Snow much fun!

It's the end of March, it's supposed to be spring time and we have more snow than we've had all winter and we are loving it! When there's nowhere you need to be, snow is great! We have had a lot of fun the last few days!

May catch up

Well here's the last few weeks in pictures! 

I was a bridesmaid at my bestfriends wedding (im far right). It was a lovely day and the bride was stunning (although a touch of the bridezilla appeared, but i'll forgive her for that ;-) )

We had some truely glorious super hot weather for a whole week. Glasgow was the hottest place in the UK one day. That doesn't happen often!

I have become an Independent Usborne Organiser and will be selling Usborne children's books. I love Usborne books, they're fab. Their sticker books are some of my favourites. Whilst on this note, if you live in the Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire vicinity and would like to host an Usborne book party for your friends, im your girl! Its good fun and there are good benefits for you, the host! 

                                                          

So that's about all for now. I'll be back soon to share a proud mum moment i had today but im too tired to write about now!

Snow much fun!

Oh we have had a lot of fun in the snow this weekend! I like snow when i don't have to travel in it. This is the most snow we've had here in recent years. It doesn't look like much in the picture but that's because we used all the surrounding snow for our snowman. Good fun! Caleb had a blast. He was laughing so hard at Matthew and i throwing snowballs at each other he kept falling over. So cute!

Remember DeBloAdMo (December Blog Advent Month)."Post every day in the month of December until Christmas one special idea you can do as a family, a couple or a group of friends. Of if you're really clever, post a wee thought each day about Christmas or something." I think i'll try and do this! Feel free to join in :-) Let me know so i can follow your posts though! My friend Lori's idea

Happy Easter

What a weird week of weather. Heavy snow and gales one day, bright sun and mild temperatures the next. Thats my basket of easter eggs on the window sill and you can see all the snow sitting on the ledge. Today however looks like this

This is my nearest town, Largs. This is for you Rowyn seeing as you mentioned you've visited the Largs "pencil."

We dont have much planned for Easter weekend but im looking forward to the 3 of us hanging out as a family. DH has some time off thanks goodness. If one of us is off the other is usually working so its gonna be nice to have some family time!

Ive been working away on "The Tea room." Something nice and spring-like in the face of all the random snow this week

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter!

March

After my moan-about-the-snow post last time i thought i had better show just how beautiful it has been the last few days! Blue sky, sunny and cold - perfect days! Looking over to the isle of Arran in this picture
So March doesnt "blow" like my recent finish suggests. I dont like this March design but hey ho, its finished anyway

So whats been happening recently? I got my hair cut short into a bob (cant decide if i like it but its easier to get ready in the mornings, so thats good), i started my new job and im really enjoying it, it was my 29th birthday on the 1st, my friend came up from London for 4 days and Caleb has started saying lots of words (his favourite seems to be bubble). Life is busy but all is good :)

Snow, snow go away!

Im really sick of snow. When will spring come? This much snow causes chaos here. Which is quite funny i suppose but annoying when you get stuck in your house all day and have to cancel your first hairdressers appointment in about 6 months aaaahhhhhhhh

Christmas ornie

Had to squeeze another post in for October. Thats 4 this month! Not posted this much since May! Im glad to be back to blogging.

As of today, babyT is 30wks so im due in 10 weeks! Hoping it will come sooner (not too soon, around 38weeks would be good though) Can you tell im impatient?! Its movements have really changed now, no longer little kicks here and there but big hard body movements! I can tell its got a lot bigger in the last few weeks.

I have another finish. I finished the stitching on this ages ago but just made it into an ornament last night. Its from the JCS 2006 Christmas issue. I was gonna give this away to someone as a gift but the finishing was a bit dodgy (i cut my linen down too close to the stitching) so im just keeping it for myself. Ive hung it over my mother-to-be cards, these cards are from Canadian friends and not that common over here (well not that ive seen anyway).

The clocks went back this weekend. Last night it was dark here about 5.30pm!! Its a bit depressing, but probably because its rained pretty much non-stop for the last 5 days as well. In the summer its light in Scotland until about 11pm so this is so different. I become more of a couch potato in winter thats for sure.

Working tonight, so im off today. Hoping to get out walking seeing as its dry for once. Have a good week!

Winners!

Wow, i was not expecting the 50 comments i got for my blogiversary contest! Thanks everyone for entering. Its been fun having so many comments to read the last few days. I decided to pick 3 winners because there were so many entries. This will be instead of doing a PIF offer this year. However, when i drew names from a hat i picked 4 out by accident and didnt know who to put back so its now 4 winners LOL

Congratulations to:
Nicola

Staci

Juls

Michele

Staci, im not sure if you have a blog? Could you all email me your addresses please? My email is cherylthomas3000 at yahoo dot com Michele was one of the ladies i sent a PIF to last year and she commented that my blog was one of the first she started reading consistently which was really nice to hear so i am thrilled to stitch for her again!

I was a winner myself this week. Merci very kindly donated this kit to the Stitch Pink Blog and i was lucky enough to win it. I received everything needed to stitch and finish it! Thanks Merci for donating it and Kim for mailing it out!

I joined Tanya's yahoo group the other day which is The Jane Austen Stitching Group. Ive been enjoying the BBC's new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility recently. They've shown 2 out of 3 parts already. Any other UK folk been watching it? I love the film Sense and Sensibility with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. So, Tanya's group have inspired another new start for me this week. Yes, another new start! Ive started stitching "At home with Jane Austen" which you can see finished here but here's my startIm awaiting the result of the poll to see which Austen book we will be reading in February. Should be fun!

We are getting bashed with gale force winds and heavy rain at the moment. I noticed we have a few tiles off our roof. I couldnt get to work this morning as the roads are flooded and covered in debris and the trains are off. Im going to try and leave again in a few hours.

Snowfall and WIPS

We had our first snow fall of 2008 yesterday. Not much compared with what some of you North Americans get but this suits me fine. Anymore than this and everything is a nightmare. Our country can't handle snow!My boss text me the other day to say that i could have today off and just start back on Monday! I was so happy! I though it was dumb starting back on a Friday anyway.

So here's some progress pics of some pieces i've been stitching recently. The first is Lizzy's RR and im stitching LHN's Mary Heaton (from the Dear Diary Series). It was stitching on this RR that made me decide to stitch all the Dear Diary Series for myself. And here is Cirque. I had a bit of a break from it just before Christmas so this is my week 7 progress. The end is nigh for page 1....maybe next week?
Check back soon for my blogiversary!

Snow

It's snowing! This is a big deal! When it snows here, life grinds to a halt. We are not equipped to handle snow. It took my sister 3hours to get to work this morning, a journey which normally takes her 10minutes! My husband's from Canada and thinks it's hilarious how stressed everyone gets when it snows. I really like snow when i can stay home but hate having to go to work and travel in it. It's a nightmare!

I was tagged by a meme from Zohrah the other day so here goes....6weird things about me (im not sure they're that weird but i'll let you decide that)
1. My favourite food is chips (fries) and gravy
2. I'd quite happily survive on salt and vinegar crisps if they weren't so bad for you
3. One of my ears sticks out a bit more than the other
4. I love sleeping
5. I cry easily
6. I laugh easily

Rain, rain and more rain

I know it's kinda boring to blog about the weather. However, our weather has been so unbelievably bad recently i have to mention it. I think it's rained every day since the 5th November. I know this because the 4th was my sister's wedding and that was a beautiful sunny day. The last beautiful sunny day i can remember. The last 3 days have been particularly bad (like new years) with terrible storms and flooding. Tonight we decided to stay in instead of going out to meet some friends and typically, the weather has knocked the tv signal out (again!)

Our kids club starts again tomorrow. 4 of us were out today visiting our regulars to let them know it was starting again and leafleting new houses (in the pouring rain) to try and get some new kids to come along. Our theme this block is "junior heroes" and ive spent the last few hours cutting out super hero name badges which they can colour and stick safety pins on. Ive attached a photo but it's quite dark. What a way to spend a saturday evening! We always start the first week back after a holiday with a party so i'll have to plan some party games in a minute. After that, i plan to watch a dvd with my hubby and do some more work on my "nice day for ducks" piece which im stitching for a friend's baby. Shes due in 3weeks so need to get moving!