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just jake keeping all my balls in the air...

English - Scrapbooking, Papercrafts, Cardmaking

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just jake · 4W ago

Phew...! I might not post here any

Phew...! I might not post here any more but when I got a mail from blogger saying upgrade or you're gone by May I nearly fainted! After losing everything... and I mean everything, following a total hard drive motherboard failure, this is the only place with memories left... so sad about that, I coul

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just jake · 4W ago

finally... finally... got some

finally... finally... got some help. Phoned direct.gov and the guy talked me through... patronisingly... until we got to a point where there should have been a link and clearly wasn't... he admitted it had been removed because the deadline ...had passed... but graciously offered to give me the

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just jake · 1Y ago

Bad times....

It's all gone downhill since Friday....1) I've been really unwell. I've had the mother of all colds, an unbeleivably sore throat and bad head, and have felt totally wretched. I still do tbh, I still feel very under the weather - and now completely stressed as well :-(Because....2) Vin's stuck in Lan

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just jake · 1Y ago

All good here...

The boy's on holiday with his mate, out visiting his sisters in sunny Lanzarote, but we heard today that he has an offer for uni, so when he comes home we'll have it all to do filling in a million forms and applying for every grant, bursary and scholarship going.... Wish us luck with that then.Here

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just jake · 1Y ago

you know when something sets you off...

... for me it can be a set of colours which I like together, or a line of papers... a new technique, or some sort of embellishment that inspires me. Then I seem to get stuck using that thing over and over. I liked the colours of my August Scrapology LO and found myself looking for scraps to make a c

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just jake · 1Y ago

rain rain go away!

Are you fed up of the rain? I know I am. The other half is too... he's still trying to complete the patio up the top of the garden, fitting it in after work and any odd hours he has and his efforts are being severely hampered by this sodding weather. Mind you, what's the rush? Just read this mornin

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just jake · 1Y ago

Scrapology is go!

As I mentioned yesterday, I am part of a new venture in scrapping - a lovely friendly blog, offering a bit of inspo and fun on a monthly basis. Sooooo.... if you've lost your mojo recently - as many of us on the DT have of late.... pop along and join the adventure with us! There's only one challeng

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just jake · 1Y ago

news and views

I am surrounded by Leo's in my life. My brother, sister, daughter, son, grand daughter and son in law were all born under the zodiac sign of the Lion so as you can imagine, July and August are expensive months for us.I actually sent my sister a card from Moonpig because this company is a favourite o

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just jake · 1Y ago

Chicken Talk!

At work we took part in the 12 day experience - friends on facebook will have seen the pix. On a pre-arranged day an incubator arrives from Living Eggs containing 10 ready to hatch eggs... and within a couple of days you several have gorgeous fluffy chicks!They can't guarantee how many, but I under

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just jake · 1Y ago

get the flags out!!!

I made a layout at last, lol!I have my lovely friend Lynn to thank for getting me back in the scrappin saddle...And now i'm back in the craft room, I find i'm enjoying it again. Maybe I just needed a little break, who knows... but in the last three days I've made two layouts and a card - not bad for

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