I'm great at tidying the toys away at the end of the day and usually several times during the day too (much to the kids annoyance). I like everything to have a 'home', I'm a great fan of baskets. I'm good with the washing, eg Monday is always towel wash day, but I'm not so keen at ironing (luckily Jeff... Read more →

Been thinking about a change of direction with my scrapbook layouts, sometimes I find that just doing 12 x 12 layouts can be a little restrictive. Decided that instead of a complete change to 8.5 x 11 layouts I'd do a mixture of both. I had read about others combining different page sizes in the same album and thought that... Read more →

Half term started as planned; Monday morning with my friends Ros and Jo and their boys over to play at our house. But that is where it swiftly ended. Callum became increasingly wheezey and upset and his inhaler wasn't getting his asthma under control. Mid afternoon I took him down to the Doctors to get him checked over, expecting them... Read more →

Did you see the 2nd weekend creative by AE about making a valentines book? I adapted it and made it for Jeff, it's all wrapped up waiting for him to get home. But here's a little peek of it before I wrote in it... Decided not to go with the felt, not really 'his thing' so I used a little... Read more →

This week it's been a week long creative; making bunting, painting wooden hearts, knitting and felting bags and making lots of cards. Had a stall at a coffee morning for Callum's playgroup today. Wasn't expecting big things but did ok. Nice just to be there, Jeff brought the boys over and they had fun playing and eating cake! No photos... Read more →

You should be well aware by now that I'm always inspired my Ali Edwards and the latest weekend creative prompt was great; This weekend your prompt is to make a list of little & big things that were a part of your 2007. Your list could have as many things on it as you want, but I think the idea... Read more →

Matthew came out of school the other day with a great big grin on his face - it was his turn to take Spencer Bear home for the night. Spencer bear is a little teddy bear who is spending a night at each of the childrens home's in Matthew's class. We (meaning I) had to write a report complete with... Read more →

I was inspired after reading Janine's post the other night to photograph my 'little word' for the year 'ENJOY'. She had seen this idea on Ali Edwards' blog last week, I too had seen it and loved the idea. Well after seeing Janine's photos I decided I too would have some fun and photograph my little word in various places.... Read more →

I've been on a learning curve tonight, not only have I installed the software for my new camera, but I have also been playing with Photoshop Elements 6. Wow, I feel out of my depth with photoshop at the moment, lots to learn - think I'll be holding off buying any digital scrapbook kits for the time being. I did... Read more →

Last year we only managed to go back to Northern Ireland twice, once in the summer and then again at Christmas. This year has already seen us return just a short two weeks later. Jeff's Grampa sadly passed away and how thankful are we that we had recently spent time with him at Christmas. The last time we saw him... Read more →