Day 26

Sadly the last (and the bulk) of my crop of tomato plants seem to be getting blight. The ones I picked earlier in the season have ripened beautifully on the windowsill so today I picked all that remained. Last week I was given LOADS of fresh chillis, some damsons and I scrumped some pears off a tree at school! What to do with all this? Well a few days ago I made High Dumpsie Dearie Jam (pear, apple and damson) and today I made tomato and chilli jam and damson vodka! Mmmmm! Next will be green tomato and chilli chutney.
Now when I go back to school on Tuesday I think there are still more pears on the tree so I think I might help myself to a few more as I have seen a recipe for pear and lemon jam...

Day 24 and 25

A rather light-hearted entry for me today! Jess and I were discussing how fit Marc Warren (from Hustle) is. I was of the opinion that I was old enough to be his mother or at least I thought he may be about 30 (in which case I am NOT!!!) and felt a little odd about thinking he was soooo delicious! Today, in the course of our debate, I looked him up on Wikipedia where I found out that he is 42!!! So he is OLDER than me and I can now indulge in guilt-free lusting! Mmmmm!

My OH bought me some lilies tonight......because they were reduced to 75p! Now I am back at work, the twins had their birthday, clubs have started again etc etc, the old housework has taken a bit of a back seat. But when I put the flowers in the dining room it just looked sooooo much better! Well, it will go another week at least!

Day 23

This is my entry about procrastinating... well I don't really. If I want to do something enough then I usually manage to squeeze it into my ram-jam packed schedule! My friends know how busy my days are, shuffling 4 children and all their clubs, plus 4 hens, 2 dogs, a geriatric cat and a husband who works shifts!

Days 21 and 22

Bit more catching up! These pages seem to be getting a bit harder now! 21st was about regret...hardly an original quote I have used but I think that it just about applies to my life so far. The pic is just the lovely sunrise we had that morning!

22nd was my youngest childrens' birthday. They are twins and were 11. I still think of them as my "babies" and the other two as the "biggies" but my babies are really not now are they? I can't believe they will be off to "Big School" next year too!

I just want to say a HUGE thank you to all you luverly people who have been following me in this project! It has really encouraged me to try to craft and blog daily and thus have a bit of "me" time every day!

Day 20

Missed a day again...but I do have an excuse...my "baby" twins were 11 today...so last night I was up late wrapping and making cards etc! Last minute as usual!
So on to this page...this was meant to be about you, well me; myself!! Not something I really like to think about but I took a look at me and how I am right now. I happened to be wearing a new jumper (purple) had a new handbag (purple) and was also wearing a brooch made by a friend (purple). So I think purple is my "new" colour! Then I decided to research the phrase "purple patch" and sure enough it means " a patch of excellence". Whilst I would never describe my work as excellence, I am quite chuffed that in my hectic, child-filled typical life-of-a-Mum I am managing to complete this project on time...mostly! So I felt that really fitted. I did add a few more purple things...a flower again creeping through from next door..(why are her flowers soooo much better than mine...and so keen to show off in MY garden???) and some seasonal backberries! My page of purpleness then...

Days 18 & 19

Got a bit behind as I have had a very busy weekend! So here is 18...something that isn't immediately obvious was the brief. Well I feel like a pair of pants...I have everything under control when I get up, all schedules and pick-ups sorted in my head. The OH rings and says his shift has changed, so I stretch a bit to accomodate this alteration. Then a parent's meeting is thrown in, and an extra rehearsal so I stretch a bit more. And so it goes on 'til at the end of the day, AFTER I cook tea, OH turns up with fish and chips! At which point my over stretched elastic completely fails!

Day 19 was about appreciating the simple things. I managed to catch my hens having a sneaky sunbathe! When I first got them and saw them laid out like this, I thought they were ill or dying! Now I know that, just like us, they like to catch a few rays! So here they are in the unexpected warm September sun we are having.

Day 17

The lesson for today was to focus on something positive that is around the corner. I love work..but I do like the weekends better. Well unless they are manic which they all seem to be at the moment!! Still I always get this little lift on the countdown to the weekend! And I decided to do it in "sleeps" like the children in my class do!
I visited Lesley's blog and her Art Journal inspired me to doodle a little on this one....