AWOL, SWAPS and EXCUSES!

Sorry for this interruption

to your normal viewing service.

Normality

(is there even such a thing??)

will be

resumed shortly.

I'd love to say that I have been snowed under

with lots of lovely sewing projects,

finishing off my crocheted granny square blanket,

cup-cake baking

and flower show visiting!

But alas 'tis none of the above!

Try these:

Job interviews

(successful ones I quickly add!)

Ritalin trials

(even MORE successful I shout from the roof tops!)

Dating and dining and flirting

with successful applicants to a situation vacant.

(forgetting of names, muddling up of texts,

possible causings of offence with my sense of humour,

but all lots and lots of fun and enjoying being me!)

and finally

CAMPING!!!

(well...preparing for.  Sunshine Please come back!)

So there you go.

I hope I my absence is forgiven.

Phew!

(requests about which of the above topics

you would like to hear first shall

be made in the comments box please. Hee hee!)

I cannot go without thanking

Tilly Rose

for my wonderful

'Good enough to eat goodies!'

Thank you Karen.

  

Lots and lots of other goodies too.

Thank you.

I have also just GOT to tell you about a lovely lady

from whos blog I won a gorgeous giveaway!

A Mermaids Purse

One of these beautiful 'original' illustrations

flew over to my house this week, after I won a

lovely and very generous giveaway.

The fantastically talented and gorgeous Kazzy

had drawn all 10 of these pictures,

and then gave them away!

Luckily one came fluttering on to my doorstep,

for which I am very grateful.  Thank you.

Right...

After hopefully being forgiven for my absence

and excuses accepted...

just for now...

Until our return from a (hopefully)

sunshiney week of camping!

Love Claire. xxx

How does your garden grow?

Probably a lot better than mine!

But I bet you can't grow plants like these...

Is this how you get 'Poached egg plants?'

I love these kind of seeds,

you just 'sow and go!'

EASY!

Except...

not in this garden.

NAUGHTY PIE!!!

Hence why I have been and bought some

'Chicken wire!'

I shall cover up what I plant with this ugly stuff now,

so hopfully things will have half a chance

from now on.

But how cute is this?

Safe and warm under Mummy's wing.

Until tomorrow that is

when it's

BYE BYE BIRDIE BYE BYE BYE

La la lah la dee la lah!!!

6 of them are off to live on a lovely farm.

(you don't have to mad to live at this house,

but it helps!)

Enjoy your weekend everyone,

I know I shall, mine has started already!

Love claire.

Careful Mr Postman!

A couple of months ago I was eager to

learn more about these 'swaps.'

My now lovely pal Emma from

Em's shabby shack

contacted me and suggested

we organise a SWAP together.

Well I hadn't even done a swap before,

but thought 'Why not?'

So we chatted a few times

about what we thought would be a good

theme, and we came up with...

We gave each other jobs to do,

and Emma had the tricky task of

partnering everyone up together.

Poor girl!

Just joking!

Anyhow, I had been partnered with

Tilly-Rose

The excitement, along with the worry

about what to collect for her began!

Whilst being out and about I

have kept my eyes peeled looking

for suitable things for my swap

and have well and truly enjoyed myself.

I have wanted to keep all of it...

...but managed to wrap them all up,

put them into a parcel,

said goodbye,

and closed the lid.

All there is to do now is save up

to pay for the postage!

It is far too big to fit into one of these...

I hope you like what I'm sending you Karen.

After enjoying it so much myself,

I am pretty sure you will.

Love Claire. x

P.S.  I had contemplated sending you a couple of chicks!!!

Well apparently they ARE

 good enough to eat hee hee,

but had to give up on that idea.

Although,

 there are a couple of humourous

bits in there for you.

Expect nothing less from me eh?!

Copy Cat Cath.

If you love Cath kidston

I'm sure you have not only

 heard about the 'FREE' bag with

Easy Living Magazine

this month,

but probaly got it and using it by now too.

My Mum gets the magazine each month anyway

so I had planned on 'stealing' the bag!

But when it came, I didn't want that design,

I wanted the other one!

Oh I am a fussy one eh?!

So I bought it and got my wish.

It also comes with the May catalogue.

In which I notice this...

Hmmmm... sweeties.

But then I notice the subheading!!!

'Oh my goodness'

I thought surely not?!

'Does Cath read my blog?'

Hee hee, how funny, if only!

So I just read along, enjoying the lovely goodies,

flicking through the pages

 soaking up the gorgeous photos,

not reading the text, and I then turn

the page to see this..

Oh if only she knew what a big fan of her I am.

But then even more spooky

I turn my head to read the other page and

there before my eyes is my hometown...

Little old Macclesfield.

So how's about that then?

I wonder if Cath does have a sneaky peek

at our blogs?

We've all googled ourselves...

well I have ha ha!

She may stumble upon us from time to time eh?

Anyhow, Cath,

you really are a little copy cat you know...

Are we nearly there yet?

Thats my line!

Love C. x

Granny Parallelograms!

SATS WEEK NEXT WEEK!!!

Eeek!

Some of you may know that for my job

I am a teaching assistant in Year 6.

In my opinion, I work in the best school

with the best colleagues

and of course

the BESTEST kids in the world!

('cept for my own of course!)

Some of 'my' kids find some situations tricky...

more so than other kids...

so next week could prove to be quite eventful,

as they are taking SATS

(Standard Assessment Tests)

Anyhow, I doubt the kids read this

(hope not!)

 but I want to wish them lots and lots of luck,

and I think you're all brill!

Fancy having a little test yourself?

How is your MATHS?

Well mine is shocking,

so that is a good enough excuse for my

'Granny Squares'

ending up looking a bit wobbly!

So they are now called

'Granny Quadrilaterals'

Quote:  Quadrilateral just means "four sides"

(quad means four, lateral means side).

Any four-sided shape is a Quadrilateral.

But the sides have to be straight, and it has to be 2-dimensional.

I don't know how you do it girls!

You must have the patience of a saint,

I shall keep plodding on with them though.

But may be a Granny by the time I finish my blanket, hee hee!

Love Claire. x

Gateway to.....

Who needs a man?

If you want a job doing properly,

infact,

if you want a job doing at all,

do it yourself!

Hmmm,

what are you thinking after seeing that photo?

That I have gone all feminist and DIY on you?

Look, if I do DIY in pink ballet pumps,

and wearing lip-gloss,

that won't make me all

butch will it?

NO,

thats what I thought,

so

after being fed up with brushing and

rinsing the flags free from hen poop

for far too long.

Putting up with the girls begging for food when

we eat outside!

Plus, Pie the cheeky bunny

really needed his space to be a bit more secure,

a gate was the only answer.

So I dug out my un-used,

dusty drill.

Leant how to use a saw...

...and finally

Hung a gate!

Plus it works!

I only broke 5 drill bits,

lost 3 screws (??? mystery???)

cut myself several times,

and have a splinter!

Phew!

Clean flags and safe bunny.

I promise to stop now,

I shall go back to girlie me.

Love Claire. xxx

P.S.  I debated whether or not to tell you about the

FOUR trips to Wickes

asking for a really long screw

for an erection!!!

But thought it may be

pushing it a bit for all my

lovely followers!!!

Plus the chap in Wickes now

thinks I am some mentalist stalker!

P.P.S.  A girlie crafty type post next time,

I PROMISE!

x