Thursday, 31 January 2013

Mojo is back!

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I am back to Zumba classes :) So fab to be with such lovely ladies, and they were all talking about a video which Reg gave us a demonstration of (minus the Zumba men!) So glad to be back.

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I've also been on Illustrator which just does not want to co-operate on my laptop. I managed to export 2 of my vector images but for the last 2 it claimed I did not have enough memory to complete the operation. Thank heavens for smart layers! I copied and pasted the vectors into photoshop.

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8 papers made for a new "Shout It Out" kit I've been toying with for Hanson Crafts. Hopefully will lead on to phone wallpapers, 10x8 print to go with the subway art I made... My vectors are far from perfect though, but I made them so they're good enough for me ^_^

Friday, 25 January 2013

What a difference a week makes...

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On Friday the snow came down, a LOT. Nobody was going anywhere around our part of the neighbourhood, even the buses weren't coming up our end and so mum had to walk to where the buses were actually travelling to be able to get in to work but then the office was closed at lunch time. Gareth's office was closed and my brother couldn't get his van out either so Friday was a fantastic day! There were snowball fights, snow angels and sledge rides :)
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Oliver had lots of fun throwing snowballs at us all!

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And Elijah got in my sledge so I pulled him around which he loved!

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Stewart made a snow angel to which Oli got in the snow next to him and instead of moving his arms and legs, wiggled his bottom which made us giggle!

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however the roads by my flat were just sheets of ice, and the paths were no picnic either. I have spent the entire 7 days in wellies, and Gareth slipped on ice and badly hurt & bruised his foot & hurt his arm.  Thankfully my car was at my parents house where they gritted the road so I didn't have to battle with the ice and I was still able to carry on as normal.

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So the week after I last updated, I said my goodbyes to my colleagues and worried about my future, but looked forward to a week helping out my dad. He had treatment at hospital and was on crutches, so I drove him to work for a meeting & we had a few bits to get from Morrisons. I liked helping him out :) And he needed to rest up.

During that week I had 3 leads on a new job which was a surprise to me. One call was within an hour of leaving my job! The one though came on Tuesday, I was told the company wanted to meet me on Thursday, so I went in, they liked me and I started my new job on Monday. It's been a great week, and this year so far has been just so overwhelming. A friend told me things happen for a reason, but I've always been quite skeptical but my luck has truly switched around and it's strange how things have turned out for me so far, but I have indeed managed to salvage 2013 :D Yay!

Sunday, 13 January 2013

New Year

The Christmas break was just awful. On the plus side it's all over and though the New Year didn't start quite as we'd hoped, I get to start over.

We had a package from our Floridian friends which Oliver helped us open. I was so excited to see the American cereals, we've had fun trying them all out!

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To drown my sorrows I have been eating absolute rubbish. In just one day I ate an entire tub of chocolate ice cream, and my chocolate santa from my brother and sister in law... The hubby was lucky he took his away from me otherwise I'd have eaten his too! But I am going to eat much better from now on!

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And I have the best family and friends. Katie sent me a Hanson package in which I have declared my new Hanson bracelet to be my lucky charm, and a friend at work gave me her Buddha to watch over me, as I won't see her again as my last day is tomorrow, after 8 years in my job.

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But it's still early enough in the year that it's not a complete write off, I can turn this around!