I made this

I realised that I haven’t been taking as many pictures as I should, so I snapped a few this morning.

I mowed the lawn yesterday… It started snowing just as I was finishing.

There was an Easter Bonnet/Cap competition at church this morning. Jackson won for his age group (0-5). Not too bad! He was so excited. He won a Noah doll. Congratulations to Jackson, Alex and Betty.

4 Jobs I’ve Had

Hickory Farms sales assistant (1st job)

Bartender in a Gay Nightclub (I waited tables in a cafe which turned into a gay nightclub. I didn’t last long as I’m not gay.)

Waitress in Germany (excellent)

Marketing Manager (lots of fun and allowed for creativity)

4 Movies I Watch Over and Over
Steel Magnolias (Love absolutely everything about it)

Out on A Limb (Love all that spiritual stuff)

My Man Godfrey (Excellent b@w film. Great humour)

Parenthood (I totally relate to Steve Martin’s character) 

4 Places I Have Been
Edinburgh, Scotland

Cancun, Mexico

Belgium

Aspen, CO

4 Places I Have Lived
Wilmington, NC

Charleston, SC

Trier, Germany

Darlington, England

4 TV Shows I Watch
Trading Spouses

Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares

Coronation Street

Relocation, Relocation

4 People Who E-mail Me Regularly
Dad

Hazel

My Book Club

Ebay

4 Favorite Foods
chickpeas (baked in the oven with a bit of salt)

mint chocolate chip ice cream (preferably Baskin & Robbins)

pizza (homemade)

sautéed mushrooms

*I love grits but haven’t been able to find them over here so far

4 Places I Would Rather Be
On my farm (I don’t have one yet)

Crafting in my crafting/sewing/art studio (I don’t have one of those yet either)

Asleep on the beach

Enjoying a massage/facial etc at a women’s only spa somewhere (no, I’m still not gay)

4 People to tag
Kristin

Kristina

Laura

Stephanie

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I guess university paid off afterall!

OK, bartending and cocktail waitressing in college didn’t hurt any either.

So when I wake up in the morning I’ll be 40 year old. My friend Hazel cross stitched this for my 40th birthday. Isn’t it great? I love that she has chosen the good old Red, White and Blue. And I also really like the quilting theme. It’s very very much appreciated. Hazel is one of the few people I know who take the time to make something to give as a gift. I feel very special.

Betty wearing my nifty “I’m 40 and I love my girdle!” girdle. My, I do like my granny underwear.

It has finally snowed.

We all had a wonderful Christmas! Betty loves her pushchair and Baby Annabel. Jackson has been playing with his Buzz Lightyear radio controlled rocket ship with Buzz and Woody. And Alex has been playing her new keyboard, and doing lots of colouring. In any case, we all had chocolate for breakfast followed by Bucks Fizz (champaign and orange juice) followed by a big breakfast. And just as we finished that we left for Wayside where we ate a huge lunch. We stayed all day and loved every minute of our wonderful Christmas together.

Merry Christmas everyone! I sure hope you are all having a fantastic day with your families. Take good care until the new year!

OK. So I did all right at the Christmas Fair. Not too shabby. I sold about £70 worth of merchandise. I would’ve loved to have broken £100, but anything is better than nothing. I have to say that my mother-in-law was by far my best customer, buying roughly £20 worth on her own! She also suggested that I try to sell the remainder at her Church Christmas Fair the following day where I made £10. I sold everything for £1. It was slow. But again, every little helps. I plan to shift the rest at a car boot sale (garage sale for my friends across the pond).

I was going to include a picture of me sewing, the display on the day and one of the kids and Santa. But they were all lost. Somehow my personal file was delelted from my computer. So I decided to protect my account with a password. The trouble was, I forgot it. I remembered it this morning. So here I am.

THANK YOU for all the support and best wishes. I really appreciate it.

Dad and Debbie are here visiting. They’ll be staying until after the New Year. They are always such a big help with the kids. It’s a great time to catch up on housework, projects and sleep! It’s Graeme’s last day in his current position. He leaves the DSA today and joins Standards and Regulations. So from now on, he will no longer be managing a driving test centre, but will instead be auditing them. The biggest bonus to this is that his work week changes dramatically. While he was usually home by 4-4:30pm anyway, now his hours will become very flexible. He’ll work from home 2 weeks, be home by 5pm 1 week and work away 1 week a month. Very exciting for me! I get to have him home loads more often than before. Especially since he’s been working every Saturday since Alex was born (5 plus years now). He’ll no longer be testing AT ALL and therefore CAN NOT work on Saturdays. WHOO HOO!!!! I can’t wait.

Anyway, that’s it for now. Except I need to say a BIG THANK YOU to Suzi Bragg, my bst friend from grade school plus, for sending me some VERY COOL and VERY FUNNY magnets. I shall take pictures and blog them this afternoon.