NEW START...

I have been overweight for a long time now.Its such a horrid feeling,stops me doing and enjoying so much.

I have terrible back problems from a car accident a long time ago which doesn't help my weight loss journey.
Recently I was told about an amazing man who could help me.As my complementary therapy treatment began,manipulation and massage,I moaned and groaned about my weight.I explained how my new design partnership was so exciting but my weight hang ups were standing in my way.....BIG TIME

I cant go and see a client without feeling they are judging me by the way I look and to be honest I KNOW that they are....its not in my head....its the  truth.

My back is improving and to my excitement Abbas (my therapist) has agreed to take me on as a project....is he mad I ask  myself..?

So this is  day 1......
Salad hummus wraps,chicken kebab and salad and Heep's of water later.....bit of a headache....but excited..
not by the photographs...they are soooooo upsettingly bad....but I think I am looking at the light at the end of the tunnel and hope its not the oncoming train..

Quick and Simple..

Simple is good isn't it? ok this card wont set the crafty world on fire but that's what I love, 5 mins in the craft room can make a lovely simple card...simples....;)

Its good to be different...

This shows how different my girls are, this was a fancy dress event at school both dressed up as they felt was right.....Lady K on the left who thinks shes 16 and Lady C who thinks shes 4....

I love them to bits, its not easy being a parent, lots of challenges every day but I always try to remember their challenges.....Lady C spends all her time anxious, negative and worried, not many people 'get' her or tolerate her...its not easy she has her own kind of inner language, she is trying to show how she feels and it comes out all wrong.......

I never mention hubby, he is Mr List, the lists can be about shopping, holiday, work and after jobs in the house...the jobs in the house list are written usually every January April/May and when we come back off holiday at the end of Aug after 2 weeks of 'thinking' we usually have a good laugh at the old list because of the lack of jobs ticked off from one list to another......
He has worked so hard this weekend, nothing he did however was on the list but to be honest who cares!!
Well done hubs x

Another bonkers visit,there is def no need to wear make up because we cry laughing....I mean tears running down out faces....the best therapy, Laughter..
I love it when Kirsty and Ellie come over, they just slot into our family life like a snog fitting glove, on Sunday they brought along the scrummy Eddie. My big worry was that Harvey and Nix's fave thing is sausage and with Eddie being a sausage dog there cold have been trouble ahead..but no, he slotted in just fine.

Harvey is very very choosy about who he shares his house with, Eddie is def one of the lucky ones x

we polished off a nice roast chicken dinner followed by the 'voice' and 'Britains got talent' then made a plan...we often make a plan to craft but end up taking, dancing and laughing..so instead of crafting we did this instead.

Lady K had a friend over and Kirsty whipped out her camera and took some amazing shots...I will pop them on later....really gorge..

Kirsty has said I am long overdue with a freebie, maybe something new so I will work on something and be back soon, hanks for reading.

Insurance? and the point is.....

A few weeks ago my beloved camera was stolen, with the memory inside (which is the saddest part) I have been really lost with out it so decided to claim on my insurance. 

stage one

Phone the police....long long chat on the phone.

stage two

phone the insurance company.

who are we insured with hubby?

don't know.....so I called Zurich...not us!, called LV...not us! Called Direct line...not us!....

after being passed from pillar to post hubby came home and found the docs (which were from Direct line!..) I called to get a claim form for my £400 camera...

After all this it turns out the excess is £200, the camera has de-valued to £249 so they were going to give me £49 and raise my premium by 10%....!!!!!! WHAT?

Hubby decided to cheer me up to buy me one , for work, really not in the budget at the moment AT ALL but I do NEED it...  

Here it is , it arrived on Sat....AMAZING...cant use it yet of course but lovin it...

FUJI FINEPIX H20 EXR

 

Here is one of my first shots , This is my garden today, the chicks chillaxin.....who needs Spain?

 Something new is coming to town....
www.thecraftjam.blogspot.com

I will be posting my crafty workshops very soon, watch this space...

How amazing is this, Kirsty Wiseman designed it for me, its a standard joke, I keep asking her to come over for a 'craft jam' ....so what better name for a new venture.........

If you need a fabby and  fresh Blog banner,
website,
logo,
business identity
or just need your current blog updating then you MUST speak to Kirsty She is amazing, you can google her name and get to her blog....http://www.limegreenbogiegirl.blogspot.co.uk

and if you want the most amazing pictures or just want to learn how to take amazing photos then Kirsty is your man...well woman....;)

This is my 11 year old daughter.....wow.....what can I say....

An this is my amazing but troubled 9 year old.

New Craft Studio WOOO HOOO!

I cant believe my luck, I have a fab crafty buddy who is an amazing tidier!

Ok so it got in a real mess.......and has been like this for a long time..

My whole crafty life changed this weekend...for the muchness better.

When I invited Kirsty and Ellie by crafty buddy and scrummy daughter to come over who would have thought this would happen. They arrived at 8ish on Friday night, we chatted and grazed and giggled for a while as usual then Kirsty said shall we do some crafting....well my other crafty buddy Christine was due round too and had just cancelled and I just felt the embarrassment of my  room would be too much....how could we craft in such chaos?

Kirsty said , "shall we do your room then? I love tidying..especially crafts" I must admit she made this decision 'without' looking in my room...I think her reaction was "holy shit!" but she was not put off and we set to work. ..

 I think maybe Kirsty should go into teaching in a school, she knows how to crack the whip, I was guilty as charged so I did as I was told. She asked me if I really needed 'audio cassette' and packs of horrid cheap tacky brads which of course I didn't so we filled bags of rubbish,  recycling and donations.
We giggled , munched and danced our way round the room, even the cupboards were sorted like never before. Ellie and Lady K chilled watching movies and eating treats , they visited us every now and then. Lady C did her own thing as usual.

We worked out we spent 10 hours at least over the weekend.....10!!!!!
It was sooo well worth it, I am ready for classes now, sewing and papercrafts and cant wait to get cracking.

Just need to sort out the back area where I sew then its all done!