More Muffins!

These tripple choc Muffins were for the yr 11's on Thursday .

The card is for one of the boys that brought me a gift ..I was very close to tears!

Done all the housework I am going to do today , so I shall make a few more cards or do a layout or two.

Ooo It was my 27th Wedding anniversary yesterday So, Happy Anniversary to us! :D

SOB!

They are pussycats really !

Some of my babies left school yesterday :D They started yr 7 when I first became a TA and I have supported them in class and later getting them into college etc. They will be back for exams and I have been invited to the prom but I am sad.

All week they have been popping into the Office ( sometimes not by choice! LOL).

I have loads of photos and don't usually put any up but just this once thought i'd share...i really thought they were making rude signs behind my back (or above my head) and was quite suprised with the result.

Is It Only Tuesday???

It feels like it should be later in the week! Made this card last night and photographed it this morning before work.

I DO love this little bear :D

Nothing exciting to report...a busy day at work, I was on my own for most of the day, but it was okay.

Will be back when i have a few cards or Layouts to share

Mixed Day

Some of the Muffins I made yesterday.

Derek asked for a chocolate cake and this is what i made. There is not much left now even though you only need a small slice.

I took a few photos out side yesterday as it was such a lovely sunny day. My herb pot is coming along nicely and some of that sage was cooked with our roast chicken.

The flowers in the pots are just starting to flower. Mum would love these colours

It was a quiet morning at work and I was able to catch up with paper work and update all the spread sheets. Of course it didn't last and it was a manic afternoon and I even had to shout at a small group of boys. They don't get to hear me shout much, I do try not to but but this group were just so rude.

Unfortunately I have spent most of the evening shouting ..at my children :( I DO wish they would just pretend to like each other occasionally and not always wind each other up. Grrrrrr !! I will be glad when they have all gone to bed tonight!

Had a chat with Megan's school Ed. Psych today today that has also left me feeling a bit down. I had asked for a review because she was last seen in yr 4 at primary school and had been given an IQ of 48 and I was hoping it was wrong. The Ed Psych seems to think that it is probably not but will arrange for me to meet with her and the S.E.N.C.O to talk about Megan's options after she leaves school. I know I am getting ahead of myself, but the thought of having them all at home , not working is a tiny bit depressing to say the least AND there would be no way that I would be able to go out work as I would have to make sure they didn't fight etc etc.

OOhhh Sorry didn't meant to be so bleak!

Here's to a sun shiny day tomorrow.

Quiet Sunday Mornings

Everyone is still asleep and I have been up for a while..its the only time of the week I have to myself now. I love the quiet with no TV or music or arguing :D

I made the above card yesterday. I love Mo's Digital pencil (where the digi stamp is from)

Had to do a few more of those cute bears too .

Today is a baking/cooking day...I noticed Derek bought bacon ( that means he wants bacon and pancakes later) I also have a Roast to cook and of course more Raspberry /white choc Muffins. Meg found her floor in her bedroom yesterday and that means my washing basket is over flowing again!

Another

Not sure about the colours though! Ohhh dear i might need some MORE nesties!

I'm back!

Not that you will have noticed that I have been away ! My PC died and had to have a new heart..Thanks to Raymond who knew straight away what the problem was and managed to fix it in just over 20 mins, we are back! If you ever need your PC sorting and live in Anglia I can highly recommend My BIL at TECNIA who has the patience of a saint.

Any how, I have discovered NESTIBILITIES..I know..they have been around ages and I do have an oval set, but I just never got the hang on them before. The card above is my fist "go" at actually using some.

The stamps were free on a mag and given to me from a friend at work..I think they are so cute!

Other news ..Dan is back from his school trip to Wales ( seems to have brought most of that sand back with him!) The poor washing machine doesn't know whats hit it! These are two of the TEN photos he took..honestly, I told him that the card would hold thousands of images.I suppose he was just too busy having fun. I will just have to wait till the school send their photo CD home.

He is very proud of himself as he climbed to the top of Snowdon ...he has blisters to prove it too.

He is STILL asleep today and its 1.30 pm!

BTW , I managed to get a whole load of jumpers for loaning out at school and have to make more muffins for Monday. Next week is the yr 11's last week in school before exams, they all started high school when I became a TA so I shall miss them all as I have known them since they were yr 7's. Some a lot longer as I used to help at the nursery when Dan was little and he is the same age. Thats scary as it means that Dan only has a little while left too.

Bye for now

Testing

Those blueberry Muffins with no sugar...talk about healthy!!

OOOO not sure!! It fell to bits as it was a bit too hot , I'll put one in Meg's lunch box tomorrow when its cold, great for Diabetics he he !!

Keeping Busy

Making MORE muffins!! this time raspberry and white chocolate but i had a small accident when i opened the store cupboard and some pecan nuts fell in too :D

I told the year 11 that as they don't need their uniform now, if they donate jumpers and ties to the school ( for loan out..another of my jobs), i will reward them with a muffin.

These LOOK fab don't they BUT i forgot to put sugar in them, hence the sugar on the top! These are Blueberry

Twisted Sketch No 48

Daniel and his friend chatting together on Facebook!!

The twist was to use "Hand made" some how. So I hand made most of the embellishments.

Stamps, gems and ink.

Hope you have a good week

Crossing everything for some good news on Tuesday.

Quickie

My Tim Holtz Dies finally arrived on Friday and I used some of the tattered florals and one of the flourishes to make this card last night.

Can't see very well in the photo but the "Happy Birthday" has got crackle glaze over it.

As I am still the only one up and its gone 10.30am...I had better stir the others if we are going out for lunch!!

Just For Ericka :D

Who liked my cooking photos......I Baked ...These are Banana and pecan Muffins. (I can add nuts as Dan is away for the week...he hates nuts...can't believe he is my son!)

My Cake stand was from Avon ..bought it to pop my muffins and buns on (ooops!) and then haven't cooked for a while.

Sausage plait for tea later ( its only half cooked at the mo)

Dan is in Wales all this week , today he was rock climbing all day , tomorrow he is sea level traversing ( what ever that is!) and raft building.

We shall visit the Chinese in Norwich (Dan hates it) and hopefully squeezing Nets ..we both need a squeeze at the moment. In fact if you are family and reading, consider yourself squeezed!! Love you to bits( you know who you are).

Aunty Ericka

One of the quickest layouts i have done - it usually takes me days!

The photo is of Eva and Ericka in 2007

I used the sketch from "Twisted Sketches"

Ericka had a Birthday this week - I hope she managed to have a great time as she is always so busy!

I scrapped in the week!!

I am so pleased as i did practically nothing over the holiday AND it only took an hour.....unheard of!

I have done the twisted sketch for last week ( the layout one). Will upload tomorrow as its far too dark to photograph now. It was a really busy day at work, probably the busiest since i have been there ( for me anyway). So it was so therapeutic to unwind with some papers.

I have a whole load of cds from Dan here waiting to be put onto his cheapy MP3 player and a case to pack for him by Thursday so i doubt i will get much chance to do anymore this week. I DO have a parcel arriving soon with a couple of sir Tims dies and yes i finally managed to get the bird cage die......Big beamy smile!

Enjoy the rest of this short week at work.

Just One Card

Thats all I have managed over the bank holiday weekend! Not very happy with it either.

Derek went away on Friday to Twickenham with a mate to watch the army/navy Rugby. They go every year :D. He said that they saw Lenny Henry who was filming at the premier inn that they were staying at. They seemed to have fun.

It was nice and quiet at home. I managed to clean and stain the garden furniture before all the rain and also clean the patio. We stayed up late on Saturday with bags of popcorn to finally watch Avatar. Lovely film.

Derek came home Sunday afternoon.

Today we went to the Range in Norwich as Natalie was itching to spend her birthday money , Dan wanted a cheap MP3 player to take to Wales next week on his last school holiday. Megan also popped into Argos to get a new school bag ..it seems too small to fit all her stuff in though!

I got some photo paper and white card ( to print my digi images on).

Dan goes away on Friday , so I will be packing and sorting him out this week.

Ohh and i read a book ..Nick Sparks "The last Song" , which has just been made into a film and made me sob ( as do all his books, I have read them all).