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To Do List

My To Do List for Today

 

Have a lie in

Drink copious amounts of milky tea

Eat porridge with a splash of cream & a teaspoon of brown sugar

Read blogs

Stay in pj's until lunchtime

Get wrapped up and walk across fields with dog

Lay on bed mid afternoon and read book

Gaze at fabric stash

Start a craft project

Skip lunch in favour of takeaway for dinner

Drink a couple of Gin & Tonics

Stay up late watching movie

 

Yes, that really is my to-do-list for today!  Agreed, it does seem lazy but I have had a hell of a week, stuffed to the brim with work, worry and housework.  To top it off my weekend at the caravan was cancelled because of the bad weather.  So I am having a  work free day today and relaxing doing what I love and recharging my batteries.  And I refuse to feel guilty about it.  My housework is all done anyway and I can do the laundry tomorrow.

 

This is the book I am reading at the moment.......

 

 

to be honest, the reviews on Amazon where very mixed about this book, some loving it but most not rating it at all.  But seeing as this had been sitting patiently at the top of my 'to read' pile since I picked it up at the car boot sale last summer I thought I'd give it a whirl - I'm really glad i did as I am enjoying it.  Which just goes to show you have to try things for yourself.

 

(if anyone would like this copy after I've finished reading it, leave me a comment or email and I will post it on to you )

 

 

 

This is the craft project I plan on starting...........

 

I have never tried to crotchet before and I haven't progressed very far with knitting either.  The thing that worries me the most is yarn.  I don't understand which yarn goes with which project.  Take this free yarn for example, it is helpful because I can just use it for the project in the book (a blanket square) but it is not labelled so how will I buy more?  ummm. Which yarn can be used for granny squares? 

 

Anyway - must dash - have a to do list to attend to! :) 

 

 

If you want to read a proper 'to-do-list' try this one.  I am so excited about Julia's  plans for making a skirt block. Something I've always wanted to do! 

Days By The Sea - January

*this post was written yesterday but I couldn't upload the pictures for some reason - so i am posting it a day later
 

I've missed our weekends at the coast so much.  We never go more than a month during the winter without visiting the caravan but it's been 9 weeks due to the lousy weather we've been having.  The only thing that usually stops us is the weather during the time travelling to the coast and back.  I don't really care what it's like once we are there, we just work round it.  Our caravan doesn't have flashy central heating like some do but we have heaters, a gas fire and electric blanket (!) 

 
It was bone chillingly cold when we arrived last night.  After negotiating the M62 in torrential rain,  nothing was going to keep us away this weekend. Even though we could see our breath in the caravan when we arrived, before long we were all snug and I can't tell you how nice it was to get in the lovely warm, cosy bed.  I had the best sleep I've had in a long time. 

 
(Yes I am on a diet and YES I did eat these! whoops...well what can you do, they were in the sale and I love a bargain....blush...but we did have homemade ( very healthy full of vegetables) soup for tea! )  
 

This morning we went into Hornsea to feast on fish and chips. YUM. Also to stock up on supplies and browse the craft shop and charity shops. We had a brisk walk on the beach wrapped in lots of layers, scarves, gloves and hats but as they say here in Yorkshire, by 'eck it wa cold.

Just the kind of weekend needed after a hard working week.

Festive Round Up

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Did everyone  enjoy the festivities?  I did but, my, doesn't it go by so fast? New Year already!

 

I spent the week leading up to christmas cleaning, writing cards and wrapping - all the usual jobs.

On Christmas Eve we had a small family get together.  My parents, and my sister in law and my little one-year-old niece Emily who are over visiting from Germany. My brother is in the Falklands so couldn't come over with them, he was missed but it was lovely to spend some time with his little girl who I haven't seen since May.  She has changed such a lot, walking, talking, dancing and laughing.  Lovely to have a little one in the family again especially at Christmas time. I made Nigella's Ham in Coca Cola.  I know it seems a bit weird to cook your gammon in coca cola but do try it, it's delicious. This will  be my preferred method from now on.

On Christmas Day we had our lunch in the pub with all the family - our homes are just not big enough to accommodate us all so we usually go out - plus it is a lovely treat and so nice not to have all the work involved with cooking a large christmas dinner.  Although I do have my work cut out because we throw the family party at ours on Christmas Day evening - so instead of getting to vegetate on the sofa (I leave that until boxing day!)  i have food to prepare followed by lots of booze and dancing! A great time was had by all!

The rest of the week was spent visiting and in between, relaxing in pj's and watching TV.

All the best for 2010 - how are we staying that anyway? twenty-ten or two thousand and ten?? A new decade -crikey that last one went by so fast. 

Hey it's snow again!