My One Little Word for 2011...

... is BALANCE!


















I will be blogging how I embrace this in my life throughout the year, so watch this space :0)

My favourite present lures me from my rest...

I was horrified when my alarm went off this morning!! 'No' I thought, 'that can't be right! It must be broken and have gone off too early!'
Alas, it hadn't!!! It WAS time to get up :0(
The whole process of getting washed, dressed and down to the bus stop is a bit of a blur to be honest!! It took a few cup of coffees at work before I was able to function with any form of sense!!
Today was my long day at work too so I was there from 9am until 7pm- yawn!

I promised myself I would have supper and go straight to bed when I got in. But then I ate, drank a glass of wine, and turned on my new iPad and here I am - lost in a wonderfully convenient world of technology and blogging paradise!!!!

I {heart} my new toy!!! It is my favourite Christmas Gift from my family and even more special that they all gave me money for it.
What was your favourite gift?? Leave a comment as I'd love to know :0)


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Happy holidays!!

I've been so busy enjoying the holidays that I have totally neglected my lovely blog :0(
I'll be back tomorrow with a proper post but I just wanted to say Happy Christmas to everyone!!




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And the chill goes on!!

Although the world is looking incredibly beautiful where I live at the moment, I am getting a little fed up with crazy bus journeys into work and delayed trains!!
Its all totally understandable but I shall just be very very happy when 1pm on Christmas Eve arrives and I can close up the library for the holidays!! (well until 29th December at least!!)
Here are some yummy pics I took on my way to the bus stop this morning to keep my spirits up!!

JYC/DD Day 21

Today our JYC prompt asked uas to snap photos from around our home and journal those. As I spent today decorating for the solstice this was PERFECT for me!!

Happy Winter Solstice!!

Well, it is very wintery here at home! The first winter solstice I can remember where we have had snow!
I have spent my day off decorating for the season with evergreens and some paper decs that I found on Shimelle's blog.
Here are a few snapshots of them!

JYC/DD Days 15-20 catch up!!

Well, I've kept up to date wuth creating my pages (so far) but have been a bit slack with blogging.
I had a bit of an anti-crimbo melt down yesterday and am feeling a little low today too. I'm not feeling at all festive which is NOT good considering how close Christmas is!!!
I am loving the fact I can vent my feelings and 'talk' to myself through my journal though!! Its very therapeutic!!
Anyway, here are the pages I haven't blogged to date:

15th December:

16th December:

The pages for the17th December contained another envelope page with hidden journaling inside (I don't want prying eyes to see what I have bought them!!!

18th December:

On December 19th I included a letter to Santa. I kept this hidden on the page as its personal to me:

And finally todays page!!! As we've had lots of snow to snap photos in I decided to concentrate mainly on photos to day for a quick but fab page!!!

December 20th:

Hope you are all enjoying this project too :0)