Bad Blogger - Christmas Candy :) lol

This post will stay on top until 6th January 2013.

 

Hi and good afternoon :)

 

Firstly I want to apologise for being a bit of a lapse blogger lately - :( 

 

I have struggled at times to keep up with my commenting due to my rubbish satellite internet (Avanti), and I usually pride myself on returning visits and comments and I love seeing what everyone has been up to.  Its often easier for me to visit every few days as it uses less of my costly bandwidth. 

 

I have moaned about my satellite internet in the past quite enough, but recently we were sold onto another company (QSat) without consultation,  and just checkout these prices and packages!! :(

Being very rural we have absolutely no other choice, and at times its cripplingly slow and imo rather costly to boot - Niall Quinn - take note!  We can only justify paying for 512kbps (like pulling teeth) and it has a very low usage cap.  As Scottish Rural customers we are not even allowed the nightsaver option!

 

Anyhoo - to celebrate reaching 400+ followers, and over 100,000 hits (how amazed and blown away am I) I would like to offer up some candy. 

 

Up for grabs are 2 of my very favourite Cheery Lynn dies (new ones, not my used ones! lol) and I will also chuck a few other bits and bobs in including a Prima Nature Garden 6 x 6 paper pad and a Kenny K rubber stamp.

 

This candy will stay open until 6th January, as my blog like many others is likely to go a bit quiet over the Christmas and New Year period - LOL

 

All I ask is that you are a follower (I always follow back) and please only follow if you like my blog.  Feel free to put a pic in your sidebar, or post about it, but its not compulsory (rules schmules!). 

 

Candy only blogs will be deleted (I will check).

 

 

Thanks so much for sticking with me, I always read every single comment and I appreciate all of them! :)

hugs

 

 

I ♥ Promarkers - Distressing

Morning :)  Never mind about an Indian Summer, we had a monsoon (almost) yesterday! lol.

Anyway, today sees the start of a new challenge over at I ♥ Promarkers, where this week we are sponsored by Digi Doodle Shop and our theme is 'distressing'.  

I used this cute image from Digi doodle shop, and distressed, inked and hand-stitched the prima papers.  The dies are a mix of spellbinders and marianne.

Now talking of distressing and a bit of a whinge.... again on my favourite subject - my crappy internet and Avanti as an ISP!.

Below is the new price plan for my satellite internet:

So basically, I currently pay £23.50 (+vat) for 25gig a month @512kbps.

They now want to charge me £58.75 (+vat) for the same usage, or drop me down to a measly, meagre and very mean 10gig a month for the same price I am paying now :(

WHAT UTTER PANTS!!! :(

This will absolutely cripple me!... I am so razzed off.  I cannot justify (or afford) £58.75 a month for the same amount of internet I get now, its such a rip off!..

Anyway, I just wanted to share that, as sometimes I get a little behind with my commenting, and its mainly down to watching my limit :)  I will always visit back, but often I can only pop along a couple of times a week, so I hope everyone understands I have to space my usage out a little.  Once they throttle me to 12kbps, the internet is virtually broken for me as it just doesnt load pictures!

I intend to fight them on this, as I am absolutely convinced that the Scottish Executive did not award them the contract for rural broadband and envisage it being this extortionate!

.......and breathe! :)

Now, I will be entering my card in the below competitions:

Sketch Saturday - Brill sketch, thank you.

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Autumn

PaperPlay Challenges - Autumn Leaves

Crafts 4 Eternity - Autumn Days

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today and good luck to everyone in the challenges,