And the winner......

Apologies for delay in Sorting this, have had houseguests, holidays and lots of other distractions. For some reason I can't post pictures or looks from my iPad, so will update this post with photo of random generator when I can suss  out the password on my daughters laptop.  She is In Spain enjoying herself right now.

So the lucky winner picked by random generator is..........

Sally Hodder.   Lucky no 7.

OMG. Blinked!

I blinked and it's August already.   Better get my finger out and with random generator for my big 50 giveaway.   Don't hold your breath , the announcement is not imminent but will be today.   And my apologies for lateness, another fish that got away...x

Not so scary....

Being 50!   Not so scary after all.   I don't feel any different.  Reflective? Yes.  But in my head I remain 29.   Why? I have no idea.    A quick look in the mirror reminds me of the years  since then, a road with many ups and downs, but a good road.  It has led me to where I am now.  With a beautiful family, and many precious friends.

This coming month,  the school holidays rate highly, we have no immediate plans as yet, other than my daughter turning 17, and being very excited about starting driving lessons.   The rather large garden pool has gone up, and has been host to the neighbourhood kids.   I love it!   House and garden full of laughter (and water, not so welcomed lol).   Although this also generates a mountain of towels for washing, luckily the weather is good for drying...remains to be seen if they remain white by the end of the holidays.

Happy Birthday!!!

50!  I have been on this earth for 50 glorious years.   Many ups and downs along the way,  All sent to try us as they say.  I have survived this far, so there is a lot to be said for that.
In honour of my 50th birthday, I  have a 50 giveaway, which includes many different things, including some ink pads and a stamp set from Stamping Up, gotta be worth it for the alone. :).  Leave your name below to be in with a chance of winning 50 random items.  Winner will be chosen by random.org at the end of the month.

Good luck and happy days all x

And all of a sudden you are almost there.....

Approaching 40, I thought I needed to do something to change my life, procrastination is a B*****d. Here I am almost 50, thinking the same.    I didn't want to be like this at 40, and I didn't want to be like this at 50.   Am I happy?   Yes I am happy, I have a beautiful family, and some cracking friends.  But I am sad I haven't made the changes I have been promising to do for the past 10 years.  Yes 10 years, where the hell did they go.   Well, there is something I am sure of, and that is that I will not be worrying over it for the next 10 years, life is surely too short.   So as I approach another landmark birthday, I make a promise to myself not to keep putting off the small things I can do, which accumulate into a mountain over time.  And that I will make more time for myself, having spent the past 17 years putting the kids needs and wants before mine.   As they make their own way in the world, I must let them fly, empty nest syndrome? Who knows.  But know seems a good a time as any to find the me, that has been lost along the way.

Winner of the 50 take 2.

Congratulations no 6, winner of the random selection of 50 chipboard pieces, as chosen by random number generator.

1. debs

2. tracy

3 vilinke

4 bella71

5 emma lewis

6 nikkib

7 Judy

8 Francis.

Thank you for taking part and remember next month is the BIG ONE, you wont be disappointed.  Please drop by and take part in next months draw, which will be a selection of items, great for scrapbooking or cardmaking.

50 Take Two

On my fast approach to the BIG 50  here is the second giveaway as promised.

50 Random Chipboards items.    I have an obsession with chipboards and could probably fill a bag with 5 times this amount LOL.   So if you love chipboard as much as I do, leave a comment below, and I will use random generator to chose someone at random to receive this little ensemble.

What a lovely week we are having, I had so many good intentions to do some serious spring cleaning, but all gone by the wayside.  Who wants to do cleaning while the sun it out, not me for sure.

Thoughts are taking me to the holidays, and what I can do with 2 teenagers for 6 weeks.  Any suggestions gratefully recieved.  One boy, one Girl, who rarely want to do the same things.  One is a daredevil, the other just wants to spend money LOL.  So do I risk my life doing some hair brain activity, or risk my life savings on spending.  Mmm difficult one eh?  I sit and ponder.

Only four weeks now to my official birthday, like the queen I like to celebrate in many ways over many days, over the year even.   Looking forward to meeting up with friends, visiting some new places, and learning some new things.

Things I am not looking forward to, are the many horrible jobs I have to complete, like a visit to the dump with the rotting vegetation from the garden.  Nice thought eh?  Might be easier to get a composting bin.

Oh well, I leave you lovelies for now, please leave a comment below if you would like to be in the draw for the chipboards.

Jx