23rd, 24th & 25th March 1980

Sunday 23
Got up at 12.00
Had a bath
Mar = in a really bad mood
Sam has gone to Mallory Park
Phoned Fi
Baby sat 7.30 - 12.00
Phoned Sam but he was not in
Phoned again at 12.00 but no reply (I bet his parents were chuffed at me phoning at midnight)
Did cookery frieze all day

Monday 24
College at 9.00
Came home at 12.15
Went back for 2.00
In the evening got stuff ready for cookery practical exam on Wednesday
Phoned Sam, he seemed ok
When I mentioned about Saturday (ie us finishing) he said he had forgotten all about it ... but he hadn't!!
Fi rang
Bed at 11.00

Tuesday 25
Didn't wake up until 10.00 today
Got to college at 10.30 (how the hell did I manage that ? Get ready, out the door, 5 minute walk to station, 15 minute train journey, and 10 minute walk to college !!)
Took stuff in for cookery practical
Washed up for those cooking today
Home at 5.10
Phoned Sam at 6.30
He said he had just got in & he was off out to some Country Club??
Looks like the end this weekend (oh how dramatic!!)

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Well I have just finished the last 'sticking and gluing' or should I say Scrap booking class tonight. It has been great fun and the ladies who went were great company. I did some stamping with sponges and potatoes, marbling (which is great.. oil paints thinned down with turps.. placed in water and using wall lining paper you can get some great backing papers).

Unfortunately the 'teacher' is not repeating the sessions and is doing card making instead... I can do that already so may do yoga ... circuit training is on offer but I fear that would kill me on day 1 lol.


You may remember that I showed some of how the photo album looked before I started

Here are a few post class (I still have loads to do as I want to give it to my Mum for her birthday next month!)

This one is unfinished it needs some 'sea creature' embellishment!

I am so loving how plain old photos can come to life with some backing :-)

13th & 14th January 1980

Sunday 13
Woke up at 11.00
Had a walk round the village
Fi rang
I am having my hair permed on Tuesday by Claire (no don't do it!!)
Stayed in all afternoon
Sam did some of his Q.S. (Quantity Surveying) work
He left at 7.30 - boo hoo
He phoned form Lime Street station
Watched 'Ryan's Daughter' = excellent
Washed my hair
Went to bed at 12.00

Monday 14
Got to college at 9.20 cos of stupid trains
Came home at lunch time
Sam rang he said it was snowing heavily there
It's not fair it never snows here
Paid £1 off my jeans (I had an account at the boutique I worked at and for £1/week you could £50 worth of clothes interest free)
Got home at 4.00
Sorted out what I am cooking on Thursday
My brother came home from Copenhagen at 8.00
Wrote off to 8 jobs
Phoned Sam
Wrote to 'J'
Had a bath
Bed 11.10

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I have joined a night school course tonight (not that I need any more activities really ... I work full time, I have a house to run, I have an art exhibition in March, I blog and my hall, stairs, dining room and kitchen are in need of a lick of paint)
But it is free and it is about chilling .. and gluing and sticking for 2 hours a week ... it is a scrap-booking course.
I already do some of this already but thought I may learn some new techniques .. but my initial reaction after tonight is probably not but the group seem an enthusiastic friendly bunch of gals.

This art form is certainly taking an up turn in interest, the Victorians were fabulous at it.

For those of you not familiar with it, it is a way of displaying photographs with added extras. I love digital photography and viewing them on a PC so you can see the finest of detail but I also love looking at photos in an album too.
I started putting old family photos in an album for my Mum when I was off work after my shoulder operation last year.

It looked pretty bland so I did a bit of decoration on a page or two... better but still not good enough.

I intend to start again by scanning all the photos, touching them up a bit and this is my project over the next 10 weeks .. I will let you know the results.