WOYWW

Look at this, I haven't blogged here since last Wednesday. I've been blogging over on my Christmas Journal blog, here http://jayschristmasjournal.blogspot.com/.

I've nothing on my desk to show you today, I've been busy wrapping Christmas presents and filling stockings so no crafting I'm afraid. Here are the stockings I've been filling for my darling daughters. I'm filling eight stockings this year, one of them is for me of course.

Most of the presents are wrapped now, thank goodness. What a job that is. I'm still only up to "D"s writing my cards. That would be "D" in the address book. It's not looking good for them getting there on time is it?

WOYWW

So late! I've had a productive evening cutting out Christmas shapes on my Cuttlebug for someone at work and I've only just been able to add my WOYWW.
My desk today was the kitchen table 'cos there's not enough room on the desk to make this.

Do you know what it is yet?

It's a star for the school nativity play, yes we do still do that at our school. My teacher wanted me to make a 3D star but I couldn't work out how to make the cardboard bend, so it's 2D and it will have to do. If anyone can do better they are more than welcome to try.

I have just had the best present. My Little Girl had just come in and brought me a bunch of flowers. I was really touched. I will take a photo and show you tomorrow.

Until then, dear reader, take care. Oh, if you want to read day 2 of my Christmas journal you can see it here: http://jayschristmasjournal.blogspot.com/

Follow on from 17 again blog train

Lilly at 17

I asked my 17 year old daughter to answer the questions I used yesterday on the blog train. Here are her answers:
QUESTIONS:My hair colour is....brown
My hair style is....long and wavy
My favourite brand of makeup is....Bourjois
My "fashionable" item is......what fashion item, I dress like a grandad
My favourite outfit is.....my Haight and Ashbury dress
My favourite colour is.....green
I drive a.....BSM training vehicle
On a Saturday I go....to rehearsals or friends houses
On a Saturday night I go.....to work
On a Sunday I go.....to work
Monday-Friday I go.....to college
My best friend(s) is/are.....Bethany Hutchinson and Flo Taylor-Jones
My favourite place to go out is......anywhere with a view
My favourite subject at school is.....drama
When I grow up I want to be......Early Years teacher with Special Needs and drama therapy
My favourite drink is.....fanta
My favourite food is.....seafood
My favourite shop is......M Butterfly
I want to marry....someone who doesn't take life too seriously :-)
My favourite actor/actress is....Johnny Depp
My favourite band is....Beatles
My favourite TV programme is....Come Dine With Me
The one thing I want to do but can't is.....be insanely clever without trying
My most used mode of transport is a....bus, I live on Wilts and Dorset
If I had all the money in the world I would....
I wish I could visit....my family in LA more often
My favourite sport is......that was a good joke!
This fall I .......had the best couple of months
At Halloween I dressed up as .....a dead hippy
I recently saw ...New Moon and thought it was ........crap
I am reading .....another good joke
The big newspaper story this year is......Obama
The most dangerous thing I've ever done....
The furthest away from home I've ever been is......LA

Some interesting answers there. Maybe we should all ask our 17 year olds those questions, we may get to know them a little better. I wonder if she would have answered the second to last question if she hadn't known I would read her answers!

I have blogged my Christmas Journal, it's here if you'd like to look: http://jayschristmasjournal.blogspot.com/

17 again Blog train

Over on Shimelle.com a whole bunch of us have been following a blog workshop. As this is now finished some of us are doing a Blog Train. 17 (actually 19) of us are going back in time to when we were 17 - an awful long time for some of us, well me anyway. If you enjoy reading about my 17th year, click on the link at the bottom which will take you to Kate's blog. She will then link you to the nest person on the train and so on, you can follow us all if you like. So, dear reader onto 1970, enjoy.....

QUESTIONS: What was happening in my life age 17

My hair colour is.... Mousy brown

My hair style is.... Long, straight with a centre parting

My favourite brand of makeup is.... Don't wear any

My "fashionable" item is...... My flowery dress usually worn with a band around my head

My favourite outfit is..... Anything with flowers - Flower Power man!

My favourite colour is..... Brown

I drive a..... My mum's car when she lets me

On a Saturday I go.... Into town and drink hot chocolate in Wimpy Bar

On a Saturday night I go..... No where in particular

On a Sunday I go..... I stay in bed

Monday-Friday I go..... Work - as a cadet nurse at St Georges Hospital in Lincoln

My best friend(s) is/are..... Rosemary, Gillian (or Illianga Ickerpa as she was known)
My favourite place to go out is...... Cinema, pub
My favourite subject at school is..... You've gotta be joking. I hated school and left at 16 as soon as they let me
When I grow up I want to be...... A nurse
My favourite drink is..... Wimpy's hot chocolate
My favourite food is..... Kali and spanish (rainbow crystals and liquorice)
My favourite shop is...... I don't have one
I want to marry.... Roy Scott, we are engaged - hells bells!
My favourite actor/actress is.... I don't have one
My favourite band is.... The Kinks
My favourite TV programme is.... Don't watch much TV, I suppose Top of the Pops if any
The one thing I want to do but can't is..... I'm 17, I can do anything I want
My most used mode of transport is a.... Car/train

If I had all the money in the world I would.... I've no idea
I wish I could visit.... Egypt
My favourite sport is...... Sport! What's that? I'm 17
This fall I ....... turn 18
At Halloween I dressed up as ..... England doesn't do Halloween
I recently saw ...(movie) and thought it was ........ I haven't seen a film in ages
I am reading ..... Haahaa, I gave up reading when I gave up school
The big newspaper story this year is…. John Lennon marries Yoko Ono and The Beatles split
The most dangerous thing I've ever done.... I went on the back of a boyfriends scooter, scarey
The furthest away from home I've ever been is...... Bournemouth

So, off you go now to 2001 where you will meet Kate, here.

http://libertycottage.blogspot.com/

WOYWW

Well, here we are again. Wednesday's come round really quickly don't they? I made this card last night for my Little Girl's best friend's birthday. I had the idea of cutting out her name from the front of the card and I was quite pleased with how it turned out. Thank goodness it was Beth's birthday, not Florence's! I'm not showing you my whole desk because it doesn't look much different from previous weeks. Julia's desk, which can be seen here if you're not visiting me via her blog, http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/, is lovely and tidy. Mine, on the other hand, is not. To be honest, I can hardly get in my craft room at all, it is such a mess. I think I'm going to put all the Christmas stuff away 'cos I'm not inspired to making anymore cards. Alan Titchmarsh, on the tele, has just said it's 31 days to Christmas. Lovely! So, it looks as though some people will be getting bought cards this year. I'm going to a card making marathon run by the 2 Scrap Ladies on Sunday (see here http://www.2scrapladies.blogspot.com/), so some will be made there.

I've not been feeling brilliant for the last couple of days, you know the feeling, just a low grade 'ickyness, nothing specific. I've felt nauseous, dizzy, shaky and a bit wheezy. Well, this morning on the way to work I realised my vision was going a bit fuzzy. It was a bit worrying as I was driving along the A303 at the time. Thank goodness I didn't have far to go until I go to work. The headmistress gave me one of her migraine tablets and sat me down until my eyes had come back to normal, then I was sent home. I popped into the chemist to buy some of the tablets and the lady told me they may make my sleepy! I got home and lay down on the sofa and that was it for about three hours. One minute I was watching Homes Under The Hammer and the next David Dickinson was Bargain Hunting. I'd love to know who bought the run down old house and what they did with it. Well, the sleep was obviously what I needed because I feel much better now.

So, dear reader, I'm going to check out some more WOYWW desks

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

Well almost. I spent the afternoon in my craft room. It wasn't terribly relaxing as I was making an advent box for my niece. You can see it here http://jayschristmasjournal.blogspot.com/. Last year I made about ten of these boxes, all made with 24 match boxes, so a bit of maths, ten boxes made from 24 matchboxes each containing at least 50 matches, what's that then? About 12,000 matches! On top of that I made the advent boxes with my after school craft club, so that was another ten, making about 24,000 matches. How to dispose of the matches was interesting. I didn't want to just put them in the bin in case they went on fire. Someone suggested cutting all the ends off and giving them to someone to make models from, I'd still be there cutting I think. In the end I put them on the compost, I was worried if they ignited they would set fire to the shed, but a friend told me that a little moisture would stop them going on fire. I waited for a wet day and tipped them all in. It seemed to work, the shed is still there and when I turned out the compost later in the year they had all disappeared so I suppose that was probably the best solution.
So, dear reader, that was my Sunday. Back to work tomorrow, however my big girl is coming home for the night so I'm looking forward to that. I think I can count of one hand the amount of nights she's spent at home since she went to uni and I don't like it. I miss her so much.

Woohoo.

The last three weeks have not been in vain, Shimelle will be pleased to hear. I've just set up another blog! I am going to do Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas workshop again this year, I started it last year and only got up to about day 17.

Having just completed Shimelle's Blogging For Scrapbookers workshop I decided that this year I would blog my Christmas. The photo above shows a bookcase with my mini albums and circle journals on, I don't think I need any more at the moment otherwise Santa will have to bring me a bigger bookcase.

Looking back in my archives, I did blog some of my JYC pages from last year. I had to smile when I read that I would try to, not only scrapbook, but also blog my Christmas from 1st December to 6th January. Heehee, I managed to get to day 13 on my blog.

Well, better luck this year. So, dear reader, if you would care to take a look at my Chistmas Journal, it's here:

http://jayschristmasjournal.blogspot.com/