It's been a beautiful day here today. One could easily be fooled into thinking ti was July and summer or something! Surely not!
I had a lovely time this morning just gently scrapping for no other reason than I had some pretty paper and was in the mood.
However, by lunchtime the sun lounger was calling and so I slipped outside for an hour and sat in the sun and read Shopaholic and Baby. I love Sophie Kinsella books as they are just an easy read that you don't have to think about, analyse etc.
Having sat and enjoyed the sun I then felt guilty and so even though my knee was bad I did all the strimming front and back (and it is quite a big garden I have since discovered) and weeded one of the larger beds.
I can't move now. My knee has totally given out and whatever pesky little bits are floating around have been well and truly lodged in the knee for now.
I am looking forward to later int he week and having Nigel home. He is going in tomorrow then he is off. He is not even going to Speedway on Wednesday as it is my birthday! I love that guy.
The pages dotted around the first bit of this post are the most recent of the month in my life. I have to say i am really enjoying this little project - although am a little disconcerted that when I read back it is going to see like we eat out A LOT!
I also want to share the digital version of my Shimelle class Inspiration page. I am planning on doing a digi page for each paper double page spread as well. Why? I guess just because I can LOL
The blog prompt today was to tell blog readers about our favourite game. Mmmm - that's a toughie. Nigel and I play a lot of games (please keep it clean ladies - I mean board games and the like) We both love Trivial Pursuita nd have several versions plus boxes of extra cards. We love quizzes of all sorts and have a gazzillion quiz books and Nigel runs quiz nights for all sorts of organisations. We play a fair old selection of board cames such a Careers, Mine a Million, Risk etc and play MahYong, Yahtzee and Rummy a lot too.We also love Scrabble, Upwords and Boggle. Oh and I play my Gameboy and DS Lite every day too. I do the Brain Training every day to try and keep my mind from getting too addled.
One of the fun games we have enjoyed playing recently is US-OPOLY! I had already posted this page but it merits being posted here too. We bought the photopoly game in LA last year thinking it would be cool to make as you personalise it with your own pictures. We have turned it into a game of US (meaning Nigel and I and also meaning United States) picking favourite hotels, restuarants, theme parks, national parks etc that we have visited. It is great fun to play and we had a blast making it.
It makes it a really personal game and we love it.
great lo's, love monopoly too!
Posted by: kathy | July 21, 2008 at 09:31 PM
Hi karen, as always stunning.
How's life in Canford Heath. We have been in New Zealand now for almost 2 years and loving it. Still scrapping. Such an abundance of products over here. Still miss the lovely crops and classes you did.
Love
Lorraine aka dorset lass
Posted by: Lorraine | July 22, 2008 at 12:54 AM
Very nice pages! Sounds like you had a great day! Love trivia & RISK is fun too! And cool Monopoly set!
Posted by: Carrie | July 22, 2008 at 03:52 AM
Karen, hope the knee is better today!
We love playing games too. Family favorite is Scrabble, and I love to play Boggle.
Posted by: HeatherC | July 22, 2008 at 12:43 PM