God I'm tired

I am soooo tired, and I am now tired of being tired, I am pooped, knackered, whacked and I want to sleep for a week. Not sure why.......................but I am verrrrry sleepy.

Sold some mags on ebay last night, I just love turning my mag pile into real cash that I have all good intentions of putting away for savings but just end up squandering on more stash on ebay, will I ever learn?

Crop night tomorrow yey, Sarah Davies (of Sarahscards) and I hold one every month near Northwich, for all you millions of readers get in touch if you want more details!! Sarah has also just set up her Xmas retreat check out her fabbo website for more details ,www.sarahscardsltd.co.uk there will be classes with some very talented papercrafters (i'll be making the tea)

Talking of tea, I have this insane inability to make tea for others without getting stressed.Yes I can stress over tea for goodness sake. I have made tea for all the builders and other guys who have done work on the house and I can almost see their shoulders drop with dissapointment when they peer into a mug ful of brew made by me. As for the crop- well Sarah and I make a point of supplying all our attendees with tea and coffee I even write a list but then get all mixed up in the kitchen - Sarah nearly wets herself laughing at how rubbish I am!

Tune in soon for more from me xxx

Every Bone In My Back Hurts...............

Oh Lord, I am in pain, like a crippled hobgoblin from my DIY efforts on Saturday, it's all caught up with me! I suppose 15 trips up and down 3 floors carrying dobbing bits of old wood and chucking them into a trailer didn't help.

I was brandishing a heat gun stripping the paint off the beams in my room and cos I was on my own I started thinking......... "errrr these beams are right next to the roof space, lots of old dust and crumbling lathe and plaster...............................oh god I could set the whole flipping house on fire". So I stopped, then spent the rest of the night worrying that there was some smouldering fire in the roof that would turn into a towering inferno overnight and all my stash would go up with it too.

The things I think of!

Anyway it's my 8th wedding anniversary today - trust me to pick Sep 11th !!

That's all for now.

Whoa..............Busy Week

Well my little one started school this week, very monumental day! Bless him he was only just 4 years old last week. Like his Mum though, he is a total nutter with way too much to say for himself so he is taking it alllll in his stride. Alan and I went to pick him up and he escaped early! Let me explain, he is only in school from 8:55-11:30 for the first week and a half - I know!!! Tell me about it!!! When I was a kid it was like - here you go see you at 3:30! Anyway don't get me started cos I do work you know!!!! I don't get chance to play with gorgeous paper 'n stuff all day (more's the pity), so I have had to do some serious juggling whilst our UK "nanny state" deems it necessary for my child to spend a few hours here and there at school for the next 4 weeks - it's been a bit of a nightmare sorting it all out, but hey ho, that's life"

So - back to the escapee!! His school has a small part of the playground fenced off so the little blighters stay safe. The idea is that they get them all sorted with their bags and stuff , lead them through their classroom and through the side gate to line up towards the gate. Well not my kid - he's in the cloakroom, spies Alan and I waiting for him through the glass door and makes his way outside! Not bad initiative for the youngest kid in school, so you gotta hand it to him. We did march him back in to join the others though! Meanwhile he has also lost his school sweatshirt and chucked his snack box in the bin................what can I say??

He's off camping in Wales with his Dad for 2 days and I am blessed with a quiet house.......................decisions, what to do? Get drunk? Do housework? Watch a film? Go shopping?

Well none of the above I decided to "gut" my craftroom. I have knocked out the 1980's fitted cupboards and am well on the way to getting my "dream room" - more on this tomorrow. In the meantime, I think I overdid the action and my back is killing me...................................

Wot no pictures?

Yep no pictures uploaded yet - soz kids.

It's my little boys 4th Birthday today and I am stuck at work whilst he is in nursery. We sent him off with a giant squidy cake from Costco this morning, that will probably feed the whole darn nursery. It's full of really groovy ingredients like hydrogenated fats and food colouring that'll have 'em all bouncing off the walls! Let's hope it wears off by tea-time!

Got looooaddddssss of cardmaking stuff to do and I really must get down to itttt! Gotta make cards for mag and for people who kinda actually just want to buy a card to actually send or give it to someone ( weird huh?)

My good friend Sarah has just posted a 10% off everthing sale to celebrate her IVF - check it out a www.sarahscardsltd.co.uk - Good luck to her - keeping everything crossed for you xxx

Another thing I might do is pester other half to go on the Emily Falconbridge workshop in September...............fingers crossed

Sold some of my surplus to requirements rubber stamps on Ebay last night, I just LOVE watching the bids go up it's addictive - sad but true.

I have a new addiction - Stampin Up! It's a US, Aus, and Canadian stamp company, you can only buy via their demonstrators, its a bit like Tupperware for Crafters. I just ADORE their stamps and have some of their catalogues I WANT SOME REALLY LOTS!!! I'll keep you posted.

Anyway that's all for today byeeeee

Back to Work

Well it's been a whole 9 days since I last posted so in order to fool you all I have changed the tempate to create a "smokescreen" yey like that worked!!!

I have dragged my sorry carcass back into work this morning after the Bank Holiday. What the heck though, there is only so much sunbathing one can do. Talking of which, what the hell happened to Summer? I want my money back, I want to be whining about how "flippin hot" it is, I want to be on the verge of fainting on the way home from work 'cos my car is so hot.

Well the big news with me is that my new scrap room project is underway. I have moved into a corner of hubbys office, no doubt so he can roll his eyes at the amount of stuff I have (those pizza boxes have been turning up with amazing frequency lately). The room needs to be re-plastered but first I have to rip out the hideouse 70's built in cupboards. I drooled my way around IKEA looking for new furniture at the weekend, I can't wait to show you the finished article, I will post a before pic soon!!

I have got a real "de-junk" head on me at the moment, I don't know what it is, but I can't stop rooting through all my cupboards and bagging stuff up to chuck, sell or give to Charidy. Perhaps it's because opening drawers and cupboards in our house has become a bit of an extreme sport ha ha !! Next stop ebay to sell about 40 squillion back copies of old mags. Don't you just love ebay, its sooooo cool, I spend about 9 years taking photos, weighing stuff , uploading to turbo lister and then no-one bids!! I've got some rubber stamps up for sale at the mo, and each time a bid goes in I get really excited, it's like "someone has bid £1.76 !!!! How cool is that". I really must get a life!

And guess what I have left everything too late as per and now have more deadlines looming - I have also been invited to join a design team if I come up with the goods, so will let you know how I get on.

Bye for now

I'm here!

Gosh, how much effort does it taketo write a couple of paragraphs about what I do?

Obviously far too much for me to handle!!

I had a great time at the audition last Saturday, not just your average X factor 2 min thing, but a 1 hour "master class" with a proper professional musical director. It was fab and great fun, but they are only choosing 15 people from the whole of the UK so I am not handing in my notice just yet!

Anyway just back from a 21st party.............................off to bed now

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How Rubbish am I??

Well I've been a bit lax ain't I, bet you've all been gagging to find out more about my thrilling life - yeah right...........

Well back from hols, back at work and another deadline looms - hey ho!This time I ain't gonna get stressed cos it's only one and I had 3 just before I went on hols.

Whilst I was on holiday I got an email telling me I have an audition on Saturday for BBC Radio 2 Search for A Musical Theatre Star

ok ...................I'll hang on whilst you wet yourselves laughing

AHEM!! Well it's worth a go, the rest of 'em will all be about 18, stick thin, with voices like Julie Andrews, then I'll arrive with my zimmer and a voice like Hilda Ogden. Never mind - positive thinking and all that. I looked at a video clip on the t'internet of the auditions in London and I nearly ran for the hills I can tell you!

Today hubby is stuck in Athens on business and couldn't get home due to the plane thing. He rang me from the poolside bar on the roof of his hotel drinking beer and my sympathy quickly evaporated!!

Got home today and my latest project is on the front cover of Quick and Crafty Mag - I am soooooo chuffed, they are so nice to me and I love them for it. So if Andrew Lloyd Webber thinks I am pants at singing - at least I have my mega stardom as a card maker to fall back on teee heee!

Well better go and exercise my tonsils - I'll tell you all about the rejection and humiliation later this week - wish me luck!

Back in Glasgae

We left Kishorn this morning boo-hiss...back in Glasgow tonight and will be on our merry way back down South tomorrow.

Had a lovely day yesterday, went for a drive over "The Pass of the Cattle" over to Applecross Bay for a bit of a potter about. Took some arty pics in the walled garden of Applecross Estate and looked for "beach glass" on the shores. Last year when we were there a group of lads went skinny dipping. We were walking along the beach and saw a whole load of clothes and trainers being washed up.Next minute a group of 8 lads came running up stark naked and in search of their clothes.I nearly had a stroke but.........couldn't reach.................. he ahahahahahahah (old jokes are the best)

On the way home we stopped off for a spot of luncheon at The House of Bruar, kind of a Highlands Harrods with lots of Cashmere and yummy food. It' s got a sale on ha ha flippin ha, the prices have been reduced from "oh my God I need a stretcher!" to "call the bank manager to get the forms for a 2nd mortgage" needless to say I didn't buy owt!

Spent a blissful couple of hours watching telly tonight, back to normal again.

Back home to my own bed tomorrow, then work on Monday ya boo sucks.......

Idyllic.com

Ohhh it's so nice here and today is our last day. Last night we all went to Plockton by boat for dinner, the scenery is just beautiful up here and really "big" big Mountains and big Lochs.

We went to a fab restaurant called "Off the Rails" which is on the station, gorgeous food and lots of it.We arrived after a long walk up the hill from the harbour I was puffing and wheezing like a fat old pensioner by the time we got there. So we sat outside for a wee aperitif getting dive bombed by midges. Midges are rubbish and get in your eyebrows and completely do your head in!! We bid a hasty retreat inside and all was fine.

The journey back was great, almost in the dark and I sat up the front of the boat again. We then all piled into the small boat to get to shore, 6 adults and 2 kids, thank god I was inebriated cos I would have been peeing myself with fright, it all seemed a bit precarious to me!

Weather ain't brill but we are all having a quiet day around the house, I am writing this in the conservatory which has the most incredible views. Back down to Glasgow tomorrow, I haven't seen TV for almost a week - and survived!

Bye for now xx

Sailor Sam

Well here I am on the boat the other day - ain't I looking gorgeous!

OK so I have a stinking cold and the weather has turned fron "pants" to "really big pants" if I hear you are all basking in the sun down there I shall weep! However I am still having a fabby time.

Last night we went to a Ceilidh (pronounced Kaylee) for a wee dance. Gosh it was fab, the band are all students who audition and their talent just blows you away. Mind you not much of a telly signal up here so they've bags of time to practice. We had a good time and did a dance called "strip the willow" which takes about 3 hours from start to finish!

I had some great news yesterday, I have an audition for a talent search held by the BBC for a musical theatre performer. I've done loads of musical theatre since I was a kid and so this is my last ditch attempt at Fame. I'll be pushing my zimmer frame into the audition room wearing my legwarmers! Wish me luck!

Yesterday I also managed to get some time to myself and made some cards, so the stash didn't travel up here in vain. Alan is just about to go fishing so maybe I'll get chance to get something done later. Must dash I have a Haggis to catch..........

Ahoy There Shipmates!

Oh yesterday was brill, we whizzed over to Plockton on the boat and went very fast!

I sat out on the front of the boat and laughed like a drain, will upload some piccies v soon, I is looking extremely windswept.

Plockton was the setting for Hamish MacBeth with Robert Carlyle if anyone remembers, it is so nice, they used to have Highland Cows wandering about but they have been banned - apparently they were all binge drinking and making a nuisance of themselves ha ha!

Its just fab here, loads of lovely folk, all doing their little bits and bobs. There is a great wee shop which sells funky beads and wool and dreamcatchers and loads of organic food. A lady runs a bric-a-brac shop in the back garden which we had a good "mooch" about I was hoping to happen upon a tin of vintage buttons to stick on my cards..........but alas no luck! I am thinking of relocating and becoming a full time artiste! But then I would miss Matalan

Envy is a terrible thing, been having a look at other blogs, and found Elsie Flannigans, loads of pics of CHA in Chicago, envy envy green eyed monster. Plus the fact she takes ace and fabby photos and of course her work is to die for........................hey ho!

I managed to cram my stash in the car and hoping to do some creative stuff this week if I can.

That's all for now ......

What a Dump!

Ha ha we have arrived in Kishorn, and it is GORGEOUS see the pic!! For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Scottish Highlands it is flippin' miles away near to the Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye, get a map out and weep about how far away I am!! (tee hee!)

I have had a really stressful 2 weeks at work and with deadlines (oh gosh just listen to me) so I am really glad to be here for some R&R.

People are sooooo weird! On Friday morning I dashed into town to get last minute stuff, was in a real rush with Alex in tow, who was complaining 'cos he had to walk. Our last stop was M&S to get a few nibbles and I was like COME ON ! COME ON! Hurry it up Already!

Anyhow, they have this offer on at the moment, buy more than 35 quids worth of stuff and you get a free punnet of cherries. So the woman in front has qualified for the offer and the guy on the till who looked like a uni student and was very nice and polite says "ohh you haven't picked up your free cherries". So he shouts another kid to get the free cherries. The lady then goes " well I hope they are British Cherries, because if they are those ones from Turkey I don't want them!". Well you guessed it, the guy comes back and they are Turkish. SO she says "I don't want them, I am not having them in the house, I think it's terrible that our fruit growers are struggling and M&S are buying in Cherries from Turkey!!!" Well at this point dear readers I am not sure whether to scream or laugh, fair do's she had a point but I WAS IN A RUSH FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!!

SO everyone in the queue is being terribly British and shuffling about uncomfortably. Uni Guy smiles and says "but they are free" Principled woman says "I don't care I don't want them!" OK so Uni guy then says "OK I am very sorry about that" she says "it's fine it' s not your fault" and he comes back with " oh but it is I am a Turkish Cherry Grower ha ha ha!!"

And so comes the punchline, she finally pays for her stuff after grumbling to a nice old couple in the queue, she has made a right issue about the damn cherries and she the says "oh go on then I'll give them to my mother - she hasn't got the same high principles as me" and sweeps out of the shop...........................!

So thanks for reading and I'll be back with more non- cherry related stories v soon ,re-reading the cherry saga makes me think of Ronnie Corbett in that big chair "and so the producer said"

Hoots Mon!!

Well after a few days break from my fab blog that no-one in the world seems to have read yet (due to the fact I ain't told anyone about it) I am back! And in Sconnie Botland

Am in Glasgow due to the fact my hubby is a Weegie (Glaswegian) Went to a 40th Birthday party last night with an old school friend of said hubby, was just lovely, in a little village near Stirling, just gorgeous.

Bit of a whirlwind week, twas my Birfday on Tuesday, got lots of yummy pressies, topped by a fab gifty from Sarah, the most beeeeee yutiful card with a big monogram on the front, shall be framing it!

FINALLY met all my deadlines, I am NEVER EVER doing a wedding AGAIN! What a piggin nightmare

Today we are off to the Scottish Highlands for a few days to beautiful Kishorn, can't wait, got my AMM tote and bag stuffed full of supplies and tools to do some cardmaking.

That's all for now, hopefully I will figure out how to put photos on the blog this week to show you how lovely the scenery is (fingers crossed for good wevver!)

1-800-PanicKnickers

God I am almost wetting my pants with worry today.......repeat after me "I must not be a complete twonk and leave everything till the last minute ever ever ever again!!

Ran out of ribbons for the orders of service and did a mercy dash to John Lewis - I am gonna strangle the buyer who didn't think to order white organza ribbon. Thankfully Lianne ( I LOVE HER) of www.littlesilverhat.co.uk came to my rescue and is sending them in the post today - thank god

It's my Birthday 2moro (did I mention that??) so gotta get all this work outta the way so I can relax and drink gallons of Vino.

Still, one of my magazine articles is finally coming together after spending HOURS yesterday making 4 cards that TOADALLY like didn't look right together, they would have looked so lame it's untrue. Poor Sarah got me calling her in a panic at lunchtime stressing that I had run out of the Bazzill I needed - it's OK Sarah I was just being a nutter

Well must crack on ........................bye for now

Deadlines, Deadlines
Arrrggghhh!!! Got 3 deadlines to keep this week for 2 mags and my neighbours Orders of Service for her wedding. Off on hols on Friday so got lots to do before then. Of course with deadlines looming I've lost my flippin creative mojo....................eeeekkk!!!

Had a lovely night out with DH and 2 friends last night, went to a Thai Restaurant and I was on Moet!!! Not normally but it was to celebrate my friends birthday and mine next week (form an orderly queue with my cards and pressies) ha ha ha!!

Well better get back to it starting to panic a wee bit now............................

22nd July

Well here it is my very first post on my blog. Not sure what I am gonna talk about, so be warned this blog carries a coma warning (you may be that bored)

Yesterday I started work again on my neighbours Orders of Service for her wedding. Oh lordy, next time someone asks me to to wedding invitations I think I am gonna pretend to be dead! What a flippin' palava. Why did I think it was a great idea to put 6 (yes 6!) weeny punched flowers with a gemstone in the middle on each one. Plus I thought they would look v groovy if I machine stitched vellum to each one too - put it this way the air was blue last night. Have you any idea how difficult it is to get machine sewing perfect on paper.........................arggghhhh!!!

Well I am well on the way to finishing - the heat doesn't help either.

Yesterday I bought some scrapping goodies and loads of ribbon from Sarah of SarahsCards. My dear friend is leaving work so I have got together some lovely stuff for her so she can start scrapping.

OK well that's it for today..........hope no-one dropped off zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....................will be putting pics of me (yuck!) and other bits and bobs on once I can get my act together, so please stay tuned xxxx