Pants at PE .... April natters and chatters!!

[Maureenp]

My legacy before I head off!!!!! A new thread for April

Take care everyone.

[brodders]

Bye Maureen xxx
Still off work today....runs started to slow down *rolls eyes* but dont want to risk it at work yak :D

[GeordieGirl]

So you get to play for another day :D

The men in our family are playing with a white tranny on the drive :lol: They're making a jacket for the inside with wood - I'm staying in the warm and playing and creating

What you all doing then?

[DawnS]

Found you all, hope your tummy is better soon Jane
I had that at the beginning of the week took an aspirin for health benefits, felt so ill after it had to even change sides of where I sleep so I could get to the bathroom quicker.

Nice sunny weather here.

[GeordieGirl]

Oh Dawn, that doesn't sound so nice :(

[brodders]

Shi**y poos is all I say. I hate having tummy upsets. Has yours all cleared up Dawn ? Its horrible. I always feel dirty with a tummy bug. No matter how clean you are, no matter how much you wash your hands etc It always gets ya :D

sunny here too. its glorious :)

[DawnS]

Jane it just lasted all Sunday night & through the night, still didn't feel brill on Monday real stomach ache. Won't take aspirin ever again.
It says on the back can prevent heart disease, various cancers that is what made me take one. Gordon had one he was fine.
My stomach felt as if i had eaten 1000 peapods.

Hope you feel better soon, not nice when you are running to the toilet all the time.

I see Irene has been on your blog Jane.

[GeordieGirl]

I love it when the postman brings me goodies :D

[brodders]

ooh they are nice Andi :)
Dawn healthy heart rotten bum :o How is Irene she ok?

[DawnS]

Love those glazed brads, I have the cupcake ones.

Yes she is doing fine they are moving into a brand new house,buying new furniture etc.

[GeordieGirl]

Hils - one of the Prima Hybrid Flower girls just won a trip to CHU Houston on Sir Tim's blogs :) You're going to that aren't you?

[brodders]

what an amazing prize :o

[Hils]

Hello :)
Have a good time Maureen.
Hope you're continuing to improve Jane :) Dawn, your reaction to the aspirin sounds awful :(
Lovely stash Andi :)
Yes, it's CKU Houston I'm going to :D Less than two months away now :) Funny thing - Tim's teaching a class where you make a memory mirror. And the mirror he is basing it on is a £1 from Ikea one that I've already altered 3 times in different ways! :rolleyes::lol: Guess I'll have done it 4 times soon!

[DawnS]

That is a great prize.
Is that the class you have booked with him Hils, that is a shame you already know how to do it.
I dont envy you trying to get a mirror back in one piece, lots of bubblewrap required.

Not been on here, Scrap-a-ganza have changed the times of their classes. A lot of confused people.:rolleyes:

[*Annie-Dee*]

Hi girls,


Nasty tummies - Dawn and Jane, hope you're much better today. :( Sounds rough.

Andi, playing with a "tranny" on the drive :lol:

Lovely sunny day here today - took the children out this morning geocaching. They had such fun - it was so muddy where we had to go and they enjoyed sploshing about in it, so did we:lol: Got a photo - will letyou see when I get it uploaded.

[Ria979902]

Evening, been AWOL as have been taking the children here there & everywhere before they go back to school monday, having a good time although today ended with a trip to A&E and a black eye for bug:( he was happily sliding down these huge slides at a local fun park when he twisted and came down with his right eye scraping along the slide all the way down, he has a nasty cut on his eyelid and it was very swollen not sure how bruised it's going to be tomorrow but he's fine and seems to have recovered quite well from it! just got to keep an eye on him for the usual 24 hours.
Hope the poorly tummys get better soon, dh has been taking imodium instead of food today in the hope his stomach doesn't get any worse! I'm hoping it won't get any worse it's bad enough now:lol:
Have a nice time Maureen if I haven't already missed you

[brodders]

Does he look as though he cares? No :o

[Hils]

Dawn, I expect I'll know some of the techniques Tim uses but it'll still be great to do a class with him - he just seems so enthusiastic and knowledgable, I'm sure there'll still be several things for me to learn :)
CKU has changed this year and sounds much better. Everyone does all the classes, the only thing you choose is which album track to do. And the "Inspiration Stations", which are half-hour sessions, a bit like a make n take I guess, used to mean queuing but now the students stay in the same room and seats and the tutors move around! Hope the confusion re Scrapaganza is sorted out soon.
Annie, can you tell me a bit more about geocaching? I've heard of it but don't think I've quite got the hang of what it is!
Maria, poor Bug. Hope it doesn't swell up too much.
I dunno, all these tummy bugs :( I'm not well again either :wacko: I suspected last week that dh was suffering from two different things at once, and looks like I was right, cos I now have the cough thing that he had. Bad chesty cough, and now a really achy neck and ear ache (inside and out - made even worse when you need to wear specs....:wacko:) So I'm in bed now and already thinking about logging off and going to sleep....
Let's hope everyone feels much better tomorrow. I def need to be better by Sat cos it's the 24 hour charity crop!

[brodders]

Hils get to bed and sleep. Hope you ar feeling a bit better tomorrow.
I was feeling a bit better and starving so had some tea and had to run to the loo within 5 mins :( Maria hope your DH stops running too :) and bug doesnt have any side effects from the bang to his eye . Bless him....

[GeordieGirl]

I've got my germ mask on and a paper suit :lol:

Bug looks really unhappy!

[brodders]

dont forget you white slip on shoes and plastic pinny........ and just in case paper knicks...............

[Ria979902]

Hils doesn't sound good, get to sleep and hope you feel better in the morning. DH has headed off to bed clutching his imodium:lol:

[brodders]

ooh has he paper undies on too?

[Ria979902]

ooh has he paper undies on too?

Jane if you think I'm going anywhere near his bottom:stop: to find out you can think again:lol::nono:

[brodders]

Have a quick feel :o dare ya :D

[GeordieGirl]

I just dropped a whole box of brads all over my wooden bedroom floor.

[brodders]

I just dropped a whole box of brads all over my wooden bedroom floor.
bet you was thinking of Maria's hubbies paper undies weren't you ???

[GeordieGirl]

Whilst I was on all fours picking the blighters up I came nose to nose with a huge spider scuttling from under my bed, me being me went into over-panic and knocked not just the brads that I had been picking up but the jar of buttons onto the floor trying to stand back up. So now there is glass, buttons, brads, a massive spider and me screaming and my poor brother trying deperatley to get 1 leg in his pants whilst dragging Sally's pink dressing gown behind him and trying to cover up his manhood and Dad who has legged it from the utility room all in my little room with me trying to get out and general pandemonium.

All is serene and calm again.

I wonder if Maria has made him some paper pants? HA HA HA has she been using her Fancy Pants papers :lol: :lol: :lol: I nearly peed my pants thinking of it

[DawnS]

Aww he is a cutie Maria,looks sore it will be yellow soon.
Hope your husband feels better soon too.

Hope you are feeling better by Saturday Hils I know you like your cropping time I would stay in bed & sleep as much as you can, usually helps a great deal.
IAm sure you will learn lots from sir Tim ,hope you win some freebies.

How do you geocache Anne heard of it too?

Did anyone watch the Apprentice tonight what did you think of the female project manager?
I could feel myself getting angry, she reminded me of the person I worked with.

[brodders]

I was watching it Dawn but then someone popped by to see me so missed most of it :(
Andrea what a palaver :)

[Ria979902]

Morning:)

Andi I'm sorry but I have been laughing rather loudly at the thought of the chaos going on in your room last night:lol: hope you found the spider,all brads & buttons have been accounted for for and you haven't done too much damage to your back in the excitement!

Bugs eye is bruised today and still a bit puffy but he's fine:) I watched the apprentice last night Dawn, I'm not sure any of the women have the means to win it from what I've seen so far and that project manager is a nasty piece of work and should have been booted out last night but I guess she makes interesting telly;) I can't really see what Lucinda did that was so wrong for her to be on the receiving end of that crap!

Going to take the children out later for an hopefully fairly uneventful day:lol: somewhere!
As for dh he's feeling a bit better and has gone to work with his imodium again:) not sure about the paper pants though:lol:

[Hils]

Morning :) You've made me laugh too what with all that talk of paper pants and brothers with dressing gowns and very little else on! :lol:
Taken the day off today cos I'm not feeling much better - hopefully doing very little all day will help the recovery process :)
Jane, how are you feeling now?

[GeordieGirl]

Oh no, I hope that you poor people who are feeling yucky feel better really soon. You need to get well for your cropping Hils xx
Yes it was very funny (well after the spider went the distance) :)

[Mitchy]

ROFL that was so funny.

And Maria, paper knickers remind me of when my sister had her first. She was quite an earth mother type, and my mum was finding some of her ideas (none of which were weird) a bit confusing.

Susan had heard that paper knickers from the National Childbirth Trust were advisable immediately post labour. My mum told all her friends about her CTS knickers (catholic truth society!!!!) it was hilarious.

Hope the poorly peeps - including wee Rowan - feel better soon.

M

[*Annie-Dee*]

:lol: :lol: Andi - that made my morning!

Maria, hope little Bug is feeling better - he might be proud of a black eye, though, knowing boys.

Hope you're feeling better today, Hils. And all the other poorly peeps!!

Hils and Dawn - check out Geocaching.com/uk - and there's a thread on here too. Basically, it's like going to a nice long walk but following clues etc and finding "treasure" at the end. We tried it with our sat.nav. but it's not so accurate; it got us into it, however, and we've just bught a proper GPS thingy! Much more accurate and easy to use. Have a look at the site and have a go - it's great fun!

Hope you're all having a nice day - still sunny and warm here.

[brodders]

Feeling a lot better today thanks. Went back to work :(

[GeordieGirl]

Work! :( oh no. Hope you took spare pants just in case.

[Hils]

Work! :( oh no. Hope you took spare pants just in case.

:lol::lol::lol: Glad you're feeling better Jane :)

[DawnS]

It has been like summer it has been so warm today spent the day doing the garden.
Weeding for a start, oh so mny weeds have grown over the winter months
Looking much better, that is the worst having a biggish garden (half an acre) does take a while to do.Planting spring bedding.

It is not as pretty as your mums yet Andrea her garden is very neat, ours is only 5 years old still need to plant heaps more.
Have a new greenhouse taking cuttings when it is the right time.
Box hedging that is expensive to buy, have a lot of the bushes to make an italian type garden but still need more.

I wonder if they geocache up here. Sounds good fun to be in the outdoors.

Hope you are nearly better Jane.

Paper knickers don't mention them I bought pairs for being in labour, only thing is they have no stretched they just ripped on me.:lol:
Had to get my mum to buy knickers & bring them in.

[Sonja.B]

Evening all - just to let you all know about our new home for April

HERE (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=216701)

Look forward to seeing you.

The house challenge for April is up now.

Due to a hiccup in voting for the overall winner - the thread did not close at 9pm - so even though it shows Cassie7 as the winner scrappybunny has declared ScrapAnna from blue Brads as the overall winner.....:(.
So congrats to Anna - commiserations to Cassie.

announcement HERE (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=215684)

See you in the chat room

[Mitchy]

Here is the official photo of the wee am dram star :D a cowboy in the chorus of Calamity Jane

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/MrsMitchy/CalamityJane001.jpg

[brodders]

She truly looks the part Mitchy :)

[Ria979902]

Morning:)

Great photo Mitchy:) hope everyone is feeling better today. Evie had her tonsils and adinoids(sp?) removed yesterday in the hope it will help her not get so many chest infections, she gets tonsilitus alot which then leads to a full on chest infection and a big does of steriods in the hospital so fingers crossed by taking her tonsils out it stops all the other stuff happening.
She was supposed to come home last night but they kept her in and hopefully she'll be allowed home today:)

[GeordieGirl]

Lovely picture Mitchy, she looks like a leading lady xx

Poor Evie, hope this helps, she's certainly been through the mill little might xx

[Hils]

Morning :) Still coughing my head off :blink: but feeling a bit better in myself. I WILL be cropping tomorrow - just might start flagging a bit earlier than I would like :rolleyes:
Dawn, half an acre? :blink: That must keep you busy.
Lovely photo Mitchy :)
Hope Evie recovers quickly, and that the op does help her in the long run :)

[GeordieGirl]

Parcel lady just arrived :) lots of lovely pink paislee alphabet stickers for my cards xx

[Hils]

Oooo, lucky you :)

[brodders]

Evening . Hope Evie is home by now bless her. Lots of drinks in store for her is it ?
Glad you are feeling more human hils and getting better by the hour ready for your crop tomorrow :)
I have a housefull tonight DS1 and his band 4 strapping young lads ( amd one of their girlfriends) are staying over tonight as they have a gig in Town :)

[GeordieGirl]

what does their music sound like Jane?

[brodders]

erm original :O :D

[GeordieGirl]

Loud? ;)

[brodders]

yes:blink:

[brodders]

Hope everyone is ok? we have been very quiet today..

[GeordieGirl]

Morning :lol: Had a letter from the consultant at the hospital this morning saying the MRI scan showed I have a slipped disc and I have now been referred to the North Eastern Neurological Specialists at another hospital across in Newcastle. I'm so pleased that it's this and not cancer or a tumour which was what I was scared of. Hopefully they will see me soon when I will beg them for an operation and I'll be back at work in a flash :) Or something along those lines anyway :lol:

What you all doing, have you all fallen off the edge of the world and left only me and Brodders - and the rest of the nutters on UKS :lol:

We have made a family pact to diet - again. Me and Mam and Sally got weighed on Friday night and it was bad, really bad . I'm still a stone and a half lighter than I was when I first went to weight watches 3 years ago but I had lost almost 5 stone so I have been very naughty. Anyway, lettuce leaves and branflakes will be my new best friends.

[DawnS]

Aww poor you Andrea thinking it was cancer, least they have put that worry out of your head now.
Hope you get your op.

Been at a crop & actually managed to complete a few items.
It was scrap-a-ganza kits I was finishing off.
We had a good laugh at the crop as we normally do.

Quiet Maureen is away.
Hils at her 24 hour crop hopefully.
Maria busy bee with her kiddiewink or maybe it is her turn for the paper knickers.:lol:
Anne busy with her grandchildren.
Mitchy is normally around, maybe she is christening that rug of hers.:lol:

[brodders]

I would love to live with someone who also needs to lose weight. I shall set the scene . Here I am needing to lose about two stone. Living with 2 skinny minnies (ds and dh). We cant afford or have the time or inclination to make two meals.I am deemed to be a fattie for the rest of my life !!!!
Good luck Andi :)
Hey Andi you do know the uks police will come after you after calling other members NUTTERS

Glad it isnt the big C and hoefully an operation will be undertaken to get you fully mobile and pain free.

[GeordieGirl]

Nutters?

Would I??? :lol:

[brodders]

YES

[GeordieGirl]

It is very hard to diet when no one in your house is. I'll tell you a secret and say I need to lose 8 stone. Sally is 3 pounds lighter than me so we're both determined to move some flab.

[GeordieGirl]

uksCrapper Nutters???????

I better go to bed before I get thrown off - meant to say Dawn, sounds like a good crop xxx

[brodders]

Smack her for being 3 pounds lighter :D at least you can both egg each other on. Will you follow a diet? or just healthy eating? (asks me stuffing, no shoveling, biscuits down me fat gob).

[brodders]

BANNEDyou will be

[GeordieGirl]

Ooh we are naughty :)

[Ria979902]

Morning:)

Glad it's only a slipped disc Andi even though that is still flippin painful. Good luck with the diet I'm still trying although over easter and the children being home i haven't been able to do my 3 mile walks which was helping loads so will start again!!!! tomorrow when they go back to school.

Havw been awake since 2am got a trapped nerve or something in my neck and the pain is shooting into my arm back and shoulder blade when I move feels exptremely painfully:( I guess it'll clear up at some point don't really know what to do about a trapped nerve!

Eldest 2 have tae kwon do gradings today better go and find their suits!

We had a brief snow flurry but its gone now:)

[*Annie-Dee*]

Hi all - see what we woke up to this morning!! Had to take a piccie as it's so unusual for us to get snow. It's all gone now and the sun is shining:rolleyes:

Andi, glad its "only" a slipped disc but at least it's something they should be able to sort out for you. Maria, sounds so painful - probably only painkillers will help and take it easy.:(

Managed to get some scrapping done yesterday and Ive updated my gallery if you fancy having a peep.

Hils, are you better now?

Hi, Dawn - glad your crop went well.:rolleyes:

[brodders]

Annie thats about as much snow as I can cope with. Maria I hope your trapped nerve untraps itself :)

[GeordieGirl]

Annie my garden looks like yours :) The sun was shining when I got up and Mam had left me a note to empty the washer. It's back in the tumble drier now

[Hils]

Hi :)
Dawn, you made me laugh with the references to paper knickers and rug christenings (hopefully not at the same time! :lol:) And Andi, you're a naughty girl :nono::lol::lol::lol:
Good that you've got a diagnosis for your back - cancer or a tumour hadn't even occured to me, but I can understand why it might to you. Like you say, hopefully you can have an op and be almost back to normal once you've recovered (well, as normal as you're ever gonna be....! :P:lol:)
Pretty hard to lose weight if you can't exercise :/ Jane, my family all eat what they want at the moment too - dh is prone to putting on weight but not while he's in training for a marathon (which is next week.... :wacko:)
Maria, hope your trapped nerve recovers very soon.
Annie, we had snow too - more than you, which is very unusual for Cheltenham. DH and the kids went out before 8 and made a big snowman. It's all gone again now though - the sky is blue, the sun is shining and you wouldn't know it had snowed at all.
The crop was fun yesterday. I stayed for just under 12 hours, left just after 9. Still not right healthwise :( - feel absolutely exhausted today :rolleyes: So I was quieter than usual (even I have quiet days!) but did get 10 LOs done :D Glad your crop went well Dawn :)

[GeordieGirl]

I'm glad you were feeling better enough to go to the crop Hils :) 10 layouts - fasntastic xx

We've got about an inch of snow now but it's really wet. I've just been out to take a picture for Mam's blog in my PJ's, crocs and snow :lol:

[DawnS]

Wow Hils that is amazing 10 layouts in that time.


We also woke up to snow, melted now.

Your garden looks lovely Anne.

[Hils]

I only got that many done cos they were all prepared in advance - it's the only way I can get anything done at crops - my mojo prefers to stay at home! :rolleyes::lol:
LOL at you in your pjs and crocs Andi!!!
Has anyone been on the website i can haz cheeseburger? Very funny pix and captions of cats -worth a look if you fancy a laugh. Part of our Sunday routine now is that I have to sit with ds and look at the week's new pix! :)

[Hils]

Where've you all gone? :unsure:
All quiet here at the mo - kids are both still asleep! Off to see Horton Hears a Who later :)

[Ria979902]

Morning just got in from my 3 mile walk in the snow:) we saw horton hears a who easter weekend Hils I liked it:)

Now to blitz the house!!!! you can imagine how bad it looks after having the children home for 2.5 weeks, all back to school today:(

Neck is still stiff but no where near as painful as yesterday managed to sleep a bit longer last night although got moaned at by dh for being a fidget! LOL

hope everyone has a good day:)

[Hils]

Glad your neck is a bit better Maria. :)

[Maureenp]

HELLO ...... I am home :)

Had a brill weekend and made a fab album of Maldives for the frieds we made there who we are meeting up with in Doha :) Pleased I managed it. Also was working on a new kinda Book of Me called "Dare to Be". I will attach a couple of pictures but they are not finished yet

Hope you are all ok. Had a very quick read through the last couple of cahts.

Andi ... Glad you finally know what's the matter and fingers crossed they offer you the op and it's soon.

GOOD LUCK with the diets .. At least the weather shlould be improving and the salads can come out :P

Maria ... Glad your neck is improving. It can be really painful.

Right off to sort all my stuff out. We played BINGO for gifts and I got a fab pack of Blue 12 x 12 card. 4 co-ordinating colours. 5 sheets each :)

[*Annie-Dee*]

Hi, Maureen - welcome home. Glad you had a good time. Your little book looks interesting.

Weather here very mixed to say the least - showers, sun, showers now it's sleet and hailstones:wacko:

Had a mega clean up today so feel very virtuous, now Nathan is here for his tea so I expect he'll want me to play a game in a mo :rolleyes:

[GeordieGirl]

:wub::wub: Tim Holtz just emailed me :wub::wub:

Fair enough I emailed hima question - but he still a) knows I exist and b) knows my name :D Which is more than any man here in the UK :lol:

[brodders]

what did you ask?
Welcome back Maureen.

[Mitchy]

Hi all, sorry I have been off the radar.

Andrea, so glad it is 'only' a slipped disc. Here's hoping you get an op date soon to fix it.

Sympathies on the weight loss, mine has been a bit stop and start (mainly cos that is how I am doing the diet, stop and start lol) but I lost 2 and a half pounds last night, must adjust the ticker.

Maureen, lovely wee book, glad pluscarden was nice. My mum flew off to north carolina yesterday for three weeks in the sun, which I think she will find even more restful than a retreat!

Everyone else HELLO! I am busy right now as I am acting editor ... I had to finish putting out last week's issue and this one is entirely mine, so not much time to pop onto the boards at work, even in lunchtime, though I do read all the email alerts.

Chat soon

M

[DawnS]

:wub::wub: Tim Holtz just emailed me :wub::wub:

Which is more than any man here in the UK :lol:

Aww Andrea what a shame saying that, do you go on nights out to meet males? Does your brother not have a nice looking friend he could hook you up with?
Done what you asked so I will post today.:)

Do you have photos of your holiday book Maureen.

[Maureenp]

Morning .... Dreary and Dreek here :(

Dawn have attached a couple of photos of pages from the holiday album I have done. Not sure how good they will be.The size is 6 x 81/2"

Also have put a couple of Lyouts in my gallery if anyone cares to take a peep :)

Andi .... How good is it to have a friend called "TIM" !!!!!!!!:P

Mitchy .... Busy busy you. Don't over do it.

Anne .... Can you come and clean my house now :lol:

Not up to much ... bank to go to and stuff to look out for going to Karens next week. I believe it is HOT there B)

[Hils]

Lovely book Maureen :) Glad you had a good time on your retreat.
Good luck with your "entirely yours" issue Mitchy - I'm sure it'll be great! :)
Annie, my house needs cleaning too.....! :lol:
Andi, I don't mind sharing my friend with you ;) :lol: What did you ask him? I think it's great how he replies to his emails, and usually so quickly too :)
Back at work today, tho tired cos dd was up being sick half the night :( We're a really healthy family at the moment - NOT!!!

[GeordieGirl]

3rd time of trying to post a reply:blink:

Hope DD isn't sick any more Hils, early to bed for you tonight. Mitchy being the editor of a newspaper sounds very grand, I don't know any other ediors so you are my first :)

A man just knocked on my door :D

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i107/GeordieGirlie/prima-1.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i107/GeordieGirlie/prima-3.jpg

I won't need to ever by a piece of Prima paper for the rest of my life, were the heck am I gonna put it all?

Your creations look lovely Maureen, glad you had a lovely relaxing time.

Hello Maria - is your house ship shape again?

[*Annie-Dee*]

Andi, that all looka lovely - I'm green :ph34r: OOh, fancy knowing "Sir" Tim - well, getting an email from him counts surely :lol: :lol:

Hils and Maureen - what a shame you're so far away - I could be your cleaner :lol: :lol: :lol: (only joking - I HATE h******rk) :P

Lovely spring day here today - went to keep-fit this morning !!! Haven't been for a couple of years so though it was time I got back into it. Had a great time but feeling a bit achey now. Never mind, had a nice hot bath and I#m sure our cycle ride tomorrow will sort me out :lol: I'm determined not to let old-age creep up on me :lol: :lol::nono:

Hope your DD is better now, Hils. Mitchy - glad the job is going well.

[Maureenp]

Andi ...... I can store some for you :P:lol:

[*Annie-Dee*]

Andi ...... I can store some for you :P:lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Hils]

LOL - you beat me to it Maureen! I was gonna offer to look after some of it for Andi! Are those the paintable papers or transparencies Andi? Quite fancy having a go with the transparencies and a bit of alcohol ink - maybe with some perfect pearls mixed in for a hint of bling..... :D
DD was sick again this am :wacko: but seems to have been OK since, other than a few probs the other end.... She's had a bath and is now tucked up in bed :) I'm gonna go keep her company for a bit after I've finished checking the posts on here :)
Annie, I'm seriously impressed at all your getting/keeping fit activities - I need to follow the excellent example you are setting :)
Andi - you still haven't said why you were emailing Sir Tim :ph34r::lol:

[*Annie-Dee*]

Hmm. perhaps we shouldn't ask, Hils :ph34r:

Hope you DD will be better in the morning.

Managed to slice into my thumb when I was preparing the veggies for tea - ouch, so I'm now sporting a huge dressing on it, courtesy of DH who was a first aider at work and now fancies himself as a bit of a medi!! :lol:

Have a good evening, all :)

[Hils]

That's what I was thinking Annie - our Andi might be a bit of a dark horse.... :D
Ouch at the thumb - hope it won't stop you scrapping!

[*Annie-Dee*]

No chance, Hils :) Might stop me doing chores though!!!! :)

[brodders]

Annie Hope the thumb heals quickly with the aid of hubbies big fat dressing :D you fitness godess
Andi, god, i would be in heaven if that came through the post for me
Hils hope you dont catch the sick and poohs.....
Maureen you going away anywhere by any chance ? :D

[GeordieGirl]

Ouch Annie - you keep that dressing on as long as you can and let other people do the housework ;)

Hils I thought I'd said but UKS didn't like me this afternoon and kept chucking me out so perhaps it chucked my post to. I asked him if he was doing digital and hybrid stuff because I'd heard a rumour ages ago and he told me where I can buy his designs, all on CD though :(

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stazon ink pad :D - what did you think I was going to say:nono::nono::ph34r:

I think I have the wrong equipment IYKWIM ;) I don't think he's a boob man

[Mitchy]

ROFLPMSL you made me laugh Andrea!

And I am seriously jealous of all that stash ... is it for your design team?

Annie, poor thumb, hope it feels better.

Off for an early night, chat later

M

[GeordieGirl]

Yes Mitchy, it's for Prima hybrid. Hils the pieces at the back are paintables. Have you seen the 6x6 paintables at Prima hybrid? A few of the girls have printed these onto inkjet transparencies

[Hils]

LOL Andi - I think you could be right! Are you going to order his CD? :)
Must re-check out the Prima hybrid site - great idea to print them out on transparencies :) Bet they'd make fab cards..... :D
Working from home today cos dd still isn't feeling well. She's not had any running to the loo probs since yesterday, but says she still feels very sick :( Poor thing. Jane, I'm really hoping I don't get it too! Hate being sick. We're all keeping our fingers crossed that it's a one-off, cos dh is running the London Marathon on Sunday, and being ill is the last thing he needs.
Sun is shining here today - hope it's doing the same where you are, esp Annie so you have a lovely bike ride :)

[GeordieGirl]

Your poor daughter seems to have been catching all the bugs doing the rounds, she must just be vunerable after being hit with the bugs so often. Hope she begins to feel better later today. Keep hubster away from her :)

I'm saving my pennies as I think he had 3 CDs and I'd want them all but they are $15 each. Here (http://www.d-originals.com/index.php?cPath=170&******=c84c470f2c50138e6f3119a9b4871d94), you need to scroll down

[Hils]

You get quite a lot for your money tho, by the looks of it :) Just trying to get my head around the idea of the Tim Holtz inky look without real ink!!! :lol:

[Maureenp]

Another snowy day here. DH brought me breakfast in bed this morning ... bless. He said not to get up as it was snowing. He said there was 10" but he was being a man!!!!!!!! There was anout 1" lying. Stopped now but still not nice utside.

Anne ... How's the thumb ??

Hils ... Hope your DD is feeling better ... she is having a rough time bless.
Good luck to your DH for Sunday as well :)

Andi ... Offer still open to tore your stash :lol:

Mitchy .... Are you still busy busy?

Everyone else Hello

Got a crop on Sunday 11 am - 4pm with 16 people booked that I know of. There might be some Newbies as well..... but I am hoping not as I would like to get something done :)Must pop into The Papeterie and check whats been happening while I have been away:P

6 more sleeps until Amy is 12years old ..... Where does the time go. She is coming this weekend, can't wait :)
7 more sleeps until we go to Karens :0

[GeordieGirl]

You can print them all out and then add the inkyness, I've put them on my wishlist for when my back is better. It won't be long before my wages are cut so I am economising (well after a fashion :lol:)

Maureen it's so long since you were last away - how many years is it? ;) :lol: xxx

[Hils]

Maureen it's so long since you were last away - how many years is it? ;) :lol: xxx
:lol::lol::lol: Hope you have a great time with Amy and in Doha :)
I know what you mean about time flying - my ds will be 14 in 10 days time :blink:
:( at the wages cut Andi - suppose it's coming up to six months since you first went off sick. On the bright side, at least you get lots of freebies from that impressive list of dt's you are on :)

[*Annie-Dee*]

Hi girls,

Andi - you made me laugh out loud at Sir Tim and his fancies! Think you're right though, shame.

Hils,sorry to hear you DD is still feeling poorly - and do hope that DH is OK for Sunday. I love watching the marathon - what's his number and we can look out for him. Not much chance I know but you never know :lol:

Thumb is fine , luckily I heal up really quickly. Bike ride was great - another 12 miles clocked up; it was so nice being out in the sunshine and we found a great trail to go on that used to be a railway line so it was nice and flat! I don't like hills :( (Not you, Hils!!:lol:)

The Prima paintables sound interesing, must go and have a little look.

Maureen, not long now - but your're right, where does the time go? Nathan will be at senior school next year - I just can't believe it.

[GeordieGirl]

This (http://www.primahybrid.com/shoppe/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=9) is the page for the printy out stuff. You'll have to register to buy but you can download and play straight away :)

[Hils]

Morning :) How are you all today? DD seems to be on the road to recovery :) Back in the office today. Other than that, not much to report really! :rolleyes:

[GeordieGirl]

Pleased Kaitie is feeling a bit better - and you've had to go back to work:ph34r:

Maria how is little Evie doing after her op?

Dawn, you okay, you aren't chatting so much this week. Anymore demos coming up?

Hello to everyone else :D

[Mitchy]

Hello all .. just one page away from finishing the paper - phew!

I have a crop this Saturday and haven't given a single though to what I plan to do.

I think scrapping :D, but beyond that I have no idea.

M

[GeordieGirl]

Scrapping you say? :lol:

[DawnS]

Been busy with PAye & year end paper work.

Have a party coming up end of June the person wanted earlier but can't manage till then. Iam lucky having someone come with me it is an area I don't know well.
Feel happier with someone I know, believe it or not Iam a shy person underneath.

Have a nice crop Maureen & Mitchy.

Glad Caitie is on the mend again, not nice being sick.
You must be getting excited about CKU are you Hils?
Which airline are you flying with?

[Mitchy]

Phew ... home and all done ... wasn't half as bad as I thought lol.

One of my colleagues has got 'my' old job, so looks like a wee reshuffle again at work.

So, inspire me for my crop ladies, what should I do?

Oh, and on Tuesday I take my knee to the hospital - well, I can hardly leave it behind, to find out if surgery is necessary. I kind of hope it is, if it
is a guaranteed cure.

M

[GeordieGirl]

Can you not just pop it out and send it by courier? :)

Mini book, cards, altered tin, cards, wall hanging, cards, altered letter for DDs bedroom door, cards?

I'm so bored. I'm having conversations with myself. It's raining and cold and I hurt my back last night so I'm not having a good day and we're waiting for bro to come back in from working so I can't even fill half an hour eating my tea. Ho Hum. I'm making cards but I've just covered a whole pile of pieces of paper in glossy accents and now I can't do anything cos I left them in the middle of my cutting mat to dry and can't pick them up.

Have I bored you yet :lol:?

[Mitchy]

Andi, book a train and come up to my crop ... I will pick you up at the train station and give you a bed while you are here ... honest, nothing like an unexpected trip away to beat boredom.

[Mitchy]

Oh, and urgh re popping it out ... not good!

[brodders]

Have I bored you yet :lol:?


YES - NOT really :)

Hoe you feel better soon Andi :) :love: ya
Glad your daughter is feeling better HIls.
Dawn nice to see you to see you nice :)

Hello everyone else :)

[Mitchy]

Hello Bruce, I mean Brodders!

[Hils]

Glad your editing went well Mitchy :) You must be excited at the thought of seeing the paper in print, it being your baby and all :) Good luck at the hospital with the knee :)
Poor Andi - must be hard not being able to do much :( Not surprised you're bored. Do you play computer games? They might help relieve the boredom? There are lots that you can play for free online - Jewel Quest Solitaire is one of my faves, keeps me quiet for hours! :lol:
Dawn, PAYE and end of year paperwork sounds pretty boring too! :wacko: To be honest I'm trying not to get too excited about CKU. We were very excited about Scrapaganza last year, and were a bit disappointed in the end - probably because our expectations were too high, iykwim? So I'm trying not to have too high expectations so I can be pleasantly surprised when I get there! :rolleyes: Apparently Lisa Bearnson is going now, don't know what she's doing there tho (embarrassing another of her kids, maybe?!) We're flying with Continental - there aren't many direct flights and we really didn't want to have to change flights. Still 10 hours tho :wacko:
Caitie is currently trying to eat some dinner - she's much better than she was, but says she still feels poorly. I expect she'll feel better tomorrow cos she's off to her grandparents for a week! I'm driving her up to my parents in Leicester tomorrow, then next Weds dh's parents are picking her up and taking her off to their place in Stoke. We're going to Stoke next Sat and will come back, with daughter, on Sunday :) So I won't be around tomorrow...

[DawnS]

Ooh 10 hours that is a killer, I thought 8.5 to Florida was bad.
Least they will have plenty channels to watch no doubt.
I mainly watched where we were going on the map & counting down to touchdown.
Is CKU held in the galleria shopping mall? it's huge my twin sis has been.
I didn't enjoy last years scrapa so much either had a few dud classes.
This year the classes looks better, will really miss Irene not being there though.
Did you do Lisa B class last year, I decided not to, I just had visions of the teeth coming towards.:lol:
Irene said she went on a bit she got up & walked out.


I do hate the paperwork involved with my husband being self employed.

[Mitchy]

I just scraplifted this after seeing it in the gallery ... not entirely sure I like my version of it, but it was fun .... now, what on earth do I use it for? lol

Will post pix of mine tomorrow or when it is finished off.

http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=143063

[DawnS]

You could use for keeping you expenses receipts in Mitchy.

If you are stuck have a scraplift fest for your crop.
I love Sugar Almonds work.

[GeordieGirl]

Earrings? secret sweetie stash?

[brodders]

Secret fivers ?

[Mitchy]

Oh I wish I had secret fivers lol! I think I am going to print up a little game of dares and wishes and put them on cards inside, and use it during Jen's birthday party on Sunday :D :D

Hils, meant to wish your DH all the best for the race.

Dawn, I adore sugar almond's work too.

[GeordieGirl]

Hello. It's Friday!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been weighed and I've lost 4 1/2 lbs so I am happy too :D Sally lost 5, Chris lost 7 and Mam lost 4 so the floorboords and foundations are breathing a sigh of relief :lol:

Hope everyone who has to go to work today has a nice day to start off their weekend xx

[Mitchy]

Yay, well done you!


Jackie

[Maureenp]

Mitchy .... just looked the "scrap lift" ..... It's lovely, can't wait to see yours :)

Did you cover the chipboard .... or paint it ??

Andi ..... Hurrah ... good for you and everyone else as well. 4 1/2lbs is great :)

Been for a run in the cr as the sun was out. Stopped at the little craft shop in Insch to see my fav lady .. Elaine , she's lovely and offered me my cuppa ... even offered to make one for DH who was sat in the car :P Bought some lovely red ribbons as for some reason it's the colour I am short of .......honest :)

Hope you all have lovely things planned for the weekend.

[Mitchy]

I covered mine in paper Maureen, but I am not entirely convinced it all works, so I might make another with bigger match boxes tonight or tomorrow!

Lovely day here too.

M

[*Annie-Dee*]

Hi girls, nice and sunny here too but we had pouring rain at the same time!!

Andi, well done - that's a lot to lose :rolleyes:

Nice little box, Mitchy.

Been packing my bag for the crop tonight, but I don't have to take too much as it's workshop night and we are working with a kit. Just need to decide which photos to take - that takes ages!!

Hope you're all having a good day.:)

[GeordieGirl]

Hope you had a lovely time Annie and made lovely pages xx

Are the rest of you out partying and living it up? :lol:

I got an email from Papercrafts Magazine tonight they're publishing another of my cards in their Card Creations 6 special issue :D

My cousin came to visit tonight for a demo of the cricut and she's going to get one too, she was really impressed with how easy it was to use.

Hils hope hubster gets on okay in the race and that Caitie is better now.

[brodders]

Congratulations on the publishing ndi :) very well deserved :)
Been out for dh's birthday. Went to Pizza hut. Cam away with a large stuffed pizza and medium pizza because the waitress cocked up the order :)

[GeordieGirl]

Shame she messed up but that's tomorrow sorted so no cooking. I love Pizza Hut pizzas and salad, mmmmm yummy :D

[brodders]

Yep no cooking :)

[DawnS]

Congratulations Andrea, you must feel so proud of yourself to be in the papercrafts mag..

Still heaps of paperwork to do getting really really bored of it now.
Why don't we live in Jersey, no nasty tax paperwork to sort.

[brodders]

Forgot to say a huge WELL DONE for your weight loss :)
Dawn surely it wont be too long now....

[GeordieGirl]

Thanks for the bits Dawn, they arrived this morning :D

Hello everyone else. Had a really long lie in and just woke up!!

[DawnS]

Congratulations on your weight loss Andrea thats is 8.5 packets of butter.

If you want more just let me know.

[Hils]

Hi :)

Well done on the weight loss Andi, that's really good especially considering you can't exactly get a lot of exercise at the moment :)
Sweet little box Mitchy :)
Dawn, hope the paper work is finished soon. Yes, I did do Lisa B's "class" last year - it wasn't really a class tho, her helpers handed out the kit and she talked a lot and embarrassed her son by trying to find someone of a similar age to him among the audience! Hope you enjoy Ganza more this time :)
CKU is at the Galleria - 4th biggest mall in the States! Don't think we'll be stuck for something to do while we're there! The hotel is the Westin, looks fab - it's not cheap but you get a discount if you're staying for CKU, plus we're sharing a room to keep the cost down.
DD is better now thanks, on the whole, and is now up with my folks - won't see her till next Sat :blink: She'll have more fun with her grandparents than having to hang around my office all week though :)
Annie, you asked what number dh is in the marathon - he is 43175 and he'll be wearing an orange Sense vest (which has a blue block at the bottom) with an orange T-shirt under it. You'd do well to sport him out of 50,000 runners tho - not sure if I will and I'll be there! :rolleyes::lol:

[*Annie-Dee*]

Well done, Andi - you're getting famous!

Hils, good luck to your DH for tomorrow - I love watching it but no chance of spotting anyone in all that crowd :)

The crop went well last night - well, chat wise, but I wasn't very happy with the LO I did, so I've taken it apart and started again! Luckily, I hadn't stuck it all down.

Had a good sort out again this afternoon and did some online shopping with one of the sponsors here who was offering free p & p. Couldn't resist.:)

Hope you're all having a good day.

[Hils]

Sorry Andi, forgot to say congrats for the being published again - Annie's right, you are def becoming famous :D

[GeordieGirl]

Dunno about famous but making cards is a nice way to spend 4 months of lying on the floor :lol: :lol:

[Ria979902]

GOOD LUCK Mr Hils:D have a great run enjoy it:D

Congratulations Andi:D

Morning & helloooooooooooooooo everyone else:D

[Maureenp]

Morning

Good luck to Mr Hils :lol: Run like the wind.

I am off to a crop today ... Amy is coming with me :)

Sun is shining, have a good Sunday whatever you are doing

[brodders]

Another good luck mr Hils :) Hope you have a great run :)
Hello to everyone ele. Maureen have a great crop.

[*Annie-Dee*]

Been watching the start of the marathon - couldn't spotMr Hils!!! Not surprising really :)

Have a good time at your crop, Maureen and everyone else, have a good day :)

Sunny but raining here at the mo :(

[GeordieGirl]

Morning, still half asleep back later - yawnnnnnn :)

Hello Maria xx Sending run faster vibes to Mr Hils

[Mitchy]

Hope MR Hils has had a good day ... let us know his time, eh Hils?

I saw your piccie last night, Wee Haggis was scrapping your 12 hour crop lol.

Hello everyone else, are you well. Andi, well done re the cards, you are such a talented girl.

Jen is having her birthday party as we speak, and I am lurking at the pc trying to give them space tee hee.

Chat later

[brodders]

Did the party go well Mitchy ?
Hils how does your DH feel?

[Maureenp]

Dunno about famous but making cards is a nice way to spend 4 months of lying on the floor :lol: :lol:

Is this with "Si Tim' Andi :nono::lol:

Had a good crop, although must admit I didn't do much!!!!

Hils ... how was the run??

Mitchy ... How was the party??

Hello and bye to everyone else :P Going to watch Foyles War before I go to bed

[Mitchy]

Party was good thanks, tiring, but good.

Not quite sure why it was tiring - probably just yesterday catching up with me. Now, I know your hubby will beat my sore muscles hands down Hils :D but after ripping out a scout kitchen and laying a carpet in a room with not a single straight edge, I have sore muscles in my sore muscles ... my buttocks will never be the same again lol!

[GeordieGirl]

I was wondering what you had been up to Mitchy :lol: ;)

[GeordieGirl]

Is anyone else watching the hospital programme ?

[Ria979902]

Evening Hope Mr Hils ran a good race and isn't too sore:)

I'm gutted that they have found Mark Speights body:( The children and I always watched smart together and enjoyed watching him over the years

[DawnS]

Hope your husband isn't too sore Hils.

Always watch desp housewifes on e4, you get to see the nex episode.


Hope Karyn is ok we have not heard from her in a while.

[Hils]

Morning :)
Thanks for all the good luck wishes for dh - they must have worked cos he finished in 4hrs 30, despite struggling for a lot of the time. (He's got a calf injury and only finished the anti-biotics for a chest infection a few days ago :wacko:) He's limping around the house now and is obviously tired and achey, but he's glad he did it. He says he won't be doing it again though!
DS and I are quite tired too - it's surprisingly hard work chasing someone around a very crowded London! The underground was manic - at some places they were not letting people into the stations for a while because they were so packed :blink: (not good for two claustrophobes.....:wacko:)
So, dh is working from home today, ds is still on his school hols and I'm off too, so a quiet day at home today :)
Sounds like you had a very busy weekend Mitchy - not surprised you are also tired and achy!
It's a shame about Mark Speight - they found him at Paddington just half an hour after we'd left there yesterday am - bit strange to think we were so close to where he was, iykwim.

[*Annie-Dee*]

Well done, Mr Hils!!:lol:

Many congratulations on your time - and to you too, Hils, for being there too!

We watched it from the comfort of our chairs - very inspiring to hear some of the stories. So well done to everyone who took part!

[DawnS]

Congratulations to your husband Hils, that is a good time for 26 miles.

[Mitchy]

Oh well done Mr Hils, that's a good time.

M

[Ria979902]

Evening:)

Great time Mr Hils:D well done:)

[brodders]

WELL DONE Mr Hils :)
I must be getting old and boring because I had never heard of Mark Speight until he went missing :(

[DawnS]

I knew who he was on Smart, it is a shame must be awful for his family.
He is not that much older than me.

[Maureenp]

Jane ... I was the same ... a sure sign of age!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess what I am doing today ????????? PACKING .... yes I know AGAIN!!!!!!!!

AMY is 12 today .... no longer my baby :( On Sunday at the crop she suddenly said " Only 367 days till I am a teenager "!!!!!!!!!! Everyone was laughing, When you are young you are dying to get older and whn you are older you wish you were younger :o

Got a suitcase of medication to take again!!! Guess the security will love that .... might get a full body search :lol::P

Catch you all later Have a good day

[Hils]

Morning :)
Maureen - are you going somewhere?! :lol:
Amy will always be your baby, however old she gets :) LOL at her counting the days till she's a teenager tho!
I knew Mark Speight from Smart. There's no reason why you would know who he was if you didn't have kids who watched kids TV tho (unless you watched kids TV with no excuse for it!). I know today that I am getting old, cos I went to pump up the tyre on my new (second-hand) bike and broke the valve :( It seems bicycle technology has moved on since I last had to do any sort of bike maintenance! :rolleyes: So I'm off to buy a new inner tube at lunchtime - and have had to use the car as usual for getting to work instead of having the healthier option :(

[Mitchy]

Morning all, at work so can't chat for long.

Maureen, have a lovely holiday ... is it today you go?

I saw my orthopod today and will get knee surgery in the late summer, I think. I will be off my leg/off my work, a lot longer than I suspected, with up to six weeks in plaster and lots andl ots of physio.

Hopefully, though, it will mean never dislocating my kneecap again, which would be fab. He did say my arthritis, which I already am showing signs of, is inevitable and there isn't anything he or I can do about it. :(

M

[Hils]

Trying to work out if that is good or bad news Mitchy :blink:
Good news that it shouldn't dislocate again, bad news re the 6 weeks in plaster, lots of physio and the arthritis :( Still, I guess if it's an improvement that's got to be good :)
Andi, have you heard anything about the next stage for fixing your back yet?

[Maureenp]

Mitchy ..... I go tomorrow :0

Sorry to hear about your knee. You will have to spend the 6 weeks sitting and scrapping:huh: You have my sympathy abut Arthritis .... It's the pits.

[GeordieGirl]

I'm pleased you've got your op sorted Mitchy, summer is a nice time to be off work - you can sit in your garden all day getting a sun tan. You'll have to remember to buy a bottle of fake tan to put on your leg when you get your plaster off otherwise you'll have wonky coloured legs :lol:

My brother was rugby player when he was at school, he played for the local team. He dislocated his knee cap in a match, he had a whole load of problems and had to have a few ops but he had his leg in plaster for about 3 months from toe to thigh and it was bent at a funny angle and then follow up physio for what seemed like months. When they took the plaster off his leg was so skinny where the muscles had wasted away.

Have fun today with your packing Maureen (I hate packing and unpacking)and then when you go away xx

[Mitchy]

Thanks everyone ... I think overall it is good news, cos I spend my life not doing things just in case I dislocate as I have done if so often, and it will be lovely to be free of that worry (and the pain that goes with it).

The arthritis thing is pants, but hey ho, it might not kick in big time for decades yet (yeah right!). :D :D

Scrapping for three months ... ys, I had better start shopping and layout planning now :D

They did say and 18 week waiting list, but he took a note of my holiday dates and said it won't be till after that ... probably August at the earliest.

Oh, I might get it done at Strathcathro, which is nowhere near me but apparently is one of the indpendent units they sometimes use.

M

[Hils]

LOL at the wonky coloured legs Andi!
And fingers crossed that you don't have to wait too long Mitchy :)
Maria, just backed you up on the Mark Speight thread. What a shame it's turned into a debate :(

[Ria979902]

Mitchy hope your knee gets sorted asap:) my brother has a kneecap that can easily be pushed to the left or the right-ewwwww bit of a party trick of his when he's drunk even if it does hurt:lol: he had a op and next has to have his leg broken and reset-ewwww again!!!

Hils Thanks for that,I only wanted to say that I will miss seeing Mark on the tv as watching smart was a regular thing in this house over the years and Mark is someone I liked watching funny,smiley,creative and I shall miss seeing him:( to be honest whatever anyones beliefs I can't see how anyone knows really what is going on after here iyswim!!!! so I dont think that either by saying that Mark & Natasha are either together again or will not be together because of how he died is helpful to anyone!!!!!! who the bl**dy hell knows for sure!!!!! would I get mega slated or what!!!!!:unsure:

[Hils]

Definitely mega-slated! Personally I think that if that's what people believe, then why on earth not? In circumstances like this it offers one of probably very few crumbs of comfort. It's what most people like to think anyway, isn't it? I do - like you, I haven't got a clue what happens really, but it's just nice to think that :)

[Maureenp]

Right girls ... all packed and ready to go :)

Early start in the morning so I guess an early night would be in order.

Going to turn the computer off in a bit so will catch up with you when I am in Doha.

Take care everyone
x

[Hils]

Have a great time Maureen :)

[Ria979902]

Have a fab time Maureen:D

[Mitchy]

Have a lovely time Maureen!

[GeordieGirl]

I've probably missed you but what they all said ^^ :D

If you fancy a lovely slushy girlie movie you need to watch The Wedding Date on channel 4 on sunday, 9PM. One of my girly, while a way a couple of hours favourite movies xx

[DawnS]

Have a lovely time Maureen, surely the sun will be out this time to bake in.

Hope you don't end up as far as Stracathro Mitchy that is about 45 minutes from me.. I could take you some food parcels.:)

[brodders]

Hope your knee gets sorted son Mitchy.
Maureen if you are still around have fun :)
Hello to aeveryone else :)

[Hils]

Morning :) And happy hump day!
Might have to record that film Andi - sounds like a good one for me and dd to watch together :) Can't remember if I've seen it though :rolleyes: who's in it? My fave girly films give my age away! :lol: Dirty Dancing, Beaches, Ghost and An Officer and a Gentleman :) Plus Pretty Woman . (Can you see a theme occuring there.....?!)
Talking of films, I'm feeling guilty. Took the kids to see Horton Hears a Who last week, and said I'd take ds to see Meet the Spartans this week. DS didn't enjoy Horton, but still sat through it without complaining, and even thanked me for taking him :wub: But now Meet the Spartans isn't on and he's understandably disappointed :(

[GeordieGirl]

The wedding date http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372532/

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTMxOTM4Njc5M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNzg4Mzk2._V1._ CR66,0,352,352_SS90_.jpg Can't remember his name but he's gorgeous :D

[Hils]

Thanks Andi - it's ringing vague bells but if I have seen it then it's not recently, so worth another look! And it definitely makes a big difference to have a gorgeous leading man..... :D (Hence my liking for Richard Gere films! :lol:)
How's your back today?

[*Annie-Dee*]

Hi everyone,

I've missed Maureen - but hope she has a great time.

Good news re your knee op, Mitchy, hope it goes well for you.

Just catching up on all your chat - I miss a day and there's so much going on!! Spent yesterday on the pc doing my family research, and found out loads more, so I'm a happy bunny:D Just got to update my files and do a backup just in case the worst happens and the pc crashes :huh:

Beautiful day here today so we may be able to get out into the garden later. DH is feeling poorly - he has a terrible cold and sore throat so no cycling today. He is going to a "silver surfers" get together at our local computer shop after lunch - there's a lot of us about :lol:

Hope you're all having a good day :)

[DawnS]

Lovely day here too,not a cloud in the sky.
Just surfing to find a hotel, Iam so indecisive.

[Hils]

Is that for your romantic weekend in Amsterdam Dawn? :D
Great news on the research Annie, not so good re dh - hope he feels better soon and that you don't get it :)

[DawnS]

Yes it is Hils, the May bank holiday, I would like a fairly central hotel.
What would you recommend to do in the centre of Amsterdam?
I know you have been with your scrapping friends.
Iam glad I can get to Keukenhof & see the tulip fields.
Celebration of our 40th birthdays.

It will be the first time we away without our children.

[Hils]

Wow, the first time away without children? :blink: It'll be extra special for you then :)
We only had a day in Amsterdam. We walked around the Jordan (sp?) district, which was lovely - very quiet and picturesque. The canal boats are a great way to see the city, and we went to the Rijksmuseum for a bit of culture too! We saw the outside of the Anne Franks museum, but it was quite disppointing really. Most of the museum building is modern, and even when you look at the older bit from the street you can see fluorescent lights inside. One of my colleagues has been inside and says a lot of it is not what you'd expect. But then so many people go each year that it must have something going for it! The flower market was quite touristy too - should be renamed the hash plant market! :lol: So I think going to see the tulip fields instead is a great idea - I bet they'll look fantastic.
It's a lovely city tho - seemed very peaceful, with lots of lovely streets to stroll around and discover things in :) I've no doubt you'll have a lovely time :)
Here's a link with lots of info - you've prob already found it, but just in case :) http://www.holland.com/amsterdam/

[GeordieGirl]

In the middle of the city there is a big monument - I think for the war - and on the corner of one of the streets there is a supermarket that sells enourmous huge bags of percy pigs sweets just like the ones you get in teeny tiny bags in M&S for hardly any cost - you'll have to buy some of those for sure :D and there is a clog shop with an enourmous clog outside that you can climb inside of to have your picture taken :lol: and there is a C&A store - we had to go in just to say can you remember we used to have one of these :)

Hils thanks for asking about my back. Yesterday wasn't too bad. I didn't go anywhere or do anything but I suvived the whole day until bedtime without any pills but it was obviously a very stupid thing today becase today is a bad day. Mam has berated me for being stupid as only mothers can ;) and leaping out of bed to answer the door to the postman this morning really didn't help either - but at least it was a parcel for me :)

[GeordieGirl]

We went on a canal cruise too which was lovely - loads of photo ops - and more peaceful than the bust streets, we enjoyed that the most :)

[DawnS]

WHat you will do for a parcel eh Andrea, hope you get sorted out soon must be miserable being in pain constantly.

My mum is not very well has severe arthritis, she is so bad gets injections in her stomach twice a week. I don't like to ask her to babysit for such a long time but she has agreed. My teens will be staying here,but going to grannies for meals, Scott will be 18 next month anyway. Just hope no parties when we are away. First time away ourselves in 19 years.

My goodness do they actually sell hash plants at the flower markets.
I will be scared to eat a chocolate brownie there, in case I turn out like Lynette from Desperate Housewifes.(if you seen the last episode):lol:
Don't fancy the Anne Franks house, think it will be canal boat round the city, diamond factory, keukenhof & tulip fields. There is a few organised tours may decide to go on them.
A nosey at the red light district can't go there without a wee look.

[Hils]

:lol: at going the red light district Dawn! We didn't include that on our itinerary.....!
Sorry your back's so bad today Andi :( Were the contents of the parcel worth it?!
BTW, got a new printer this week - an Epson Photo R285. Seems pretty good, and it will take the cheap inks from the site you told me about Andi. I'm now trying to decide if I should stick with the more expensive inks tho, on the basis that they are Claria ones that give prints that last for 200 years. Hmmmm - longevity vs price..... not an easy decision!:rolleyes:

[GeordieGirl]

Little bro has one of those printers I think Hils, does it print direct to CDs? It's currently sitting in the loft, he wanted to connect it to my big computer but I'm quite happy with my printer adn because the ink is so cheap (about 80p) for a colour cartridge I tend to buy in bulk and still and 15 coloured and 10 black sitting in my ink drawer:lol:

I'm at the doctors in the morning, think I'm going to try new pain medication as recommended by the consultant at the hospital, and my sick note has run out.

Tulip fields sound lovely Dawn xx

[Hils]

Yes it will print direct to CDs, tho I can't see me using it for that. Your printer seems to do a great job for very little - can't see any reason why you'd want to change it :)
Good luck at the docs tomorrow. xx

[Mitchy]

ooo can one of you tell me where to get cheap ink, my printer has just ran out!

Ta

[GeordieGirl]

Try here (http://www.ukdvdr.co.uk/shop/home.php?gclid=COmu6dLd4JICFQZFMAodP0Hh5w) Mitchy xx

[Hils]

If they don't have your ink there, systeminsight.co.uk are very good too :)

Morning all :)
Hope you got/are getting on OK at the docs Andi, and that you got the new painkillers you wanted. Hopefully they'll be more effective :)
I've been busy uploading photos to photobox - got an email to say my 318 credits with them run out next week! :blink: So I thought I'd better use them up pdq! I'm just over halfway there at the mo, so plenty more to do tonight :wacko:
Meanwhile, I'm at work. What's everyone else up to today? :)

[GeordieGirl]

Hello, I'm here :)

Been to the doctors and got a prescription for new drugs. They're also used for epilepsy so I'm gonna have to be careful when driving, in fact I don't think I'll be driving my car at all. Also got a sick note for another 8 weeks :( and she had no idea how long I would be waiting for my appointment at the next hospital.

And to top it all off my printer just died - do you think it heard me yesterday telling Hils that there was another printer sitting in the loft? I'm waiting for my Mam to come in from work as she knows a lot more about computers than me and Dad. Oh dear, good news in that my new cardtrends mag just arrived so I will console myself with that :D

[Hils]

Awwww, sending you some big hugs Andi - sounds like you need them. Another 8 weeks off and no idea when your next appointment will be just stinks :(
And a big oh no to your trusty printer dying too :( And I was soooo careful yesterday not to make a reference to it giving up the ghost cos I didn't want to jinx it!
Hope you enjoy your Card Trends mag :)

[Mitchy]

Oh Andi, what a rotten time of it you are having ... big hugs.

I ordered my ink from a online company, just hope they are OK! Their deal was very good, got four sets of ink for just over the cost of one from a bricks and mortar shop.

That first link, Andi, didn't do my kind of ink, here's hoping the one I found by google is A-ok!

Jackie

[GeordieGirl]

Yeah, they don't do them all.

WhooHoo it is fixed. Dad took it to the local fixer of epson printers and for £25 they fixed it :D

I'm so tired, I may have t have a littlke snooze before my tea - am I getting old?

[Hils]

Yaay - good old Dad, eh? Glad it's fixed - and so quickly too! :D
I would've thought it was quite tiring being in pain all the time? And maybe your new meds are making you sleepy too? If not, then yes, you're just getting old! LOL
Poor ds is still not well :( Hopefully tomorrow will be the last day of it - dd's bug lasted for 5 days so I'm assuming ds's will be the same. Sounds like the one you had a few weeks ago Jane....:wacko:

[brodders]

Hope your ds gets better soon Hils.
Andi good old MR G :) did you have a nap?
Mitchy glad you got your inks. Will Maureen be in teh sun by now?
Annie you ok? Ria you and the kiddywinks ok?

I am Grand. I got a letter from Sheffield uni to say I have passed my PQ6 so now I have a full post qualifying Award :D No extra money mind you I just did it for personal satisfaction and development and to educate myself :)

[Hils]

Yaay - congratulations Jane! Pity you don't get any extra money, but the sense of achievement must be great! :) Are you going to do anything to celebrate? :)

[Hils]

Andi - WOW!!!! I've just checked out your blog and read all about your achievements this week, including being on two new DTs! That is AMAZING! Congratulations :D I don't think I've ever known someone who is one NINE DT's! As they say in the States, You rock!
(Can you tell I'm excited for you?!! :lol:)

[brodders]

As they say in the States, You rock!



They also say.....AWESOME

[GeordieGirl]

:D :D thank you

Jane that's really good news - you clever clogs. If you worked somewhere else in the future might it mean extra pennies, I guess it's a really awesome ;) feeling :lol:

[Mitchy]

WD Jane and Andi, you couple of clever clogs! A pair of clever clogs in fact lol. Most go read your blog next Andi.

Hope DS feels better soon, Hils.

Andi, if you are old, I am ancient. I chatted to a pal tonight (both of us turned 40 within recent months ) and we compared aching knees, joints not being what they used to be, the tiredness in our muscles lol then concluded we must be ancient ha ha!

[GeordieGirl]

I'm going to be 33 this year - fair enough it's almost the end of the year but 33!!

[Mitchy]

You are just a young whippersnapper, girl. I remember when I was your age, etc etc lol!

[GeordieGirl]

Okay granny :lol: :lol: :D xx

[Mitchy]

OI!

I had a play with my new photoshop last night, got some lovely effects by removing most of the colour from photos, but keeping a few key elements in.

I really need to learn to do a lot more with the software than just that though!

[Hils]

33 is not old Andi :) I quite like being in my 40s - not so many insecurities iykwim? :) Well there's got to be something to balance out the aches and pains!
Talking of which, how's your back today Andi?
Ds is feeling a bit better today - just as well cos it's his birthday tomorrow. He'll be 14 :blink:

[GeordieGirl]

Glad he's feeling a bit better Hils, nothing worse than being poorly on your birthday. It's my brothers birthday tomorrow too, he's going to be 31

My back isn't too bad today :) and I got weighed and I've lost another 2 1/2 lbs so I am happy - we're celebrating the boys birthday tonight with delivery pizza and garlic bread so I'll be good all day until then and back on it tomorrow.

What's everyone else up to. Presumably Maureen will be sunning her self :)

What photoshop programme did you get Mitchy?

[Mitchy]

Hi, I got photoshop CS3, the full suite, soI have lots of things like fireworks and dreamweaver too and haven't a clue what to do with them lol!.

Here's what I did last night ... you've probably seen the pic before, but I just stripped some of the colour back.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/MrsMitchy/jenniferextrapiccopy.jpg

[Hils]

Lovely photo Mitchy :)
Glad your back's not too bad today Andi - and well done on losing more weight :) I'm trying to be good at the mo too, cos I def need to lose a few pounds - well, at least half a stone ideally:wacko: Happy birthday to your brother for tomorrow :)

[GeordieGirl]

Lovely picture Mitchy, she's so pretty :)

[DawnS]

Well done on losing more weight Andrea, what diet are you following?

Lovely photo Mitchy, I need to get photoshop only have photoshop album 2 on this computer.
Is it easy to work?

Happy birthday to your son tomorrow Hils, you must have had a 1994 baby too.

Finally booked the hotel, Iam so indecisive.

[Mitchy]

Hard to say Dawn, that's the only work I have done so far ... I tried to download brushes and get them to work, but was a bit stuck ...I definitely need more practice.

M

[GeordieGirl]

I'm counting points with weight watchers Dawn. Last time I dieted for real I did their no count diet where you can eat as much as you like of the foods on their list but no processed food, bread, etc. But because Sally and Chris are doing it too they can't not eat bread and if it's in the house I'll have to eat it so we're counting points.

I have Photo shop Elements 6 Dawn and it's fairly easy to use.

[Hils]

I'm following my own diet! 1 Weetabix for breakfast, two Ryvita with a small amount of topping for lunch, and a normal dinner (but not too much of it). And I'm allowing myself just one treat a day. My problem is I snack on biscuits, cakes and choc far too much, so everytime I feel like doing that I chew gum instead :)
Obviously 1994 was a good year for babies Dawn! Like Andi, I use PSElements - it's pretty easy to use and does more or less everything I want it to :) You can get OEM versions of it very cheap from eBay too... mine was £25 :)

[*Annie-Dee*]

Good evening, all.

Had a busy day here today - scrapping and lunch with a couple of girls from my crop. Went to christen her new craft room - a big room just for scrapping etc.!!! There was so much stash she could open a shop :D

Lovely photo of Jen, Mitchy - that's a lovely effect.

All you babies - I will be 6? in June :D (Andi, you are half of me!!) DH, who is still not feeling well, took me out today and bought me my early birthday present. So now I have a lovely new laptop just for me :D I am so pleased. So is he as now he can get on the pc whenever he wants to :lol:

Well done with the weight, Andi and good luck Hils with your eating plan. I don't like "diet" :lol:

[GeordieGirl]

Ooh Annie how exciting. I'm glad you've had a lovely day. I love nothing more than to nose in other peoples stash :) A lovely laptop just for you sounds like a very good birthday present xx

[brodders]

Mitchy gorgeous photograph.
Hils I would starve on what you are eating (That is why I am a fat blob) !!!

Andi glad your back wasnt giving you any jip th eother day How is it now?

Annie sounds like a grand day :)
Dawn any more SU demos coming up? have you made any more cards to show yet ?

I have a busy week next week . Two days in Dorset with work then on Friday off to London for the weekend :)

[GeordieGirl]

Your weekend in london sounds good Jane, what plans do you have?

Happy Birthday to your DS Hils (whose name I have temporarily forgotten) hope he has a lovely day

[GeordieGirl]

Jane - where do you get your bobble trim from that you used on your baby card?

[DawnS]

Jane what have you planned for London, I remember it was your work friends you are going with. You will enjoy it.

Have made more cards just not taken photos of them yet..

HIls you wil certainly lose weight eating that.
Iam going to go back to eating Cottage cheese & ryvita topped with tomatoes & spring onions.
They are quite tasty, need to lose weight for the nicer weather.

Anne that is great you have your own laptop, no more fighting over the pc.
Wish we had one.
You could surf sitting in the garden.

Might follow the weigh****chers one like you Andrea.
I have gone off crisps so that should help me.

[DawnS]

OMG you obviously cant write weight watchers without a space:lol:

WOuld also love to know where you got the bobble trim.

[GeordieGirl]

weigh****chers :lol: I'm just being naughty xx

[*Annie-Dee*]

:D at weight******rs! Whatever next.

I am now using my new lappy - so I'm a happy bunny :D

Horrid weather here today - rain, wind and v. cold so it's a good day to stay in and play.

Have a good weekend girls. Anyone doing anything exciting??

[DawnS]

Going out to try out my new greenshouse, bought tomatoes plants & some seeds. Bearded iris bulbs,Rudbeckia & irises, need to plant the summer bulbs again.
Ewan is coming out to help he has his own wee watering can.
Have already started off pea pods. It has been so cold here everything is later due to the snow.

[brodders]

Bobble trim was from good old Boyes :)
Dawn did you get what you wanted to get done in the greenhouse?

Gotta try it for myself WEIGH****CHERS

:lol::lol::lol:

god how childish of me :o:D

[GeordieGirl]

:lol: :lol: Jane.

Do you mind me asking how much it was and is this shop near to you?

I'm backing up all my digital kits to DVD - it is taking a long time

[brodders]

Andi If I remember rightly it was 90p a metre. Do you want me to get yourself some ? Dawn do you want some too ?
It is often hit & miss if it is in or whether it has marks on it... I just cit those parts out :o

[GeordieGirl]

90p!!!! I bought some in John Lewis they only had fuschia pink and it was £7 something a metre - I could only afford half a metre and have been very reluctant to use it.

If you would get me 5 or 6 metres next time you are in and if they do different pastely colours some of that too and I shall send you pennies xxx

I think I might come and live in Grimsby, you get such nice crafty stuff.

[DawnS]

Andi If I remember rightly it was 90p a metre. Do you want me to get yourself some ? Dawn do you want some too ?
It is often hit & miss if it is in or whether it has marks on it... I just cit those parts out :o

Ooh yes please I will send you the money, any colours you can get.
Much appreciated. Thank you.

Yes got some more seeds sown Cosmos they are really pretty considering they are 2.99 per plant at the garden centre.
When you can get a pack of 65 seeds for £1 something.
Then I was weeding :(, getting up at 6.30am tomorrow to finish off the weeding.

[GeordieGirl]

Dawn will you take some photographs of your garden for us to see please :)

[DawnS]

Yes I will do it next Saturday, we are getting our driveway tarred.
Fri & Sat we have hardly any chuckies left looks really shabby.
Will make a huge difference.

Arrgh I want my bed why is my teen not phoned to pick him up yet.
He never lasts as long as this normally.

I think I will go & spend my Amillion birthday voucher whilst Iam waiting I see lots of new products.

[*Annie-Dee*]

Hi girls,

Dawn, what time did your DS get home? Hope you weren't too late. Did you spend your voucher.

Lovely day today so I want to get out into the garden later. We have just been issued with a 'gree bin' from the council so at least we can get rid of clippings etc.

Have a good day.

[GeordieGirl]

We have a green bin too Annie, it's great because it means you don't have to fill your car with garden stuff and spiders to take it to the tip. I've always refused to take gardening stuff to the tip because I know that if a spider climbed out into my car whilst I was driving I would cause an accident.

Dawn I was shopping there yesterday too, got some MM embellishments and a load of mini alphabet stickers also by MM.

[DawnS]

It was 2am I texted him then he said to collect him.
He was chatting away about his night till 3.30am, at a few pubs & a nightclub for the first time, he will be 18 on June 3rd.
I wasn't up at 6.30am weeding no no.

Not spent my voucher have my cart filled with CI narratives papers & embellishments.

[Maureenp]

Hello from sunny Doha :)

Haven't had time to read the chat but hope you are all ok and the weather has cheered up since I left!!!

Having a great time x

[GeordieGirl]

Glad the sun is shining and you are having a fab time xx

[Mitchy]

Proud mammy moment. Donald carried the queen's colours at a centenary parade today. There were kids from all over our region, probably a few hunded in total, and one from each troop carried the flags ... it was lovely to see so many kids involved in the youth movement.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/MrsMitchy/DSCF5916.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/MrsMitchy/DSCF5873.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/MrsMitchy/DSCF5891.jpg

[Hils]

Hello :)
Have been away - up to Stoke for a night and day to fetch dd from the dpil (dear parents in law!) and have dinner with them, etc. Had a nice time, and Will enjoyed his birthday. Am now feeling reeeeaaaaalllllly tired and have stomach ache - I'm hoping it;s just coincidence and not the first signs of the bug that my kids have had :wacko: Fingers crossed!
LOL at Weigh****chers - see I've had to do it too!!! :lol::lol::lol: They are obviously well known for selling scrapping products and hence being in competition with our sponsors...:wacko:
Dawn, you had a very late night. Will you carry on fetching him home once he's turned 18? You've been busy in the garden too by the sounds of it. You clearly do far more housework than me - our home is fine, but it's definitely got a lived in look rather than a neat and well-looked-after one :rolleyes:
Annie, you don't look - or sound - twice Andi's age. I'd have put you in your 50s from your avatar photo :) (Am I your new best friend now?! :lol:) Congrats on your new lappy. If you can get dh to put in an internet extension cable you can do what I do (and I think Andi too) and go online from your bed :D
Jane, you make me laugh - you is funny :) Hope your week is fun busy and not dull busy, esp the trip to London :)
Lovely photos Mitchy - you must be a very proud mum indeed. Remind me again how old Donald is? I think he's a similar age to Will, isn't he?
Hi Maureen, glad the sun is shining and you're having a good time :)
Hope everyone else is OK :)

[Mitchy]

Did DD have a lovely time with her grandparents Hils?

Donald is 14, will be 15 in June.

M

[Hils]

Yes she had a great time thanks Mitchy :) Donald is almost a year older than Will then :)

[Mitchy]

Yep, though wearing that hat - which is only dragged out for very formal occasions - he looks about 12 again lol!

[DawnS]

Great photos Mitchy, very colourful.

Yes I will still keep picking him up until whenever, yes Iam a cotton wool mummy:rolleyes:
Would not be able to sleep anyway, feeling really tired for it though.

[Hils]

Morning :)
Am feeling virtuous today cos by 9.30 I'd done the kitchen, two lots of laundry and the ironing :) I'm hoping my printed pix will arrive today, so I'm keeping the afternoon free so I can page plan with them :D Well, that's the plan anyway....
Hope you manange to catch up on your sleep Dawn. You're obviously a good mum - not sure I'll be the same when its my turn, I like my sleep too much! :rolleyes: :lol:
I hear there's been some controversy on the ganza forum re make n takes :rolleyes: Still, better now than at the event I guess :)
What's everyone up to today? :)

[Mitchy]

Work, work and more work for me.

I even have a night-time meeting to go to, but it's worth it for a busy news week :D :D

Kids are back at school today too, hurrah! They have been getting too lazy as it is.

M

[*Annie-Dee*]

Hi girls,

Hello my bestest friend Hils :lol: You made my day!!!

Mitchy, we took Nathan to the St George's day parade in Bournemouth and what a great day. As you say, it was so nice to see all the different troops taking part. It was a lovely sunny day too.

Then, late afternoon we had the most enormous thunderstorm, lightning and all!!! We were without internet for all the evening. Yes, I have used my new lappy in bed!! How decadent is that :)

Hi to Maureen, hope you're having a great time.

I am planning to have yet another tidy up in my craft room later, everytime I do scrapping up there I make such a mess :wacko:

[Hils]

[QUOTE=*Annie-Dee*;4879121]
Hello my bestest friend Hils :lol: You made my day!!!
QUOTE]
:D
Fancy being without the internet all evening - however did you cope?! :lol: Yes, being in bed with the lappy is definitely decadent!
Mitchy, try not to work too hard :wacko: I guess with so much going on at least you don't need to worry about having enough news to fill the pages! :)
My postie has been. I now have the new CK and SS mags, and 318 photos! I'm feeling slightly overwhelmed by them - there are six folders full of them! Better get scrapping I suppose!

[GeordieGirl]

That should keep you busy for a while Hils :)

It's a slippery slop you're on now Annie, you'll climb into bed at 11 o'clock like me last night and turn your computer off at 2 o'clock :lol:

[Mitchy]

Show us what you do with all that stash then Hils.

Andrea, you must be knackered in the morning ... I am bad enough listening to the radio at night, I shouldn't switch it on, cos my midn just stays awake listening to it :D

M

[brodders]

Aye but when she goes back to work it'll be back in bed at 11pm to sleep :)