Friday, 28 May 2010

Oh Freebies

May 28, 2010 0 Comments
Just a quickie ...... doing a bit of blog hopping whilst MP snores loudly on the sofa and came across these amazing goodies up for grabs


if you fancy being in with a chance to win, pop along to the Charmed crafts and cards blog - Crafty goings on (here)
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Tuesday, 25 May 2010

Well it didn't last long!

May 25, 2010 0 Comments
4 days of sun ...... is that it? Has summer been and gone?

What a glorious few days it was though.

Saturday MP and I set off early and went to see 'The Dream' over at St Helens. A massive marble head on the top of an old disused colliery, now a nature type park. Worth the short walk from the carpark even in that heat and great photo opportunities.


MP showing how big it is (he pretends to be about 6ft)

Friday saw the last ever episode of Ashes to Ashes, I will so miss Gene Hunt! It did bring it all together and tie it up and whilst I understood the ending I not sure if I liked it or not. Still I was glad to find out that Gene wasn't the baddy, creepy guy was making out and no offence, but it was a relief that Bolly was dead (didn't really like her character very much).

Couldn't let it go without a photo of Gene Hunt and I live in hope that I'll get a guardian angel like him, well him actually :o)


Well time for bed now. Having to do a full week of work this week but spurred on by the fact that Sunday is Sarah's cards crop and Monday is a Bank Holiday :o)

Till next time ..........
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Friday, 21 May 2010

Here comes the sun do do do da

May 21, 2010 1 Comments
What a nice week its been.

Sunday I was at a monthly crop over at Whittle Le Woods, got a few bits done, ate loads of cake and some chatting :o) Good day was had.

Tuesday I took a days holiday and went up to see Dyan at Art from the Heart in Harrogate for one of her excellent classes. The new studio is great, so light and airy and it was a hot sunny day so we didn't miss a thing.

The class was learning about backgrounds, so we started with mixing some of Claudine Helmuth's paints to create backgrounds for some tags. Swapped them round the table and then used old book pages and Stampotique stamps to create some masterpieces. Mine weren't so much but I had a great time.


The afternoon we used some other techniques to decorate a sheet of watercolour paper. This was great fun and so messy :o) We used gesso and tissue paper to add some bits of texture, diluted paint dabbers for the splodges on the first layer, paint dabbers to paint around heart templates, colour wash to spray stencils and add more texture, more gesso, pens and oil pastels to highlight bits. Did I say it was great and messy? This was my finished piece and definitely something I'll have another go at (probably this weekend if I can get MP to go out on the bike).

Cool or what?

Today I have been on a study day supposedly Patient Safety and Research. It really wasn't what it said on the tin and the sessions I attended on engaging clinicians weren't really, in fact there wasn't any and certainly no tips on how to, so a bit of a waste of time really BUT I stayed until the end because .................. James Reason was the last speaker.

Now this probably doesn't mean much to you but to me and those of us who are really really into patient safety, James Reason is a God or Guru. The man who invented the swiss cheese model, brought human factors into healthcare and a leader in patient safety in the UK, also based at Manchester University. His swiss cheese model is now used as a major consideration in incident investigations not just in healthcare as this shows. I've heard him speak before and he is excellent so I go to hear him any chance I can. Today he did not disappoint.

I've also managed a few layouts since my last post:


This is a lift of Taniwah's interpretation of one of the UKS cybercrop classes

One of MP's previous bikes

This was a class from a Scrap a Go Go day I did last year and only just had the right photos to finish it off

a cup of coffee and a cigarette

Jenna, Me, Marc (only a few days old) and Lauren

Well nearly time for the last episode of Ashes to Ashes so thats all for now. Thanks for looking and see you soon.
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Monday, 10 May 2010

Lurgy

May 10, 2010 0 Comments



It hasn't been a good week since my last post!

The roast dinner was lovely as was the company and back at work on the Tuesday. Hadn't been there long when I started to feel a bit like I'd been kicked in the stomach and then I couldn't seem to get warm. I sat there looking like a numpty in my red duffle coat, shivering until about 2pm when the lurgy hit. I wont go into details but it wasnt pleasant. My colleague Vicky kindly ran me home and I climbed straight into bed, where I stayed for the next 3 days.

I have never felt so ill in my life and I had company. MP was also taken ill on Tuesday too. So the pair of us suffered together - well the man did say in sickness and in health!!

Bad news was that Dad also became unwell on the Wednesday and had to take to his bed for a few days.

Dad is blaming it on the pork but MP and I think it was a viral gastro thing (we googled it).

It's taken nearly a week to feel better and I think it will take some time to get over it fully and back to our normal unhealthy diet :o) but we are getting there.

So there has been no scrapping or anything since the last post, apologies. Normal service should resume shortly.
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