.... LAST day of 2014 and LAST post of the year.... I know we say it every year ... but where did that time go?
We continued our Christmas celebrations with a day spent with Adam (son) and family xx
...... among the many games there was a box of "EASY" modelling balloons!! Have you ever tried them? DO NOT believe the "easy" part of the description!!.. efforts (including MUCH concentration!.... not sure WHAT is being created here !!)..
went from not too bad..
to AWFUL..
.....was fun though xx Monday evening we had lots of silly fun at the Panto .. Jack and the beanstalk .. and this morning I finished the year by taking Sam to the vet for his annual booster ... AH! Back to reality with a crash xx
Hope 2015 is a good one and brings lots of laughter and fun for us all... see you Next Year x
... all have a wonderful time on Christmas day? I DO hope so xx I spent the day at the bungalow with my mum and dad ..
they are getting frailer and so every Christmas with them both is a time to be treasured x
I joined in Chooky's Secrete Santa swap once more ... and just look....
.....this is the FABULOUS and BEAUTIFUL runner I received from Maria ( www.maria-lifeontheblock.blogspot.com ) xx It was sat on the side table while we had dinner yesterday (Boxing Day) .. and is now in the centre of the big table in the kitchen x... LOVE it x So much work went into it .. I'm VERY happy x I heard from my partner as well .. and she is HAPPY with her parcel xx Good swap x
You may remember I had another parcel from Australia .. from Sue ( www.kiwikidspage.blogspot.com ) .. she and her husband stopped off to see me while visiting family here in the UK in the summer x WELL...
these fun little fellas are on my ....... beautiful table cloth x Mum and dad came to me for Boxing day .. and we had it on the table during dinner ..
this was BEFORE the table began to groan and the cloth disappear!!!.. I feel very blessed that these lovely ladies took time to make me such beautiful presents x
The flowers that you can see on the table are from the family in NSW .. so we had Australian thoughts all over dinner x
We ended the day with a Skype session with Sally and Blair (only 2.5 hours! .. they had been visiting with Blair's family and had been driving for about 12 hours over their Boxing day! .. so even more precious to us that they got up at 06.00 ! xx )..so wonderful that technology allows us to SEE as well as talk to them x THEN when we came out for me to take then home .. it was snowing!.. no big deal to many of you .. BUT it almost NEVER snows here in our corner of Cheshire ! xx.. was just enough to look like Christmas with out making it dangerous to drive xx .. gone this am .. thank goodness just frosty .. suits me much better x
... I managed to make the LAST block in Erin's B-O-T-M.........
it took some fiddling around to keep those HSQ in the right order xx..
...... this evening I came home .. and had hardly shut the front door when there was a knock... my neighbour had taken in a parcel for me... mm not expecting a parcel .. let alone an international one!
Inside was the most wonderful card and presents...
it is from Sue .. www.kiwikidspage.BlogSpot.com .. you may remember she and her husband visited me earlier this year when she was visiting the UK xx.... I'm feeling very lucky and happy at the moment xx
... intense days the Christmas present shopping is ....
..........DONE!!
Thank goodness x I have ONE item to come in the post .. some items are in the process of being sewn or knitted ... and will be done in time ... but its all sorted xxx Happy dance xx
Nothing is wrapped of course .. but hey.. plenty of time for that !
SO... to-day I managed a little sewing xx The last postcard of the Congleton swap is ... do your own thing .. My partner this time like modern and abstract .. and wears a lot of pink .. so with that in mind .....THIS..
