Hi have, honest

I have been playing honest! One layout for the scrapbook album and some cards! Between that, I finally got to finish an Ilex assignment and this went off today, dont know why I was mucking around with it as it was relatively stuff that I kind of know already! Anyhow, once I get it back from my tutor will start on assignment 2 :) easements, covenants, mortgages, land registration and unregistered land is next. Day to day stuff really.

We have a new chicken, Sophia le Hen arrived this evening, she was collected (captured) at dusk from one of our neighbours who knew about the plight of Mindy. There hasn't been any loud squawking so I don't think there are any fisti-feathers going on, will find out tomorrow I guess but for now it is quiet in the coup.

I'm not just going to turn into a vegetable and now go and shift some cardstock around my craft table. Also, going through my stamps to get rid of those that are gathering dust, no use me hanging on to them if I am not going to use them, plus it makes room for new stuff :)

It's SU Sale-a-Bration time {ends 28 Feb}

It's that time of year again and a chance to get a free special Sale-a-Bration stamp set from SU.

It's quite simple, have a flick through the idea book & catalogue (link over on the right} and you can get a free stamp set from the Sale-a-Bration set for very £45.00 (before p&p) that you spend. Not only that, there are four sets to choose from, so if your order is for £180 you can get all four sets!

You have the following choices....

Happy Moments - This set consists of 7 stamps made up four images and three handy sentiment stamps (I do like the birdie one and the cake is pretty spectacular!


Whimsical Words - You have six stamps with sentiments for a number of different occasions.




Good Neighbours - I love this set, you get 10 stamps which you can mix and match, the trees are pretty cute too.




Vintage Labels - You get 3 images and 3 sentiments in this set. The middle stamp also works beautifully with the scallop circle punch and the 1" circle punch.

As usual there are some other great benefits with the Sale-a-Bration.

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Hostesses - If you host a workshop and have sales of £300 or more you not only get the hostess benefits but you also qualify for a Sale-a-Bration stamp set of your choice. Remember, you don't have to hold a party, get some friends round to look through the catalogue and even if you don't reach the £300 there are still some great hostess benefits available.

Demo - Sign up as a Demo and you not only get the demonstrator benefits but you can choose another FREE set with a value of up to £38.95. So not only do you get over £245 worth of product for the starter kit price of £139.00 you get another free product! You don't have to hold workshops to be a demo!

busy bunny

Firstly, we did have a bit of a trauma over the period after Christmas and the new year. We only have 3 chickens now, one of the girls didn't come 'down' or was out ready for her snack and having looked to see if she was nesting to find that she wasn't and cluck-clucking around the garden, I found her lifeless :( She had sadly died, from what we do not know as she was a healthy girlie. She has been buried in the garden under their favourite conifer trees.

To more joyful things. Cards. I got a Basic Grey card kit and no brain work required apart from working out where to stick the pieces. Quite therapeutic and I had fun!

And, the final one for the day (unless I get the urge again) my dad's birthday is looming, I had to use the Basic Grey dinosaur stamps!! Well, he's not quite an old dinosaur just yet but I couldn't resist using them. Hope he still loves me after he opens the envelope :)

And yes, we still have snow and it is f-r-eeee-z-i-n-g!

She goes...

...back home tomorrow. Such a joy to have with us and no doubt exhausted by all the playtime on the wii!!

that's that then...

So, the presents have been unwrapped and everyone has (it appears) loved what gifts they have been given. We (apart from the new vegetarian) had meat for Christmas dinner and kind of a first really as it was turkey! While the bird was roasting I also roasted up some ham, although not all of us could muster enough room for some supper! Boxing day involved cold meats, a few chips for me and loads for the rest, and some fresh eggs from the chooks - who are not slowing down in the egg laying department so I have picked 8 eggs (all I could fit in the jar). They also had some Christmas dinner - just the left over veg and a yorkshire pud!

The Wren has gone to her friends today, armed with her new DSi. I guess they will be comparing notes on what they got (or didn't get) on the day. Ben has Ben10 overload, Morgan, well he has the new xbox360 and is well and truly loving it, we keep an eye on him so he doesn't get 'lost' in what he is playing and forgets that he is on planet Earth!

We've watched the new releases, Harry Potter, Transformers and left the kids to theirs although I am sure GForce and the others will end up on the downstairs tv. We settled down and watched the new Star Trek movie and well, we loved it and now just have to wait for the next one which I believe is either in the making or won't be long in the screening. Had to check on the IMDb today as one of the actors was niggling me and my mind has been put at rest - Bones is the actor that played Eomer in LOTR. So I feel better now!

We watched the first of the last of David Tennat's Dr Who, and sadly were not impressed, let's hope that the finale is way better. Anyhooo I have Mr T peering at me as my desktop on the mac :)

I'm happy with my new toys, we have to go into Norwich as we have some Gamestation vouchers to use up and I want the new wiifit to play :)

As to the new year, the car needs replacing (deep joy), it has been a right pain to start and has had a couple of jump lead experiences and now we think the head gasket is on the way out. Wonder if I can win the lottery, all I need is a seven seater something that will not fall apart too quickly and be a pleasure to drive to get from A to B.

Couple of days and the big girl commeth, it's a rotten drive but heck it is worth it. We have instructed the Wren to leave her alone, 16 year olds need some space!!!!!

Now, its off to raid the fridge, cold meat salad and I have a freshly roasted joint of beef to hack into..... yum yum

And the winner of the longest icicle contest! No work today. (1) the car wouldn't start plus it had 9 inches of snow on its roof! (2) Phoned the Practice Manager and offered to go to the nearest office on the bus but they have been running on and off and there was no guarantee that having got to the office would make it back home. The stooooopidest thing is that it is liked that we would use public transport, even on a non-snowing day the bus journey to my usual office will take one and a half hours! This involves also for the bus home catching the 16:45 from work arriving at destination at 17:12 then waiting, wait for it, until 18:45 for the connecting bus, which lands back home at 19:03. Can you imagine doing this when the buses are intermittent and roughly 40 mins delayed! So, I have been at home fending off the queries from the kidlets on how many days til Christmas and also how many days til they go back to school. The car did finally start, under duress and it took some doing, left it chugging outside for 15 minutes to get some juice into the battery. Will see what tomorrow brings, but I think that I will not be toodling to Wells next the Sea in this weather but will offer again to go to the Fakenham office. We have digital dictation so I can pick up the work there for the Wells office (although someone will need to print etc) or help out there. Would prefer this as the tin of Quality Street is going down as is the mince pie stock pile and I can only deal with so many how many days now.....

Let there be snow...

....and so it has. 8 inches of the white stuff. I did endeavour to go into work. Swept off the 8" from the car, headed off and got stuck up the road - which took 20 minutes to do a less than 5 minute journey. It got to the point of being stuck and with a usual 20-25 minute journey that would have taken way longer, it was time to admit defeat.

Morgan's school closed - on the basis that no taxi turned up and so a phone call was made. He is well pleased! I think a snowman will be in order later on, once feet have warmed up once more :)