last day with my things!!!

That's Thing 1 and Thing 2. Both boys are goign to stay at my mum's for the half term... yes both of them, AT THE SAME TIME!!! I'm not sure they fully understand what they have let themselves in for. Mum says they have 'Harry proofed' the house... I say there is no such thing as Harry proof! Mind you, I bet the little bugg*r decides to wear his super shiny halo all week, AND sleeps through the night!!! I know both boys will have a fabby time as they will be taken here there and everywhere, and spoilt lots.... I shall miss them all the same.



Today's prompt over at HS:MS is 'sloth'. After taking Oliver to school I went upsatirs to strip his bed... Oliver hates having clean sheets put on his bed! The dirty little creature says he like the covers when they are 'warm', in other words stinky and grubby!!! When we have to peel him out of his bed in the morning we refer to it as his pit... so it fits today's prompt.

Have you been to check out the peel off revolution yet??? go on.... have a go, you might even like it:)

Feel the Peel Off Love

Over at Carolinezcrafts they are starting a new peel off revolution. Now I know what you are thinking.... peel offs... ICK ICK ICK!!! I HATE peel offs with a passion, so when Caroline said she was sending some for us to use I thought blimmin eck, well actually I thought a bit more than that...LOL!!! She promised they were funky and not the usual hum drum gold and silver sentiments... you know the ones, we all bought them when we started crafting. The ones that were either binned, donated to another newbie crafter or still lie at the bottom of your stash pile having not seen the light of day for years!!!
Well I have to say that some of the new generation peel offs are funky, and I hold my hands up and say I would buy some of them. You can see some examples from the DT here. In a bid to get you all feeling the peel off love, Caroline is holding a competition... all you need to do is create something using peeloffs as stocked by Caroline, and you could win a lovely bundle of stash, and a spot as guest designer, meaning even more free stash to play with... so what do you have to lose, go on... give it a go... peel the love man!!!
This LO used funky flower peel offs. Initially I thought OMG flowers... how am I going to use flowers when I mainly scrap the boys, but I used the peel offs as a mask to create patterned paper with acrylic paint, then used the flowers to decorate the blue paper... I think they work really well with the photo and the other papers. HS:MS
Today's prompt is 'greed'. I haven't had chance to take a pic today, so this is a total cheat take on Oliver's 4th birthday. He had just had his dinner at pizza hut, which included a huge piece of chocolate fudge cake, yet when he saw his birthday cake he asked if he could eat it all!!! I just don't know where he gets it from I really don't ;)

Gluttony

A bit of a cheat for today's prompt of 'gluttony'. This photo was taken on Christmas day after Harry had had 3 chocloate buttons... 3 single buttons, not 3 packets... how on earth can you make so much mess with 3 choccie buttons!!! Harry is just like the rest of us, a total chocolate fan... we limit him to 5 buttons a day, and he gets so excited when he sees them coming, bless him, he'll love it at easter:) I started a LO last night but left it in a bit of a strop as nothing I did worked... I came down this morning and looked at again, and it's not actually that bad... hopefully I will get it done tonight so will share later:)
Yesterday's smile came from a comment that Rob made about someone who p*sses me off... I can't really share but it was funny and had me giggling for ages. Sometimes you have to love that hubby of mine.
Today's smile came this morning when I was trying to get Harry Bear's brekkie ready... he kept climbing up my legs, but for the first time he very clearly said 'mum', well actually it was more 'mum mum mum mum mum mum' but as it is usually dad dad dad dad dad... it made me smile. He got his brekkie, and hasn't said it since!!!

Another day, another tag!!!

Thanks Jen.... jeeez, how many questions!!!
Well here goes...

Where were you born? Aldershot
Middle name: Anne
How old will you be this year? 32 (eeeeek)
Nicknames: Looby
Are you taller than your mother or father? Taller than both
Do you cry often during movies? yes, especially at Big Fish... I cry uncontrolably for about an hour after.... I love that film.
What is your biggest pet peeve? noisy eating!!!
Favorite colour: green
Favorite foods: hummous, olives, feta cheese, chocolate, pizza
Favorite restaurants: Papa's Greek Restaurant in West Bridgford, Dukes '92, #1 Oriental Buffet.
Favorite beverage: Chocca mocha
Favorite cold cereal: Honey nut fitness
Favorite smells: Fresh baked bread, Johnson's baby talc.
Favorite time of day: bed time
What brand of shampoo/conditioner do you use? which ever straightening stuff is on offer at the time
Favorite make-up products? Virgin Vie foundation powder
How many pillows do you sleep with? 2
Do you play an instrument? Piano to grade 7
Have you ever been skinny dipping? yes, in my thinner, pre stretch marks days
Did you do any sports in High School? rounders, cross country, trampolining
What was the last movie you saw in the theater? PS I Love You and yes I cried too
What is your favorite article of clothing? jeans
What is your dream vacation? Canada to meet Jems, Barry and Ham
What was your first impression of your spouse? funny... ha ha, not peculiar, that came later...LOL!!!
If you were an animal what would you be? panda
What is your favorite "me- time" activity? Scrapping
Favorite TV shows: LOST, Ally McBeal, Casualty,
What is your dream car? black!!!
What is one of your weaknesses? chocolate
What do you fix for dinner when there's nothing to fix? toasted cheese sandwhiches
If you could live in a different decade/era which one would it be? I'd love to wear fancy Victorian dresses
What is the emotion you feel the most? Happiness
Do you consider yourself outgoing? yes
What is something you are constantly working on? LAUNDRY and ironing
Any hidden talents? obviously lots... but they are still hidden!
What is a word or phrase you overuse? What did I just say?
What was the hardest thing that happened to you this past year? having to reduce spending due to not working
What is the best thing that happened to you this past year? being a stay at home mummy:)
What is one thing you hope to accomplish this year? i'd really like to make a thing 3, but realistically that's not likely to happen.... so I will go for filling my quota of minded children:)

Ok I tag Nikki, Nikki's SIL, and Annie (get blogging woman)

OMG!!!!

I nearly died of heart failure this morning when I logged onto HS:MS to check out the prompt. Suzy B and Andrew have hijaked the blog for a couple of weeks, and have decided to use the 7 deadly sins as the prompts for the next, well 7 days I guess! So today's sin is 'lust', and both have bared their botties for the world to see. I am so jealous of Suzy's pert little bum, and as for Andrew... well all guys have little bums don't they, so nothing offensive there either. There is no way I would bare my bum, and as the camera doesn't have a wide angle lens there would be little point anyhow! But, I have given you a peep of my pants. It just so happens that I have my Little Miss Naughty pants on today, with I love being naughty written across the back. Edited to add... after looking at this photo again it looks like Iam wearing HUGE granny pants... they are actually those short type pants NOT granny pants...LOL!!!
So there you go... that's as much of my flesh as you're ever going to see!!!Will be back later for smile updates:)

Chipboard Love Book

You have to get one of these... they are so cool to work with as the dinky size means you can get them finished really quickly. I decided to make mine a book devoted to the things that Oliver says that makes us laugh. I have loads more to add into it, and I know there will be things in the future that will need to be included... I think I need to buy a couple more of the books, as well as a couple of the round ones to add more pages, using a bigger book ring will mean that you could end up with a really FAT book of loveliness. It is also a fab way to se up some of your pp scraps... go on... go and grab yourself a couple, you know you NEED to. I haven't bored you with all of the pages... but you get the idea:)

Doctors and vets!!!

We have been to both today. Harry had to go this morning to have his back checked, just to make sure the cream and bath additive he is on is doing the job, and it is... so happy days for him. When we got home, I stroked Jaspa on the head and he let out a massive yelp... I assumed I had caught him in the eye or something and didn't think anything more of it. Later I stroked him again and he yelped again, and after looking in his ears I could see that something was wrong in his left ear. So off to the vets, to be told that the fungal infection he has (which is being treated) has spread into his ear canal. He is now on two kinds of tablets and has drops to start on Sunday... 3 little packets costing almost £60!!! I bought him a new bed on the way home, and he is now lying in it, giving me the sad puppy dog eyes... in true male fashion he is going to milk this for all it's worth!


When Harry had his afternoon nap I started a chipboard mini book for Carolinezcraftz... I am quite liking it so far, and am enjoying working on a small scale. I should be able to get it done tonight and have a few piccies to share tomorrow.


The prompt over at HS:MS is 'string'. My picture is very unimaginitive... a ball of string!!! I really didn't have time to go hunting for interesting string, if string can be interesting... this was on the dining room left over from making the decorations I used for the 'dangle' prompt.

My smile for today comes from a comment made by Oliver. On the way home from school, he said out of the blue, 'Mummy when I grow up, I want to be a mummy just like you so that I can buy my little boy ice cream'. Ok so maybe I should be a tad concerned that my boy wants to be a mummy... but OMG, how sweet is that.


Looking forward to tomorrow night as I am out with a few friends... well actually we aren't out, we'll be in, but I'll be out of the house even though I'll be in someone elses iykwim. You can't beat girls nights in though, lots of gossip, giggles, a ding dong from dominos and a few bottles of wine. Not looking forward to the SPS though... I have a major teenage outbreak happening on my face... must think tonight about how I can disguise myself... LOL!!!