Coffee Good, Morning Bad

Wine glasses in my craft room

The sign of a good evening, yes?
On this occasion I wasn't alone. Jessica and Nat came over to do some baking (well, I made a trifle and some chicken wings) and some crafting.

We raided my baskets and I equipped them with enough stuff to make travel mini books, as they are both much more globally-experienced than me! Over the course of finishing stuff, Jessica asked me if I had any mini books to show them but I almost always give my mini books away. So, I'm now on a mission! I'm going to make some mini books for me! Woo!

And now it's nearly 11am, Sunday morning. Toby and Daddy are away at the outlaws for the weekend - back this afternoon - and I am feeling nicely relaxed and peaceful. I have tentatively organised a picnic for later on, although according to bbc weather it seems the rain may be against us (so far, so good).

My 25th April

My 25th April, originally uploaded by RellyAB.

So, here it is. My rather ordinary but not dull 25th of April captured in photographs. I've got pictures of spring and me, Toby and my home - all things that will gradually change in a year.

It'll be cool, to look back :)

25th of the month is Photos day

are you with us?, originally uploaded by shimelle.

I'm joining Shimelle in taking some everyday photos on the 25th each month.
I've made a little 6x12 album that I'll be putting prints into but if you aren't a scrapbooker, join in and just blog them or whatever. Everyday photos say so much about us; I think it'll be cool to look back in a year, 5 years, 10 years etc

Shimelle is going to have a prompts .pdf each month to grab from her blog so please join us too :)

Going to go and put my camera by my bed to remember to take pictures tomorrow :)

Meet Fizz

Meet Fizz
Originally uploaded by RellyAB

Less lapcat. More harbinger of chaos and chewed plastic.
And much more of my messy studio.

Meet Emily

Meet Emily
Originally uploaded by RellyAB

excusing my messy studio/office, meet Emily, one of my cats

Taking stock, making stock.

This year has been one of changes for me. Not massive life-changing changes - that was covered by last year and the year before that - but really finding out what is 'normal' now I'm a working mother with grown-up commitments.

I've gone back to the GTD program, with the help of Omnifocus, and thanks to Shimelle (who is by the way a wonderful papercrafter, cupcake baker, Kitchen Diaries fan and all round uber-girly) I have found Apartment Therapy. (Be warned, the book is great but their website - although full of sumptuous goodies - is a bit overcrammed, full of temptation and hard to follow. Irony, given the book is about the complete opposite)

Shimelle has been following the 'eight step cure' as prescribed in the book and gone great guns so I've decided to do the same, tying it in with my re-learning the GTD habit.

I'm cheating a wee bit (already?!!) and combining week one with some of week two - but only because they naturally fell together on my GTD list (week one i give everything a brisk hoovering and mop down but most of the room will have to wait til Monday). As a result, I think tonight will be spent cleaning the kitchen. Rock'n'Roll Friday night avec le Monsieur Muscle. At least I have my new hero Phoenix Wright to keep me company in the wee small hours.

Tomorrow I have a chicken carcass in my fridge so I think I'll make a stocky type soup for lunch. In fact, I'd like to solicit here. What is your favourite home made soup recipe?

one of these things does not belong

Toby and Paul have a cough
Toby and Paul sleep really well, once asleep
My brother is currently staying on our sofa
I am a light sleeper and I'm having trouble sleeping full stop.
It's currently 3.15am. Toby will wake me at 6.45am.
I could weep, in fact, I probably will.

But I'm finally updating my blog!!!11

*sniff*
*sob*