Catch Up Time

Despite my best intentions to do so, I've not managed to keep up with my blogging yet again. Still playing catch up I'm afraid. Last night however, I bashed my foot on the bottom of the bed and ended up in A&E this morning. Thankfully nothing is broken, but I've been forced to rest up and do nothing much but watch telly and post on my blog - yay!

Nasty foot picture (I hate feet, and I suspect I'm not the only one, so it's rather evil of me to post this don't you think? mwahahahahahaha).




Moving hastily onwards... I'm still plodding on with the course and have just completed the third assignment (poetry - difficult but brilliant) and now I'm onto 'life writing'. Not long till June when I will be finished and can spend time doing all the things I want to do now but can't - like spend more time with the kids! Speaking of my little darlings, they gave me a very nice birthday last month and excelled themselves on Mother's Day as well - some most delicious gingerbread ladies were made and some sweet little cupcakes too. Aren't they lovely (the cupcakes and the children!)




And now, an unashamedly gratuitous picture of my new mug from Starbucks. I have a bit of a Starbucks mug obsession I'm afraid. This one is called 'Field of Dreams' for those who are er, interested in that sort of thing.



Now, just because I'm not doing anything creative in the household, doesn't mean there's nothing going on. On Valentines Day Miss Lucy whips out this hand made creation, complete with googly eyes and felt heart, that she has secretly made for the object of her affections (I'd better not say his name out loud, sshhh). How wonderful is that little teddy, and imagine her beavering away in her bedroom of an evening stitching him together with love - aahhhhhh...



Now that I've been virtuous and done some blogging, I'm off to get some studying done. How joyful - can't you tell that I'm a natural learner - so disciplined, so studious......

Yay! I'm in Gryffindor

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Congratulations on making Gryffindor!
Basically, you're brave, daring, chivalrous, and pretty much.. an all around good person. Of course, some see you as a goodie-two-shoes. But hey, it's true! You're really good at winning, and normally always come out as the hero. Everybody likes you.. except, maybe, the Slytherins. You're too perfect. No, really.. You're too perfect. It's annoying to watch you win, repeatedly. Oh well. Be proud anyway.

Gryffindors to Remember:

Harry Potter
Ron Weasley
The whole Weasley family
Hermione Granger
Albus Dumbledore

Hi Folks

Hi folks. Sorry to have neglected my blogging friends for so long, and thanks to Lynette for giving me a gentle nudge in the direction of my blog (thanks Lynette!).

The reason I haven't been around is that I've just been really busy with my OU course work, that, and the general everyday stuff that gets in the way of blogland. My course is going fine and I'm two assignments down and working on the third one - poetry. Poetry is bloomin' hard. You'd think all you had to do was lock yourself away in some old garret somewhere, all wretched and starving (yea, right) and wait for inspiration to strike. Not so. Even if you do get some divine (or otherwise) inspiration and manage to write a poetic offering, you then have to take into account things like imagery, rhyme, rhythm, metre, feet (yes, really) and so on. It's practically mathematical - and I don't do maths! Never mind, poetry will soon be over and then it's back to 'writing' again - this is generally when my imagination deserts me. So, as you can see, it's all going swimmingly :-)

Other than that, I've nothing exciting to report. Miss Lucy and Mister Adam are fine - Mr Adam has just recently had his 7th birthday - a fine time was had by all. Never again will I have more than one little boy in the house at the same time. We had four and it was all very, very NOISY. Not only that, but they would rather sword fight than play Pass the Parcel! Can you imagine?

What else? Hmm, well mum is in hospital after having a hip operation (shhh, don't tell her I told, she will kill me) yesterday morning and is doing very well. Amazing really - last night she was paler than pale and a little woozy and sore and this afternoon she was sitting up in bed looking much healthier and wearing her lipstick. Apparently, some of the medical staff are rather dishy...

Well, that's about all my news for now. My laptop is about to run out of power (Yes, that's my new laptop!!!) so I must fly before everything disappears from this post. I will try to post more regularly and keep in touch more. I hope you are all well and being wonderfully creative!

THANK YOU

A big and heartfelt THANK YOU to all the lovely people who have made this year a better one in blogland with your support and friendship. I wish you all a very happy and healthy 2008.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

Merry Christmas!

As it doesn't look like I will get much blogging done over the festive period (mainly due to having an assignment due on 4th January... oh, and Christmas of course!), I would like to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and New Year and thank you for being such lovely and supportive blogging friends throughout this year. xxx

Woo Hoo!

The very lovely and talented Graeme (see Grumblog and Charlie Cornelius) has nominated me for a Roar Award. I am extremely honoured, thank you Graeme.

One Is Amused...

Passing through the lovely Miss Diane's blog The Sound of One Hand Knitting, I chanced upon this little jewel of fun... well, naturally one wasn't too surprised to discover one's royal heritage...

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Her Royal Highness Susan the Paragon of Yetts O'Muckhart Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

(Incidentally, Yetts O' Muckhart is a real place, not far from here!)