88/365 - Anyone For Cake .....

Today was a Life Event for me - so I had another day off work.  I don't think anyone should work on their Birthday.  So my **th year began (there are a number of varieties of them - lol) with a bit of a lie in; I was going to have breakfast of smoked salmon and scrambled eggs (always a Life Event ritual) but did  a bit of crafting instead; and then lovely daughter arrived with The Gorgeous One aka Finley William.  Finley had made his nanny a Cake ....

Before the cake, we went shopping.  Most unfortunately, I bought a shelving storage unit for the craft room/office.  Lovely you might say - downside - flat pack.  That has got to be worth a couple of days piccies at least - lol.

Anyways, after shopping we had tea and THE CAKE - it was absolutely scrumptious, despite the hole in the middle - I wonder how that happened - lol ......

All in all a good day.  Should really wash kitchen floor before bed - covered in choccie cake and hundreds and thousands - lol ....

86/365 - The Result of Shopping ....

Is this ....

I've just come back from the Hobbycrafts show at the NEC where, apart from having a fabulous time with the lovely Sue and Anita and new friend, Carol, I am all spent out - in more ways than one - lol.
My purse is empty, I am aching like I have swum the Channel and back again, I am tired - but I am happy.  You can read more about the adventure here ....
Oh yes - and I have received more complaints that I am slipping behind again - lol.  It's not really ten days since the last post because I was away for three of them - so that makes seven days behind.
I am going to try harder - promise ....

76/365 - Quelle Surprise ....

There I was -  sitting at my desk happily going through a tea trolley piled high with paper that the former incumbent of my new job had left behind (one and a half black sacks full in the end - to say nothing of what went through the shredder) - when the phone rang.

It was my lovely hairdresser daughter who had taken my box of cards (including Chrissie ones in a carrier bag) to one of her clients - and brought back this ....

 Not bad, I thought - not bad at all ....

75/365 - What A Cracker ......

Not a lot happened today - unless you call a plumber failing to ask for a Hot Works Permit to do some soldering and filling the building with a disgusting smell that caused the people in it to panic, filling a skip and helping at least five young mums book their Little Jimmy's first birthday party (each one takes at least half an hour - some of them haven't a clue) - lol.

So this is a photo I acquired onj Saturday from my daughter who was showing me photos of Finley William aka The Gorgeous One from her Facebook page (I have one of those but I can't keep up with the amount of stuff she puts on hers - lol).

Anyway - I digress - I think this one is hilarious .......

74/365 - Naughty But Nice .....

Oh my word - I have been a naughty blogger - I will get complaints again - lol.  

It has been ten days since I last shared my life and truth to tell - not that much has happened.  Pretty much the same old stuff - work, come home, mess around, bed, work and so on and so forth ....  I did take some piccies over this last weekend and was going to post those but I thought I would share this instead .....

 

On the daily lunch run to the Co-Op round the corner from work - these were in a massive pile right by the tills.  So naughty of them to do that - but it would have been rude not to at 99p a box.  

They are absolutely scrummy - and did I say share -  

not in a million - lol ......

Note to self - must take prepare lunch at home and take to work so as to avoid temptations like this - lol

63/365 - Special Delivery .....

When I got to work yesterday morning there was a box waiting for me .....

I have all my craft shopping delivered to work and I had been eagerly waiting for this one.  The pizza box is full (well not full full - even I'm not that bad about rubber stamps - lol) of the new release of Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 stamps - absolutely gorgeous.

As a nation, Great Britain produces some really good stuff and if you think about it - we invented most things.  Time and economics have moved us on though and even in the crafting world, the Americans are streets ahead - the quality and design of their craft items, particularly tools and rubber stamps are excellent. It's a bit like my knitting needles (see the post about knitting earlier than in the year) - precision German engineering.

We are spoiled I think - we can have strawberries and runner beans all year round; summer fruits in the winter; root veg in the summer; and exotic food all year round - from all over the globe.  Food though,  when I can be bothered to cook, is one thing though that I do try and buy British.  I am a great one for 'seasonal recipes and meals' - stews and casseroles in the winter and salads in the summer.  I love Welsh spring lamb, English new potatoes with mint (and butter - lol), locally grown salad and vegetables, English Cheddar cheese - and there's a very nice Vineyard not far away with some excellent local produce.

So, in some ways it's a shame about the photo - American products; in a box probably made somewhere on the other side of the world; advertising an Italian dish - but the delivery was from Wantage in Oxfordshire - lol ....

62/365 - Slaving Over a Hot ......

Photocopier - bet that surprised you - lol ....

 

I was doing a favour for a couple of friends and spent nearly three quarters of an hour standing there. This is just a basic copier and takes ages, plus it gets quite hot - still at least I was doing something useful - lol ....

60/365 - A Beautiful Day ....

And the picture says it all .........

No more need be said ....