10 Things on the 10th

1. The issue of Mollie Makes I am still reading. Must get on to issue 2 soon!

2. Consecutive dunkings Lily managed at swimming today. And no tears :)

3. Ribs in the bag of starters with our Chinese tonight. So how come I only got one?

4. Dads who made it to Dads and Babies Rhymetime last month. Will there be more tomorrow?

5. Numbers that would do on the lottery tomorrow. I am not greedy...

6. Unfinished craft projects in the living room. This obviously does not include those in the bedroom, spare room or utility room.

7. Solid hours for which Lily slept last night. Can she do the same again tonight....?

8. Minutes by which I missed the Sainsbury's delivery man today. On the plus side, when he came back we had a good chat about VW campers.

9. Whole days left until I return to work (booooo!).

10. Things. On the 10th of the month. Will I keep this up? Who knows but it was fun today.

Wash Day

The latest Blogging for Scrapbookers prompt I am working through talks about blogging the mundane, ordinary, day-to-day things we do. Well wash day might seem mundane and ordinary but my weekly wash days with our ex-neighbour Carole are anything but! Take today for example. It started off simply enough: hand Lily over for a cuddle, pop Carole's washing in the machine and stick the kettle on. It ended with a spontaneous lunch out at Bel and the Dragon, some printer purchasing research, a plate from the restaurant now residing in my kitchen cupboard and Steve taking a photo of Carole's knickers! What a day!

Well here I am....

...finally! My life has changed somewhat over the last year or so and I've been thinking for a while that I should get into blogging, to get some of these new thoughts in order and to record them for the future. I've always liked the idea of keeping a journal but never quite found the time! During one of my now frequent late-night surfings recently, I found myself on Shimelle Laine's website. It's one of my favourites, full of crafting skills I can only aspire to! Her online class, Blogging for Scrapbookers, seemed to be just what I needed to give me a nudge to get into blogging so I signed up and here I am. I'm already a bit behind, signing up a few days late, but I'll do my best to keep up with the daily prompts and fill in with a few ideas of my own as well.

So, for today I will write my intentions for my blog. I want it to be somewhere to record not just the happenings in my life, but my thoughts about events and subjects too. I am always full of ideas for projects, until I actually want to do something and then somehow they disappear, so maybe this will bring some order to those thoughts? I am not going to promise to write every day, or even every week - no need to deliberately set myself up to fail(!) - but I will try to use this when I have something I want to say, or something I want to remember.