Sunday 29th March

Hi everyone,

Let me see excuses for not blogging......Flued and had a house full of kiddie winks all week, still got one here hoping to push out the front door within the next few hours so i can actually have some me time..... and hope that my sanity returns.

Here's the mothers day card i made last week which i forgot to post.

My kids bought me for mothers day a beautiful crab apple bonsai tree it's so pretty it's in bloom at the moment so i will get the camera out later and take some photies for you, it's 7 years old but knowing my green fingers it won't reach 8 !!!!

Garden project is slightly on hold for a week cause of the tendon problem i have in my shoulder but since my last posted photos i have done the lawn and the plants have now filled out and started to blossom and the peach tree is coming on a treat.

Also managed to take a photo of the baby hedgehog who is hiding somewhere in my garden and my dog olive keeps finding and dropping on my door step !!!!!!

And last but not least this weeks update on my SAL having a panic on it as everyone is getting close to finishing theirs !!!!!

Right so it's Sunday morning and I'm off to put my Granary bread in the oven that has been rising for the last 3 hours, i just hate it this time of year when the clocks go forward cause it takes ages to get back into a routine and it takes mt son Dempsey weeks until he gets his normal sleep pattern back, not amusing when we've lost an hours sleep and i do love my bed !!!!

Have a great week everyone, will post Dr's report on shoulder hopefully tomorrow when/if the MRI results are in, if not i have to wait another week to get another appointment.

Love Tara xxx

My Dempsey's Birthday last week

Hi everyone,

Finally found 5 minutes to put some photos up of last weeks day out with my Dempsey and his best friend, we had a fab day his little friend stayed over on Friday night bless their first ever sleep over but considering they are only 7 they were as good as gold, took them all day to a big complex in the city where they run round and i was able to shop....my favorite hobby, then took them to watch the movie Beverly hills Chihuahua's it was so funny, all in all a great day. And as promised and up to date photo of myself.

Dempsey in green with his best friend Harvey

ummm popcorn guaranteed to make you cough all the way

through the movie !!!!

Yes me

Dr. Who Chocolate cake i made it !!!!!!!!

Molly & Me she felt a bit left out with the two boys,

stealing the days attention.

A rare moment when brother and sister like each other.

Or is he strangling her.

Bargain of today (Shellie you would love this) bought this fab card kit reduced to 7.99 € approx 8.50 pounds, contains 40 cards, envelopes and over 250 embellishments, sticker's and tons more....will get my mitts on it tonight to make my mothers day card. (Basil the cat not included) And will post tomorrow.

Right that's about all that's been interesting this week plus under Dr's orders to keep my shoulder in a sling...so shouldn't really be playing on here !!! but i won't tell him if you don't.

You must pop over to my other blog and check out the hysterical photos and comments i posted last night.

http://bloggymoggies.blogspot.com/

Update on my Stitch along

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to catch up with a photo from my SAL as you can see done a fair bit of sewing this week so am pretty proud of progress, i will pop back on either later or tomorrow to fill you in about my son's 7th birthday last weekend with some fab photos and i even managed to take a nice one of myself !!!! Busy trying to denit my son's hair OMG could of died when i checked him and found the beasty buggies there, my daughters at her friends for the day so heaven knows if she's got them to, i do hope not cause her hairs so long and it takes me hours to do.

So take care for now. Love Tara xxx

OMG I FORGOT TO BLOG

Hi everyone...think I'm losing my marbles yes it's Wednesday and i totally forgot to blog at the weekend...lol....remembered everyone elses but mine...Well the gardens been a total wash out this week and the weekend gone due to horrid rains and now we've got high winds so all my good work looks like it's gone to pot literally !!! My kids are driving me insane they were on half term last week now back at school and with the weather unable to burn off their energy in the playground especially my son Dempsey who has ADHD and is so hyperactive it makes you tired just watching him, it's also his 7th birthday this coming Sunday so you can imagine whats he's like. We decided that we aren't having a party for him this year instead we are having his best little buddy Harvey over to stay the night on Friday their first ever sleep over...ahhhhh....sweet.....and we are taking them to the city on Saturday to the big cinema complex hopefully to watch a movie in 3D there's not many kids movies on at the moment but hopefully there will be something, then off for some din dins after his little friend's going back home Saturday night. And Sunday his birthday a nice quiet day at home and he can have his presents which hopefully will keep him quiet all day and give me a chance to recover !!!!

Been rather naughty this week as i confess have not done any of my SAL since Sunday been suffering a bit with migraines must be the weather plus have problems with tentants in my shoulder which hasn't quiet been right since November when i damaged it but what with the cancer scare and everything decided to ignore the issue as you do. But had to go to see my GP today for my usual monthly chat with her and now that the other matter is sorted she's sending me to see a traumatologist to sort my arm and some physio appointment for the 16th of this month.

So here's what i have done of my SAL since my last update and an definately off to sit down and do some now.

Will post update with lots of photos at the weekend including the DR WHO birthday cake that i got the little man.

Lots of love xxx

What a Week this has been

THE MESS WE HAVE TO TACKLE

THE TANGERINE TREE BEFORE.

THE TANGERINE TREE AFTER

OK So my week started with a visit to the hospital to finally pick up my test results after the op i had last month to remove cancer cervical cells…the results are……………the lump removed was grade 1 cervical cancer the results after removing the lump are now CANCER FREE, so what a total relief....back to the hospital in 3 months to continue check up and other items that at the moment can't be sorted til the hormones are back to normal. This was Monday.

Tuesday night Olive my dog decided to go searching again for hedgehogs !!! luckily enough we managed to get her back but had to prize the fence up, so we then decided that my garden needs a major make over, and where the fence is all round the back of my garden place flower beds to deter the horrid dog from getting out.

Wednesday i was working and started shopping at the garden centres for suitable plants that will grow into trees and bushes.

THE BACK WHERE THE DOG WAS GETTING OUT, NOW PLANTED WITH LAVANDER AND ROSEMARY AND A LITTLE WOODEN FENCING.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday and today Sunday has been spent trying to turn my 1000 m2 garden into something that looks like a garden, starting from 9 am til 4pm everyday with not only me but my mum her man and even neighbours kids helping out. we are no where near finished but it's looking better...upon which i also sacked my gardener realising that the lazy man hasn't done anything on my land but cut the grass ever few months...well with the economy as it is I'm sure i will not have any problem finding a cheap and reliable gardener, once i have finished doing everything that needs doing. I have taken lots of before and as we get on photos for you also done my pots on my terrace. we are having beautiful spring weather which really makes you smile and you do enjoy doing things like this. I also planted a delightful peach tree...and thinking about starting a veggie garden. At this moment in time my body doesn't belong to me....lol...

MY PEACH TREE

THE BACK GARDEN WHERE I'VE PLANTED FLOWERS

I will be continuing throughout next week and my friend is coming over to help cut the big tall trees down with a chain saw...also my kids are on half term for a week, so hopefully the weather will stay nice and the fresh air will do them good.

MY TERRACE

As for my SAL yes after all the above i have managed to keep on top of that too....have a few major issues with it as i had added extra stitches on the door so had a lot of unpicking to do and i also did not like the back stitch colour around the shop door so had to redo all that in a darker colour. but really pleased with what i have achieved.

Skiing

Molly & Her Uncle John ......Views from the chair lift

ME (standing lol)

DEMPSEY

MOLLY

Well what a fab time was had by all, the little skiing excursion was absolutely fab the kids loved every minute of it, the snow wasn't soft enough to do snow men or snow balls but there was certainly plenty of it,....OK yes i tumbled down the mountain twice thank god no one had a camera, but will definitely go again, maybe without the kids next time there was lots of dishy men up there !!!!!

We had beautiful sunshine and with all the abominable snow clothes didn't really feel the cold.

As for my SAL project manage to finish the bottom wall to the toy shop and now back onto the left hand side pillar as I've decided to do a bit of the easy part for the next week i.e door and i don't quiet fancy the battle with the toy shop window.

My weekly Update

Sorry for the delay but as most of you know my camera decided to die, OK so after a day going round a thousand shops i came away with a very snazzy little camera it's the latest one out by Olympus, and does everything, it was a bit higher price than what i wanted to pay but i am always using my camera, whether it be the kids, the cats, or my blogs so thought in the end it was well worth it. LOL i obviously can't post a photo of it !!!

As most of you noticed my SAL was rather poor last week, will try to play catch up this week.

i now can confirm my little two day ski break to the mountains which is for this Thursday and have finally bought all the bits me and the kids need so we're all ready to go...we are leaving at 5.30am !!!!! should take up 3-4 hours drive to get there booked into a nice little two star hotel which is in the actual snow village so bars, restaurants and pubs on the door step for the evening...sounds good to me.... according to the weather forecast we will have good weather however at the middle of the peek the temperature is -18.

DEMPSEY's MASK

My doings of yesterday was a mask for my son Dempsey school yearly project for carnival week, it had to be off garden, flower, trees theme....(yes i know the boy was meant to make it himself....but you know us craft mums just couldn't resist the urge...) It took me 3 hours. It's a rather big ta do over here in Spain and an excuse to celebrate, the winning masks then get put on display in our local town hall and then 3 winners picked. My daughter Molly won first prize for her fancy dress competition last year a beautiful trophy and first price for her mask she won a lovely book. I was well proud. In fact i have photos.

MOLLYS LAST YEAR.................HER WINNING COSTUME...10 OF HEARTS

MOLLY'S TROPHY FOR THE FANCY DRESS LAST YEAR

As for my SAL i done a little more last night so republishing photo on here as it was taken with the new camera, and yesterdays photo on stitch along didn't show up to good.

OK that's all for now.