On a roll!!

We got our class handout for week 8 on Thursday and by Thursday evening I had these two layouts completed. They were really quick and fun to do.

Today it is COLD outside!! Walked down to Mum and Dad's to see if Dad could help me with downloading RAW photos from my camera with Photoshop Elements 6. I have been trying for a couple of days and not been able to open them - it tells me there are no valid files. I took my camera round to Dad (who also has Photoshop Elements 6) and they opened straight away. Now why won't they open on my computer. I'm presuming there must be something stopping them but I'm blowed if I know what! Waiting for Jon to get home so he can have a look at it and see if he can figure it out. If any of you have any ideas, please let me know. I'm soooooooooo frustrated!!!

xx

DYL Week 7 layouts

Today, after a coffee morning at Nero's with friends, I finished my layouts for last week's class. I am up to date again and, it feels GOOD!! I have now downloaded this week's class notes and am starting to think about the next couple of layouts. Here are the ones I've completed

Sketch 1 Sketch 2

RWC Sketch 3

Did you realise, it is 5 weeks today till Christmas?????? Claire and Emily seem to be taking great delight in reminding me of this fact! Am I ready for all that Christmas entails? NOOOOOOO. I can't get my head around it yet and the thought that there are only 5 weeks to go, doesn't help! How I wish I was an organised person - Mum says I used to be but I can't claim to be any more. I now need to get lists made and start getting into the Christmas spirit (non alcoholic - lol!!)

I went back to Weight Watchers again last night and am happy to say that I have lost one of the two pounds I put on last week (or as some of you ladies say - released that pound, I certainly don't want to find it again!!). Now to keep going - if I could lose 1,5 pounds next week it would take me to my 10% goal which would be wonderful. I'm not banking on it but just don't want to put on again. As it gets colder I find it so much more difficult to stay motivated but feeling my clothes that little bit looser makes me feel so much better. Going down a size would make me feel even better!!

Off to make lists ;o)

xx

Finally DYL Week 6 Sketch 3

Today I finally finished the third layout for last week's class. I played around with the colours for a while but think I'm happy with the end result. Wasn't sure about the flower on the left hand page but have decided to leave it in for now.

I went to take some shopping round to my sister in law on Friday. She has laryngitis and when she called earlier in the week, I honestly didn't know who I was talking to. Hope you're feeling a bit better now Deb. I also hope you haven't passed it on to me ;o), woke up this morning with a really raspy throat and have developed a cough during the day. I've had a quiet day and am hoping that it's gone by tomorrow. Positive thinking!!

Hope this week is a good one for everyone (and that I get to complete the layouts for this week!)

xx

One more

Went into town this morning with Mum to get some more card. I'm printing out the pages on Jessica Sprague's Stories in Hand class and I ran out of white card so had to make a trip into town to get some more. We had a wander round the shops, popped in to see Claire at work and then went to Nero's for a coffee (and in my case an early lunch because my tummy was rumbling!). This afternoon I've managed to complete one more layout for Cathy's Design your Life class. This one was the Real World Colour sketch where we had to use black, green, orange, purple and white. I didn't know if I was going to do it but I did!! Here it is

I know Alison is going to love this photo of her on the website ;o)

I have one more layout to do for this week and, I have to admit, I'm battling. There are a number of photos on the layout and most of them are landscape rather than portrait. As this class goes on, it's making me realise that most of my photos are portrait rather than landscape. I guess I need to stop turning that camera around but it's not helping me at the moment! I'm sure I'll find some but I need to go a bit further back in my files. [Just to clarify, by landscape I don't mean photos of scenery and portrait - photos of people! ;o) ]

I haven't been to weight watchers for the last two weeks and I'm making myself go back tonight. I know it's not going to be good (and I doubt I'll be posting my progress tonight - lol!!) but I have to go back otherwise I'll slip backwards even more, and I don't want that. How I wish I could just eat what I like rather than what's good for me!!! Sigh!!

More soon

xx

PS> The strip at the top of the layout is white - don't know why it doesn't look like it in the photo.