Cotton Top

Before I packed it to go away next week I thought I would take a photo of this cotton top that I knitted. It is knitted in Sirdar Calico Cotton. Hopefully the sunny weather will return so that I can wear it.

Holiday in Northumbria

Our family holiday this year was to Beadnell, on the Northumbrian coast. It is a really lovely place, with great beaches. Our house was just opposite the beach and had great views from the upstairs windows. Weather was not too bad, bit cold sitting on the beach sometimes but we just wore more jumpers!

The boys liked to dig in the sand and try to build sandcastles.

Auntie Karen had to get in the act too!

Gran decided she would rather sit and watch!

Time for a Change!

I decided it was time for a change on my blog - a change of name and a change of colours!

I have decided that as I seem to do less scrapping these days I wanted a name that was less scrapping-like. After lots of 'helpful' ideas from the rest of the family I have decided on Fiona's Flotsam - all the other good names were already taken!

Hopefully these new changes will now encourage me to be more regular in my blogging.

Absent

Gosh I have been away from this blog for some time - I didn't realise just how long!!!

I have been working for the past two weeks in the Nursery - which is good for the bank balance - but bad for scrapping time! I have now got three mornings a week until the end of term, so things should get a bit less crazy - well maybe!!

I have also been back to the gym today, for the first time since January. Feeling a bit tired and sore but not too bad.

It was my turn for the challenge over at Faith Scrappers Challenge blog. The character this week was Samson.

Skipping

Sometime last year I started doing LOs based on Elsie Flannigan's book 52 Scrapbooking Challenges. I didn't get very far, but have decided to try again and see how far I get. This LO is based on Challenge 8: group four photos together. The photos are of Andrew on summer holiday in 2007 when he decided to take up skipping. The paper and words are from scraps.

The bass guitar arrived today! Think I will need to start playing music again to drown out the beat!!!

15 and Taller Than Me!

Today is John's 15th birthday! We decided that I couldn't quite fit 15 candles onto the cake so we settled for 7. He is now taller than me!

He had asked for money for his birthday and is putting it all together to buy -- a bass guitar!!!! What have I let myself in for - I hope it comes with headphones!

Zacchaeus

It was my turn to do the challenge for Journey with God's People this week over at FaithscrappersUK Challenge Blog, you can find it here.

Andrew is now safely home from Scripture Union camp, he thoroughly enjoyed it and wants to go back next year. He was at Lendrick Muir and had gone on his own, but he got on well and found lots of friends there. They did Go-karting, archery, bouldering, tree-climbing, orienteering and a visit to Blair Drummond.

John had a busy weekend too, he did his first practice expedition for the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award. His first time in a tent! Not being the most active or outdoors type of boy I wondered how he would get on. But he managed not too badly, although I don't think he is a convert to the big outdoors!!