Happy Christmas

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with family/friends. Ours started nice and early (Emily and Claire woke at 3.30am but I didn't get up until 5.30am). Mum came round for 6am and present opening. I did say she didn't have to but it was lovely to have her here to share the fun. We had a much smaller Christmas this year but still managed 11for lunch, including Tyler. Jon did a good job with the food and it was a lovely afternoon spent with family.

I didn't take many photos and those I did take weren't wonderful. However, after chatting to Norma on msn this morning we agreed to each make a scrapbook page with our Christmas photos. Mine is very simple but it gets the photos onto a page and, for that, I'm happy.

Best wishes to you all and I hope you enjoy the rest of the festive period.

xx

I know ....

... I haven't posted on the blog in ages ... I haven't been writing emails to anybody ... I haven't been taking photos much lately ... I haven't been doing much scrapbooking ... I don't have much to tell at the moment I have been ... ... writing Christmas cards ... ordering lots of presents on the internet ... wrapping presents as the come in ... trying to get over this rotten cold and cough ... walking the dogs ... trying to more or less stick to weight watchers ... trying to get into the Christmas spirit (and it's starting to work) ... making lists to try and keep on track I will ... ... try and start blogging more regularly again in the near future. Please keep checking back from time to time. xx

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