Can you believe I finished two books yesterday? SRP Book 12 French Revolutions by Tim Moore I saw this book and bought it for pao but as he reads at a much more sedate pace than I do, I read it before him.. Journalist Tim Moore decided that he would cycle the route of the [...]
Happy Birthday, Sarah!!!! Christine organised the most fantastic tapas party for Sarah’s birthday which we have just come back from. Thank you Christine – you worked so very hard and we had the most fantastic time – hug hug hug!!! (click on tiny pictures for bigger versions) Christine has the most wonderful cats: Fat George [...]
pao was out helping someone celebrate their promotion this evening so I was left to my own devices. Ingredients for a purely relaxing evening: Candles plus Chocolate from Peevish, Caramel TimTams from Lynne, tea from Susan, knitting socks with stitch markers from Sarah on them, Koto music playing in the background from Chris, and Glen [...]
Remember my planting frenzy on Sunday? When I went out this morning, I saw tiny bean seedlings pushing their way up through the soil. They certainly germinated a lot quicker than I’d thought they would so looks like I’ll be replanting some in the next few days They certainly are speedy beans! I’ve now finished [...]
Sarah’s Trekking SOS package arrived on Wednesday! Wow! What a gorgeous package and well worth the wait. She decorated a gorgeous tin for me and here is a photo of it in all its loveliness! How fantastic! Phoebe was so anxious to have a look she leapt on the table (which, for Phoebe, is quite [...]
(This was meant to be posted on Tuesday but as you know the router wasn’t having any of it!) My Knit Sock Kit Swap partner was Chris!! She’s so sneaky but oh so awesome! I had absolutely no idea she was my partner until my KSKS arrived today and I opened the card. Chris’ package [...]
(I’m a bit behind – deluge of blogging ahead!) Here is a photo of Peevish’s wonderful birthday gifts which I mentioned Monday evening! Sorry the photo is a little fuzzy! Those earrings are a firm favourite. They are just such a perfect colour and I keep taking them off just to look at them. I’ve [...]
Edit: I’ve moved this to a page of it’s own – it looks like it could be huge! It is great fun to see where you all are – I’ve had so much fun getting to know everyone this year and I now have some the greatest friends who I wouldn’t have ever met otherwise!
We’ve been off line for the last couple of days so you haven’t been able to see my amazing swap packages and birthday presents. It’s late now and I’m tired so it will have to be tomorrow. Yesterday evening I told pao he had to get the internets going again as I’d have to actually [...]
We make a point of going to Paul’s nan’s village fete as it is really good as fetes go. Where else can you buy a great novel or have a go on the tombola for 25 pence? She lives in a lovely village called Eastry near Sandwich in Kent and it has a lovely church [...]