2 more scrapbook pages.

Here are two pages from my Disneyland Scrapbook album I'm very slowly making. The top photo is of a page that I made to start off the album. I made castle out of pink card and glittered it, and cut the title using my sizzix machine and the lollipop font.
The second picture is of us in our hotel room after the first night. I used the Cricut Expressions machine to cut out the large Mickey head, the hands at the bottom and the lettering as well. I have to make another character to go on Matthew's wall later tonight. My boss loved the Donald that I made her.

I've had quite a few texts from Justin so far today. He left at 9.30 so he was in plenty of time for the coach that was arriving at 10am... which arrived at 10.35! The qualifier races start at 1pm. Justin phoned abit later to say that they were on a driver break for half an hour!! They ended up getting there about half an hour before it started.
He sent a text about 15 minutes ago telling me he's been sitting on the grass with a Jack Daniels and now eating burger and chips!! Me and Matthew just had a sandwich and packet of crisps... poor us, lol. Justin said he's paid £12 so that he can have an "all you can eat" at the hotel this evening, so he's all set. I think we'll be having pizza tonight.

Just two photos.

The photo of the garden gate was taken yesterday evening and I liked it because of the shadows on the gate and it's rustic kind of look. Click on the photos for a larger size.

This photo of Abby was taken with my 200mm zoom lens about an hour ago. I love this photo of her!

Justin had today off work so that he has a long weekend. He's off to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix tomorrow. I have no idea what me and Matthew will be doing, but Darryl is working and then out at night to a party.
Went to Tesco's this morning with Darryl and dad, Justin stayed behind just in case my camera lens turned up, which it did! I had great fun with it when I attached it to the camera. It's quite a bit heavier than the kit lens.
Justin has got a game for his Playstation 3 called Buzz. It's brilliant! You each have a controller with different coloured panels on it and play an interactive quiz, sooo funny! You can play it online as well.
Matthew had his day trip to Upware today. His coach was just getting into school as we turned up to get him. He said he had a great time pond dipping and looking at dead animals, lol, what he meant by that last bit I have no idea. I don't know if he meant they were stuffed or something!
It's been a wonderful sunny and hot day here again today and should be roughly the same here tomorrow as well... but light rain is forecast for Silverstone.

I took this photo when Matthew just got in from school. We were about to go into town for new wellies for him and trainers too! He is a size 4 shoe!!! And he's only 7!
Click on the photo, it's much better that way.

Blimey! I made a scrapbook page!!

Below are some crafty things I made. The two cards were for Cheryl and her son and daughter in law. I made them about two years ago, I knew they'd come in handy!!! The one on the left is for her son, and the one on the right is for Cheryl and her husband congratulating them on becoming grandparents.

The following scrapbook page I made this morning!! Wooohooooo! It's been an age since I last made a scrapbook page! Anyway, this is a page of us waiting for our coach to take us to Disneyland Paris on December 15th 2006! I used my new Cricut Expressions machine to make the arrow thingies, the Mickey heads and the little journalling box. The colours are a bit strange, but I didn't want to go too Disney or too bright on a page about getting on a coach... it's definitely brighter though than it appears here, and it's also got two strips of yellow wobbly lines across the top and bottom now.

Other news!
DAD has only gone and booked next years holiday. This time he's off to Austria! He'll come back with clogs on and yodelling... at least I think that's Austria, or is that Switzerland???

Matthew had to be at school this morning at 8.30am. We walked to school with Justin who then went off to work. Matthew and his year are singing at Hinchingbrooke school, it is the one that I went to as a teenager. There are over 500 children singing at this music festival. He was singing some of the songs this morning, You Lift Me Up... Run Rabbit Run... one about pack up your something or other in your old kit bag etc... and that's all I can remember and he's singing eleven different songs. Tomorrow he is going on a day trip to Upware near Ely for an environmental kind of thing... got to buy him new wellies later today coz his are too tight he told me.

Aha! Bron (friend from Oz in my card group) just informed me that the song is... Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile... Thanks Bron!

And here is another page... this time on board the Sea France ferry Ronin in the dark. I used crystal laquers to go over the text and swirly wave thingies to glaze and lift them.

Sports Day and DS update.

Good morning!
Well the DS finally arrived this morning after contacting their Customer Services two days ago. I don't know what happened to the original one, but I'm happy that I have a replacement now.
Sports Day was great yesterday, sunny and hot! Matthew was in the red team - hence red top! Sports Day consists of lots of mini games on the field which each child competes in. They get a ticket after their turn to say in which place they finished and then take that to the people who are adding up the scores for each team. The reds won! They won last year as well. Matthew had a great time and it was good that his dad had the day off work to see him as well.
When we picked up Matthew from school we went to Homebase and got a few plants for our tubs in the garden, and some more bark to go underneath our garden swing. We didn't attempt any gardening until after dinner at night when it had cooled down a little bit. I need two more tubs and more compost! I shall have to go into town and buy some more...

Justin got the details through the post about his weekend at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix - he got them last week but I forgot to mention it. Anyway... he has an overnight stay in a hotel that you would have thought would have been somewhere near Northampton... well you'd be wrong. The hotel is in Wolverhampton! How mad is that??? It would be nearer for him to come home for the night!

OH! I often mention Cheryl in here as I work with her at the weekends. Well at 2.30am this morning she became a grandmother to a little boy called Leo, weighing in at 7lbs 12oz. Congratulations!! Wooohooooooooooo.

Here are some photos from Sports Day, see Myrt (Marion), I do read my comments in my blog under the posts!!

Ok, so... the DS............................

...is STILL not here. I managed to find a phone number to the company today and phoned them. They told me that it was definitely dispatched and I should have had it last week. He then sent me an email, and it was so funny coz that didn't turn up either!! I had to phone him up again and he laughed coz I hadn't received it, then he emailed me again. It was a form that I needed to print, sign it, then scan it, then resend it back to him. He said that he thinks there was a problem with the Post Office at their end. He is also going to try and trace it, but that was another problem - there was no tracking number! So, he's sending me out another one either today or tomorrow.
Matthew has now got my new DS, the Crimson and black one, and I shall have the Cobalt blue one when it finally arrives.

Today has been a lovely hot day, and it's going to be hotter tomorrow. It's Matthew's school sports day tomorrow and Justin has the day off for it. Matthew said he's nervous, lol. He was ok once he got started last year. I shall take the camera and get some photos. We very rarely use the video camera as it plays up so much, we should really...

Nintendo DS update...

Justin's has made it here from Hong Kong... but do you think Matthew's has made it from somewhere in this country?? Nope! I'm not looking forward to telling him when I pick him up from school, and I've hidden Justin's so he doesn't know that that one is here... Justin's is nice, it's got a dragon on it.

Here's Pluto!

And here's Pluto! I also made a card tonight, the first card in ages!!! Yeah, using my Disney cartridge. This Pluto is now on Matthew's wall next to Mickey.
I waited in all day today expecting Matthew's cobalt blue and black Nintendo DS was going to turn up, but it didn't... it better be here tomorrow! Justin's crimson one with a dragon on it, has made it from Hong Kong, it's in the East Midlands now according to DHL's website tracking thingy.
I must also wave to Linda - dad's church visitor!! Hellooooooooo Linda! You must get very bored reading my blog!! I suppose it passes five minutes if you've got a loose end and a cuppa tea though. Mind you, it's nice to know I have my regulars, lol.

Well, that's about it for tonight. The football is almost over, and then I can put Big Bro on - it's recording on the V+ box at the moment.

Goodnight all...



HAHAHA, you gotta love that cat!

Design Studio

Today I've been fiddling around with Design Studio. It's a software program for the Cricut Expression (from hereon in, it will be called the Big Bug (well that's what they called it on the forum)). I typed out the word Disneyland, used a Mickey head and hand icon and welded them onto the word, which also had to be welded. I then created the hands border. I connected the laptop up to the bug and it needed to do a firmware update first, so when that was done I got stuck in. It was using two of my cartridges - Mickey and Friends for the graphics, and Plantin Schoolbook for the fonts. Well I was so happy, the machine done precisely what I asked it to do! Wow! Matthew wants to make Pluto later and one other character to go on his wall next the the original Mickey and Minnie.
I have some cardstock being delivered tomorrow, bazzill basics colours, and some Disney papers.

And here's the perfect couple...

Awwww, they are quite sweet aren't they?
I'm definitely loving this machine!!

I am now the proud owner of...

... of a Cricut (proun cricket!) Expressions machine click the link to see what I'm talking about. This amazing machine allowed me to cut out this fantastic Mickey Mouse!!! This machine is fantastic, I love it!!!
This is my first attempt and I had to follow a step by step on the above website. Matthew has now stolen him. I bought the Disney cartridge, Mickey and Friends, and now should be able to get on with a Disneyland scrapbook that is in desperate need of getting past the start page. Justin bought me a gorgeous Disney scrapbook album for Christmas, so I need to get on with it... no excuse now!

Wicksteed Park

Today we went to Wicksteed Park in Kettering with Justin's dad and step mum. We had a great day, but we had light rain for most of the day. It did brighten up from about 2pm onwards. Matthew loved the car ride at the top, and he took Tommy (who he'd brought home from school again for being good) on the curly slides, and the bottom picture is of both Daddy's and Matthew's first go on the go-karts. Apparently Justin wasn't allowed in one when he was little as they were too fast and he was too young to steer one. They loved it!
We had lunch in a bar in the park, Justin had lasagne and I had haddock and chips. Later on when we were back home, we went to Frankie and Benny's for dinner. Justin and I shared a large mixed grill, followed by hot chocolate brownie in custard, fresh cream, vanilla ice cream, and red berries. Matthew had icecream with Cadbury's chocolate buttons and strawberry sauce, he also asked our waiter for marshmallows with it, and he got them!
We were all stuffed by the time we got home. Justin's dad and step mum stayed for about another 2 hours and then went back to the hotel.
Today we just showed them around town. Joan bought some new clothes in my favourite shop, they also got Matthew a new Doctor Who figure. We went to the Baker's oven for a Latte and cake.
They left at 1pm. Justin watched Formula One, and I fell asleep. I've been looking at Trollbeads tonight... I love them!!! I have two bids on Ebay at the moment.
I have printed out some photos but there is something wrong with the new printer, so I'm annoyed... don't know where the box is to send it back either. The beginning of the photo prints fine, but the last inch or so smudges and kind of droops downwards.
I have ordered the new hifi... click here to see it! I hope it lasts longer than the printer did!!


The above picture is of a cross stitch kit that I've just bought. It's normal price is over £30, but I got it for £13... Ok, it looks really hard to stitch and I know it's going to drive me mental... I'm hoping it's not going to be another one of those "One day I'll finish that" projects.

A Tuesday in June...

...and what have I been doing? Er... watching Big Brother live on the red button most of the time, and cross stitching. I stitched both dad's and Justin's Father's Day cards. Dad's spelled out Dad with musical thingies, and Justin's is a Formula 1 flag and steering wheel. They both liked their cards. I got dad two bags of toffee's and some cinnamon biscuits, and Justin got a Swizzles selection box full of various sweets. He'd looked at something similar at Christmas but never bought one.
Football is still on the telly every night, so I just cross stitch or watch it too. Although I will be glad when it's finished!!
Our microwave decided to go kaput Monday night, so we have a new one coming tomorrow. I need the microwave as it seems I'm unable to cook rice without burning the saucepan, so it's safer in the microwave. I managed to burn boiled eggs two weeks ago...
I've got this coming weekend off work - Justin's dad and step mum are down and we're going to Wicksteed Park in Kettering. It's an old fashioned theme park and it's a nice day out. Hopefully Matthew will have a good day.
Tonight I'm cooking sausages and pasta in a tomato and herb sauce, mmm mmmmmm. Later on I shall be cross stitching. It's of two cats, a grey cat and a ginger cat, on a swing with flowers above them. I'm about 3 quarters of the way through, so need to get it finished.

It's all about BB!

Big Bro has been on the telly since it started almost!! Well, no, that's a lie... Justin has the football on at the moment every night... I'd be more interested if England were actually in it!

I'm also cross stitching as well. I'm stitching two little cats on a swing and I'll upload a pic of that when it's done. After the cats, I have a pup laying in a hammock that I want to stitch. Trouble is, I start off all enthusiastic, then it wanes a bit, then goes altogether, so I've got lots of unfinished projects. Matthew wants me to stitch a big Peter Rabbit picture for him. I don't know if I hold out much hope of that getting done... but it would look lovely.

Big Brother has started!!!!

Goodbye summer!!
I'm a BB addict and proud of it! I'm liking most of the housemates. We stayed up until almost midnight watching it, then when we went to bed Justin put it on the telly in the there as well, lol. I do have a couple of favourites at the moment, but don't have any idea what their names are.

I wish my new handbag would hurry up and get here - it was dispatched on the third of June so it should be here! I had fun using the tongs yesterday, but I haven't attempted to use the hot rollers yet, I don't even know if I'll be able to put them in... maybe I could bribe Justin!! I'm not hopeful on that one.

Matthew has a school disco tonight, and luckily I'm making a casserole with dumplings for dinner, so that can be cooking in the oven and be ready for when we get back home at 6.15pm. Justin will have to put the dumplings in when he gets home from work.

Dad is due to leave Killarney today and stay overnight tonight at Waterford, then tomorrow it will be the journey back to England. I should think he's taken lots of photo's.

Check back later for any updates into my active day, lol.

11am and I have an update already!! My handbag, purse, and Betty Boop organiser have come, along with a Winter Cottages decoupage card making kit, am now a happy bunny!

Curls curls curls

Yep, the photos are out of focus, but it's hard holding a camera and looking in the mirror and not getting it blurry! The back view was taken by Matthew - now he can normally hold a camera very still! I also forgot to flip the top image, so you're seeing the mirror image.
Anyway... my new tongs are here and this is the result from today, lol.

Wavy hair!

Not the best pic I know, but I've given myself some waves... what do you think? It was only a quick go... I quite like it, but will curl it more next time, plus this pic isn't showing up all the wavy bits... grrrr.

Just how lucky is my dad!

Dad is going to see Riverdance tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm SO jealous!!!! He is staying at the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney and he will see Riverdance here. Amazing!

Matthew had a good day at school today. They had some owls brought into school today. I'm trying to think of the word of a collection of birds doing displays but I can't remember, lol.

Cheryl is coming over tonight to borrow my carpet washer, I'll have to do a quick demo first!
Last night Justin had half an hour on his rowing machine with a Jack Daniels by his side and a packet of Doritos afterwards.

My dogs!

Here is a little video of our dogs. Abby is the one doing all the work!

Dad's in Ireland!

Dad has gone on holiday to Ireland. It is taking almost as long to get to Killarney as it did for him to get to San Marino in Italy last year!! He said the ferry was calm, so I think he was relieved about that. They do tend to rock quite abit when the sea is choppy, and of course they ship isn't going to roll right over, but it does feel like it is, lol.

I went to work at the weekend, and A & E was pretty uneventful. Our boss came into work to hand me and Cheryl Employee of the Month certificates and badges - we'd taken over running the office and sorting out phone numbers when a local doctor's surgery was on fire a few months back. It's the second time I've got that award, the first time was for noticing that the crash trolley (resus trolley) wasn't on charge like it should be.

I'm still cross stitching, although this one is only tiny. It's the All Our Yesterday's free kit with one of this month's magazines. I would like to get it done soon though, coz Matthew wants an M with a teddy doing.

I'm still on the Soya milk as well and I'm staying on it!