Well - the snow has come at last and so I ventured out to complete another challenge. Make a Snow Angel
What was I thinking of? As I lay in the snow - freezing cold and wet with my chocolate labrador prancing around me wondering hat this idiot was doing in the snow - all I could think was "Why?" and "How soon can I get up?" Three sweeps of the legs and arms and the angel was complete.
Back into the warmth and tick off a challenge. Why I wanted to do this I have no idea - but at least its done now!
Sunday, 5 February 2012
Sunday, 27 November 2011
Venetian Beauty
Well I am over a thousand words into my first novel - a story of my doomed flirtation with Internet dating and a story of what might have been if things had gone differently. The idea came to me as I drove over to IKEA yesterday and I sat in the restaurant and penned an outline. If I can do justice to the outline then I will be pleased with the finished result. The plan is to publish an e-book via amazon and see if it gains me fame and fortune. I doubt it of course but its a nice dream!
Sunday, 13 November 2011
Its "Wicked" in New York
I may not have blogged for nearly two months - but WOW what a couple of months this has been. I made it to New York and achieved everything I dreamed of - the Empire State Building was just magical but i loved the sights, the sounds and the smells of New York. The yellow cabs were just CRAZY!!
I achieved my aim of watching a Broadway show - we saw Wicked which was just spectacular! Then - in a real american diner - I tried a real american burger - complete with fries. As an american experience I dived straight in - and loved it! And as for Tiffanys ..................................
Sunday, 25 September 2011
Publish and be dammed
I have just read an interesting article on how to publish your own e-book via Amazon. I am hoping that the ease of this task will be the push I need. I have always felt that there was a book within me - now I just need to decide on the theme - and then WRITE IT!!
Diet wise, things are going well - three weeks in and I have lost 12.5 pounds. What is more interesting is that I have been faced with a number of temptations that, previously, would have scuppered me. Now I am passing with flying colours. An example? I drove over to Sheffield on Friday - a four hour round trip. Rightly or wrongly I associate a long car journey with food - chocolate mainly. So I purposely ignored the call of the shops and drove with just a small box of sugar free mints in the car - feeling very virtuous!
Diet wise, things are going well - three weeks in and I have lost 12.5 pounds. What is more interesting is that I have been faced with a number of temptations that, previously, would have scuppered me. Now I am passing with flying colours. An example? I drove over to Sheffield on Friday - a four hour round trip. Rightly or wrongly I associate a long car journey with food - chocolate mainly. So I purposely ignored the call of the shops and drove with just a small box of sugar free mints in the car - feeling very virtuous!
Sunday, 18 September 2011
Slacking!
You can tell that I am back at work - I haven't posted for three weeks which is poor!
In terms of my 60 up challenges I have not got far - although I have tried to spend a lot less and have re-joined slimming world. To achieve my 12 stone challenge will be a stretch - I will have to lose 50% of ,y weight. However it is something that can be done - providing I keep to the rules of the diet!
I have also made a start on the patchwork quilt - well - one square at any rate. The brand idea is to do a sampler quilt with a different pattern in each square.
In terms of my 60 up challenges I have not got far - although I have tried to spend a lot less and have re-joined slimming world. To achieve my 12 stone challenge will be a stretch - I will have to lose 50% of ,y weight. However it is something that can be done - providing I keep to the rules of the diet!
I have also made a start on the patchwork quilt - well - one square at any rate. The brand idea is to do a sampler quilt with a different pattern in each square.
Monday, 29 August 2011
Quilting
Things have been rather busy over the last week or so but I have managed to snatch a few minutes here and there to start on the handmade quilt. I am going for a samplere technique - 12 inch squares with different patterns on them. To coordinate the fabric I am aiming to keep the same blue background for each square and keep oddments of each fabric for a stripey border. Well - thats the theory anyway!
On a different note I am being side tracked by a fabulous website - http://www.swap-bot.com/ . Its a site where swaps of all sorts of different materials and crafts take place across the world. I am looking forward to my first two packages from the USA. It makes a change from the usual bills.
On the finance front I have made an inventory of my store cupboard and freezer with the aim of utilising produce already purcased rather than spending more money.
On a different note I am being side tracked by a fabulous website - http://www.swap-bot.com/ . Its a site where swaps of all sorts of different materials and crafts take place across the world. I am looking forward to my first two packages from the USA. It makes a change from the usual bills.
On the finance front I have made an inventory of my store cupboard and freezer with the aim of utilising produce already purcased rather than spending more money.
Saturday, 20 August 2011
Wicked!
This week has also seen some money savings in an attempt to beat the recession - its a long uphill slog!
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