Sunday, 20 December 2009
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Celebrating!
For those of you that don't know (and those who think I may not have mentioned it enough yet!), I got my degree results on Tuesday and it was a 2:1!! Woooooohooooo!!! I'm so pleased, can't stop smiling.
Anyway, in perfect timing style I had a night out planned yesterday with my crop friends so it was time for a bit of celebrating. We went out for a lovely meal and I got a lift so that I could have some celebratory drinks (on a school night aswell, tut tut!):
And what happened? Those lovely lovely girls from my crop got me a 'whole restaurant singing congratulations' type desserts! Bless them! I've never had that done to me before. As you can see I was very suprised but delighted:
Bless them!
Anyway, in perfect timing style I had a night out planned yesterday with my crop friends so it was time for a bit of celebrating. We went out for a lovely meal and I got a lift so that I could have some celebratory drinks (on a school night aswell, tut tut!):
And what happened? Those lovely lovely girls from my crop got me a 'whole restaurant singing congratulations' type desserts! Bless them! I've never had that done to me before. As you can see I was very suprised but delighted:
Bless them!Everyone had a lovely time. Susy (thanks for the lift hun) and Trina:
Hazel and Ali (and Ali was the sober one!):
But I think Kirsty may have eaten a tad too much!
Thanks for a wonderful night girls!
Hazel and Ali (and Ali was the sober one!):
But I think Kirsty may have eaten a tad too much!
Thanks for a wonderful night girls!
Sunday, 13 December 2009
JYC Update
Quick JYC update. Sorry not much time to ramble; I'm hoping once this week's over I'll have more time to blog in a bit more length!
Tuesday's prompt was to get your camera and take images of the day. I decided to make a mini book within a page to display all my pics:
Wednesday's prompt was about traditions. I scrapped about a new tradition we have this year of collecting Xmas baubles when we go away:
Thursday's prompt was a nice simple one. You had to stick some of your wrapping paper down and journal about wrapping:
Friday's was about the Xmas tree. I was at a crop yesterday so had a bit more time to go to town on this one, with fancy cut-out Xmas trees (Marie, I can feel you shuddering from here!):
Right, short but sweet! Have a good week everyone!
Tuesday's prompt was to get your camera and take images of the day. I decided to make a mini book within a page to display all my pics:
Book folded out:
Wednesday's prompt was about traditions. I scrapped about a new tradition we have this year of collecting Xmas baubles when we go away:
Thursday's prompt was a nice simple one. You had to stick some of your wrapping paper down and journal about wrapping:
Friday's was about the Xmas tree. I was at a crop yesterday so had a bit more time to go to town on this one, with fancy cut-out Xmas trees (Marie, I can feel you shuddering from here!):
Right, short but sweet! Have a good week everyone!Friday, 11 December 2009
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Attila, Desmond, JYC, Halos and the Giant Jam Sandwich!
I'm a nervous wreck at the moment. Why? Well, a couple of weeks ago I got a letter from the university saying that I would have my degree results before 18th December; that's within the next 10 days! Every time I walk in the house I feel sick incase the postie's been. Then I will have the whole trauma of actually opening the envelope! It all rests now between Attila the Hun and Desmond Tutu!
Quick JYC update: here are days 5, 6 and 7. Prompt 5 was about the countdown to Christmas. I journalled about how I never understand these people that start telling you in September how many days it is til Xmas. To me, the countdown can start once the tree's up (which it is now Chez Gillard!); I've too much else to think about in September!
Which meant a mirrored layout for Prompt 7. This was about organisation. I'm actually fairly well organised for the event itself, it's all my crafty stuff that's taken over. So, I've used this page to try and organise my Christmas projects so they're all done before the big day:
Prompt 8 is on hold as I've had a mad 'sh*t, every Argos is out of stock' moment on a couple of the kids' presents, so had a dash up to Toys R Us. 50% success rate with a good alternative on the other 50%!
Quick JYC update: here are days 5, 6 and 7. Prompt 5 was about the countdown to Christmas. I journalled about how I never understand these people that start telling you in September how many days it is til Xmas. To me, the countdown can start once the tree's up (which it is now Chez Gillard!); I've too much else to think about in September!
Prompt 6 was about Xmas memories. It was supposed to be about a good memory and bad memory but who wants to have a lasting reminder of the crap Christmases? So I decided to go with the memories of the kids' first Christmases. I also did my first acetate page:
Which meant a mirrored layout for Prompt 7. This was about organisation. I'm actually fairly well organised for the event itself, it's all my crafty stuff that's taken over. So, I've used this page to try and organise my Christmas projects so they're all done before the big day:
Prompt 8 is on hold as I've had a mad 'sh*t, every Argos is out of stock' moment on a couple of the kids' presents, so had a dash up to Toys R Us. 50% success rate with a good alternative on the other 50%!I might have been able to do it earlier but I was sat making 16 halos:
It's my school's nativity and I'm in charge of sheep and angels! The sheep were done at the weekend (with expert cottonwool ball sticking by Em!) but tonight it was the turn of a stapler and 12m of tinsel! Carpet's a bit shiny now but at least they're all done!
It's my school's nativity and I'm in charge of sheep and angels! The sheep were done at the weekend (with expert cottonwool ball sticking by Em!) but tonight it was the turn of a stapler and 12m of tinsel! Carpet's a bit shiny now but at least they're all done!Finally, I got a lovely piece of post today (no, not the Attila (would rather not have the Desmond!)). Last week they were clearing out our school library and I happened to spy this:
It was my favourite ever book as a kid and I haven't seen it for a good 25 years. So, onto t'Ebay I go and I only found an original version (printed in the year I was born!). Love it! Going to read it to the kids one bedtime and see if they too marvel at the giant loaf of bread!
It was my favourite ever book as a kid and I haven't seen it for a good 25 years. So, onto t'Ebay I go and I only found an original version (printed in the year I was born!). Love it! Going to read it to the kids one bedtime and see if they too marvel at the giant loaf of bread!Right, better pop off and try and make a dent in this To Do list!
Saturday, 5 December 2009
JYC Day 3 & 4
I'm absolutely loving journalling my Christmas. the only problem is I'm spending hours doing it which doesn't bode well for the the weeks to come when it is decidely chaotic! Note to self: must scrap faster!
The 3rd Dec prompt was about Christmas cards. Although I do make some Xmas cards every year, I've done them differently this year and used some new crafty techniques, so I decided to journal about that:
4th December prompt was to journal your perfect Christmas. Now, maybe log cabins on the side of a Swiss mountain should have sprung to mind, but to me, the whole chaotic Christmas is what it's all about and so to me, that's perfect! Our favourite Xmas film is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Apart from being hilarious, I just love how everything goes wrong in a way that you just know it could happen to you. But the whole dysfunctional family thing works to make a perfect Christmas, even with a bucketload of disasters!
Just sat now waiting for today's prompt then it's off for a lovely day and evening at Lisa and Andrew's cabin at the coast (with Lisa & Andrew and all our broods!), then home for treet trimming tomorrow! Yay!
The 3rd Dec prompt was about Christmas cards. Although I do make some Xmas cards every year, I've done them differently this year and used some new crafty techniques, so I decided to journal about that:
And include a card in the journal too:
4th December prompt was to journal your perfect Christmas. Now, maybe log cabins on the side of a Swiss mountain should have sprung to mind, but to me, the whole chaotic Christmas is what it's all about and so to me, that's perfect! Our favourite Xmas film is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Apart from being hilarious, I just love how everything goes wrong in a way that you just know it could happen to you. But the whole dysfunctional family thing works to make a perfect Christmas, even with a bucketload of disasters!
Just sat now waiting for today's prompt then it's off for a lovely day and evening at Lisa and Andrew's cabin at the coast (with Lisa & Andrew and all our broods!), then home for treet trimming tomorrow! Yay!Thursday, 3 December 2009
Journaling My Christmas
Yes, that's right people, I am now officially using the C word! I actually relented on 1st December and finally started saying "Christmas" in full!
So, very excited about being able to do this at Christmas: Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas class. I've seen people do this before but never joined in. But finally I decided this was the year to give it a go. Of course I have the lurverly Mariek along with me, who's now a JYC veteran and has made me drool with her previous journals.
Anyhoo, every day there's a prompt from Shimelle with a theme for the day, so here are the first 2 (Dec 3rd's is half done but was just rudely interrupted by the Brownie run!). Dec 1st was to write a manifesto with your commitment to JYC. Mine's basically about recording the big things and little things about Christmas and having something to look back on in years to come:
Dec 2nd was about Christmas weather. As much as I'd have loved to scrap lovely snowy scenes, this is Englad and that doesn't really happen. So I scrapped the day's weather (er, cloud!) and how we always want the winter wonderland but never really get it in reality. Oooh and look at super new crafty stuff: Craft Robo'd and liquid appliqued fluffy clouds:
Watch this space for more Christmas musings!
So, very excited about being able to do this at Christmas: Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas class. I've seen people do this before but never joined in. But finally I decided this was the year to give it a go. Of course I have the lurverly Mariek along with me, who's now a JYC veteran and has made me drool with her previous journals.
Anyhoo, every day there's a prompt from Shimelle with a theme for the day, so here are the first 2 (Dec 3rd's is half done but was just rudely interrupted by the Brownie run!). Dec 1st was to write a manifesto with your commitment to JYC. Mine's basically about recording the big things and little things about Christmas and having something to look back on in years to come:
Dec 2nd was about Christmas weather. As much as I'd have loved to scrap lovely snowy scenes, this is Englad and that doesn't really happen. So I scrapped the day's weather (er, cloud!) and how we always want the winter wonderland but never really get it in reality. Oooh and look at super new crafty stuff: Craft Robo'd and liquid appliqued fluffy clouds:
Watch this space for more Christmas musings!
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