Redirected sewer

New conservatory started yesterday.... Only took 9 months of waiting. Had to have so many different agreements.. Have had to send my dogs on holiday.. Could lose them in all this. lol.

Today the sewer is being redirected.. Otherwise the main sewer would have been sat in my new conservatory.. Not good...

Am hoping all this doesn't take too long.

Mobile at last

Look at this space age gadget.. Love it. It means I can walk without crutches.. Another 3/4 weeks and hopefully I won't have to wear it at all... Can take it off to shower and go to bed.... So nice to shower without one leg sticking out of the shower door. lol

I love my dogs even.......

Did I say I love my dogs... Finding it hard right now.. Had to throw half a bar of my favourite chocolate away..

Tom started it... heard him and Merlin arguing and turns out they were fighting over my well hidden half eaten bar of chocolate! Rescued it but turns out that it had been licked to melting point. YUK.. Now I have to find a safer but just as easy to reach place to hide my chocolate. lol..

I love my dogs!!

Merlin makes it better

Looks like I am strangling poor Merlin but am really having a cuddle. lol . He has been desperate to get up on my lap ever since I broke my foot. I call him my teddy bear.

Not fair....

Two weeks, have been sat in a chair doing nothing.. I ache from head to foot and can't sit long enough even to make some cards or do some scrapbooking.... Reason for this.... A broken foot. Can't believe I was stupid enough to do it in the first place. To make matters worse it is a bad break!! Have to stay off the foot another week.. then maybe will have a walking boot...

So how did I manage to break a foot.. Good question.. Walking the dogs. Turned over on my foot. Hurt like mad but managed to walk home a half a mile on it..

Dogs so amazing.. Must have sensed I was hurt and instead of dragging me all over the place as they normally do, they trotted quietly and calmly matching my pace exactly.. Even stopping and waiting for me to continue.

Tom is so funny. He knows there is something wrong with my foot and tries licking it better every chance he gets..

hello again

Thought it was about time I updated my blog... Can't believe how quickly time is going.... Have had a good week.... Found out I had been allocated a garage for my car.... Feel so much happier now car is out of sight at night....

Thought I would show a picture of Tommy and Merlin.. Merlin is now 7 months old and think he is going to be bigger than Tom.. They seem to be getting on better.. Lots of rough and tumble but it doesn't seem to get nasty....Looking forward to the good weather and lots of walks...

Hope this video will work.. Tom & Merl enjoying a summer day yesterday....

Well, have done it again.... It has been a while since I last posted.... Busy with work and busy enjoying 2 weeks off for the Easter break.. Haven't made any cards for a long time but wanted to make one for a neighbour whose husband passed away 2 weeks ago.. As you know I love my pergamano and it is perfect for condolance cards.... This one is a mix of pergamano and a decoupage flower and backing paper from one of Susan Winter's CDs.

parchment on black

Well here is my attempt at working on black parchment paper... not so easy.. Need a lightbox to trace the pattern but really like the effect..

and another one

This one took just over 2 days to do..  My next project is experimenting with the black parchment paper.... ..

Thank you to all who commented on my last post.... 

First love

Long time no craft... Last week no work because of snow and a good excuse to get my pergamano stuff out.  It has been packed away for so long thought it was time it got a good dust down... Pergamano was and remains my first love.  It is so time consuming but so satisfying to actuall finish a piece.. This card took 2 days to complete from start to finish... Working on it every available spare minute... Think it is one of the best and nicest pieces I have ever done... 

Week off next week, so maybe will get some more pieces done.. 

Well, have has nearly a week off work due to snow. Hoping it will be back to normal for Monday.

Dogs have loved it.. First time snow for Merlin.. And looking in my pics folder it snowed this time in Feb last year... Didn't last as long though or cause so much havoc...

Just waiting for the better weather so we can get pup housetrained.... He asks to go outside with Tommy and then he comes in to do his business.. lol....

We got to get it right sometime....

HELP

Beginning to wonder what we have done... This new pup is a real live wire and not giving Tommy much peace at all.... He is settling slowly at nights and we can leave him in his bed for short periods in the day... That way I get some me time... In a couple of weeks I am hoping that this will be just a dim memory... lol..

New pup

Firstly, hope  everyone has had a good Christmas.... Seems to have flown by this year.. After a busy day yesterday... Cooking and eating and drinking, we are having quiet time today... Don't need anything at the shops thank goodness..Might do a little bit of scrapbooking later... Have some very special pictures to scrapbook this year....  One of them here.. lol.  

Had the best Christmas present ever.. A friend for Tommy.. So far so good.  Have had a few sleepless nights... and last night had the bright idea (or Jim did) of putting one of my tops with my scent on it in his bed... It worked... Had a quiet night..

Right now New pup, called Merlin... Kennel name Tycadnol Merlin and it seems to fit him somehow.. anyway, right now he is curled up under my computer chair.. Worn himself out chasing Tommy around the house and learning how to climb stairs... 

Have still got a week off before having to go back to work so hopefully we will be in some sort of routine with him by then,,,,,xxxxx

Best Christmas present...

Jim has given in at last and agreed to a new addition to the family for Christmas... A little puupy. Cairn terrier same as Tommy.. Still can't believe it... I have spoken to a breeder and we go to see him next Tuesday.. If all goes well we can take him home with us the same day... Will keep us on our toes this Christmas.... Will post some pics as soon as I can...

sick

Was off work sick last week... Shouldn't have gone back but most people feeling the same.... Lots of my children off with this flu bug.... Down to half a class last friday... Roll on next week and then 2 weeks off for Christmas... can't wait...
Just off to try to finish my cards.... way behind this year....

tagged

To all those I think I tagged... The picture is or was on Jeannie's blog... And haven't checked back for a while because spent last weekend and  the beginning of the week in bed with the flu!!  Still feel rough but much better than I was... Trying to catchup with my Christmas card list... 

I got this award from Jeannie... Absolutely no idea what to do with it but am thrilled..... Thank you Jeannie...


This award states that:
This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY- nearness in space, time and relationships.These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends, they are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers.

I have to pass it on so watch this space..

Birthday

Had a birthday last week.... Some of the cards that came my way.... Love the creativity of my cardscrapping friends....

Have finally got my craft space back... spent all day yesterday moving things around.... Still finding homes for everything.. will get there in the end....

Where has the time gone..

I am ashamed.. Have neglected my blog but have been run ragged in work.... 

I teach nursery children in a school that has piloted something called the foundation phase... Basically it is a different way of teaching but turned out not so different to how we were taught 30 + years ago.  Play is now considered to be vitally important for the child to develop all skills necessary for their adult life... 

Anyway to cut a long story short our school was chosen to pilot the new foundation phase 4 years ago and is now coming in to all nursery classes in Wales. 

We were inspected last February and came out with flying colours in our foundation phase so we have become a bit of a show school for those schools just starting it... It means lots of visitors coming around and asking questions etc.... Looking to see how we do things. 

This week we were visited by the welsh assembly for Wales... The director of education in Wales and a delegation of educationalists from Germany... 

It is nice in a way but a lot of pressure on us teachers... Don't really like being on show... 

So hence no time to blog, craft, or anything else for that matter... 

Another busy week next week and then we are into our lovely Christmas activities and concert practices... Looking forward to that... And somewhere along the line I want to get all my christmas cards done.... Help!!!!

yeh!

A whole week off... Got so much to do but at least I don't have to get up so early.. phew!!