Autumn Daze

So after not posting a picture from the last day of Summer yesterday because it looked like this...

Today I walked to work(typically in all day) on a day like this, I am filled with hope that Autumn will be full of bright, crisp and clear days. 

 

 Happy first day of Autumn 2012. 

May it be a happy season.

Amanda.x.

The One Where Amanda Gets Her Groove Back

So there was a time when I was a vibrant, bubbly, unstoppable lady full of ideas & smiles but then the never ending Winter arrived & that person vanished into her fluffy pompom slippers & PJs(but not a slanket, you have to draw the line somewhere). Smiles were by-passed for mumbles, aches, pains and really bad skin & hair.I believe I have the SAD disorder where your bady copes badly with a lack of Vitamin D & shuts down, the feeling of letharghy is horrid. 
The evidence below is plain to see, sad, old, grey mummy. 

Yucky Mummy.

But then something beautiful happened & on my birthday no less, THE SUN CAME OUT, & it stayed out I felt its warm glowing energy fill me up. Refeuled have I begun work again on building my own website for Maisielu, Spring cleaning the house to sell and generally doing some great stuff with my lovely family & friends.

Enjoying the park with Maisie & Lucas, I think Hubby 

was having more fun on this swing than they were.

Me(still looking haggered but joyful) at The Brickyard(local club) Homecoming gig, pictured with Little Stu who I've known for years & is quite talented but I wouldn't tell him that as his head wouldn't fit on a photo if I did.
He played as half of The Dementers, the other half being the another Stu who is very clever and amazing on guitar, they are based in Manchester now so its great to see them play & catch up. You can see footage of the gig here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9eJhvU6Pik sorry I wasn't that steady with the camera.

Maisie having a jog roung Hardwick Circus fountain in Carlisle,she's an adventure girl for sure, & tried to climb in a couple of times, those flowers smell devine.


Enjoy the tunes, & hopefully where ever you are some beautiful sunshine to remind you that life does go on.


Amanda.x.

Here comes the sun....

I'm very excited to say I have received this lovely Sunshine Blogger Award from Sharon at Blissknits.

The Sunshine Award is awarded by bloggers, to bloggers whose positivity and creativity inspires others in the blog world, so I'm thrilled to receive it.

Thank you very much Sharon for such a lovely thought.

However, there are rules for accepting the award. You must:

1. Put the logo on your blog or within your post;

2. Pass the award onto 12 bloggers.

3. Link the nominees within your post.

4. Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

Although it wasn't hard to pick twelve blogs, it is very difficult to choose just 12 (I have a huge amount in Google reader) and some of my favourites have already received this award.

So here's the list that I came up with - all the blogs are positive,inspirational and creative but in different ways, hopefully you'll take a look at them and see what I mean.

Kitschy Coo - when I think my life is mad she always tops it.

Cuteable - for when you need to look at pretty things they do the work for you.

YarnHarlot - for all things yarn she is The Master.

Snugbaby - the diary of a work from home Mum with a love of slings.

Meg&Millie - check out those cute monkeys.

LittleCottonRabbits - beautiful woollen designs & great home life stories.

PolkaDotStripes - a better read than any fashion magazine in the shops.

The Purl Bee - great blog & loads of crafty ideas.

MouseNoteBook - stunning photography & wonderful content.

Poppytalk - amazing site, utterly beautiful ideas & crafting.

AllButtonedUp - Beautiful crafts & lovely life blog.

Soulemama - quite simply I want to be this lady, inspirational beautiful posts.

Have a look round their blogs and hopefully you'll be as impressed as me.

Amanda.x.