Monday 1 April 2013

My month in numbers - March

Happy April Fool's day to you all!  I hope you get to 12 o'clock without any pranks being played on you!

I am here to share my Month in Numbers for March - a great idea from the beautiful mind of Julie Kirk.  You can read more about it and even join in (go on, you know you want to!) right here.

So here, in no particular order, are my numbers from March...

A fabulous £202.31 raised at the Comic Relief Bake Sale we held in reception at work.  We actually raised £192.31 but after Josh watched over an hour of the programme with me on Friday evening he was ready to throw in all his savings and pocket money (and has now changed his career goal from a film producer to someone who manufactures or administers vaccines).  The following day we persuaded him that £10 good pounds of his pocket money was enough and this meant that he could donate to other causes throughout the year.


A fabulous morning was spent walking Alderly Edge and the fields surrounding it (I know, I know, I should have counted how many miles but I was too busy chatting!).  There were 12 ladies and 6 dogs all together.  It was lovely that so many of us co-ordinated days off and child care to get together, especially as the date coincided with International Womens Day!  We followed the walk with a beautiful pub lunch in The Wizard which was extremely dog friendly!



A brilliant weekend was spent scrapping, drinking tea, eating cake, drinking wine and laughing uncontrollably.  This was Meadow barn and my 3rd visit.  There were 12 of us there and I managed 6 lay outs and 11 cards :)  Looking forward to 2014 already!


2 tickets were purchased to see Kelly and the boys, otherwise known as The Stereophonics, on 14th November in Manchester.  They are one of my favourite bands and it's been nearly 6 years since I last saw them so I am counting the days now! Oh, and it helps that I find Kelly Jones extremely sexy...not sure if it's the dark brooding looks or the Welsh accent!!


D27 was the seat I sat in at The Royal Exchage Theatre to watch To Kill A Mockingbird.  I studied this for my 'o' level so was enthralled to see it again and it had us on the edge of our seats all the way through.  The Royal Exchange is a round theatre and gives an unbelievable theatre experience for anyone who visits.  The website describes it like this...

The Royal Exchange Theatre is a seven-sided, glass-walled capsule, literally suspended from huge marble pillars situated in The Great Hall of the historic Victorian Cotton Exchange Buildings in Manchester city centre. The unique design means all seats are less than nine metres from the circular stage giving views from all angles. Our policy is to express the bewildering, complex wonderment of life through the full spectrum of theatre.



3 was the number of time I visited the dentist having developed an ongoing ache in my back tooth!  I am now looking forward to the procedure that is root canal work tomorrow morning!  Can't wait to be honest as having tooth ache on and off all month has not been fun so at least I should have a pain free April.

Thanks for reading my numbers - have you some to share? If so then link them up on Julie's blog and I look forward to reading them.






16 comments:

My not so simple life said...

Great post, hope the dentist goes well and you get no more pain :)

kjjc said...

great week Jules and those cakes look yummy.

Julie Kirk said...

Thank you for being one of the first donations to my fundraising - ot means such a lot to me - and I can certainly see where Josh gets his kind + giving nature from!

Your walk was perfectly timed for Int. Women's Day! What a great get together. And I now declare March the official *crafty-meet-up* month! Sounds like you had as much fun as we did. [wine, tea, scrapping: what's not to have fun with?]

Thanks for joining me Julia, I've added you to the board now: http://pinterest.com/notesonpaper/my-month-in-numbers/

Happy April!

Julie x

Fiona@Staring at the Sea said...

Wow! That theatre looks amazing. I'm very envious that you are going to see Kelly and the boys. Hope all goes well at the dentist and that April is pain free for you.
Fi xx

Jo.C said...

Hope itall goes well tomorrow - can't believe you are still suffering. Love you numbers x

KraftyKaren said...

That theatre looks great and well done with the fundraising. Must get on and do my numbers

Karen x

PS Hope the toothache is sorted out very soon xx

Melissa said...

Oh dear, I hope your tooth improves soon, but what a good month you had apart from that, lots of fun things done.

Maria Ontiveros said...

I love the variety in your numbers. They really do give a good summary of your month! Well done.
Rinda

Carin McDonough said...

Aaack I hope the root canal went well and you are now pain free! I can't wait till November either as we are going to see Nickelback again! It is going to be quite a drive though as it is in Liverpool! We even booked this after we knew we were moving but they were just that good last time :)

alexa said...

So sorry to hear about the toothache - ongoing problems are just the worst :(. Hoping you will be reliably pain free very soon ... The theatre is wonderful, isnt it? Such gorgeous, glowing photos ... And catching up with friends like this must have been lovely!

Katy B said...

I am seriously jealous of you going to see the Stereophonics! That's all I have to say ;) X

Sandra said...

Oh I so hope that April is pain free for you. It's great to see your month x

Lisa said...

Great month Jules and enjoy the Stereos too and those cakes look fab

L xx

Unknown said...

Great post of numbers. I do hope your teeth are feeling better now you have been to the dentist.

Nathalie said...

Catching up on everyone's numbers... I enjoyed reading about your theater experience and your get togethers!

Alison said...

What a great and very kind gesture, Josh! Those cakes look really delicious, Jules. Fantastic effort for a brilliant cause.

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