So, what's new?

Thought it was high time I put fingers to keyboard.

The Daisy Diaries continue; Lumpy Daisy (now 20 months old) suffered no long term ill effects following her chomping and digesting the Nativity set. However, she has, in very recent weeks turned into a thief!!! I came home from delivering River Nene veg boxes to find that the fruit cake defrosting on the counter top in the kitchen -had been snaffled by the aforementioned Lumpy Daisy - and eaten - not a scrap or crumb left apart from the tell tale cling film left on the living room floor. It's hardly surprising she's still lumpy!

Daisy has been on a bit of a diet since just before Christmas and I think the stealing is just to let me know, that she knows, she's on reduced rations (but only very slightly). She now has a waist and weights just about 29kg; not exactly a porker then, but we all know that Labs need to have their food intake controlled 'cos they're rubbish at it themselves (bit like me really...)

On the plus side - we think she's stopped eating rugs so we bought a new one (perhaps she's just lulling us into a false sense of security). The old one was nearer circular than rectangular - she'd nibbled away at so much of it.

You might wonder what poor old Mollie Dog makes of Lumpy Daisy (I know I do). I think they get on well enough; Moll lets Daisy annoy her (in the puppy dog way) then, when she's had enough she tells her off with a little nip. Daisy likes to think she's top dog - but Moll just quietly puts her back in her place. That's how it should be.

We have been busy with veg boxes over the last few weeks- we've introduced a brand new box which is going down really well with our lovely customers. There are some great plans in the pipeline for new products too - its rather exciting. Check out our website to see fabulous organic veggies www.rivernene.co.uk. I am so glad that more and more people are choosing organic over "conventional" vegetables (amongst other things); it just makes sense to me to have my food grown in tune with nature. I don't see why we have to try to beat nature all the time - let's work with her, she will win in the end. I find it really weird that we call stuff grown with the help of pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilisers conventional....why?

Had some ups and downs on the scrap booking front - I finished a couple of really nice layouts - then had no inspiration at all at one of my crops a couple of weeks ago. But, last week at Cassie's crop in Walnut Tree (http://cropandcreate.blogspot.com/) - I found some inspiration to finish a layout of one of our wedding pictures (ancient - 15 years old); thanks Cassie for inspiring me with the chipboard Celtic knot - it's beautiful, and it really makes the layout ,covered in embroidery silk and gems. Thanks too, to Jay - the help with my San Francisco layout was invaluable - and the chipboard alphas just the job. I have to say that Cassie, Jay, Chel and Sue are some of the most creative and talented (as well as lovely) people I know. There are others too - many people who's scrapbooking skills I admire enormously - just too many of them to mention.

Looking forward to going to Alexandra Palace for the scrapbooking event in April - already compiling a list of things I want to look for - and saving my pennies to spend there - I can't wait!!!

Since my last post I had my birthday and wedding anniversary - I am glad to say that being one year older than I was feels no different, though I do get a shock when I look in the mirror and see me looking back - I still feel the same as I did when I met Russell 26 years ago - I just look a bit older and baggier.

Time to do the ironing - it just gets better and better!