Lost little "Socks"

Yesterday evening my poor baby "socks" was killed on the road. There seems to be a pattern the last few weeks, first george, and now socks. We are all devasted as with all our pets they are part of our family. Can't believe he is gone, he had such a lovely nature.

A princess

Todays make, these papers are to die for (aren't they all) They are so gorgeous the pics don't do them any justice! This LO didn't need much as the paper is so beautiful!

Halloween has come early

This is todays make! These papers are to die for I bought them a few weeks ago and they were so yummy I didn't want to use them, coming at them with me scissors was a mortal sin I reckoned! So I went and got another set that I can keep ( I know I know I admit to being a paperaddict!) So this is what happened when I got the scissors and scrappyglue out.

Rugby widow - part 2

Phew! I have one contained in room with his star wars toys and other is down having a nap - exhale! My blackmail notion backfired on me big time, they where bouncing off the walls, maybe I shouldn't have bought those sweets!

In a desparate attempt to bring a touch of France to my day, seeing as OH is rambling around Bordeaux, I bought a lovely bottle of chardonnay (and yes I restrained myself to only buying one), that is as we speak cooling nicely in my fridge and waiting in anticipation for the kids bed time to roll around.....................is it 8 o'clock yet??????
Where at 8pm I will be running at the fridge like a woman possessed with wine opener in tow. So in the mean time I am going to finish off those craft projects I have left scattered all around the place half done! A Bientot!

Rugby Widow

God it has been a week since I last blogged, shame! I have become a rugby widow offically as of 8 o'clock this morning...............he has left me so he can travel to france to see the match, he does deserve it I have to say. Woohoo!!! No only messing, I will miss him and the upside is I can now craft to my hearts content. Not that I am not able to when he is here, it just makes me feel less quilty now that he is gone for a little bit, I can now visit my craft desk without feeling like I have abandoned him alone on front of the telly.

The down side is I have been left alone to control my 2 children & entertain them, am I capable of that??????
I feel some blackmail coming on! Will report back and let you now if I am still of sound mind and body later................but I do doubt it.

Funny fact's.................................

f you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced
enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is
produced
to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
(Now that's more like it!)

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to
squirt blood 30 feet.
(isn't science great!)

A A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
In my next life, I want to be a pig.)

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to
death.
(Creepy.)

(I'm still not over the pig.)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour
(Don't try this at home,maybe at work)

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its
body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!")


The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the
length of a football field.
(30 minutes..lucky pig! Can you imagine?)

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)

Butterflies taste with their feet.
(Something I always wanted to know.)

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
(Hmmmmmm......)

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed
people.
(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
(okay, so that would be a good thing I know some people that can't jump
either!)

A cat's urine glows under a black light.
(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
( I know some people like that.)

Starfish have no brains.
(I know some people like that too.)

Polar bears are left-handed.
(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer)

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
(What about that pig??)

Look what arrived......................

Woke up yesterday morning to find a little delivery of kittens in my en-suite!! Ahhhhh!! Jess (mammy cat) set herself up in the basket with not a wimper or peep out of her. We kind of knew she was expecting but only in the last week or so. It was like Santy was after coming, but as much as I love my cats, I can't be the owner of 9 of them now! So, I will have to part with some of them when the time comes, god it is gonna break my heart, will try not to get too attached.

And, yes one of them looks like little "george" so he will be staying!

A waffle..................

My first morning of piece......dear sophie started back at playschool on Tuesday with morning slots -whey hey!! Jay went back yesterday, so there is not a child in the house, it is just me and the cats!! I am going to look forward to Tue and Thurs mornings now each week, I do love my children, but my god some piece and quite is needed too!
So anyone who knows me - the phone will be off the hook on the Tue and Thur cos I will be locking myself away in my craft space!

A busy Sunday

Well my cards finally go into the shop on Tueday, I am a wrecked, hope they sell!!!! So I had the last few hours to myself, DH took kids out to a party, so I could catalogue, stamp and seal my cards! More work than I thought. Trying to keep a detail list on file so I know what I put in each shop! Drained now need a cup of tea or even better a glass of vino!

Random pieces of information......

Only in Ireland... Can a pizza get to your house faster than
an ambulance

Only in Ireland... Do banks leave both doors open and chain
the pens to
the counters.

142 Irish were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from
new shirts.

58 Irish are injured each year by using sharp knives instead
of screwdrivers.

13 Irish have died since 1996 by watering heir Christmas
tree while the
fairy lights were plugged in.

Irish Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after
cracker pulling
accidents

101 people since 1999 have had to have broken parts of
plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.

18 Irish had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper
with a lit cigarette in their mouth.

A massive 543 Irish were admitted to A&E in the last
two
years after
opening bottles of beer with their teeth.

5 Irish were injured last year in accidents involving out of
Control Scalextric cars.

AND finally......... In 2000, 8 Irish cracked their skull
whilst throwing up into the toilet!

Altamont Gardens

After a week of not wanting to leave the house, goosey and myself headed off on a spur of the moment visit to Altamont Gardens. Wow, I have never been there this time of the year, the colours the smells....................! Instand smiles from Sophie and a skip in her step.
We walked around though rose gardens, by the lake, across the lawns and through spooky walkways, sophie thought it was Halloween! This spured her mind to what she was going to dress up at Halloween for.........................."Peter Pan, I think I will be Peter Pan" and that was that, for today anyway!
We came across the ducks, brown, coloured and white!! Sophie thought the white ones where swans, bless her. We picked up some acorns, leaves and twigs which she announced is her "Collection". On the way home to end a perfect afternoon we stopped in the Bakery for a fresh swiss cream and madarine roll, yum yum. Will post the love pics up later of sophie with the duckies when I figure how to get the photos off the phone, went off without the camera again!