Long Time NO Post...

I feel like I spend a lot of my time making posts that have the above title lol...

I must try harder!

The reason for my absence? Life! We have just bought a house and moved in a month ago (or slightly less than that, 3 weeks 4 days!) so have been INCREDIBLY busy decorating and doing DIY...

I haven't stitched much recently either, I have started a new Koi Fish project for my other half but that is stitched in the style of a HAED so may take some months to complete...

I am going to try my best to update and make a blog post every month - whether I just update with a few pictures about what I have been doing, review something I have used, or just waffle on about my life in general...I WILL POST SOMETHING!!! (promise!)

I hope all the readers of my blog are well & enjoying the lovely June weather we have been having! (sense the sarcasm in that sentence...) today alone it has thundered, poured down and now is glorious sunshine...glad I did not put the washing out! The weekend is meant to be brighter so hopefully that is true and I can throw all the windows open at my house, give it a good air and a summer clean...;0)

I plan to sit and stitch tonight, for the FIRST time in my new house. I'm really looking forward to it :0) goodness knows how much I will get done because I am sure my other half will be under my feet ;0) however yesterday we moved the Fiesta he is restoring/building up to its FOREVER home (from a garage about 45minutes away!) so hopefully he'll disappear out there and sort some of his stuff out...

Loving you all and leaving you all now...until next time...;0)

SandZ xXx

Almost A Year!

With my beautiful wonderful man Cookie! Hasn't that time flown??? In the past (almost) year we have done so many things...the biggest being:
* seeing Flux Pavilion at the UEA in Norwich...
* seeing Ellie Goulding at the O2...
* going on holiday to Holland and attending Defqon festival...(1st experience driving in Europe for Cookie!)
* completing 2 5k runs ~ The Color Run and The Electric Run
* Ford Fair 2O14...
* seeing Rudimental at the O2 Academy...
* few trips to see his family :0)
* got a 350litre fish tank and filled it with lots of beautiful fish!
& lots more memorable things! I am very happy...I hope that we continue to make more awesome memories and here's to another year together (((& more)))!!!

xXx

Long Time No Post!

Long time and no blog post! I am going to make a promise to myself that I will post something once a week...

As my picture quote today says...life is better when you're lauging! People on Facebook have been doing these 3 positive things posts so for today's post I am going to post 3 positive things...

#1 ~ I had a lovely weekend with my boyfriend camping on Saturday night and wandering around Ford Fair on Sunday...

#2 ~ We will have been together for a year at the end of this month...that time has flown...we've done so many cool things within the past 11months and so many more awesome things to come!

#3 ~ I've been working in a different office for the past 7 days and they want to keep me but my original office wants me back! It's nice to feel "wanted" hehe...

I have not done a lot of stitching recently although I did finish something for one of my good friends...

It is away being framed right now...I assure you the cup to the right is straight but doesn't look like it in the photo for some reason 

Anyway...I hope that you like my latest cross stitch finish...I'll be back soon with another picture quote that has inspired me...

xXx

Long long time no post!!!

Hi peeps!

OMG so much has gone on since I last posted here...where do I start? Well Jack and I are no more (for various reasons) we split up in November just gone and I moved out into my own little flat in the December as I was living with Jack's Mum. I love my little flat. It's ace. Has a garage and everything & in such a nice location too. Here's a wee picture -

I've also got a new car <3>

I also have a fishtank (tropical) with 5 baby tetra and 1 baby catfish (pleccy) in it so far. I'm really getting settled in :0) I love having my own little place. Again please see photos below -

(This is my tank whilst it was 'settling' before any fish were added.)

This is my catfish or pleccy as they can be known. He's called Delap and he's ace. So docile and pleasant - the Tetra's just swim around him and he's not bothered by anything. Just chills a lot of the time.

I also have a new boyfriend called Tom who I've been seeing for a little while now, he's such a sweetheart and treats me like an absolute princess. No day is boring with my Tom. We do loads of things together such as snowboarding (wheee!), going to Chester Zoo, he surprises me with flowers all the time, he booked a surprise meal for Valentine's Day - I could go on and on but I wont. Just letting you know I'm all happy and may have found 'the one' eee! Hehe. Here's a sweet picture of the two of us -


Needless to say I haven't been crafting much lately. Although now I feel settled in my environment I have been working on my HAED the past couple of days and have put just under 1000 stitches in in the past couple of nights. I've been working on the massive blocks of black and navy that are around the edge of the piece. I reckon probably 100/200 more stitches and I've got one page completed. Just a reminder...I am working on this -


That's it really. Just a bit of an update on my life. Going well so far. Hope to be back with an 'update' photo of my HAED when I complete that first page!!! ;0)
I'll write again soon...
:0) xXx