Monday

Morning...

Frosty out this morning. Didnt sleep very well - have been awake since 5.00 will be glad when today is over. Mum is having a CT scan today.
Poor Amy isnt bearing up too well, but she is so supportive and last night came in my bed for a cuddle and said ' you know Mum, I am here for you always'
Take care xx

Morning Karen and girls, I do hope all goes well today for your mum, our children say some wonderful things and just at the right time.
I do have you all have a wonderful day girls.
of up to the wake up and shake up this morning with the grandkids, and school run again this afternoon, found it hard to get out of bed this morning

Morning Karen, Jantet and all
Karen, i hope all goes well today for yor mum sending love and hugs and good vibes, children say such wonderful things thining of you.
Janet, i know how you feel i didnt want to get up this morning was up at 4 as our little yorkie Harley-tinkerbell wanted to go out, so i took her in the garden only she had othr ideas when she saw the think frost (she loves it and snow) and thought it was time to play little madam took me ages to get her in. and didnt get to sleep tillgone 2 as got toothache. Must of looked a right sight to the neighbours in my nighty shorts and hubbys work boots lol (thats all that was by the door). Love and hugs to all hope all poorlies feel better soon. Best run got to get Cameron on the bus.................xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Good morning Karen, Janet, Juli and all who follow Thinking of you today Karen and hugs to you and Amy, I thought she would feel it too, bless her. Hope it all goes well today and there is some good news

Woke up to a covering of snow and the road is white again I am supposed to be having a friend come this morning to make birth announcement cards but I know she doesnt like driving in the snow and I have a feeling it will be quite icy out there. Hope lots of cars get going to get rid of it by 10.00 Haven't uncovered the bunnies yet - I feel so sorry for them outside but they are under cover and against the garage wall so better here than at Sally's. They are going home tonight though Got another holiday booked - a long weekend in Amsterdam, staying with Martin's sister

Have a good day all, and hugs to everyone who needs one today Take care all

Hi yer Juli and Jacky would have loved to see the hubbys work boots Juli, another place I would like to go Jacky Amsterdam, but it will have to be Italy first. Enjoy your card making
No wake up and shake this morning the playground to icy

Hi all
Not even going to start on my own sleeping habits
Oh Karen, I do hope it is good news for you
Be thinking of you
Where would we be without those little things our children say?
I have always said that children are a lot wiser than we give them credit for

Amsterdam? Is this another side to you we don't know about Jacky
No, apart from the 'other' side of things there I have heard that it is lovely
Just don't sit in any cafe windows when having your coffee and be careful of your choice of cake

Hi Janet, it is very icy looking here too
I would love to go to Italy but that or any holiday ain't going to happen in the forseeable future
All I want this year is to move back home, preferably in time for Sarah's wedding
I had planned to go out to my craft room earlier on but decided to have a cuppa first
Wrong
I fell fast asleep and was woken up with the phone ringing and my tea was cold
Just missed the call but rang the number back and it was Craftyjak phoning to say that the discount offer hadn't came off my order and they were going to pay it back to my card
Thought that was really nice
The man said he had tried to phone a couple of times
Gees, I must have been in a really deep sleep
Well at least I know one of my CDs are on their way

Jimmy is being a right pain and is barking a LOT
He has been banished to his basket a few times

Hope things are going a bit better for folks today
Now, will I chance making that cup of tea or what

Good morning ladies, Karen hope your mum is ok and Jan hope theres more improvement on Jayne. Freezing here but am nice and warm indoors have done a few cards will pop them on my blog later. Hugs to anymore poorlies and wrap up warm if you are off out. Jacky i would have the bunnies inside and wrap them up warm in snuggly beds

Oh Sadie, you really needed that sleep enjoy your cuppa. Andrea, I would love to bring them in but you cant warm them up and then put them out again, it would kill them. You can have them as house rabbits but not keep putting them in and out They do tend to chew electric wires too Hope your cd comes soon Sadie, what a lovely man to phone you to tell you I am still waiting on the memory for my new computer We sent the other one back last Saturday and they had received it and agreed it was faulty on the Monday and it is supposed to be in the post but they didnt send it until Friday Went to Amsterdam when Martin had to work out there for a couple of weeks and again to see the bulbs with my mum and 2 sisters. It was Mum's first trip abroad and she insisted she remembered the way to the hotel and took us down the red light district We told her that must have been the way she usually takes when she goes there, she was so embarrassed Martins sister has lived there for quite a few years but her husband has never been very welcoming to the family (especially children) but he suddenly mellowed in his old age and recently joined facebook and said we should go over and stay with them Martins sister is lovely

Sorting out the ATCs which I didnt manage to do yesterday and have made 20 birth announcement cards with my friend this morning. She just wanted the cuttlebug folder and she had printed out the inserts already so only took us about an hour to cut the card and put through the cuttlebug

Afternoon ladies
Hope everything goes well for your Mum Karen
Reminds me of a similar experience a friend told me about in Thailand Jacky, they went down this road and were surrounded by stunning looking women only they werent women they were lady boys
Off over the hospital soon
Hugs to all the poorlies
Take care all and stay safe xXx

I still laugh at my younger son's experience when he went there on an Achitecturial visit with uni
They were well warned to keep away from the red light area but boys being boys they thought they were safe in a crowd with the added advantage of one student who spoke the lingo
They were walking along, eyes popping out of their heads, when the student who was acting as interpreter started speaking to one of the men standing outside a 'club'
He managed to convince them that they could safely go for a drink so in they all trotted
The minute they all sat down a crowd of geriatric Barbara Windsor look-alikes (scantily dressed) sat down next to as many, and as close, as they could
They were more or less forced into buying drinks and then thought they had nothing better to do than scamper
Not so easy
Every one of the young lads who a 'Barbara Windsor' sat next to was charged a lot of money for the 'pleasure' by some very burly bouncers
Stuart had stuck so close to his fellow students that you couldn't even have got a piece of paper between them so didn't get charged
How do I know about this?
The minute he got in the door he blurted out the full story and cuddled me
I so wanted to laugh but he was so shaken
He learned a valuable lesson there and I learned that my grown up 19 year old still needed a cuddle from his Mum to make things better

better keep Martin away then, he can't afford it

My mum and dad wen o Thailand for my mums 60th , a lady boy had the hots for my dad and during a show , kept co mming and sitting on my dads lap , my poor dad was mortified but took it all in good humour ! He though his luck had changed when this beautiful young Thai girlie was talking to him in he bar , WRONG ! turned out to be a fella , we all rib my dad about that !
Istayed in Amsterdam once in a lovely hotel , we had 2 nights there , and that was bang smack in he red light area ! It was a eye opener , but not sleazy like parts of Soho .
Better go and do some work Iam demoing all day on Saturday so if anyone is in the Craft Barn come and say hello.
Is Di alright she has'nt been on for a while ?? if you speak to her Jan give her my love . xx

Craftworker wrote: better keep Martin away then, he can't afford it

OMG Jacky

From Stuart's description of these women Martin would not want to afford them
Glad to say it didn't put him off women

Now is there up there trying to say that I shouldn't really have ordered those discs?
First phone call today was from one Crackajacks (season's disc & a few other essentials ) informing me that they hadn't given me my discount and were putting it on my card )
Second phone call was from another firm saying that although they had my payment for my order they have not received the actual order
The poor woman had not a clue what I had paid money to their shop for. It seemingly was a glitch that happens sometimes
I informed her that it was for the 2nd Kanban CD ( Wobbly heads or something, still can't remember the name) and she very quickly put the phone on hold to go and get it
It was their last one.........................PHEW
They were the only place that I could find with stock so I was so relieved
Jimmy will not be the only one waiting for the postie tomorrow

Jimmy and I fell out a few times today and I fell asleep this afternoon yet again
Must admit that when I am asleep he does tend to be good and not go on a woofing session
Well so much for me getting out to the craft room
Ah well, there is always tomorrow and my patch was changed tonight (probably the reason I slept a lot of the day) so I should be ok tomorrow
After the postie has been of course

Glad you managed to get the last one Sadie I am still waiting for my new memory for my computer Friday on the tracking it said it was at the Basingstoke Depot, so I thought it would be here yesterday. Checked again today and it was scanned in this morning to be delivered today Luckily I woke with a headache at 4.00 this morning and it was still there when I got up so decided not to go on our walk today, so I should be in when it comes