Hi Ann sorry to hear about you mum hope the treatment orks

I have had a terrible day my 33 year old daughter died this morning they think it was heart attract but have to wait for the postmortem her little girl will be 2 in 2 week her husband is so deverstated
We all are in shock she was fine yesterday

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Good morning all,

Misty - so very sorry to hear about your daughter - cannt even start to understand how shocked you must all feel. No doubt you are all having to be strong because of your grand-daughter. 33 is no age.

Ann - good days work! Its raining here this morning and doesnt look too promising really.

Susan - craft fairs as Ann said can be very hit and miss, and in my experience people expect something for nothing - it may have taken you hours to make but if you put your true hourly rate on an item you would never get it back. It can be so disapointing.

Pauline - hope your foot didnt play you up to much and you managed to get some rest!

Anyway, take care all

Ang

Morning all - had a better night and played catchup on sleep thank heaven.

OMG Misty - so sorry to hear about your daughter. Can't begin to know how you're feeling. My thoughts & prayers are with you and your family.

We also had a shock this morning - must be the day for it. My daughter had a firework shoved through her letterbox at 2.30 this morning, with a Christmas card addressed to one of my twin grandsons, saying "I'm watching you. Hope you enjoy your early Chrismas card you murderer" !!! What's that all about eh? Needless to say, all the family are now scared. She's so lucky the house didn't go up - usually she has a curtain behind the door in winter so the house would have caught fire if that had been there. Also - the gas meter is about 3 ft away from the doorway - so don't really want to think about that! Police are involved obviously, but don't seem to be taking it very seriously. My SiL mentioned arson but they discounted that until he told them about the curtain - and then they started to sit up a bit when Tracy mentioned the gas meter. Honestly - the mentality of some peeps never seems to astound me. Anyway, Police have taken the card away for testing - DNA on the spit on the envelope, and fingerprints on the card. My grandson did give them the name/address of a lad he's had trouble with in the past, but they won't go there as "it could escalate the situation". How the hell can it escalate the situation more than it is?

Ann - glad you did better at your car boot. How are you finding all the stuff you're selling

Re the Cinch - what's the difference between the original one that I have and the new one?

Anyway, better go for now.

Pauline x

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Hi Pauline

Here is a you tube about the differences in the New and old Cinch. It starts about a minute in. Its just better made to cinch the wires and can cinch smaller sizes and is a nicer colour!! I had loads of interest in my stuff at the Craft MArket, I think if I was there regularly would do ok. As always dont think they advertise these events enough. Was a nice day out anyway with our Bacon butty for lunch!

Sorry to hear about your daughters fright too what is the world coming too! She was very lucky. Typical of the police letting the bullies get away with things.

Hi Ann Well done on your boot sale and its chucking it down here as well. Wish our boot sales were as good as yours.

Susan

I'm so sorry to hear your dreadful news. My heart and thoughts go out to you.

P x

Hi all. Just been to see DD - their door is a right mess! Good thing it didn't go any further. As for Police - well the plods who came out (two basic grade police) basically made it out to be some kind of prank until my SiL told them the house could have gone up due to gas meter being so close. I've told Tracy to ring Police Station tomorrow and ask for a senior officer who'll hopefully give them some credence to the "crime" 'cos so far they haven't! Not even a crime number. And then the "officer" told them off for tampering with evidence!!! This is the "Christmas card" with the threat in it - but it didn't look like a threat - just a normal envelope, so what were they supposed to do eh? Like you Ann, I've no faith at all in the Police. We were broken into a few years ago when on holiday. We'd given the Police my sister's telephone number as contact etc but they didn't even ring her - she was gobsmacked when I rang and told her. Then, I told the Police where the scumbags lived who had broken in 'cos they were selling my stuff on the estate - again, nothing done. Don't talk to me about Police!

Anyway, off to wash hair now before BB comes on

Pauline xx

Hi everyone

Got back from my holiday on Saturday and had a fantastic time. As you probably remember the weather last week was wall to wall sunshine and it was just what the Dr ordered

Misty - I am so sorry to hear about your Daughter. My heart is breaking for you. Sending all my love and prayers to you

Ann - Sorry to hear about your Mum too. Stay strong for her. I am glad that Graham treated you as everyone needs a treat now and then.

Susan - You sound busy. I thought of you last week when I saw a framed stain glass window I liked. Are you still doing those and do you do commissions? You have always loved your books and you are so good at them.

Esther - Hope your meal out was good?

Pauline *waves* - It was lovely to meet you today ... and of course Roger who was lovely. What a lovely couple you are I am glad also that you met Ben on a good day. It made me smile when you said he looked just like me. I am so proud of him as everything is so difficult for him.

Adele - Hope you are ok after your traction? I often think of you.

Ang - Everyday you are closer to your holiday ... it'll soon come.

Lynda - Really sorry to hear about your Mum's fall. How upsetting, I am glad she has you around.

*waves* to everyone else

Karen xx

Evening all

Misty I'm so sorry to hear about your Daughter. My deepest sympathies & prayers to you.

Ann How's your Mum doing?

Lynn so sorry to hear your Mum had a bad fall, how's she doing?

Pauline You've been through it too, what a horrific experience. Hope everyone is getting over the shock. Lovely to hear you're getting a puppy

Karen welcome back so glad you had a great holiday, can't think of anyone who deserves it more than you.
Had a lovely meal thank you & just about got used to leaving my 30's behind now

Oscar has come down with a bad cold & was complaining of bad ears yesterday too. An ear infection is not what we need before we fly! Luckily the doctor said that although his ears & throat look inflamed that it's not ear infection or tonsillitis....phew! He's definitely not well though bless him & can't get him to eat.

Hi to everyone else.

Esther xx

Afternoon all.Just got back from doing a car boot,it was a total disaster!!,we made the princely sum of £2.50 profit It was dull when we got up and we were undecided on doing it but it was'nt raining so we thought we would give it a go,when we got there no sellers were outside,only in the hangar so we got a pitch indoors.Good job we did as predicted it did rain and the few outdoor sellers that came after us left pretty quick.We managed to sell enough to cover the cost of the pitch and £1 for an extra table(we have 2 of our own) and as i said came away with £2.50!,wish i had stayed at home but you live and learn Hopefully the weather will be nice on sunday for the next one.
I did 2 very stupid things yesterday!!,first i had gone outside to walk to work,pulled the door shut behind me and then realised i had my crocs on,not my work shoes!,no key in my bag,i could'nt get in the house, so i had to call Graham at the chinese so he could come home and get my shoes and bring them to me at Morrisons!,he was'nt best pleased as he is the only delivery driver on a tuesday.In the morning i had paid some money into the bank to cover some bills that were due out today,when i got around to checking my online banking last night i realised that the money had'nt gone in so i checked the paying in book only to realise i had paid it into Graham's solo account by mistake?! so he had to go up the bank first thing and take it out and put it in the joint account!,dont know what happened to me yesterday,my brain just was'nt functioning properly for some reason,i even filled the kettle and took it into the sitting room
I might have a lady interested in buying the imagine,just waiting for a call
Must be going for now,need to sort out some tea before work.

Forgot to say, put pics of tshirts I made the boys today on my blog

Esther xx

Evening all,hope you're all well.
Pauline,you sound very excited about getting your new pup,hope it all goes well for you.I'm not a dog lover at all,i prefer cats but i can understand how a animal can leave such a void when they are not there anymore,i will be heartbroken when my Lucky goes,hopefully not for a long time.
Good Luck with selling the Grand Calibur and your friends black expression,excellent prices for both
My mum has been put on some different medication to help with the nausea and it seems to be helping as she has a better appetite and is managing to eat more,still no news when she is getting started with her treatment,hopefully not much longer.
Anyway,must be going for now.Goodnight

Morning all - where is everybody ??? Craftin' I hope - but bet you're out enjoying the sunshine

I've had an enquiry about Tracy's Grand Galibur which she's asking £60 for. One cheeky b......r offered me £45 including postage, which I refused as it would mean she's taking £35 for it Ridiculous. When I replied saying it wasn't a realistic offer, she actually replied and said she knew she was "trying it on" but had to try as it's all she could afford. Maybe I should give it away eh Another has offered £55 for it including postage which I'm considering, but she's actually had the gall to ask (again) if it IS actually brand new/unused like I'm saying. So does that mean that there are people out there who say things are new when they're not - guess there are

Still - it gets it out of the way. Not had any enquiries about the Black Expression though, which I'm surprised at. Maybe we should put the two together as a bundle and make them "free to good home" eh?

Bye for now.

Pauline x

Hi all.

Ann - WOW, that was a good price for the Spellbinders - no wonder they walked out the door (or run should I say )

Margaret - have pm'd you.

My dog cage has just come - am well pleased. It's loads big enough for a pup - I reckon it'll fit it for about 6 months with luck. All I need now is the dog

Totally agree with you Ann about chancers. I've had another message on UKS from somebody asking what's the lowest price I'll take for the Calibur "as I can't afford it really". So why is she asking then? I felt like replying "the lowest price will be £100 like it is on C&C". . It/s absolutely brand new, plates not a mark on them and still boxed - what do folks want eh?

Not buying anything else for a while - really MUST get using some of the stuff I've got stashed. It's just not going down - mind you, that's probably because I'm buying more. Told our Tracy last night that NEC is off this year as what with saving for Disney, then the pup, can't really afford to spend at NEC. And I don't really get bargains anyway, it's just a day out. So what did she say - "well, I don't spend a lot anyway, it's just a day out". Yes Tracy, it is a day out, but there's also diesel for the car at about £40 plus tickets, plus what we spend, and to be honest, I reckon I've got enough craft stuff I could have a show of my own . Anyway, we'll see, but I reckon it's off this year.

TTFN

Pauline x

Good Morning everyone,
Been too busy for any crafting at the moment, but thought i would just pop in quickly to see whats going on.

Pauline - you may struggle to get the price at the moment on the black create - because c&c have a cricut on there website at £199 with 2 carts and 3 packs of paper. Might be worth keeping it a month or two and selling when people are thinking more for christmas.

Must admit i did see the Spellbinders christmas dies and thought how cheap they were.

What awful weather its been so far this month, although its supposed to be getting better near the end of the week, it certainly isnt great at the moment - absolutely tipping it down this morning.

This month seems to be going from bad to worse - last week i had nipped into the town and was driving back and there was an extremely loud bang the propshaft had come off and gone through the automatic gear box - cutting a long story short, i think we have found a replacement which our local garage will fit for us, but thats an expense we hadnt bargained for!
That was on the Thursday, then on the Friday our water supply went off - Wessex had a major burst in the area and then had problems getting everyone back on. Well it turned out there were air locks in pipes all over the place, so it went off at 10am and didnt come back on until 7pm - lunchtime we said with so many people on site we needed water so they gave us a bowser for flushing toilets etc and goodness knows how many bottles of drinking water!!
We had to hire a big mower in because our mower was away being repaired for longer than we had thought it would, and now wont cope with the very long grass, so we hired a bigger mower in and that breaks down - had to have a new battery, but that took the hire company 24 hours to sort out.
Plus yesterday the hair dryers in the shower block started tripping - so called the electrican and the roof has a leak - this is on a 5 year old building, so thats something else to sort out today if possible!! At least we have identified the problems, which is always half the battle!!
Then my mom is going the dr's today, she is getting stressed out about the slightest thing and at the moment seems to be unable to eat without being sick afterwards. So i am hoping she will let me go with her but she is so independant she may not!

Anyway, enough of my problems, hope everyone is ok and getting some crafting time in on these wet days! Lets hope for some sunshine soon - leaves are starting to fall off the trees already and its dark by 9.15pm - winter is on its way!!

Take care all

Ang

Hi all - another glorious day methinks

Just off to Barnsley so can't stop. Thought I'd better post before we fell off the page

Bye for now

Pauline x