Quick one

Well this is a quick one as I'm in the middle of packing ....I'm going away for the weekend, on my own and scrapping :-)

HOW GOOD IS THAT? I can't wait, though I have sooo much to do.

The past week has been manic, 2 of the kids have been ill, then they lovingly gave it to me, so I was unwell too, then I've been both trying to catch up as well as pack to go away along with getting the 2 older girls ready to go on holiday with Nana. I'll need more than a weekend to get over it I'm sure but hey - it's a start.

Yummy Junkitz also landed on my doorstep the other day and can be seen scattered around my site. Well of course I just had to make enough time to upload that little lot. I'm busy working on loads of plans for the shop and site, to make it a great place to shop, so things seem to be moving loads this end but no where to be seen. :(

Ooo and my little lad did a special assembly for all us mums yesterday, he was a EXCELLENT Rooster and did me so proud.....it made me realise how much my kids mean to me, and how I need to give them a bit more devotion. That is now one of my new goals, on top of the others.

Oh well off to finish sorting washing before off to do the daily chores and pick the kids up.....I'll fill you all up with news when I get back. ~ Don't do too much while I'm way. LOL

Blinking Royal Mail....

Oooo I could have wrung someones neck today. I had a note left of Saturday saying I had 2 parcels waiting for me, so a friend went to get them for me on Monday they couldn't find them! He was advised that I should wait until today to see if they turned up on the van, and if not phone them up......hense when they didn't turn up I phoned (a few times), anyway they said they couldn't find them, couldn't speak to the driver as it was to late, blady, blady blah blah....

Then about 3.30 I got a phone call saying, surprise, surprise they'd found them - 4 parcels together.....4 I said? I was only due 2 late ones and ones that were also posted yesterday and due today....anyway hubby went to pick them up and sure enough one of them was one that was posted yesterday. So they've either forgot to put them on the van this morning...or didn't deliver today due to the increase of traffic in Warrington. Either way I'll have a moan.

Anyway - rant over.....I got, lots of Yummy Scrummy goodies. Page protectors arrived for the kids albums along with my Scrapagogo kit (MMMmmmm) and my gorgeous Scrapitiude Cybercrop prize!! Lots of luvely Safralass papers and bits and bobs, scrummy! Thanks Kimmy!

I can't wait to scrap now, but I'm shattered. :-( Ideas are flowing though and hopefully I'll get some energy back tomorrow. :-)

What a day....

It's been a weird day, I've been over tired AGAIN, so I know what's coming....*sigh*

Anyway after a sleep with the baby this afternoon and work phoning and saying they didn't need me tonight did I want the night off? - Like YEA!! I decided that I may as well give myself a scrapping evening and boy did I scrap. I got my Guest DT layout done for Scrapitude, which was hard, I wasn't keen on the papers and found them really hard to scrap with - you should have seen the mess I made.....anyway I think I'm happy with the result, though I'll know for sure in the morning when I look at it again. Keep an eye out for it!

Then I actually scrapped with the TLC Artist's Choice - another shock horror, but I actually like the new papers more than I thought I would! Anyway you can see my efforts above, follow that with a late night finishing a scraplift challenge and I thought it was a successful evening. :-)

Anyway I better get some sleep as tomorrow is another busy day with kids and an 8 hour shift tomorrow night. (I doubt I'll get out of that one)

Where did it go?

Where did my day go? I lost it somewhere between 9am and 4pm... I had great plans at 9am this morning on my walk home from taking the kids to school. I was going to get all the housework done and photos for listings so that I was free to list or scrapbook guilt free this evening. Then a friend turned up at 10 past nine and upon her leaving another turned up...

By the time I was back on my own with little one it was gone 12 o'clock and I had to get invoices ready and orders packed ready for the Post/School run. A few brews later and only the front room was tidy. Once I got home with the kids I was fit for nothing......an hour and a half out the house in this heat pushing a pram just wipes me out.

Darling hubby saw I was shattered though and kindly let me go to bed for an hour or so while he did tea and put the kids in bed, so that was a nice change. :-)

Anyway at least I got a bit of washing done this evening before I get buried in it, along with some stash shopping - essentials I promise, and bargain auctions to clear some stock in my eBay shop. Anyway, while I've had a boring housework day here's a layout from the cybercrop weekend on Scrapitude so at least you've got something to look at. LOL

There is a real world out there

Yep there is, I've actually seen it today. I forget how much I'm in the house sometimes, apart from my PO and school run I tend to be in the rest of the time, and I really should get out more while the sun is shining.
Today it was a trip to Costco, and boy was it worth it. I came home with 2 bottles of Ketchup, some glue but best of all.........12 Danish for £3.50 BARGAIN! Then it was a chat with a dear friend on the phone who made me get more stash, as we went browsing the web. - I deny all responsibility for it. (Ner)
Oh then for once I was actually prepared with something to do at my crop tonight. I'm getting myself organised with the kids 8x8 albums, and worked on a bit more on those. I just need to do more shopping now for the extra cardstock and papers for the others then I'll have 4 whole albums to work on when I go on my scrapping weekend at the end of May, along with something to do at crops. :-)

I'm still going...

I just don't know where my energy has come from today. I've managed to tidy, hoover, clean the bathroom, put 3 loads of washing away, wash 3 more, mob all floors downstairs and still churn out 3 6x6 layouts, 2 CJ's and another 12x12 layout (on the right). All mixed in with the ususal School and Post office run.
It is helped by the fact that business is a bit quiet at the moment, but with the nice weather I'm sure I can cope with that for a bit. (Not too long though)
Having said that I'm now shattered and about to go for a long soak in the tub before my back gives out on me.

Oh and how could I forget.....I'M SCRAPITUDE CROP QUEEN, I'm gonna get loads of lovely stash prizes ~ how good is that, goodies just for scrapping & enjoying myself. My scraptospend though is still going downhill, what with Kimmys Bazzill offer yesterday, and my need for another album I'm truly in scrapping debt. So I hope my mojo stays around for a few weeks till I manage to catch up, that or a lottery win will be good. :)

Well I'm now totally scrapped out, I've done 10 layouts, 10 Cards, 2 Altered Frames, 2 ATC Cards and a couple of Dominos in 34 hours of Cyber Crop Madness. I must say though that it has been the most fun I've had in ages and I'm chuffed with every layout I've done. This one is my favourite as the papers are just great and the minute I laid the title down I just knew it was going to work. Another one of my sweet baby.

Off to sort out boring mother stuff like washing etc, and school clothes before collapsing into bed to recharge before another day begins.

Great big thanks to Kimmy and all the Cyber Crop team for a FANTASTIC weekend. Love ya all.

1.30 AM

Yep I'm still up and still creating. I just can't seem to stop despite the yawning. Another Altered picture frame this time. The rate I'm going, not an item in the house will be left untouched.

This is one of my creations from the day and my favourite so far, mainly because it's my sweet baby who is growing up so fast and is the last one I'm gonna have. *insert boohoo* but also because it was an idea for a challenge that I suggested, to create a layout that apart from the background sheet contained no extra cardstock or paper....embellishments only.
The idea just popped into my head and it wasn't until I'd sent my suggestion that I wondered what the heck I'd do if it was picked! I avoided doing it for a few hours but figured I wouldn't live it down if I left it, and this is the result.

I've also finally scrapped a picture today that WASN'T one of the kids, which makes a change. It's about time others appeared in my album. Gotta love Mummy & Daddy. *wub*

Well I suppose I'd better get some sleep, there is much more scrapping to do tomorrow along with 2 CJ's and 3 Birthday Layouts for a swap, along with the usual emails etc, etc. Oh I so hope the hubby doesn't get called out for work, so he can have the kids....

Well here I am......

It's a blog, and at the moment I don't know what the hell I'm doing but hey, lets see how we go.

I've been busy completing cyber crop challenges on Scrapitude all day, throughly enjoying myself and giving most things a go. I must say the ad challenge has beaten me, I just saw it and nothing entered my head at all....oh well, sometimes you've just got to go with your gut.

Well while I think of something to say and work out how this whole blog thing works, that's it from me for now.