Where have the last THREE months gone?

On the first Sunday of the New Year I was so full of enthusiasm for the New Year but here we are at the first week-end in April and I haven't achieved those goals I set myself in my blog of that date.
HOWEVER
Maybe I was aiming too high, or it is just the we all spend our days lurching from one activity to the next that we never give ourselves a chance?
BUT
Remember that FIRST day of 2014 when many of us set ourselves NEW YEAR resolutions?
This year I decided as many of us do, not to make a resolution but to focus on one word which I could possibly achieve in many different ways.
The word I chose was

CHANGE

I have changed many things, some very small and some much bigger!
I am hoping that as the year progresses I can continue to make those changes and therefore achieve
those very goals I set out to do

2014 - Viva La Difference!!!

A local radio station ran a programme  today,  asking their listeners to phone in and tell  the presenter what they were doing that was different on this, the first Sunday of the New Year?

I have given this some thought during the day and have decided that I will use my Sunday evenings to post events on my blog and that I hope will make a difference to my journey with Stampin' UP!

For, far too long I have only dabbled at being a demonstrator but this year I want to push my business forward and really achieve those lovely promotions and all that goes with doing just that. Therefore I invite you my lovely followers to check back on a regular basis and see what I have done each week?

Five months........it can't be that long?

During that time I have worked, crafted and watched Harry grow into the most amazing little character.

Life certainly is busy.

Please visit again soon as I want to show you what I have been doing craft wise in the intervening months,

As we approach the final hours of 2012 and await the New Year I am taking the time to reflect on all the events of the past twelve months. Each month has brought its highs and its lows and although I could bore you with the details suffice to say .... it certainly has been eventful.
Over - shadowing everything was the safe arrival of Harry on 06 November 2012. This little boy has crept into our hearts and now his very being has changed our lives.

To all who read my blog I thank you...........

The past twenty days have seen me reading the very inspirational messages from Tracy Carr who spoke at the Stampin' Up Leadership Training Day at the beginning of September.

The months leading up to September have been a little fraught for me for although I have had my wonderful
times I have also had to cope with the fact that my elder daughter is expecting her first child and so for me my first grandchild and therefore there are many changes in my life once again.

BUT

as always I have come through the other side smiling.

I

I cannot believe that the Jubilee weekend which was anticipated with great joy by me, as it meant no work for four days, has come and gone.

The ear ache which was plaguing me the last time I 'blogged' ,reared its ugly head again just prior to the weekend but was so severe this time that by Thursday apart from not going to work I  also had to cancel attending the project class Teri had scheduled for that evening. I , suprisingly, went to the doctor and was given antibiotic eardrops which have now, some forty-eight hours later done the trick, and I am feeling much better. I have also been able to put in loads of sleep credits as I was told not to show my face at work until Monday! I do find it really strange to sleep away the daylight hours but it is evident that that is exactly what was needed!

Half way through May already ( well nearly give or take a day or two!)

Stampin'Up Regional Training in Reading was good fun even if I wasn't feeling at my best.....my ear started feeling as if it was stuffed with cotton wool and I just couldn't hear properly.

Although we spent the Sunday with Georgie (my niece) at Cribbs Causeway by the time I arrived at work on Monday morning my voice was really croaky. It has taken me the last two weeks to recover from this 'lergy and I still am coughing. I have been most generous though and have given my germs to Abbie. Hope you are feeling better now?

Yesterday it was Teri's fabulous Summer Mini Catalogue Event in Rode. A group of eighteen of us spent a wonderful few hours playing with the new stamps, ribbon, and papers from this catalogue and came away with our lovely creations.

I was incredibly lucky, again,  and managed to win some lovely raffle prizes! In fact I think I may be banned from purchasing any tickets in the future as I have really been on a 'winning streak' this year as far as raffles are concerned. Unfortunately I have not yet won the Lottery.