The Thrifty Gifty Girls 2009 (Organised & Money Neutral for All Occasions) #3

furrypig

On a happier not e I have had alovely Mother's day and it's still happening!!

DD made and brought me a cuppa tea in bed and then DS (with daddy's help!) brought me a bacon bagel with a glass of OJ! I felt very spoilt as I had some daffodils (my fave) and some tulips I also had a little hippo and some photo frames I wanted!

The hippo was a joke as I had asked hubby not to get flowers as someone at work was quoting a story in the paper about most flowers coming from Africa and how they were draining the water from the hippo's habitat and they were dying . She said 'flowers on mothers day killed hippos!' Having been lucky enough to see hippos in the wild I was really put off getting flowers!!

We had a picnic lunch at a local national trust place and I took along the homemade cake for FIL's 80th and we all had that followed by a walk. Came home and now hubby is cooking a roast and even made a crumble!! We are also having some fizz to celebrate the 80th bday! I was very MSE and made a card and made a hamper!!

Looking forward to relaxing tonight too, thanks for all your mother's day wishes, hope everyone has enjoyed their day whatever the circumstances.

Hugs to all xxx

Skiergirl

Furrypig - you are so lucky We went on safari a few years ago, and the one animal I really wanted to see was a hippo and we didn't see any :sad:
Hope you enjoy the rest of your day

chocolate.orange_2

My name is Chocolate Orange


I am addicted to squeeeeeeezing (Oops wrong forum) :rotfl:

What fun that little machine is !!! So far i have 10 full alphabets in a greeny blue ( snowy christmas theme)
10 ghosts in the above

and 5 sets of purple/blue patterned alphabets

Muscles of an ox in my right arm too :rotfl:

I have made 2 pyramid boxes.. I cheated slightly by opening up the one furrypig gave us NEC gals

and get ready to pick yourself up off the floor PinkladyMel I have decorated a mini scrapbook for my friends 40th next week It was blue and she wanted red. I even added opening pages to more people could write their happy birthdays on it . Not bad for a quick afternoon blast

Thankyou Sylphraven For well doneing me I was proud of me too


Very sad news about Jade Goody.. Makes you all think of our own mums
Hugs to all mums today ( and mums with bumps) xxx

rainmac

I sold 27 of the 30 things I listed on ebay :T :T :T Got to sort all the blooming stuff out now to post as and when the payments dribble through.

We've had a nice day all in all, DS2 has been a monster as he was so tired after the party yesterday and the late night. His attitude aside, it's been good . I got 2 cards and they are lovely, great words in them so OH and kids spent time choosing in the shop rather than grab anything. OH is cooking dinner as I type (kids ate earlier).

I am knackered tonight so going to do not very much, sort my ebay stuff that needs posting, eat my dinner and go to bed I think.

I too feel sad about Jade and agree she's in a better place now. I completely admired her determination and drive to get as much money as possible out of the media for her family before she died. I didn't buy the papers or read any of the stories but plenty of people did.

Take care everyone x

rainmac

chocolate.orange wrote: »

My name is Chocolate Orange


I am addicted to squeeeeeeezing (Oops wrong forum) :rotfl:

What fun that little machine is !!! So far i have 10 full alphabets in a greeny blue ( snowy christmas theme)
10 ghosts in the above

and 5 sets of purple/blue patterned alphabets

Muscles of an ox in my right arm too :rotfl:

I have made 2 pyramid boxes.. I cheated slightly by opening up the one furrypig gave us NEC gals

and get ready to pick yourself up off the floor PinkladyMel I have decorated a mini scrapbook for my friends 40th next week It was blue and she wanted red. I even added opening pages to more people could write their happy birthdays on it . Not bad for a quick afternoon blast

Thankyou Sylphraven For well doneing me I was proud of me too


Very sad news about Jade Goody.. Makes you all think of our own mums
Hugs to all mums today ( and mums with bumps) xxx

Well done to you missus :T :T :T You've got the crafting bug for sure

sylphraven

yay, choccys got a squeezing! now all you gota do is use the stuff you squeeze, lol.
Any piccies of the book you covered?

furrypig

chocolate.orange wrote: »

My name is Chocolate Orange


I am addicted to squeeeeeeezing (Oops wrong forum) :rotfl:

What fun that little machine is !!! So far i have 10 full alphabets in a greeny blue ( snowy christmas theme)
10 ghosts in the above

and 5 sets of purple/blue patterned alphabets

Muscles of an ox in my right arm too :rotfl:

I have made 2 pyramid boxes.. I cheated slightly by opening up the one furrypig gave us NEC gals

get ready to pick yourself up off the floor PinkladyMel I have decorated a mini scrapbook for my friends 40th next week It was blue and she wanted red. I even added opening pages to more people could write their happy birthdays on it . Not bad for a quick afternoon blast

Thankyou Sylphraven For well doneing me I was proud of me too


Very sad news about Jade Goody.. Makes you all think of our own mums
Hugs to all mums today ( and mums with bumps) xxx

Well done Choccy!!

look at you getting all creative and crafty I am impressed!!

Can you post some pics of your hard work please?? Would love to see you dies and also your fabby scrapbook for your chum!

I got the template for the pyramid box from the talented Rusty flange that's why the boxes were made in honour of her at the nec!! I think it is posted on the cardmaking thread somewhere!! I just printed them on some card (though it was a bit trial and error as some was too thick and kept getting stuck in the printer!!)

Good luck crafty twinnie!!

chocolate.orange_2

sylphraven wrote: »

yay, choccys got a squeezing! now all you gota do is use the stuff you squeeze, lol.
Any piccies of the book you covered?

I will pop a few piccies on my blog tomorrow


You mean i have to do something other than squeeze ? I thought that was me all crafted out :rotfl:


Oooh yes Rainmac watch this space I thought that was it though i didnt think i had to use all the kazzillion of letters i have built up the muscles of an ox creating !!

scattymam1

I agree with everything you said about Jade Jammy - she has done great things in putting this out there and raising awareness and her foundation I am sure will be very popular but it will have been very hard for sufferers to see the deterioration. The poor boys! they are so young.

scattymam1

I feel so young to lose my mam at 31 but at their ages!