Pink Candy by Caroline

WOYWW....on a Saturday

Well, this past week has been manic!  Got a lot done though - all the wrapping is now done, pressies under the tree or bagged up waiting to be delivered.  All cards and pressies posted and I did actually manage to make a few cards this year, woo hoo!  Popping to Sainsburys and/or Tesco on Wednesday for the final fresh stuff and I am done.

Doesn't mean to say my to do list is empty though.  Just done a list of things I have to do - mainly work/craft (house list is separate altogether!) and its humoungous.  Just as well I love what I do!

Top of the list is tidy my craft room - again!  I took the WOYWW pictures on Thursday - messy in the morning and tidy(ish) by evening.......

BEFORE

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AFTER

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But now I am back to square one and its actually messier than the 'before' picture.  How does it happen!  lol

I have a TV card in my computer so I can watch TV whilst in my room.  I have to twist the monitor round to see it if watching from my craft desk, and I keep craning my neck to view as I craft which is OK, but not ideal.  You'll see my laptop on the pic.  Isn't iPlayer fab!  I can watch whatever I fancy on ITV or BBC and its right there in front of me.  Love it.  Also found it helpful viewing Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas whilst crafting too.  Oh the power of technology.

Which reminds me - 12 Tags of Christmas.  Still on #2, hehe.  This is on my 'to do' list though.......I will complete them, I will....

Abi went to see Avatar last night and came back saying it was the best film she has ever seem, omg.  We are all going to watch it sometime over the Christmas break so I am looking forward to that, the trailers look amazing.  Anyone else seen it? 

WOYWW....and me tree....

After seeing Kaz and Kathy's WOYWW I thought I would take a pic this week.  Its a bit of a mess, well a lot of a mess actually and I am a little embarrassed to put this online, but it might encourage me to improve on the photo each week if I show and tell on woyww... :-)

 

omg, that really is shocking isn't it.

You can see that I have started Tims 12 Tags of Christmas - Tag 1 and nearly finished Tag 2.  Bit behind there then, but I WILL do them all as I have an Advent Diary to fill up and I thought they would fit neatly in this album...

(details of this on Fiskarettes)...

I'll finish off those two tags and show soon.

And here is a pic of my Christmas tree.  I must say it looks gorgeous, its THE perfect shape.

Fancy a show and tell with your Christmas Tree or decorations?  I would love to see, cos I am nosey like that.........heheheeeeeee.....x

I love my dog I do....

Had a bit of a scare yesterday.  I was getting ready to drop Abi off at College and then go off and meet a friend when I noticed Sam acting a little strange.  He was lifting his front paws up high in the air and I thought he might have had something sticky on his paw so went over to him to have a look and as I did so he started to loose his balance and sank to the floor.

He was trembling and shaking all over, his eyes were glazed and then not and then glazed again.  He was very warm and just shaking all over.  He was having a seizure, and I have never been so scared in all my life.

I shouted for Abi and we both tried to soothe him.  The fit lasted a couple of minutes and I was in pieces.  I was so scared as I have never seen anything like that before.  Sam is super healthy and not had any ill health in the six years we have had him.

After a couple of minutes he came round, stood up, shook himself and seemed right as rain again!  We took him to the vet who examined him and gave him some antibiotics as he did have a high temperature.  The vet explained that it may just be a one off, or it could be the start of an underlying problem.  Either way we have to watch him and give him extra, extra love and cuddles.  Thats not hard to do as he is a super cute and cuddly doggie.

I have to praise Abi though.  Whilst I was in pieces and crying, it was Abi who shouted at me to call the vet and kept her cool.  She has a good head on her shoulders, for sure.  I am so proud of her.

Here are a couple of more recent pics of Sam...

 

This is Sam posing after Abi put one of her little jackets on him!  Would you believe it, he actually posed on the stairs for us, lol.

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and this is Sam sitting watching the TV!  Note that he has the remote handy - typical man!

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All you animal lovers out there will know how scary this episode was for us.  He is part of our family, a much loved member, and its not until something like this happens that you realise just how important he is to our family.

Right, off to give my doggie a big cuddle......x

Hot daaaaamn.....

It bugs me no end that I fail to keep this blog up to date.  I even signed up for Shimelles Blogging class in the hope of improving that, but I've not been able to keep up with it!  I have printed all the prompts off with a view to reading them though, so thats something I guess! 

Went to see New Moon last Tuesday.  Tuesday is a girly day as Abi has the day off from college so we both went to see it.  Fab film - I think I may have to go and see it again.  Abi is in the 'Jacob camp' but even though he is very gooooorgeous, I am more an Edward fan, lean and mean, hehe.  We had a laugh though - there is a part of the film where Jacob takes his shirt off and Abi said 'daaaaaaamn' in a slightly louder voice than she wanted and most of the audience heard her, lol.

Can you believe Christmas is nearly here?!  Its going too quickly for me, although I am organised as far as presents go.  I only have the boys to do and I am done!  Lots of cards to make though and the decorations to do - need to get a tree this week.

Bit worried at the moment though - FIL is in hospital and he is very poorly.  He has an infection in his liver, which is something he suffered from a few years ago.  I worry every time the phone rings.  Keeping fingers crossed he recovers quickly.

And our very last guinea pig died Thursday night, so sad.  He was very old, over five years old, and had been gradually slowing down over the past few weeks.  He died in his sleep, bless him.  I loved Wiggy (he was very long haired and looked like a wig with legs!) and miss him already.  I would stand at the kitchen sink and be able to watch him in his cage outside and loved hearing his squeak when a bag was rattled as he thought it was food.  We had been bringing him in every night for the past couple of months to make sure he was warm and away from the night chill.  The last couple of pets we had died from ill health and had to be put down by the vet, so I am thankful he went in his sleep.  RIP Wiggy... :-(

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I am going to do Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas - I am determined too!  I made an Advent Diary for a project on Fiskarettes and will make a little compartment to keep the tags in too.  Fingers crossed I can keep up and be organised this December...

 

We have opened our chocolate advent calendars!  We all have one, how exciting!  Can't remember the last time I bothered with one for myself, but why not, eh?!  Have you had yours?......