Life is a rollercoaster.....la la la

Wow! So long since I have blogged and so much has happened! Dad is now home and doing ok-ish...still not right but getting there. He was in hospital for almost 6 weeks poor thing and was sooo happy to get home and in his comfy armchair with his pipe and sky sports!!!!

Scrapping and work stuff has had to take a back seat to all the family problems which isn't ideal but that's how it is. Family and friends come first with me... always have and always will! I work to live, pay bills etc and not the other way round! I have missed a couple of deadlines which I just hate doing but luckily this was met with understanding so I now need to get caught up on projects!


Last week was a strange old week... I heard the horrific news that one of my closest and dearest friends is very ill.... words just cannot describe how i feel about this so I am not even going try! Life throws all sorts of stuff our way and you just have to try and deal with it in the best way you can. It just puzzles me why the worst things happen to the nicest of people. Sooo not fair.


I have also had a lovely house guest to stay! Anita was over in the uk doing some photography shoots and I had the pleasure of her company for a few days. It was not without mishap... but anyone who knows me will know that is just "normal" in my life!!!!


On the first day my car decided that it needed a little "rest time" and promptly filled with smoke causing Anita and I to exit very quickly!!!! 2 hours later my little car was hooked up to the back of an AA van and towed to Dads with the very serious diagnosis of Cylinder Head Gasket Gone!
So we were stranded without car and had to rely on public transport. HOW EXPENSIVE ARE BUSES THESE DAYS!!!! No wonder people drive! In the end I ended up hiring a car for a few days so we could get out and about. Anyhow enough complaining... this week I am in positive mode (been getting re-aquainted with the secret ;-)!!!) Sooo check out this amazing photo that Anita took of me....




I just love it! we had a blast and anita took heaps of photos that i just can't wait to see!!!!

I honestly don't think that i have eaten so much over a 6 day period! Mind you... not that I was complaining.... although I am now as my shorts are, shall we say, very snug!!!! Healthy eating for me this week!

I haven't had much time for scrapping over the last couple of months but I'll leave you with some recent layouts!

This was for the UK Scrappers homepage class.... love this pic of Ziggy! He looks soooo naughty!

A layout using our may kit and a pencil lines sketch (sorry can't remember what number!)

And finally this one for the layers challenge on the shop blog! I LOVE this photo of my great gran (or old gran as we used to call her!) She looks like a proper biker granny! I used our Out and About kit (Fresh into the clearance section ;-)) and tore the edges and added some ink to achieve that distressed grungy look that is all about at the mo... not sure if its me or not but had to give it a go!

Right I'm off to finish up sorting this months kit.... and its a yummy one!

Maria x