It's been a really mixed day today with bright sunshine and torrential rain. But it's been a very productive day. I confessed to Nigel that my filing of all the household stuff was not all it could be. In fact it was very grim so we spent a couple of hours sorting everything out and now all our finances are in good order and I agreed to throw out the statements for things that i have kept for years and go back to pre-decimalisation! OK so not quite that bit, but it did need serious culling.
I did get the chance to take pictures of my 50 book inside though.
It is very simple and just records one special day in my life. I have to say i have never ever scrapped anything so self indulgent that is just pictures of me, but I guess it had to be as it was about my birthday. Nij took so many pictures of me that day.
Page one is just an intro - although it did give me the chance to use the little Prima crystal Cancerian Crab I had been saving.
Page two - me in my jammies I'm afraid - has a hidden tag which shows the cover of the DVD Nigel made and records how special it was.

I have used lots of rub ons throughout the book and the pages are very dimensional and layered which hasn't shown up well.
The left hand page of this double is all about my 50 kit Nigel made me. He actually made the box up with all of the things in it. It was such a novel idea and way too cute not to scrap. So we didn't have to take too much away with us he wrapped the instructions and a photo of the box and contents so the box was waiting for me at home. He also wrapped photos of my other presents (books and DVD's etc) to minimise packing.

The right hand page was me selecting a healthy choice for my breakfast (and unhealthy stuff I wouldn't let him take a picture of LOL)
This double page is my first big present from Nigel - my Harley ride.
I kept the pages simple and used rub ons that looked like tatoos etc.
Under the ribbon is a little pull out folded booklet with other pictures of the event.

and this is with it pulled out

The left page is my fave picture fromt he trip, taken by larry of us both in our tour shirts at the Las Vegas sign. I love it.
The little 50's are from the confetti that was in my presents and got everywhere in the hotel room.

You will be relieved to know there are no pictures of me during the afternoon on my birthday. We spent it by the pool and chillling with wine in the room.
The right hand side was me all dressed up and ready for the show.
The last page is me and my other big present. VIP tickets to see Donny and Marie and meet with them after the show.

See really simple, but I am pleased with the record of my birthday.
Finally here is my page for the 5210 prompt yesterday.

I drew a very poor plan of my dream garden (quite realistic in size actually) with all of the features I would want to incorportae and found pictures off the internet to support the ideas. The tag pulls out an explains what i would like and why.
My dream garden would include a folly, a waster feature, a wild life garden, heather beds, a perfect lawn, a secret garden and a huge decking area with seating and sunbeds. I guess it would include a gardener too!
I also had a go at the Chicken Soup challenge this week and found it really hard. I am not sure I like what I made, but here it is anyway.

My quote today is

Today I am thankful for
- Nigel not freaking out when he saw what a mess I had let the filing get into

