Those Shoes were out of stock :(

..............but These are coming :)

Yayyyyyyyy

Love Soojay xx

In Love

With these :) I like that I could be taller and still wear flats :)

Will let you know if i give in and order them.

Love Soojay xx

Hi I Am Back

With this little beauty!! cept it has a wireless mouse and keyboard and is also a touch screen ...i am in love! :)

Its amazing how much time is spent using the PC, how much I depend on it. Three Email accounts ( four now!) Music, games, just typing stuff up and that's not even including shopping or scrapping :)

Derek has been hovering over this and wanting to use it, so we have given in and ordered him a laptop of his very own - so much more grown up than the x- box!!

Right, i shall turn off Bruno Mars ( my new Fav CD) and go cook tea.

Love Soojay xx

Another quick update

I am So missing my PC..It doesn't help that it is half term so don't even have my work pc. My poor BIL is working so hard to try and backup my data to then see if he can fix it. I am thinking that i need a new one :(

I have looked at some beautiful ones but they seem to be all beauty and no substance. I have seen a nice one but can't afford it ATM so need to save up.

Meg wants her laptop back so i have to finish now.

Love soojay xxx

Still Computerless

If that is word! I feel like I am missing an arm. Not sure how my pc is faring at the moment, cross your fingers that it can be saved.

Last day before half term tomorrow... i am so ready.

Hubby's Birthday tomorrow... So wishing him a happy day :) Not that he will read this.

Love Soojay xx

I have pinched dorts laptop

To update today. My pc seems to have died :( It is not easy typing on this thing as Meg has managed to lose four keys on this thing!!! We have no A, D or W they do still work but you need to press in just the right place..boy it does my head in! The A is the worst offender.

I am not getting my emails , so cannot continue with the photography challenge t the mo..i will catch up if i can later.

Not sure when i will be back to update again ..hopefully soon

Love Soojay xxx

Catch up again.

First I am sorry these are rubbish photos( must try harder!!) This is NO5. What you "love to hate" about them. This is Derek's X-box..not only does it eat away hours at a time of his life, his language is foul while he is playing AND you can see how he leaves it !! Most weekend mornings i wake to find leads trailing over the living room floor.

NO. 4 - Is also about Derek. ( sorry another rubbish photo taken quickly before work). Derek has at least 100 Rugby shirts..they are everywhere!! He even has a couple that are still in packaging, as they are "limited editions!!" He is truly a fruit bat about these and is ALWAYS on the look out for a new one. In fact he has one on pre order coming later this month and at an average of £50-60 or £20-30 (in the sales) , it's NOT a cheap hobby!

Had a rubbish day yesterday as I had planned a quiet day crafting and pottering about after a manic week at work. No...................................Megan managed to snap her spare specs on Friday night :( She broke the others a couple of weeks ago, sitting on them. I phoned the local opticians for a new frame. They wouldn't as she was overdue with eye sight test and they were too busy to fit her in and wouldn't even give her the same frames and book an appointment to suit them. In the meantime, Megan ( still a child as she is under 16) can't see!! So, we had to go to Norwich where they could fit her in, do the sight test and get a pair made up straight away. Megan was in a foul mood the whole day. ONLY wanted the exact frames, asked about contacts , so we had to listen to the complete sales talk, then changed her mind :) In the end ( and only £80 worse off) we had two pairs of specs ( one still need picking up later in week- i will NOT be going!!)

I had thought we would make the most of the day by looking around the shops......no grumpy drawers didn't want to. Derek managed to have some fun and had his feet nibbled by fish (wish he had photographed it!) and get some new converse boots.

After getting shopping in Tesco on the way home i was ready to shoot myself !!

Here's to a peaceful ,productive Sunday :)

Love Soojay xxx

Day 3

Then and Now .. Then was when Megan was 5 years old just after she was diagnosed with diabetes. What a cutie!

Now...almost 16 ..much harder to get a smile from her. Red Hair and like me, needing specs all the time now.

Back tomorrow

Love Soojay xxx

Day Two

Today the photo challenge was to take a picture of "How they Look" LOL!! Megan in the morning before school. As far as she is concerned, this is the most important bit of her "uniform".

She often keeps her poor taxi driver waiting !!.

I have persuaded her to get dressed first and leave this bit till last!

Back tomorrow.

Love Soojay xxx

Day One

The Joy Of Love Classes. To day :to photograph a loved one doing what they normally do. This is Dan up and ready for his taxi to college just before 8am this morning. I followed the instructions and placed him in front of the light source.

I am also on day two of the 29 gifts challenge. (see post Below)

Love Soojay xx

BLOGAVERSARY!

Well I never...I hadn't realized until Tina congratulated me. I started blogging exactly 5 years ago - it does seem longer though :)

Anyway..while i was looking at Tina's blog, i found this :29 day Giving Challenge I LOVE this and its such a good thing ( and easy ) to do..Well I signed up for it.

Love Soojay xxx

Sunday Again!!

This looks GREAT: HERE I have signed up as I want to take better photographs and better still its free!!

Had a lovely visit from Nets and Rosie yesterday . I did take a few photos but most are blurry..its difficult to catch Rosie when she is still Ha Ha .

I do Wish the weekends would slow down a bit. This one has been filled with washing. Our washing machine died last year and a very dear friend gave me her old one to use. It was great but was only a 5kg load and 1000 spin. Our new shiny machine arrived yesterday and (thanks to Dan doing his ANNUAL sort out!!!..........boys) the washing basket is buried under a tonne of socks ( wondered where they had got to!) it is on the fourth load :).

Once again not much scrapping /crafting going on :( ..I do feel more motivated when the sun is shining. I hope to amend this soon. I have lots of ideas but just no "get up and go" to actually do them.

Love Soojay xxx

Pudding

We made this at the pampered Chef party the other night. A caramel sauce with sliced apples, spread some left over Christmas mincemeat and cinnamon over the top and then a short crust pastry lid..cook until brown and then turn over ..We had it cool with Cream :)

Love Soojay xxx

Cooking,catch up and My birthday

Been ( and still am baking today ) Sausage rolls for packing up this week. I used some puff pastry, although I do prefer shortcrust more as its less greasy. We also have a sausage Plait in the oven for tomorrows tea.

Made a big batch of raspberry and white choc muffins, as 12 seems to disappear too fast!

I went to a "pampered Chef" party the other night and picked up some lovely recipes to try at home. I LOVED their products although most were a little out of my price range and i don't have room for storage in my postage stamp sized kitchen. I DID buy a mini muffin tin - will let you know how i get on with it when it arrives.

Last of my first aid refresher course this Wednesday :)

Not had very much time to do any crafting/scrap booking recently. I have made a couple of cards (they will appear on my other blog later today).

Dreaded birthday :) bad enough last year to reach 50 ...now i get to tick the box OVER 50 !! Ohh joy . I was working and it was a very busy day but, my fab little sis came round so that Hubby could take me out to tea :)

He went overboard with gifts:
He actually brought these to work - I was in the middle of an Eco meeting in the home ec room. He managed to find a couple of teachers to pop in as well and they all sang to me (including all the pupils- they took great joy in watching me turn bright red)

I asked for Bruno Mars CD - and he got it - I can highly recommend it :)

He also got me some of the above from Lush along with a coconut hair soap bar ..It smells heavenly ( if y0u like coconut;) )

I also got a tub of the nutty Ben and jerry's ice cream ( i have already eaten some of it )

He ALSO got me this for work :) :) ...so i was definitely spoiled !! As you already know, i spoiled myself a couple of weeks ago with the clothes and boots above.

I had loads of cards and gifts from friends and family too .........maybe its not s bad being so old :)

Off to cook a roast now xxx

Love Soojay xx

Update on "stuff"

Watching: new season (finally) of Primeval. Loving it so far. Also : New Grey's ( when I remember) and Silent Witness.

Eating: Ben and Jerry's Fairly Nuts- Discovered this at cinema a few weeks ago and its even better that the praline and cream haagen daz...well as good as :)

Reading: Michael McIntyre - ok readable :)

Listening to : Prince - Thanks Derek a fab Christmas prez, I had forgotten how much i liked to listen to him...Prince that is not Derek!

Going Out: Saw this at the end of the Christmas hols- Can't wait to get it on DVD - Jake is GORG! Film is ok

Doing a first aid refresher course at work - not meant to be as much fun as it was although we were all blinkin freezing as the there was no heating on after hours!!

Starting to panic about Meg leaving school soon . She has no idea what so ever what or where she wants to go next. I will have to get her to look at all the local (local HA!) colleges at the life skills courses.

Right better go do the dishes

Back soon

Love Soojay xxx

Been Shopping

As You can see..It was online shopping and NOT actual shopping in town. Apart from the fact that i never get chance to go into Ipswich or Norwich ..I never find what i want, which was cheap stuff that looks reasonably smart for work. :)From Kays: the top above and two skirts like the one below. Both cheap and comfy :D
These were NOT in the sale but when Derek got back from the shoe repair place, saying that my lovely "Fly" boots were beyond repair, i ordered these from Next , they are only half the price of my others and VERY comfortable. The scarf was just too pretty!

Thats me done shopping for a while now.

Love Soojay xxx

Look what came today

I needed a much smaller camera to take out with me and I saw this one in Comet for at least £50 more in the sale :D I got it from Amazon for around £110 - it is already back to £140 today.

Need to take some photos now.

Back to work tomorrow.

Love Soojay xx

Busy Busy

So far today i have: printed off this weeks menu and shopping list. Also a list of weekly jobs for my dear children ( i live in hope!)

Assembled one of Derek's Christmas presents - a bird table - it needs weather proofing before i put it outside - probably tomorrow.

Made some more mini calenders ( you need to check out my other blog -paper,ink and glue to see)

Washing, hovering cooking etc ( roast for tea tonight )

Then I cut and colored Meg's hair. This time I used two boxes of dye. Her hair is so thick !! Its handy having an ex hairdresser for a mum sometimes. Result! she didn't cry this time- seems quite happy with it. It IS what she asked for :)

On the phone- as always!! Its either that or MY iPhone or the laptop on Face Book.

Dan is back at college tomorrow- it will so strange for him to go to bed early (before midnight!)

The rest of us are back on Wednesday. Megan's last bit of school ...eeeeekkk! MUST get her organised for college in September !!!

I am looking forward to going back to work. Its hard to believe its been a year - sometimes if seems like so much longer.

I don't do resolutions so you won't see a long list of impossible tasks for me to achieve :D

I WILL try, as always to be more organised, get more done etc etc.

Also, in these uncertain times, try to make myself indispensable at work and attend as many training courses as possible.

I will most certainly try to have more time for me, do more things I like and have FUN ( now if there was just an extra day in the week!!)

Love Soojay xx

2011

Christmas Stash and Food

Our Jamie Oliver Turkey and Leek pie with chestnut puff pastry. Very nice..although Dan wouldn't eat it as it has veg in it!

Just finished reading this book which was Brill!! Have the Micheal McIntyre Book to read next.

I had four CD's..i asked for one - Plan B but also got , The black eyed peas, Take that and a triple pack of Prince's greats hits.

I have enough chocolate to bath in ..don't expect to see me slim anytime soon! Or Ever!!

Still no crafting done yet ..my craft table is still being used for food :( ...not that i feel much like cooking at the mo. Just omelet for tea tonight .

Love Soojay xx

My Favorite bit of Christmas..........Boxing day!

These photos were taken yesterday..of course! Meg was very excited :)

A heat pack teddy :)

Derek has wanted a bird table for a little while now and as the school's "Eco warrior" I thought we ought to have one.

He wore this all day! LOL.

As I said before, i am not the biggest fan of Christmas. I miss my mum and dad and family..we used to have everyone round when the children were little. There is too much "stuff" to do and buy. Yesterday was great, everyone was happy with what they got ..there were no iPod's or real big presents but thats what birthdays are for :)

The meal was lovely and for once I actually enjoyed it - its not always so good when you do all the cooking. We always eat late now as no one is that hungry at lunchtime.

Today we are having left over turkey for tea made the Jamie Oliver way Dan won't like it as it involves veg so he can have something else.

Hope you all survived Christmas and don't have to rush back to work too soon - Derek is back tonight .

Love Soojay xx

Starting to feel like Christmas.

The tree had to be Squeezed into the corner i am afraid. Our living room is a little on the small side. Its okay though and i bought some chocs to pop on it today...if i put them on too soon, they disappear long before Christmas day.

Finally got round to making Cinnamon Buns. I made 14 all together but there are none left! Even Dan ate two and hates nuts! They definitely tasted better than they looked.

A rare photo of Natalie NOT pulling a funny face. We took her to her placement Christmas dinner today and after we dropped her off, managed to get some shopping done. She had a great time and was laden down with raffle prizes she won when we picked her up.

My own personal Santa. He is a nutter who loves to go shopping on Christmas Eve!! Rather him than me! Mind you he does tend to get MY pressies then..so i shall send him with a long list...keep your fingers crossed that he comes back with "Plan B's" CD :)

Love Soojay xxx

12 Years

Miss You Mum x

First batch

of mince pies. Served warm with .......

This :)

Love Soojay xxx

Christmas Meals

Two down :)

I can recommend the Beacons field Arms in Occold ( Thursday night with the non teaching staff ). where I bumped into little sis, also out for a meal :)

And, Fayre View in Diss where i went with my carer friend this after noon. I really don't feel like ironing school clothes and cooking tea now .. a little nap would be preferable.

Two more to go to next week , Tues Lunchtime with my boss and Thursday Evening with the SEN staff. Also School Carol service on Monday night..I have been listening to the choir practice at lunchtimes and they sound brill!

We all break up at various times on Friday ..Even Derek has all of Christmas week off :)

I am still manically making Christmas cards ..i never make enough but have bought a load this year too.

Righty oh..best go cook, iron ,clean and nag ( but not necessarily in that order ;))

Love Soojay xxx

Clothes Show

Sorry for lack of photos! The show was great and i din't want to miss it by trying to get a good shot! The theme was film genre's and ended with the dirty dancing sequence.

I ought to have taken photos inside the halls of all the great stuff on sale but to be honest i was too busy shopping :) ..Maybe next time.

Off out to my first Christmas meal with staff tonight. Only got an hour and a bit to get ready, so i'd better get a move on!!

Love Soojay xx

Still at Work

Not now of course! But so far we have remained open. The Children would rather we closed for a snow day but have managed to make snowmen and snow balls at break and lunch.

These were taken at 8.30 this morning when I arrived. Looks pretty doesn't it? I have to say it has been quite warm in school - certainly where I work.

Dan couldn't get into college this morning and Meg's school closed slightly earlier than normal. Derek on the other hand was VERY late home from work as Ipswich was a mess ( traffic wise) this morning.

I had a nice Email saying that my order of Eclipse has been dispatched...come Mr Postman :)

Hope everyone is warm and cozy at home.

We shall see what tomorrow brings.

Love Soojay xx