Life passing me by

Oh dear,  where has the last year gone??

 I know I have neglected the blog, just life has not been the best over the last year.  I do know how lucky I am and I know there are a lot of people a lot worse off than me and I am grateful for all that I have but although I think of myself as a strong person, at times this year, inside i just wanted to curl up and hide.

So DS2 landed himself in deep deep trouble, stupidly, he got excluded from school which i found very very hard to cope with, and i became withdrawn and was very low, it took a few months to get through it all and we had to get through all of the red tape to get him into a new school (of which there is loads) and now he has 2 years of coursework for his exams to do in two and a half terms, but he is working hard and making me very proud and he has an interview for college next week.

DS1hDS1 also had a hard time of it, he is having to repeat a year at college, which took a lot of courage, then a couple of weeks into the school year one of his school friends was stabbed to death at a party.  This hit him, his school and indeed the whole community very hard, and i dont think he realises how proud i am of him for just being him.

Well thats enough about that.  Onwards and upwards 2013 is gonna be a better year :)

As you can imagine I haven't got any much crafting done.

But as i mentioned in a previous post I turned 40 last year and my hubby not only treated me to a weekend in london,  but a few days in Disneyland Resort Paris, my favorite place :)

My lovely Mummy & Daddy bought us tickets to see the Lion King in London too :)

well i will be back, and i wont leave it too long this time. 

Thanks for looking x

Christmas 2011

As Christmas came I had a photographer take photos of the kids for Christmas Presents,  well here is the result, my babies all growning up far too fast.

We were very busy over the Christmas period, my daughter was appearing in Pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, it was a professional production and she loved it.
For any British readers, the panto starred Alison Hammond from 'This Morning' and Nicole Farraday from 'Bad Girls'  :)

DDwDD one of the Junior chorus, she had a fantastic time, made lots of good friends  and will cherish those memories for ever. Here are a couple of pictures from her time in panto

DDhDD on the right with her friend.

The finale

cast photo after final performance new years eve 2011

I will get around to making up her scrapbook of the panto, eventually.

In my next post I will cover my 40th birthday adventures, happy crafting all x

More cards

Ok, so I am gonna try to sum up a few month of craft in a couple of posts :)
October brought my family birthdays, first my dads, then my mums and then my brothers, so of course i made all of their cards

Then in November a couple of birthdays came and went heres one of the cards i made

Now in December we have a small religious festival (lol) called Christmas, here is a small selection of the cards I made :)

Hope you have enjoyed looking at my cards, in my next post some more of December and some of January, tfl xx

I'm back

Hi everyone,  Im back.......I lost my password (doh) and hadnt got round  to reset it as life has just rushed by........how can i put the last six months into one post??????
Well a lot has happened, one of the major things being that i went back to work, only part time, but it definately makes a difference to my life.  I now work for a nursery that supplies a mobile creche to the local area, mostly at sure start centres :)

The other major thing is that I have turned 40....................and for my birthday, me and hubby went away, yes, all on our own, for the first time, (we have only been together 21 years,lol) thats right no kids or parents...... and he booked it all by himself :) love him so much.

Gotta go now will be back later with another post, promise x

DS3's 12th Birthday with cards and cakes

Yes my baby boy is now 12. He is my thoughtful child, he is shy and quiet but has a little bit of a temper ;)  He loves his footy, cars, lego and starwars and he has recently started to develop a love of gardening (lets hope it lasts).

Here are the cards I made him

I spent a whole day baking for his birthday, I made him cupcake and home made Jaffa Cakes.

Hope you like this post, please comment and follow xx

New school year, beginning of September 2011

So sorry i have been missing in action for the past few weeks, well the summer holidays just whizzed by. Not sure where they went, they just went and before i knew it they were returning to school. 

Warning: Proud Mummy Alert

My eldest son got his exam results for his G.C.S.E's.  He recieved 6 A's, 3 B's and 1 C to add to the 1 C he had already gained.  We were camping at the time, so to celebrate we had a campfire.  

He has now gone to 6th form college where he went to school.

My third son has started secondary school.  He had a bit of a wobble the first day but loves it.

Oh and I got myself a job :) just one morning a week, I am helping to look after children in a creche.  At last I am able to use my level 3 qualification :)

Seeing as the summer whizzed by, I have not had time to craft.  In my next post i will have crafted and cooked for DS3's birthday  xx

Summer hols and camping with the family

The summer holidays are here, at last we have some sun, although it is not going to last.

Well we have had our family holiday, camping in Norfolk, right on the edge of the broads.  The weather was not all good but the day we went on the broads was glorious. We hired a boat, which I drove (if that is the right term) most of the time.  It was a lovely family day and the children enjoyed it too.  I have to admit I did take my promarkers away with me and I sat in the tent colouring when the children were busy in the park :)

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The holidays also started with our wedding anniversary, we have been married for 18 years.  I dont know where the time has gone, but my hubby is still my best friend and soul mate and I love him with all my heart.   Here is the card I made him,  it had to be a quick card as what with all of the end of term stuff and packing to go away, that did not leave me with much time for craft.

Thanks for looking x