tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34071146635685643762024-03-14T13:27:10.900+00:00Little Dragon RamblingsSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-69136289629414477442008-10-06T22:27:00.004+00:002008-10-06T22:31:50.791+00:00ickle bit of craftingOver on Bubbly Funk we had a Cyber Crop a couple of weeks ago. I printed/saved all the projects, but have only had chance to make one up to now - and that's only because I needed it for a pressie.<br /><br />this is a little gift bag - instructions very kindly provided by Sue (thanx)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LrSRmmtH45_Wvs5qwIoOZDDDxW4Ps7VNq-VGe9jx37y-E7GKWz52R7EkrYoPh2Oi9nCwuQTA7QP3Qe1G6oV0xxfUn3WGve5FtiNA098nPCEMXipr3pvpPAUJn9GpjjF4fA8GLEBZtTtS/s1600-h/DSCN2251.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254171445970800466" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LrSRmmtH45_Wvs5qwIoOZDDDxW4Ps7VNq-VGe9jx37y-E7GKWz52R7EkrYoPh2Oi9nCwuQTA7QP3Qe1G6oV0xxfUn3WGve5FtiNA098nPCEMXipr3pvpPAUJn9GpjjF4fA8GLEBZtTtS/s200/DSCN2251.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I mucked it up a little bit and therefore it's smaller than it should be - but it worked ok coz it's only got a small pressie in it!<br /><br />I fully intend to make other things from the crop and will let you see them when I eventually have a go!Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-43161279894853900192008-10-06T22:18:00.003+00:002008-10-06T22:23:35.856+00:00Snowy's got a Radley (well a handbag!!)anyone who knows our family will know that Snowy is our dog. She was a rescue dog and we have had her for just over 2 years. and she is thoroughly spoilt rotten!!<br /><br /><br />Altho she has her own toy box full, in fact overflowing, with toys, Carl decided she had to have a new one. and here it is:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpJyUjfwPkEFg8V6pj2H4Td93SbxLN57Qprep_DfbacTLbADnJCKA01i-_KahQFdkIJph7zERVuDQcTmJDNJX8dC3RgFA6HWUEsiHM6qEnR6mz4QHNtCszMJFfA4_-F3wjIs_ntCkh7N7/s1600-h/DSCN2380.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254169616965554994" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 201px" height="200" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpJyUjfwPkEFg8V6pj2H4Td93SbxLN57Qprep_DfbacTLbADnJCKA01i-_KahQFdkIJph7zERVuDQcTmJDNJX8dC3RgFA6HWUEsiHM6qEnR6mz4QHNtCszMJFfA4_-F3wjIs_ntCkh7N7/s200/DSCN2380.JPG" width="177" border="0" /></a> not quite a Radley - but almost!!!<br /><br />she was obviously getting ready to go out - coz she also like a drink:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjJZzaIXOOWNIP3V4YTGvF1XucOC1BZdK4FXRHEKdaUtO-yjjY2bTWCrymlcjJM0HoXb3IBHcLLHOMO6PF4A4ZO8R3rE27KVBJQX0HPDzwKf_5TPErr8iZ7TpB2a9WI_HD3GjhyphenhyphenS0tTr1/s1600-h/DSCN2383.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254169623853522690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjJZzaIXOOWNIP3V4YTGvF1XucOC1BZdK4FXRHEKdaUtO-yjjY2bTWCrymlcjJM0HoXb3IBHcLLHOMO6PF4A4ZO8R3rE27KVBJQX0HPDzwKf_5TPErr8iZ7TpB2a9WI_HD3GjhyphenhyphenS0tTr1/s200/DSCN2383.JPG" border="0" /></a>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-72641036709194849762008-10-06T22:07:00.004+00:002008-10-06T22:17:59.505+00:00weekend awayLast weekend, Daniel and I went away for the weekend (and left Carl and Snowy at home!)<br /><div>we went on a bus trip to CadburyWorld (mmmmm chocolate!!), and then a safari park on the Sunday.</div><div>We had a great time and altho it was abit strange without Carl, it was nice to have a mother/son weekend.</div><div>here are a couple of pictures from the safari park, including the white lions, white tigers, a giraffe licking dew from the top of a jeep and some 'rude' turtles!! (Daniel said I had to put the last one on!!)</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK961AcuG6Hd4ZVxod7vQV5MCSqeTD9wuru86FishuT3LEPwk55qRFk02ww4SVtcXRhtcJOc0UE8pLvST1eTMtGkFsNtMYOHKV4X9i1UOv6WJ-TZPUnJu2XD4hKoMaq2a5I9-AbvVF2N5p/s1600-h/DSCN2290.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254167563165787346" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK961AcuG6Hd4ZVxod7vQV5MCSqeTD9wuru86FishuT3LEPwk55qRFk02ww4SVtcXRhtcJOc0UE8pLvST1eTMtGkFsNtMYOHKV4X9i1UOv6WJ-TZPUnJu2XD4hKoMaq2a5I9-AbvVF2N5p/s200/DSCN2290.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUrPU5DFPTkBoCO4QgPa_joIR5nVKw2BNkqZH4p7F-Jbg1SrXoGx6Dwr80DnMaqPSOouxDWTmPOH_ZEq_cqugWgKpFWXz7E5l5VhlfdKHGaCvV4-s5XjrI1_A1W-bnMrj8wU22662K39W/s1600-h/DSCN2293.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254167551942884754" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUrPU5DFPTkBoCO4QgPa_joIR5nVKw2BNkqZH4p7F-Jbg1SrXoGx6Dwr80DnMaqPSOouxDWTmPOH_ZEq_cqugWgKpFWXz7E5l5VhlfdKHGaCvV4-s5XjrI1_A1W-bnMrj8wU22662K39W/s200/DSCN2293.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTOlWInlYckA2W3f4SVoA-xbsx1MQron8PxopbOMOJciUww8e0nV_MM3VkQ4oz96NDEQgX-vTg1YRa5IGq22mHjtkuTyokEG19N4sZku5V97mx6rE18QVK2ora1HH6FQzgzOVft2NCjdb/s1600-h/DSCN2270.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254167541199960466" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTOlWInlYckA2W3f4SVoA-xbsx1MQron8PxopbOMOJciUww8e0nV_MM3VkQ4oz96NDEQgX-vTg1YRa5IGq22mHjtkuTyokEG19N4sZku5V97mx6rE18QVK2ora1HH6FQzgzOVft2NCjdb/s200/DSCN2270.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZUjhHCUIO3t3_KLdpn_RQyo3q09nwI6IXjVm2-P304AD5-SMMQeX5H44gV6cHiyZ6zwxvB-uMwd6nPNGdB6FvKVOWl5IGJ3H5mlNepRFNDB1zADe146AjISV6pI4FyUWFMT302jBmm1u/s1600-h/DSCN2327.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254167566158265778" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZUjhHCUIO3t3_KLdpn_RQyo3q09nwI6IXjVm2-P304AD5-SMMQeX5H44gV6cHiyZ6zwxvB-uMwd6nPNGdB6FvKVOWl5IGJ3H5mlNepRFNDB1zADe146AjISV6pI4FyUWFMT302jBmm1u/s200/DSCN2327.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmikg8C-42cT70aYuFydXkOnjkImFCzAQhmrDggr6lSMGr-8pBrGGCfep2vK1D6BjYvO3OCKQXgSQoMqqHcslEHa4WoCfe5FyPpFp_P-2PEOeYnBrDKvQxcEyRV5yBZHicYHX3YaSh0-qq/s1600-h/DSCN2360.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254167577388278226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmikg8C-42cT70aYuFydXkOnjkImFCzAQhmrDggr6lSMGr-8pBrGGCfep2vK1D6BjYvO3OCKQXgSQoMqqHcslEHa4WoCfe5FyPpFp_P-2PEOeYnBrDKvQxcEyRV5yBZHicYHX3YaSh0-qq/s200/DSCN2360.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>oh yes, and one of my 'grown up' son!!</div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZprS-o3zjbcDLlj6oO2Foe4RdR7z0tB9a1zF9Aw5Mlk2r4XACwj6_vRlyS1sRqZE2R9nOWfrJHx0HVx6RewmprDEkYEEikmj_lvjNKIus__yrEBiVDQMiync5g8CIVkvBKNhtuE3xGrLZ/s1600-h/DSCN2345.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254168289732035538" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZprS-o3zjbcDLlj6oO2Foe4RdR7z0tB9a1zF9Aw5Mlk2r4XACwj6_vRlyS1sRqZE2R9nOWfrJHx0HVx6RewmprDEkYEEikmj_lvjNKIus__yrEBiVDQMiync5g8CIVkvBKNhtuE3xGrLZ/s200/DSCN2345.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-33868868403177631762008-10-06T22:02:00.002+00:002008-10-06T22:07:39.173+00:00OMG!!! - how long is it since I blogged!!! I can't possibly share everything I've done since June!!! so just a few photos and an 'ickle bit of info!<br /><br />Our summer hols this year consisted of a week at Carl's mam and dad's caravan at Haltwhistle - the reasons for this is that Carl's holidays and Daniel's holiday activities clashed!! We had a great time tho and had a few days out - one of which was at Bowness on Windermere in the Lake District and here's a couple of photos of 'my family' from there<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7nsPAvEPbVvVgpu2HnvVbCUHPam3i1zzHLd-3UR34o6mq7Qp41zfe14BeXwlc3VSow85mlGZjSUl9xFX45AAVmt3hl4T6n-17xPleWGTcZjKaZU00kZSYzkMPzYXjA9G_VHsMO4pPYB0/s1600-h/DSCN2214.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254164981889327890" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7nsPAvEPbVvVgpu2HnvVbCUHPam3i1zzHLd-3UR34o6mq7Qp41zfe14BeXwlc3VSow85mlGZjSUl9xFX45AAVmt3hl4T6n-17xPleWGTcZjKaZU00kZSYzkMPzYXjA9G_VHsMO4pPYB0/s200/DSCN2214.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFs0NLcATdbL3yt_bDlwe-8AoQ8t5Kg3CGfeGI2QfkNU5zrqPTd36ortd9WT2iRBfD2wM3B0fZ7XNDDWwvhgCAbnAJDbZ_pY2kyimMID-XCNiFKrHPpyEHxeN5DqmrRJjoEnbUMSdVqs1/s1600-h/DSCN2220.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254164995294991394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFs0NLcATdbL3yt_bDlwe-8AoQ8t5Kg3CGfeGI2QfkNU5zrqPTd36ortd9WT2iRBfD2wM3B0fZ7XNDDWwvhgCAbnAJDbZ_pY2kyimMID-XCNiFKrHPpyEHxeN5DqmrRJjoEnbUMSdVqs1/s200/DSCN2220.JPG" border="0" /></a>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-65566972456999346032008-10-06T21:57:00.001+00:002008-10-06T21:58:46.252+00:00Nail ArtIn July I completed a Nail Art course and the slide show below shows some examples of my 'handywork'<br /><br />Eventually I will work out how to move it to the side of my blog and I will try to remember to update it whenever I do my nailsSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-29346991495166787822008-10-06T21:53:00.000+00:002008-10-06T21:54:37.548+00:00<div><embed src="http://widget-df.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=2954361355567408095&site=widget-df.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2954361355567408095&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-df.slide.com/p1/2954361355567408095/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2954361355567408095&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-df.slide.com/p2/2954361355567408095/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2954361355567408095&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-df.slide.com/p4/2954361355567408095/bb_t000_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-88073497586312645232008-06-07T08:48:00.003+00:002008-06-07T08:54:53.184+00:00look what I got this time!It was our 16th wedding anniversary yesterday, and we said we wouldn't buy for each other. but when Carl came home from work on Thursday night, he handed me 3 presents!! ( he always does this - you'd think I'd have learnt by now!!)<br /><br />Inside the presents, were a handbag, a purse and an umbrella - all with a little doggy on them.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhPaotpew-tqDgaVYcLfv-sH741EmY_v0HbNIy1tzmTDpUDQG_E9k37dWybTqPIqgxQaBDadArM6lfT4Mm0NLvDmH-aGHaRvmZu7A-rL5h2EgNvA1w9xvQ-p0INRBg20QMLZSHKse-vXG/s1600-h/DSCN2077.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209059602236211346" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhPaotpew-tqDgaVYcLfv-sH741EmY_v0HbNIy1tzmTDpUDQG_E9k37dWybTqPIqgxQaBDadArM6lfT4Mm0NLvDmH-aGHaRvmZu7A-rL5h2EgNvA1w9xvQ-p0INRBg20QMLZSHKse-vXG/s200/DSCN2077.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8ARU5aaPhlLxCRpJtul-ohymrnkEtg7BV2i8WuE28JY0X89qPA0UtGXQZ6Q1Ere32pmXERKet5FMAhwbuNh-G4eokVq5qJ-HKbsnUEclrtpu7rdZjGTa1h0tEJ5Jjj2VQ_hv4lVg6HYs/s1600-h/DSCN2078.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209059611346310402" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8ARU5aaPhlLxCRpJtul-ohymrnkEtg7BV2i8WuE28JY0X89qPA0UtGXQZ6Q1Ere32pmXERKet5FMAhwbuNh-G4eokVq5qJ-HKbsnUEclrtpu7rdZjGTa1h0tEJ5Jjj2VQ_hv4lVg6HYs/s200/DSCN2078.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br />I'd wanted a bigger Radley so I could use it every day ........ and now I have one!!<br /><br />I made him a necklace (a piece of suede with 3 black beads on). he seems to like it and it hasn't come off his neck since - but I felt a bit guilty.Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-80353806098840536832008-06-07T08:44:00.002+00:002008-06-07T08:48:34.555+00:00He can see!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUqKfSZZSe2pwibN8phdXTLUb-HJPl09ZexC6o6TxdfexSS-TRxGoqq2WEvM_NoL0wzYGOMsYE-9TT25FYKjEnxC5xsrdj5S4kEuqXnijex4lKxxBkFl4Dj3jjBwUb7tCdnKisLjdlYyB/s1600-h/DSCN2074.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209058080413396466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUqKfSZZSe2pwibN8phdXTLUb-HJPl09ZexC6o6TxdfexSS-TRxGoqq2WEvM_NoL0wzYGOMsYE-9TT25FYKjEnxC5xsrdj5S4kEuqXnijex4lKxxBkFl4Dj3jjBwUb7tCdnKisLjdlYyB/s200/DSCN2074.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Just thought I'd let you see Stumpy with eyes!! he looks so much better!! I nearly lost him on Thursday - I thought Ishould really let mam see him as she knitted him, so I took him with me when I left for work. It was soo hot in the car, I couldn't leave him there all day, so I took him in the office. Several people took a liking to him and wanted to take him home. However, he decided he was happy living with us.</div><div>oh, my mam thought is was great!!</div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-13429370415618202152008-06-03T21:51:00.003+00:002008-06-03T22:01:11.780+00:00StumpyI'm loving the knitted monkeys that Kaz over on Bubbly Funk knits and she knitted one for Daniel.<br />Anyway, my mam had a operation on her foot recently and was bored. As she is a knitter I obtained the monkey pattern from Kaz and presented it to my mother with some wool. A few weeks later she gave me a bag full of knitted pieces and said ' I knitted the blooming thing, I'm not sewing it up!!'<br /><br /><br />and so he sat in a bag for a few weeks.<br /><br /><br />then last week when I was off work I decided to sew him up. - not sure whether mam went a bit wrong on the pattern or whether it was the wool I picked, but my monkee is very fat with short legs!!<br /><br /><br />and now I introduce ' Stumpy'<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXu9fKt72e74sHaejBq3FJR8wX0Bb10R5WsUMkBII1lxVWYW1VLHzbC71o24FutdgJL5VYNhxG12AJ7UuvvGaAWaZqfDJa6xEKeVxxu-BRNz7zh-UYWsBdpucz4fXXJ2epEwcekFYnovy/s1600-h/DSCN2064.JPG"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUCUTVXJu2UoBmYuBiGR_FaOnplQ0AzOXz48MAmsQFAZtdbs0N1cZdQBlieHodZq9L5Koi6gQlEiQut9-0PWq24QXhpwt7lNZwAATPyhW0SHKrV4yexRiBT-lLa0Iyd-2hAg6fsd72Ncb/s1600-h/DSCN2065.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207777983895662290" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUCUTVXJu2UoBmYuBiGR_FaOnplQ0AzOXz48MAmsQFAZtdbs0N1cZdQBlieHodZq9L5Koi6gQlEiQut9-0PWq24QXhpwt7lNZwAATPyhW0SHKrV4yexRiBT-lLa0Iyd-2hAg6fsd72Ncb/s200/DSCN2065.JPG" border="0" /></a> You will also notice that he is blind at the minute, that is because I can't decide whether hes hould have stick on 'google' eyes or sewn eyes. I am not sure which he would suit better.<br /><br />So there you go, that is my Stumpy Monkee!!Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-4614470619119060792008-06-03T21:38:00.003+00:002008-06-03T21:50:25.136+00:00Altered Item<div>I tend to slightly alter things, but am always worried about going overboard. However, when I look at things that others have altered, I love them!!</div><br /><div>When I visited Rosie's blog recently she is offering some blog candy for reaching 10,000 visitors (well done Rosie!!) This time she is challenging people to 'alter' something, so after winning some fabby stuff in Rosie's last blog candy, I thought I'd get my thinking cap on!</div><div></div><br /><div>and this is what I found to alter (not sure if it counts tho!)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi1NRyXelfi6Mn4K20WUJLkwFsKkPrcNRCOmFrDUIYE6j5IdArAQOL5RGIfKBMdXb4DhtHQMJoxdVfF_oV88zwJ7NE1ixvDj2AFHtBGM9b14qfBM8X6HFU-cOhwb2oFUJxYhCk1rNrUIxf/s1600-h/DSCN2066.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207775047413353282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi1NRyXelfi6Mn4K20WUJLkwFsKkPrcNRCOmFrDUIYE6j5IdArAQOL5RGIfKBMdXb4DhtHQMJoxdVfF_oV88zwJ7NE1ixvDj2AFHtBGM9b14qfBM8X6HFU-cOhwb2oFUJxYhCk1rNrUIxf/s200/DSCN2066.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>The reasoning behind this is, my rapidly increasing weight!! </div><div>I was a member of Weight Watchers and managed to lose a stone and a half! but when all my 'probems' at work started, I more or less gave up. I was still paying the money,but not going to get weighed coz I'd been 'naughty' Therefore I cancelled my membership. I had a posh set of glass scales on the floor in my bedroom, but because they were on the carpet, they didn't weigh properly, so I asked my dad for some wood to stand them on. The wooden board is what he gave me!</div><br /><div>I soon decided I didn't really fancy the idea of the board in my bedroom as you would be able to seei t thru the scales. So outcame my stash and this is what I came up with.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiN59tkOjb-JqVkQDEJHPn6jIu2_Cgd8Id5pQFID4cTfdrPByfu_7Cmlomx1ifCxSTsLBGOkQig3YAH-PCRrJAswgf1i3y-xDT-XHihMvNjK2aI23aKREPE1I4yII762JxI8IdKq42_Lpz/s1600-h/DSCN2068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207775060583407298" style="WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 173px" height="165" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiN59tkOjb-JqVkQDEJHPn6jIu2_Cgd8Id5pQFID4cTfdrPByfu_7Cmlomx1ifCxSTsLBGOkQig3YAH-PCRrJAswgf1i3y-xDT-XHihMvNjK2aI23aKREPE1I4yII762JxI8IdKq42_Lpz/s200/DSCN2068.JPG" width="232" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>I was quite chuffed actually and Carl said if the wood had been a bit straighter he would have put it on the wall!!</div><div> </div><div>so there you go , my first proper attempt at 'altering' something</div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-36548161594534196962008-06-03T21:30:00.003+00:002008-06-03T21:38:23.456+00:00cardssome girls at work were laughing at me when I ordered the June kit off Bubbly Funk this week. They said I keep buying craft stash, admiring it and then sticking it in a drawer! Although this is absolutely true at the moment, I was determined to prove them wrong!!<br /><div></div><br /><div>these are what I came up with:</div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpxWNSzl6H_vrSwS59p4RvzmMkSyTEjAjKfaUfVIudQtADGQ05040uMkh1Bj7FXmAGTsqMXRpq-J_Osb02neqlWQM6C10UFIQnDs9HG4nzI5pqGmFWhUQDFEhMWiADWkIoMkVShLzngt-/s1600-h/DSCN2031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207771920438323074" style="CURSOR: hand" height="164" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpxWNSzl6H_vrSwS59p4RvzmMkSyTEjAjKfaUfVIudQtADGQ05040uMkh1Bj7FXmAGTsqMXRpq-J_Osb02neqlWQM6C10UFIQnDs9HG4nzI5pqGmFWhUQDFEhMWiADWkIoMkVShLzngt-/s200/DSCN2031.JPG" width="114" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9i-5UeCZId3NcMG_lmiqqEaqO62Iq5WBCAH2zyNtxB1t0HVvd39NB6aQPlWNj4l3vWXe3UHQKNAKt781ftDn7SzEiGzZATz-AcE0J6UpGx1m34r5rMOtqNBd_npbehL5iUPt93qnQsxkp/s1600-h/DSCN2071.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207771931504759378" style="CURSOR: hand" height="178" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9i-5UeCZId3NcMG_lmiqqEaqO62Iq5WBCAH2zyNtxB1t0HVvd39NB6aQPlWNj4l3vWXe3UHQKNAKt781ftDn7SzEiGzZATz-AcE0J6UpGx1m34r5rMOtqNBd_npbehL5iUPt93qnQsxkp/s200/DSCN2071.JPG" width="123" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5sTqaYmWEAxXYT2defL7xH30shL2G8_Nnw4EYK98iYblFG3qs0P4UZxMKUOnQ7CsemMKUYA8OGlSHLZmyIn-awXr8-pxF13fdFd2ZI2EjIjW6raWzPUGnGuzB9wPXbhdJ0FZ_2L67Nit/s1600-h/DSCN2070.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207771932495889122" style="CURSOR: hand" height="175" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5sTqaYmWEAxXYT2defL7xH30shL2G8_Nnw4EYK98iYblFG3qs0P4UZxMKUOnQ7CsemMKUYA8OGlSHLZmyIn-awXr8-pxF13fdFd2ZI2EjIjW6raWzPUGnGuzB9wPXbhdJ0FZ_2L67Nit/s200/DSCN2070.JPG" width="108" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfp1ALtAb6wNh3rzJn9IQ0kxVhL4dlSgXdtoPV5-52RkaYD5osyYqQgVfDMyWVxr5-aAxXbUXjZ78M8cXlhrRWj2E_SWZUKR_I_TVmqlTKQ5dJ0p5Z-4fXjsMHE8C1vIO5MlKHbj9XMAV8/s1600-h/DSCN2073.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207771944128161602" style="CURSOR: hand" height="176" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfp1ALtAb6wNh3rzJn9IQ0kxVhL4dlSgXdtoPV5-52RkaYD5osyYqQgVfDMyWVxr5-aAxXbUXjZ78M8cXlhrRWj2E_SWZUKR_I_TVmqlTKQ5dJ0p5Z-4fXjsMHE8C1vIO5MlKHbj9XMAV8/s200/DSCN2073.JPG" width="108" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>Actually, the first one is an anniversary card someone at work asked me to make a few weeks ago and I forgot I'd taken a photo, so thought I'd include that one too.</div><div> </div><div>Quite surprise myself actually coz I just picked up random things from my stash and took it down stairs to use. I was determined I wasn't going back upstairs until I'd finished! I obviously chose the right stuff!</div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-3987094665812615552008-06-03T21:17:00.003+00:002008-06-03T21:30:00.427+00:00ScarboroughI know this is a bit late, but just thought I'dshow a few pics from our weekend in Scarborough.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixk7QHxxB7AJ8-BwqfwF-OklnBczFV1upDOvQed0WC9IdSdJHeRj0TPJdr37NSVJhYztuvGACoIoIO0YUpNs47u6-ByWIcXCfpa1bZ-33QKEHAZvlPqtSdbE7PkzsoPQGPn4vFmGs_foK3/s1600-h/DSCN1937.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207770009038067026" style="CURSOR: hand" height="132" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixk7QHxxB7AJ8-BwqfwF-OklnBczFV1upDOvQed0WC9IdSdJHeRj0TPJdr37NSVJhYztuvGACoIoIO0YUpNs47u6-ByWIcXCfpa1bZ-33QKEHAZvlPqtSdbE7PkzsoPQGPn4vFmGs_foK3/s200/DSCN1937.JPG" width="115" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWr85YOhtTzxRnDpANsdr-qs-WjOohMgtMRia3mECTzYq6UtIiGO2tyDj4wT0LsefeSYAWmhpXVoeTJ0Whnd5TjU3nm67Ev6a8J0oerwSPwlWYne13YlOLgZ89sv6yAsT_35LIuIVuDN1o/s1600-h/DSCN1944.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207770017931851378" style="CURSOR: hand" height="107" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWr85YOhtTzxRnDpANsdr-qs-WjOohMgtMRia3mECTzYq6UtIiGO2tyDj4wT0LsefeSYAWmhpXVoeTJ0Whnd5TjU3nm67Ev6a8J0oerwSPwlWYne13YlOLgZ89sv6yAsT_35LIuIVuDN1o/s200/DSCN1944.JPG" width="149" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTXcVgQLEgmHAf8Ty5w34ggadDJ8GO-JfAhqXgOyxEsp_noKV1iCOnoHvsaMzFnLnY62QkpQbVNLHor3swDLHyv_5OMD2IErk6AIGmjV4ljyoZMbtbk8kBNnxbjYJKNrZQaJqMTKsVrYo/s1600-h/DSCN1939.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207770027908581154" style="CURSOR: hand" height="148" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTXcVgQLEgmHAf8Ty5w34ggadDJ8GO-JfAhqXgOyxEsp_noKV1iCOnoHvsaMzFnLnY62QkpQbVNLHor3swDLHyv_5OMD2IErk6AIGmjV4ljyoZMbtbk8kBNnxbjYJKNrZQaJqMTKsVrYo/s200/DSCN1939.JPG" width="108" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_w4dqJQF-xiwST7Ikwq_4oGLEBrEAL-CVEWe32RDd882BPOHVr4Z7EJihGYpjnja_qfA3TLh649AbDbplJOn5-BZ17TMdGwvkccaDPmc0O7nEvehxKE86f3Hy8kD9ma54-KCob-7eX28o/s1600-h/DSCN2011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207770030338654530" style="CURSOR: hand" height="123" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_w4dqJQF-xiwST7Ikwq_4oGLEBrEAL-CVEWe32RDd882BPOHVr4Z7EJihGYpjnja_qfA3TLh649AbDbplJOn5-BZ17TMdGwvkccaDPmc0O7nEvehxKE86f3Hy8kD9ma54-KCob-7eX28o/s200/DSCN2011.JPG" width="156" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We didn't do much apart from walk around the shops, go to the castle and the Sea Life Centre and get VERY wet when it rained! so there's not that much to blog!<br /><br /><br />However, it was a nice change and we all enjoyed ourselves.Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-21320988677510226932008-04-10T18:47:00.002+00:002008-04-10T18:54:02.414+00:00new puppy!!We received a text message from our friends Billy and Jeanie at the beginning of the week, asking us <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">if we wanted</span> to go and meet the new <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">addition</span> to their family. Now I knew it wasn't a baby, and I don't think they're cat people, so it could only be one other thing..........<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvruuFTHncgcUEUlS9hPeAu0Wktf0NCHlrnH2aHwVg3_p-6Jh-vzc6VudaYGDnvgTGmegPx2sqShpdsBnQxShJI0_W3FUw39bCgi6Qdp00dDVEmSKFfR_nKI2vP51tWH9-piRCSvqGG5D/s1600-h/DSCN1928.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187690798443240290" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvruuFTHncgcUEUlS9hPeAu0Wktf0NCHlrnH2aHwVg3_p-6Jh-vzc6VudaYGDnvgTGmegPx2sqShpdsBnQxShJI0_W3FUw39bCgi6Qdp00dDVEmSKFfR_nKI2vP51tWH9-piRCSvqGG5D/s200/DSCN1928.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66eX4ZQrfux3USCNjhsWbAjEBH8n0nHjXUWdwwjC_4L2xMqMoa493t5nHI1NWt8ivbP2MkJCjxlvc33-v7J_CKsAvgYLil4CM9qWe5Cgje2RSwUpDSjMM33ovIMeXtoR8IsQcSpJoG-3Z/s1600-h/DSCN1924.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187690794148272978" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66eX4ZQrfux3USCNjhsWbAjEBH8n0nHjXUWdwwjC_4L2xMqMoa493t5nHI1NWt8ivbP2MkJCjxlvc33-v7J_CKsAvgYLil4CM9qWe5Cgje2RSwUpDSjMM33ovIMeXtoR8IsQcSpJoG-3Z/s200/DSCN1924.JPG" border="0" /></a> this is Daisy!!! an 8 week old <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Westie</span> puppy!! and isn't she gorgeous!! (she makes our Snowy look HUGE!!, in fact she's smaller than some of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Snowy's</span> toys!!)<br /><br />thought Rosie might like to see these <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">piccies</span>, as I'm sure it will bring back memories of 'baby' Maisie!<br /><br />going away to Scarborough tomorrow for the weekend, so will hopefully remember to take some photos and also to blog them!!Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-32003004608387893422008-04-05T20:46:00.003+00:002008-04-05T20:53:43.054+00:00new baby!!My nephew and his wife have had a baby boy!! they live in Macclesfield so I haven't seen him 'in the flesh' yet, but have seen loads of photos.<br />My parents were going to visit this weekend, so I decided to make my first scrapbook page, and frame it for them. I also did a card for them.<br /><br />My nephew is mad on Star Wars, so I bet you can't guess what they have called their son!<br />yes, you're right - may I present to you: <span style="font-size:130%;">LUKE XANDER SNOWBALL!!</span> (and yes, Snowball IS their surname!)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0vFKNLBWy_b_HMESOg37QYizBbEAie53FJHAeOec3T_RLFWIrK8L9LpDoUrKPUK0hJ1uDV7ZC15qmKRDu9iPS8E1wa9diHjuOzjXvw_kGgq4SLr79F__y2o9-jNDqNypUh7wsVJTebsi/s1600-h/DSCN1897.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185866529544661250" style="WIDTH: 277px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 224px" height="176" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0vFKNLBWy_b_HMESOg37QYizBbEAie53FJHAeOec3T_RLFWIrK8L9LpDoUrKPUK0hJ1uDV7ZC15qmKRDu9iPS8E1wa9diHjuOzjXvw_kGgq4SLr79F__y2o9-jNDqNypUh7wsVJTebsi/s200/DSCN1897.JPG" width="219" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0e86KADZNvc6h-KmvvyDA3PmSvoh7h_0B-NvT0KsDwhq_QWv0p-8DTTp4mTzQtS0wOZndn5bAT4OtwmOhckloH2HXZFD5wjKbVRYV_XLZZ5mmKuKZfbqCIRYY3ggTk1zWzTPo1EeJKWW/s1600-h/DSCN1895.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185866538134595858" style="WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 201px" height="201" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0e86KADZNvc6h-KmvvyDA3PmSvoh7h_0B-NvT0KsDwhq_QWv0p-8DTTp4mTzQtS0wOZndn5bAT4OtwmOhckloH2HXZFD5wjKbVRYV_XLZZ5mmKuKZfbqCIRYY3ggTk1zWzTPo1EeJKWW/s200/DSCN1895.JPG" width="172" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My mum phoned tonight, and said he is as gorgeous in real life, I feel a trip to Macclesfield coming on very soon!!Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-8396559361095354032008-04-05T20:34:00.002+00:002008-04-05T20:45:39.309+00:00crafty stuffmy crafty 'mojo' is slowly returning, in small bursts!<br /><div>I decided I would do a scrap book, and got as far as making the front cover, and some blank pages to go inside:</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQfVVPtetz_RUQqSAOXfYZfafcu9G5avI9laD_FmDmv_yhv8b3bVnts_Z4PW5zZth6S3sWm4P7Nu5DrzX_H0-7KRl_XNuFACN53EG4ERToPXWKaGFLNeiB4Ue1x7L0iekCrDwrl_IAdpU/s1600-h/DSCN1891.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185863054916118754" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQfVVPtetz_RUQqSAOXfYZfafcu9G5avI9laD_FmDmv_yhv8b3bVnts_Z4PW5zZth6S3sWm4P7Nu5DrzX_H0-7KRl_XNuFACN53EG4ERToPXWKaGFLNeiB4Ue1x7L0iekCrDwrl_IAdpU/s200/DSCN1891.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div>I chose the photos I wanted to scrap and put them on a disc to take to my local 'Klick' shop. (my printer isn't clever enough to get decent prints!). put them on the machine in the shop and 'faffed' about with them, then printed them! and nearly died when I saw how big they had printed (7" x 5"). my scrap book is only 8x8!! I then learned that they have new machines in Klick that printed bigger, as well as the older ones. I was too embarrassed to do them again in a smaller size! I'll go to Asda next week instead!</div><div> </div><div>I also made a birthday card for my pal that I've known since first school. Haven't seen her for years, but still keep in regular contact. I am going to make a point of going to visit her this year!</div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju04zBO-yJ-1LjUpwPkwe2M_AN0weUZLY9NY9GYLFbaSrUTguE0boH9_4DR2o5nnLIB-bxjBs7kAHdrXQD35opubPJheulHAUrkwGd-Vi_WfrUW0uU_8iKw7tNliLXj5hhHXpZAzdGP4q0/s1600-h/DSCN1893.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185863059211086066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju04zBO-yJ-1LjUpwPkwe2M_AN0weUZLY9NY9GYLFbaSrUTguE0boH9_4DR2o5nnLIB-bxjBs7kAHdrXQD35opubPJheulHAUrkwGd-Vi_WfrUW0uU_8iKw7tNliLXj5hhHXpZAzdGP4q0/s200/DSCN1893.JPG" border="0" /></a> altho I say my 'mojo' has returned, it has only returned in limited quantities! I have discovered 'blooms', and all my cards seem to have a VERY similar theme at the mo!! never mind,I'm sure it will return properly soon</div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-1379210925675979342008-04-05T20:15:00.004+00:002008-04-05T20:34:45.285+00:00Junior craftersOver on the Bubbly Funk forum, they get up to all sorts of stuff!! some I join in and most I don't! However, in October last year, it was decided to hold a Junior CJ, for the children of us bubblies to take part in (I am NEVER enrolling Daniel in anything else - kicks up the bum needed EVERY month!) <div><br />Anyway, the finished/completed article arrived a couple of weeks ago, and we are really pleased with it! these kids are really talented! here are the pictures of Daniel's CJ called 'My Favourite Holiday!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RPdxEkCcawkgDfj4GMPqPTJTv7S20EIBTsOc2R86q8OIJS_MNblI8YBPAfNh0GxCHNWlumtRYHKoU1VrL3ss8GkzU4obnvTOzDfjBBg9Lhtmx1YOMJ5gTD7Xw1xvm5CSzCbUB7gFJhCD/s1600-h/DSCN1881.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185860224532670530" style="CURSOR: hand" height="119" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RPdxEkCcawkgDfj4GMPqPTJTv7S20EIBTsOc2R86q8OIJS_MNblI8YBPAfNh0GxCHNWlumtRYHKoU1VrL3ss8GkzU4obnvTOzDfjBBg9Lhtmx1YOMJ5gTD7Xw1xvm5CSzCbUB7gFJhCD/s200/DSCN1881.JPG" width="147" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_Usdq4v5bO7LCMi1F5azFoy0vDK9wHG7HzBi8eTWEeVykUGr3tYN6GXgflvuwnX5acZ1THgC-JfBCBiDV2zuvirtKGG6vXqxhJigBJDY6nYiBzPSwwnix7XNHhA74HuZN0rMBLrlrsni/s1600-h/DSCN1882.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185860228827637842" style="WIDTH: 142px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px" height="150" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7r8A06IGFoeya9FrfeubViv-7JmppV0rq9BZRYMIudkbTAs77C7n4HI_4-O1nUl4lkWkMlY0ivcXlyCrlWjbnLuRFRAmy5WzXBeDXaTl9GXEHcr-_NPL7DkvxXwnELZ_BtNLBQF3SXGIo/s200/DSCN1888.JPG" width="161" border="0" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_31NTd_50vNyQ32-JkXvJZbOLQk6v5QjoUvLduwTnid9jVmQohQkFySU0I4sx7Ov2c5pYHVWRviSaDKaXHI96EOESO2mNeG3KuSCy8X7aFYL3MW6LCZKXi8KAFul2DVIJF70kzdyrxUOT/s1600-h/DSCN1889.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185860989036849346" style="CURSOR: hand" height="138" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_31NTd_50vNyQ32-JkXvJZbOLQk6v5QjoUvLduwTnid9jVmQohQkFySU0I4sx7Ov2c5pYHVWRviSaDKaXHI96EOESO2mNeG3KuSCy8X7aFYL3MW6LCZKXi8KAFul2DVIJF70kzdyrxUOT/s200/DSCN1889.JPG" width="148" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYrX65fIeJKE0UkkyhoHLROntMjjInZm92037kppRlJvtRUAL6D2APi_l3ZyBk-vbYkIQ0Cp1TzadmRe5ItVbrKjwt2vTjGPY3jT8trn3BgxSf5t0_buFiQw4R2QY2rZuMP0WwoAgLkSEM/s1600-h/DSCN1890.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185860997626783954" style="WIDTH: 148px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 138px" height="143" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYrX65fIeJKE0UkkyhoHLROntMjjInZm92037kppRlJvtRUAL6D2APi_l3ZyBk-vbYkIQ0Cp1TzadmRe5ItVbrKjwt2vTjGPY3jT8trn3BgxSf5t0_buFiQw4R2QY2rZuMP0WwoAgLkSEM/s200/DSCN1890.JPG" width="152" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /></div><div></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-35630839589165062392008-03-06T00:02:00.003+00:002008-03-06T00:11:29.314+00:00WESTLIFE!!!<div>I am a big(<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ish</span>) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Westlife</span> fan. I've been to their concerts every year for the past few years, and last night they were back in the North East!!!!! and I was there, 10 rows from the front!!!</div><br /><div>I only went to 1 concert this year, due to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Carl's</span>' shifts and babysitters. (I usually go twice!!)</div><div>(Last year we were also nearer the front - not that I'm complaining!)</div><br /><div>They were brilliant as usual - here are a few pix:</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4P0e3H6NK1VaQPiuzUPEQw8EbLp-qAgtTI9Nt_B1jD-6nnBCxd-g17yNfBamKIMDkX-1StJtfKYIeIvYqthm3XAGdDPDxuh6ncgW_4_wC_a5J7Nqg4QCcse7EjSjyd5I0MUv95O8nZU2/s1600-h/DSCN1807.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174413969618127282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4P0e3H6NK1VaQPiuzUPEQw8EbLp-qAgtTI9Nt_B1jD-6nnBCxd-g17yNfBamKIMDkX-1StJtfKYIeIvYqthm3XAGdDPDxuh6ncgW_4_wC_a5J7Nqg4QCcse7EjSjyd5I0MUv95O8nZU2/s200/DSCN1807.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_A7KUDbY35VAXw7klBdnaafn70_fdu6Y2ua0NyJC80T_KkgM-p3a2hjIRVIRDmdH4fODyx8PK528q4npwq_Q9J9yrjsn-ZgaBu-TPSfkTJnS-Y_bED3x1dSiopG_GUTqJpWN6CxTl_PY9/s1600-h/DSCN1837.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174413986797996482" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_A7KUDbY35VAXw7klBdnaafn70_fdu6Y2ua0NyJC80T_KkgM-p3a2hjIRVIRDmdH4fODyx8PK528q4npwq_Q9J9yrjsn-ZgaBu-TPSfkTJnS-Y_bED3x1dSiopG_GUTqJpWN6CxTl_PY9/s200/DSCN1837.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuW6G0Pec-2X54CI31RYMGoEeEqtDEs3v6mwIBCb-4H_sCkzPRAkdxL25ZMDQjpA1_ayM653zAlyUXIXwPf4ppvF0mdXmyM8yrEPz99GS4RqdfnBL32_SBWtGxVi1VzlHulm2kV-Qmw_Q0/s1600-h/DSCN1845.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174414003977865682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuW6G0Pec-2X54CI31RYMGoEeEqtDEs3v6mwIBCb-4H_sCkzPRAkdxL25ZMDQjpA1_ayM653zAlyUXIXwPf4ppvF0mdXmyM8yrEPz99GS4RqdfnBL32_SBWtGxVi1VzlHulm2kV-Qmw_Q0/s200/DSCN1845.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZk6xpAEcsTd9jX1DcqKHVJxuUY4TYbuvdXz1D_OhuD6l0oB060WAS9GLQNaxJ0-DSJovR_TbWpkLjbvnZCw1gr_OcncEkf4Kod6ew9aGeIgszLk0XBrDtOPjExQJ9Qv1CnFgu1eUMxLAa/s1600-h/DSCN1864.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174414021157734882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZk6xpAEcsTd9jX1DcqKHVJxuUY4TYbuvdXz1D_OhuD6l0oB060WAS9GLQNaxJ0-DSJovR_TbWpkLjbvnZCw1gr_OcncEkf4Kod6ew9aGeIgszLk0XBrDtOPjExQJ9Qv1CnFgu1eUMxLAa/s200/DSCN1864.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoab7-YcfCCICObQMoeaQv_Unfvlz2HxsoZFc5Meps2iSOyQ_wIgi4R3ijFMuaR9xcekQET9aiFD8uJ0xfrP6cVK_aO5jqeCvPzoGTdpRnPHZfYPlgmfqc3j2a-7DlWJS_Ir8DjEbxqlM/s1600-h/DSCN1869.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174414034042636786" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoab7-YcfCCICObQMoeaQv_Unfvlz2HxsoZFc5Meps2iSOyQ_wIgi4R3ijFMuaR9xcekQET9aiFD8uJ0xfrP6cVK_aO5jqeCvPzoGTdpRnPHZfYPlgmfqc3j2a-7DlWJS_Ir8DjEbxqlM/s200/DSCN1869.JPG" border="0" /></a> can you tell who my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">fav</span> is??</div><br /><div></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-57027479859440051472008-03-05T23:48:00.005+00:002008-03-06T00:02:25.905+00:00fishWe have an aquarium at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tynemouth</span> near us, and at half term, Daniel and I decided to pay a visit. We've been before but now they have seals!! We got there in time to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">watch the</span> otters being fed as well. great fun to watch them with their little white mice for lunch!!<br /><br />here are a few pictures I took:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenkN1sJE3R2xjxXNFDhHUE4DuKv-HVTPakUwQDo4N_FTDybS6pyI7e0Hcjwmp9hMr8FfuwwY9YtIN-HzUKeBs2GF32XNgtMsxKVuOSm1AapOQ4u-8jRxXYDBfIF4XM5SoseD67M-wZXwv/s1600-h/DSCN1768.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174410018248214882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenkN1sJE3R2xjxXNFDhHUE4DuKv-HVTPakUwQDo4N_FTDybS6pyI7e0Hcjwmp9hMr8FfuwwY9YtIN-HzUKeBs2GF32XNgtMsxKVuOSm1AapOQ4u-8jRxXYDBfIF4XM5SoseD67M-wZXwv/s200/DSCN1768.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMxpw0XLzzDYPKM2sadfut4q9NeBHIovUbzNwKQb0OfQBec8hOJUmHqXAYDKHj-kwL5Rnw2ez6pHEgTDHWBt7SoLFwp9b2hkwf1Ry48sL9eNPZJsjPE9onokUm0rGreIG75uheFJq6e-c/s1600-h/DSCN1772.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174410031133116786" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMxpw0XLzzDYPKM2sadfut4q9NeBHIovUbzNwKQb0OfQBec8hOJUmHqXAYDKHj-kwL5Rnw2ez6pHEgTDHWBt7SoLFwp9b2hkwf1Ry48sL9eNPZJsjPE9onokUm0rGreIG75uheFJq6e-c/s200/DSCN1772.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKHUUdcQASVOS9Ae_r9Z5mGew9o9-bWrmoBMXgZnNFqQ7FCwXiXy0HIQrpaT0ykmNpu2zb_jYyfdqzqw4DWYQKadJ211bvilb1f0t3-curfq15gh29qfqVMjYG_WeL79Zm11AY2K-1hGm/s1600-h/DSCN1779.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174410039723051394" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKHUUdcQASVOS9Ae_r9Z5mGew9o9-bWrmoBMXgZnNFqQ7FCwXiXy0HIQrpaT0ykmNpu2zb_jYyfdqzqw4DWYQKadJ211bvilb1f0t3-curfq15gh29qfqVMjYG_WeL79Zm11AY2K-1hGm/s200/DSCN1779.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We spent ages by the seal pool, even though it was freezing! they were fascinating to watch.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfydXRAi2GAcz6JFQDSlOo6GnwleZFN__vAc4RDenOCft-wZHTRZbbVFtoiuqpuioGLtAHaOD-9CFmFfyMIl1f63dhu3uM5APf-qWdxYHrvcpC2CgDTpaplxQaukhIPlVyxR0uJVGSwHge/s1600-h/DSCN1799.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174411757709969810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfydXRAi2GAcz6JFQDSlOo6GnwleZFN__vAc4RDenOCft-wZHTRZbbVFtoiuqpuioGLtAHaOD-9CFmFfyMIl1f63dhu3uM5APf-qWdxYHrvcpC2CgDTpaplxQaukhIPlVyxR0uJVGSwHge/s200/DSCN1799.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbTjoTlUOY1NuKRNEUf9-rcMQT2YLgDJn2-4_xZHQh3mJ6IDlSRsYQObGpmtkJIi3D6qR21sx42LqrDg37N33XDZaBNb2W_bwjGr12E0kk5IQfjh9Y12gL6HLeqr8Stvtxo3u5RMZxJ16/s1600-h/DSCN1800.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174411766299904418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbTjoTlUOY1NuKRNEUf9-rcMQT2YLgDJn2-4_xZHQh3mJ6IDlSRsYQObGpmtkJIi3D6qR21sx42LqrDg37N33XDZaBNb2W_bwjGr12E0kk5IQfjh9Y12gL6HLeqr8Stvtxo3u5RMZxJ16/s200/DSCN1800.JPG" border="0" /></a>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-5445626940871839042008-03-05T23:39:00.003+00:002008-03-05T23:47:45.359+00:00all aboard!I'm not very good at this blogging thing, am I?<br /><br /><br />anyway a couple of weeks ago, the Ark Royal paid <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">a visit</span> to the North East, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">it was</span> open to the p<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ublic</span>. So <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">we set</span> off on a Saturday morning, ready to queue up to get on. Luckily we only <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Had</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">to wait</span> for about 20 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">mins once</span> it had <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">opened</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Unfortunately</span>, all that was open was the hanger, and basically, I think it was a recruitment exercise for the Royal Navy. Once inside the hanger, there were small 'stalls' set up showing what <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">each part</span> of the Navy did. We enjoyed it tho, and here are a couple of pics.<br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174407905124305218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQRDeiB_Lvnt6gH85n5BZ96VXi2LYm_ksomegnsPJeqBawXYNb5Dh7i0Toz7H8AGHAxKhmDdQlbp7G9gEjF3XPvpmqdoF176sCtbMEbLxb82HpE_RnuCL2xCyF-vZoaoam2d6bGHS738h/s200/DSCN1745.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174407922304174418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKUMrXycdPSz-CmNMYbsgIXVQzn-NMaL4sPeVuTpz4Nke2dxjIBj2VvThjOy9AulTfGy3bu-_iRcdhQW6XTDTRuBBluuDwopmrK35M1cuHXBvf_hKYI8su4mjXloqHkMw-ifGCTaxkv-h/s200/DSCN1741.JPG" border="0" /><br /></p>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-58197690143266804822008-01-16T19:09:00.000+00:002008-01-16T19:27:47.564+00:00HAPPY NEW YEAR - (Eventually!!)<div>Happy New Year to all....... I know it's abit late, but you know me and my regular blogging - NOT!!!<br /><div></div><div>Anyway, hope you all had a good new year. We did. was quite a quiet one - went to our friends for the evening and played on the Wii and party games, then crashed on the sofas. Took Daniel with us as well, but Snowy went to her Grandma's, as she's not too happy with lots of people.</div><br /><div>We bought a new car last week aswell. I'll be keeping my little old Micra, but we traded the Citroen in for a Vauxhall Zafira! it's not brand new, but won't be a year old until the end of this month. I'll take some piccies when I get round to it.</div><div></div><br /><div>Was on the sick from work with some sort of stomach bug at the beginning of last week, and went back to work on the Wednesday. BIG mistake!!!! I then caught the flu bug, and am now off again! will probably stay off the rest of the week now - I know I'll get a sick warning from work, but don't want to risk ANOTHER bug, if I go back too early! was feeling a little bit better for some of today, so I stuck together my birthday book. and here it is:</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdC7xFtrxGPeIvLeX4QK6vMCttBGKdJ-kbeSrvpTbguix_ny6FKFfBI9EbtuM6zQl5XasKBLtn0buz5Q2d84frnQkClkGmb5dizTOr2JMfJoidpnvnyjZzHZRBirsxBGvdYhv7mQIAgOi/s1600-h/DSCN1696.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156156134372151490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdC7xFtrxGPeIvLeX4QK6vMCttBGKdJ-kbeSrvpTbguix_ny6FKFfBI9EbtuM6zQl5XasKBLtn0buz5Q2d84frnQkClkGmb5dizTOr2JMfJoidpnvnyjZzHZRBirsxBGvdYhv7mQIAgOi/s200/DSCN1696.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFY6CJWI8292OuVjmmbN2pDLVnh5zbS7_prFocxhNEtvEGQNpfHhBpxU123LpTsGQVlQk32Ksepl9irbsJ7FAbTUEz92ueYIVJLvaCfWomOdjjgPTLycsrNBDErz14qQhvLF1C9vfzMoPA/s1600-h/DSCN1698.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156156147257053410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFY6CJWI8292OuVjmmbN2pDLVnh5zbS7_prFocxhNEtvEGQNpfHhBpxU123LpTsGQVlQk32Ksepl9irbsJ7FAbTUEz92ueYIVJLvaCfWomOdjjgPTLycsrNBDErz14qQhvLF1C9vfzMoPA/s200/DSCN1698.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5s9OXZ4W4gzLd9gOHW6NQjmqr2rYEWeMFTaetYHzUHU1hK9g51lKm3SmNeCijaF7bF0pyXaISOilMSl9ugGfQJgNwDjdWdt5K4VJ_fad6MkdIfyS50z92rMqumQaGdj5PS-KzN708S5s/s1600-h/DSCN1697.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156156142962086098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5s9OXZ4W4gzLd9gOHW6NQjmqr2rYEWeMFTaetYHzUHU1hK9g51lKm3SmNeCijaF7bF0pyXaISOilMSl9ugGfQJgNwDjdWdt5K4VJ_fad6MkdIfyS50z92rMqumQaGdj5PS-KzN708S5s/s200/DSCN1697.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is the December Kit from Bubbly Funk. First one I've bought and actually made. It may well have to happen again!!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>I also received a diary in the post from the lovely Di O from the Bubbly Funk Forum, and decided it would be my 'crafting diary'. So that's been altered and here it is:</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-YsB2jRMYn0-itKCksxnxZbPKXrfESKS-T2VkqDlHhvQvgDVgv-l4oA8D7FmWF7SPnwCuvgRleDgV5VvMG5ajWW9k9I_qMJ0mFI7g8KsXt0xBkIVXBJqWPKo4bKvgWB7Ibj9X9oHkU8F/s1600-h/DSCN1699.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156157203819008242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-YsB2jRMYn0-itKCksxnxZbPKXrfESKS-T2VkqDlHhvQvgDVgv-l4oA8D7FmWF7SPnwCuvgRleDgV5VvMG5ajWW9k9I_qMJ0mFI7g8KsXt0xBkIVXBJqWPKo4bKvgWB7Ibj9X9oHkU8F/s200/DSCN1699.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSlq0LhTkD1yCMJRzJhR8Q6KmCfos5ORY2vhpp4nmxX2x3v8SQDgGbjk8u09cqgw9TB4-yVv8cgo835mJ-XEAOxg4JxJTEBDC8n3svr-aSUXWzu9eGUsw-6MCgyIjp8QdDYhPdkG9zmxt/s1600-h/DSCN1702.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156157216703910146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSlq0LhTkD1yCMJRzJhR8Q6KmCfos5ORY2vhpp4nmxX2x3v8SQDgGbjk8u09cqgw9TB4-yVv8cgo835mJ-XEAOxg4JxJTEBDC8n3svr-aSUXWzu9eGUsw-6MCgyIjp8QdDYhPdkG9zmxt/s200/DSCN1702.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div> I think I'll have to do some minor adjustments, coz it's coming unstuck inside.</div><div> </div><div>just have to remember to use it now.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Well that's it for now - hope everyone is well. BYEEEE!!</div><div>xx</div></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-82539220501257712342007-12-28T21:19:00.000+00:002007-12-28T21:29:15.407+00:00SPOILT!!!Hi to all. Hope you all had a great Christmas and that Santa was good to you. <div>I got thoroughly spoilt by Carl this year - he always buys me jewellery as a surprise, but really excelled himself this year!!</div><div>This is what I got:</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjj_7lyg4D0m5j9vH_TC2G331a38OV16B-Oi5S18ypfZGZjDkc_xXVr2I8T1IWMXdqVVAC83hDdprREKTvQBQVGc3WGXtViEYq7UBY-QYzlDLQU1R8DAhYJUkXlAAw0_ShA2PFQAC76VWt/s1600-h/my+new+ring.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149137475068996210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 186px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" height="84" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjj_7lyg4D0m5j9vH_TC2G331a38OV16B-Oi5S18ypfZGZjDkc_xXVr2I8T1IWMXdqVVAC83hDdprREKTvQBQVGc3WGXtViEYq7UBY-QYzlDLQU1R8DAhYJUkXlAAw0_ShA2PFQAC76VWt/s200/my+new+ring.jpg" width="105" border="0" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNOb3s-OJMYU-dJJnXAuH3YvCEvrSLI2Vwvkevo3mCMaHFINF9yF4CGHnFQjM2NtpjXuxdpv5f_Nndoguijr92dQsrGAMKlFWFhTrhKQklRvSifOUid14TbJxzl638QBxMu20aC7uzZ6D/s1600-h/my+new+watch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149137479363963522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="120" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNOb3s-OJMYU-dJJnXAuH3YvCEvrSLI2Vwvkevo3mCMaHFINF9yF4CGHnFQjM2NtpjXuxdpv5f_Nndoguijr92dQsrGAMKlFWFhTrhKQklRvSifOUid14TbJxzl638QBxMu20aC7uzZ6D/s200/my+new+watch.jpg" width="166" border="0" /></a></div><div> (These are obviously the catalogue pictures.)</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>These gorgeous things were on top of the DVD's, CD's, perfume, etc, etc, that I got aswell. Just LOVE HIM!!!</div><div> </div><div>Anyway, Daniel was over the moon with his XBox360 and games, and other stuff. And although I didn't get Carl as much as he got me, he was happy with his 'Name a Star' gift, among other things!</div><div>We had Christmas Day as a family this year, with short present swapping visits from the parents. Then everyone landed for Boxing Day tea!</div><div>Both Carl and I were at work on Thursday, and Carl again today, but then we are both off until next Wednesday.</div><div>If I don't get chance to blog again this year, hope everyone has a great New Year - see you all in 2008!!!! <br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNOb3s-OJMYU-dJJnXAuH3YvCEvrSLI2Vwvkevo3mCMaHFINF9yF4CGHnFQjM2NtpjXuxdpv5f_Nndoguijr92dQsrGAMKlFWFhTrhKQklRvSifOUid14TbJxzl638QBxMu20aC7uzZ6D/s1600-h/my+new+watch.jpg"></a> </div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-3628222082225283512007-12-18T20:37:00.000+00:002007-12-18T20:42:19.555+00:00Elf nameOnly 7 more sleeps til Christmas Day!!!! and the daftness has begun!<br /><br />Check out your Christmas 'elf-name' on the link below:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jokesunlimited.com/christmas_elf_name.php">http://www.jokesunlimited.com/christmas_elf_name.php</a><br /><br />my elf-name is CHEERFUL ANGEL-PANTS!!!Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-12012371537126824612007-12-12T22:29:00.000+00:002007-12-12T22:36:45.884+00:00It's my birthday!!! (and It's Christmas it's my house!!)<div>YAY!!! It was my birthday today!! I had a day off work and Carl and I had a lazy morning wandering around garden centres, then I put up the xmas decs this afternoon.</div><br /><div>This is one of the things that Carl bought me for my birthday:</div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zKYyjIIYS4JM_L_-qaW_3B_VAYmyF4C-BX04Pp9r4updny_VMUqRjDoVMmggkxlywLgadt2OixUuor6ibNlQGJd1U_H7pa2vFqhDCEZo7w8qMzSAOQsbmcV_o5KijcObr2esx9GNjpei/s1600-h/DSCN1686.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143218514760441042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zKYyjIIYS4JM_L_-qaW_3B_VAYmyF4C-BX04Pp9r4updny_VMUqRjDoVMmggkxlywLgadt2OixUuor6ibNlQGJd1U_H7pa2vFqhDCEZo7w8qMzSAOQsbmcV_o5KijcObr2esx9GNjpei/s200/DSCN1686.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>A Radley!!! have wanted one for a while - and finally got one!!!! </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3jPoIVCBdwSpqExVSlW2lotpVrrpHjHVNhLrIgXeg6fakPCZ_cdvAb5qEgMp22MW6Jk491a4hg7hc7WHFGjCWAqUa9YhMFCGcUYQNAECSy1ZZ0T9InIFKz6S4RTOFjV1yIq4zi0xbx-eW/s1600-h/DSCN1687.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143218519055408354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3jPoIVCBdwSpqExVSlW2lotpVrrpHjHVNhLrIgXeg6fakPCZ_cdvAb5qEgMp22MW6Jk491a4hg7hc7WHFGjCWAqUa9YhMFCGcUYQNAECSy1ZZ0T9InIFKz6S4RTOFjV1yIq4zi0xbx-eW/s200/DSCN1687.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>and here is my tree - not a very good picture tho! I'll have to try to take a better one in the day light</div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-21248812684882391842007-12-09T21:16:00.000+00:002007-12-09T21:19:46.649+00:00QuasarHere is the promised Quasar picture.<br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142085564371469650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjHcB3Ln0IRciUbuJpFTp95miUChmfZArylVG1qrnwYvNBiBaC38SqYx102Mnq2MSV7CLri7GDqejahiNB9kDGHTtMZhpvz7FfpboqelDQEqTTWaGKMnk9qJUd1tIqexJod10bz_fZW1A/s200/dan,quasar.jpg" border="0" />I could only manage 1 picture coz as you can see he was desperate to get going - he wouldn't even pose properly for it!! </p><p>It was a great success and they all enjoyed it - even tho their team got absolutely hammered!! <br /></p>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407114663568564376.post-9855152442680026442007-12-07T11:31:00.000+00:002007-12-07T11:40:04.758+00:00Birthday Boy!!Yesterday was Daniel's 12th Birthday!!!!<br /><br />Looking back 12 years to when he was born 12 weeks early, weighing only 2 lb 11oz, we never thought he would get to this stage! I know I'm biased, but he's a lovely lad and we are all SOOOOO proud of him!<br /><br />Here he is blowing out the candles on his birthday cake.<br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141192803879388466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9MrTkrjhPoqlaLLOECm5LeBDzJj2hbo2KeECG59jGY5CHcYYhcPj7L0FjbRYqXm69XBS9EgvEb_lQVuf0Q5Sp9OQhut3k-L1DnWFS7KZGyIIitYEgCsy4c2QLEJ7iwyNtP90j8Tudk2B/s200/DSCN1675.JPG" border="0" /></p><p>As it was Dan's birthday, look at this handsome chap who came to live in our house:</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141192808174355778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JetzZy6OR5Mn2L-udRc3ty2nkC53_Eqe9kLHLH6LUnG5i1fnEQV2JWhImdFYZzd4Hm2wE3VJynAZA2hmWOG2vVKcHHGfmNLna-HupaK_-9tw5w7iI6daghOM3liRjAbrBCl7ECj557bc/s200/DSCN1676.JPG" border="0" />As a surprise for Daniel's birthday we bought him a Robosapien. There was a special offer on in Argos (or a pricing mistake!!) and we got version 2 for the same price as version 1!!! IT'S GREAT!!!! (the dog's not too keen tho!) As you can see, it's taller than the coffee table!! Just need to learn all the buttons to press on the remote control now tho!</p><p>Daniel is off to Quasar Laser tomorrow for a little partywith 3 of his friends. I'll blog some pictures, if I remember to take my camera!</p><p><br /> </p>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310601368979734386noreply@blogger.com4