Running free over rainbow bridge

I still miss you so much, can't believe how long it's been already. We still talk about you all the time especially when we see bubbles and remember how bonkers they made you, or see a bee and remember how you used to eat them!!! When it rains and you refused to go out!! How grumpy you where when you got told off :-) there are so many stories we remember. Love you always Budd xxxxx

Happy new year!!!!

The last few years have had their ups and downs with many losses and heartbreaks but also many smiles and giggles. I'm not planing on suggesting this year is going to be any better or worse than any other year, all we can do us try to make the best of it we can xx

One of my resolutions

I'm not making many this year, I want to finish some wips. Here is just a small selection of what I'm currently working on.

Some Christmas cheer

 Just a small part of Christmas I wanted to share with you

Lucky me!!!!

I won a competition on Facebook!! Woohooo I never win anything so this was an awesome surprise :-)

Oh Christmas tree!!!!

A little early but I don't care I love Christmas!!!!!

Happy Halloween!!!!

 Doesn't my Jensen look adorable in his new costume!!!!!!

Boo!!!!

Second Halloween finish for this year and I get to keep this one :-) it's by dragon dreams and xs and ohs fabric created by me

First Halloween finish

Here is my first Halloween project of this year, created for a Halloween exchange on one of my stitching groups on Facebook. It's a sandman originals project.

Spoilt

Hubby asked for a caramac cheesecake so I made him one :-)

Love this saying

This is one of my all time favourite sayings. I created the fabric for it and I completely love the way it's turned out. It's by Lizzie Kate :-)

Merry Christmas in July!!!

Made for a Christmas in July exchange, not my best effort in all honesty but wasn't given much time for this one. It's by Lizzie Kate.

By the sea

My latest project is my sandman originals I love the beach and thought this was the perfect project to put on my newly dyed fabric. It was even choosen as project of the week on cross stitcher magazine on their Facebook page sooooo happy about that!!!!

A beautiful project

I love my website Jensen, and when hubby bought me this for my birthday I knew it would be the next project I had to complete :-) I had never done a project with wool before but I love the soft finish and how amazing it makes the project look like it's jumping out from the fabric I'd definitely do another project using the fibre again.

Mother's Day memories

 I'm so lucky I have such an amazing family, yes we have out ups and downs but at least this year I was spoilt!! These are a gift from my wonderful husband from our furbabies :-)

 These were a gift from my oldest son.

And from my youngest son:-)

Hot off the hoop

Here is my latest project straight off the hoop, I've wanted this from the moment I seen it having two sons myself I can very much relate to it!!!I had it for my birthday and I hand dyed and glittered the fabric myself and I love the finished effect!!!

First finish of the year.

Here is my first finish of 2015 I bought it at a craft fair in Cardiff a few years ago and I've picked it up a few times and looked at it but never really fancied doing it as it was printed but here it is all done, still not sure how I feel about it.

Happy birthday to me!!

 Here are some of the amazing gifts I've had for my birthday I feel so spoilt!!!!!

 So looking forward to being as busy as this year allows with my crafty projects this year :-)

Finished projects for the year

This has been a difficult year so I haven't been around much so I just wanted to share with you that I have been stitching as and when I could xx

Happy happy happy

Wooohoooo I have my car back :-)) so pleased, not by the extra cash I now have to find mind....but...at least we have my baby back :-)) Now I just need to shift this huge headache thats taken over, I guess all the stress of it all has finally hit me and quite hard too. But I guess life is never as bad as we think and it could of been a whole lot worse.

Off to the vets

Today we are off to the vets with Jensen, he has had a ear infection and today we get to see how its going. I had top phone my Dad to come get me as we still don't have the car but at least we can still get there. Turns out that even though his ear is doing better it is not completely healed and he needs more drops for a further 3 weeks and now has some tablets to help too. My poor baby :-((

OOOOPPPSSS

I am just so annoyed with myself for not double checking this, cant believe I miss counted the wording gggrrrr I am sat here kicking myself... Jake is sat here with me telling me don,t worry Mam it doesn't look so bad, but I know its wrong....but at the same time I really don't want to pull it all lose and start over so I am just going to go with it and hope it doesn't turn out too badly.

Sunshine, wine and not thinking

That's my plans for this evening and some of the afternoon, We walked over to Lidl's and got a box of wine and I am sitting in the garden with Jensen having a few glasses while Jensen also lays in the warm sunshine with me It's such a beautiful day I really don't want to spoil it by worrying about things I cant control, so that's the plan anyway. Hope you all have a wonderful saturday xx

Happy happy birthday

To my Dad!! 65 years young today, I hope you have a wonderful birthday because you deserve it with everything you have been through this year, I love you loads and I hope you enjoy your birthday drinks tomorrow night, just don't get too drunk!!!! xxx

Still waiting

Well I'm still none the wiser about my car I spent the afternoon in the garden in the beautiful sunshine working on my dragon trying to take my mind off it, I guess there's no real point worrying until I know really is there, at least I'm getting a nice suntan :-))

Well thats just great.....

Sooo, today I decided to cut all the lawns, trees and bushes in the front of my house and lawns in the back. Had a really busy morning b=getting it all need and tidy in the warm sunshine and loaded the car for the recycling place by us. That's when the trouble started....went to start the car, nothing, and a fail message on the dashboard. Called out the AA who where here within an hour, wired it up to his machine and said he would see what he could do. Well turned out he couldn't do anything and had to tow me to the garage...a really frightening experience which I don't really enjoy much!!! I had not being in control of the car!!!
So we left the car there and walked home via Morrisons  where we picked up a few things for a bbq and a few bottles of wine. Anyway, we  were hoping it wasnt all bad news until we got a call saying they weren't sure what it was and we were looking from anything form £125 up to £2000 to fix her.... I need my wine I need not to think about it after everything that's already gone on this month!!! and I have to wait until mon or tues to know what's next....excuse me I'm going to open my wine......

Its a sad day, but its full of memories

Today is the 33 year anniversary of my mothers death. Every year this day is a big reminder of everything I never had a chance to do with my Mam. Watching my children growing up is something my mother never had a chance to watch me and my sister do. I wonder how she would see me through her eyes, what she would think of how I have turned out and what she would think of my family. 
I seen my Dad today and we often talk about my Mam, it still brings a tear to his eye when he talks about her, he loved her so much and nursed her through her cancer to the very end when she passed in our old home. It takes a very strong man to do that and I am so proud to call him my Dad. I am finding out more and more about her all the time which is fantastic.
So I just want to say, please don,t take your parents for granted as you never know how long you have them for, please make sure you have plenty of stories to tell your children and help you keep them alive in your hearts xx

Finished!!!

And I'm just sooooo pleased!!! I love it!!! 

Mondays mean...

Game of thrones night!!! an evening when I get to sit with my eldest son for an hour and watch the show together. Its great as we can sit and discuss it afterwards and its one hour a week I have him all to myself.  He is almost 19 but he will still sit with his Mam which is fab :-)) im so glad we can still spend time together.

Just wanted to wish..

To all the mums out there who celebrate mothers day today, may you always leave a little sparkle everywhere you go and be loved and celebrated every day xx

Just wanted to share

One of the first cross stitch designs I did when I started getting back into it when my boys where little, wooow seems like a whole life time ago, I have done so many since then even after injury. I dont think I could give up my hobby for anyone xx

Its the weekend!!

And I love the weekend!! time to relax with my hubby and sometimes without the kids on either a friday or saturday which is awesome, yes they are growing up and yes hat means they will be flying in the nest in the not too distant future, but that does give myself and hubby a chance to be a couple again and not just parents. Hope you all have a great weekend xx

Getting there

Here is how my latest project is coming along, I am just trying to bring a little sunshine into my life help brighten up the darkness a little :-)) I am really enjoying it too!!! Shouldnt take make longer to complete either xx