Were we ever that young?

Today is my eighth wedding anniversary!
hoorah!
We're gettting rid of the kids for a couple of hours and going for a picnic.
We've got no food and we don't know where we are going. Thats pretty good for us!
last year we did nothing, but we did have a six month old and three yr old to get in the way.
I thought I would celebrate the 8th by an arty picky. Various search engines say 8th is bronze or rubber or pottery or electrical appliance!
I'm going with bronze. all though rubber .... hmm....
I search flicker and google for a picky and then thought what about a wedding picky or two, for a giggle. ( no copyright either)
For all those included I apologise, and ask were we ever that young? ( it was only 8 yrs ago)
So much has happened. we now have a fab house and two fab children, we have had all sorts of family stuff, as you do, everyone seems happy and one of them is off travelling around the world for a year next week..... ( you know who you are).
I also apologise to both mums for not being in the pickys , but I'm sure you'll be glad.
Just two pickys
The first one should have a quote with it from Great Aunt June, " it's the only wedding I've been to where the husband has more touble with his hair than the bride"
The second was all my fab bridesmaids ( sisters in green and yellow and good friend in burgundy) and the best man and my dad. All looking so smart.
Too all, I promise next year I will do arty farty.
Stay tuned the good kharma bunny has been busy, textiles to follow and lots of them.
al x

Adam's new bike

This is adam's new bike!
He's so tall for his age that He's had to have a six to seven yr olds bike and he's only four and a half, and he had to have an adult helmet.
It's his first proper bike!
I've updated my profile! and thanks to leigh getting a flicker badge I now have one to... v exciting.
al x

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Originally uploaded by goodkharmabunny.

Dear all,
Does any one know how I make this my header I'm failing to find out how to do it!!! it's driving me nuts!!
al x

I've been tagged!!

V exciting, I've never been tagged before.
I was tagged by Leigh
5 things always in my purse ( handbag)
( I think it's an americanism for handbag, coz the next one is wallet)
I had to check cos I have lost touch with the bottom of my handbag
1 my purse!
2 my mobile
3 Apparently I have five lipsticks! ( if I put them anywhere else I will never see them again)
4 some loose Polo mints ( hmm not sure when that happened
5 a couple of cubes of dark chocolate, for medicinal purposes
( five isn't enough, please can I have more....)

5 things always in my wallet (purse)
1 not alot of money
2 Leicestershire records office membership card
3 lots of receipts
4 oh wow I found my dentist appointment card!!!!!!
5 my picture driving license ( hmm)

5 things always in the fridge
1 philly cheese
2 tomato ketchup
3 chick pea salad
4 medicinal dark chocolate
5 Dijon mustard

5 things in always in my closet ( Wardrobe)
Dont do wardrobes very often, as a mother of 2 little ones everything is lycra and crinkled cotton so I'm doing top draw
1 Knickers!!!
2 green and black strippy socks ( just one pair, for those days when thats what is called for)
3 lots of lycra tops
4 swishy crinkly cotton skirts
5 a little booty of my daughters filled with lavender

5 things always in my car
1 bottles of water that should have been removed a long time ago
2 two car seats
3 sunglasses
4 mobile phone charger
5 my PPE, don't ask what it stands for, its my work protective stuff; my metal toe cap boots, fluorescent boots and hard hat. Yes I do look a sight! but its fun clomping around in them

5 things always on my desk ( at work ( not got one at home))
1 computer
2 lots of pencils
3 acid free archive boxes
4 lots of post its
5 dust and cake crumbs, what is an archive without dust and cake crumbs!!

5 people to tag
1 mamma grouch
2 yellow frog blog
3 the textile goddess
4 mac's niece ( you have been outed!!) you could only hide for so long)
5 Ethel

al x

holiday pickies!!

Just four I promise! I can't show most of them, as they involve me in a swim suit!

As ever I have to include the completely biased parent pictures of my fabulous children, doing what they did most of the holiday, Emi ate and Adam dug one of me doing the motherly bonding thing ( in the dappled shade), and just to prove to all of you who said I needed a rest, I did get five minutes ( and that was about it) to read the new Selvedge magazine ! The place was wonderful, these bottom two were taken at the place we stayed in, which looked over the sea and estuary. We had barn owls in the barn in front of the house which came out on three nights.I now desperately need to do some textiles!!!!!
oohh and happy 35th wedding anniversary mum and dad!! Thats Jade!( they're starting to get expensive now!!) They got a hand made card ( picky to follow, when I take one) and a bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin ( blue bottle) as close as I could get to jade.
al x

Did anyone notice a heat wave??

I'm back,
absolutely shattered, and a bit tanned around the edges.
did anyone else notice the uk have a heat wave, it just kept getting hotter!
got home, and the heavens opened.
Pictures tomorrow, promise.
not managed any textiles, but ready and rareing to go!!
al x

in the words of the great madonna!!

"Holiday"
I'm going on holiday for a week!
thank goodness!
I'm going to come back all relaxed and textiley!!
watch this space, but do it in a week!
al x

so there was this fireman at my door!!!!!!

Every now and again a house wife need a little excitement, not much, just a little something to recount to her husband when he returns from earning the money.
Mine happened this afternoon.
I had a firemen at my door.
what a result.....
I don't often go for men in uniform, but we have some lovely ( nay drop dead gorgeous) firemen in my town......
He wasn't fully togged out in his full inform ( shame) but a t-shirt that identified him as a member of the fire brigade.
Unfortunatley after the intial excitement, and me exclaiming " result... a firemen" it turned out he was a retired fireman, and a masquerading door to door sales man. ah well, I was so let down I couldn't buy anything, but told him if he came back as a fireman he might be able to sell me something ( picture the scene, me with one child on my hip and another at my feet) do you think he'll be back??
To top it all my fab boy told the man that we were saving all our money....
the man took it well and agreed it was a very good idea.
My husband is well aware of my liking of firemen ,so just smiled at me when I told him.

Help I think I need to get out more, or try to get some textiles done
any one fancy going dancing on wednesday?
al x