Back in blogland

HMMMPPH second time lucky. I closed the screen down before I published my post !! DHHHRRR

Well am back here after the move, which went brilliantly. Just finding my feet. The boys did 3 weeks at school before they broke up for summer. They have the novelty of catching the school bus here instead of walking or riding bikes. I have unpacked all my craft stuff and to be honest going from a room to a cupboard is a bit of a pain so am keeping my eyes open for some suitable storage.

I haven't done any card making yet but have been playing with my beads. I have put up a couple of pics of some stuff I made this week. Have done some before we moved bu can't find where it is stashed at the moment , when I do I will post them too.

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anyway that's all for now,

hugs and many thanks for stopping by

nicci

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Whiff of Joy

please visit www.whiffofjoy.com and check out the beautiful new stamps.

nicci
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2 weeks and counting

back of the new house

back garden of new house

playing in the sun callum and marcus

Hellooo there how are you. Hope you enjoyed the beautiful weather we have just had. We made the most of it in the garden and the boys in the paddling pool. On Monday we took a trip out to go and have a peek throught the windows of our new house and have alook at the garden to see if it looked as big as it did on google earth and it did...lol Well 2 weeks today and we will be on our way can't waite now to get resettled .

hugs to you

and thanks for stopping by

nicci

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feeling a bit blue this morning as I just waved my friend off as she goes of to their new posting in Cyprus.

I love the moving around and living in different places - not been lucky enough to live any where exotic though i do keep dropping hints to Ian to no avail yet - But i really hate all the goodbyes, you think it would get easier over time but it doesn't, especially when it comes to saying goodbye to good friends.

Anyway 3 weeks and 3 days to go and we shall be on the move ourselves. It's going to be a long day as this is the first time we have done a one day move, it's the shortest distance we have moved unless you count the move round the corner in Northumberland when we moved from a 2 bed to a 3 bed house...

We have packed everything we can pack for now, just the essentials and clothes left to do, which we can't pack until the last few days.

It's half term this week, and Nathan goes back to school on the 1st June as he has his maths GCSE paper to do, Callum is on a PD day, so we are going down to Bedford to have a look at the house and drop Marcus's travel cot etc off at mums as she is having Marcus for a few days whilst we move. Its great mum will only be 20 miles down the road, and it will be great to meet up with old school friends who I am back in contact with...how great is friends reunited. Ian has recently got in touch with some old school friends too via this.

anyway enough ramblings
thanks for stopping by

hugs
nicci
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BOXES!!!

Well hello there and good whatever time of day it is where you are.
Have started packing up the house , we sill have 7 weeks to go but it flys by , We had 16 weeks before we moved when we found out and it has flown past. I am now starting to feel like I am living in cardboard box city!! I packed my craft stuff up over the Easter weekend, Marcus and Callum went to grandma's and my mum came down to give me a hand. It took 8 hours to get it sorted and packed!!
I can not believe how much i have amassed over the past 5 years.
When we moved here in June 2004 I had a little crisp box and a carrier bag which was my sum total of craft bits... Now I have a room full of boxes!!!

Have googled our new address and looked on google maps, and WOW what a HUGE garden we have got. Good excuse for Ian to get the new lawn mower he has been eyeing up since last year, and again we have got a detached house, which if you are a parent of boys (especially teenagers and nearly teens) you will understand why I received this news with great Joy. They do not know how to walk quietly down the stairs. I swear they turn into baby elephants as soon as they put their foot on the stairs.

No pics to Post I'm afraid, all card stuff is packed away but have made a few jewellery bits which i will post when i have finished them off.

hugs and thanks for stopping by

nicci
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Chill out

I made this card for my mum. She has got a busy stressy time ahead at work in the next few weeks, so i shall send it to her at work.
The backing papers are basic grey can't remember which pad though.
The lion is roary from www.funkykits.co.uk and is coloured with prisma pencils and H2O's
The letters are cut using the hippy chic alphabet using chip board and painte with H2O's.

thanks for looking
hugs
nicci
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Water Babes

Thought I would show you a picture of the boys. The other weekend we went to sherwood centre parcs for the day , with grandma and aunty Ann and Uncle David. Great time was had by all. Didn't see much of Nathan and callum as they were off riding the flumes etc, Marcus spent 5 hours in the pool only coming out for about 15 mins to have something to eat. Everybody slept well that night.

hugs

nicci

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