Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!

Well reflecting on my new years resolutions for last year, I didn't do very well on acheiving them!

My New Years resolutions for last year were..

1. Do more layouts! (Achieved! Double the previous years!)
2. Get upto date with my scrap projects. (Failed, I am even more behind!)
3. Lose weight (Like I haven't said that before) (Ongoing, I've lost a stone but I need to lose loads more!)
4. Eat healthier meals. (Ongoing, still eating too many bad ones too!)
5. Do more exercise. (Failed! I do absolutely no exercise at all!)
6. Keep the house clean and tidy. (Failed! The house is a mess as usual!)

My new years resolutions for this coming year are...

1. Do more layouts!
2. Get upto date with my scrap projects.
3. Lose weight
4. Eat healthier meals.
5. Do more exercise.
6. Keep the house clean and tidy.

lol, I can't think of any new ones!

Ooooh hang on...

7. Be more organised!
8. Take more photo's of my gorgous daughter! (I haven't taken as many since I went back to work!)

Also at the begining of the year to help acheive my create more layouts resolution, I took up my friend Helen's challenge to create a layout every week, which started off quite well, then I failed miserably! But I did manage 20 which was a big improvement over last year and at least this time I could actually choose my 10 favourite Layouts! So here they are...

Thanks Helen! :o)

As I seem to be in a list making mood, here are the projects I am behind on which I intend on catching up on this year!

1. JYC 2009 (Journal Your Christmas)
2. JYC 2008 (Yep I haven't even finished that one either!)
3. Scrap Your Day
4. BOM (A - Z Book of Me)
5. Just Us (A mini book of piccys of me and Dave)

I think that's it!

A couple of new projects for this year, I want to create an album for my friend who will be 40 this year and we have been friends since we were 8 years old. Also I have been asked to create a wedding sign in book for Chloe's nursery nurse, which I am already finding scary as I am not very good at doing things for other people!

Another new years resolution....

9. Don't take on any more projects until I get some completed! lol

Happy New Year again, I hope everyone has a good 2010!

Journal Your Christmas

Since I haven't scrapped for ages, I've decided to sign up to Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas this year. I did a similar thing last year but I did my own thing, so this year I decided to have a go at following Shimelle's prompts.

Anyway, I have made the book and I have managed to complete my first page, but I am now behind with pages 2,3,4,5 & 6! I need to get cracking, I decided to blog about it to try to encourage me to get a move on!

Anyway, 2 days later and it's not working so far!

We put our tree up last night!

Then surprised Chloe with it when we came down stairs this morning, we think she is impressed!

Our carefully placed baubles are now all over the living room floor! (it's a good job they are shatterproof!)

Dad's 60th Birthday

We went up to wet old Workington to spend the weekend at my parents for my Dad's 60th Birthday, which isn't actually till the 1st December. Now I say wet, because it is often wet up in Cumbria but poor old Workington was affected by floods the previous week, not quite like neighbouring town Cockermouth. The bridge connecting Northside to Workington was washed away and a policeman, Bill Barker who was stopping traffic going onto it died, then the bridge connecting Seaton & Northside to Workington was also in danger of collapse so Seaton was also cut off. It means people have a 40 mile round trip I believe to get to the other side! Anyway I am sure everyone has seen it on the news, but it is weird watching your home town on TV!

Well when we went up, we didn't see that much you could see the river Derwent was flooded, but we didn't go anywhere near to the affected areas and everything else looked like normal! We bumped into some friends of my parents who it turns out was related to the policeman, apparently he had a lovely funeral, but obviously they were still pretty upset. This makes it more real when you speak to people who know him.

Well we had a fab weekend with my Mum & Dad, sister Roanne, her husband David & my gorgous nephew Jason. We went out for a meal at the local pub/restaurant 'The Briery' which was really nice, I didn't take many photo's, not like me at all, but I was too busy enjoying myself! I bumped into a couple of old friends in the pub who I haven't seen for years, which was really nice.

Anyway I will try and get some photo's found, especially cos Chloe has this gorgous dress on!

Happy 60th Birthday Dad! :o)

Back at Work

Well where has those couple of months gone?

It's been a bit mad, Chloe has settled into nursery, she had a couple of bad weeks, but we think she maybe wasn't too well in hind sight. But she loves nursery now! It's hard being back at work, especially full time, I miss her loads, yet I am enjoying being back at work!

We have had a right load of illness, we had to take Chloe into ST James cos she had a temp of 42 and it turned out she had the early signs of Pneumonia! I had to take a couple of days off work to look after her. She had course of antibiotics, which sorted her out.

Then on the Wednesday I went back to work, i started to feel poorly, and in quite a lot of pain, Dave wanted to call an ambulance and I said don't be silly! So we started to walk up to the drop in centre, I only made it to the station and Dave said we'll get a taxi, so he went to get some money, in the meantime I started to be sick, so I went to the loo and the stupid woman wanted 30p or I should go outside! She eventually let me in when I was about to be sick where i was standing, I ended up being ill in the loo's then sorta collapsed on the floor, I could hear Dave argueing with the woman outside who still wanted her 30p and wouldnt let him in to check on me, eventually he was allowed in with a H&S person who then called an ambulance when they found me in a heap on the floor!

So off we went to St James in an ambulance, they gave me some good stuff, made the pain ease really quickly, then at the hospital a woman in A&E recognised me from being in with Chloe and said 'Is it you this time?' lol

Anyway the doctors thought it was Gastroenteritis or something to do with my kidneys, after lying there for several hours, I decided the symptoms were the same as when I was ill with my water infection, only alot worse. They sent me home with antibiotics for a water infection.

That afternoon we were supposed to be going to Birmingham cos Dave was working down there for a few days and I had taken leave to go and see a few of my old friends, we decided to still go so Dave's mum could look after me and Chloe. Unfortunately I had to cancel all my visits, I was gutted :o( It was nice being at Birmingham, Nanny enjoyed seeing Chloe and Uncle Richard even took her to visit his work mates!

Anyway, I'm feeling loads better now, still haven't found out what was wrong but I am still going for tests.

Dave's been poorly too, he had a severe headache for several days, which was worrying but it has finally gone away thankfully!

We had a visit up to Cumbria too, was lovely seeing my Mum and Dad, Roanne, David and Jason! We had a fab weekend and Dave finally got to see Roanne & David's house, even if he did have to invite himself lol Chloe loved playing in their garden especially on the slide! Grandma and Grandpa had been busy, Grandma had knitted Chloe a fab little Monkey and a lovely shawl, and Grandpa has made Chloe a gorgous wooden advent calendar! I've just got to decorate it now! :oO


We do have to be careful where we place his tail lol

How gorgous are they? Thankyou Grandma & Grandpa!

What else have we been upto? We have been looking for a new car, found one we loved only to find loads of bad reviews on the internet of how unreliable it is! Lucky escape I guess, so back to looking!

We went out for lunch today with Dave's pal Ian, it was like being with 2 Victor Meldrew's!!! I wish Claire (Ian's wife) had been with us! It was a lovely meal though!

Hmmm I think that's it for now!! Not scrapped for ages :o( Not good!

I will leave you with some photo's hopefully! Oh and it's Chloe's Halloween party at nursery tomorrow, will try and post some photo's of her tomorrow xx

Cosy & ready for bed after bathtime!


A gorgous all in one from Nanny! Thankyou! & Sitting on her birthday pressy!

Chloe's favourite toy! She can put all the shapes in herself when it suits her! (apart from the heart)






My favourite photo's, I have them in a frame on my desk at work! (They make me smile everytime I look at them!) <3




All the pictures are from September, I haven't taken any this month! I have 3 days to recify that! lol

Wow, a marathon blog, thankyou for reading! (if you haven't given up by now lol)

My baby is 1 Year old!

Where did that time go? I am now back at work, Grandma & Grandpa have been down for a week looking after Chloe and then Nanny has been for 2 weeks to look after her whilst I am back at work.

The first day back was a real wrench, Dave was off sick so I was on the train on my own, trying to hide my tears! It's gotton a bit easier thankfully, but I was so excited when 4pm came, I almost ran to the train station!

On Chloe's actual birthday, we had a little cake and opened her pressies, she loved it! Then at the weekend we had a party for her, with all her grandparents and some of our neighbours dropped in.

I didn't get great photo's unfortunately, I am hoping Dave got some better ones!







more to follow.. eventually!

Chloe Walking
Originally uploaded by D, T and C's Pics

I took this yesterday at our neighbours house, with my mobile phone.

Me Time & LGI

I was awake at 6.30am this morning, and whilst Chloe and Dave slept, I did some scrapping!

I love this photo of Chloe and Jason (Chloe's cousin) and this layout has been mulling around my head for a little while now. (Most of the time I was poorly!)

I hope you like it.







We had an unexpected trip to the LGI (Leeds General Infirmary) this afternoon, Chloe had a high temperature, and she was getting hotter and hotter, so we called the emergency doctors, and they said they wouldn't be able to call us back until tomorrow due to all the swine flu calls!!! I said I can't wait till tomorrow, that's ridiculous for a baby! So we took her to LGI walk in centre instead, they treated us as if we had swine flu and we had to put masks on! It turned out she has an ear infection, so they gave her some ibruprofen and antibiotics and a prescription for ear drops. Her temperature has come down loads now thankfully and she is alot happier!