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Teaching at:-

  • Scrapbook Sisters: 26th July 2008
  • GoGoGetaway 6th - 8th June 2008

Designing for:-

  • Scrapbook Sisters
  • Scrapbook Inspirations
  • Papercraft Inspirations
  • Design Objectives

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May 15, 2008

stunned!

I joined facebook, only because I wanted to look at Steve's profile. I daren't start playing on it otherwise I'll get nothing done for the rest of the day week BUT Steve had an IQ test result on his so I had a go and did the test. I was on the phone while I did it so was a bit distracted and expected an average score - this is what I got! Free IQ Test
Free-IQTest.net - Free IQ Test I'm bright - actually it says I'm a genius but we all knew that didn't we? ;) Obviously it's not a proper test but I beat Steve's score so I'm happy - not that I'm competitive or anything......

May 13, 2008

her last summer (again)

This old dog continues to surprise us, she is 13 now and although she is very stiff when she moves she is happy to lie around the garden in the sunshine, letting the warmth ease those old bones. We have owned her since she was born but for the first two years of her life she lived over the road with an elderly couple who adored her, coming back to us to have her puppies. Sadly the old lady died and her husband couldn't manage to look after a big dog on his own so she came back to live with us. She escaped to run back across the road whenever she could, chewing a hole through the wooden front door to get out. She cried constantly and sat by the front door waiting for a chance to get back to the people she loved. It was so sad and she was so unhappy.OldbonesWe rehomed her out of the area with some friends, hoping she would settle but after a few months she escaped and went missing, found eight miles away from her new home on her way back here.
We thought it cruel to try again so we kept her here and after a few months, when the old man died she realised they had gone from their house and she stopped crying. She lives here on her terms, she occasionally graces us with her presence, licks a hand and then goes back to her place under the stairs.
Last year I took a photograph of her in the garden, thinking it would be her last summer but here she is again. One day it will be time for her to go, when she can't get herself into the garden any more or when her old bones ache too much and hurt all the while but we hope we don't have to make a decision when that will be. I hope one day she is sleeping out in the sunshine and she doesn't wake up. Whenever it is, we will miss her.

May 09, 2008

sunshine and warmth

Wow, what a beautiful sunny week we have had, I love the sunshine and the heat but although it is welcome I haven't had much time to get outside this week to enjoy it until today. Alexander was home for the weekend which means I spend time either driving him about on taxi duties or paying for whatever it is he desperately needs, in this case new school shoes. I drove down to Bournemouth on Tuesday to stay overnight prior to meeting everyone at the Design Objectives head office on Wednesday.Wisteria I don't 'do' meetings very well and the torture was made worse by the weather being so gorgeous outside but there were welcome goody boxes full of new product to soften the hardship! I was most impressed with the new Core'dinations cardstock and brought some home to work with, it is really going to take the scrapping world by storm I think it is the first serious competition for Bazzill and I love it!
I sat in the sun this afternoon and played with wire and beads for a Scrapbook Inspirations layout so this is my summer workspace, the wisteria smells gorgeous but it did get very hot out there so I had to come in for a while. Luckily the outdoor pool is open now so we have been swimming outside after school this week, it will be a while before we can fill our garden pool but we will have it for the summer holidays.