Are You Right Or Left Brained?!!

Just found this link on Jaime's blog and it's had me fascinated! Look at the woman and see if she's going clockwise or anti-clockwise. Rob sees clockwise, I see anti but then look away and she's going clockwise! God knows what that says about my brain!!

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22535838-5012895,00.html?from=mostpop

Snug As A Bug In A Rug Part 2!!

Made a couple more quilts lately. The first one I made for Evie's birthday present, if you look carefully it has her name at the bottom. The second is one I made for Emily, I also made her a matching pillowcase.

Today I'm having a scrapbooking day. I've completed one for Xander's book and am now scrapping Emily's 6 week holidays but have a serious case of scrappers block! Hopefully it will clear soon and I'll be able to crack on!

Center Parcs!!!

We had a lovely week down in Center Parcs, despite me spending the first day and a half in bed due to a very bad night with my toilet on Sunday night! Getting me in the car to actually drive down there was a challenge in itself, and when we got there, I went straight to bed and stayed there!


Anyway, the rest of the week was great, lots of swimming, cycling, pancakes, ducks, swans etc! The kids had a great time and were exhausted by the time we got home! Anyway, here's a few pics of our week...

Happy Birthday Evie!!!

Yesterday was our favourite little lady baby's first birthday party! Yay, happy birthday Evie! We had a lovely afternoon, lots of lovely food, party games and bubbles! I've attached a few photos including the blowing out of the candle (which Evie tried to extinguish with her fingers!), Xander taking Evie for a walk plus Uncle Gary and his Mini Me chilling watching Ant & Dec!!

Like Father Like Son!

Well, if anyone ever needed Xander's parentage proving, then they need look no further! Obviously he's more like his father as his mother hasn't drunk Newcastle Brown Ale since 1989, but what do I expect from a man?!

Zintle Has A Sponsor!!

Thanks to my mum who will be sponsoring Zintle! You'd think after me and my sister and Friday nights with Emily she'd run screaming from taking on any other girls but she is a brave woman!

If anyone else would like to sponsor a child, here's the website: http://www.actionaid.org.uk/100044/sponsor_a_child_today.html

Can Anyone Help Zintle? Please Read

As a few of you may know, I've been sponsoring a little boy called Venald in Haiti for about 3 years now. I sponsor him through a charity called Action Aid and basically I pay for him to go to school and help pay for projects in his community that help improve life for them. It costs me £15 a month (the same as what his father earns!!) and I'll pay that until he's 16 or leaves school, whichever happens first.



Anyway, last week Action Aid called me and asked if I could help find another child a sponsor as they have a shortage at the moment. So today, I received details of this little girl in South Africa:

Her name is Zintle and she is 4 years old. She currently attends nursery school but lives in the second poorest province in South Africa and many children, especially girls, don't get an eduation. There is also a big HIV/AIDS problem in her area (6 million people with AIDS in a population of 47 million). Sponsorship will help her get an education and help Action Aid educate the community about HIV and AIDS and also help with healthcare etc.

So, if anyone would like to consider sponsoring her, please email me and I'll let you know how. It is a big commitment but it's also very rewarding and I love getting Venald's pictures and letters every 6 months. Action Aid also send me updates on projects in the area so I can see how my money is helping.

Alternatively, if you think you know anyone else who might like to sponsor her, please send them a link to my blog so they can read my post.

Thanks for reading!