Scrapping Tonight

I have been a lucky lady and had the most adorable children around lately, and yes that includes visiting Miss Addy. Armed with my camera and playing with editing, which i can tell really is not my strong point, much to learn and so little time and patience. I thought I would share these few as a taster to start with.

I have also been scrapping abit today. I have a few DT assignments to do and one is for Zsiage. I am hooked on transparencies at the moment. I have sewn a blank transparencie over my LO and then stamped ontop using those really cool and very cheap stamps from Papermania, thanks to Caz for the RAK.

Sorry I keep forgetting to post the recipes to both the chocolate cake and lemon meringue splendor!!

Its Peters birthday today, and although he should have been at work, it was for 1 hour while he drove up the A1 and turned back for home when a meeting was cancelled. Lucky boy has had me for company in the morning and his Xbox for the rest of the day, finished of with the girls laying the dinner table for a banquet of fish and chips from the "Codfather", wine and a lemon cheesecake from M&S, the boy did good. And I my friend's, downloaded a freebie digi kit from Creating Keepsakes and the rik rak flower is a freebie from Shabby Princess, and threw my first digi LO together, and i don't think i am converted. I guess it like doing your first "real" LO, i had limited supplies and knowledge, but there you have it, 30 minutes later and a LO for my hubby

So lets start with delicious chocolate cake. I just cant stop baking. This little masterpiece was for Mothering Sunday and an early birthday cake for Peter, who turns 38 tomorrow!!!!. My first proper chocolate cake I have ever baked, and i think it looks rather good, if i am allowed to say so, and it tasted bloody marvelous!

MMMM the saga of my hand and now right arm has left me unable to do much or even feel motivated. BUT my goal to fitness has left me with the urge to bake tantalising cakes and cookies full of not so healthy scrumminess!!

The exercise ball....... Yes, this complete with skipping rope is the continuing effort towards my fitness goal. Now I rather like the way this model is using her fitness ball and can see a growing trend, especially for those that do digital scrapbooking!!!!

Today is 2 years since Peter's father passed away, so today work tput to one side and we spent the afternoon at his mum's and a bit of retail therapy in the form of running shoes and running gear for me, lol.

be back tomorrow.......
vitral arthritis has attacked my hands and i cannot type,using my left hand only is proving a strain, have a winner for the box of goodies

anna xx

this doesn't get easier, and not when you decide to take the scenic route up hill with the wind against you!!!! and a flat battery in your MP3 player.

no idea what is with my title post, but i cannot think of anything, lol. Had a great day with Annie, Addie and Dean yesterday. We sorted lots of kit and retreat bits out, visited a new scrapbook shop in Bury where I purchased the most fantastic 12"X12" frames, and i have 1 up for grabs at the retreat auction .Took lots of photos of Addie, she is such a doll, just like her mommy ;)

Today has been mega busy, packing ebay orders, printing off the last of the shop orders and chasing CHA orders that have not materialized, ggrrr. Lilly and I had a scrummy lunch at a new bistro i found just down the road in the next village, we have now done a road test and we reckon we can start taking friends and family. After a mega tantrum in town, that's Lilly not me btw!!!! we came home and planted up tomatoes, runner beans and some garden herbs, mmm our own little window sill allotment. I am turning into a right Felicity Kendall.

Training is going well. I went out lats night at 6.16pm, in gale force wind and rain, wrapped up complete with Peters beanie hat and waterproofs, now that would have made a great photo. Put my MP3 on and off i ran

Training Day 3

Run 2 min Walk 1 min
Run 5 min Walk 1 min
Run 12 min ( did a Forrest Gump, hehehe) - achieved

Training Day 4

Rest Day - another superb effort from me

Hoping to get some creating done tomorrow, i am always so busy with DT, mag work and such that I very rarely create for me these days, and I am desperate to get my teeth into some projects. And one of those projects is an after school craft club that I have been asked to organise. I am so chuffed to be asked, and to see the classes I have taught were so inspiring, I am just waiting to get my timetable for the rest of the school now.
As 1 business closes another starts again, lol. This will be part of the Scrapping Angels group and will be my Scrapping Lil Angels. I have been so shocked at the lack of funds for the art department at Izzy's school that materials are non existent. If anyone knows how to go about raising materials for schools please drop me a line. Once my shop orders are packed I will be taking in some boxes of paper and embellies for the school but I will need to get hold of cardstock and basics for teh after school club.

Thats all folks, off to watch some new series "Smith" on ITV4 and then bed
hugs
Anna x

Good day today as I popped down to Stevenage for the stamp fair. Did not buy 1 single stamp but lots of scrummy paper and embellies, so I am happy. Popped by to see how Paul was doing, he was doing well, empty prongs were a sure sign of that!!

At last, I have finished one of my DT layouts for Zsiage. i have been struggling getting motivated. Its just me. I seem to go through stages of doing lots of cool stuff and then a mundane week or three with paperwork and "stuff" which leaves me feeling flat, but wanting to scrap!