last night...

i was in tv heaven stargate sg1 stargate atlantis and...the 4400 what more could a girl want...well actually a double bill of torchwood which starts on sunday...oooooh i just love john barrowman.
finally finished a cj that i have been working on for weeks...just couldnt get it right but i am pleased with it now.

not blogged for weeks!

time just seems to fly by...so a quick summary
i started my new job at school as a midday assistant and i love it. i didnt realise how much i needed to get out.
i finished shimelles last class on time and am now kicking myself that i didnt do this one...mind you i dont have the time but i could have saved it lol.
weve been busy collecting conkers, we do it every year and we just love rooting for them in amongst the leaves.
i ordered some 7gypsies seal stamps from atdml and they are fab...bigger than i thought but just the right size.
busy trying to organise the halloween disco next week at school...but...one of the teachers may have scuppered it by arranging 2 football matches on the same night which will mean we will have loads of boys missing from the juniors disco and their parents...most of whom are helpers!!!
right its late and i have to go will update again tomorrow...especially if my scrapolpgie kit arrives!

fantastic day...

i got another job.... a proper one, not just working from home...though working from home is proper lol.

i start on monday as a mid day assistant at raena's school...ok so its only 6.75 hours a week but it gets me out of the house and mixing with people and i can still do my other work.

the last two nights when i have gone to bed raena has been asleep...thats the first time in 7 months, so hopefully we have turned a corner there.

and..... i am upto date with shimelles class, and only 2 more days to go.

why....

is this weeks speshal dare. i have wanted to do this subject for the last couple of weeks but it wouldnt come together and then i saw the speshal dare and i knew i just had to do it.....why did this happen on 9.11 2001

i want these...why...not sure as i have loads of the chalk ones but i do think they look neat like this....or is this just a new marketing gimmick to get us to buy more!

phew i got back in!

i changed over to beta and then it wouldnt let me back in! finally resolved the problem and now trying to catch up.

had a fab time at the manchester crop on sunday, spent far too much but i did make a good start on shimelles class. the next crop is the 12th november and they are having a chocolate fountain....just drooling at the thought lol. here is the intro page for the class, the rest are on my slide.

raena started back at school on tuesday, my how she has grown i cant believe she is just starting year 5!

malc's funeral is next week. the post mortem showed that he died of a ruptured heart valve, and that he woudnt have know anything about it which is a blessing.

speshal dare #17.....if i knew then what i know now...i would have said i love you more often.
this attempt no. 2 as the first one i ended up ripping everything off the page as i wasnt happy with it...not sure if i am happy now but i can live with it lol.

uks blog promt is..
It’s a colourful world: What’s your favourite colour? What’s your least-liked colour? Do colours have meanings or evoke emotions for you? Do they affect your senses? How has scrapbooking affected your sense of colour… or vice versa? Are you more aware of colour in your environment now?

i dont have one fave colour, my faves are blue and green.....i am a muted girl at heart. i hate yellow and orange as i really struggle witht them in real life and scrapbooking. scrapbooking has made me look at colours differently as when buy raena's clothes i do think about which papers will go with them lol.

life stinks

andrew and malc had been best friends for over 25 years. their birthdays were next to each other and they always celebrated together. last year they even started going camping and took the kids with them.
i was gutted this morning when his ex partner called to say that their son had found him in dead in bed this morning and that their son had had to go and find help.
so 6 months and 7 days after andrew died i had to start making the same phone calls all over agan...... and again i got the same response from their friends...they just couldnt believe it.
he was only here a couple of weeks ago making me laugh as usual and he will be greatly missed, but at least they are now together...best freinds as always.

been drooling

ive been drooling over a string of beads and thought i would share them with those of you who havent found them yet. they are made by the lush jaq and they are stunning. i am hoping to get one for my sister as a christmas pressie later in the year.

todays uks promt is..... You're having a small intimate dinner party with lots of good food, perhaps a glass or two of wine, and LOTS of sparkling conversation. Each of your five guests must be a real person but can be historical or currently alive. Who will you invite and why? What do you really want to talk about?

1. charles barclay loreilhe...i want to know if he really is my 8x great grandfather and what life was like for him.

2. michel loreilhe.....charles barclays father, why did he leave france..was it because of the french revolution.

3. leonardo da vinci....i'd like to know why was mona lisa smiling and i'd like to show him that most of his drawing are now real working machines.

4. andrew hardie...my husband so we could have a kiss and a cuddle and say goodbye.

well what a day...

its taken me twice as long to day to input the data for invoices all because half the info was either missing or incorrect! i made at least 20 phone calls and still have to finish them off in the morning coz i am still missing info!

on a brighter note we made cupcakes again. this time i made the butter icing with the electric mixer...big mistake as its too creamy and not as thick.

have you seen beths blog inspire me it lists challenges and dares...well worth a look if you have scrappers block or fancy challenging yourself.... and it also got a mention today by angie pederson

i'll attatch the photo of the cupcakes when blogger lets me!

cupcakes and more

i think i have just become obsessed with cupcakes lol. shimelle has a new class about to start and i just had to go noseying around her site and i started to click on one link then another and the next thing i knew i was making sure i had enough ingredients to make them today......check out the links on the right.... we had great fun making them but raena doesnt like the icing!!...what is wrong with this child...ive promised to make more and we'll do the next batch half and hal with butter icing and ordinary icing.

this weekends uks prompt is...
Treasure chest: you have a small chest and you’re going to place things in it that symbolise who you are, important milestones, etc. so that someone years after you’re gone will look at it and see the essence of you. For example, you might place a stethoscope if you’re a doctor or medical student, a Bible if your faith is important to you, etc. Which five items would you choose and why?

1. raenas hospital id to show that i am a mother

2. my wedding ring

3. a cd with all the info that i have collated re family history

gosh that was hard and i could only think of 3 lol

wow what a week...the boiler is playing up...the kitchen sink is leaking and after spending 3 hours at ikea they didnt have any in stock or any others that would fit!!
my sister came and it was fine for the first two day but yesterday she drove me mad and has left me stressed and the house is a total wreck, as she insisted that we decorate the living room instead of finishing off what i had started. so now all downstairs is a wreck and theres nothing to sit on...well except this chair lol.

i'm going to sit and play with my cosmo cricket wanted collection tonight as i NEED some me time and i havent scrapped for a week!!....if you want some then go to boxroombooty, very fast delivery and they have some lush go west studio acrylic letters.

todays blog promt on uks....
Look up the meaning of your name: Does it fit? Did you want to change it when you were growing up? Do you like it now? If not, what name would you like to have? What is your nickname? How do you feel about it?

well i couldnt find my name listed anywhere lol..and as to my nickname...well i was named after a dog...lets see if anyone guesses which dog....

just filled my basket up at boxroombooty with the lovely cosmo cricket....it is just sooo yummy......and i just cant decide on those extra large alpha o mega's lol

well i spent most of the day working and then ive been flying round the house trying to tidy up after the decorating coz my sister comes in two days...eeek!

well ive spent days decorating...i even tiles the kitchen....well it was only the bit between the cooker and the hood but at least ive done it. the kitchen / diner is almost finished, just the alcoves to do...then onto the front room!!

ive been tagged today by the wicked jakey...

1. If you could build a house anywhere, where would it be?
Spain…somewhere near the sea

2. What's your favourite article of clothing?
Slippers…do they count?

3. Favourite physical feature of the opposite sex?
Blue eyes

4. What's the last CD that you bought?
Don’t normally buy them

5. Where's your favourite place to be?
By the Sea

6. Where's your least favourite place to be?
I used to hate working in an office

7. What's your favourite place to be massaged?
My shoulders…a great tension reliever

8. Strong in mind or strong in body?
Mind…I am so stubborn

9. What time do you wake up in the morning?
During school term the alarm goes off at 6.50 and I get up about 7.30…but…during holidays about 9

10. What is your favourite Kitchen appliance?
Microwave…Andrew used to call me…chicken ding!

11. What makes you really angry?
Racism

12. If you could play an instrument what would it be?
Saxaphone….i just love the sound of it

13. Favourite colour?.
Blues and greens

14. Sports car or SUV?
Whats a suv?

15. Do you believe in an afterlife?
Yes…well the angels I saw were real enough

16. Favourite children's book?
That’s a hard one…it’s a toss between brer rabbit or peter pan.

17. What's your favourite season?
Spring…when everything is just starting to appear in the garden

18. What is your least favourite household chore?
All of it….have you seen my house lol

19. If you could have one super-power, what would it be?
The power to heal

20. If you have a tattoo what is it?
Don’t have one…don’t like them

21. Can you juggle?
Don’t be so daft..

22. The one person from your past that you wish you could go back and talk to?
That’s a hard one…it used to be my mum but now I would say it has to be Andrew.

24. What's in the boot of your car?
Nothing…I don’t have a car.

25. Which do you prefer, sushi or hamburger?
Give me a big mac any day

errrm ...there doesnt seem to be a question 23!!!!!


now who do i tag next??

ok this is my take on this weeks speshal dare. i didnt realise how soppy it was going to get.

the journalling reads..... "i need to tell YOU how much I love you, in case I leave suddenly. I love you with all my heart and more. You really are the sunshine of my life, though the sun does NOT shine out of your bottom! You are the most important thing that is now left in my life.
I hope you can grow strong and tall and just remember that you can achieve anything that you want to as long as you work at it. On those days that you feel down I hope you will remember us and smile.. Your dad loved you very much and he was very proud of you and so am I. I am sorry I never gave you the chance to say goodbye to your dad."


Lots of hugs and kisses mum.

uks are doing a blog prompt each day. todays is "If you could go back to about the age of 14, when you're just entering your teenage years, what 3-5 pieces of advice would you give yourself? (Remember, this could/would have changed your life)".

i've thought long and hard about this today and ive decided that there is no advice that i would have given myself. if i hadnt have made the mistakes that i did then i wouldnt be the strong person that i am today.

this weeks speshal dare...something that is close to my heart.

well i have finally recovered from the fun day at school...alk about taking it out of me...i have not had to think that hard for ages and the fact that i was running around in 32 degrees did not help!

we went shopping in manchester today. oh how i love Primark.... 1 dress, 4 blouses, 15 t-shirts, 12 pairs of socks, 1 belt and all for £62!

tomorrow i am going to show raena the joys of stockport library...well the family history section as i need to clarify where the ward of "spring bank" was....wish me luck.

well i went into manchester today and i had my hair relaxed at snippers 2.... it must be over 16 years since i last had it done. i'm really pleased with the look i just hope that when i wash it i can achieve the same sort of look lol.

the insurance finally paid up so now the house is mine and i dont have to worry about it anymore.

i'm sure lots of other things have happened but i cant remember them at the moment!

this weeks speshal dare...once upon a time.

this weeks speshal dare...if it wasnt for you....i wouldnt be able to get through each day.

this weeks speshal dare...i was there. its the first time i have loaded with days to spare lol.