Sunday - it was a SUN - DAY

Gosh it's hot out there today - really was TOO hot to be doing the patio up - but it was kinda desperate as it had sunk really badly since we moved in 18 months ago..............just a few plants in my pots from Denyer Court and the patio lifted and swept - love it - must make more of an effort to USE this area now - would like to get a chiminea & a BBQ now and do a little more al fresco (sp?) dining - me thinks. I miss my beautiful garden from Denyer Court that one cost us thousands of pounds - so I can't grumble with about £100 today !

Might only be small but I am well chuffed at how much better the patio looks now it's finished.

Finally planted some plants in my pots - the pots had stood on the end of the patio from the day we moved in - completely empty.

Here we are again - Friday Night

background with Inktense block colour - washed, dried & then glittered all over with Sparkle and Shine - dried - written on with white pen - lyrics to Neil Sedaka's song - my favourite - heart done with duct tape scrumpled on card - alcohol inked and cuttlebugged heart. Enjoyed this one.

This is a background done with my new Inktense colours - they're a bit flat - so I think I need to mix in some perfect pearls - or something - experimenting

A bit more art journalling.....

It finished up like this

more art journalling.

Back to SW last week -

lost a pound - wasn't very good this week with the car accidnt and two days off annual leave to sort Korin and Uni - Student Finance, Tamworth Castle, UCas - and 1001 things that I normally have to do too. The interview last week and not getting the job has made me realise that I REALLY need to be ONLY working for 3 days a week - I know the money will be missed BUT I need time at home to walk Gunner - to get the house done, the garden up to date and just being able to sit and do a bit of crafting and up my reflexology treatments - I NEED MORE TIME AT HOME (although I don't want to lose my job completely).........................I have applied for SRP 22.5 hours a week over 3 days - I HOPE I get an interview - I HOPE I get the job. Fingers and everything else crossed.

Trying to do Fast Forward this week - hope to lose 5lb's like everyone else has -- but a good 3lb's loss would be fantastic then I'd be getting ever closer to target. FINGERS crossed again.

I won

on SUE'S (miniowners) Blog on UKS - lovely summery looking kits - will have to make up a LO to do it justice. I never win so didn't check back - someone on UKS notified me that I had won the blog candy - I am so cuffed - thanks to Sue (miniowner).

Here is her bloggy : http://miniowner.blogspot.com/ & the pic of me being drawn from the hat - or the glitter tray as the case may be. tee hee - smiling.

Not been good since the accident

This is such a basic AJ page but I loved how the glimmer mists just misted the page - and it didn't seem like it needed any journaling really.........

this ones background was folded and inked and then used stickles on the lines so it's a 'raised' effect - having said that it took forages to dry before I could stick on the pics and journal.

not a nice day today

BUMPED INTO THE BACK OF A CAR at the island up the road.....................it was kinda the chaps fault as he 'went' and I was 'going' too - he had stopped - hesitated because a car came around the island - the island is a big island and I was going anyway so there must have been enough time to go for us two cars - but he must have panicked too much and slammed his breaks on resulting in me bashing him up the backside and being my fault..................my first accident in 20 years of driving - really shook me up. Felt really fed up and down about it. BUT the good news is that i didn't resort to food, in the past I would have.

I am back on SW properly this time and determined to lose 3 - 4lb's this week - I hope. Ended up that we are with the same insurance company and they assured me that it will all be sorted - forms filled in over the telephone etc - so hopefuly things will be OK.

WHY DO I FEEL SO RETISCENT (sp?) - spose I shall hear from Injury Lawyers 4 U soon and this nice man will be trying to take me to the cleaners. I hope not.

Another LO.

2nd LO in a month - whoopeedoo to me. Ok again only very basic. Have decoupaged the bigger picture black and white background and colour forground - pleased how that came out - dispensed with a title - LOVING gesso, so easy to write on.

Other pic is of me (old aunty) with baby Mackenzie (Nieces baby) - and the difference in the two pic's - 2 stones in weight although I prefer my fatter face - but hate the fatter body !

TFL

so sad

although I didn't want DD to go to uni - I was extremely worried about her, she doesn't cope well on her own and the accommodation she has was a pile of .... but I felt that it would do her the world of good. I know that she has had a lot of doubts and I do feel that once again she has panicked about it - worried of how much debt she will be in in 3 years time (I was worried too) AND she's hoping to get through her driving test too in the next month - I just think her mind is overloaded and she's made, yet another, snap decision 'I am not going to UNI afterall'.

I am taking monday off work - the morning I want to sit down with her and try and help her sort her life out a bit - the afternoon I have a treatment and on the evening too - then Tuesday I have my interview for a band three in Burton - I hope I get it, in some ways, but the money will be less despite being a band higher as it's less hours, BUT I KNOW I NEED TO CUT DOWN AND MAYBE HAVE A BIT OF TIME TO MYSELF, now that would be lovely - could you imagine having a bit more time at home...................havn't managed that since 2008 when I returned to work.

I get quite down how my life has changed since 22nd December 2008 - 14 years working for myself, having time to sit and do nothing, if I wished, nip to the shops and shop, if I wished, bake a cake, IF I wished - and plod along doing just my reflexology - well, YES my life has changed BIG TIME.

Never mind, onwards & forwards, praying that better things are on their way - and for DD too, I hope she doesn't regret this latest snap decision.

Love ya.

ART JOURNALING

Whole new experience for me - Wowsee so Loving it - at the moment, only done about 7 pages - kinda samey, finding it diffficult to move away from scrapbooking and not adding embellishments - as such..................but definitely enjoying it and finding it relaxing.

Just look at my crafty purchase !

This has cost me 20 quid ! - but GREAT, I think for my art journalling - I hope...............

Who would have thought that in 2011 I would be purchasing a portable MANUAL typewriter - tee hee. I gave two away in the late 70's - early 80's one was mine which mom and dad got me when I first started to learn to type and the other one was a smith corona which was Mom in Laws after she died it came to me.....................just hope this one works, may have to purchase a ribbon which will cost about 10 quid - so not a cheap crafty purchase afterall - but it looks nice don'tcha think !