WOW!!

After such an exciting day yesterday winning the camcorder, could the weekend get any better? Well, yes it could!!

This morning the four of us went to see the third instalment in the Twilight Saga - Eclipse. I loved this book more than New Moon and was really keen to see how it would translate to film. It was just amazing. The special effects were brilliant and Edward Cullen looked beautiful - Team Edward all the way!! Each film is very different, but they get better and better - so I've really high hopes for Breaking Dawn next year.

I was really worried that the cinema would be heaving and we would have bad seats, but it all went smoothly. I had preordered the tickets weeks ago - first showing of the day, 11.30am and whilst there were a fair few people there, but there was no queueing and lots of seats to choose from. It was a very happy experience!

If you have no idea what I'm rambling on about (how could you not of heard of Twilight??!!), please give it a go. The author is Stephenie Meyer and the order of reading is: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. Give it a go!

I'm off to dream about Edward - byeee!

M x

Ye Olde Medieval Summer Fayre

Yesterday was our school's summer fare - the last one I will go to as a parent as Edward leaves the school in three weeks. We have been going to this event for the last 11 years - it's the end of an era.

It was a lovely afternoon, gorgeous weather (got a little bit burnt), lots to do and well supported. Edward had lots of fun on the huge, inflatable slide as you can see in the photo below. At one point I thought he was going to take off!

He also had a go at the fencing, which he enjoyed immensely. He didn't fare too well as his opponent was so much bigger. Luckily he is one of Edward's good friends and they had a lot of fun!

Then Edward had a go at archery, which he also enjoyed, and managed to hit a few of the targets.

We sat in the sun drinking Pimms and taking in the atmosphere. Hopefully a nice sum of money has been raised for the school. Our Parent and Friends Association worked so hard to make the afternoon a success. My afternoon ended on a high as I won first prize in the Grand Draw - a Flip HD camcorder! I couldn't believe it! One minute I was standing chatting to a friend, the next minute I heard my name being called over the PA!

It's such a dinky little thing - like a mobile phone, but the quality of the video is superb. I'll be having lots of fun with it over the summer (just need to keep it away from Emily!!).

TTFN

M x

Birthday Presents

After a hectic weekend celebrating Emily's birthday, I celebrated mine on Monday. I had a lovely day despite having to go to work. I had lots of lovely presents from Mark, the children and family and friends - I felt very spoiled. I made over 70 cupcakes over the weekend to take into work - some for the children in my class and the rest for the staff (I never want to see a cupcake again!!!). But at least they disappeared quickly! The children in my class made a big fuss of me and I really felt the love!

Here are some of the presents I received. My Mum and Dad bought me the Promarkers which I have been keen to try out for some time.

Mark bought me three of these Nestabilities and my parents bought the other. I'm getting quite a collection now and I've even got my Mum interested and she's just bought herself a Cuttlebug.

A couple of new Momiji dolls to add to my collection (from the children).

And some new books. The first two (fromthe children too) are by authors I love, so I'm quite keen to start reading them. The second group are from a friend who knows I love to read and we discussed these books recently. She highly recommends them so I hope I like them. Has anyone else read them? I'd be interested to know your opinion.

I was also lucky enough to get some money, so I've ordered some more Promarkers and will probably get some more wool for my new Granny Squares blanket that has ground to a halt at the moment.

I'm hugely excited about the weekend because I have tickets to see Eclipse - the third in the Twilight Saga. It's not officially released until the 9th, but I managed to get tickets for the preview weekend - I can't wait!

Enjoy the rest of the week and the lovely weather - hope it lasts til the weekend.

M x

Busy Week

Phew! What a week! It's been non-stop this week, both at work and at home.

Work experience . . . District Sports . . . cricket matches . . . rounders matches . . . Emily's birthday . . . Edward's school trip to London . . . etc etc!

This weekend is madness too - we're having a family party tomorrow to celebrate Emily's birthday so I have been shopping and baking and cleaning up a storm today which has been such fun in this heat! I have made 30 cupcakes and 30 mini cupcakes (all still to decorate) to take to work as it's my birthday on Monday. That's one of my jobs tomorrow morning before everyone arrives.

Here is the card I made for Emily's birthday. I used paper by DCWV and some glitter paper for the number 15 - Emily said she wanted it to be colourful! The second card was for her friend from primary school who shares her birthday. Papers are by My Mind's Eye and embellishments are from Craftwork Cards.


Hope you all enjoy the rest of this glorious weekend. I'm looking forward to a fun day tomorrow with family, good food and a well earned glass of Pimms!

Cheers!

M x

Happy Birthday!

Yesterday my daughter celebrated her 15th birthday. Here she is in Pizza Express last night wearing a lovely little hat that was one of her birthday presents - she looks lovely (not that she's agree!!). I'm still coming to terms that I have a 15 year old daughter, I suddenly feel old! And with my own birthday coming up in a few days that just compounds it all the more!

This week she has been on work experience at her old primary school (where I work) and she has really enjoyed it. She is keen to go into teaching and has had some good experience working with the Nursery class and Year 3.

I've not been posting much recently because I have just been feeling so tired in the evenings. Weekends are manic with very little time to chill out. I have got a couple of cards to show you soon when I get a bit more time.

Hope you are all enjoying the gorgeous weather.

Take care.

M x

Progress Report

I've been crocheting away like a mad thing since Saturday. I've managed to make 32 squares (4 of each colour) and then edged them all in cream. I've become obsessed but my hands are aching quite a bit now. I'm really pleased with the results. I couldn't resist laying them on the floor to see what sort of design I fancied. It's quite uniform because I find it really difficult to be random - it just doesn't sit well with me! I haven't decided completely if that is going to be the finished design, but I find it quite pleasing.

I feel a bit happier today - it's Friday, Mark has returned from France (it's been a long week) and I have a new washing machine! I had a night out last night - I went to see Sex and the City 2 which was very good, and very funny at times. I still prefer the series and the first film was better than the second, but still, it was good fun.

If you read one of my earlier posts on my favourite books - a fellow blogger (Autumn Mist - sorry don't know how to do the linky thing - google it!) has joined in and done the same. It's really interesting to read other people's book choices and inspiring as well. Autumn Mist has now taken it a step further and posted some books that were life changing to her - I'm giving this serious consideration and hope to be able to put a list together soon. We'd love to hear about other people's favourite books so please join in if you fancy it - just leave a comment and we'll track you down!!!!!

Bye for now.

M x

New Work In Progress

Hello everyone! How's your week going? Work has been rather busy for me this week, we are on a deadline to finish all our display boards by next Friday and we have rather a lot going on. Then today it would seem that the teacher I work with and myself have been volunteered to do one of the main school boards - that'll teach us for being so creative with our own work!

I'm having a slightly difficult week because Mark is away in France all week (Sunday morning through to Friday) and I hate it when he goes away. Things always seem to go wrong when he's not here. It hasn't been too bad - apart from suspected credit card fraud and a truculent almost 15 year old (who will apparently return to normal in the next few years - we can but hope!!). Bit worried about my cat Sophie who doesn't seem to be herself. She is over 17 so I know we probably won't have her for too much longer, but she is worrying me. She wedged herself behind the washing machine last night, poor old thing.

Anyway, here's a little sneaky peek at a new project that I started on Saturday, along with my cute new bag from Paperchase ( I LOVE that shop!!).



I've been wanting to make some Granny Squares for ages but didn't want to buy anymore yarn, so I thought I would use up the Rowan Cashsoft that has been sitting in my basket since I made the flower corsages at Christmas. I chose the stronger, darker colours and kept all the squares to just one colour.

Of course I did have to buy a couple of other colours, the Navy and Forest Green of the top squares in the photo. I'm going to edge it all in cream.

The finished article is going to be a snuggle blanket for me for when I am feeling poorly or just need to feel cosy (and I probably won't share it with anyone else!!!!)

Hoping there will be more to show in a couple of days - it's all SO exciting!!

M x