So glad this week is over, 3 out of the 4 of us have been poorly-sick with a nasty tummy bug, I had the worst of it with horrible flu-syptoms as well, not sure when I last felt so ill!  But we’re all fighting fit again.  Which is just as well, as we’re decorating the sitting room this weekend, no mean feat with all the furniture-moving that has to take place in order for this to happen.  eek.  And worse still, all the furniture has to come right out to have a new carpet fitted on Monday. We’re talking suite, large computer desk, heavy pieces of furniture, and worst of all, piano.  Paul reckons it can go out the patio doors into the garden – I am distinctly uncomfortable with this!!!  We’ll see…….anyway, can’t wait til it’s all done .

As for scrapping, I’ve got a couple of bits to share: I had a stab at the design team for The Studio, I didn’t get in, maybe next time!  I had to scrap a page about me, and used the lovely Cocoa Daisy Nov. kit:

I took part in the ‘Lift Me Up’ challenge over at CD, kind of a speed-scrapping Chinese Whispers, so much fun! Another kit, December’s this time (really love those glittered alphas):

And I’ve got a new LO up on the Papermaze blog, this time working with October Afternoon (love love )  and their Report Card line:

TFL, back soon with more……..

xx

And what do you do on a snow day?  Play in the snow, then bake, of course .

We had some fun out on the village common, Max loved hugging an enormous snowball we found there:

Sam and Max then hid behind said snowball and pelted snowballs at me – ha, you missed!

Everything looks so pretty in the snow:

Max and I decided to bake choc chunk cookies, he’s not a bad little helper in the kitchen!

…….and the finished result:

Sam asked if he could have one in his lunchbox on Monday.  Monday???  Yeah, like they’re going to last til Monday.  They’re lush……..

xx

Happy New Year, hello 2010!!  Hope you celebrated in style last night, but didn’t over-do it like wot I did…….Jan 1st 2010 has been an incredibly quiet and sedentary day for me!

The end of a year is typically a time for reviewing the past 12 months, and the lovely Anna on the Cocoa Daisy forum decided to choose her 10 favourite LO’s of 2009, inviting us to do the same.  I liked the idea, so here are mine:

I’d love to see yours!  Why not do the same, and leave me a link?

TFL! xx

Well, it’s as close as we’re going to get to a white Christmas, that’s for sure.  We’ve had lots of beautiful snow the last couple of days, the village looks incredibly pretty.

I took the camera on our walk to school on Friday:

And on the way home, the sun peeped out a little, and with the hanging mist it looked magical.  This is our view across the common to the church:

This is my walk home!

And my favourite photo (our house is tucked in behind this one).  Even Paul said it was quite nice – praise indeed!

I’ve realised that I’ve forgotten to blog the card I made for the Papermaze blog – we’re doing a ‘12 cards of Christmas’ to provide some inspiration for you, and here’s my contribution using the lovely Eskimo Kisses line from Basic Grey:

Take a look at the Papermaze blog, Scrap Paper Scissors, for some fab ideas if you still need to make a few cards .

xx

…well, the sitting room at least .  A few pics of our Christmas decorating session last weekend:

Me decorating the tree (I know, sorry about the naff headwear…..):

and Sam (he did most of it on his own):

Max’s Christmas socks:

Sam’s Christmas hat:

and a couple of my favourite decorations:

Hope your Christmas prep is going well too!

xx