Three consecutive days!!!!!!

I am still playing a bit of blogging catch up with the few cards I have actually made. I must get myself a crafty to do list going, when I have done one in the past it did motivate me to find time for crafting.


Still, I don't expect I will get much done today, I have Amelia off sick again. She did have a better sleep but woke up this morning with the cough of an 80 year old man...bless her. What with that and a little red, sore, moustache from where she is blowing her nose so much. Poor little lady, she is also having to suffer regular ear drops in preparation of an ENT appointment later in the week.


Anyway, back to the card - I made this for my Mum & Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary. I used a very similar design to a Wedding card I made last year. I was running out of time so instead of the hand stitching I was planning to do, I dusted off the ol' sewing machine!

Right, best get on. I am going to get the kettle on for a cuppa, get Amelia in the bath, do creams, ear drops and medicine and hopefully spend the rest of the day cuddling and knitting and watching DVD's. ( MY knitting is coming along nicely...slowly, but nicely. Will try to take some pics to monitor and motivate my progress.)

Another NUMBER challenge!

I am struggling day by day at the moment with just SO much going on with school issues and Amelia's education and health. I still have DLA forms to complete and my NVQ and now work as well.....I just need a few 48 hour days to help keep me afloat! (and possibly catch up on a bit of much needed sleep too!) I could have easily cried my eyes out in the school playground this afternoon but somehow I found the strenght to hold myself together....LOL....although after a nice glass of wine later I may may well curl up and have a little cry to myself then! I have even got the possiblility of Home ED going through my mind now, constantly fighting the system to get my daughter the appropriate support in mainstream is wearing me down but I cannot and will not be beaten when her education is at stake. I haven't a clue which way to turn next to be honest!

This morning I had a rush 50th Anniversary card to make but my mojo was buried under the piles of stash I had left abandoned in my craft room...I shuffled a few papers around and ended up with a completely mish mash card, but any card complete was enough for me today- at least I can say I have achieved something!

I made a feature of the 50 for the challenge over on Crafts by Carolyn's.

Been a busy bee today.

On top of all the mud and mayhem I have actually manged to do some crafting. Finished off another 3 toppers with the stamped sentiment, a wedding card, and another two toppers. The last toppers are for Challenge 7, Something to wear, on Just Bex. Had fun playing with these.

It's catch up time.

We have been spending today playing "catch up" but not getting very far. We have managed to produce 2 bigs black sacks full of clutter but stil the house looks like a bombsite. (I have some amazingly clean and tidy cupboards though!)

Chris made good progress in the garage- dismantled a big shelving unit and re-assembled it in the playhouse at the bottom of the garden. IF this extension is ever going to get done we still have so much to do!

This afternoon I have plodded through the card I needed to make, with loads of stopping and starting and interruptions from the kiddies (& Chris) I got done eventually, but the lighting really wasn't that good by the time I had finished!! Got a busy day visiting family tomorrow so I might not get another chance to take pics, so here they are- as good as they are gonna get!