7th June 2011

I shall finish as I started with a picture of my birthday cards. As usual I have been a very lucky girl and have received lots of lovely birthday messages and presents and this evening Mr W will be cooking me dinner :)

Thank you to everyone who has been following this blog for the last year - it has been fun thinking of different things to take photos of each day but I won't miss the challenge of finding something interesting on those rather dull days when all you do is go to work and come home again!

29th May 2011

Today we met up with Mr W's family to celebrate his uncle's 60th birthday - we had a lovely lunch out before going home for tea and birthday cake! Many Happy Returns Greg!

23rd January 2011

Today was Mr W's Mum's big day and so after a nice lunch out in Sevenoaks we came home and had some tea and birthday cake!

22nd October 2010

I bought this card for a friend's fortieth today and to be honest it sounds like turning forty won't be so bad - I like the idea of floral aprons. Plus by the time I'm forty I might have progressed enough with my knitting to make a tank top or two!

28th September 2010

There was no time to tidy up from Sunday's party yesterday as we were busy geocaching and taking mum to see Mamma Mia for her birthday. Now however everyone has gone home and we have an empty house so there's no excuse for not doing something about all this birthday confetti in our dining room, although I fear that whatever we do we will probably be finding it for many months to come!

26th September 2010

To quote Hannibal from the A-team 'I love it when a plan comes together'. After months of planning and subterfuge it was Mum's party this afternoon and she was suitably surprised to find a whole bunch of relatives waiting to wish her a very happy 60th birthday!

25th September 2010

Today I have been a demon baker making cakes for mum's party tomorrow. My godmother has made the birthday cake and some mini chocolate muffins but to supplement that I have been baking scones, mini cupcakes and millionaire's shortbread. There will also be piles of dainty sandwiches but these need to be made tomorrow. Happily my godmother is turning up early to assist with that!

24th September 2010

This weekend we are hosting a surprise family gathering to celebrate my Mum's 60th birthday. On the basis that I don't have 20 plates, let alone 20 the same, I decided to hire some crockery from a local supplier and so this evening I went to collect it. Good job it was only for 20 people as not sure I could have fitted much more in the car!

23rd September 2010

My mother will be horrified, but there are only so many hours in the day and I didn't have time to make Mr W a birthday cake so I bought this M&S chocolate creation instead and put some candles in it.  Not my ideal option but better than nothing, because what sort of birthday would it be without cake?!

7th June 2010

7th June 2010 - my birthday and I was a very lucky girl today, with lots of nice presents, cake, dancing and dinner :) here are all the cards that made it through the post in time.

Introduction

A while ago I met someone who was mid-way through a personal challenge to take a photo every day for a year. Looking back now I can't remember why they were doing it and what they were planning to do with all their photos, in fact to my shame this lack of knowledge may simply just be because I never even asked.

Fast-forward to a couple of months ago and I was trying to think of new ideas for blogs having finished writing about my half-marathon challenge and being somewhat lacking in inspiration for new baking blogs to write. 'Wouldn't it be nice to document the highs, lows and mundanities of my life in pictures?' I thought and so the idea of posting a photo a day for a year was formed. I wanted to start on a special day and since the beginning of the year had long since gone when I had the idea, I decided that my birthday would be good date to choose instead.

And so, today the 7th June 2010 my new blog is born....