realised I had photos from this mornings snow, I took some on the way to work, and thought I would share!!



This is my neighbours front garden, its what I see when I turn out of my house, love snow it makes me smile!!

This one is directly outside my front door

we have a little picnic ground for our little

square of houses, its owned by one of the

neighbours and in the summer she brings out

the picnic table, but today I was loving the

Sheer Whitness!!

The one thing I love about driving in and out of our estate is that it is tree lined, and in the summer its beautiful, but as you can see in the snow its just as lovely, I did have to stop this morning and just stare at mother nature to me at her best!!

My Mojo.............Is coming back!!

Ok so since Christmas I have been suffering from a bit of a block, my motivation has done a runner and my mojo has yoyo'd off to somewhere I cant reach, but there is hope and a light at the end of this tunnel.

Last night I decided that I was going to sort through the photos I got back from Snapfish, Photobox, MyPixmania and Klick and in there I found some photos from New Year, and had the urge to scrap them, so for some reason motivation was running through my veins and Mr Mojo kicked me up the bum and off I went, now I know I only done 2 LO's but they are 2 im pleased with and considering since I converted my spare room I havent picked up so much as a roll of d/s tape, so creating 2 LOs was quite and achievement.....so hey maybe Funky Feb is going to be good for me!!

Also I suppose im really also excited that I have managed to get my grubby mitts on a GoGo kit, and im at bursting point I just cant wait to have it on my doorstep, and im sure motivation will be streaking through my house at a rate of knotts LOL.

Oh yes I forgot, I subscribed to Scrapbook Inspirations too, and I received my free gift which was a 8x8 album by S.E.I its an ablum in a box with all the papers and embellies, so had a field time going through that tonight too.

Now all's I need to do now is get some more stuff for my 2 large projects then I will be on here moaning I dont have enough time!! hey I never said I was easy to please LOL.

Oh by the way I want to say a BIG HUGE thank you to a true friend Sarah (aka BeesBabe) bless her she has paid for my kit this month as my money wasnt going to clear in enough time!! thank you hunni, I really appreciate your kindness on that one. :-))

Anyway here are my 2 creations:-

Picture seems so far away, must look into making it bigger for this purpose, by anyway its Roger looking very drunk on New Year 06 we had a fab time at an Italian Resturant in Fleet, there was about 12 of us and it was truly a blast!!

This one is of Charlotte a good friend bless her, miss quiet before a tipple and then after a few the biggest party animal you see, always up for 'Opps up Side yer head' LOL

Changes!

Ok so SJ's prompt today is:-

"What changes do you plan to make in your life in the coming months. Do you like or loath change?"

So changes in my life over the next few months, there are a few things that I have on my mind, firstly is to find my dam mojo!! I just cant find my motivation anywhere, I have hunted high and low, under the bed under the floor boards, kinda looked in the loft (scared of heights LOL) but seriously since christmas its just gone, vamouse!! so thats the first thing im trying to accomplish.

But as for change, work!! that is my real motivation killer, I have never felt so un-motivated, un-settled, and insecure in my working life, there feels like a real blanket of secrecy at the moment, so this week im going to book a couple of days off over the next few weeks and go visit the agencies and see what they say. Its a pain as we really wanted to start a family this year, but most companies require a years service before they give you any type of maternity, so again its something that Roger and I have to weigh up before I get too far ahead!

Secondly, weight, our mate!! yes like many I have a few pounds (stones more like) that need to be vanquished, we are currently doing the Paul McKenna think yourself thin, and im incorporating my own twist 'Scrap yourself thin' you see when I scrap I forget to drink, eat, go to the loo, so I thought it would be a good idea to incorporate that little twist LOL. But seriously, my clothes are a little looser on me recently, so not banning what you eat has a logical side to it.

Thirdly, Exercise............................ Cant really talk anymore on that subject LOL

But most of all, I want to scrap more, I spent some time not so long ago finding some wonderful photos of me, Roger, my family our friends and they really do deserve to be turned into something just perfect, I have recently brought a load of canvases too, some 4x4, 6x6 8x8 and a few long ones (dont know the sizes) and I have some perfect ideas so really I need to go back to point one, and demand my mojo to return so I can crack on.

I want to buy more buttons, primas/blooms, Chipboard letters, try different type papers, and learn more about the amazing void of knowledge and suppliers out there, I mean I have only been scrapping for just under a year, and I know I have only just scratched the surface, the more I read and the more LOs I see the more I realise there is so much more out there for me to find and experiment with, its almost scarey to think whats out there LOL.

The things I love and like and will never change, Family, Friends, Scrapping, UKS
The things I hate and loath and will endeavour to change, Weight, Money

Will keep you posted on my ongoing findings

CX

Ouch Ouch

Ok so this post is not crafty, its more pain related and have to share in my incredible pain.

Well I said it wasnt crafty but it kinda started due to crafting LOL, Roger and I had decided that I could convert our spare room into my craft room till we hear the pitta patta of little feet!! and I originally had a dressing table that I didnt use anymore but was quite thin in depth, so Roger had modified it which was fine, but turned out to be bloody heavy!!

So in carrying it upstairs we got to the top of the stairs and put it on one of the steps but forgot to move my foot, and lowered right ontop of my big toe! needless to say the air was blue and close to tears, so once this had all finished I noticed my toe was bruised and had broken the skin.

So hobbling around for a while I noticed it had scabbed over and doing what I do best PICK it has now become very sore and infected, I am off to see my doctor at 4.45 I need something to help get rid of the infection and ease the pain, i've been walking around with flippy floppies on which isnt good in Feb I can tell you!!

So watch this space hopefully she wont cut it off LOL