The night before

Quick post today cos I'm down at Grannywens for the weekend, my stepbrother is getting married tomorrow!

Here is the card I made for him and his future wife inspired by a gorgeous but simple one that the talented Lisa had made! I confess to not being very good at cards but the simplicity of this one meant that not even I could mess it up!!

Hopefully the weather will hold, it's been lovely here this afternoon even if I did sleep through most of it with a hideous migraine?

Will share some pics afterwards. Enjoy your weekend xx

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A trip down memory lane

After twittering on about nothing much in yesterdays post cos nothing much had happened, I then got a phone call from a super fun chum and we popped out for a quick spin in this......



We popped to Waitrose for some end of the day bargains and then had a cruise up town and along the river. It was a lovely evening after the earlier rain and we posed in sunglasses with the roof off to visit this




a super cute elly at the Chelsea Pensioners home and then after waving at Liz and cruising down the Mall where there were flags a plenty for trooping the colour and even several horses as they did a practice run, we waved at Ben before toodling back home.

London really is a fab city you know - I love living here!





It was great fun and we drove past places that I hadn't been to for years, a real trip down memory lane!

Speaking of which, I don't know why I had the sudden urge to scrap this photo - it popped into my head after rediscovering this yellow floral paper in my stash and it instantly made me think of it - something to do with my little yellow dress I think, but the photo, yes is me, when I was quite small as you can see, and a family friend gave me a Black Jack - remember those?

Well I do - never forgotten it, co's I didn't like it then (hence the black sticky mess I was in) and I don't now!!??

Still can't believe I was once blonde!!

Enjoy! xx

Double trouble!

I am being extra generous tonight and sharing both of these because I have been so productive of late and made many new layouts and because I have nothing very exciting to write about!!!

Can't really scrap one without feeling like I've left the other out, but as all Willie does is sleep most of the time there are only so many cute sleepy pages I can make!! Harry on the other hand has many small adventures so be sure to watch out for the upcoming pages featuring his antics!!

It is only Tuesday but feels like it should be at least Thursday by now and work has been busy but not too exciting. Tomorrow I have to go to Hendon for some ELS - emergency life support training, which I hate and also can't understand why we can't do it locally rather than sit/sleep on the Northern Line for at least an hour to get there!!! Hummph!

Today I got absolutely soaked cycling home and had to console myself with several ginger cream biscuits, but my newly repaired bike is super whizzy and it took less time than it normally does despite the downpour!

Have some super LO's to share over the next few days and shock horror - they don't all feature ratties!! I had a decidedly vintage theme running briefly this weekend, so prepare to laugh at some pics of me as a littl'un !!?

Toodlepip!

xxx

Sunshine and rain!

Hope you've all had a good weekend?

Looking round your blogs it seems that we've all been pretty productive in one way or another.

This weekend I have managed to complete a few little layouts, get my hair cut, finally sort out and cure my chiminea so that I can use it, sit in the garden albeit briefly, hoover the flat, wash the sofa cushions and even have a fitness session on the common!

Phew!

Sounds exhausting but has in fact been a quite relaxing weekend!

There has also been some of this stuff too - rain - quite suddenly and unexpectedly at times, but happily equal amounts of sun as well!

This LO was made with the May showers kit from Gogo, and I scraplifted the idea of the glass gems on the raindrops from someone else's layout, but I really liked how they looked!

Kevin Costner is about to remove his Robin Hood tights so am off to bed now!

Night night

xxx

'Spensive!!!

Expensive month for me that is!!

:(

It's a good job that my job gives me the (frequent) opportunity to earn some overtime!

But then boy do I work for it, double shifts, quick changes, no sleep, it's not at all how the media report that we get paid for 4 hours for making a phone call 5 mins after our shift ends!

I wish!!

Anyhoo, asides from MOT being due for the wondercar in two weeks and lots of welding needing to be done to keep her on the road for another year - ouch! Trusty bike also had to go to the cycle doctor today, and ended up needed a new gear cartridge thingy and a new chain!

Another ouch!

I can't grumble co's it was hideous having to go to work on the bus this morning and even worse coming home, three hours later than planned as a new job had come in! If it hadn't been for having to leave to collect my bike this evening I would probably still be at work now at half past ten!! I so love cycling to work these days - it's worth the money!

As it was, I spent an hour on the phone dealing with another job whilst I looked forlornly on as my fresh Terriyaki chicken slowly cooled on my kitchen worktop!!!!

All I can say is that Harry and Wills enjoyed the cold beans!!

I lost my appetite after that and had to console myself with some Colin the Caterpillars!! Luckily Harry doesn't like those and Wills was half asleep by then, stuffed full of green beans!

Am planning a lazy weekend in the garden and some scrapping, a few more Mojitos to keep me cool and those creative juices flowing!!

I daren't go out - can't afford to now!

xxx

The early bird........

.......catches the worm or so they say................that would be great if you liked Tequila, but as my current addiction is for the Mojito that's not quite so good, and "The early bird catches the lime", doesn't have quite the same ring to it does it???

I have to say, the only, the ONLY good thing about getting up at sparrow fart for a frosty cycle to work is that it means on lush sunny days like today I get to come home at 3pm and sit in the garden and enjoy said quickly put together Mojito whilst lapping up the last few hours of sunny rays - yummy!

All I needs now is an ice crusher and a cocktail shaker, (yep 70's girl thru and thru!!) and my Mojito on the patio would be perfect.

Maybe I could add them to my wedding list if I ever make one??

:(

Anyways, todays toil passed uneventfully and now here I sit, having managed to photograph my mini scrapathon, and am enjoy the birdsong, yummy cheesy profiterole nibbly things from Waitrose, aforementioned cocktail and I feel like I am Queen of the world - shame I have to go to work tomorrow really?

This LO was made rather hastily last night after Grannywen sent me the pic in response to my Busy Bee LO the other day.

Didn't realise I'd been caught in action, but will repay the compliment in LO form as soon as I have thought of a suitable title!!

By the way, do you like my little pencil case?

Part of my stash from Paperchase the other week but it rather niftily now houses all my camera extras - batteries and memory cards etc.

Fab don't you think?

Well enjoy the rest of your evening, am off to refill my glass!

hugs xxx

Overflowing with creativity!

You may recall this photo from the other week after I visited Batemans with Grannywen and Papajohn. I got round to scrapping it along with several others during my mini scrapathon this weekend.

I just love that Rudyard Kipling's rubbish bin looks like mine - overflowing!!

I now feel suitably creatively stuffed and even managed a couple of quick layouts this evening too.

So, how's your week going?

Having worked the BH Monday I feel knackered already and can't wait for the weekend - I hear that the weather should be better so hope to get out in the garden and catch some vitamin D rays? I hope too that it will mean I can photograph all the pages I have been making so I can share them with you!

Toodlepip!