Here are a few pics of what my darling sons got me for my birthday.

Still stamp sorting but I have nearly finished!

These are the cards I sent to my dad and hubbys dad for Fathers day.

We had a lovely family day yesterday. It was the OH's birthday. The day started with a treasure hunt for my husband to find his birthday present. The boys had hidden clues all over the house. All I can say is Nicholas cage has nothing to worry about!!

At lunch time we went down to the local and had a drink or two followed by a gorgeous BBQ cooked by the boys. No dramas after initially setting the webber alight! Didn't need to worry too much about a fire as the rain would of put it out.

Bank holiday activities

On Saturday we went tent hunting. Not to be used this weekend but so we have something that doesn't leak like a sieve when we finally go and venture into the great outdoors. We went to various places but ended up at Go Outdoors in Oxford. (Near the Park and Ride). We got a lovely tent that cost £103 (with the discount card) that I have looked up on the web that costs up to £300 at other places. When we got home we put it up and took it down again in the wind in about 90 minutes. (Don't want to look complete prats at the campsite).

Yesterday was a hive of activity in the downstairs loo. It has been painted and the grouting finished. Hubby and youngest then spent the rest of the day boxing in the pipes. I stayed out of the way for a couple of reasons.

• Not enough room for us all.
• OH gets bad tempered when he is doing jobs.
• I was far too busy looking at Lythans blog. She is a daring card maker and has a great tutorial on decorating circles with doodling. (April 2008).

When I wasn't on the web I was in my craft room. I have been cataloging my stamps and putting my 12" papers into a new storage box I bought last week. (Useful box co). The old 12" storage container now has all of my bits of paper stored by colour. This is how I split the sections.

• Colours. Red, yellow/orange, blue etc.
• White, silver, velum, grey
• Brown, beige, gold
• Pastels. (Patterned papers with a combination of colours).
• Brights. (Patterned papers with a combination of colours).

The system works for me. I will take some pictures and post them next time.

My son was doing a tandem parachute jump a couple of weeks ago. The bear belongs to a charity and he was asked if he could look after it. I couldn't watch. He now wants to do another jump but on his own. He is very busy saving up his pennies so he can do it.

Not much crafting been done recently. I have made a couple of cards but haven't got round to photographing them yet.

Last weekend we moved the play house (that came with the house when we bought it) to the top of the garden. We wanted to change the colour so have given it a coat of undercoat in white and can now be seen from space! (When I see we I mean hubby and youngest son). I think the end colour will be cream with a pale green door and window frames.

Weekend plans

I had hoped to go to Cornwall this weekend. The main reason being it is my dads birthday on Monday and he is now of retirement age. I can't see him giving up work yet though. Of the three people who work on the estate he is the young un! I was hoping to see the bluebells in the grounds as they are a sight to see and I never seem to be there when they look their best. If you want to know more about the gardens here is the link. http://http://www.gardensofcornwall.com/site/garden-finder/enys-garden-p467353

There are two reasons we are not SW bound. Firstly the cost of fuel for a weekend away is not extremely cost effective and secondly and much more importantly is that our youngest son has a football tournament today. His team have won the 'fair players award' and as he is captain, he has to pick up the trophy. That will be the only one they do pick up as they have lost every game this season. It is a shame as the team have loads of enthusiasm and team spirit but never seem to bring it all together.