tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21204282126325416662011-11-20T20:06:57.275ZLindanoreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120428212632541666.post-6557269719389022772011-11-20T20:06:00.000Z2011-11-20T20:06:57.283Z

over to here.  Someone on UKS is starting a new photography challenge for next year and despite my track record of not finishing long term projects I would like to try and see this through.  I really want a project life kit for next year and therefore taking a photo a day will be a requirement. I have been experimenting with taking photos on my phone using different apps and uploading them, as

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120428212632541666.post-18325495400452601832011-09-14T16:28:00.000+01:002011-09-14T16:28:17.997+01:00

Well I did it!  I actually finished all 13.1 miles of the walk on Saturday night.  It was touch and go round about the 8 mile mark as the next 3 miles were uphill, a long, fairly steep uphill at that and my neck was killing me.  Luckily I had taken some pain plasters with me as I had expected that.  I thought I would run out of steam during the walk itself though and only need the pain plasters

Lindanoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120428212632541666.post-14901395290806978452011-09-10T17:49:00.002+01:002011-09-10T17:49:56.600+01:00

In a short while I be collecting my daughter and driving to Glasgow as we are walking a half marathon in aid on Cancer Research.  She is younger and fitter than me and should be fine, I am absolutely terrified!  When I signed up in February I was at the gym regularly and was in fairly good shape, fitness wise.  Then in June I hurt my neck again and for weeks could barely move.  I did a fair bit

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120428212632541666.post-89421693253602257122011-09-07T22:29:00.001+01:002011-09-08T18:00:07.028+01:00

I have been meaning to join in with What's on your workdesk Wednesday for some time now, but I am simply never organised enough, until today. I am deep in my first attempts at art journalling, or at least making the backgrounds for what will be art journal pages.  I am having loads of fun, making loads of mess, but as yet I don't have an end product. As you can see I have managed to create

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Well the best laid plans and all that!  Bah, so much for me posting on a regular basis, the way this past week has gone I have barely been able to make myself look at a blog, let alone write on one.  The reason why?  I have spent hours over the past few weeks rebuilding our school website into a multi page blog format.  We, or I should say I, have been working on getting a school web site built

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I am hoping to be blogging more regularly in the future and I decided the best way to do this was to set myself some goals.  The trouble is I missed the first one I set myself and I nearly missed this one too, but here goes. I spend way too much time attached to my computer.  It eats time and then i stress that i don't get anything done, which is familiar to some of you I know.  I bought myself

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I have written this blog post in my head about a dozen times but I just don't seem to remember to do it when I am sitting in front of the pc!  During my recent reorganisation of my craft space I weeded out some of the stuff I knew I would never use.  The paper and cardstock I halved between my school (the kids love it for Golden Time art activities) and Karen, whose daughter Katie is raising

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120428212632541666.post-29685920056472092362011-08-11T12:38:00.000+01:002011-08-11T12:38:16.826+01:00

Photos, that is.  I process mine in a very convoluted way involving 2 computers and 2 totally different operating systems, more about that later, I then get them printed using either my local Jessops or online at Snapfish.  I used to use Photobox but after a lot of hassles I switched.  I seem to be in the minority among my friends at having my photos pre printed as most of them print at home.  I

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Being a teacher I know I am lucky to get an amazing amount of holidays.  I am even luckier in that I don't make the decisions about how long I get off, someone else does that therefore it really is not my fault that I get them.  I can honestly say it wasn't even a factor in my decision to be a teacher, but I do think that the children need their holidays, though maybe the 6-7 week summer is too

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120428212632541666.post-233679266321015782011-07-15T20:30:00.000+01:002011-07-15T20:30:06.576+01:00

Some time ago my friend Angela asked me to be part of her design team.  I was delighted but a bit scared having never applied to a design team before as I never felt that my stuff was good enough plus the thought of using specific stuff and having to create to order, if you like, had always put me off.  Luckily Angela is fairly laid back and she only really needs stuff if she has a lot of new

Lindanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120428212632541666.post-51540938726477377022011-07-12T13:40:00.000+01:002011-07-12T13:40:41.164+01:00

Here I am, another new blog, another try at documenting my life to offset my failing memory.  I am hoping that I will find a balance between feeling under pressure to have lots of new creations to share and using this blog as a push to encourage me to be creative.  Time will tell. I started scrapbooking about 5 years ago, shortly after my second granddaughter was born.  At that time it was a

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