Blurgh :(

I got back from picking up Tara from a friends house last night and promptly threw up twice. I've been feeling knackered for the past few days (and have a horrendous pain in my side) so I went to bed at 6.20 last night and I'm still there. The joys of wireless and laptops :) So don't be expecting anything wonderful from over here for the next few days will you?

Happy October or Worlds Most Boring Blog Post!

I tend to write my blog posts the night before they go up so I'm typing this whilst feeling sick (and having been sick once - blurgh) I'm hoping by the time you read this in the morning I will be feeling better as I have a huge day of work planned.

What we have here is my google analytics page for all of my sites - look at the second to right column - they are all green which means that visitors to all of my sites are up :) I haven't seen them all green for a long time - 3 would be green and the others would be red! I think that if you click on the image it will open it up as a larger image for you - if you are interested that is! My Folksy stats are up 221% and I know a lot of that is down to participating in September Stars. I'm ready now for the October listing club! If you don't have google analytics set up then you should do - it's really interesting to see where traffic comes from and there is lots of information out there to help you read it and see what all the different bits actually mean!

Sorry if this is a bit of a boring post but as I said at the start I am not feeling well and the thought of editing pictures to add to this post makes me feel even more unwell. I'll edit this post in the morning to let you know how I'm feeling :) If you are interested that it........


Feeling much better now and work day is commencing :)

I'm a lucky girl!

While I have been ill this week Matt has been a super star - he looked after me at the weekend and took Monday and Tuesday off work to ensure that I was well enough to look after the girls again. He went back to work yesterday evening (he works in London at the minute and we live in Lancashire!)

Look what he made for tea on Sunday*

Cajun potato wedges

With yummy from the farmers market burgers (Aberdeen Angus for me and Matt and pork and apple for the girls)

And to finish off, a raspberry crumble and, let me tell you, he makes a mean crumble!

And what was I doing while he was rustling up this delicious meal?

Watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with the girls (can you tell we were at a bit with the child catcher at this stage - the girls were terrified!)

I'm feeling a lot better now - my kidneys still hurt but nowhere near as much as they did and I'm not exhausted all the time now which is good - thanks for all the well wishes both here and on Twitter.

*This was evidently before I went off my food!

I feel pretty!

This is what I wore yesterday.

I tried to get Anya to take a photograph of me but they just didn't turn out hence the dodgy self portrait in the mirror :) The outfit is 100% thrifted too! The skirt I got at the RSPCA shop in Todmorden earlier in May, the top and cardigan came from the huge jumble sale in my parents town (although from different years) and I can't remember where I got the shoes although I know they are thrifted.

Better shot of the skirt and shoes - they are my Dorothy shoes :)

And I wore this necklace which was a secret Santa present to me from someone on the Crafts Forum. I thought the chicken went very well with the outfit!

And I was told I looked nice by two different people - one a mother of a child who goes to school with Anya and the other was from Tara's friend Charlotte who told me I looked very pretty :D It made my day!

Today Tara has the lurgy that Anya had and so do I. I can't get Anya to school as I need to be near a loo at all times so we are having a lazy pajama day instead.

Poorly :(

So nothing was done in our house yesterday as Tara was very poorly and kept vomiting every 1o mins or so - I had the same tummy bug too but wasn't quite as poorly! Tara seems to be feeling better today though which is good! I doubt I will get much done today but no doubt you will hear about it tomorrow!

Yuck..

... I have the lurgy. It's a cold though so nothing too bad. I'll hopefully be back tomorrow with pics of what I have been making!

Blurgggh!

As you may have noticed (please let someone have noticed!) I have been absent for the past few days. Lets just say it boils down to a nasty stomach virus (I won't go into details) but needless to say I am feeling a bit better today. I'm actually sitting up and not lying on the sofa! I will hopefully get back to regular blogging soon and I'm catching up on the blogs I read so you might spot me commenting. :)

Got the lurgy

Blurggghh!! I have a cold and typically it comes when the girls are off visiting Nana and Grandad and I am supposed to have time to get ready for the craft fair and get cracking on my nephews Christmas present. Oh well!! I had a lovely time yesterday with my mum, dad, sister and her boyfriend (plus the girls) as we celebrated my mums 50th birthday. I can't quite believe that my mum is 50!! Got a few treats from the charity shops in Ripon but they will have to wait until I am feeling well enough to takes photos and actually organise the bags that are still on the kitchen floor!

Here is the card that my mum got. It was made by Ruth and I love that you can just give her a rough outline of what your recipient likes (in my mums case charity shops and beer!) and she comes up with fabulous, fabulous cards. Thanks Ruth - my mum loved it and so do I!

We made up this mosaic and had it printed on a large canvas for my mums birthday as she is a big family person and loves her grandaughters (and daughters!) to pieces. She has just got to decide where to hang it :)