Sweet nothings

um..

There are no pictures in this post!!!

You know its infuriating that Mr Britguy only clicks on my blog to see the pictures.... I watch him click n scroll and I'm like ' um, honey? you wanna maybe read the words?' 

apparently not. apparently he 'knows what I'm thinking' because I'm sat next to him. 

yeah. {you so can not count on that theory Mr B!!!}  

but then it has its plus points... 

'cause I can come on here and moan about him -LOL- or grumble about something he's not 100% aware of. Like this post, which is about the slight nagging thought in my head over our Christmas shopping. 

now I like lists. I make lots.

however dont let this fool you into thinking I'm organised. ho ho ho. I'm not. I'd like to be, but I'm far too lazy/dizzy/blonde/all of the above.  Yes, I make lists.  and Oh Yes, I lose lists. I create complex journal books of lists, I make lists on bit of scrap paper. I lose both.

so now, as the postman and I become like old friends with him coming here everyday lately laden with parcels, it occurs to me I have no idea whats arrived and what hasnt. 

I have no idea therefore if anything has been charged to my card and not arrived. or been sent and lost {as Royal mail do on a regular basis with our mail to this house}

I'm not really sure how long shipping IS on somethings I've ordered so how long I should wait to panic check.

and the really sad thing is if you say to me what did you buy so n so? 

I have only one response.

I cant remember.

If all of that sounds horrendously dreadful of me, you and I are poles apart, I'd kind of only like to hear from anyone who knows just what I mean... LOL now is not a good time to point out how super efficient you are.

 And I know; could be time to trawl thro many delivery emails and receipts I guess. ugh. *shudder* which I have somewhere...

and this time I'm making a 'master' list on the mac. because thankfully my imac stays put and I dont lose that. 

ever had

a day where you didnt actually do much but felt like you had later on? 

We had a family {extended, not just us} picnic out today. and the glorious sunshine meant that yes the picnic could go ahead but that we would spent about two hours stuck in traffic of other people heading out to enjoy the weather too. oh my, two hours in traffic, in hot sun, with four bored children (never mind the grumbling hubby...)  mmmm. joy...

Suppose it was the drive, the heat and the sitting around on the grass that made me feel so tired! phew! hard day enjoying ourselves;)

 I didnt really get any great pictures... but some snapshots to keep. there was no posing of anyone... I meant to take a group shot... but that never happened, I'm so bad at that. there were several people there I dont even have in my snapshots! ack! I know I was pretty busy worrying about everyone, trying to watch the kids and such to actually pay attention and soak it all in.  must try harder. you can see it on my report card cant you? never mind, theres always next year....

heres a random sample of today pics....

theres some scrapbook layouts there tho dont you think....

oh what a face

Yesterday the girls had their fringes cut, {finally, after looking alot like sheepdogs} and I grabbed them for an impromptu photoshoot before their hair grew back down to their noses. {Of course their hair doesnt look even straight in the photos but I knew it was, pre-ruffled, and thats all that mattered!}

Miss Moll is at that age where there is no easy way to get photos of her being natural. not if you want natural and looking at the camera! so I figured I'd make a layout with some of her pictures anyway. Daisy was complete with bandaged thumb - see yesterdays pic- but was still a sweet happy girl.

Wouldnt you know, the five minute shoot at home was actually quite successful. that will teach me for always bundling them into the car and driving somewhere special for all photoshoots previously....

gotta love that face right ;)

oh look two of them! aw. and who cares that they arent both looking at the camera? {me a bit...} at least nobody is sulking or threatening to kill anyone else... 

and here you go Mollie Dolly; pull all the faces you want... from now on I'm scrapping them anyway!

overwhelming. but in a good way.

As I do my usual of throwing myself into something to learn it {not a half of anything kind of girl} I am immersed in CS3 - my newest upgrade of photo/design software- for hours. 

And I both love it and find it frustrating at once. Knowing how to do it, but not quite how to do it in this software...Plus I've managed to crash it once too. 

not my usual comfortable soothing digiworld I like to lose myself in. {yet - it will be, I'm sure of that} 

so I take some time out to potter about the internet... start a new chat 'thing' with one of the worlds greatest friends, shop a little {for myself, family christmas shopping is done} create a new photobook online, seek out some new fonts, and go read my favourite blogs...

Except I've been snowed under in CS3 for so long I do not have a few blog posts to read but about fifty. which overwhelms me a little! and *then* I remember I havent been uploading my POTD to flickr since CS3 arrived either. I've been taking them but not uploading them. so I'm about five days behind. So I feel a little overwhelmed there too.. 

I'm taking it all on and will be back to normal schedule asap but I do feel somewhat swamped... and guess what? theres a manic busy weekend heading my way too... all these darn things that stop me scrapbooking! I'm telling myself busy weekends mean photo opportunities right? which mean scrapping material in the end right?? 

deep breaths, large coffee.....

wounded soldier

****swoon***

thats a burnt thumb. my poor brave honey.

exactly as it says on the box.

how do you like my picture?

It has a built in guess the feet game too ;)

{ and that wispy stuff across the top? Mollies hair...windy beach :) }

Yes today we hit the beach. a 'rural' beach. Thats one with pebbles and stones, crabs, shells, seaweed, drift wood etc, rather than smooth white sand and clear waters...

I love this pic of the girls. and that sparkly sea. Just incase yesterday and today were the only summer days we are getting I felt the need to take plenty of pictures of the sea...

its a cool view tho, theres the isle of wight just across the water, and always a mix of boats...ships? yachts? marine vessels..floaty things, to look at.

like that fancy one. no idea what or who that is, but it made a pretty picture :)

we found this guy too

 that was taken moments before he pinched G's hand for picking him up ... LOL...

and we had a lot of fun with this stuff

and you can be sure there are more pictures of the beach to follow :)

Today I came home to my software upgrade.

Yes, I'm a CS3 girl now.  :) :) :) :) 

Yesterday Mr Britguy colleceted our new telly. I wonder if he will be miffed that I have taken no pictures of that  { I dont like Televisions - big ugly things} but couldnt keep my eyes off the box...

:)

Its exactly as it says on the box :)

what can you see...

fill the frame.

Isnt this a lovely picture of Mollie?

oh no, wait.

there is no recent lovely picture of Mollie. 

because she is never here -she's always at school. 

Because she is always so tired and C R A N K Y from school afterwards. 

Because she has got one heck of a sassy/sulky attitude showing up now and then, from being at school.

ack.

considering she has to have been the most photographed baby in the world {I took my first photography course when she was  a few months old, she WAS my homework and course work pieces!!} I'm horrified to find so few of her in my files lately. 

BUT

today she {finally} broke up from school.

I am hoping to get my Mollie back. and my good pictures of Mollie back. 

and slightly off subject, a lie in too would be nice.

 woohoo the summer break! :)

If I could change the world...

well, no okay not the world exactly, but right now I'd like to have the power to sort out two bugbears of mine. Shipping and uploading.

I hate paying so much for shipping - be it from Uk to UK or from USA to UK.

and I hate waiting for uploading. especially photos to online book publshers, or online printers. holy moly. 

Cash and time you see, two things I dont have enough of and hate to waste.

one of my favourite jetsetters....

this girl flew from 'up north' to spend the day with me. 40 min flight or five hours driving? hmmm.. not so tough a choice huh?!

 Its a very glamorous thing to do, call into the airport to collect a friend. Mollie and Daisy think I'm really cool  :)

we are cyber sisters, on the same Creative team at Designer Digitals, and planning the same trip next year :). You really wouldnt believe how much we have in common, other than of course the living in the Uk part!

I'm so so glad we got together, first of many visits:)