January Round-Up

Well I don't know where the time went to in January, so I thought I had better do a quick round up of January as I don't seem to have made the time to post much, if at all.

I have been working again for the past couple of weeks in the local Nursery, someone is off sick and I am not sure how long the work will last for so am making the most of it.

We went to see We Will Rock You - the musical with songs from Queen, it was really good, and of course the songs were great!

As Achieve is my word for the year I thought I would do a quick round up at the end of each month to see what, if any, progress I have made:

In January I am up to date with my studying and submitted another essay - 3 to go plus a final assignment - also managed to get my highest mark for the course so far.

I have kept up to date with E100 Bible reading which is good.

Not achieved anything on either weight loss or fitness - but then it is January - cold and wet and still comfort food time!

Roll on February!

One Little Word

Along with Ali Edwards, and lots of other people, I have chosen a word for the year. I have done for the past couple of years, in fact for the past 3 years, so each year it gets a little more difficult. After much deliberation my word for this year is ACHIEVE. I like a postive word and hopefully it will prompt me to do actually do things.

So what do I want to achieve this year:

The first thing has to be my degree - I should finish my last module in June of this year.
Next I want to achieve a weight loss - I am deliberately not specifying how much, but I do need to lose some and feel more healthy.
Tied in with that one I want to achieve a better fitness level - the gym didn't work out for me, so am going to try walking more and using the Wii Fit.
Craft wise - I know I will not achieve much scrapbooking until my degree is finished so am not going to stress.
I would like to achieve at least one crocheted item this year and to continue with my knitting and felting.
Faithwise - I have started doing the E100 reading list and I want to achieve the completion of this.

I think that is enough to be getting on with. Have you chosen a word for the year?

Happy 2011

I know I am a bit late - but Happy New Year - I wish you all the best for 2011.

We had a lovely time at New Year - staying up until about 2.30 am. Mainly practising on Just Dance2 on the Wii, which I got at Christmas. It was great fun and hopefully if I keep doing it I might actually get a bit fitter!

Pool

Andrew's main present this year was a 5ft pool table, which has gone down well with everyone. After some negotiation the boys agreed to switch bedrooms so Andrew could have the bigger room with the pool table in it. I think I need a lot more practice though!



Christmas Fun

We have had a lovely Christmas with family - and lots of eating, drinking and presents.

John's biggest smile has to be for the Toy Story boxset - you wouldn't think he was 16 would you?

Andrew of course likes everything to do with football so he was happy!

The boys looked very smart again in their suits - and party hats!!

So Grown Up!

Doesn't he look smart and all grown up! John is off out tonight to his Snowball dance at school!

Not to be outdone it was Andrew's P7 Christmas Ball last week

As you can probably guess I have not managed to do any kind of Christmas Journal this year due to various things cropping up - not least getting a cold, having a tooth removed which then became infected. Maybe I will find time to do something with the photos I will (hopefully) take over the Christmas period!!!!

One bit of good news though - I passed my recent Open University exam with a Grade 2 pass, so I am really pleased. Only one more module to go not before I get my degree, a BA in Social Sciences. The module I am currently studying is Living Political Ideas and I am enjoying it so far.

Advent Goodies

It's now officially Advent, well actually has been now for a few days, and have I started doing any kind of journal yet - No! Its that time again - I have an assignment due in on Saturday and am only half way there. Needed a break to open some advent goodies though. Over at UK Christian Crafters we are having an Advent Swap again this year. We have to send 25 small pressies to someone to open one each day - only this year there was a slight twist as some of them had to fit certain challenges - and boy was it a challenge.

Here is my lovely parcel

And here are my goodies for the first three days:

Day 1: was for a challenge on Advent, something related to numbers - I got number stickers, wooden numbers and numbered tape ribbon.

Day 2: I got Bible stickers and a Dip Dap - oh to be like a child again.

Day 3: was for a challenge on Joseph, something made of wood - a wooden house that opens up and some Nativity 3D stuff.



It certainly beats a chocolate advent calendar.