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Tagged!

I have been tagged by my good friend Jac , OK she actually tagged me about a week ago but I have been so busy at work still that I havent been on here to add a new post until now!

Here goes:

What was happening 10 years ago? - Umm, let me see....Dean & I had just bought a flat together, so we would have been decorating I guess......we went on holiday to Turkey (and are still going back to the same area every year, we like it that much!) and we were starting to think about getting engaged and starting a family.

5 things to do today - I need to make a Golden Wedding Anniversary card for some good friends of ours who will be celebrating next week, cook tea, tidy up, decide on an outfit for my Summer Ball on Tuesday and a friends wedding next weekend, then later on I hope to do a little bit of scrapping :-)

Snacks I like - I am trying to eat healthily and lose some weight so although I love chocolate I havent been eating any lately (I am an all or nothing kinda gal, cant just have a small piece, it has to be the whole bar!!) My favourite snack at the moment is a fruit salad that I get from our work canteen - it has pineapple, mango, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and kiwi - Mmm, lurve the taste of that kiwi ;-)

What I would do if I was a millionaire - Goodness only knows! To be honest its not something I think about much (probably just as well since I dont buy a lottery ticket so not even in with a chance of winning!!) And I know a lot of people say it, but I definitely wouldn't give up work - it's such a big part of who I am...... Most likely I would do all the boring & sensible stuff like paying off my mortgage & putting money away for Toby's university days....then a really good holiday somewhere I have always wanted to go, such as Egypt, or Canada or Maldives or a cruise or Dubai or ............... you get the idea!
Possibly I would think about buying a bigger house but in London I dont suppose we would have much left from a million would we!

Places I have lived - well, I have always lived around the South East London/North West Kent area including (not neccesarily in this order) - Blackfen, Swanley, Petts Wood, Dartford, Welling, Lee, Abbey Wood - and I know I have missed at least one out but I cant remember where it was (and I was so small I dont even remember being there!)

OK, so now I have to tag 5 of my friends.............eeny, meeny, miney, mo........ Tash, Val, Jo, Fae & Charlie - Tag, You're it!! Sorry Ladies! ;-)

Leeds Castle & cards

Okay, so I didnt get back on the PC yesterday - but when I uploaded pics of my cards to the computer this afternoon I realised that I had some good pictures from our visit to Leeds Castle 2 weeks ago which I hadnt looked at yet.

So I thought I would share a handful....

All afternoon at Leeds Castle I tried to find a peacock willing to display its beautiful tail feathers so I could get a good photo, but they weren't interested! Perhaps it was too hot for such silliness, but right at the end of the day, just as we were leaving the grounds we finally saw a male in the middle of his courtship display :-) He must have been completely smitten by the Hen because he was strutting his stuff and shaking his tail feathers like there was no tomorrow.

Unfortunately for him, the Hen couldnt have been less interested!!

We had a lovely day out, got lost in the maze, wandered around the grounds for hours and did the tour of the castle too. Entrance tickets for Leeds Castle & grounds are valid for a whole year, so we will definitely be back during the summer.

Finally, I will leave you with the piccies I promised yesterday - I was really pleased with the way these cards turned out, I hope the recipients like them as much as I do!

3 Weeks !?!?!

OMG, almost 3 weeks since I posted here! Slapped wrists for me!

I have no excuses really - my studying is over for the summer, and I have been spending the evenings fiddling with pieces of paper & not actually producing anything or trying to sort out my scrapbooking stash - which as we all know is a job that takes forever and is never finished LOL.

However, last night I seemed to be on a bit of a roll and made several cards, all of which I was quite pleased with.

This afternoon we have family round for a BBQ so I must go and finish getting ready.....back later with some piccies of my cards.

Over at last!

Yippee! My exams are over!

Well, over for now at least - no more studying until September. I have to wait until the middle of August for my results but at least now I can relax (apart from heading back to work & our year end process) and can enjoy my evenings & weekends again. We also have a holiday to look forwatd to next month :-D

Normal service can now be resumed - let the crafting begin! (sssh, dont tell DH - he thinks I will be catching up on the H-word!!)