Pearls of Wisdom....

Thought I'd share these.....

1. If you squeeze the hoover bag while looking in it to see how full it is, you will get a face full of dust and god knows what else. I tested this theory this very morning...

2. Children are full of surprises. They're not always of the good kind...

3. We're all different shapes. We're meant to be different shapes. We're not all meant to be 6 stone nothing. Would the media kindly shut the f*** up now about dieting/obesity and find a different horse to flog because

a) it's boring

b) I've just had to listen to 14 year olds talking about who's dieting

and c) we're not all stupid! Well.... not all of the time anyway....

4. Following on from number 3...Wedding dresses look better on girls with a bit of shape. Girls you DON'T need to loose another half a stone.

5. When you get to a certain age don't go and put your make up on while using a different mirror to usual, especially if it means looking down. Because when you look up again it takes a few seconds for everything to catch up...

6. I don't think I'll ever feel like the adult in the room. That's no bad thing...
7. D.N.A stands for deoxyribonucleicacid. I learnt that for biology 'o' level, and know one has ever asked me. So I'm telling you...

8. When Mr.M says he hasn't left me much petrol in the car, what he actually means is that the petrol gauge has flatlined and he's coasted home from Birmingham on fumes (passing at least 3 garages on his merry way...)

9. Cooking the tea is more interesting if you watch telly and surf the Internet at the same time.

10. You will burn the tea if you watch telly and surf the Internet at the same time as cooking. Again, not necessarily a bad thing.

That's not actually that much wisdom to show for 40 years on the planet!

Hey ho, feel free to add your own pearls of wisdom......!!

I Spy...Something beginning with J

Mmmm...Jaffa Cakes....How I love thee.

Worth noting that I'm early with this post. Why? I hear you ask.

Well it's Friday afternoon, so the kids are at school, so I don't have to share them!!

Bad Mummy!!!!

Thanks to Lauren for the excuse to buy Jaffa's in the name of art...

And to Bug and Pop for I spying fun!

Printin' & Stitchin'

Been a-printing and a-stitching...

Ta Da! I made a pod of pin cushions...

This one's over on Etsy and Folksy...
This one will be joining them any day now.....

And this one SOLD!! Overnight! (Cue over-ecstatic dancing around the front room)
But...go here...the lovely Cuteable is having a giveaway, and there is one of these babies in the great giveaway basket. Don't miss out, get yourself over there!

And just because I printed giant pins and needles I made a giant pin cushion, for giant sewing... with a pocket to hold scissors and stuff (just look at that print alignment Mrs.Cloudcake, doesn't it make you proud/ bring back nightmares...)

Just needs a weight in it's bottom for ballast.

That's been me excuse for years....ha ha ha how I make myself laugh.....!!

Eye Spy...A Taste of Summer

Summer in England?? That would be Wellies and umbrellas then.....

Only joking! Actually I'm not, it's quite true. But let's suspend the reality of a proper British summer for the fantasy of what they could be like.....

Waking up to the sun...

Long days of no school and just faffing about...

Picnics (obviously with decent food, not the normal ropey cheese sandwich, squashed at the bottom of the bag...)

Clotted cream and home made scones at a little tea shop, in a pretty village somewhere ...

A deserted beach...

That'll do nicely thank you!

Thanks to Anastasia for this weeks theme, and to Bug and Pop for the Eye Spy fun!

Mug Swap!

I'm taking part in Jennyflower's mug swap!

Go check it out to join in the fun!

Journey to the centre of the Earth.....

Or more precisely, the centre of England. Also entitled a quick stop off on the Journey to the Garden Centre.....Can you hear that? It's Jules Verne turning in his grave.
The centre of England is, as the plaque above says, traditionally the village of Meridan, and every so often Mr.M and myself will say to one another "We should pop over and have a look...." (because basically we're a couple of saddo's, that's as in sad not masochist)

....7 years later we did! Not ones to rush into stuff are we? And it took all of 16 minutes to get there from our house! So there we are, pulled up on the side of the road looking at a large statue to the cyclists of world war 2, wondering why it doesn't say Centre of England anywhere - except on the front of a charity shop,

"Oh look a plaque!" I say

"Umm, Manhole cover actually" says Mr.M

All that's missing was a comedy pantomime voice shouting "It's behind you!!!"

So there you have it, The Centre of England on a Sunday, a large green roundabout with a couple of giggling saddo's on it.

And no, funnily enough, no one has ever suggested I go to work for the English Tourist Board...

Cat's eyes...

What do you mean, we watch too much telly in this house?

Eye Spy....My Best Memories of 2008

Continuing the Eye Spy game started by Bug and Pop....

2008 was the year of camping, (in a tent- not the Julian Clary variety of camp you understand...)

Very, very wet and windy camping, not once, not twice but thrice. Hardcore!!

2008: The great British summer. The year of playing on the beach in a fleece. With my trousers rolled up. I'm just sooo English.


2008: The year we all turned 40 together, 19 years after we turned 21 together.

At least this time we didn't celebrate with a night out that ended with 'sleeping' in Victoria Train Station. In March. I say sleeping, really it was shivering with your eyes shut. Yes, it was cold, so cold I still remember it 20 years later!

Ladies, here's to another 20 years of inappropriate nights out!

And at least I've stopped being annoyed at being 40, I'm far too pissed off at being 41 soon to worry about it!

Thanks to Kat at Kats Creations for this weeks theme!