Summer Holidays..

Did anyone say that the summer holidays were fun, relaxing & to be shared with friends & family?

Not likely....

Well maybe the friends bit, having joined a small band of entrepid, stout-hearted (and stout shoe'd) walkers last weekend I was very pleased to have spent several days in adult company despite the added burden of having to walk from Rochester to Canterbury - in the footsteps as it were of Chaucers Pilgrims.....
I'll do it all again if it means another few days away from the stress of school holidays & madness back home ;)

Now, however its back to work..although with many businesses experiencing staff off on their holidays also it is pretty quiet here too! Even the number of phone calls is down to a bare minimum... Never mind, we can always find something to do! Even with the bosses on their annual vacation somewhere on a ship in the med....

Adieu...

Its been a while

Its been a while since I managed to write anything on here simply because I have been hugely fortunate enough to find that 'perfect' job, and have been working for a really delightful company for the past 5 months (roughly).... add to that my journey times, choir & everything else has just taken a back seat. Sorry!

Anyway, since starting my new role I have learned more in the short time I have been with the company than I ever thought possible.  Not only about the industry I am now involved in, but about working with other people (instead of being on my own so much)  building relationships with our customers & suppliers (networking), but also expanding on my vague knowledge of the internet, SEO, using Google properly etc
Add to this a massive amount of self discovery & it all adds up to a completely different person who now stands in front of you.......someone who not all that long ago was to be found sat on her bed watching iPlayer all day, and now gets up (virtually with the sun) goes to work & enjoys even the bus journey there!! (I genuinely can't believe I am saying that - you only have to ask my friends & family what my opinions on work would have been even 8 months ago and then consider my previous statement)

Now, I have several people to thank for this......

Andy, for being 'permanent babysitter' :)

Niki & Rob, for constantly telling me how proud you both are of me...

Lizzie, AJ, Mathew & Holly for being constant reminders of why I go to work ;)

and Andrew & Clare Rayner, for giving me the chance, hope & support I needed to prove to myself I am a better person than who I thought I was......

That's it for now......
Back soon, I promise, at which point I'll tell you more about the company I'm working for & what I do here.

Clare.

Evergreen digital scrapbook mini kit

UPDATE!!
Nearly a whole year later & I finally got around to uploading this for you to download! 
Please use and enjoy as you will... It was my first attempt after all :)



http://www.4shared.com/dir/tHSL2uEn/Evergreen_Elements.html
http://www.4shared.com/dir/GyX3f6cH/Evergreen_papers.html

New Ebay listings...

Decided that as we are approaching the beginning of a new year, that I would have a bit of a clear out & so begins the Ebay listings.....just a few things at the moment, but hopefully will get round to the rest without too much of a delay! Check out my Ebay id - CDT27 - and especially if you are a craft addict!!

Thanks for looking & hopefully bidding!!

Post-op

Don't laugh