july update - all the two's

right -i have not fallen off the face of the world but with various stuff going on stitching has taken a bit of a back seat. on top of that the pesky IT people at work have banned blogs! so am struggling to keep up with everything going on in blog world - it's just not fair, what am i meant to do with lunchtime now.. so piccies now as to where i am at

first off - two bent creek snappers, April and July

- should get July finished up tonight

second page of bramble rose done as well

on to second page of Twilight Shimmer from HAED

and this week going to work on second page of Chatelaine St Petersburg .

We ended up visiting Bath twice in May as my MIL was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and died with 5 weeks of diagnosis. It was all so quick it came as quite a shock to all the family. However it was also good catching up with all the family and friends in Bath and made us realise we really must make an effort to visit more often .. Lee does get quite homesick at times and me to (even though technically not my home lol!) but alas with the cost of living there we have no chance of ever being able to live there again, so Scotland you are stuck with us.. heading back down there in October though

one more week for me at work and then two glorious weeks off, back for a week and then another week off. waiting to see what the weather does, hopefully okay and we can get the tent out but if not it's going to be a long couple of weeks at home ..

a finish a finish

well two finishes to report one stitching, one book:

1. homer- will get him off to the framers next weekend and then it'll be on it's way down to Wales.

2. The Fiery Cross - finally got it finished lol! I'd had it out since january and i couldn't renew it any more so it had to be done - now on to the next one...

now doing a bit more work on Ink Circles Bramble and Rose

and this was what i received for my stint as calender girls over on Friendly Stitchers - what a great selection i got , thanks girls!

have a good week all..

sunday morning

thankfully spring has finally sprung here and it promises to be a glorious day and best of all i'm on holiday from work till Thursday - yay! here's hoping it lasts till then. so now a quick summary of the last few weeks:

stitching

i have been steadily stitching away, mostly on Homer as i am desperate to get this off but only got a couple of pages to do now.. made a couple of purchases this tote bag which is really really bright, i went for green - have no idea what design to go for but I am sure inspiration will hit me one day and also miracles happen which just always makes me laugh.

holidays

we enjoyed ourselves at Disneyland paris, a good few days were had by all. I even went on a couple of reasonably scary rides - well scary enough for me lol.

Lesson of the week learned - just because kids can get on a ride does not mean it is a "kid's ride"! As i found out on Crush's coaster which took me a bit by surprise to say the least...

the kids of course went on anything they could get on - fair play to them. It was hideously expensive in the park though - £6.50 for a pint of beer! - and the food was pretty dire. But all in all we would probably go back for a couple of days as it so easy for us to get to.

as for the summer holidays we have bought a tent, we've never really been proper camping before but only planning to go for a couple of nights at a time and not too far from home. Just need to get a bit more practice getting the tent up and we'll be off. That's if me and dh can manage that without too much arguing...

plan for the week

• finish another page on Homer and maybe sneek in a bit more on HAED Twilight Shimmer
• get my front garden sorted
• get stuck in The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon - i am halfway through but it feels like the never ending story at the moment.

well that's all for now folks - thanks for stopping by and commenting, all much appreciated.

disneyland paris - day trip to paris

While staying at Disneyland we took the train into Paris as the kids were desperate to go up the Eiffel Tower - we all walked up to the first floor but only Joe and Lee made it up to the second floor -I'm still too much of a scaredy cat and decided that the first floor is perfectly good enough lol! I swear it's got bigger since i was there last.

We took the open top bus around the city which was great as you get such a great perspective of all the stunning buildings - also a good laugh watching the manic traffic and suicidal bikers..they just drive wherever.

it's saturday

Just a couple of WIPs piccies - here's homer

- going to take him with me on holiday next week. Now can you answer me this - are all stitchers like me in that when it comes to packing the first thing that gets decided is what stitching to take lol! nothing important like passports or tickets or clothes lol..

did a little bit more on my HAED but have now added this and my Ink circles back into rotation so i shall be showing them both a bit of love in the next few weeks, they have been poorly neglected..

we enjoyed ourselves immensely at my cousin's wedding - the venue was lovely, food great and best of all great catching up with my dad's family as we don't seem them that often - we stayed over in Glasgow which meant i could indulge in a couple of drinks or five and got back down the road first thing on Sunday

off now to pick up my car - just put it in for a service and it now needs a new tyre as got a nail stuck in one -aah! and a mount for the engine needs replaced - it is neverending - thank god for credit cards...

hope you are all having a good weekend

framed

Picked up my scottish heart from the framers last week - now just have to remember to get some wrapping paper before saturd'llay.

Been running around like a headless chicken recently between working extra hours and making sure that the kids are kitted out for this wedding - finally got round to getting myself something to wear at the weekend there - i'll be glad when the weekend is over!

Still only three weeks till our disneyland paris holiday, so just hanging on for that -yaay!!

scottish heart

This was a quick finish and is now off to the framers today so that it is back in time as i have suddenly realised the wedding is in two.

weeks - where are the days going?

Other than that been doing a bit more on Homer and now going to start on Ally's round robin.

It was my wee boy Joe's 6th birthday yesterday so much eating of cake was done and then a trip to Mcdonald's - i still feel full up this morning! So got a busy weekend coming up as he is taking some friends bowling and then has another party to go to on Sunday as well as tennis - i reckon i'll be glad to get back to work on monday for a rest..

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