Getting organised

Well, the snow is finally melting and life is slowly getting back to normal. Polly was a bit upset to see the head on her snowman had melted away, but other than that we are very happy to see the grass starting to reappear!

As the roads were too bad to drive to our scrapbooking crop, I spent last weekend trying to tidy up my tiny crafting corner. I bought a tall chest of drawers from Ikea, and gathered all my bags and boxes together before deciding what to put in it. I then made labels for each drawer, and it is SO good to know that I can now find paints in my paint drawer, and stamps in another one etc...believe me, before they were all stuffed in wherever there was space. I now need another unit for all my 12" scrapbook papers, but have no space to fit that so they will have to stay under the desk for now.

Happy Snowy New Year!

Happy 2010 everyone, and welcome to a very white and snowy New Year! After a lovely White Christmas spent at my sister's house, we awoke on New Year's Day to a light sprinkling of snow, which at the time looked quite pretty. After 2 weeks of real disruption, the novelty is starting to wear off! One consolation is that I now feel a tad fitter, as my car hasn't been out of the garage for a few weeks now (it can't cope with snow and ice, and is better suited to doing a Bambi impersonation as it skids down the drive with the handbrake on!). School had been closed for a few days, and the days it opened have seen Polly and me wading through the white stuff in our wellies....fun for a short while, at least!

Nick is back at RAF Cranwell after a fortnights leave for the Christmas holidays, and is dreading the next few weeks when he will be taking part in a huge leadership exercise, camping out in the wilds for TWO WHOLE WEKS!!! He was very nervous about whether he would pass the exercise or not, but is now equally worried about how he will camp in the open without dying from hypothermia!

I am still scrapbooking, and have resolved to try and teach myself some other skills. I knitted a poppy for Remembrance Day, which turned out to be a rather large corsage (well, I haven't knitted for over 20 years!). This week, I've been teaching myself to crochet again, and I much prefer it to knitting. My Grandma taught me to crochet when I was little, and although it was about 40 years ago, I am amazed how it's all coming back to me! So far I've just done a small square while I practise my trebles and double crochets, but watch this space...there will be more!

I have also completed an online photography class (Thank you SO much, Chery Johnson!) and have learnt lots of better ways to take pictures. My family are now fed up with me clicking away!

Finally, I have also got round to updating this blog. My intention is to try and update it at least once a month...time will tell if I manage this!