Finished work at 7 tonight and now happiness is : Ten days on holiday, ten days at work then ten days off for Christmas! Woohoo!!!! Oh, happy happy day! And we’ve just finished our Christmas shopping! We’ve sold our house. All we have to do is drink mulled wine and write Christmas cards and wrap [...]
Scout’s Meme: 1. How and when did you learn how to knit/crochet? Who taught you? My grandmother first taught me how to knit when I was 4 or 5. My favourite memory of her was sitting on her lap and she manipulated my stubborn hands around the yarn. I remember how much I just loved [...]
What first? FOs, tale of woe or book review? Book it is, then. Winter Reading Challenge Book 2 Portrait in Death by J.D.Robb I found this on a hotel bookshelf and knew it had to come home with me because Chris had done such a good sales job on the Eve Dallas series I’d really [...]
(click on tiny picture for bigger version) Last Saturday being lulled into a false sense of wellness from the nasty lurgy I’ve had all week, I got up at an unearthly hour to go on a day trip to Bruges in Belgium with a group from the Anglican and Catholic societies. As I had gotten [...]
mrspao is much better now but she still hasn’t understood the true essence of being a cat – rather than going to bed early with a nice bowl of milk, she stays up and tires herself out. Now give her a nudge and tell her to get me a nice piece of that French ham [...]
Wishing you all health, happiness and fun this Thanksgiving. I’m so thankful for all of you. (And here’s hoping for lots of turkey-induced sleep, see above)… LATE BREAKING NEWS TO BE THANKFUL FOR: pao had his eye appointment today and he has had two of his stitches removed. He is so brave as it was [...]
Which is what I’ve been doing a lot of over the last couple of days…
I thought I was on the home straight with the Forsa scarf but as I was on the last 10 rows of the pattern I realised that there was something wrong. I was about two stitches adrift of the pattern. I was awfully tired but I could still see that the ribbing was wrong. I [...]
Go and wish Chris a very Happy Birthday! She’s also having a contest to find out the most useful piece of advice you’ve ever received. Winter Reading Challenge Book 1 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett I loved this book ever so much when I was little. I would read it and read it [...]
I had to go and collect some new lenses for my glasses today which meant I was without glasses for about an hour which was quite entertaining. I decided the safest place was to head for one of my favourite coffee shops and sit there with my knitting rather than risking ridicule by wandering round [...]