JYC ~ 1st December

This year I am keeping my Christmas Journal simple as I think that is the only way I have a chance of making an entry for each day as the closer we get to Christmas Day the more crazy and busy things get in this house!

My page for 1st December documents how I intend to do my best to take lots of photos (lots and lots!!) and capture the memories of this magical time of year. I love the festive season but sometimes I am so busy preparing for family to come and stay and organisng Christmas Day that I tend to lose myself in the craziness of it all. This year I am going to try to slow down and take time to enjoy the special moments!

Snow.....!!!

We woke up yesterday to a very white view from the window, in fact it was the most snow I have ever seen down here on the south coast. Being so close to the sea we very rarely see snow and when we do it's usually just a little dusting!!

The view from my front door at 8am!

The "Young One's" school was open yesterday, although they have had to close today so we are enjoying a "Snow Day" at home. I decided it was best to leave the car behind (as you can see it was covered in the white stuff!) and set off on the 15 minute walk to school.

Once back home and warmed up I headed out into our garden to capture a few snowy shots! Perfect scrapping material!

I think most of the UK has snow now....did you get some photos? If so, I'd love you to leave me a message so I can pop by your blog and see too!

Keep warm and if you have to go out take care!

x

PS: will be back later with my JYC post!

It's that time of year again!!

You know how sometimes you dither over whether to do something or not well, a few days ago I finally made up my mind that I will make a Christmas Journal again this year. Last year I managed up to about the 11th, I think it was and 2008 saw me get to the 9th so this year I'm determined to finish.

It's not too late to join in just pop over to Shimelle's blog for all the info.

I've did my page for 1st Dec today, but the light was bad here today so will wait till tomorrow to get a photo.

I'm going to be working a few days behind as I will have to wait to get photos printed down at Asdas or via photobox!!

Are you doing JYC??

It's WOYWW ~ 10 November!

Today I have spent a blissfully happy morning at the dining room table scrapping. Not particularly productive. Lots of cups of coffee. Several pretty papers shuffled about. Boxes and baskets of embellies rifled through. But I was happy.

I ran about like a mad thing first thing this morning. School run, dashed around Asda to buy ingredients for tonight's lasagne ( Oh yes, and a HUGE tin of Celebrations chocs ~ to be stashed away until Christmas!), did the hoovering and other boring houseworky stuff in record time so that I could give myself the rest of the day off! To craft!!!

If you have arrived on my blog via Julia's blog, Welcome and thanks for stopping by. The pic above shows the table with my 2nd layout of the day mid progress. There's the obligatory coffee cup and at the back there is my newest purchase .... the rather cute Martha Stewart butterfly punch! Oh, how I love this punch!

If you haven't got a clue what I'm on about pop over to here to see what WOYWW is all about!

I'll leave you with the one layout I did manage to finish this morning!

Journalling reads: "I am probably biased but you have such a beautiful smile"

This is a scraplift of a layout by Liberty Chance that was in issue 49 of Scrapbook Magazine.

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* Blue Sea...Blue Skies *

Hi Bloggers!

Can't believe how long it has been since my last blog post! Sorry!

I have been back from holiday over a week now and it's only this weekend that I have had a little time to myself to blog about it. I think I must have got buried under the holiday washing, don't you just hate the unpacking and laundry when you get back from hols?!

We had the most relaxing holiday ever in this beautiful place.

Portinatx, Ibiza!

A small, quiet resort on the north coast of the island!

We were lucky enough to have great weather, and enjoyed 21-22 degrees, sunshine and blue skies apart from on 1 day when the winds picked up and it was a little chilly. But the change in the sea from the calm, still waters that we had played in the previous day to the huge waves crashing up on to the sand and rocks was amazing to see and made for some great photos.

On one of the days, we took the local bus (an experience in itself!) to the capital of the island, Ibiza town. Exploring the Old Town was one of the highlights of the week for me!

I was going to post a few more pics that I took but for some reason blogger won't let me upload more than 2!!

I'm having a day of sorting out my craft stash.

Then tomorrow I will make stuff!
It's been too long since I did some crafting!

x

* 10 Years *

Yesterday was my birthday! I celebrated A Big OnE!!!!!! It got me thinking how my life has changed in the last 10years.

10 years ago We had just moved into our new house, a small two bed mid-terraced house. I was looking forward to decorating it and making it ours. I was working long hours in and loved it! We were engaged and busy planning our wedding!

10 years on and my life has changed a lot....I have been married to the most wonderful man for too many years to count. I became a Mummy to a beautiful little girl. We finally moved to a bigger house. I gave up the long hours in my career to concentrate on being the best Mummy I possibly could. Our baby girl grew up and started school. I started my own business. Life was hectic. I closed the business and made the right lifestyle choice. I'm happier now than ever before.

What will the next 10 years bring?

My hope and dreams for the next 10 years...

• Our daughter has the opportunities to realise her dreams and hopes.
• We can afford to get an extension built on the house.
• My family and friends continue to enjoy good health.
• I can give my daughter the little brother/sister she (and we) long for!

If you have read this far, thank you for bearing with me whilst I get my thoughts written down. I plan to include this post as journalling on a layout soon.

Oh, and yes I had a lovely birthday, and got spoilt rotten!

x