Mad Cows!

We are just back from holiday.
We spent a week in a log cabin in Loch Monzevaird in Creiff, we have been there before and just love it. The weather was lovely, the dogs were off the leads and the kids had a ball!
On the Wednesday my parents and grampa came to spend the day with us and after lunch we decided to leave grampa with the dogs and the rest of us would walk round the loch.
It is about 1 1/2 miles right round and we were abour 100 yards from the cabin when we came accross a large group of menacing looking cows and a bull.
We debated walking through the field, but the cows did not look happy and my hubby was wearing a red top!
So back we walked.....................................
And came accross ANOTHER LOAD OF COWS!
At this point my daughter was hyterical, so we decided to walk up through the field to the main road and get back to the cabin that way.
It was also roasting hot, but eventually we reached the main road, and.................................
NO verges to walk on, and a very fast road!
So mum, myslef and the 2 kids sat and waited while my hubby and dad went back to get the Land rover so we could all pile in that.
So after saying to my grampa that we would only be an hour, we were away for about 3!!

So that night my parents stayed for dinner and they went out and bought us all..........................
..............................................STEAKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Girly night in

Blogger is letting me upload my pictures, so here are a couple of my kids, taken the other day


Last night I had 2 of my good friends Heather and Roz over, my lovely Dh made us dinner and heather brought enough treats to feed an army!
My kids were packed off to bed and we sat and watched Bridget Jone's Diary, have watched this loads, but it is still a favourite! We also sat and blethered and ate lots of chocolate!
A late night, but at least with the schools being off, i did not have to get up early.
It is raining here today, which I think is not a bad thing, but my kids are still out playing!
Right must go as have hundreds to do.

Another hot day!

Roasting hot here today!

My kids spent the day eating ice lollies and playing in water, they have got fab wee tans already.
I spent the day doing admin for the Luxurious Angels retreat, details of which can be found at www.angelcrafts.biz and packing orders, so not much sun for me!
We go away for a week on Saturday and am hoping it won't be too hot, we are also taking our 2 little dogs with us, one of whom does not travel well.
Am away now, but will leave you with a couple of pics I took of my kids out playing........ OK it is not playing will try again tomorrow

More Angels

Another fab LO to share with you, this time from Roz, just gorgeous!



We are so lucky to have so many talented teachers: Kirsty, Anna, Roz and Maggie coming to teach at the Luxurious Angels retreat!
Email me at angel_crafts@hotmail.com if you would like some more information.



Right bed is calling, night all

Cute or Cuter??

In case you have been asleep all day today, you will have noticed that we posted on UKS today about the Luxurious Angels Retreat! Don't worry there are still some places, so contact me for a booking form.
A pre- retreat challenge that I have given to our talented teachers is to "scrap the Angel", and here is the first one from Maggie

It is very clever and lifts to reveal the "real" Angel!

So cute or Cuter, which one do you prefer?

My Ikea trip

Last week, when I dropped the kids at my mum's I paid a little visit to Ikea. I needed pin boards and storgae boxes for my new craft room! Anyway i saw this cookie jar and thought it would be great for all the blossoms I have (which are far too nice to use!)
What do you think?

Just updating quickly before I tackle some housework!!!!!
You may be aware that we have managed to get another teacher for our fabulous weekend, and I can reveal who it is ..............................................................................................................................
On Monday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha Ha
So you will just have to tune in to UKS to find out
Seriously though it is going to be such a fab weekend and you will be mad to miss it!!!!

Talk later
Bye

Am so tired!!!!

I need an early night! Well tonight is the night I am going to do this and go to bed.
My darling kiddies come home tomorrow (they have been at their gran's), so I must clean the house, it has been really neglected as i have been too busy sorting out the Luxurious Angels retreat!
Am really looking forward to the weekend and getting to meet lots of the girls from UKS.
We will let the girls from the crop see the information on Saturday and then put a thread on UKS next week.
My PC has been playing up again, so annoying! And I just can't live without me daily fix of UKS, sad that I am!
Right am needing my bed, speak tomorrow!
Night

Am so tired!!!!!!
Last night i was up to the wee small hours chatting to 2 friends on MSN, first time I have used it, and quite liked it, my DH says I am a sad muppet!!!
Anyway got to bed around 2 and was woken at 4 as my DD had a sore tummy, she came into bed with me, but wriggled so much she was sent back to her own bed, at 5.30 was woken by DS crying as he had wet the bed, so bed changed and he wnet back to sleep, so far so good! Back to bed and woken at 7.00 by DD with sore tummy again, so just got up!!!!
Tonight I am going to bed early!!!!!
Have also been working on some details for the Luxurious Angels retreat, am so excited!!! I even have a very special guest coming along, so check here or UKS tomorrow to find out who it is!
In the meantime if you want more info email me on angel_crafts@hotmail.com

See you all tomorrow
Angela
xxx

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Luxurious Angels Retreat will be held on 27th, 28th and 29th October 2006, in this country manor hotel http://www.lockerbiemanorhotel.co.uk/
Still working out details, but if you want to be first in line, email me at angel_crafts@hotmail.com
It is just going to be so good, so polish up your tiara and come and join us!!!!

Another busy day!!!!!!!!
Kids at horse-riding, and of course had to take lots of piccies!



This afternoon my friend Roz came over to start sorting out our scrapping weekend, we have found THE MOST GORGEOUS hotel and are going to see it again tomorrow, so we best get our tiaras polished, as it is so posh!

If you want more information on the weekend, email me!!!!

Got my furniture delivered today for my office, which will now also be my Scrapping room, have been unpacking my stash all day (loads of it, LOL!!!!!) and you can now almost see my kitchen table. I had forgotten what colour it was.
Have not actually done any scrapping in my room yet though, but there is always tomorrow!
I also got a new camera recently so have been playing about with that and Photoshop, I have uploaded here a photo I took of my wee girl Lauren.
Still trying to get a scrapping weekend sorted, I have found the most fab hotel, so some more negociations are required!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last night a friend and I went to visit hotels, as we are planning a scrapping weekend. One hotel when we phoned offered us a meal, and what a hotel!!!!!!!
A manor house set in 78 acres of grounds, fabulous.
Now we need to decide where to have it, so if you want to be first in line, let me know!!!!

Tsk tsk, am falling way behind with blogging!!! Must keep it up! To be fair this week I have spent most of my time Stock-taking and thank goodness it is finished!!! Tomorrow I have another order arriving so will need to get that on to the site too.
Had my friend Roz over today, and we sat and scrapped, my kitchen table is now even more messy than usual!
Right need my bed, will update more tomorrow!

What a lovely weekend! And busy too. On Friday night was the AGM for the playgroup that I am chairperson at, on Sat morning the kids went horse riding. And my DS is now taking lessons with his big sister and was trotting! He loved it. On Sat afternoon the kids played outside, we live in a new housing estate and there are loads of kids for them to play with, later on we went to our neighbours for a BBQ. They had made so much food that we all had to go back on Sunday to finish it!
We also booked a holiday this weekend at the end of Sept, DH and I are going to Lanzarote for a week WITH NO KIDS!!!!!!!! My parents are going to stay at our house and watch them.
Tomorrow I am meeting my friend heather for coffee, she has just moved through near me.
Must go..............

What a busy week!!!!!!!!
My MIL was taken into hospital and looks like she will be in for a while, so my DH was away all day on Sunday seeing her, she is in Inverness hospital.
Our village had their Gala day on Saturday which was really good, our Estate did a float with a world cup theme, the only time I have ever worn a football tee-shirt LOL!!!!
Last night at Girls Brigade they had a big do to celebrate their 50th birthday, Stonehouse has the largest number of girls in Scotland, which is very impressive. It was a really good night and some of the older girls had 13 years attendance, which is really great. My DD goes and loves it, every girl in her class goes along and they get collected from school.
Today after I drop the kids off I need to go and buy new trainers for my DS as he has been using them to slow him self down on his bike!! So the toes are right the way through, typical boy, LOL!!
Right away to get ready.

Had to go to a ballot at the nursery yesterday, as too many parents wanted a morning place! Afternoon would really not have suited me as nursery finishes at 3.45 and school at 3.00, so it would have meant taking Gordon out early or hanging about with Lauren.
Anyway there were 9 places for morning and Gordon was second last! I was having kittens, but am so glad he got his place!!!!
Apart form that i have been busy ordering more stock for the site and looking after the kids and dogs.
Right away for a cuppa!!!!

Today was my friend's birthday, Happy Birthday Roz!!!!! We went out for lunch and had a wee blether.
Kids are off school tomorrow (again), so am hoping the weather is nice so they can play out all day. I have arranged to have Lauren's friend over in the afternoon, but am going to keep it a suprise, as then I won't be asked the time a million times!!!!!!!!!!
Am going to try and do some scrapping tomorrow, but still have loads of goodies to load on the site and need to place another order, so maybe not. Also must clean the house, seem to say that all the time and it never gets done!
Have uploaded a LO I did of our younger puppy Sophie, she stayed in this for ages and was fast asleep!

Today was my son's playgroup outing to Calderglen and it poured!!!!!!!!! We stayed there for a couple of hours and then went to Caper House, a soft play area. They must have been happy with an extra 40 kids there!
So needless to say I am behind with everything as we did not get home until just before 3, whan it was time to pick up Lauren from school!
Here is a piccy of Gordon on the trip

Another busy weekend, held another crop yesterday and it went really well. The conversation at lunchtime was interesting to say the least, and I for one learned a thing or 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Managed to do 2 LO's, one of Lauren and one of Gordon.
Today my DH went to cut the grass but as the lawnmower had died, we had to go and buy a new one!
The rest of today has been spent updating my site and catching up on UKS.
Will take a photo of the LO's I did yesterday and upload them later.