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For Sarah.....

If you ever happen to find this....told you it wasn't interesting :D

Tonight I have 8 members of the PTA coming over for a well earned Christmas dinner. The table is set, the food is ready to cook...I just need to sort the boys hopefully Uncle Steve is coming to help me put them to bed as Dan is out rehearsing), sort myself, sort my husband....and then sort the mulled wine :D

Here's a bit of eye-candy for you Sarah, as a reward for finding me!!!

A picture!

My photo bucket account had gone inactive...a word I am familiar with .

So here is a picture of a quilt top I have made but not yet quilted (I have another couple in exactly the same state!)

Oh my life....

and that is why it is called that.

Since half term- Dan has broken his foot, the cat has gone blind with high blood pressure from bad kidneys or bad kidney from high blood pressure resulting in detached retinas and blindness which has now been somewhat rectified with rather expensive food and tablets every day....pause...the heating broke down, the boiler had to be service, the shock absorbers went on the car.......erm...is that all? I think so!

I have also nearly made 100 Christmas cards, baked muchos bread and fruity bread, changed all the bedroom around, worked, learnt the ukulele (seriously loving it), caused a stunned silence in my bible study, fixed many holes in jumpers, made cards, started (another) a quilt, looked at the other 2 quilts to be backed, organised a craft for a kids craft party, and I am sure many other things...oh yes going to Duxford dressed as a 1940's housewife alarming noticing that I was wearing my own clothes!!!!!!

I do admire those wartime housewives though...they put up with a LOT!

Right, off to have my tea...Dan is at a rehearsal so I am on my tod with the boys

A new start??

I can't decide whether I should do this bloggy thing or not. I love reading other people's and, despite the fact that I do actually make quite a lot of things...quilts, socks, cards, scrapbook pages and other such like, I hardly ever take photos. But then I should take photos because most of the stuff I make is to give away and hten I don't have a record of it. So, if for nothing else, I am going to try.....although 2 years absence is sad-o city so I do not hold out much hope ;)

Check out.......

The Lily Pad, Kate has some great doodles in there for cards and stuff :D I cut a load out for Luke at the weekend to make a jungle scene. needless to say, by the time I had finished he had gone on to do something else but never mind...I have them for next time.

Got to have a few tests done :( Got these odd numb patches on me and get a few dizzy spells. The blood test were fine so it is off to the hospital.....

And there is absolutely no point in me saying I will blog more often cos I never do!!!!!

Just not enough time.....

...to get everything done!!

Am making a flag book and bag for Luke's teacher (the Jelly roll one..how can I bear to part..) and a couple of other things for other assistants at school. Am helping with junior sportsday, going to infants sports day, a picnic, and open afternoon, helping in school, getting the moon on a stick...the list is endless and the time is not and I am no Anthea Turner!

And yesterday the flippin garage door broke and I had to get a man out and I think £170 for 20 mins work is not half bad...am off to retrain! Oh and then the cupboard door fell off. Well, I twas hanging off and the nice man next door came to look and it fell off so he put it back on.

Hey...it must be the end of term!

But Luke had the most fantastic school report and has had a brilliant year. his reading astounds me...seriously does and in every other subject he was practically glowing as well. So Dan took him on a school trip to Alton Towers and he had a fab time :D

But it matters not how manic it gets here because fabric is on its way...the Material Emergency Pack is winging its way to me as I speak and I feel another Sherbert bag coming on...MUST UPLOAD THE LAST.

Well, I had better away instead of gassing.

oooooh, I am in a gallery!!!

...over on the Buttonberry website. The girls, Emma and Lisa, are so friendly and helpful and this is what I made from a jelly roll. Take a peek round the site...I dare you not to be tempted ;)

And check out the gorgeous site of fabric fluttering on my washing line...

So much has happened....

that I could never possibly write it all here...besides, I would probably bore myself to death. I never seem to get around to updating this and then I forget my password and log in and have to try to sort it all out again :(

To summarise...

We moved house...HIP HIP HOORAY!!! There were times when I thought it wouldn't happen but I know God wanted us here and I was being taught patience. I would rather have learnt a different way but the reward (if indeed I am more patient now) is that we have the most beautiful house and we are very thankful for it. The boys have their won room and a playroom (although toys still manage to turn up everywhere else)! Daniel has his own office and I have my own craft room :D

As a result of this...

I have realised that I have obscene amount of paper and 'stuff' and I just never get around to using it.

Nana died. I know it was a relief in the end but it does not make it any less painful. She was such a huge and positive part of my life and now something is missing. She had declined so much in the last 6 years or so that, in reality, she left us a long time ago, I am so privileged to have had her for my Nana, and in my eyes, was the best that there ever could be. She isn't suffering anymore.

And because of this......

I love material again and have rediscovered my passion for making things. Nana really encouraged me to sew and knit. She even managed to make me a sewing basket when she was very ill with shingles and I still use it...it must be over 25 years old but it was made with love and it still in perfect condition :)

I may be working a bit next academic year. Not sure how I feel about this but it was me who volunteered and the extra cash would be very useful. Just a couple of hours supply as my old school (Luke's now) so a safe way back in.

Ben has been nursery visiting :D He has been at Colleges for an hour or so most mornings last week, with me, and he absolutely loves it. I cold have left him there and he would have been fine. Definitely ready to be a 'nursery boy' now..and as he keep reminding me 'I am NOT a baby!'

We spend 3 hours at A&E with Luke after he had a trowel hit him on the head at school. It wasn't done with malice but it did highlight some issues. He was practically hysterical when it happened and more so when he saw the blood. And boy, did it bleed. But they glued him back iogether, gave him an injection and off home we went. He has a scar now in the same place on his head as I do. I fell and banged my head on the corner of the gas fire when I was small. I had to have proper stitches though. Glue seems much more civizised to me.

And now the end of term looms. Another fab year for Luke who has loved this teacher even more than his last. He is reading chapter books and doing so well at school. Daniel has had a busy year too. This new job is much more work, largely because no-one seems to know what Key Stage Managers should do and they have ridiculous amounts of worked dumped on them. For instance, the other night he spent 2 hours (and it would have been more if I had not helped too) correcting spellings and grammer in school reports!!! Why can't teachers proof read their own...what an outrgeous aste of time and energy...makes me mad!

Anyway...back later to upload photos.....

I have had a revelation...

there are no designated parking areas IN this house...and that is why it is such a mess!!!! Until we move and get more space that can be 'labelled' I am wasting my time trying to stem the tide that is the Carlson mess. I am going to spend the morning with my trusty friends the bin bags (Dan is at church practising an Easter musical and the boys are out with their grandparents) and see how many I can fill and I am willing to bet you right here and now that it will look like I have done absolutely nothing by the end of the day. And this afternoon I am off to a new craft shop with my friend Carole...no point wasting a whole day dealing with rubbish :D

the saga continures

for anyone following our house buying efforts...STILL NO NEWS!!! For goodness sakes, how long does it take to okay someones mortgage? It seems like they are doing everything on the cheap but even I could have found them a mortgage by now...this is ridiculous!!!!!!!


But I did get a LUSH LUSH LUSH stamp from my friend Pauline, HappyStampers. It is the Penny Black Modesty one and it is so gorgeous it is unreal. You can download the catalogue as well to have a jolly good drool at Penny Black - this Hero Arts tart is deffo on the turn ;)

Just seeing...

Humour me...I am trying something...Happy Stampers... oh my, I never thought it was so simple!! You may as well check out the link while you are here ;)

Sporadic...

is the only word for it!!!!!!!

I was convinced I would keep this up and I have failed miserably. Never mind...I will persevere.

Have scrapped several pages recently and my Monday night group has been concerntrating more on LO's than making things which is good cos it was wearing me out - teaching starbooks to 4 complete newbies and some others nearly finished me off but everyone was really pleased with the results and that made it worthwhile.

Have had many probs with the new camera and managing to download/upload things hence the lack of photos. It shall be my new week resolution to get it sorted and I will write it in my diary..I am a flylady at heart ;)


OKAY!!! How is it that you save the blooming things, delete them from teh camera and then they disappear to goodnes knows where...I am off to watch the Red Nose stuff and I am in a sulk :(

Wow!! Finally done some LOs!!

It was my monthly crop yesterday - hello the Wyverstone girls :D I managed a record 5 LO's, although admittedly, one was one that I have needed to finish for a while! I am going to photograph them now so I don't forget then upload...thanks for looking :D

Oh the shame!

I have been shamed into posting my my lovely friend Lou!! Life has been hectic here to asy the least and the upshot of it all is that we are in the middle of moving house!

Very excitd by the propsect of moving house and so far it is going like a dream...this is where God wants us to be :D There is so much potential for hospitality and I am very excited...have already started perfecting my cupcake making skills. It also means that I can have my monday night craft group at home as our living/dining space is right next to my...wait for it...hold onto your hats....CRAFT ROOM!!!!!!! I still cannot believe it is happening. We sold our house in 8 hours for over the asking price so were able to off our people slightly more. They agreed and we haven't stopped grinning since. Now comes the expensive bit though..this week I have already sent cheques totalling £1000 aaarrgghh which is very scary. I will try to post a couple of piccies and a copy iof the downstairs floor plan./ Upstairs is basically the same as ours here but bigger and downstairs has been extended..a lot. We also get a garage..for the first time ever..but I doubt Thomas will make it in there..he will sit in front. He has done a lot of sitting this past 10 days as his head gasket has gone! And it will stay gone, for this month at least. Lots of walking to school and back. We go past our new house so we can drool and appreciate how much nearer to school it is.

Well, after that outpouring I had better go. Pehaps I should put this on my list of things to do then it may get done instead of having to be reminded (Thanks Lou!)

Toodlepip for now...and next time I may even put up piccies of my craft group and some of the stuff we have done........

Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow......

...I shall be more organised!! How difficult can it be to type a few words each day...the amount of time I spend on here you would think this would be an epic by now!! So...cometh the new year...cometh the new me!! (She says) I will try harder...I will, I will, I will.

And now we have a scrummy new camera (thankyou the aged P's) there is no excuse not to keep up with it all :D

So...have a good evening and I shall be back tomorow

It's growing!

the sock continues to grow...lets see if I can finish it today and start the next one tomorrow.......

scuse the picture quality...am borrowing a camera and don't really know how it works!

Playing catch up!!

Well, guilt has made me hastily photograph some things I have been making...one of which tastes delish!!

I am on a knitting thing at the moment and these socks are either going to be for FIL or DH - haven't decided yet...

And then there is the scarf that I made a while ago...pattern from GetKnitted.com and the wool is Debbie Bliss Soho. It uses 2 balls and I mean 2 complete balls! I have made 3 now and panic each time I get near the end but there is always about 20cm left over....PHEW!!!

And finally the chocolate brownie that I made this afternoon. It is a bit gooey, as you can see..but is is seriously belicious...and rather sickly...think I ate too much. Ben had some too but it defeated even the little biscuit boy!!!

I have also been making some cards and an altered tin for Scrapkits but I will wait til the newsletter comes out before I put them here.

The pressure is on!!

Oh my life...someone has a link to here on their blog (I am very flattered Jo..thankyou) but it means that I really had better upload something that I have done. I think blogger is being naughty this morning though as it won't let me add an image :(
Now it has..here is the necklace I made with my birthday beads :D
DH has a trianing day today which meant that he took L to school and will be home before 7 for the first time this week! It also means that I wallowed in bed til 7.30 - a complete luxury!

And now the postie has arrived with my christmas wool...so I shall away to droll and try again later to put on piccies...............

To do!!

Okay, this is like a kind of to do list of all the things I am wanting to put on here and HOPING to get the time to!!

DS1 is off school today for a training day (teachers) and so we ar going out to play..he won't let me leave him but, thankfully, his friends mum is really nice so no trauma there. Tomorrow I may be helping in his class and then I have a gym assessment so quite when this TO DO list will get done I don't know!

So.......

• Keep up to date with stuff I have done for Scrapkits DT - still have to send Lou piccies of the gorgeous tin I did from the 3bugs..sorry Chick!
• Post piccies of the necklace and earrings I made from birthday beads (thankyou Auntie Jan and Uncle Paul:D )
• Upload (taking first) pics of things I made ay my crop at the weekend
• Uplaod pages that I have done (I am seriously behind but I can't always be learning new things!) for Shimelles class.

Well...not much to do there then!!

ETA Oh yeah..and update my People to See links cos that is seriously lacking!!!!!