Busy bee!

That's me a busy bee LOL, I have finally started to pick up and feel much better. I've been out and about driving and gone for little walks whilst remaining mindful of trying to stay non weight bearing as much as possible.

No scrapping to share this week, Dawn and I did scrap yesterday but I'm working on a DLO which isn't finished, so I'll share these little books I made for a friends birthday.



Inside the address book



Inside the birthday book



Sandy woo is still doing very well and is enjoying life. Her lump is growing but not at the rate we had feared. Her quality of life is still excellent and she is a happy woo.

I have been to nursery today LOL well Ben's sponsored fun run at his nursery school. The kiddes were asked to wear home made fancy dress and fortunately my Mum his great Nanny is brilliant at that kind of stuff.

So here he is the scariest pirate you ever did see LOL.



Or maybe the cutest pirate ever



notice the sword is now missing, he was a little to enthusiastic with it LOl.

Ben had a whale of a time roaring round and not really following the intended course and he collected other kids to join his breakaway group, little tinker!

And finally a family photo....

Foot Update

After a very long hospital visit yesterday I have my cast off YAY! but have to stay non weight bearing for another 6 weeks as the consultant isn't sure how good a purchase the screw has. So back in 6 weeks for more x rays and a decision on whether to operate again to remove the screw or not. Hopefully or not LOL. Felt very deflated when I got home as I had the vision of popping on a shoe and walking off (ever the optimist) anyway we've cut my blue surgical shoe thingy around and it now feels like I have more support and had a very very long shower so foot feels much more comfortable.

So overall not as good as I was hoping but so bad either .....

I did a very quick layout yesterday and I mean quick, only took about 1 hour unheard of for me LOl. It's from an online class here



Bad photo it is straight really. Photo's are of Ben and my brothers boys Lewis and Owen. Neither photo was good enough to use on it's own but together they show what fun they were having.

Sandy is still very well!

Jim is moulting mega time, Eric took him outside and brushed him for over 30 minutes and filled a carrier bag full of white hair but still there is white hairs floating around the house like a snowstorm because of the fans...and why is it that all 6 dogs have decided they simply have to sleep in our bedroom in this heat!

200th blog entry!!!

I started my blog for two reasons, first up I needed somewhere to upload my "stuff" to share with friends and family. Secondly I wanted a project to play with when Eric went off and left me for two whole weeks. He and his friends went to the TT on the Isle of Mann to watches the motorbike racing and to celebrate their 30th anniversary of their first motorbike holiday together. Well I was mostly way to knackered to do much in those two weeks but I do enjoy going back and reading how I survived it all LOL.

So here I am 200 blog entries later still uploading bits and pieces and chatting on about the hounds etc.

So I thought I'd share some random photo's taken over the last week.

I walked down to the bottom of our drive last night and took a couple of shots of Eric and the six pack coming back from their walk.



It's no wonder people stop and stare LOL.






Vikki sent me this photo of Ben down at Felixstowe yesterday, cool dude or what LOl. He's growing up so fast now.


Me and the ducks having a cuddle



and I wanted some up to date shots of the girlies, the two dark brown ones are looking so good now but the other two still look scrawny. We've been letting them have the full use of the garden for a couple of hours each afternoon, it's too hot for the hounds to be out between 1pm and 3pm and as their enclosed area is completely barren now it means they have access to green and boy do they love green.

When Eric lets them out they chase after him, do they think he's Mother hen I wonder LOL.



This one in particular seems to love him or maybe she's after extra food LOL.



Hospital tomorrow toes crossed I get rid of the plaster cast.

papermaze class kit

Vanessa from Papermaze always does a class kit for us at crop. They usually only cost a couple of pounds and are such good value as Vanessa tries to introduce us to new techniques.

June's class kit was using grungeboard, I hadn't tried it before and didn't really get why people were raving about it but having had a play I also love it.

I hand cut the leaves and Eric then painted them, inked them and embossed them. Messy but fun, not fun trying to paint the twine. OMG what a mess I made.



Crate papers Galaxy and Maze.

Sandy still doing really well and enjoying life.

5 days and counting

Dawn and I scrapped as per usual yesterday and I mentioned that I go back to the hospital Tuesday. So Dawn said hasn't it gone quick!!!!! OMG I nearly choked gone quick is she serious, I came very close to hitting her LOL.

We've booked ourselves another long weekend away, we had hoped to go in September but couldn't get in so we had to settle for 3rd October, hope it won't be too cold LOL. Not that it really matters as we're to busy scrapping to care.

I needed a book to draw my sketches in, I always just grab a bit of scrap paper then end up with scraps all over the place. Then I get fed up with scraps everywhere and chuck them out. I made this little book using some old papers that came in an album and then actually managed to use my BIA successfully for a change.



Decided to make one for Dawn as well, which she loved.



Also made a little mini word book for my Dad for Father's Day. Won't bore you with all the pages but here's a few.

Front cover



Dad as a young man



all of us many years ago LOL



and a more upto date photo



Thank you to everyone who asks how Sandy is doing, she's had a good week since we increased her pills and is still eating well and going for lots of walks.

Sandy and stuff

Some days are good and others not so good. The lump is growing but Sandy despite having problems bearing any weight through the leg is happy, eating well and enjoying short walks. Medication is still controlling her pain although we have had to increase it over the weekend. Sandy still looks as beautiful as ever and hasn't lost any weight or condition which makes it all the harder to come to terms with.



Taking it day by day now.

Last week wasn't a great week for me, I got a bit down and generally fed up with all the stuff but Dawn took me to Papermaze crop on Saturday which cheered me up no end. Didn't actually do much scrapping but it was so good to go out and talk to people LOl.

Yesterday I woke up feeling much happier and made a cake then pottered around in my newly erected greenhouse before Eric frog marched me back indoors. Finished off two layouts as well.

The makeover



When Eric announced he was buying an old horsebox for £50 we all fell around laughing BUT he definitely had the last laugh when he had finished working on it and had himself a huge trailer for £69.99!!!! PP are from October Afternoon.

Dreaming



Eric took this photo of Lucky last week and I had to scrap it, she just looks so pretty and of course it was to good an opportunity to use pink pp to miss. PP are all scraps left over from a previous layout.

Today I have started a diet, I have gained 7lbs since the op and news of Sandy's illness. Not good for my joints or how I feel about myself!!!!

one year today

Today is the first anniversary since little Rulu passed away. Not a day goes by when she doesn't pop into my head. I miss her more than words can ever express.



Sleeptight my little Roo xxx


Sandy had a bad yesterday after insisting on walking up to the meadow, it really was to far but it was probably her best chance of one final walk to her favourite place.

Today she declined the early morning walk because it's raining and Sandy doesn't do wet. She seems more comfortable this morning and is currently doing what Sandy does best. Reclining on the sofa with legs in the air purring...