PORTABLE NORTH POLE...

http://portablenorthpole.tv/watch/21cbea1ae5ef0cafb85450a7a25d9c86

Susan just pointed me in the direction of this and it is brilliant... Niamh thought it was fantastic - a special message from Santa just for her...lol...x

FRIDAY FILL-INS

#152

And...here we go!

1. Wait! Wait, don't forget it will soon be Christmas (as if you need any reminding).
2. Rudolph followed at once by Dasher, Dancer, Prancer (you get the picture).
3. The trouble is I have waaay too many kids.
4. My husband is many miles away offshore from Great Yarmouth.
5. With a faint pop my Fairy Housekeeper turned up and took care of everything...
6. Santa Claus is shadowy and ominous.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a Christmas Shopping night in Milltimber, tomorrow my plans include another Craft Fair at Fyvie Castle and Sunday, I will be at Fyvie Castle again (so come along and see us)!

That's my answers.... now what will yours be?...x

DIGITAL DOWNLOAD...

Ok...Dyan has set a challenge using elements from her new digital ephemera downloads (which are fab BTW) and this is what I have come up with in a short space of time....x


PS - Need another tutorial n how to upload photos so that when you click on them you can see a bigger image...lol..

PPS - Nip over to Dyan's blog and check out her people of Walmart.... Look at the 6th one down... this made me laugh.. is she for real or what. Makes my trials looking for a swimming costume seem really, really, really trivial in comparison...LM(WS)AO...x

WEDDING VIDEO

Just in case no-one has seen this... I couldn't resist - it is one of my favourite YouTubes...x

MY LOVELY HUSBAND...AND MY LOVELY SON...

Well today my lovely hubby Allan was complaining that I haven't mentioned him in my profile so without further ado, please note that it has now been changed to include him...lol... Was going to add a photo of him but he would probably kill me...


PS - he came home from Australia after being away for 3 weeks on Monday morning and he left for Great Yarmouth at teatime today - hardly time to breath so that means I will be doing all the running around with the kids again this weekend. As we have the Fyvie Castle fair granny will be stepping in but unfortunately she doesn't drive so I have to be super organised for lifts throughout for dancing, judo and football... Morgan is playing AFC this weekend and I am gutted that I will miss it and his dad won't be there either... Stick in Morgan (and the rest of the Colony Colts U11 team) and save those goals, you know you can beat them....Good luck..x

CHRISTMAS BACKGROUND...X

Ok Judy has spoken so changed it is...lol...x

CHRISTMAS BACKGROUND...

Anyone think it's too early for a Christmas background yet???? Bit fed up of this one...

Niamh said something that made me giggle yesterday... we were driving along after nursery and she seen her friend Megan with her mum Moira and she told me that Megan's mummy is an ambulance driver and I said that's right... what is mummy? and she said I was a 'maker'.... isn't that sweet. She then decided that I was 'just a mummy'...

Thought I would also share some christmas gift tags that can be seen on a festive hamper near you from Mitchell's Dairy in Inverurie...

THE CHAPEL, 1 EDINMORE DRIVE, DAVIOT ESTATE, INVERURIE

THE CHAPEL, 1 EDINMORE DRIVE, DAVIOT ESTATE, INVERURIE: "£425,000"

Just been checking out ASPC and have found this up for sale - it's amazing... Absolutely love the galleried lounge area and the kitchen... Good price too... now if I could only persuade DH to move... Daviot Estate is where he wants to live so he could be persuaded (probably not tho!!!)... I can dream can't I...x

CHILDREN IN NEED SINGLE

Just seen this on Jo's blog and had to share... enjoy....x




Can't work out how to put the whole youtube screen on... maybe someone could enlighten me....x

LOTS OF LOVELY THINGS...

I have a thing about hearts and have done since we got married 7 years ago... I used two heart stamps on the invitations, etc (which btw are absolutely bogging now!!!!) and I have been stuck on them ever since so have a look at what I found in my corned beef hash the other night... I thought it was so sweet I had to take a piccie...lol...

I have also been playing about with paper this week but so far have only managed to come up with one card... think I will have to practice a bit more though... its been ages since I did anything with paper...take a look...

Its ok, but not brilliant and nothing near as good as anything Judy or Leigh make but it's a start...

And finally, here is my latest little obsession... I discovered it on Sue's blog and I have become a bit obsessed with trying it out... This is the first one I did while waiting outside Strikers tonight for Morgan who was at his AFC goalkeeping... I love it...

It's called Zentangle and if you google it there are plenty of hints and tips and even some video tutorials to get you started... Have a go... you know you want to...x

BBC TOP 100 BOOKS

I have been reading Dylan's blog this morning and she is very excited about the amount (FIFTY SIX) of books she has read on the BBC Top 100 Books list... I went through it and am ashamed to say I have only read TEN of them, four of which are Harry Potter ones... now those of you who know me will know that I am always reading and can't sleep unless I have a read beforehand no matter how tired I am... so I must be reading the wrong sort of books...lol...a lot of them are classics and that is not really my kind of book... i am more into a good mystery or thriller....x

POORLY CHILDREN

Poor Niamh... she was sick around 12.30 Sunday night/ Monday morning and has been running a high temperature ever since and sleep.. It's a miracle she slept the whole day yesterday and the whole night... she has been up for some breakfast this morning and has gone back to (my) bed to watch DVDs... bless...

The kids were supposed to be getting their photos done at lunchtime today but had to cancel due to the bug!!!

Poor Libby as well... I also had to cancel her wee Wii party on Monday afternoon as I wouldn't have wanted the girls coming here well and leaving poorly... she was very disappointed but I have promised here I will try to rearrange it very soon and as it is she is now poorly too, so no dancing for her this afternoon...

Never mind back to school tomorrow.. woohoo!!!!