Lots of layouts

I haven't posted in ages due to personal issues in my family, but I just wanted to post to show I have been productive in this time.

Ta daaa!

I can now finally show everyone my layout thats been published in this months ScrapBook Inspirations mag! It was for the £5 challenge...and here it is:

Christmas tales

Well, its all nearly over for another year. Christmas was good fun, got some lovely gifts including perfume, crafty stuff, vouchers, expensive lip gloss and makeup, books, dvds, cds and some other bits and pieces. I was a very lucky girl indeed! Also been trying to catch up on my Christmas Journal, here's how some of the finished pages are looking (I'm leaving the rest until they are complete with photos):





Spent alot of time with dad, and trying to sort out the house. We bought a sofa yesterday at DFS, which was quite exciting! We're not doing anything special for New Years as we're both ill so don't feel up to much. Hopefully 2008 will be an even better year and happier for everyone.

Happy New Year!

Btw, I'm quite pleased with some of the pics I've taken this Christmas, I got a tripod and have been having fun taking pics with no flash and no camera shake! Especially of lights!

Nearly Christmas!

Where has this month gone!??! Honestly, its flown. Christmas shopping is done, christmas journal has not....work has been busy and finishing late, but the christmas party was the best thing!

We had our xmas party on Thursday, it was fantastic! Went go karting in the afternoon, I came 10th out of 15th so I was very chuffed as I was totally terrified, so drove really carefully and didn't get any penalties haha!





Then we came back to the office for a table football tournament. My partner, Ben, is one of the top players so I was feeling the pressure! The days before he kept ringing my desk telling me to practise, read up on tips and that we had the best draw for our first game! It was very funny, he kept telling me to look after my hands lol.

Anyway, I was very nervous about the tournament too cos everyone was watching, and I hate being watched! Our first game didn't happen, our opposing team was missing a player so we automatically went through to the next round! When we did finally play we won the game, with Ben calling me a natural, and telling me I made several great saves. It was so funny. So then we were in the final, and amazingly won that! So we are the champions! Ben picked me up when we won, and we even got a trophy lol.











Then there was a quiz, which I also won with another partner and got a tenner for that! Everyone was calling me the winner of the day, and in the evening we went out for dinner and dancing in a club in london.









It was such a great time, got home at 3am and went into work yesterday feeling very sleepy! Then at 5pm we had another set of games of table footie, myself and Ben were defeated, although he still says that we are the best partnership, so then I was playing on the same team as Freya, against two of the guys. We thrashed them four games in a row, they were utterly stunned! I haven't laughed so much in a long time, the shock in their voices, Ben called me a traitor because we beat him, but he was also pleased because its all practise for when me and him play next year haha.

I'm absolutely loving work, I had such a great time with everyone, really feeling part of the team now, especially with people cheering me on with the table football and stuff.

Unfortunately yesterday morning I woke up with a stinking cold, right in time for xmas! Been trying to finish cards and stuff but just have no energy to do anything! Let's just hope I'm feeling better by tuesday!

I'm not that great at this...

Whats new? Lots probably...

Work is going fine, car is fine, I'm fine! Me and Steven went to the IOW this weekend which was fun, wet and windy, but fun. November wasn't very eventful, had a health scare with mum's memory again but all seems ok at the moment thankfully.

I've updated to add some pages from my Christmas Journal from Shimelle's class. I've done the first 2 pages, but know I'll fall behind in the week because work will keep me busy. I haven't even made any xmas cards.....oops.

Some exciting news!

Sorry...I'm trying to update, honest!

Work is still going really well, enjoying it loads! Its been tough at times but I'm feeling more settled now which is good. Travelling still a bit awkward though.

Exciting news part 1: I've been asked by Shimelle Laine to do a layout for Scrapbook Inspirations! Woot! Very excited, couldn't believe it when I got the email. will let you know when it gets published.

Exciting news part 2: We got a car! I lovely sparkly dark green nissan micra! Its fab and we're very excited to have finally found one, so Steven is enojying getting back into driving and I'm enjoying have my own car and not borrowing mum's all the time.

Nothing special been happening, went to a Halloween party at Steven's family's house, been out with friends and not much else!

But all is good anyway! Have some layouts I need to scan as well at some point...