DAY FOUR... and here's yesterday view in daylight... well if you can call the grim "greyness" of this day actually daylight!! lol!! I still haven't taken a photo for today... I'd better think quickly, as I'm off to work tonight!

Happy New Year!!

Well, yes, I know... it's been a while again. The last couple of months of 2008 were a little "challenging" to say the least. I won't dwell on it, but suffice to say, surviving someone driving into the side of my car, (pushing it into a brick wall) and them driving off, leaving me, thankfully, only bruised and battered, and my car written-off took a little "coming back from!!"

Anyway.... on to better days and better things. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year. I've decided to give a UK Scrappers Challenge a go.... to take a photo a day - for a year!! Whether I manage to keep up, remains to be seen, but I intend to have some fun with it... and it's great that it's encouraging me to play with my lovely camera lots more.


So, Here's DAY ONE...This is of our lovely Mabel, who this year (which the boys are very excited by) will become a teenager this year!! lol

DAY TWO...These are just one pair of lovely warm fluffy PINK socks that my hubby bought me for Christmas... LOVE 'EM!!

DAY THREE... This was the view out of the ops room window at about 5.40 (ish) on the morning of the 3rd Jan.... I braved the cold to "hang out of the window" and took this on the night landscape setting.

So there's the story so far.... I'm pleased that I've blogged them, but I won't be too pleased when my alarm goes off this morning!!! I should be off to bed, as I'm working a 12hr shift today!! Oh lovely!!

So, I know it's been a while (sorry Sarah!!!) but here I am again!! Shall we say that, looking at the photo, it's pretty obvious that us scrappers do not travel light!! lol!! My dear friends Jane and Jules (and her Renault "Rocket") took off for the Lurvlies retreat last weekend, having defied the laws of physics by getting all our stuff into the car.... and it was fab!! We went to Lyndhurst, in the New Forest and met up with 14 other Lurvlie friends. I managed to produce 11 layouts over the weekend whilst chatting, laughing.... oh and eating Wispas (thanks Michelle)!!! (So glad Cadburys brought them back!!)

I'd like to again thank Jules for all her hard work in arranging the weekend, and Linda - and Lorraine, Michelle and Lesley for the fab "Christmas" dinner on the Sunday! It was a pleasure to meet up with friends, old and new. Thank you all sooo much for a lovely weekend.

I haven't had a chance to photograph any of my LO's yet, so I'll be adding those over the next few days, I hope!!

The 8th Day of the 8th Month of the 8th Year!

I'm back again!! We've been without phone or internet for the past couple of days... oh boy, have I missed it!!

Our Wedding Anniversary was a lovely day... Hubby took me, and the boys to Barleylands Craft Centre, nr Billericay, Essex... I can highly recommend it... then yesterday we took the boys to the Science Museum in London. An exhausting, but fascinating day. The boys took a few hits on the Tube by peoples shoulder bags - it was soooo hot and cramped. There were many people on there in need of "ahem", shall we say deodorising!!! It's true that farmers wouldn't be allowed to transport cattle in such conditions!!!

Again...already??!!

I've been trying to get my brain around this whole uploading pictures thing... and I'm getting there... I think!! Now I've got to figure out how to get a picture on my profile! lol!!

Thanks again to Sarah for the kick up the bum!! I'll be back!!

Oh, and just to say that Mark and I are celebrating our 13th Wedding Anniversary tomorrow.... give that man a medal!!

Older, and none the wiser!! 4th August 2008

Long time no see - again!! Having been inspired (aka given kick up the bum, by Sarah on UKS) here I am blogging again!! (yes, I know...... hopefully it'll be more regularly than previously!!)

The photo above, shows me, a couple of months ago, having a wonderful time at the County Hall Library in London.... celebrating my 40th Birthday!! My very dear Lurvlie friends Jane and Jules, plotted, with the help of my hubby, to arrange a surprise treat for me. There was much intrigue for weeks as to where I was going.... even to the point that when the day arrived Mark got ready as if he was taking me out, when in fact Jules and Jane were!! Once I got over being "struck dumb" I had the most wonderful day eating gorgeous sandwiches and cake, and drinking tea and champagne!!