* Lazylol *

I am back from the seaside and it will be 3 whole weeks until I can go again.  I am back at work after my 6 week summer break ( can 6 weeks really go by that quickly!? ) and J is on shift work for the next 3 weekends.  Oh well, time to do some ebaying of my unwanted stuff, car boot finds and craft supplies.

Summer seaside days...........

My plan for today is laundry and cleaning this morning, hair appointment, visit B & Q for a new toilet seat to replace the one which as mysteriously broken (nothing to do with my 16 or 18 year old, oh no?) Then I am going to Junction 32 to buy college stuff for my youngest Greg.  He did better than expected in his GCSE's and suprised us all by passing everything.  I knew he had the ability but I was sure he wasn't revising enough or working nearly as hard as he should.  I was wrong. An even bigger surprise, he's decided not to do the construction/building course at college he was planning but to do 'A' levels instead. We had a frantic day yesterday ringing around the colleges to find him a place and have managed to get one at a good college just a few miles away. He started a part-time job in Morrison's on Tuesday.  Things are coming together for him.  It is such a worry when they leave school at 16 and don't know what to do next.

I am looking forward to the Big Brother 8 final tonight.  I would like Liam or Ziggy to win but I am sure it will be Brian or the twins.  I like all 4 of them so I'm not that bothered.  I feel sad it is the final, I've enjoyed watching it.

Oh well....I can get hooked on X factor now and the lovely Mr Cowell.......

me me me

The lovely Gill from Lucy Locket gave me the Nice Matters Award (thanks!) and tagged me the other week, as usual I have only just got around to doing it.

I have to tell you 8 interesting things about me, emmmm......the thing is I'm not really very interesting! Ok I'll try.....

1) I love cold toast.  Especially when it's really chewy!

2) I am scared stiff of fish.  I can just about cope with tropical tiny ones and very small gold fish.  I hate garden ponds with fish in.  It is the dark water with big fish. Oh I can't even talk about it. Shudder. Anyway moving swiftly on.....

3)  I am right handed but I can write with my left hand too.

4) I have a caravan at the seaside (as if anyone didn't know)  I love being by the sea, walking and breathing in the lovely clean air.   I am so happy when we are there.  We've been saving up for it for a few years and missed out on holidays etc but it was all worth it this year when we could finally buy it.

5) I love reality TV.  Big Brother and X Factor are my favourites but I waste a lot of time watching other similiar programs. Infact I love TV lately, I went though years of hardly watching the box but now I am making up for it!

6) I have always wanted to shear a sheep but I can't imagine that ever happening.  I'm weird I know.

7) I won the football pools! I only did it once and got 8 score draws. I couldn't believe it.  Neither could my dad who'd been doin it for years and never won a penny.  Unfortunately, it was out of the Uk season and the prizes were not millions or even 10's of thousands but I did win a nice amount.  It couldn't have cme at a better time.  I was 20 years old, had just had a baby and got our first home which needed totally renovating, it was a mess.  We did not have a stick of furniture, a car or anything so we did the house up, bought a car, went of holiday and gave our family some cash.  That was it gone but it was so nice to have and helped us out no end. I was so lucky.

8) I made my first skirt when I was 6 at Infant school and have been hooked on sewing and fabric ever since.  When I was a teenager I could whip a top in no time at all.  I worked in a fabric store aged 16 to 19 and sewed all the time. Since having kids, a home, working full time i only sew now and then but I still think about sewing all the time and am obsessed with fabric.  Now my sons are older I intend to get back to sewing some garments regularly, even if it is just to shut my hubby up 'What, you are buying more fabric?  but you never make anything!?' lol. Got to make room in the stash for more fabric.

Ok, so now I need to tag some more people. So I will choose these blogs I read often - KIm, little pink toes, ravelling, jemima bean, finally waking up,  and a couple of new ones I've just discovered -pieces of the puzzle , dottie angel

Oh The Pain......

Ouch, I hurt my back vaccuming at the caravan.  Will I ever learn?   

Me + cylinder vac = pain!   

So now I am I am walking like a cross between a 90-year-old & and a woman who is ready to give birth to quads. It's not pretty.

Oh well.  I have the whole day to myself so I am not going to let a bit of back pain stop me.  I have ebaying to do. Baking and cooking up something nice for tea.  Maybe even some crafting if I can remember what to do, it's been so long.  Too long. I really have to make some time to craft every week.

The other day I went to Hull shopping.  It's the first time I've ever been there and WOW! what a fab place to shop.  I didn't find any fabric shops though but there could be one lurking there somewhere I'm sure.  We didn't get chance to check out the museums so will have to go back again.

I've been to the Cinema twice this week too.

First to see Transformers which isn't really my usual thing but I loved it!

And then Hairspray which is my thing and was brilliant!

I am back from the seaside for a few days, so just popping in for a quick post.  I am going back on Saturday morning.

I've taken lots of photo's which I will post in the coming weeks when I get back to normal ( and work - shudder!) But for now I will leave you with some pictures I took when we visited Old Penny Memories Museum in Bridlington.  If you are in the area, do visit!  It's free and so much fun.  You even get some old pennies to play the machines.

Remember any of these? I do I'm afraid...