A Job Worth Doing Is Worth Doing Well...

I will second that , they are 2 lovely children and so well mannered , she has done a brilliant job of bringing them up xxx

Mummymo, my dear, sweet friend. Never beat yourself up about your kids, because I know, as do many others, that you always do the very best you can for them. Niamh and Niall are examples of the way you bring them up and they are two of the best kids ever, so you're doing something right, aren't you? I'm thinking back now to the moment with the dress which Niamh didn't want you to wear to the school. Doesn't that just give you some idea of the way you're succeeding with their upbringing? We all make little mistakes along the way, and if you sit down with them and explain when you think you haven't quite given your best, they will understand, and you can put it right if you feel you went a little off course. On the whole, my friend, you are a Mum to be proud of, and should be proud of the way your kids are turning out. Go figure! Brightest Blessings, love and hugs. xx

Hear hear! And there's also praise to come your way, Weemam, for you have done an equally good job of bringing your kids up, as well as caring for the rest of your family. Maybe it's something in the Scottish Air, but you're both Supermums! xxx

your bathroom sounds brilliant , It must be so relaxing , I was thinking one of those sea sounds sounds discswould be brilliant in it xxx

Yes, it would. lol. I forgot to mention the Seagull chimes my sister bought me. They hang from the ceiling just inside the bathroom window... it's a single wooden seagull, quite big I suppose, with metal tubular chimes hanging down. I love it! xxx

I like decorating too, and I quite like designing rooms. I did my bathroom, which has the effect of a beach and the seaside. There is a big mirror over the basin, which is lit by three halogen lights, and the works for the halogen lights are housed in a box, shaped like a beach hut and painted blue and pine coloured stripes. lol. The bath is housed in blue cladding, and I put four brass hooks on the side, and bought a pair of paddle oars, which are seated, one above the other on the side of the bath. All the woodwork is sea blue washed, to a height of 36 inches around the walls, which is cladded, the top half of the walls is a sand yellow textured paint and the ceiling blue, with textured white clouds. How's that for matching everything! ha ha ha. Then, all around the shelf, I have lighthouse candles, a pelican, seagulls, rowing boats, beach houses, starfish and big and small fish. There are some shells as well, intermittently. The voile curtain is sea blue, and the outer curtain is sand yellow. I love the bathroom. :) Yes, I find that cards are quite therapeutic and don't require too much physical energy. I like to do them too. Thank you for the compliment, my dear friend... Brightest Blessings. xxxx

Sometimes, the bride prefers a simple cake. That one in the picture wasn't heavily decorated, as the most part of the tops of the first and second tiers were quite plain. However, the groom did want their initials piped on the side, in gold. lol. Anyway, enough about my cakes. Sorry if I got a bit boring there. Thank you for your input and Brightest Blessings.

Lol... cakes are cakes, whatever the shape, Deeeky. I've made round ones, square ones, oblong ones with the corners cut off, bell-shaped ones, heart-shaped, hexagonal, club-shaped, flower shaped, numbers and even a cinderella castle! Yes, the volume of cake mix does differ and square cakes do use more mixture, but the degree of difficulty doesn't alter much, except with numbers, like 6, 8 and 9, where you have to marzipan and ice the inside of the hole. lolol. You're still up for a birthday cake this year, providing I can find a way to get it to you in one piece, so be careful what you say!!! ha ha ha Oh yes, bulling up those boots and webbing and everything. I remember it well! Spit and polish and all that. lol. Then, all the trouser creases had to be just so... the army is quite strict, but I think it's good practice. Brightest Blessings, my dear friend, for a great day!

That's good to hear and each sale gives you a special feeling of achievement when you offer hand-made articles, don't you think... especially the very first thing. All the very best of luck with this, my friend. x

Awwww, thank you Kay. It's not my best one, but it's the only one I have left on my comp since it went down, about a year ago. I have a pile of photos somewhere, to put it, and haven't found time yet. But, I guess I ought to, someday. Oh wow, making pottery items is a real skillful craft, especially if smaller items. If you get to open your little restaurant or cafe, whichever, you could incorporate that, by making a stock of say, beehive shaped containers to put honey in, and sell it from your premises. I'm trying to make it like our West Country places. ha ha ha ha. Brightest Blessings my friend... yes, we're agreed, if we do our best, we've succeeded!

I have thought of having some crafty things for sale, even if others might like to put there things in to display. I love looking at handmade things. Havent done any pottery for quite a while, but loved it when i did. I got so many different ideas that go through my head for the shop, hopefully they will all work out. But getting there. cheers

Yes, painting, or almost anything that one likes to do I suppose, can be very relaxing. I envy you, being able to paint... I can sketch, but I'm not great at knowing where to shade and suchlike, when painting. I think we're agreed then, whichever way we say it that a job worth doing is worth doing well. I think it gives you a great sense of achievement when customers are satisfied. Brightest Blessings.

I agree with everything you say. What's the point of doing a poor, or ok job, when you can do a good one and your customers admire it and keep coming back, or pass the word around. That's what I rely on, so I always give it my best shot! Brightest Blessings.

I agree with you. I havent started any thing new in along time. except taking care of grandchild this one came 19 years after the last one I took care of sometimes. and this one is with me 24/7 for we live together so its not like I can take her back somewhere lol this is a challange for me at my age adn sometimes I feel like I need a break with no where to go lololololo

Yes, I think patience is a virtue, and also, I think we like to test ourselves in a way, to try and improve our finished product each time we undertake a new one. I think I do anyway. Brightest Blessings. x

Yes, I think when we're pregnant our bodies condition to cope with children for long periods of time. When we get a bit older, they become quite tiring to keep up with. Still, we love 'em just the same, and do our best for them. I don't think you'd want to be without her now, my friend. Brightest Blessings. xx

That's a good lesson for the kids, Cloud, and yes, I know you're a bit of a perfectionist... nay, a great deal, perfectionist! ha ha ha. There's nothing wrong with that. We all strive each day to better ourselves and grow spiritually so striving for excellence is a part of that.. no? Brightest Blessings, my dear friend.

It's not just the having to do it twice. I like the feeling of satisfaction when I can sit back and think what a great job I've done of something, don't you? Brightest Blessings my dear friend. xx

Not quite, Pye, I'm not a Virgo, I'm a month later! lolol The Balancer! :) Your "fussiness", for want of a better word, reflects in your craftwork, my friend. I haven't made dreamcatcher cards as yet, but that would be a nice idea. If you made a proper dreamcatcher and attached it to the card in such a way that it could be detached and would double up as a gift... that would be a novel idea, for a friend, or young person. In England, whereas Americans would "frost" their cakes, we coat a celebration cake with almond paste, and then with icing, then decorate it with flowers, animals, baby bibs and bottles... whatever, to finish it. Thus, it's easier to do, because you have a little more time than if you're frosting. It's good to leave the almond paste to harden a little for a day or two, before applying the icing. I love making cakes anyway... that all started when my sister had six kids to give birthdays for and I was the family cake maker. lolol. I've been doing it ever since for every event imaginable. :) Brightest Blessings.

Yes, something quite soothing is nice, and each time I attempt similar projects, I like to try to do them better than the one before. I guess it's a course of betterment, which I have learned to strive for. Brightest Blessings.