And the winner is ..... Woof woof!

Hey guys..... I have just realised a way that I can sort this book giveaway milarkie out!...Phew I am sooo tired, everyone has had the flu and I have been feeling a little icky too!

Anyway I went ahead and drawed a winner this evening...It was a bit difficult with my paws! but because

 Mummy and Rosie have been ill, I thought I would lend a paw!...anyway the  winner is....

 Viv - from Out on a Whim 

*** HORAAH woof HORAAH ***

CONGRATULATIONS CHICK ;)

Please send Mummy your details....and she will send you the book and Thank you to everyone that took part...my Mummy loves you all :)

...I also wanted to show you these pictures of me...oh I know I know! I am such a whoos! but I love shopping and when my legs are tired...I just sit down and will not move for anyone! Bless!

I even fall asleep sometimes....

but it is just soooo cosy, having a little sit in the shopping bag...you dogs out there try it! Of course you will have to get your Mummy to get a bag big enough for you to sit in WOW! (woof out woof!)

But if you are as dosey as me you will love being carried around in a bag...

Bye and woof for now gals...got to get off of daddies computer!

Love Max &

Swine Flu Mayhem!

Oh dear! I am in a bit of a pickle right now! 

We had a lovely weekend and I was reading all your lovely comments that you all left in my giveaway...Thanks gals you ROCK! ;)  and then on Sunday a load of shit nasty things happened!....You see every now and again I think that if you have had a run of good stuff happening, you have to pay with some shit! bad stuff! and that is definitely what has happened.....you see, on friday just gone, I was suffering from hot and cold sweats and even Rosie had a little cough appearing, but we took no notice and I, just put my dizziness and the fact that what with 90 mile an hour winds outside (and I had all the windows open!) was probably coz I was having a menopausal moment LOL! 

On Saturday we were visited by the lovely Aya Nomura and Emma Cassi (go visit her blog) along with her husband photographer, Bertie and Anton her lovely little boy :)  They all came along to photograph our house for a Japanese book coming out in February...

Hello there Bertie :)

This is a lovely Anton...Isn't he gorgeous :D

...and this is the lovely Emma and Aya :)
( I hope you are all OK guys...I'll email you when I can :))

....Anyway we all had a lovely time chatting and getting along and Rosie and I both felt fine!...apart from a lovely BIG cold sore that had appeared on the centre of my lip!!! LOVELY!!! especially for the photographs!!...still Bertie told me he could photoshop that out LOL! ....(he's my friend for life if he can photoshop, my BIG Belly and double chin out too! hahaha!) :D


We had such fun, we laughed and drank tea.....and I never stopped talking...sorry guys :) Freddy played with Anton, they crafted together and had a pillow fight :) in fact they both got on sooo well little Anton didn't want to leave :) ....so the photographs were taken and it was time for them all to go home :(

After they were gone and after about an hour Rosie started to feel sick....she took to her bed and after a couple of hours her temperature had shot up to 39 degrees! she was coughing and her back was aching...OMG it was sooooo worrying, as she has diabetes and has a low imune system...so you can imagine how worried we were!...anyway Fred rang the swine flu hotline and after a few minutes diagnosis they had decided she should be perscribed Tamiflu!....Now whilst all this was happening and before we rang the hotline, Freddy went onto a gov.uk website about swineflu...now he never touches my computer...he would never dare!...but it was all a bit of a panic and whilst he was trying to get Rosie diagnosed...my computer screen went blank as if it was struck by lightning and actually had a major disk error, which now needs a major repair! (it is only 5 months old...so this should not be happening really should it!)....

Rosie is much better now and because we caught it early the Tamiflu and paracetamol working together is really doing the trick...her temperature today was 35.5...PHEW! What a worry that all was....so now Rosie's better and that is all I ever want! and my computer is getting picked up tomorrow...but apparently I will loose data! so thank goodness I have backed everything up! (do! do that folks!) I have all my photo's on 3, 16mb memory sticks!!!LOL! I will never change! ;)


So, I will have to draw the Giveaway, when I get my computer back, as my emails are still going to that computer! Eek! If I can find a way to sort this out before hand I will...but its complicated and I am using Freds Mac here right now and he hasn't got email set up on it - coz you have to pay or something like that!....anyway...any news and I'll let you all know! I will draw it....but please give me a little time until I get it back, they told me about 2 weeks! 

Goodness sake...what's a gal to do without her computer!...hopefully I will make lots of things! I have been thinking about making some pressies, so I'll show you all what I have been upto as soon as I can.  And if you are expecting an email from me...please be patient! I will try and sort it all out gals...slowly but surely :)

The main thing is my Rosie is well and if I have had to pay this way then that is ok! I would give anything to have my children fit and well...sometimes things happen for a reason...


Thank goodness she is Ok now :) and thanks everyone for commenting on my blog...I love you all....Speak soon gals


Oh and sorry for the random piccies here and there! I am choosing from Fred's collection and he hasn't as many as me :)

Blogging for Bliss Give Away

Well here we are! it has finally arrived!....actually its been a bit like buses! yesterday the copy from LARK publishers and Amazon arrived all at the same time! which is good news for you lot :) coz I have a spare copy!

As you have probably guessed I have been featured in this book (page 43 and 134) and Oh what fun it was participating...there is such alot of information here, especially if you are looking for new ideas and help with increasing traffic and creating a new look for your blog.

Tara Frey is the creator of this divine piece of kit, it is illustrated with beautiful photographs and the prelude is all about the reason why she blogs for bliss....it features 50 of her favourite blogs and plenty of titbits and info....

So come on girls...would you like to be in with a chance to win this 'Must have' book...Come on then!...all you need to do is leave a comment on why you 'Blog for Bliss' and thats it!

My page mate (page 42) happens to be the wonderful HAPPY ZOMBIE...her name is Monica and she sooo cracks me up...you must pay her a visit....thats the thing about blogging isnt it! All the wonderful peeps you find and mate up with :)

 

so good luck gals.....I'll draw this on Monday 16th November, speak to you all soon.
...And have a Happy Week...

Guess who's back!... why its Freddy of course!

Somebody is back with us in Blogland!

CLICK HERE

To find out who!...he is an amazing artist! 

Conclusion!

Yes gals...sorry another conclusion here! gosh this is becoming a slight habit!! Eek! but thanks to all those lovely ladies that went over and indeed left a comment on my lovely Husband's blog!...Yes thats right....Fredsworld...is Freddy my very talented hubby!...this time last year he nearly met St Peter at the Pearly gates! but thank goodness he was saved! his problems have since escalated regarding his health but he finds solice in our crafting caravan...I have decided to let him have it :) as once he is in there and with all his crafting goodies around him....he is one happy bunny...as long as I am supplying him with Fresh tea and biscuits :)

So Thank you honey's for paying him a visit....his posts might not be as frequent as they once were...but he is having another go! Please encourage him lassies :)

Thanks soooo much xx

Mum's Visit....

My Mum came to visit the other day...we were going to be designing her 80th Birthday Party Celebration Invites...she wanted to have it printed on a simple notelet...but I thought for such a special occassion...they needed to be pretty special too!

So we got to work....and in proper Mother and daughter tradition (or at least in our house! LOL!) we argued and changed our minds several times before we came up with a simple yet stunning card!

Oooh don't think it was this one! that got rejected too! hehehe! and plus the english was incorrect on this one....it was very simple in the end...just the first piccy on a red carded background....simple yet perfect :) You can use this piccy if you want...My Mum will be sooo flattered if you use her picture in your work :) and if you do use it at all please do show us :).....it is a picture of my Mum when she was 18 years old and I think the surrounding material is a Tanya Whelan fabric - but please correct me if I am wrong...it might be a Cabbages and Roses!...But I changed some of the flowers in photoshop to fit around the frame.

We did have a laugh though! even though my Mum doesn't really like the decoration of the HAPPY house and frequently moans about how cluttered we are! Rotten cheek!....each to their own taste ay!

It was nice having her over to stay for a few days...
Where did all those years go! I remember her reading me Nursery Rhymes - only yesterday! :)

Guy Fawkes Night Supper....Yum!

Tagliatelli spaghetti (1 fresh 250g packet serves 4)

1 leek chopped, Bacon lardons (as many as you like, I use 2 £1.00 packets from tesco's)
1-2 large tablespoons horseradish (depending on how hot you like it)

3/4 pint of milk
knob of butter (or dollop! LOL)

1.  Bring to the boil a pan of water and add the tagliatelle.

2. chop and wash the leeks and add into a frypan or large wok with the bacon lardons...fry until soft and the bacon cooked through...add 1 tablespoon of horseradish....and stir
(Please ignore the orange le-crueset! I know I know I don't do orange!...but this crock pot makes and ideal stew and it was only 50p! bargain!)

3.  Add the boiled through tagliatelli to the frypan with the milk and another dollop (lol) of horseradish....stir and add a dollop of butter....add the lid and cook for a futher 10 minutes on a simmering heat.....

4.  Open the lid and give it a stir...you might need to add a little more milk at this stage....you are trying to make a creamy sauce.

5. Simmer for a further 5 minutes or until the sauce has thickened...

6. Serve with a sprinkling of cheese...

OR....

have it like us and boil some spinach and add as much garlic as you like....we like lots and lots :) (especially pickled garlic which is less strong! I found mine in the 99p store :)) strain and serve on top of the pasta with the cheese ;)


and VOILA...you have a very delicious and fairly cheap meal :)

Grrrrr! NO MORE JEDWARD !!!!!

I AM SOOOO ANGRY!

WHY OH WHY IS JOHN AND EDWARD STILL IN X FACTOR!

WHO THE HELL IS VOTING FOR THEM!

I actually think it is a FIX to get more people talking about the show!
....Apparently Ireland cannot vote! and thats why I find it even more unbelievable that they are being kept in!  I think we should be allowed to see how many voted for each of them...because how do we know that the votes are NOT fixed!....Sorry about this MOAN...but I just had to get it off of my chest! LOL!
GRRRR!

CONCLUSION
I have decided that it is all a fix and we have been led astray with this show! gone are the days when it was exciting and you voted for your favourite and they were saved!...its not exciting anymore....infact i think these type of shows are getting more boring each time they are on! Bring back an updated version of Blind date or something different for our saturday night tv!  and how long do we have to suffer! 3 months is it!!!! the channels have got carried away with phone votes! Ok so it probably makes them alot of money! but come on...we the general public are surely not that stupid!....

I agree with all of your comments gals...thankyou :) I thought I might actually get a few fans of J & E commenting...but no! we are all sick of it....Dotty daisies said we should have a bloggers revolt! good Idea :)

The bookies are saying that J & E are going to win this show! if that is the case - what is the point in voting or watching! like with Big Brother...i switched off this year...I am going to do the same with this show too...lets start going out to the pubs of England and listen to the real talent...thousands of brilliant bands are playing in the pubs up and down the country every day, this is where we should be getting our talent from...kids that are on the road, that are dedicated...that drive from one gig to another.

GRRRR! sorry about this...but this show has made me mad! and I am voting with my tv button and will be switching off this weekend and indeed every weekend!....the show is too long anyway! I mean saturday and sunday! Gosh it makes me want to spit!!! LOL!

love Happy xx