Another week is over

It's hard to believe that this week was half term as i was in uni just about everyday this week. When i've been in i've been there until the workshop closed and i have enjoyed the time i have spent there. Even thou i have got lots done i still have lots more to do. I would have some photos but i forgot to take my camera.
Today i only manged to get in for a couple of hours today but i did get some work done. I have started to make the plaster cast for my mould so i can do the slip casting next week. Working with clay is so therapeutic and relaxing it makes it more worth while.

Anyway yesterday i went to the new ikea in southampton to do some research and it gave me lots of ideas for my final project. There is so much that i can do and now i am more positive about doing it where as before i wasn't to sure. It has really spurred me on to getting on to degree and having a career not just a job.
Oh what was i saying before i went off on one oh yes ikea. The store was really good seeing as it's only been open about a week. It was really busy and you did feel it as you have to queue for ages at the checkout and the cafe was so busy that i gave up on it. I did buy a couple of things that i needed while i was in there but i spent less than £10 so i was happy. (I have a birthday soon so can i please have money to spend in ikea). I did take a few photos going around the store and i wasn't the only one doing it. So here are a couple that i took



Can you tell i'm into lighting?
Not the best photos but that doesn't matter.

I have one more child free day left before Dom comes home from his grandads where he has been on and off all week. He was oringinaly picked up on sunday afternoon but came home tuesday night as on wednesday my brother and sister-in-law were down and they wanted to take him out for the day. So that is what happened, they took him to the cinema to Hotel for Dogs which he really enjoyed and he now wants a dog. On thursday i took him to southampton with me on the train and met my dad at the station and he dropped me outside ikea and he took Dom off with him so i could get on with some work. So i know that he has had a good week which is the important thing and i'll hear all about on sunday.

So this is what i've been up to

The deadline has been and gone. I decided to make a handbag after playing around with the cards for ages. It's an evening bag and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. Please tell me what you think. I would love to see it made out of something different.













As this one is finished we were given a new project to do. This brief is called MASS - MOVEMENT - TENSION. Great title isn't it?
I have a few ideas for it and i still have a few weeks till it has to be handed in (hand in date 6th march)

The past couple of days i have spent in the Ceramics and Glass workshop learning about all the techniques that can be done. For Ceramics it isn't just using a potters wheel you can do so much more and i can't wait till next week so i can get back in there and try different things for myself. The glass is just as good and has given me so many ideas. We were even given the time to have a go at sandblasting which is such a wonderful technique that i think i will be using alot in the future.
If you ever get the chance to try these things go for it as it isn't as hard as it looks because you can get amazing results from such simple techniques (you do need to come up with the ideas first).

I can't believe that this course is flying by because as soon this project is done we are on final piece which is put in a show that is open to the general public (scary)

Well apart from that not much has happened here. Oh yes i forgot Dom had his photo taken with the FA Cup a couple of weeks ago. What? I hear you ask, well as Portsmouth won the FA Cup last year they have been going round all the local schools so the children can have their photo taken with it (and touch it). We had a choice of how we wanted to get a copy of the photo

1. Have them do a poster of it with small photos from the cup final day. Cost £7.50
2. Download it for free from the website

Of course i went for the second choice and here it is


Are you jealous?

With the weather this week it didn't really affect us. Living on the South coast and at the bottom of a hill it didn't get too bad. On Monday it was off the roads and pavements by the evening and the same on Tuesday and we haven't had any since even though we were due for some today, we only had lots of rain.

Any way it's getting really late and i want to go and see whats happening on Twitter.
I'll be back another day (hopefully i won't leave it so long this time)

Photos

I've been going through baby photos of Dom and I can remember how small and cute he was.
These photos were taken before i had a digital camera so i have been scanning them in and you can tell that.
This first photo was taken when he was a few days old and were still in the hospital

I love this second photo taken at a few months. This is such a fab outfit for a baby i just love the bright colours and the bright orange blanket.

This is one of the few photos i have of my gran and Dom. They were having such a fab time.

This last one is of Dom talking to my mum on the phone. You can tell he was enjoying the call. I'll put some more up as soon as i've scanned them.
I may even have some of me when i was little.

Here you go

Here are a couple of photos from tonight.


We were only out for an hour and he filled up his bucket in that time.

It's Halloween

So that means Trick or Treating tonight. Dom has his costume which is the scream one (you know the movie) and i can't be bothered to dress up as i'll only be walking round with him. I will take some photos and put them on here later.
I haven't got a pumpkin but i have been looking at photos of them and there really are some truly amazing ones out there. Here are some that i think are either funny or great.







Hope you all have a fab safe night.

So

Just a quick update.
The course is going well and i'm looking into going on to do a Degree course next year. The one that i'm really thinking of is 3D design as i think it's more me. I did look at Interior design but the course isn't right. So all being well this wime next year i will be on a three year degree course.

It's only a week or so till half term and the break will be good. I know that it will be harder work after then as we will get the first big project soon. I think i'm looking forward to it.

Anyway what else have i got to say?
Apart from Uni not much else has been been going on. Dom is still going to boxing and enjoying it. The club he goes to is getting busier all the time and it's it good. They are hopefully going to be doing more classes and i'm thinking of joining one of them to keep fit. I don't think it will be for a while yet but i'm looking forward to it when it happens and i'll keep you informed.

I just saw this qoute on igoogle and it made me laugh.
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
- Lily Tomlin

Heres a joke for you

A newlywed farmer and his wife were visited by her mother, who immediately demanded an inspection of the place. While they were walking through the barn, the farmer's mule suddenly reared up and kicked the mother-in-law in the head, killing her instantly.

At the funeral service a few days later, the farmer stood near the casket and greeted folks as they walked by. The pastor noticed that whenever a woman would whisper something to the farmer, he would nod his head "Yes" and say something. Whenever a man walked by and whispered to the farmer, he would shake his head, "No" and mumble a reply. Curious, the pastor later asked the farmer what that was all about.

The farmer replied, ''The women would say, 'What a terrible tragedy' and I would nod my head and say, 'Yes, it was.' The men would ask, 'You wanna sell that mule?' and I would shake my head and say, 'Can't. It's all booked up for a year.'"

Only a week

It's hard to believe that this time next week Dom will have done one full day at school.
At times these holidays have gone by really slowly and at others it feels as if its been over in the blink on an eye.
So what are we going to do with the rest of it?
Well at the start of next week we are going to get on a train and go to Southampton. There is an Art gallery there that i want to see and Dom is happy to have a look. We will go to Build-A-Bear as we need to replace the meow in his stuffed cat Marmalade as it's been missing for ages. We'll also go to the pub for something to eat.
I think that it will be a good day.
Before we do that I've got to make sure that everything is ready for him to go back to school on Thursday. He will be going into year 5 and his teacher is Mr Bouldridge (i think I've spelt it right). One more year before we have to choose what his next school will be and he will be more grown up than he is now. Where does the time go? Sometimes i wish he was still the little smiley baby that he was.
Anyway they do grown quickly and eat you out of house and home. So I'm glad he'll be back at school so i don't have to spend so much on food. This boy has hollow legs and is skinny as a rake and it's not fair at least he can't eat when he's asleep.

Trip To the Zoo (Photo heavy)

Today we went to Marwell Zoo and we had a great time. Alan (my step-dad) took us as a treat which was really nice of him. I swear we are shorter now than when we got there as we walked our little legs off. You really don't think it's that big until you are walking around it and we didn't do it all as we ran out of time.
My camera is happy again now as i used it so much today after it being neglected for so long. 132 photos was the number i got to when we left and only a few of them are no good.
The animals i always have to see are the Cats coz i love them, I also have to see the Meerkats coz my mum loved them. The cutest cats there have to be the sand cats (if you can see them because they are the same colour as their surroundings) but the Ocelot and Snow Leopard are just as nice.
Here are some of the photos i took.

Snow Leopard




Sand Cat (It is in there honest)



Ocelot



Tiger



MeerKat
There is a tiny baby there born today




Kangaroos, Zebra and others














Wow thats alot of photos