Magnolia Cards

My new Magnolia Stamps have arrived..... and I have been having a play - have made two birthday cards with them..... am loving them..... :)

Here's a peek :)

not sure why the second picture is so blurred - couldnt get the camera to take a good picture of it at all :(

Had a lovely weekend, went car hunting on Saturday morning, still not sure what to get, at the car showroom they had an open weekend which was a nice surprise, the girls had their faces painted and we had BBQ lunch..... then we popped to the farm to see the new arrival......... 10 baby ducks... they were very cute.... bit smelly tho :P then back home and round to Sarah and Pete's for tea with the kids.... had a lovely evening... and came home, put the kids to bed and went to bed ourselves..... getting old you know :P

Today have had a nice relaxing day, the girls have had lots of fun playing, we went to the valley and took the dogs for a nice walk... completely wore them out...... ;) and had a nice roast for tea.... diet starts again tomorrow.... after Easter... have been invited to a Fashion Show with clients.... arrggghhhh and need to look good.... :P thats not going to happen :P

Have got a busy week this week... meeting up with lots of friends... chockablock week..... going to go for a swim now.. will try and put some photos on tomorrow for you ;)

Bye for now :)

Its raining......

Its raining, its pouring, the Old Man is snoring..... well actually NO he's got to work LOL;)

OK.... so who is it that has dumped all their washing at my place..... we cant possibly have this much on our own.... surely....... 6 laundry bags full.... not even half way down the first yet and already on load 3 :(

Seem to be taking 2 steps forward and 3 back at the mo.... keep tidying up and then within minutes the rooms are trashed again.... the fun of school holidays..... I SO wanted to try and get on top of the house this week.... think the only chance of that will be getting a ladder and climbing on the roof.... LMAO.....

Its crop night tonight..... so a little time for me.... although I have nothing packed and no energy to get anything sorted.... ho hum.....

My Tildas came today.... and my they are SOOOO cute... can see lots of cards coming from them... ;) even had a play already... (sshhhhh dont tell ;))....... I LOVE them.....

Right off to get dressed up in our all weather gear - then off to walk the dogs..... fun oh fun x

It snowed....... on Easter Sunday :P

Yes, thats right..... we have had snow.... on Easter Sunday.....

We had snow today to.... LOTS and LOTS well about 2 inches which is lots and lots for here :P..... was up and dressed and at the park by 8.30am... made a snow throne, snowman, had snowball fights, easter egg hunts in the snow... some fab piccies....;) and then came home, changed and dried off and then up to the farm for serious sledging... they had about 4 inches... I feel like Ive walked for miles...... it was fab fun tho ;) C and I went crashing into a fence at one point, laughs all round...... it was brill fun.... when the girls went to bed they said - it was the BEST EASTER EVER.... which completely made my day... especially as I am feeling pants now.... still not recovered from lurgy - 6 weeks tomorrow :( and hence why Ive been such a bad blogger - sorry guys - right off to watch a film and chill to recover... will hopefully have enough energy tomorrow to upload photos.... ;)

Acceptance Speech

Not feeling great, :(, got the lurgy.... just a quick post with my smile of the day.... following on from Rach I was asked to do an acceptance speech for my 7,000th post.... so here it is...

Happy 7,000 th post......

Oh my, Oh my, I'm sorry, I'm overwhelmed..... This moment is so much bigger than I thought it would be me. This moment is amazing. This moment means so Much.......It's for me and the women that stand beside me, my chocolicious chicks, Rach, Andie, Suzie, Karen, Leigh, Paddy, Alison, Vicky and Joanne. Thank you. I'm so honored. I'm so honored. And I thank UKS for choosing me to be the vessel for which this blessing might flow. Thank you.I want to thank my manager. My laptop, He'e been with me three long years and fought every fight and loved me when I've been up, but more importantly loved me when I've been down, he;s let me spill choc crumbs on him, cry on him.... You have been a manager, a friend, and so much more. Really. And I love you very much. Please dont give up on me nowI want to thank my Mum, My Dad, who's given me the strength to fight every single day, to be who I want to be and given me the courage to dream, that this dream might be happening and possible for me. I love you, all, so much. Thank you. I want to thank my darling husband, who is just a joy of my life, and my girls, Chloe, Lauren and Nicole, thank you for giving me so much love, so much joy, so much happiness. Thank you. I love you with all my heart.I want to thank Elizabeth for letting me know about UKS. And for the forums and for this team and you guys for letting me join. Thank you for believing in me. Girls, you're a genius. You're a genius. This UKS experience was magical for me because of you. You believed in me; you trusted me and you gently guided me to very scary places. I thank you. Thank you for giving me this chance, for believing that I could do it. And now tonight I have. My 7,000th post. Thank you.I want to thank my friends. Thank you. I, I, I, who else? I have so many people that I know I need to thank. My SW teamies, geo-cache teamies, my crop teamies, the Just for fun teamies, any anywhere else I post -- thank you fortalking with me and helping me build up my post count. Okay, wait a minute. I got to take...a minute here!! Ok. I got to take this time. I need to thank lastly and not leastly, I have to thank Scrapdolly for putting me in my very first team and believing in me. Leigh for being the best role model UKS chatter any girl can have. Rach, thank you, for chatting with me, Andie thanks too….. and Suzie…….. and Paddy………. Thank you so much for being my mentors and believing in me. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!Thank you.... Iam so proud...... 7,000 posts...

so funny...........

My smile for the day and as I have been feeling poorly all day... has given me a giggle before bed :P

Learn Chinese.....

My smile for the day... well more ofa giggle.....

My friend sent me a text message - Learn Chinese in 5 minutes - here it is :P

That's not right
(Sum Ting Wong)

See me ASAP
(Kum Hia Nao)

Stupid Man
(Dum Gai)

Small Horse
(Tai Ni Po Ni

Did you go to the beach?
(Wai Yu So Tan)

I bumped into a coffee table
(Ai Bang Mai Ni)

I think you need a face lift
(Chin Tu Fat)

It's very dark in here
(Wao So Dim)

I thought you were on a diet
(Wai Yu Mun Ching?)

This is a tow away zone
(No Pah King)

He's cleaning his car
(Wa Shing Ka)

Your body odor is offensive
(Yu Stin Ki Pu)

Stupid Man
(Dum Fuk)

Great
(Fa Kin Su Pah)

LOL..... soo funny...

Smile a Day.....

Some of the chicks on the team were feeling down yesterday, must be something in the air, as I was too..... I saw Helen and she was feeling down too - we reckon its the weather... anywho - we have decided to write down a 'thing' a day to cheer us up - either something that has made us smile or something to be thankful for....... so here goes...

Have got two for today.....

1st smile was a post by Rach on the team thread... it was her 6,000 post and made me giggle. she sang Happy 6,000 post to herself and then give a speech of thanks - sooo funnny....

2nd smile was on UKS again, Jen was saying about her scarf wearing and it appears that teenager Tich has given her a hickey on her neck - so I was saying about wearing a snood to cover it and it will take her back to her teens..... so she asked if I had one - so I googled a picture and the first page of pictures were of dogs in snoods.... SO funny

and this one..... Ann Summers style Snood :O

and lastly Mutt with Perm and Snood

Fab weekend......

Elaine,Simon and Jonathan came to stay for the weekend and brought little Millie with them too, she was very good, Copper and Pippin are exhausted today tho and have spent most of the day sleeping after playing with Millie all weekend and not getting any peace and quiet to snooze;)

Had a lovely weekend, Helen,Keith and and the girls came over too and we had a lovely time, just like the old days, the kids all played nicely together, we went on a lovely walk on Saturday and then chilled on Sunday.... had a competition on the Wii with Mario Olympics for the adults on Saturday night..... it was fun, the lads were very competitive tho;) I decided after last weekends takeaway and me putting a lb on that I would do the cooking... Andy made homemade lemon meringue on Sunday and custard icecream which was very yummy.....

Weighed in today and had lost 2lbs.... very chuffed...... after this weeks lose (yep I counting on another lose :P) I will eventually be back under the next stone like I was before the new scales arrived ;) so I need to stay nice and motiviated...... am going to have a think of some yummy things to have for tea......

Nicole has started a swimming course, Little Dippers, as is doing fab, her next session is tomorrow, last week she was swimming with just a woggle and using her arms and legs... so proud of her :)

Had a lovely mothers day...... was very spolit, got chocolate, beautiful necklace, truffles, Help voucher book and a lovely Momijji doll which the girls chose for me..... to addto my collection...

Here she is......