walk 5

Our walks have not been very exciting recently, due to the rain, but I have managed to scrap walk 5 for my album. Hopefully the weather will pick up soon and we will be able to try some new ones.

credits: kit by Jessica Sprague

Challenges

I did this layout for scrapdolly’s 52in10 class using her free template.
The theme was traditions and I scrapped a new tradition that seems to have started, my having to make several puddings whenever Ed comes to dinner!

This layout was for the weekly challenge over on UKS. We had to use 10 of something,I did stitches, something red, a fancy edge and change, I did about our new life by the sea. This was another digi layout and I really enjoyed the challenge.

It’s cold here again, please, please, no more snow!!

family

The prompt for scrapdolly’s 52in10 class was to scrap similarities between you and a family member. I can’t really see any but perhaps my sisters can.

It’s been an odd sort of day. Ian was changing the handles on our doors and managed to get stuck in the bathroom, it’s a good job Andrew was here as all I could do was laugh. I did step in when I heard he was going to kick the door down though!

I made some soup, shortbread and an apple cake which is just what my diet needs, I think I felt guilty about laughing and thought I had better spoil Ian.

I’ve got to the sewing up part of my knitted bag and keep putting off doing it as I know it will go horribly wrong. Hopefully soon I will be able to put the finished item on my blog.

have a nice weekend everyone xx

Family

Prompt 4 of Scrapdolly’s class – family. My children have a great love of the camera, they see me get it out and they run a mile. I searched through all my photos to come up with these, oh well I guess it shows them in a true light, they don’t love me enough to pose!!!! Mind you Ian and I are just as bad. Although I hate photos of me I’m determined to scrap a few for this album so future generations can have a good laugh!

It rained all day yesterday which meant I had a happy hubby, he couldn’t go out in the garden, I’m sure I saw him offering up a little prayer.

Top of the World

Scrapdolly’s prompt 4 was about music, something I’ve already done digitally lately, but I was glad to be able to do this for my album.

As I’ve said before, whenever I hear this song I’m transported back to holding my first baby and singing along – poor David!!

When we were first married we managed to buy a small one bedroomed converted flat. The walls were very thin and we could hear everything and I mean everything, going on upstairs. They used to play the Carpenters continually and I think brainwashed me into liking them so much that when we moved I had to buy the tape.
Where have all those years gone?

Letter to young me!

Here is the next page for scrapdolly’s 50 in 10 class. We had to write a letter to our younger selves and include a quote, my letter is tucked behind the photo. I used cosmo cricket early bird papers from the Sarah’s Cards September kit and my new retro flower punches.

The weather has turned really cold again, I hope we don’t get more snow, it’s so much easier to diet in the warm weather!

goals

My page for prompt 2 of Scrapdolly’s class. I used a template that was on Shimelle’s blog back in July for the circle bit with wordart by scrapdolly. The papers were from a Sarah’s cards kit

It’s been snowing again here but thankfully not settling at the moment. Jenny and I went to the cinema at lunchtime yesterday to see a Hugh Grant film, we have decided to try and do that once a month as a treat. There were only 5 of us in the cinema, which was nice and we did the orange deal so got two tickets for the price of one, so it was a nice cheap treat.

now and then

It’s a terrible photo and looks nothing like the colour of my layout but the weather is so bad I just can’t get it right. I suppose I should be patient and wait but I’ve got a couple of busy days ahead and I wanted to make a start on scrapdolly’s class.

It took me ages finding a photo of me from 10 years ago but I finally found one of me at work.That is a big change from 10yrs ago, I now don’t go out to work as I left my job to move here, on days like today I am so thankful, if I’m honest I am thankful everyday!

So many things have changed over the ten years. I’ve got older and fatter! Two children have married and I have two more grandchildren. We have been through some very bad times and I now realise you can put up with anything as long as you have your health or more importantly, the people you love have theirs.

Something for the new year

In the new year I hope to be taking part in this year long project by scrapdolly, you can find it here http://dollysdreamings.typepad.com/dollys_dreamings/2009/12/exciting-news-and-usual-free-class.html#comments

It looks like a lot of work has gone into preparing this and I can’t wait to get started.