Photo a Day - the last week

My goodness, I can't believe it's been a week since I last posted any photos.  I'm keeping up with  my photo a day and now that I've finally got my journalling cards am hoping to get up to date with Project Life again too. 

Life is pretty hectic here at the moment and I rarely get on my computer. Today I'm taking a little time out to post but it'll just be a little bit under each photo for now.  It's Easter holidays and Jon, Emily and I will be going away for a few days next week (and leaving the "boys" to fend for themselves) so it may be another week before I get the next post up.  Please bear with me and, hopefully, I'll get back to daily posts again soon.

Although I finished the top of this quilt some time ago, I've procrastinated when it came to putting it all together.  Friday night was the night to get to it and make a start on finishing it off.  

 After our weekly grocery shop on Saturday, I thought I would make a bit batch of Carrot and Lentil soup to have the following day for lunch. The temperatures had dropped down and soup seemed like a good idea.

 Iain (my brother) arrived back from Australia early on Sunday morning and I went to Gatwick to pick him up. After giving him a chance to have a coffee and relax a bit, I went and picked Mum and Dad up to bring them to the house for lunch.  As you can see, on Sunday the sun had come out again and it was actually warm enough to sit outside.  We still had soup ;o)  And in case you were wondering why Jon was sitting slightly apart from the rest of us, he was having a cigarette and sat back so we weren't in a cloud of smoke.

 Great excitement on Monday when the delivery van arrived with my Clementine core kit from Becky Higgins for Project Life.  I had been printing out the journalling cards myself but soon realised I was going to use an awful lot of ink over the year.  So, when it was announced that Amazon were going to stock the products I was really excited. That changed when, instead, Tammy Morales from www.ScrapbookersInnerCircle.com announced that they would be distributing the products themselves.  Long story short, after 4 weeks in Customs in the UK they finally got their shipment and I got my core kit. Now I just need to bring my journalling up to date (I've been writing in my diary every day so that I have a record of what went on).

Monday night also saw me sewing the binding down on the back of the quilt. I sew it onto the quilt with the machine but once I've folded it over to the back, I hand sew it in place. It felt so good to get it finished in time.

 Michelle, Josh and Lily came to visit on Tuesday. It was Josh's birthday on Thursday but we gave him his presents a couple of days early (and funnily enough, he didn't complain ;o) ). I was worried about whether he would like the quilt but he seemed to. Michelle explained the next day that he hadn't realised I'd made it for him but that he loved it. He had it on his bed that night and the next morning she sent me a photo of him reading his magazine with the quilt over his lap :o)

 Once Alice went home on Wednesday, and dinner had been eaten, it was a chance for me to sit down and catch up with some of the Grey's Anatomy episodes I had recorded on Sky+.  I didn't watch them all in one evening but I have now caught up, having watched the last one last night.  Now I have to wait till next week for the next episode!

When Emily and I got back from shopping for our holiday yesterday, Jon had the tickets propped up for us to find when we came in.  Now it feels like we are going!! :o)

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter.

xx

Photo a Day : 29 March 2012

 I had a lovely day today when I met up with an old friend for a coffee and lunch.  Julie and I met in Primary School in South Africa when we were 8 years old and have kept in touch over the years as Julie moved to a different part of South Africa when we were 12 and then came back to the UK with her parents at 14.  We only live just over an hour apart but don't get to meet up that often.  We finally got our act together and met up in Arundel, West Sussex today.

 We spent most of the time catching up while having lunch, then had a quick walk around Arundel before our parking ran out.  Arundel has a beautiful castle which can be seen virtually all over the city (I found out today that it has a cathedral, thus making it a city though it feels like a town!)  Here are a few photos, though I'm afraid I can't tell you what everything is because we did our walk so quickly and didn't have time to take it all in. I definitely want to go back and do a proper walk around to take it all in.

 I think this was an entrance to one of the churches.

 Walking back towards the castle.  Julie was telling me that there is still a family living at the castle and the building on the left is their residence. She says they do open it up to the public and that it's a wonderful building to walk around because it is very much a family home.

 This building was in the gardens of the castle and I believe there is a tea room either in or near it.

 Walking down towards the main castle entrance.

 One of the side streets - there are lots of little shops down the side streets and Julie was telling me that there is a lovely little area with antique/second hand shops.  I could definitely spend a whole day walking around here.

And a final shot of the castle taken from the car park just before we left. Isn't it beautiful!  (Wish I could have got a better photo though!)  Next time :o)

xx

Photo a Day : 28 March 2012

Tonight was haircut night for Emily and me.  We go round to Mary's house where she has her utility room set out as a mini salon.  We always have a good natter and catch up with what's been going on.  Emily is growing her hair and is pleased with how long it's getting. She had a little bit more shape cut into the front tonight. As for me, I tend to just have a trim and get mine back under control ;o) 

xx

Last ones from Monday

As I said in a previous post, we spent most of Monday outside in the garden. Here are some more photos from our day ...

 This little truck had the toys for the sand pit in it and it's been a big hit as Alice likes to pull it around the patio (sometimes while making choo choo sounds??)

 My nephew, Max, is staying with us and he and Alice had fun playing peek a boo through the slats of the bench.

 Hello, beautiful!! <3 xx

 From when she was little, Alice has enjoyed playing with my clothes pegs.  Monday was no different and she spent ages playing with these two pegs on the chair.

 We then had a period of water play, which resulted in Alice getting soaked through and Grandma also getting a bit wet  ;o).

 After the water play we came inside to get Alice into something dry and to play and read books for a while. I even managed to tie her hair up in little pigtails - though they didn't stay in for too long.

 Big smile for Grandpa :o)

 And then it was back outside again for a while.

If you've stuck with me through all these photos, thank you ;o)  

xx