Take It Easy

Happy New Year

Hope you all had a great Christmas! Ours basically involved a lot of this:

 
DS's - great for all the family! Cameron loves the games and Maddie loves taking photos of family members and graffitting them with moustaches/big ears/Santa hats - anything goes!

This was a pretty different Christmas - we had no water supply for some of it,(due to the thaw and broken water mains at the reservoir), no washing machine now for two weeks (the plumber is coming Monday to fix the pipes that burst to the garage-thank goodness), we couldn't leave the house for some of it due to the snow and treacherous driving/walking conditions (or just due to the cold & our general laziness-you decide) and we didnt go away anywhere this year. I'm not complaining - interesting experiences all, not sure I want to repeat the 'no water' one though!

I got a few interesting presents from 'Santa' myself. A Gorilla-pod for my SLR camera - it can attach it almost anywhere. Add that to my new remote control for the camera and I am now able to take whole family shots like this:

 
We had such fun setting this up!

And this:

 
People walking by thought we were bonkers!

Not only did Santa stop by as usual this year but we were busy with the tooth fairy too - Maddie lost two teeth no less (cue humourous renditions of the song ''all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth'!! Love this wonky smile!

 

What with the weather I've also had a lot of time to read. Found a new series of supernatural books that are fun, written by Kelley Armstrong. It involves werewolves (yes, nonsense but who wants to read real life anyway!). Kept me entertained for a few hours when the TV was dire.

 

So anyway, hope 2010 was a great year for you - here's to 2011 being even better!

 

 

Diary of a bored patient!

So what have I done so far this week?

• Added 10 more friends on facebook (old school friends who I now have time to find)
• Lurked on facebook all day seeing who may pop up to talk to
• Chatted to friends on facebook who are in a similar position to me
• Had some lovely real life visitors, all bringing buns and such gifts to lift my spirits (esp Janine)
• Recieved a lovely gift through the post (my favourite kind of surprise). Thanks Jo!
• Have made 3 internet purchases - only question is how am I gonna get to the door in time for the postman to deliver them? May have to stick a note on front door 'be patient, lady with a zimmer'
• One purchase is of some crazy material to make a cute quilt (once I can put pressure on my foot to use the sewing machine
• Have finished the latest Harlan Coben book 'Long Lost'.
• Have mentally restyled my hair 20 times!
• Have made a list of all the new stash I want that was displayed at CHA.
• Have finally made it into the kitchen on my trusty zimmer
• Have filed and buffed my nails so they are beautiful and shiny
• Have watched Loose Women far too often
• Have cuddled up with the kids on the sofa - doing what I can with them - Maddies hair has had a lot of atention from me & her homework, Cameron has done a lot of colouring on the sofa bed.
• Cuddled up with the cat a lot - although the little skitter keeps trying to get upstairs cos he knows I can't follow him up there - cheeky scamp!

So anyone got any ideas of what else I can do? So far I am not too bored, but this will change! Once the tiredness goes I am gonna be climbing the walls - help!!

So Much Inspiration

Just a quick share. Got these three books over the holidays. So many interesting things to look at and to make. Think it may keep me busy until 2011. At least it will help me keep off the wine (and fullfill a New Years resolution). Am off, have no time to blog aymore, too busy making stuff. Anyone want an iphone cover or glasses case?

Just to do your head in.....

I added the below countdowns!

As if some people around here haven't had enough of hearing about New Moon and my imminent trip to the flicks to see it, I thought I'd add the next film to the party!

Hehe - June 30th - never mind school being over for another year - more vampire shenanigans to enjoy! At least I have plenty of time to reread it!

But just incase you thought I had forgotten all together, two of my favourite things together

a Science lab complete with animal bones to study and

a 90 year old pupil who knows what metaphase looks like!!

 

{ P.S. }

Only 47 days to New Moon -WHOOP!

< So bad........it's good! >

A colleague of mine shared a book he'd got in Tesco's with me (Bunny Suicides). At first I was slightly horrified - I mean, come on, they are cute ickle bunnies. But after the initial shock I found the following little sketches quite amusing and creative, if not disturbing!. What you think? It's their little faces that get me!