Cala Nicole Hodges - Baby Book

I've been playing with a digital scrapbook site - this is what I've been busying myself with for the past few days.  It's not really finished yet, and I am adding more photos as and when I receive them, but I'm having fun!

The wait is finally over!

I present my brand new beautiful granddaughter, Cala Nicole - born 11am, 19/02/2010, 8lbs - after a long, and difficult labour.  Congratulations Stacey and Kevin - can't wait to see you all in March!
 

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be!

For anyone who remembers when Wagon Wheels were the size of saucers, PCs were Police Constables, bob-a-job week, Mrs McClusky, and only 3 TV Channels; enjoy!

So, what was that TV theme?!?!

As nobody attempted to guess the first theme I posted here, even after all my clues, I will tell you that it was..........   

.............   'The Singing Ringing Tree' - part of the 'Tales from Europe' series first transmitted on the BBC in the 60s and again in the 70s.  It was arguably the most scary piece of fantasy aimed at children and is probably responsible for more than one disturbed childhood - judge for yourself here.

New tag contest!

My newest tag, and I'm calling it 'Frog Prince' for obvious reasons.  I used Irene Alexeeva's 'Kiss Him He's Green' PTU scrapkit, and another beautiful Gorjuss girl from Suzanne Woolcott.  This tag will not be available at SS until Monday 15th Feb.!!

 
To be the first to own this tag you simply have to identify the movie the quote below comes from:

 

Answers in the comments box please - no emails.  You may make as many guesses as you like.  First correct answer will win the tag - good luck!

Prize tag competition!

Ok, I've had a rethink about yesterdays TV theme choice and, as it was probably never shown in anywhere other than Europe, I've decided to void that theme and substitute it with another, more familiar, TV show.  This one was definitely shown both sides of the pond and, because it's really quite easy, I won't be giving any clues straight away!  You can make as many guesses as you like - first correct answer will win my latest tag offering, 'Counting Sheep' - this tag isn't available at SS yet, and won't be until this competition ends.  So, good luck! 

p.s.  If you think you know the answer to yesterday's theme, put it in a comment - no prizes, but you'll have the admiration of millions - I'll reveal the correct answer in a few days.

~Counting Sheep~

For this tag, I used the Gorjuss artwork of Suzanne Woolcott and the fabulously surreal backdrops and elements of Irene Alexeeva - please visit their stores and take a look at their wonderful work!

Now for the question:   Name the following TV theme - no emails pls, leave your answer in a comment.  First correct answer will win the tag!

Not quite a Supergran........ yet!

My daughter, Stacey, is expecting her 1st baby at any moment - EDD was yesterday so I'm on tenterhooks at the moment and just waiting for THAT phone call!  In anticipation of the happy event, I have downloaded a new ringtone today - personally, I think it's very apt!

And just for a bit of fun - if you can name the TV theme featured below, I will reward the first correct answer with my latest tag creation, 'Counting Sheep', which I will reveal here tomorrow, before it's posted at Sensual Signatures!  No emails on this one please - just leave your answer in the comment box.  You may guess as many times as you like - I'll reply when I see a correct answer!  Good luck!

Hint:  You need to think a long way back - weekday afternoons around 4pm'ish on BBC1 (I'll give another hint tomorrow if still not solved).

Click here to listen to Mystery TV theme.mp3

Adding an animation to your blog

Blogger makes it easy to add pictures to your log.  Unfortunately, it's not quite so easy to add animated pictures just using the editing functions as Picasa, as yet, doesn't support .gif formats.  If you're like me and you like to display your animations too, you might want to know a fairly simple solution to make sure your blog groupies can fully appreciate your pretties!  First of all you will need an image hosting service like Photobucket - these are free to register with and offer stacks of free storage space.  Next, you will need to upload your images to your host - it's a good idea to make a separate album for your blogger pictures so that you don't lose track of them. 

A new day, and a new tag!

I'm adoring these new girls from Suzanne - and they complement Irene Alexeeva's new 'Hunny Bunny' kit perfectly.  You can find Suzanne Woolcott's 'Lovehearts Girls' at her Gorjuss shop and Irene's new kit is at Scrap Orchard now.  Here's my newest tag - and it's available over at Sensual Signatures from today.

I've called this tag 'Sweet as Chocolate' - because....... it is!

New tag available now at Sensual Signatures

Since it's fast approaching that time of year again, I thought I'd better get busy and make a new tag to mark the occasion.  It's not strictly a 'valentine' tag, but I think it can work.  Hope you like it - you'll find it in Sensual Signatures from today.

Once again, I'm using the beautiful Gorjuss girls from Suzanne Woolcott - this one is from her latest collection called 'The Loveheart Girls' which you can purchase from Suzanne's store, here

Problem Resolved!

My web browsing problem is now resolved and, exactly as I thought, it was down to AOL changing their DNS settings (again).  AOL have a habit of doing this - and then blame your router model for not picking up on the change - do they ever accept responsibility for their crap service?!?!?!  So I finally managed to buy the new scrapkit I'd been hankering after for the past seven days - it's called 'Baby Elf'' by Lily Designs and is available to purchase from After Five Designs.  As you can see, I couldn't wait to use it and incorporate it into my blog layout - at least it's not too girly now (as several people commented).

I also intend to switch the start page picture on Sensual Signatures at some point - it's now nearly February and I'm still displaying the Christmas one!  I just get so absorbed in what I'm doing sometimes that I completely overlook the most obvious things - oops, that reminds me, I need to do some ironing - see you all soon!

I want to live in Pandora!

Yesterday, we finally got round to seeing Avatar!  I wasn't sure what to expect because of all the hype and contradicting reviews in the media - but I swapped my cynical head for my impartial one and just let the movie do the talking.  Wow!  I loved it!  I absolutely loved it!  The 3d was better than anything I'd experienced previously (i.e. 'Up', 'Final Destination 4') - there was no loss of sharpness this time and I didn't feel the need to 'rest' my eyes every 20 mins or so.  My only moan was that we were kept waiting in the lobby for 10 mins before the film started so that the staff could 'clean the 3d glasses before the next use'.  Pah!!!  They were mingin'!!!  Every pair I picked up were icky - good job I had my lens cleaner with me.  But I digress - the film was superb, sumptuous and spellbinding - ok, I've run out of alliterative superlatives now.  If you haven't seen it yet - go! 

I spent most of Saturday playing with my new Genio Touch phone - I intended to trade-in my old LG Chocolate but when the nice Carphone Warehouse lad told me it was only worth £3.75, I decided to keep it as a spare.  Disappointed it didn't come with a PC cable though, so had to fork out another £12 to buy a PC Connectivty lead - my desktop hasn't got bluetooth built in, so transferring pics and music would be a problem without one.  Eventually found and installed the Samsung PC Studio software online and then uploaded a few new ringtones and wallpapers.  This is how it looks now:

I think I may invest in a Bluetooth dongle as the Samsung software seems to be a bit longwinded for simple transfers.  Anyway, I like the phone so far and at least now I can hear it if it rings when I'm out - my Chocolate's volume was never loud enough.  I know Jojo has one too, so I'd be interested to hear her verdict so far.  Right, I'm away to phone AOL to find out why I can't access some websites - I know it's not my computer 'cos I've done every troubleshoot known to womankind!  I may be some time!