a quick update ..............

The puppies are all coming on fine, to see photos and videos just pop into their puppy diary.

Kailub is just soooo scrunchy and lovely with his mop of hair. I've never know a bairn to be born with so much hair. He is putting on weight and now weighs in at 9lb 6.5oz.

I've made all 100 invitations for John and Leannes wedding, just 60 Order of Service to complete noo. Below is a photo of the sample collection which Leanne chose for her invites.
The card has a beautiful shimmer to it, which the photo doesn't really pick up well. The tartan ribbon is a new modern tartan called The Pride of Bannockburn, which only came off the production line at the end of April. When I went to bed I couldn't get tartan ribbon and crystal hearts oot ma heed, but that wee side affect of making so many invites has noo left me :-)
The last couple of days have been wonderful hot sunny blue sky days................ summer is here ........... but for how long? Yesterday afternoon I was in my front garden giving it a very much needed tidy up. I was also diggin' (with my new spade) around the bottom of a down pipe which goes into the ground into a soak away, but needs replaced........ it's still not out but I now know which way my gas pipe runs :-) ............ well after all that diggin' I am a wee bit stiff and sore today ........ my OH keeps telling me "your not as young as you used to be", I think I already know that though. Now are you thinking, my OH should've been doin' the diggin' ?........ in the 25 years we have been married OH has always said "I don't do diggin'!!!" and he never has. Oooops! I tell a lie, he did dig a few holes when he was building the decking. But that was after he had sat and watched me dig the pond :-) luv him to bits .......... Talking of the pond I have at last found out where it is leaking from and this should be fixed very soon, which the frogs, tadpoles, newts, stiklebacks, blue orfs and golden orfs will all be pleased about. I love sitting beside the pond, it's like another wee world in there and it is so relaxing.
So much for this being a quick update, I've started to haver (pron: h-ave-er, meaning: Speak nonsense, normally assosiated with senility) .... yep that sounds like me :-)
bye the noo. I'll be back to haver some more soon :-)

The stork has been.........

and delivered a very special wee bundle of joy to my son and his fiancee. At 4 minutes past 5 this morning my second grandson was born weighing 7lbs 5 1/2 ozs. At first they hadn't decided on a name for him, but I have just been told he is Kailub Christopher. Christopher is after his dad, but where they got Kailub I don't know, but I'm liking it.


I've just done a name meaning search and found out that Kailub is a variant of Caleb and means "dog" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the twelve spies sent by Moses into Israel. Of the Israelites who left Egypt with Moses, Caleb and Joshua were the only ones who lived to see the promised land.


I am such a proud nanna ....... and I've just got to show off baby Kailub Christopher (photos taken by Christopher, his dad this morning)



Kian went shopping with his Auntie Sarah-Jane this afternoon with £3 in his pocket to spend and look what he came back with..........he's a mean and moody rock star in the making!!!!

Now I think that cost a wee bit more than £3.............was his Auntie spoiling him again?

Kian is away home noo and his dad is taking him to see his mum and new baby brother in the hospital. Hopefully they will both get home tomorrow.

I'm off noo to get something to eat and dye Sarah-Janes hair then have a couple of glasses of wine .... a wee bit of a girly night 'cause Colin is working till 1.30 am

The puppies are here.....

Fearne decided to go into labout last Friday (11th April) and I was thinking for once she was going to have her pups during the day. Fearne had other ideas though....... she hung on to her pups until just after 1am when she gave birth to the first wee bundle ............. I sat with her all night while she delivered pup after pup until the last one, puppy number 6, was born just after 7am. I was shattered, but Fearne was totally exhausted, she fed her pups and we both managed to get about an hours sleep before the rest of the household woke up.

Heres a few photos of the pups on their first day

Fearne had 4 bitches and 2 dog pups, sadly on Sunday morning one of the dog pups died. This was my first puppy death and it was such a shock to find a poor wee dead pup. I had a wee puppy funeral in my garden.
I will be updating my dogs website very soon and adding a new puppy diary with photos, videos and updates on the pups progress.
I'm back at work now and my holiday week just flew by so quickly. So it is back to normal, working in the morning and then doing whatever else needs done when I get home. I'v a couple of websites to update and the wedding stationery I've been asked to do. I will add photos of the wedding stationery when it is all complete. I've also got to find time to get some ATC's done for this months swaps.......
I'm still keeping to my Scottish Slimmers eating plan and so far I've lost 9.5 lbs which I am quite pleased with.
There's still no sign of my 2nd grandson being born yet, he is over a week late now, so it could be anytime soon. Hopefully the next time I blog I will have a new grandson
bye for noo

Memories

Lynard Skynard's Freebird............our song.....not everybodys cup of tea, but it has stayed with us for 25 years

To celebrate our anniversary (as we're not big on parties and a lot of fuss) we went for a quite meal at the pub where we first met over 27 years ago. The Elizabeathen has changed a wee bit since then. When we used to go most weekends, there was a disco.....now I use that term loosely...... as this was no normal seventies disco, playing Abba and The Bee Gees etc. the main music played was hard rock and heavy metal so we could all have a great head bangin' time. The main drink of the time was Snakebites (larger and cider) drank by the pint. Just the thought of a pint of Snakebite makes me feel sick noo.

My present (which was not expected) from my OH was a beautiful new gold and diamond ring...he even got the size right! woo hoo :-)

OH loved his anniversary card and we had quite a laugh at how we looked way back in 1983 on our wedding day. He had his long hair cut and my hair which was usually long and crimped was cut and flicked back in true 80's style. I had made my wedding dress and 3 bridesmaid dresses for the grand sum of £100. My auntie (who was a florist) made all my flower arrangements (silk flowers) as a wedding pressie and she also helped with my make-up. My mum spent weeks making and icing our 3 teir wedding cake. My oldest brother (year younger than me) took all our wedding photos and my youngest brother (10 years younger than me) was the only one to cry through the registry office ceramony. Our wedding reception was at The Castleton (now called The Music Bar), my parents and OH parents paid for meal and evening buffet, we had a disco and .... now please don't laugh! .. a singer/accordian player. Honeymoon ........ one night spent at King Malcolm Hotel (pressie from OH parents) ...... what a laugh that was! we ended up in a room with single beds and the people in room next door kept bangin' on the wall cause of the noise in our room ............ not what your thinking ..... we were drinking champagne and eating pieces (sandwiches) and watching Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on The Old Grey Whistle Test on the telly!!!! :-) Those were the days :-)

The card is made..........

Still not feeling overly creative, but managed to get a Silver Wedding Anniversary card made for my husband. So it is all sealed in it's envelope ready to give him tomorrow morning before he goes to work. I wish he didn't start at 6am, never mind I'm on holiday so I can snuggle back up under the quilt for a wee while longer.

This is what I came up with, I can put it up today 'cause he never looks at my blog. I don't think he would know how to find it :)

Where have all the days gone?

Days and even months have past since my last blog...........I'm such a bad blogger LOL, just not organised at all..............never enough time to fit everything into my days.

This week is going to be no different, even though I am on holiday from work for a whole week. yipppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

This week is going to packed full of excitement (well I'm hoping anyway). First off it is my 25th wedding anniversary.......OMG 25 years with the same grumpy git of a man, how have I survived? Looking forward to going out for dinner, keeping my fingers crossed it's not Pizza Hut

Secondly my 2nd grandson is due to be born, why now a days must they find out the sex of their baby before it is born? and what if they get it wrong? I prefer not to know so I get a surprise when the baby is born, I love surprises :)

Thirdly or last, Fearne, my border collie is due a litter of pups. Now I will get a surprise when they are born, cause I don't know how many or what sexes these babies will be.

I was going to do some decorating while I was on holiday, but that daft notion has wore off, I can do that another time :)

I haven't lifted my camera for a long time and have fell way behind with HS:MS photo prompts, hopefull will join in again soon. I have done quite a bit of crafting, but photos of that will have to go on another post soon.

I have been asked to make wedding invitations and Order of Service for my friends sons wedding (my very first large order and a big responibility). The bride has chosen what she would like, and most of the supplies have arrived from the wholesaler. So I am going to be busy getting these done and I will place photos on my blog in the future.

Yesterday was spent in the garden as the sun was shining, even though there was an icey wind. Planted some strawberries and herbs, and now have three small tomato plant on my kitchen window sill waiting for the weather to warm up a bit more. I won't be out in the garden today though...................it is freezing and we woke up this morning to snow, which has all disappeared now. The frogs and toads in my pond will be wondering what is happening with the weather, they were all swimming and mating in the glorious sunshine on Friday. Clumps of spawn are starting to appear in the pond, so we can look forward to some tadpoles again this year.

Well I think thats enough of my gibbering, I've a roast dinner to cook and an anniversary card to make for my OH .........I know! I've left it to the last minute, but thats me...............I keep telling myself I work better under pressure..............and do I?.............well sometimes............but today I just don't feel very creative..................but that could change once I get my paper and glue out.

Just one last thing before I go................... noticing that I was getting rather plump and my clothes were getting tighter and having to buy larger sizes..................I decided it was time for action.....I have joined Scottish Slimmers (the first time I have ever joined a slimming class in my life) and I am chuffed to bits that in 3 weeks I have lost 6lb.........now if I can keep this up, when I go to my frinds sons wedding I should be 2 stone lighter...................now should I post a before and after photo here.................no not yet, maybe one day

I'm bloggin' again.......

It's been a while since my last blog so this is a quite a long blog. I started playing along with HS:MS on Monday so have a whole weeks woth of photos for you to go through......if you have the stamina to get you to the end of this blog please leave a comment.



A big family gathering with plenty of photo opportunities and who forgot her camera? Shame on me :(

Last night we went to my OH uncle Jims 80th birthday party, a large family afair. I really enjoyed seeing my OH's family members that we only ever get to see at these events. My healthy eating plan went right oot the window, I just had to have a few brandy and lemonades and managed to munch my way through a large plate of food from the buffet table. Oh well!! I'll start healthy eating again tomorrow. The highlight of the evening was a short film show of Jims life from 1928 to today, we couldn't have a party in Scotland without a piper who played a medlay of traditional Scottish songs.



SOS (show off Sunday)

I took this in October when me and my OH went on a wee break to Ayr. I would love to have a go at this sport, even though it was a cold windy day it looks so much fun. I don't even know what it is called.



SPS

The dreaded SPS (self portrait Saturday), the first one I've done for ages, so I must slowly ease myself back into this. Just a tiny bit of me this week, I'm showing off my first ever professional French Manicure.........not a great photo, a bit grainy. My daughter gave me a voucher at Christmas to get my nails done as I usually just do them myself, when I can be bothered!!! It was quite a treat, but to be honest I just don't have the time to sit and have a manicure very often, and I'd rather spend the money on craft stuff!!! Life is far too short to be worrying about my nails, I've too much other stuff to get on with,
thanks S-J it was a really nice thought :) and they do look great......

DangleTo hang or swing loosely. Find 'dangle' in your space today.

Number
An arithmetical value expressed by a word, symbol or figure. Show us a 'number' in your space today!

Just a quik photo today, which I wasn't happy with so I had a wee play with it in photoshop....

Indulge
To allow oneself to enjoy a pleasure....

Now I'm not a big chocolate fan (I'd rather have crisps) but my daughter won this box of choccies in a raffle at her work and she shared them with the family, so I did indulge in a few of them :) and they were quite yummy........

Away
To go at a distance from a specified thing, place or person. Show us 'away' in your space today.

A bit of a cheat this one....... this photo was taken in 2004 when out for a walk near Braefoot Bay. OH and dogs walking 'away' from me 'cause I was too busy takin' photos of anything and everything as usual.

CD

The world is awash with them - music, images, movies. Show us CD's in your space!.......

Here's the CD's on my computer desk, which I have given a well needed tidy and clean, so now I can actually see some of the desk.

Some ATC's that I have made for SSUP and Willow Design Swaps. It is a shame that Angela is having to close her SSUP online craft shop as her local post office has been closed, but she is hoping to keep the ATC swap going as long as she has enough people interested. Angela's blog is here if you would like to pop in for a visit.

The SSUP swap for January is New Year/Resolutions.....now I'm not normally someone that would make a New Years Resolution as I never keep them, but while thinking about what I was going to do for my ATC's I thought I might as well make a resolution this year and see just how long I could keep it up. Then silly me ended up making 2 resolutions, the first one 'to ride my bike more' which is easy enough, it's just walking to the shed to get the bike out that I find hard. I will eventually make the journey to the shed and then I will start riding my bike to work and the shops again. Now the second resolution 'to learn to belly dance' is just going to end up in laughs and maybe a visit to A & E. I want to do this for the exercise and fun of it, but so far have not been able to find a local class. With the wonders of the internet I am now waiting on my 'Learn to Belly Dance' DVD to arrive. This I know will cause much hilarity in my house and will most probably end up in the cupboard with all my other keep-fit/dance yourself fit DVD's.

Before Christmas I treated myself to 2 new stamps, I just love these girls. I haven't had much time to play with them, but here's 2 of the cards I have made so far........





A quick and simple card using peel-offs (which I'm not really a great fan of) and a small photo of the Forth Bridge, which I took with my very first digital camera about 7 years ago. It's hard now a days to get a photo of the Forth Bridge without the blocks of scaffolding and white sheeting that is in place to protect the workmen and painters.

Well done to anyone who has made it this far down my blog........ you will be pleased to know this is the end. :) xx