Christmas eve, and all through the house......

Not a creature was stirring, apart from my demented cats, who are tearing up the place, as usual!!

We've given up on decorations and trees and anything festive, as , apart from me and Him being a bit bah humbug, Psycho one and Psycho 2 delight in murdering anything shiny and or dangly. And seeing that Psycho 1 is the size of a small dog (im not kidding, he has to be weighed on dog scales at the vets, as the cats are too small!!), when he goes into kitten mode, its scaaaaaary! Think exocet missile with claws and fur and intelligence...

Enough of my delightful masters though, and back to the topic in hand, *drumroll*  a.....card!!

Ain't it cute :)

Main image is, as usual, from imaginethatdigistamp digistamp of the month challenge,all the rest from daisytrail.com, via Serif craft artist.

And with that, I'll wish you all a very merry Christmas, and a happy new year :)

xTTFNx

Its Autumn...YAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!

I love Autumn.

The glorious. rich colours of the leaves, the berries beginning to come into fruit, (yum)the sunsets, the clement weather, the lack of that bright ball in the sky......

Its no real surprise to people who know me, I'm not a big fan of hot, sunny weather. Sure, I like a nice day along with the rest of you, but not when I can walk 100 metres and get sunburned!!  

I burn very easily, and have never had a tan. I like being pale and interesting, much less upkeep :)

All the leaves are getting nice and crunchy here, in the north of England, and I've already had strange looks from the locals for jumping in the piles and skooshing them with my feet....what fun!

Yes, I am an adult........

But, I don't admit to growing up ;)

Anywhoo, piccy time.

Us Brits don't celebrate thanksgiving, so its not a theme I'm that familiar with, so I tried to make it autumnal-ish....

digistamp is from  imaginethatdigistamp, the DOTM progressive challenge.

TTFN X

God help us, but, "its beginning to look a lot like Christmas".....

My town has the lights up, shops have got the generic, schmaltzy, red and white crap in, and its depressing as owt :(

Halloween, the best holiday in my opinion, hasn't even happened!!

Aaaand, I made a christmas card........

The image of the kitty and the sentiment is from imagine that digistamp digi of the month progressive challenge.

The background, and everything else is made with Serifs program, Craft Artist.

Christmas, BAH HUMBUG!!!!!!!

TTFN X

Two posts in a month?? You lucky devils.....

Slightly more communicative am I this month, though still in a bit of a funk.

I blame the weather, all this rain is playing havoc with me ol' bones......

Yup, I'm British, not five minutes into the conversation, and its weather talk!

I will apologise in advance for any crappy spelling mistakes or grammar, I'm typing in the dark, and I've succumbed to false nails.. Bloody things are murder for typing in, and I now poke futilely at my phone, in a vain hope of hitting the right part of the screen.. 

I hate being  a girl sometimes!

Competition entry time....!

Ha, thought I'd forgotted, didn't you!

Nope, I lulled you into a false sense of security, then hit you in the face with it, like a big, ol' smelly haddock :)

As usual, the images are from Imagine That! digistamps progressive challenge of the month. I snuck a few hodgehegs in, just cuz they are cuute!

Thats all folks! 

Time for a little update

So, I've been a bit on the quiet side lately, which is not a new thing. If you don;t know me, chances are, you're not aware of my changing moods. I can be very quiet and withdrawn for a while, then talkative and bouncy the next moment. 

I Am Borderline Manic Depressive.

I refuse to take the medication for it, one, because I take so much medication already I rattle, and two, the tablets make me feel like the walking dead, albeit without the brain eating...

Generally, I'm pretty much OK, I just get on with things, have the occasional rant or sulk, and that's it. With the pain I'm in lately though, things seem to be getting on top of me more, and I'm finding it hard to keep the smile from slipping. I regress into myself in these instances, not wanting to talk to people, not wanting to go outside, holing myself up mentally and physically.

Not Good.

I go to an informal knitting/crochet group twice a week, at the local library. I go every week, even when I don;t want to, just to try and get me out of my hole. I've only missed it 3 times since October last year, once was for a funeral, once was a hospital appointment, and I slipped on the third one, and didn't even leave the house that day. The ladies in my group are a fantastic bunch, and much laughing and chatter can be heard when we get together.

Its Helping, I Think.

I now actually volunteer at the library, one day a week, teaching people to knit and crochet! I can socialise a bit better, and haven't felt the need to lock myself away for a while now. Of course, I have dark days, times where I don't answer the door, or sometimes won't go out for a few days, but those days feel different now, not weighing so heavy on me.

Things Don't Look So Bleak Any More.

....feeling very untalkative......

Competition entry time!

Images are from Imagine That..... for the monthly progressive challenge.

Ta da.....

I know I don't update you all very much at the moment, life is getting in the way, and I'm not feeling particularly chatty lately. I apologise :(

I hope to get more prolific soon though..don;t know if that is good or bad news for y'all out there in internetty land.

Anyhoo, competition entry time!!

Images are from  imagine that, "treat stand" and "Freddie s recipes", backgrounds from Serif Craft artist Pro.

I have packed most of my physical crafting stuff away for now, so will be mostly doing digicrafts for a while, until my mojo comes back, or I can be bothered to sort it all out...

X TTFN X