Went to Blackpool last week to visit my little Elsea. My youngest granddaughter, whilst there our daughter took us to a local carvery pub. It was just delicious!!After we had the choice of the desserts OMG they were huge. Here was the cream eclair over 8 inches in size.
I just couldnt believe my eyes. But it was so nice!! However I couldnt eat it all it was just too much .They also had cakes. The slice was humongous wide and roughly 8 inches tall. 4 layers too. How do people eat a main meal then eat a whole one of these desserts?
Dont know . I just couldnt manage it!
The other day I grabbed a few of our Golden Retrievers, Billy and Sams teddies to wash. Sam watched in horror as I put them in the washing machine. Once they were finished, both the boys watched me take them out of the machine into the laundry basket.
They then excitedly followed me into the garden. As I was trying to hang them on the washing line, they kept stealing them out of the basket. Once I had finally managed to hang them on the line and walked away, I turned around to find them trying to steal them off the line.
One of them, I am not sure who, managed to pull one off, and Sam ran off with it. They thought it was all a great game. I must admit I was laughing, they are such fun.
I cant believe Otto my daughters Wiermaraner and our Grand-fur baby is now one year old.
Even though I live in Nottinghamshire and my daughter and family live in Oxfordshire I feel Ive been involved in every aspect of Ottos first year through photographs, videos and messages of what he has been up to.
He was a great companion and comfort to my daughter earlier this year when her husband was deployed to Cyprus and they formed a very close bond.
That bond hasnt been broken and even though he has grown and now weighs 31kg he still loves his cuddles and likes to snuggle even though sometimes personal space is well and truly invaded lol.
so last saturday we had a stall ,my sister and i at Holt station for the 40s weekend ,it was great fun very busy and a wonderful atmosphere most people dressed up ,there was singing dancing and when the trains came in it was a joy to see the costumes as everyone came off the steam trains ,we did very well I sold lots of cards and gave out cards sending people to craftsuprint so hopefully some new customers
… great Grandson, Noah, is now just over a year old! Hes such a happy young man, especially when we go to the park!
Im lucky in that he lives a few streets away, although as his Mum, my granddaughter, and his dad work … they sort of top and tail the day with them switching over for childcare around midday!
Sooo I really cherish the times I get to see him. And the best thing is … that as Im a great grandma … I get to give him back for all the other bits!
Lol!
Following on from my news about Daisys school project on her family tree and history. Today, her school class put on an exhibition of their mini-history projects. Here is Daisys table. We are all so proud of her. She put so much work into it. And she is only five years old.
You can see the photos of her great grand parents and the hospital where I was born. Then there is the magical picture filled with love hearts, unicorns and rainbows that she made.
In the last few months Ive been buying pre-loved jewellery. Usually a mystery job lot, a mix of vintage and modern costume jewellery, not perfect maybe some broken pieces or single earrings etc.
Ive always loved jewellery since being a child, and since inheriting my mothers brooch collection, Ive also got a passion for brooches, old or new if they appeal to me.
Ive seen so many people, usually from the USA up-cycle, repair, clean and give new life to pieces to sell or keep the idea really appealed to me.
Ive loved sorting through the bags, mostly tangles but Ive sat patiently and untangled every piece.
Some beyond help but 90% of it was good. Sometimes I would find a little bit of treasure, like the vintage bracelet in the picture. It needs some repair and on cleaning it I noticed a hallmark, it was worn a bit but still there and further research and testing it is sterling silver with a gold plating.
What a fabulous find, I dont know if I can repair the delicate chain border yet, Im still learning but for now it will go into my jewellery collection as my first treasure find.
Last Sunday was a busy day. First off down to the park on the waterfront for our grandsons 10th Birthday. Was a fun filled day where everyone got wet! No it didnt rain.
There is a small water park with water cannons but because of the number of other kids parties his Mum had arranged other water activities.
Water Bombs, water pistols and nerf guns. So lots of wet kids. Trying to light the candles on his cake was a mission as there was quite a sea breeze blowing and they were going out faster than I was lighting them.
So we did things a little back to front and he blew the candles out before we sang Happy Birthday.
Once it was cut it was so yummy. Then when that finished I messaged my daughter as her step daughter was playing touch football on the other side of town.
Her step daughter made the Top 8 teams the day before, so they were doing play offs.
They made top 4 so we headed off from the park to where they were playing being that we had time to get there while they were still in it.
A game was in progress which if they won theyd be in the grand final. So we got there in time to watch the girls play off in the GF.
The team they were up against had not lost a game all season so everything was crossed that the grand daughters team could pull a win out of the bag.
Five minutes to go and scores were locked at 3 -3. Then 2 mins to go our team scored which decided the final score 4-3. So proud of the effort the grand daughter put in and helped them win.
This weeks designs are both DL size cards, one for Christmas and one for Birthday
…. Had a fun filled day with our youngest grandson Austin whilst his Dad, my son, was in Derbyshire competing in the Masters Championship.
He won the Gold Medal in the 800 meters!
Hes off to Madeira in a few weeks where he will be representing England in the Masters Championship! His daughter, our youngest granddaughter Olivia was also competing in the 800 meters race in Derbyshire … where she came 2nd!
What a fantastic day for all of us!
Not an easy subject. For me, age is natural, part of life, and there is Beauty in Old Age. We have a treasure that youth lacks: experience.Getting old… Laugh at it? Get grumpy, sarcastic, bitter? Living piling up lists of what we cannot do like when we were 20?
Be sad? Launch a 24/7 crusade spending our energies fighting against the undefeatable wrinkles, loose skin, fat arms and getting frustrated because we are defeated all the time?
Drop of wisdom by the Beatles Life is very short and theres no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
I agree.No.
I am not here to preach or even question what people think. I respect everyones views on the subject. This is my story.I am here to share what was going on in my brain when I felt the need to offer new image collections for Craftsuprint but with my very personal input.
I wanted to share my feelings on the Beauty of getting old.
As simple as that.I will be 70 next year, will not go bore you with my bio, but for the purpose of this article I need to mention that in younger days I had the luck of bumping into development seminars that helped me regain my self-esteem, destroyed in childhood by bullying from family and schoolmates about being overweight and not pretty.
The seminars opened the door to a new path, a scary, frightening one because I had to face and confront my worst enemy: myself.
Because of what others said I did not love myself.
Not an easy fight, but by loving myself the way I was, warts and all, I learned to live and fight in life, with joy, to find strength within myself first.
I was in my twenties listening to people in their 70s talking about starting new adventures in life. That stuck in my brain, but I was far from 70.
Today I am virtually there.It was then when I went through a process that was not easy by any means, full of pitfalls, learning to love myself in full.
And that was the foundation to see the aging process as natural and embrace it. Everyone has their own views and opinions and this is only mine. I say hello everyday to the new me in the mirror, have a smile and wish myself a good day.
If an ache appears I just tell myself oh well, this is only part of my body, the other parts can help the aching part.
My arms are larger, no problem, a sewing machine helps me adapt my clothes if needed. And at this point I feel gratitude for being alive one more day, birth-day is every day to me and my partner, my companion in life, similar age, similar views.
Our power for being grateful for small mercies in life is strong and give us strength to cope with whatever comes.That is in a nutshell most of the inspiration behind the collections I am offering.
The collections Would you Dance with me, You are made of Stardust, Together Forever and In my heart forever are designed to touch anyone of any age with scenes that engulf many emotions, mainly companionship, trust, love, affection, beauty, tenderness, understanding and contentment.
The images are designed to be versatile, to celebrate a special occasion like an anniversary, a birthday, just gratitude, friendship and renewed vows of love or celebrate the life of someone that has crossed the portal.
Thank you for allowing me to share these thoughts with you. Even if only browsing, your visit to my shop is truly appreciated. Most grateful for that. X Aras Wonderland
We just dodged the rain to take the dogs for a quick walk, and I said to hubby, I doubt there will be a post box topper today, as the weather today has been wet and very windy.
Imagine my surprise when we walked past this beauty just as the sun came out. I have no clue how the lady knitted a tractor, but I am very impressed. What a fabulous topper.
My 13 year old grandson Alfie has been boxing for a few years now and has been working up to the moment of having his first fight.
It finally arrived last Friday where he travelled from Oxford to Watford.
He had to weigh no more than 42kg so his prep leading up to the fight was healthy eating and trading which to his credit he really did it.
The moment came and he was ready, I was watching on video his mum, dad and younger brother were there along with his coach and other members of his boxing club who came to support him.
There are 3 rounds and each round only lasts a few minutes.
Its all professionally done. He fought extremely well and it was a close call in the end. There was only a point in it but sadly he lost. However for his first fight his coach was so pleased with him, and we were all proud. Then it was off to KFC for a treat.
… was my Mums 94th birthday recently! We lost my dad a few years ago and hed have been 99 this month! Mum is in a lovely care home and she has a lot of good friends there too. Her only real gripe ….
Is that her Mum hasnt been to visit her for a long time now! lol The care home put on a lovely festive birthday celebration for my mum with lots of treats, she sooo loved it!
Last week we celebrated Sams Gotcha Day. It was on that day four years ago that we brought him home from the breeder at 8 weeks old.
The time has flown by, but he will always be the baby.
He has grown into a big, beautiful boy who is full of fun and has so much energy. I love this picture of him in the doggy pram that we used to take him out when he was too young to go for proper walks.
He looked like he was driving it.
If anyone is wondering about the title it is a song from the musical Hair, but I thought I would use it for my article today on my 8 year old Grandson Harrys trip to Manchester with the family.
This was a specific trip for him as one of his 8th Birthday presents was a trip to the Manchester City Football Stadium.
He is a big supporter so was so excited to have the full tour, going behind the scenes and lots of photo opportunities.
Even got a glimpse of one of the players, who was being interviewed. So he was thrilled with that too.
After the tour it was off to the shop from some souvenirs. Good job he had saved up his pocket money and birthday money.