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just adding a photo of one of the LO's I started at the crop last month and have only just got finished. Does that make me a really slow scrapper LOL !!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Mum

Just a quick post today as we are off out for my mums birthday. I am meeting my mum and Helys at the Grapes in George Street then having something for lunch. Here is a card that I made for my mum this morning ( I thought I had a card made for her but couldnt find it !!!!!!) Got round to using some of my DCWV papers that I have had sitting for ages. I really must make some more cards so they are there ready to use.

Archie is spending the day with his gran and grandpa and they are off to the park so he will have a great time with them today.

Have a great weekend......

No more afternoon sleeps..........

Well after our few late nights with Archie who refused to go to sleep until 9.30 pm ( how can a little person be so strongwilled !!!!!!!!) I dropped his afternoon sleep and this resulted in him going to sleep at 7.30pm and waking at 7am .............. BUT yesterday while out for a walk he fell asleep.......... well last night we had another 9.30pm bedtime then he woke at 6.30am this morning so only had 9 hours sleep. I took him to the shops this morning and he fell asleep in the car just as I was about home ( literally 30 seconds from the house ) and nothing would waken him. There are road works right outside my front window and the noise they were making was unbelievable and he still slept through it as I got him out of his car seat and into the house. I let him have a 20 min nap on the couch but this boy really does power nap as tonight it was 8.30pm before he went to sleep so back to the plan of not letting him sleep during the day. Hopefully he will have a good sleep tonight and sleep in tomorrow as it will be just me & him as his daddy is away to Amsterdam early in the morning (stag do) Even if he doesnt sleep in tomorrow I am going to plan my day so we dont go anywhere in the buggy or car when he is tired to get him back into not having a nap. There was just no way I could have kept him awake today as he was sooo tired. My wee lamb. Anyway with hubby being away I may actually get some scrapping done or even finish my key holder this weekend ( as long as Archie is in bed for 7.30pm LOL )

ZZzzzzzzzzzz

I have been having problems with Archie's sleeping recently and wasnt sure if he was ready to drop his afternoon nap so today I thought I would see how he went without a nap. He was OK although did pull poor Ewan's hair when they were out playing so for that he went in the naughty corner ( which seems to be working quite well ) I brought him in for his dinner which he ate then gave him an apple which is when I thought he was being a bit quiet and he was actually dozing off while eating his apple. I took him out of his chair and put him on the couch where he was totally asleep so I left him for 30 mins............. so much for dropping his nap during the day. He went down no problem tonight as well where as the last few nights he didnt settle until about 9pm. This photo is the end result. I also took a few videos so will try and add one !!!!!!!!

Ouch....

I am soooooo sore from the Go-Karting at the weekend. I really feel like I have been in a car crash. Not sure what to do today but think it will involve walking with Archie ( ie him walking not being pushed )

Last night I put Archie down to bed at 8.00pm and he had a little gurn but then his daddy walked passed his bedroom (grrrrr) and all hell broke loose. It then took us ( eh !!!!!! mark as I told him it was his fault Archie wasnt settling) until 9pm to settle him but the wee pudding did sleep until 8am today xxxxxxx I am just not really sure if Archie is ready to drop his afternoon nap so he will be really tired at 8pm as I dont want to keep him up any later ( although the long lie was fabby hehe ) so might try today, although sometimes depending on what he has done he can sleep for 2 hours during the day and then go to bed at 8pm no bother, but this is usually when the wee rascal has got up at 6.30am. Will play it by ear today and if he yawns might let him have a wee nap but wake him after 45 mins.

Anyway I am off to get ready to go out so will leave you with a photo of my gorgeous wee chappy and one of him and his daddy xx

Happy Fathers Day

here is what Archie kindly got his daddy for Father's day & he even made his daddy a card hehe...................

Haley's Hen day part two ........

what a great night we had last night although I am feeling a little tender today ( due to amount of alcohol we consumed but also sore from the go-karting !!!!)

We had a lovely meal where we sat from about 7pm - 10pm then went off to a club where we had a bottle of champagne (£75 a bottle OMG ) then went and sat in the VIP area. The only thing I liked in the VIP area was that you got served quickly at the bar but to be honest I like sitting with everyone else. We were up dancing loads and it was a lot of old school tunes from when we were younger so it was great fun. Felt like I was 20 again hehe

I had to wave the white flag at 1.30 as just couldnt manage to drink anymore so myself, Haley, Shona and Kirsty got a taxi home ( which is quite a hard thing to do on a saturday night when all the bars are closing ). Haley has found a sneaky way of getting a taxi quickly is to call them and dont tell them you are outside a club but give them a door number then wait outside the door for the taxi to come ....... sneaky eh !!!!!!!!!!




Anyway not really in the mood for chatting so here are some photos from last night





Haley the bride to be is in the coral dress............ she loved her whip from ann summers and her handcuffs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haley's Hen day part one.....

For the first part of haley's hen day we went go-karting out in Livingston and what a laugh we had. I have never been before and would thoroughly recommend it for anyone who has not been. We had 3 x 20 lap races then a final where usually the final 6 go through but as there were only 7 of us they let us all into the final. I crashed my car (after someone clipping the back of me !!!!!) so I came last as once someone laps you, its so hard to catch up although I think my quickest lap was about 20.68 secs so not bad. Overall though I came joint fourth with my mum so chuffed I never came last overall hehe

Now its just off to get ready for tonight. We are all meeting at 5.30 in a pub then our meal is booked for 7pm and after that we are off clubbing it. Here are some photos of part one of the day and tomorrow I will try ( if not too hungover !!!!) and update with some photos of tonight.

I got Haley a bottle of champers for getting ready so hopefully she wont be too drunk when she comes over for me

Have a great weekend xx

I am sooooo tired (yawn)

I cant believe how tired I am today. I didn't go to bed late (10.30pm) and was up at 7am but feel like I have had about 4 hours sleep. I think it may be the muggy heat we have although it rained almost all of last night. I woke up and listened to the rain for ages. I just love the sound of rain as long as I am not out in it.

I was working today and really couldnt be bothered with it. I really should have went to the gym tonight ( got to drop a dress size for Haley's wedding ) but will go on Thur instead when Mark gets in from work. I have recently joined the gym at my work for 6 weeks for £20. I thought I would see how I get on using it, and if I use it a lot then will join ( monthly £17.50) I went on Monday and it was really hard although not really sore - does that mean I didnt work hard enough !!!!!!!!!!!!!

On a sadder note, my friend Kirsty, who I have known since I was 12, has booked her flights to go to Oz with her daughter and hubby. She is leaving us on the 31st July. I cant believe she is doing this but wish her all the luck and happiness and hope its everything she has hoped for. She is really brave as I know I couldnt do this. Unfortunately I wont be able to go to her leaving party as its on the same day as my sisters wedding but I will pop though to see her one day and take through some photos of when we were younger so we can have a laugh about them. I need to get them scanned then put onto a disk and then printed off. I was peeing myself when I was looking though these LOL.

Archie is fine but his favourite work at the moment is NO. You ask him if he wants something and he replies NO but then 2 mins later asks for whatever you asked him if he wanted. Also, his favourite programme is back on. In the night garden is a definate hit in this household and I though my boy loved Thomas.......... He screams as soon as In the night garden finishes and wants it back on. I really wish I had a recordable DVD player so I could tape them and just keep putting them on for him ...........

Right off to spend some time with hubby before I depart to bed.

Take care

Lisa x

My boys.....

Forgot to add a photo of my most recent LO. I haven't been able to do a LO for months so got my trusty Autumn Leaves idea book out and done a scraplift. Also got to play with my lush new AL stamps ( and borrowed Helen's Heidi Swapp 'smile' stamp) After completing this LO I cerainly feel I have my mojo back ( or is that just until the next LO I attempt LOL )

shopping.....my favourite thing

Just back from Princess Street shopping for an outfit for Haley's hen party on saturday.

I ended up getting a gorgeous gold top from coast and some gorgeous gold sandals from Dune. I have got a pair of black cropped trousers so will need to try it all on together. I was planning on getting high heels but then seen these flatties and thought I would get more wear out of them since I never go out anywhere nice to wear heels anymore.

I also got haley a whip and handcuffs from ann summers as she doesnt want dressed up ( ie tutu, tiara, L plates etc) so she said the most she will wear is a sash so got her one of those as well but just had to get her something ( and the whip is sooooo cool. May just have to steal it off her LOL) Looking forward to saturday and going go karting. We have booked Hadrians (part of the Balmoral) for about 6pm. We were meant to have a private room in the Balmoral but they wanted us to choose one meal for everyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are then going off to George street and haley has got us on the guest list for a club ( OMG not been to a club in years ) wonder how I will cope with all the young things I am off out with ( well apart from my mum and her future MIL LOL) and on sunday its fathers day so Mark was feeling sorry for himself saying I wouldnt be able to spoil him on sunday as will be hungover until I kindly pointed out he was at the cup final on Mothering Sunday and left me alone from about 9am until late !!!!!!!!!!! He then decided there wasnt much he could say to that............ hehe

Anyway I am off to get Archie to have a snooze ( fingers crossed ) he wouldnt sleep yesterday but not sure if he is just about to drop his sleep as he goes to bed at 7.45pm/8pm then wakes about 7.30am whereas a few weeks ago for some reason he was waking at 6.15am every morning (yawn) but then having 2 hour sleep during the day to make up for it, then he changed back suddenly to his old routine so not sure if something had been bothering him

Take care ( especially Kat - hun just to say I am thinking of you both ) xx

Thomas...........

Before I forget here are some photos of our day out with Thomas and friends...............

oh what a night..... and uurggghh what a morning

Had a great day out yesterday with Kirsty and Shona. We all met up at about 3pm in the Rutland then went off to Indigo Yard for some food. The sun was really trying to come out but we couldnt get seats outside so we sat inside to eat. The food was lovely and Kirsty paid for it. bless. From there we went to Tigerlilly........all I can say is WOW. It is amazing in there. I could imagine it being very snotty though, the place where footballers would go...nough said !!!!!!!!!!

Sunday's are always my lie in days and this morning Archie got up at 7.45am so Mark got up with him but then at 9am after it taking me 30 mins to get back to sleep, Mark came in with a sausage sandwich. He meant well but I would have rather have stayed sleeping although I did eventuall;y fall back asleep only to wake at 11.15am ooopppssss. Feel a bit rough today but not as bad I really should for the amount we drank. Eugh just remembered about drinking shots - OMG they things are lethal and should be banned ( although we did get them for free as we had ordered chocolate cake and it took forever to come so when we asked about it they came over with our shots on the house)

Archie is just about to go for his afternon sleep on the couch so will go in for a shower then maybe have a play with my new Autumn Leaves stamps I got. I also got some of the new Heidi Swapp stamps (precious,delight,play,together,imagine,adore & treasure - Do you think I got enough ?!?! hehe) I also got some Scenic Route papers delivered ( laurel range) and they are just lush. I dont think I will get much use out of them doing LO's for Archie though but the plan is to do a mini book for Kirsty for going away and also start a BOM which I have been meaning to do for years. I have so many projects started but not finished I should really try and concentrate on one thing although what I have nearly finished is Archies hand print in clay. Just to choose some background papers and put it in the box frame so that is nearly done.

Anyway, I am off fo rmy shower now so if I think of anything else will let you know. Now I can actually add photos I may be updating this all the time LOL...........

try, try again

GGGrrrrr this is really annoying but think I have cracked it now

woo hoo its has actually worked. Thanks Heather for the advice on how to get it working. Just a photo of my boy chilling out on the steam engine. I think he had tired himself out so much with all the excitement of seeing percy and Thomas hehe

I am off out this afternoon with my friends one of whom is moving to Australia shortly but not planning a late night as totally skint. I have Haley's hen day next weekend so we are going go-karting through in Livingston then off to the Balmoral in a private room for a meal so really looking forward to it. I cant belive its 6 weeks today until my little sis gets married and 2 days before that, Archie will be 2. Where does the time go?

Had to go to the post office this morning to collect a parcel from US and got some gorgeous AL stamps and a raw chipboard album. Cant wait to have a play and may even do some tonight. Wonder what a LO will turn out like when you are slightly tipsy LOL......

have a great weekend and will def update next week .... promise............

right I really promise this time...........

I have just been so busy but I promise to update this more often. Well what have I been up to........... I have since been to NY with my sister and my mum and had a ball. I spent far too much money but it was worth it. We also took Archie to the Bo'ness & Kinell railway for a day out with Thomas and my little bubba couldn't believe he was actually seeing Thomas and Percy IRL lol !!!!!!!

I am going to try and add some photos so hopefully it works. I really must work this out !!!!!!

here goes