Sparkles for Susiej

I know i know, i have been such a bad blogger of late, but i am so exhausted all the time i dont get around to updating. I will get things up to date soon, i promise.

Anyway, can we please send sparkles to Susiej as she is feeling really poorly and they say that it might be swine flu, i am keeping my fingers crossed that it isnt.

Get well soon hun.

xxxx

Happy 22nd Birthday Leighann

Morning all,

I just wanted to wish my little sister a Happy Birthday for today. She is 22. Getting old now girl :) lol.

Her other half has paid for her to drive a Lamborghini tomorrow and i know she is dead excited about it. So Leighann, have a lovely day and enjoy the drive tomorrow. Don't forget to take photos for me :)

Love ya girl.

xx

I am pregnant!

Ok, so some of you already knew this cos i was too excited and had to let all the lovely ladies on DC know that they were going to be aunties...lol.
So here is the piccie of my first scan that i had done on Monday :)



Its so clear, i was worried about having the scan because of my size, but wow this is amazing.

Thanks for looking.

xx

Slide show of journal

Friendship swap wallet card

Morning all,

Here is a piccie of a wallet card i made a week or so ago,

Thanks for looking.

xx

Paper Roses

Evening all,

I have lost my mojo again, so if you find it can you send it back to me please?

I have been playing about with a new punch i got, and watching this wonderful video clip by the lovely Julie, and here is my version of the roses i managed to make:-

Not too bad, but def not as good as Julies.

Thanks for looking.

xx

Vals 'know it all' quiz

1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know
the score or the leader until the contest ends. BOXING

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward? NIAGRA FALL

3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables? ASPARAGUS & ARTICHOKE

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside? STRAWBERRIES

5. In many liquour stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle? BOTTLE PUT OVER THE PEAR WHEN STILL ON THE TREE

6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters " dw" and they are all common words. Name two of them. DWINDLE & DWELL

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them? PERIOD, COMMA, COLON, SEMICOLON, QUESTION MARK, EXCLAMATION MARK, HYPEN

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh. PAW PAW

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter "S." SANDALS, SOCKS, SLIPPERS, SHOES, STOCKINGS, SKATES, SNEAKERS

Spinner Card

Morning all,

I actually managed to do a bit of light crafting yesterday, and boy did it feel good to be cutting and sticking and getting ink all over me...lol

Here are the pictures:




I am really pleased with the outcome, considering i was only playing about to start...lol

Thanks for looking.
xx

Daily doggie pictures - Another slide show

Morning all,

Here I am with my daily doggie pictures, here is a slide show of various pictures i have taken over the past few days.

Hope you enjoyed.

Thanks for looking.
xx

Daily doggie pictures - Meet Lacey

Morning all,

Hope you are all enjoying the weekend.

Sorry, still not a crafty post, hopefully sometime this weekend i will have something to post.

Ok, now to meet the new, and final, addition to our family.

Meet Lacey:



She is 6 weeks old, and is a cross between a Shih Tzu and chihuahua.

Thanks for looking.
xx

Daily Doggie pictures for Val - Turbo

Morning all,

Here are a few more pictures of my friend at works dog Turbo.






Thanks for letting me share the pictures Nicla :)

Thanks for looking.
xx

Our Blue Lobster

Morning all,

Just been going through my photos and I came across this one of our blue lobster. When we bought him a few months back he was only a few centimetres long, now he has trebled in size. This photo isnt even the most recent photo of him, as he has since shed his skin again and got even bigger.

I refuse to my hand in the tank now in case he nips my fingers or hand...lol



Thanks for looking.
xx

25 Things about me

1. Name: Tracy
2. What are you most afraid of? mmm, being alone
3. What do you drive? Ford Focus estate
4. Have you ever seen a ghost? not sure!
5. Where were you born? Barking Hospital
6. Ever been to Alaska? No
7. Croutons or Bacon bits? both
8. Favourite day of the week: Saturday
9. Favourite restaurant: Dragon Inn
10. Favourite Flower: Roses
11. Favourite sport to watch: Football if i have to
12. Favourite Drink: Water
13. Favourite Ice cream: Strawberry
14. Disney or Warner Brothers: Disney
15. Favourite fast food restaurant: maccy d's
16. What colour is your bedroom carpet? Lilac
17. How many times you failed your driver's test? I didnt, i passed 1st time
18. What do you do most often when you are bored? text
19. Bedtime: 11pm
20. Favourite TV show: Heroes/eureka
21. What are you listening to right now? SWV - your the one for me
22. What are your favourite colour? Black
23. How many tattoos do you have? 11
24. Do you have any pets? yeah 6 dogs (getting another one tonight :) ) 2 budgies, 1 parrott, fish, lobster and 3 ducks
25. If you could own any animal what would it be? more shih tzus :)

I pinched this off Donna, thanks hun :)

Thanks for looking.
xx

Smile Award!

Wow, another award. I have been blogging for almost a year and in the space of a few weeks I have been given 3 awards.



Conditions of this award:
1. You have to put it onto your blog.
2. You have to continue to make us smile.
3. You have to pass it on to 5 friends and notify them.
4. You have to say who awarded it to you.
5. You have to list 5 things we didn't know about you.

ok,
1. Done
2. I will try, even though I dont think i do :(
3. mmm, ok Sall, Susiej, Nina. I cant think of another 2 at the moment, I may have to come back to that one.
4. Val awarded me this, thank you so much Val. xx
5. mm, 5 things you dont know about me???
I love marmite
I actually love my job
I love Figure work
I have had lots of moles removed...lol
cant think, i am not ditsy...lol

Thanks for looking.
xx

Receipes for syn free muffins and syn free quiche

Morning all,

I have just come on to check my blog and I have had a request from A Slimmers Dream to post the receipes for the syn free Muffins on my blog. So here it is.

Recipe makes 12

225g fine ground polenta
1 large beaten egg
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
3 pots of vanilla mullerlight low fat yoghurt
7 - 10 tbsps Splenda
1 - 2 tsps vanilla extract

1. Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix for at least 3 minutes. Leave to stand for at least 20 minutes.
2. Spoon into muffin tins that have been sprayed with frylight.
3. Cook for about 20 minutes at 200C / Gas mark 6

Variations -
cherry yoghurt and replace vanilla extract with almond.
vanilla & chocolate yoghurt with rind and juice of 1 orange with 1 tsp vanilla.

I pinched this from the minimins website.

For the quiche i followed the receipe I posted here. Oops just noticed I didnt actually put the receipe just the ingredients.

Ok, Syn free quiche

3 Eggs
227g low fat natural cottage cheese
Mixed herbs
HEXA allowance of cheese (I use the low fat cheese as you are allowed more of that..he he)
Bacon

Mix in a bowl the 3 eggs, cottage cheese and mixed herbs.
chop up the bacon and fry to cook through (i use frylight for this)make sure getting rid of all the fat.
add the bacon to the cottage cheese mixture and mix well.
add the cheese (you can add it all now, or save some to sprinkle on top of quiche 5 mins before take out of oven.
mix well.
pour into quiche dish, or for individual ones i used a muffin tray.
put in oven on gas mark 6 for an hour or until cooked.

these are fab with the cheese in, you dont have to put bacon in, i have done them with ham and red pepper and that is lovely. At class i tried salmon and broccali i wasnt over keen on that, but each to there own.

Hope this helps, enjoy :)

Thanks for looking.
xx