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Le Touquet

I'm back!!

Saturday was a fabulous (if long!) day.
Up at 04:30 and on the coach by 06:20 for our trip to Le Touquet.
Arrived at lunchtime to find the town covered by sea mist...warm but not too hot..just right for browsing the shops...the sun finally appeared at about 17:00 just as Pat and I were sitting on the sea wall...perfect!

A picture of the scrappy stash I managed to find..a selection of magazines for inspiration (there were 9 to choose from!!) and some buttons and thread found in a little haberdashery shop.

We joined some of the others for lunch (9 of us in all)..yummy!!

Pottered around the town (there are photos but mainly on Pat's camera - they will appear on future LOs) and generally had a good time.

Le Touquet is often called "Paris by the sea" - the road into town passed by some really fabulous houses (weekend/holiday homes for Parisians) all set in woodland - how the other half live.

Then came the journey home - the killer bit (for me anyway). We didn't get back until 23:30 and then I couldn't sleep straight away..so I spent yesterday in a fog of tiredness and aching everywhere. Today I'm still a bit achy but not so tired - no excuse now for avoiding the washing mountain brought home by DS!

I found the pic. of the b'day card I made for my BIL (it was still on the camera and not uploaded to PC  as I thought - doh!).

Rocking My World Friday

This week has been a strange one (and hasn't it gone by so quickly) but I still have things to be grateful for.

The thought of tomorrow when I shall be spending time in Le Touquet with friends. Looking forward to a nice lunch and have my map with all the bookshops marked on it. We set off at 06:20 so I'll be up at 05:00.

My DS is home again along with his girlfriend Vicky - this is the first time we've met her. Thanks to her for driving him (and ALL his gear - incl. washing) home. She's going home to Kent tomorrow.

My fellow dog walkers - Max and I come across some lovely people during our walks and, of course, their dogs - very playful too most of them - so Max gets plenty of exercise and I get to have a natter.

The Holland and Spain football teams who have given me the final I wanted (after we went out). Best of luck to both teams - they'll be pleased to know I'm not using my special powers this time. For those of you who don't know...my special power is putting the mockers on any team I support (sorry Germany and Uruguay!).

I'm sure there's more but that's not a bad list of things to be thankful for.
Hugs,
Sue xx

Yesssss!

My cunning plan continues to work and we have the final I wanted.
I don't mind who wins now as neither team have won the World Cup before - so I shall leave it up to them and not use my "special skill".

I have been doing some light crafting  this week  - a b'day card for my BIL who turns 65 on Saturday and one LO - all my swollen fingers could manage.
The LO is for a challenge on WeScrap - we were challenged to scrap something not involving people or pets. I decided to scrap my love of crime novels. All papers and embellies are Club Scrap, alphas from stash.
I'll show the card after the w/end (when I can find where on earth I've uploaded it to!!).

Talking of WeScrap - my LO of DS "Year 3" was chosen as LO of the week and I won the June Challenges  - just waiting for my prize to arrive - a yummy kit called "Grandma's Attic". Yay!!
They are also running a Fabulous Photos Contest. Each day (for 28 days) we are given a prompt (could be a photo, a quote..) and have to take a photo of whatever the prompt means to us. It's been fun - so I've been taking lots of photos of sometimes strange things - though I have managed to get Max into the contest!

And finally... some really good news...DS is coming home today. His girlfriend is bringing him and will be staying overnight. This is the first girl he's brought home (as a girlfriend - he has a large group of "mates" some of whom are girls) - looking forward to meeting her.

My Cunning Plan Worked!

Yay!! Argentina and Paraguay are out of the World Cup.
For the semi-finals I shall be supporting Germany and Uruguay.
If all goes to plan that means a Spain v Holland Final!

Rocking My World Friday

A little late but it is still Friday .

This week I am grateful for my DS - he's disappeared back to Bristol, to clear out his flat ,but not before making me a Banoffee pie - yum!!!

As always - my friends - for cropping with me, gossiping with me, having coffee with me, sending me funnies on a Wednesday to make me laugh...thank you all.

Max (our beloved dog) for the reception he gave Pat when she called on Weds. evening - honestly you'd think he was human - paw over her arm, head on her shoulder gazing into her eyes..all this after almost knocking her over in his keenness to get to her and trying to lick her to death - showed me the true meaning of love and affection.

Scrapinette in France for sending our stash parcel so quickly - only took two days and the papers etc were truly yummy!!

WeScrap (where I won the June Challenge prize - their April Kit called "Grandma's Attic) for keeping me busy - we've just embarked on a 28 day Fabulous Photo competition. The first prompt was a Canadian flag (July 1st is Canada Day) - this saw me scouring the estate for England flags for my photo whilst walking Max. Found a great one that had been tied to the top of a very tall tree - I presume that's why it still hasn't been taken down.

And finally all the jokes on the internet about the England football tree - kept me laughing for most of the week.

ATC Swap - July

Hi girls!
As you know some of our members have ,sadly, had to drop out for a while.
Below is the revised list - we're down to 9 participants - me plus the  8  people who emailed to say they wanted to continue.

This month's theme has been set by Bev and it's another good one...

Favourite Holiday Destinations

SusieJ to Val
Val to Alma
Alma to Carole
Carole to Karen
Karen to Donna
Donna to Fiona
Fiona to Maria
Maria to Bev
Bev to SusieJ

Have fun! And remember you only need to make one ATC but are welcome to make more and send the extras out randomly.

A participant has suggested putting out  the list of themes for the rest of the year so people know what's coming up and can make the ATCs at leisure/in advance. Please let me know what you think.
If that's what everyone wants I'll allocate months to people and will co-ordinate the responses.
Hugs,
Sue xx