So, back to tagging!

I have now found out there are some rules to tagging, so here goes.

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.

so, here we go,

1. not sure how to do this - I think I have done it! http://www.craftywotname.blogspot.com

2. seven things about me:

I love dancing; I had my first ballet lesson at 3 and haven't really stopped dancing since. I especially love tap and Middle Eastern Dance. You can really be anyone you want to be when you dance - it's so exhilerating.

I adore skiing - but I hated it at first. I'm not an athletic person generally and it took me a while to get the hang of it - but once I did, boy oh boy! I've skied in lots of places and lots of countries but my hands down all time favourite place to ski (and party) is Val D'Isere. I love the feeling of isolation you can have on a moutain.

I gave up my job as a wage slave in the public sector to start a business with my husband. I love working with him - he's the smartest, savviest person I know - so driven and such an ethical businessman! Our business is the best move I ever made.

I met my husband at my 18th birthday party - and married him the day after my 29th birthday - that's staying power. But I knew three weeks after I met him I'd marry him!

My dad taught me to read before I started school - and I read all the time - mostly vintage crime fiction from the 20's and 30's, and I love HV Morton and collect his books. I also adore fairy tales and collect them too.

I went on my honeymoon - not only with my husband - but with 30 other friends - we went skiing (naturally) and I travelled out on the plane in my wedding dress and all my freinds in best bib and tucker and then while away, skied in my wedding dress.

My dream is to own my own chalet in France - I think to wake in the morning and to look out over snowy mountains would be the most wonderful thing in the world.

3 and 4. I really don't know who to tag as most people I know with a blog have already been tagged so....not sure what to so?

Just Another Monday!

I can't believe it's dark at 5.00pm - its so cold an miserable out there I think I might have to make a mug of hot chocolate to warm up after taking the dogs to the woods.

But, on the positive side, I have finished my scraplift (with the aid of lots of helpful suggestions yesterday at the MK scrappers crop - thanks ladies!) I am pleased with it - just got to send it off now and keep my fingers crossed.

Must do some baking tonight - as we have no cake at all for next week's sandwich boxes. The green tomoato chutney made at weekend turned out rather well and I am just about to give butter makeing a try (in the food processor), we'll see what happens!

Hope fully I can find time for at least a little play in the craft cupboard tonight. But have got lots of scrapping coming up on Friday and Saturday anyway - and am really looking forward to Crop and Create on Saturday with Cassie in Walnut Tree.

Just had a call form my best freind Pat - she's popping down to see me at the weekend - great news - I miss her since she went back North!

Must dash - the kitchen calls - need to think of somehting for supper!......

What's going on then..

The scraplift is going well! Photos selected and printed and papers and some embelishments chosen - its starting to look quite acceptable. The pictures are, of course of our dogs Mollie and Daisy. They are great pictures of them both havinga great time - Mol, on the beach at Woolacombe covered in sand and Daisy up to her elbows in a brackish puddle in the woods near where we live. If I can work out how - I may well upload the finished product!

So, what else has been happening? Well, this weekend was pickling weekend - several kilos of onions are now well amd truly pickled for winter (some with Chilli - yum), as is a quantity of beetroot. I was hpoing to do red cabbage too - but that will have to wait until this weekend coming up. I have also been busy on the chilli jam and lemon curd front - both delicious. This weekend will also see a large quanitity of green tomato chutney being made to keep us going for a few months.

Bonfire night has been and gone - Mollie has been petrified for five nights on the run - poor thing (good job we can give her something to help her forget the fireworks). Daisy just barks at the fireworks.

The weather is turning much colder - but its wonderfult to be working outdoors - there are so many beautiful things to see at the moment - the colours on the trees in Aspley woods just have to be sen to be believed - we are so lucky to be able to visit the woods to walk the dogs 4 or 5 times a week. Even the trees in MIlton Keynes look fantastic - driving around the grid is a positive pleasure (and not many people say that too often).

Time, I suppose, to get ready to turn in. Hope I can find some time tomorrow night to do some more work on my latest scrapbookng project!