The Olympics

What is it with the Olympics that makes you just want to sit and watch it.
I'm not a sporty person but ever since this years games started i have been into it.
I am so proud of Team GB so far. We are doing the best we have in years. Records have been broken that have been in place for decades. At the End of today we had 33 medals, 16 Gold, 9 Silver and 8 Bronze. Rebecca Adlington winning two in the pool and Chris Hoy winning 3 on the track. Today saw us win in Athletics, Christine Ohuruogu got us Gold in the 400 metres.
The BBC website has lots more on it than i could ever do justice to and also their blog.
Here are some photos of some of our brilliant Olympians















I can't wait to see what happens tomorrow.
GO TEAM GB
I'm so hooked that i can't go to sleep at night. I have to stay up and watch. I need some early nights but that will have to wait until after the Olympics.
I wonder what our next medal will be?

Blogthings

I saw this on Jakeys blog and had to have a go

The Recipe For Beth

3 parts Imagination 2 parts Sweetness 1 part Naughtiness Splash of Recklessness Limit yourself to one serving. This cocktail is strong!

What's the Recipe for Your Personality?

Test Day

As i posted yesterday it was test day. All the kids worked really hard and passed to get the medal for the level that they have reached. The ages were for little ones of 5 to 18 year olds with a mix of boys and girls. Each session starts with a warm up to get limber enough to box. This means all the muscles are worked on and lots of running around.
I took some photos but couldn't really get any action ones as they were too quick for me. This photo is of them all before the warm up.

Here he is during his test doing the different moves and being asked questions on the rules of boxing.








Finally taking a bow to the friends and family watching


He then had the presentation and he was given his medal and certificate by the national British boxing coach (for photo see here). There were also two other gentlemen from A.B.A Boxing there and i got Dom to have his photo taken with them.

He also had his photo taken with his favourite tutor Paul

The last photo is of Dom and Q Shillingford who is the coach and ran the camp and he will also be running the boxing school that will be starting on Monday 15th September.

Now i just need to work out where to put all these awards.

Woohoo

HE DID IT
Dom passed his test with a score of 86 out of 100. Last week he got 70/100 so its a vast improvement for the next level. I am so proud of him. It's been a long day so i will post more about it tomorrow. To be going on with here is a photo of him with the National British coach (i can't remember his name)

Put them up

Here is Dom at the boxing camp and i think he looks good.

Will be back tomorrow with more photos after he has done his standard test. As it's the last day of the camp it will be good to watch them as they are going to have the head coach for british boxing there. So lots of chances to take photos so i can scrap them.
So fingers crossed this time tomorrow he will have his second medal. Wish him luck

blog candy

i was on Scrap in style and was clicking onto other peoples blogs and i came across this giveaway by Xtina.

Its a brill gift so why not pop on over and have a look for yourself.
Her scrapbooking is also amazing so i have included her on the blog roll on Inspire me.

I'm drooling over

I've been having a bit of a surf and i have been drooling over the new stuff on the Basic Grey site. I just have to have these.





I also really like these albums



I think they would be great fun to work with.

I have also been looking at the Rouge de Garance site and they have some lovely things on there like these wall stickers which come in different sizes.

I know just what i want to do with them. If you want ideas on how to use them just look at the site.

Alsorts of stuff

Its been a while since i did any scrapping as i had lost my mojo but I'm finally getting it back. I have signed up for an ATC swap on on swap-bot. It's a swap on the colour purple and as i have lots of purple stash that will be easy.

I've started to do a canvas and it's going quite well so i'm pleased with it so far as i have no idea how it will look when it's finished. So fingers crossed.

As its been a while since i made anything i have just found something that haven't shared before. It's a minibook i made ages ago in a class taught by Kirsty Wiseman.










I can't believe that this is only the second week of the school holidays as it seems further in than that. Last week Dom was at Childrens University for 4 days which he really enjoyed. The first two days he made a clock out of plastic and it works. He had to use drills and alsorts of things to make it. It something to do with making a mould.
Then the next two days they were being Secret Agents, they didn't make anything this time.

Now he is in a Boxing summer camp (1 hour a day for two weeks) and he's really enjoying it. At the end of each week they get to do a small test to get a medal. So as long as he completes each week he'll get two medals. Then in September he can join the club and earn more. He is doing really well and wants to carry on so i will let him. It's not expensive to do why not.
I have told him if he carries on enjoying it i will buy him a punch bag for christmas. So we'll see how long it lasts but to be honest i think it will last.
I'm not that into boxing but it will do him the world of good to do it.

Blogthings

You Are Best Described By...

Girl With Hair Ribbon by Roy Lichtenstein

What Famous Work of Art Are You?

You Are a Vanilla Shake

Vanilla, yes, but definitely not boring. You are subtly complex and deeply sophisticated. You're the type of person who has always been ahead of their time. You don't fall for gimmicks or tricks. You are drawn to what's true.

What Flavor Shake Are You?

You Could Be a Vampire... If You Had To

Like most people, the thought of being a vampire has crossed your mind. But you're not sure if you'd do it, even if you could. Living forever doesn't sound half bad, if you could live forever with the people you love the most. But do vampires even love? And would the vampire version of you even be you? It's all too much to contemplate. Luckily, the chances of you ever becoming a vampire are astronomically low. What you would like best about being a vampire: Living forever What you would like least about being a vampire: Blood stained teeth

Could You Be a Vampire?

Your Vampire Name Is...

Minerva of the Underworld

What's Your Vampire Name?

You Are Half Baked Ice Cream

In reality, you're just a quarter baked

What Flavor Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Are You?

Your Goth Name is:

Medusa Melancholia

What's Your Goth Name?

Where has the time gone?

A lot of time has passed since i was last on here but not much has happened.
I think that i have let down alot of people that have been really good to me. I want to make it up to them but i don't know where to start.
I have been really depressed lately and when i get like that i shut myself away from the world and stop doing what i should be doing and this means that people get hurt then i really am sorry.
I do it all the time so that in the end the only person that suffers is me. I now have no one to turn to because of this. Don't feel sorry for me because i have brought this on myself and i deserve everything that comes with it.
I don't have any support no friends IRL. My sister is no support and ny brother lives to far away. My step dad is around but i can't turn to him in the same way.
I know i have to turn my life around but its easier said than done.
I need to get back out in the world so i think that the first step is to get a job. Just something little but at least i will be out of the house.
This needs to be done and get out of the wallowing heap i have been in for months.
Starting now i will start things afresh and i hope i can make it up to all the people i have let down.

I'm back

I'm finally back online at home at its great.
I have really missed it.

Well i'm busy with stuff for my course and i'm still enjoying it so i'm thinking about going on to do a degree in october. That is all being well.
At the end of last year i had a test to see if i need and extra suppot and it turns out that i do. So i will be getting lots of extra support. I have been saying for years that i'm dsylxic but have never been tested till now. It feels good to know i was right all along.
Back soon as i have lots of surfing to catch up on