Happy halloween!!!

I just wanted to show you all a few photos of some of the things we made for halloween this year we had a lovely evening it was cold but dry and my boys came home with a lot of goodies after going trick or treating we didnt get many callers here but i guess it is just because our street is just so small and full of ealderly people who dont answer the doors so the kids just seem to skip us which is a shame as i really enjoy seeing the kids all dressed up and having fun!!! I thought id just share some cooking that we did too!! i am hoping to get some more of the halloween photos of the kids in thier costumes uploaded to my halloween album too!!! i hope you all had a happy and safe halloween i knoe we did i always enjoy watching a scary movie on halloween so thats what we did!!!

A day out at Cardiff

A few weeks ago i told you that i had won some tickets to Cardiff to the craft show so i decided to go on thursday morning and Leon said he would come with me so on thursday morning at 6.30am we both got out of bed to make our way to the railway station in the car to be on the train to cardiff at just after 8am. The journey took and our and a half but we had fun playing hangman and chatting on the way up it was dry but very very cold.

We finally found the place at 10am after getting a little lost!!! but we were finally inside in the warm we had a look around and then founs a place where you could have a go at making your own paper for 70p so we both had a go and i have to say even though it was a wet and messy experience we both had a lot of fun and here you can see the results!!!

There was also a place where you could learn how to knit i already know how to but Leon insisted he wanted to try so i decided to leave him there and go take a little look around for myself!!!

Here is what we found to buy i did have one or two good bargins but in whole i was a little disapointed with the whole experience there where very few stitchy shops and a lot of them where very expensive i was hoping to get some mill hill beads and some krenick but there wasnt any there at all i think if i ever decided to go agan i would save and go to birmongham as the one year i did go there even though it was a 10hour round trip there was so much more to choose from and i really did enjoy it so even tough Leon and i had a day out and a little roam around cardiff hwere i did find a fantastic beads/charms shop i am a little disappointed with the show .

What a busy day!!!

wI had a call from my dad yesterday morning as he was supposed to be calling down his car had decided to die on him so i went to meet him in town with his shopping took him home and used my machine on his car i then followed him to the shop not far from me to get a new battery then followed him again to my house where i helped replace the battery in the poring rain then he had a cuppa with us while he dried off before he went home its still ok as far as i know as i havent heard from him.

The christmas lights arrived and Leon and me tried them on my tree but they werent big enough so we put the tree away and went down to b&q and then down to homebase and morrisons but have not bought anymore as yet by the time we camehome it was cold and dark so we made some pizza ut the heating on and settled down to watch a dvd for the night.
I recieved my first rr/orniment exchange from Sue yesterday this exchange is currently being run on my board in the last three months of this year the idea is you send an unfinished orniment to your 3 partners and finsih the ones you het back as you choose this is what i recieved from Sue and its lovely thankyou Sue!!!! I also have an update on my santas dragon its coming it really is at long last im starting to see siggns i may acually get it doen by the end of next month!!!!
Im going to try get some cleaning done today cos i wont be here tomorrow and make a list of anythings i may want to pick up at the craft show and then an early bed because me and leon leave early tomorrow!!!

Im a world record holder!!!

I had an email through yesterday telling me i was in the guiness world record books for palying itv bingo night live!!! so i just thought id show you my certificate its all very exciting lol if youd like to take a look please click on the following link :-)

My certificate

Arrrhhhh!!!!

Right i feel a little better now but its just been that type of week between cancelled hospital appointments,naughty children and broken glasses ill be glad to see this week well and truely over but hang on a minute its half term next week!!!
Inbetween everything this week i have manged to do ssomethings though i attempted to bake my fist ever christmas cake this week and after 3 hours cooking here is my cake in all its glory...

not bad for a first attempt hey???!!! i have to feed it brandy now every week ntill the week before christmas whe i will decorate it and show you again.Leons been in trouble in school this week which has led to him being given 2 after school detentions he wasnt the only one but he needs to learn not to copy everyone else too he knows when hes stepping over the line and needs to start growing up a little and he will do better he has his last detention today and im hoping that while he is home next week he will try to decide to behave better when he goes back to school they all seem to go through this behaviuor when they start comprehensive school it was bad enough with Jake now we are doing it again with Leon. Jake came home from school yesterday with his glasses broken someone had grabbed them off his face and thrown them into the wall but the school is dealing with the person so i hope they contact his parents becasue its just not on Jake is really going to struggle the rest of this week without them we git his replacement glaases ree but have been told next time it will cost £68 so he really needs to look after them this time.

The hospital called on tuesday afternoon and cancelled Donnys appointment so now we have to wait untill the 6th november to see how his eyes are going so after my rant you can see why this week has been so rubbish. I have managed to get some stitching done how i will never know but i have finished the xmas ornniment/rr for Louise but i cant show you yet and just have one more to do then all my stitched exchanges for this year are over!!! i have also done a little more on my santas dragon too. Well im off soon to go meet Jake and take him to tescos with me for Leons cooking stuff for school tomorrow Leon will be walking home as punishment for what hes done and hes not going to be too happy about that because we have gale force winds here and its raining but he has to learn

A fun filled weekend

Ive had a brilliant weekend this week i spend a whole lot of time with my family ive slipped on here to update while the boys are out Leon has gone to kick boxing and Jake has gone with him for a walk as Leon got his lisence this week he is allowed to spar this weekend and is really looking foward to it and next weekend he has his first attempt at gaining his first belt which if he passes he will recieve on halloween and he is so looking foward to that too. He almost didnt make it to kick boxing on friday night as Jake swung open the front door and smacked him on the head with it Leon had a fair lump there but was ok thankfully we were a little late getting there and i explained to the coach and she made sure she kept an eye on him for me. On saturday my dad and stepmum called as usual and i cy=ut his hair again for him before the winter comes in mind you its really cold and windy here today so i dont think we will have very many more warm sunny days. On saturday morning the postman also brought me something i really wasnt expecting!!! i have won two tickets to the Carrdiff craft show and i am planning to go on thursday the 30th oct i was planning on maybe giving it a miss this year but there is no way im doing that now!!! the onky problem i have is finding someone that would maybe like the other ticket and want to come with me Leon is coming as Jake came with me last time but children go in free so is there anyone that wants to be my company for the day??? just let me know :-)
I spend s good few hours last night playing singstar with the boys we bought some new songs from singstore after we all eventually sgreed on what we wanted one of them was the final countdown by europe that brought back some memories of school discos i can tell you lol.We had a brilliant time Donny was upstairs watching ufc and came down at 11pm and said hmm i think youd better switch it off now its getting a bit late to be so noisy!!!! so the kids then went to bed and we settled down for the night. Last but not least here is another update on santas dragon it is coming along very slowly!!!

Ive been tagged!!!

I've been tagged by Cathe .
Here are the rules of the game.
• Link to the person who tagged you.
• Post the rules on your blog.
• Write six random things/unspectacular quirks about yourself.
• Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
• Let each person you have tagged know by leaving a comment on their blog.
• Let the tagger know when your entry is posted

So here are my six random things:-)

1) Im afraid of spiders.
2) I love to watch scary movies.
3) I passed my driving test on the fourth attempt.
4) I am allergic to lady birds
5) I used to love being in the school musicals when i was in comprehensive school.
6) I entered a tallent show on holiday with my friend when i was a teenager and we came second.

So my six nominies to play along (if they wish - nobody is forced to do this) are:-

Deb
Heather
Barb
Tonya
Paula
Kath

Busy busy

Wow has this been a busy week so far and its not over yet!!! I have a little time before i have to go colect Leon from the school disco i was only picking him up from school two hours ago as he had a rugby match and now hes back there again until i go collect him at 9pm.

Tuesday was busy the boys went with the cadets to the towns majors palour with the cadets i had to collect them just after 9pm and when we got back Leon and I rescued a frog that was hoping about on the road and placed him in the school field out of harms way i am supprised how many people have said its bad luck to touch a frog but id rather pick it up than see it squished on the road i like frogs!!!! the way things are going with me hopefully it will bring some good luck after all in all the fairy stories dont the princesses kiss a frg to get a prince??? id hardly call that bad luck LOL

On wednesday i decided to take down my cutains and shorten them so the heat comes out from the radiators instaed of into the curtains and they look so much better all they need now is for me to go over the stitching with my sewing machine i dyed the off cuts with a chocolate brown dye and i am going to be recovering my dining room chairs with them so they are cleaner than the dirty white they are at the moment and i like the colour they came out so much ive decided im going to get more dye and change my curtains from cream to chocolate brown and i want to dye the cusion covers on my sofa too. Last night Leon was also in bed at 5pm with a really bad migraine i think it was his body telling him he needs a break so i decided to scrub all my kitchen units and appliamnces as everything seems to be a dog level and they seemed grubby but they are sparkling for now i went to wake Leon at 9pm to get his uniform off him and then he decided he wanted food he ate it and was back in bed by 9.20pm and i was shaking him up this morning but was insistant he was fine and so far so good.

I also managed to get somemore done on my dragon last night for a bit anyway and i have done even more today so fingers crossed it will be done soon cos im getting sick of the sight of it. Well its friday tomorrow so i guess i am taxi mum untill 8pm then i get a bit of piece before they get in from cadets so if i not back before have a great weekend everyone :-)

Monday again already

I dont know the weeks seem to be getting quicker and quicker these days and christmas is slowly but surely creeping up quicker than any of us like to think too!!! which is why i am desperatly trying to get santas dragon done before my decorations go up next month i am keeping at it but i am so disapointed when do a good few hours on it and countless stitches and then when i look at it i think is that really all ive done????? heres a new wip picture for you all to see im not getting too dis heartened yet though i will keep up trying to get it complete in time.Saying that ive got nothing done on it so far today ive just been too busy ive cleaned all of downstairs this mornning living room kitchen and bathroom all my floors are cleaned and ive dried one lot of clothes on the line and have another out and ive dried 3 lots in the tumble drier and have another lot in there and another wash on the go!! i also have a cawl simmering on the stove for tea and a loaf of bread baking i still have my leather sofas to get clean but i am taking a break as my back is killing me and my chest is a bit tight for a minute but ill be fine after ive had this cuppa. The boys will be home soon so i may leave the sofas untill tomorrow we are in tomorrow awaiting some of the things we have starting getting for them for xmas i wont say too much as they both know where this page is lol.The postman was late today he was here just before 2pm i really didnt think he was coming but when he did i recieved the fabbie i had won from Jackies contest on threads and yarn it is 28ct evenweave so i think its about time i learned how to stitch over 2 so this is the perfect oppurtunity to do so and the fabbie is just so pretty i am looking foward to having a go at some pointOh well no rest for the wicked i suppose id better get on!!!

Its friday!!!!

The start of the weekend which means i get a lay in tomorrow which is great!!! The house is lovely and quiet at the moment with the boys in cadets after id picked Leon up from school rugby training then feed them droped Leon off at kick boxing come back droped Jake at cadets then went back to pick Leon up and drop him at cadets9PHEW! LOL) so im sluming it tonight and relaxing with a martini and lemonade whilst i cook a pizza in the oven and watching eastenders. Yesterday afternoon i went to the nurse for my flu jab and my arm has been killing me but tonight its feeling so much better thank goodness.

I had a nice quiet day yesterday before i went to the drs though i managed to get a xmas piece done for my rr/orniment exchange on my board thats the first one from three this runs monthly for the next three months we all get 3 orniments back unfinished and we get to turn them into what ever we want which is all new to me but so far im enjoying it!!! I also managed to do a bit more on my santas dragon and to finish the last corner on the rr and i finished it so here is a photo for you all to see ;-)
What do you think? I love it!!!! and i am almost half way to doing 50 for Tonyas challenge on the sss board hhhmmm somehow me things im never gonna do 25 in the next 3 months!!!!

A crafty day.

Here are the goodies from the craft shop i got in Gorseinon yesterday all ready to start making my christmas cards for this year and today as it has been so wet cold dark and miserable here i thought i may just aswell make a start.
I have shocked myself this year with what i have managed so far i really didnt think i did too well last year with the cards i attempted to make but as it was my first real go i guess i shouldnt really be too disapointed i guess everyone has to start somewhere and i am just hoping to keep improving with practise :-)

We recieved this lovely gift in the mail this morning from Karen from the smo board she sent Donny a lovely get well card which i read to him and have put on the fire place and she sent me some more lovely halloween stuff and i just love it!!! she really knows what i like and just how to spoil me thankyou Karen :-)

I also finished off my halloween tree today and the boys helped me decorate it when they came home from school and the little houses underneath it are the ones i recived from Debra over on the smo board as part of a halloween exchange last year they just arrived a little too late for halloween so they are alll freshly built ready for this one.Its my first attempt at a halloween tree so im hoping it looks ok :-)

Monday catch up

Well its been a few days since ive found time to post as ive been so busy with everything here but i thought id take the time to let you sll know what it is ive been up to/. Well i finally finished the fantasy exchange on the old sss yahoo group im asuming that it has been recieved by now even though i havent heard and i mailed it first thing thursday morning and as it was just going to England so it should be there by now as it went first class so here is the dragon dreams chart i did the photo doesnt do the sparkles justice though and to be honest i really didnt want to post this one i loved the way it finished so so much but you cant always keep everything now can you!!! which is a real shame i must say oh well hopefully what ever i get back will touch me just the same :-)
Ive been spoilt again the last week with some lovely gifts first was this beautiful fabric from Trish from the smo board she told me she was sending the halloween fabbie but i really had no idea about the christmas one not that i mind at all as it is beautiful and such a lovely suprise thankyou trish!!!!
I also recieved my dmc from Maru which i won in her contest on the smo board and she has sent me some lovely colours all wrapped up in a beautiful trick or treat bag its was so beautifully done i really didnt want to open up the bag and take out the dmc so thankyou too Maru :-)

I would also like to think Twig off the smo board as well for sending Donny a lovely card to say she was think of him and what hes going through i have it sat on my fire place right now i put it there after i had read it to him and he also would like to say thankyou for your kind thoughts so thankyou so much Twig :-)

I have been busily trying to work on my santas dragon while i have been home the last few days i really am trying to get some done but i have been putting it down to do Donnys meds so its not hours at the time so progress is slow but i am getting there i promise i will take some photos by the weekend so you can all see. I also painted my halloween tree this week and the boys have told me its looking pretty cool which is nice to hear as always!!! i walked town saturday afternoon with Leon trying to get black glitter while Jake stayed at home with Donny but came home with none so we went up to the craft shop in Gorseinon today and i finally have some along with another £9 of stuff to make christmas cards lol i always seem to spend a fortune in that place which is why i try to avoid it as much as i can. I did make a start on my christmas cards on sunday afternoon before i watched my football match and i have a total of 4 so far hmmmm not very much but i guess its a start afterall!!! I will post photos when ive done a few more i promise!!! Back to the halloween tree i am running a contest on my message board the winner of the best tree will get a nice prize so if youd like to try please feel free to come join my board the link is in my links section.

Not good news.

As you all know today i was back up the hospital with Donny for his check up after his medical problem with his eyes reared its ugly head again last month well after the check up this morning we have found it has now returned in both eyes which really isnr good. He is now on meds every two hours in the newly infected eye and 4 times daily in the eye that hasnt cleared up. He can still see nothing in the eye that was first affected again and now next to nothing in the other especially when he has had his meds. We have to do this again for another month and wait for a new appointment to go back they are quite hopeful that the infection in the newly affected eye has been caught early but we will have to wait and see.

I needed to slip to tescos on the way home for a few things and had to try guide him around as he could see nothing when he came out of the hospital and then i brought him home where we have been for the rest of the day with the curtains pulled to try keep out the sun light id really deosnt do that much though as my curtains are cream. I made a phone call to the drs this afternoon as i need to get my flu jab as i cannot afford to be ill and the cold i had last week was bad enough so im going to get it done tomorrow i really dont want to go as i hate needles but i will.

While Donny was in the hospital this morning i slipped to the pond which is right by the hospital and i found the perfec thing to make my halloween tree im so excited i have posted a contest on my message board to get everyone else in on the fun!!!! When we got back from the hospital i kept myself busy trying not to think too much about the news we had today i baked a loaf of bread and cooked us some soup for lunch and then worked for a few hours on my santas dragon then i baked a chocolate loaf a pork dinner and some chocolate cakes before i had a bath and settled down to watch eastenders im now watching the man city match on the telly we normally watch bones because Donny likes it but ive just had to wakr him to give him his drops ive put the heating on so its nice and warm in here even though the wind is howling and its really pouring outside so its knocked him for 6.

Id just like to thamk all the ladies out there for your support at this time it means a lot to me.

Final halloween exchange finished for this year

Just a quick post today ove been busy cleaning this morning and ironing this afternoon and i shall be off soon to get tea started but before i do i wanted to share with you the halloween exchange i made for one of the ladies off the sanman board as she recieved it yesterday i almost didnt want to send it it came out so cool i did the skeleton and the moon in glow in the dark krenick also the heading on the tombstone so it really comkes to live in the night time. I just hope she enjoys it :-).

We are back up the hospital tomorrow for Donnys check up so please if you can id be really grateful if you could keep us in your thoughts and send some possitive vibes our way that would be great!!!