Achievements

Today's post is supposed to be about things we've achieved in our lives and things we still hope to achieve.

I would like to think that one of my achievements is that we have children who are well grounded and friendly with good manners. Doing my timeline of my life so far brought home to me once again how much we have moved around. Our children could have rebelled but, fortunately, this hasn't been the case. Instead they are children who enjoy being at home and who can talk to us about anything.

One of the things I would love to see in the future is how they continue to grow, to see them achieve their goals and dreams and to watch them become parents themselves one day.

I have been very fortunate in that I haven't had to work for the past 20+ years and have been able to be at home with them when they came home from school and be here for them during the holidays. I do realise how lucky I am and have my husband to thank for that. Right from when I was little the one thing I wanted was to be a Mum and this is a wish I have been, and am, lucky enough to fulfil.

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Blogs I read

Today's prompt was to post the names of blogs we read for inspiration. Most of the ones I read are scrapbooking or photography related. A number are women on Design Teams but others inspire me because they are ordinary women with jobs, families, etc who still find time to scrapbook on a regular basis. I'm not that good and can go ages without doing anything (which is why this class is so good for me!). The blogs that are photography related tend to be people whose photos I like and improving my photography is something I aspire to.

If any of you decide to look at the blogs I've listed, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

http://www.susanweinroth.typepad.com/

http://elishasnow.typepad.com/

http://www.stacysbigpicture.typepad.com/

http://www.cathyzielske.typepad.com/

http://tarawhitney.com/justbeblogged/

http://www.monkeyoranges.typepad.com/

http://rebeccacooper.blogspot.com/

http://kellypurkey.typepad.com/

http://www.jordankrogmanphotography.blogspot.com/

http://www.noragriffin.typepad.com/ndg/

http://www.brendaacuncius.typepad.com/

I think that's probably enough for now.

In general news, it's been a busy day - running around EG this morning before taking Hugh to Crawley. Back home in time to get him to work, pop home and then back into town again to sign some papers at the bank! I was glad to get home and be able to take off my shoes!

Hugh

We had a take away today to celebrate Emily's Yr 6 SATS results - she did very well and we're super proud of her. Now to go and sort out the uniform for Senior School!

Emily

And finally, a thank you to Claire for going to pick Emily up from school for me this afternoon.

Emily and Claire

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Sharing photos

Today's blog prompt from Shimelle's class was to share an old photo of myself and a current photo of myself and explain what's stayed the same and what's changed. To be honest, I'm not a great fan of photos of myself and, at this stage in time I don't know where photos of me as a child are (we moved house a little while ago and I don't know where I've put them!) so I'll put on the one I do have from about 20 years ago.

This photo was taken, if I remember correctly, the Christmas before Jon and I got married which would make it 1986. It was taken at Jon's sister Penny's house (in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) where we had a traditional Christmas lunch before going for a swim in the pool!

This photo was taken in April this year (for the Scrap your Day class - which I haven't kept up with and am thinking of starting again this month).

What's stayed the same:

I'm still with Jon (21 years later);

We still enjoy getting together with family;

My love of creating things - photography, scrapbooking, sewing

What's changed: Lots !!

We now live in the UK and not SA;

I have three children;

I'm a stay at home mum;

I've got about 3 stone to lose ;o) ;

I no longer perm my hair;

I now use a computer rather than a typewriter;

Technology - I have an iPod, mobile phone, digital camera & computer;

Our families are spread around the world but we can keep in touch via the internet, blogs, etc.

Another prompt that's making me think and take stock.

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Travel Layout

I finished my second layout - Travel - late last night. To be honest, by the time it was ready I was ready for bed so, photos were taken this morning and I'm happy to say I'm still caught up with Shimelle's My Freedom class.

Now I'm looking forward to seeing what's in store for us this week!

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