28th Jan

We got Megs project finished at last, what a relief :) she had better get full marks or im going in he he.
Just had a invite to my Dad's Birthday party next saturday night, oh dear that means me drunk again :) :) :)
I've taken a box of cards into school this week to help with fundraising, i just hope they sell.
My dryer is on the blink, typical, why can't these things break when you have money to spare.
Shop moving on slowly at the moment.
YUK alert, was looking out of the livivng room window this morning when a sparrow hawk swept down and killed a little bird, i really didn't need to see that.

H
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27th Jan

What a day,
Went to the tip to take pics for Megs project, nearly there when i spotted a vandal.
Well i got hubby to stop the car while i went to sort him out, little shit was about 10 and called Jamie. He was spray painting a wall yellow, i gave him a godd telling off and told him i was calling the police and that i wanted to know where he lived as i was going to talk to his Mum and Dad.
He was in floods of tears which i didn't buy for one second, he ran off so i chased him for a few miles, i had left my mobile in the car(stupid thing to do)
In the end he got away, i wasn't prepaired to get run over, walking back i spotted a traffic warden so i got his phone off him and called the police but to be honest they didn'y seem in the slightest bit bothered.
When i got back to the car and finally got to the tip the rubbish officer (prat) told me off for not reading the countless signs that were up about not letting kids out of the car, how she can get photos from the car i don't know ( am i bovered) NO.
I did a bit more stamping and H2oing this evening, im loving it :)
H
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26th Jan

Got my new stamps and H2O'S and love them all :) have made Megs party invites and will play some more tommorrow.
The sign for the shop doesn't have to be a black background now because we are putting a board over it so any colours go.
Got to go to the tip in the morning to take some photos for Megs project, i get all the good jobs.
Need to be getting Megs Birthday pressies to, she want's a MP3 player / scrapbooking bits / sports bag / Harry Potter DS game / ring. Im still waiting for my Birthday present, will wait till we have some money in the bank.
Need to start working on logos for t shirts for the shop. Have been to get all the tiles for the kitchen tonight, so they might get onto the walls next week sometime. Still having trouble getting hold of a plumber.
I can't believe another week has passed and i still haven't got any pics on here, i must try harder.
Back soon
H
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22nd Jan

Where oh where does the time go.
The hills look lovely today, all snowy :)
Still busy in the shop, when we are finally open it will seem so easy compared to now (remind me i said that)
I really need some crafty time this week, but in a evening i am soo tired i can't face it.
Found some great wall mounted cabinets at Ikea on friday that i am going to use for my jewellery in the shop :)
Having a real nightmare trying to find the right coffee machine :(
Anyone have any ideas on colour schemes for the signs ? the background is black at the moment so it would be good to keep that, we are going to use letters that are mounted so they stand out from the back. It also needs to look good on T shirts/aprons/T towels/ etc.

18th January

Well it's thursday allready, i can't believe it.
Been busy at the shop again today doing bits, we had visitors (enviromental health + advertising company) which diverted work for a while.
Then i had nightschool, finished a bit early so hubby could go back out to do some more work, it's 23.13 and he is still there.
We have BIL coming tomorrow to help for a while which is great :) still loads to do but we will get there in the end :)
Will try and get some progress pics on here at the weekend if i can work out how to do it.
H
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17th January

Well on the shop front things are moving on very well at the moment,
we have been busy putting the kitchen in and doing wiring and plumbing.
Not been easy as some of the walls are seriously thick, it was a stable years ago at the back of the pub (yes a pub next door ) great for the bad days :)
We are so wacked at the end of the day, could sleep for Britain.
H
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15th Januarey

Not done much today, went to meet my sis for dinner and to do a bit of research :)
And she gave me a light up display case that i can use for some of my jewellery in the shop :) it's turns round too.

H
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14th January

H ad a lovely lie in this morning :) total heaven :)
We took a picnic and went to Roanhead which is a beach, it's lovely and sandy with lots of sand dunes.
The kids found enough nice shells to fill their pockets as usual.
There was a nice fresh wind blowing to blow away the cobwebs, a perfect sunday walk :) and we saw 2 puppy labs which were sooooooooo cute and small.
We are just about to have tea then i will do some baking, then i will do some tin tarting for Meg.
See you tomorrow

H
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13th January

Well it's saturday and it's no different from other days of the week at the moment. working on the shop.
The windolene i put on all the windows last night looked like it was going see through, but this morning when i got there it was fine :) (thanks for that tip)
The girls have been busy building with all the cardboard boxes, it kept them quiet :)
This afternoon i nipped out for a hour to spend the last of my Birthday money, i got loads of bigish brads,flowers,paper pads,card,envelopes etc. Just need some time to play now :)

H
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12th January

Well it's friday and i forgot to eat a crunchie oh well there is always next week.
Nothing to say today really, i made a few cards and put some kitchen cupbaords together.
Oh and i bought a electic mixer from Asda which i might use tomorrow, it was £4.73 i have no idea how they do them for that price.
Well my life can only get more interesting than this, can't it ?

H
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Day Three

Well today it's been one of those running around like a headless chicken kind of day.
Soon as the kids were at school we went to Ikea to buy loads of kitchen gear Ovens/cabinets etc, it was very windy on the motorway and because we had the trailer on we couldn't go in the 3rd lane so we were stuck with all the lorrys which were blowing all over the place.
Just got home in time to get the kids.
Then we had the usuall thursday night dash, Brownies and nightschool, which also took longer because out of the 3 ways in and out of the village only one is passable because the other 2 are flooded, then on the way back tonight the 3rd way is not going to be passable for long as it's got a tree that has started to fall, so that will probably be blocked aswell in the morning.
Best part's of the day were,
Ordered some crafty things from CBC with some of my birthday money :)
Managed to stop at hobbycraft for 2mins to grab a load more fabric flowers which are lovely, and i mean a load. I got 21 packets each with 59 flowers in, i bought all they had in the shop HA HA.
Will shut up now as this is soooooooooo boring.
Love H
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Day Two in Blog Land

Well here i am again :)
Spent most of the day searching for shop stuff.
Did a bit of my silver box this morning, it's driving me mad.
This afternoon i made a few cards which i enjoyed making.
I posted my first customer order of the year this morning :)
The best part of the day was this, i will tell the story,
At christmas the kids took teachers a beaded bookmark as presents which i had made.
Yesterday daughter No 1 came home with a thank you note which didn't seem right to me.
Then it dawned on me that she hadn't a clue what it was, so asked this morning if she liked the bookmark and she said she thought it was a tree dec PMSL, she had had it hanging on her tree lol.
I just took it for granted that everyone knew what a shepards hook bookmark was. I didn't dare ask the other teacher as i was in danger of wetting myself.
See you tomorrow :)

First Blog

Hello Blogland :)
This is my first ever effort so please go easy on me.
We got our keys for our shop on Saturday so we are very busy planning and meeting wholesalers etc. So much to do so little time.
It has taken since September to get this far and is probably going to take till March to get selling.
I had my Birthday on sunday, i had a great time. We all went ice skating and i am only just starting to recover now.
I better go now, i will try and be a bit more interesting tomorrow.
Love H
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