A prayer request!

As you know from a previous post, I visited my dear old mum last week to celebrate her 96th birthday with her and my 2 sisters.

This morning, I had a call from my eldest sister to say that my mum has had another fall and hit her head - again. She was complaining of pain in her side, so the paramedics were called and took her to hospital, where she was x-rayed and it was revealed that she has a fractured hip!

Right now, she is in theatre - having surgery - a hip replacement and I would so appreciate it if you would please say a little prayer for her. I know she is a good age but if the worse happens - that she won't suffer. That is what I ask. Bless her. She is such a fighter - a survivor and has come through soo many falls and is really a strong person - but at the same time very frail, so I am thinking....it may be her time...ya know?

Thanks so much for your support everyone. I so appreciate your kind thoughts and prayers.

First blog award!

WOW! I've had such a lovely surprise. I received a 'Beautiful Blogger' award from Patrice all the way from Australia.


It's my first award and I am thrilled and I feel very honoured. There are rules that go along with it. First I have to thank the giver and add a link to them, so, thank you so much Patrice.

Then there are 10 things that I have to tell you about myself. So grab a cuppa and take a seat for a few minutes.

1. I am addicted to chocolate! It's no wonder! I share my birthday with George Cadbury and - my mum (now 96), worked in a chocolate factory when she was 14 for several years.

2. I'm a Fulham football fan. My sister was the secretary for the Football Association when I was 10 years old and she used to get us best seats for the matches at Craven Cottage. Then she became secretary for Fulham FC and I then had my own season ticket. We - my mum, dad and sister used to go regularly. She still goes now with her husband and is a HUGE fan but I haven't been since the Fulham vs Norwich match in 2005 when Fulham won 6-0!

3. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and have been for almost 31 years. It's the same church as Heidi Swapp, Lisa Bearnson, Becky Higgins, Cathy Zielske, Teresa Collins, Rebecca Sower and Karen Foster are members of....oh ...and The Osmonds!

4. I love charity shops and boot fairs. There is always a bargain to be had.

5. I am not a book reader but I have always had magazines of one kind or another - Cookery, Gardening, House and Home and Scrapbooking.

6. Autumn is my favourite season. There can be all of the seasons in it. The colours are spectacular and I LOVE Halloween.

7. I have taught scrapbooking classes in what used to be called Craft Central in the Wyevale Garden Centre before it closed down. I taught classes and had workshops in my home and I have done several instore demos in local craft stores and C&H Fabrics.

8. I love to watch home makeovers on the television. After doing an interior design course at college 12 years ago, I got into watching 'Changing Rooms' and 'Change That'. I got to meet Lawrence Lewellyn-Bowen and Linda Barker at the Home Show in Birmingham. I also got chosen to help Graham Wynne on stage and did 2 challenges which included painting in one and designing a room set in 2 minutes with the Irish red headed lady from another Home Show....Anne McKevitt.

9. When I was 7 years old, I got to play Sleeping Beauty and a fairy in the school production.

10. My favourite fruit is mango but I eat more bananas than mangoes!

So that's a little insight into my life and I now have to choose 10 other bloggers to do the same. I am going to nominate the following 10 peeps and then I have to inform them by leaving a message on their blog:

Tonje
Heidi
Cardarian
Angie
Sandra
Chris
Spyder
Sutty
Minnie-Mac
Tracy

Thanks so much again Patrice for giving me the opportunity to share some of my life's journey with you all.

Toots for now.

*****HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELLE*****

May has been a busy month for birthdays and wedding anniversaries in our family. Today is my middle daughter's 37th birthday! Eek!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and taking an interest in my life and craft journey.

Toots for now.

WOYWW - Early bird!

I know you all like a good old snoop, so this week you can check out my embellishment box of charms. Have fun.

I'm off on my travels again....this time to visit my dear old mum - staying over at my big sister's. It's going to be my mummy's birthday on 26th May and she will be 96!! Wowzer! She is good for her age - considering she has had a few falls and been black and blue with bruises! She is now in a nursing home - since February and couldn't be in a more nicer place, so we are happy that she is now being taken care of.

Have yourselves a Wonderful Wednesday and I shall be visiting you all on Thursday. Your treat for today..... is my famous Black Forest Trifle - in honour of my mum's birthday......help yourselves.

Girl's day out...and Cameron came too!

May is a time of celebration in our family. Birthdays and wedding anniversaries. Eden, who will be 11 in June wanted to celebrate her birthday with a 'girly' day in London, with a visit to the London Dungeon and then on to The Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. The day that we could all fit into our calendar happened to fall on Yasmin's birthday, so it was planned.

We all met up in London and awaited the last of us to arrive at Kings Cross station.

Of course, that is famous for the Harry Potter films and Cameron and Eden wanted their photo taken on Platform 9 3/4.

Hopping from one station to another, we got the tube to London Bridge.

Before.... Keeley opted out of the photo! ...and I opted not to go into the Dungeon!!

...After!

So while they were enjoying themselves....I took myself off for a riverside walk. It was such a beautiful day and I spent some time reminscing about my teenage years when I lived and worked in London.

A much needed ice cream on such a hot day.

After meeting up, we took the tube to Green Park to go to The Hard Rock Cafe. It's my very favourite restaurant - especially in Florida. There is such a buzz for me and I LOVE the atmosphere in there.

I don't drink alcohol, so I had a n/a Pina Colada - at £8 something, it was very expensive.

I had Mac Cheese with Chicken and Garlic Toast - except the toast wasn't that garlicy! It tasted good though.

Oh, this was sooo good. Chocolate Peanut Butter 'pie'!

Eden havin' a larf!

The photos came out quite yellow at times, so I changed them to black and white.

After feeling full, we decided to walk along to Buckingham Palace.

Along the Mall towards Buckingham Palace, I found a lovely 'badge'. It is gold in colour with a crown and a lion sitting on top, holding a wheel! It may have fallen off someone's jacket.

My beautiful daughters.

A fun day was had by all and the weather turned out very hot.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. Toots for now.