Snow Day!

Woke up this morning at 7, looked out of the window, saw the heavy snow fall and went straight back to bed....no school for Maddie today!  Found out at 7:50 that the school was still open, some very hardy teachers there, but it was too late to get ready and start shovelling snow so we've had a snow day.

It all looks so lovely but I hate the thought of having to drive in it.  It's been snowing almost all day now so we might be heading for another snow day tomorrow.

The past few nights I've been busy working on a cardigan. It's so cold here that I can't wait to get it finished.

I'm just working on the sleeves now and then I'll be able to sew it up and show it off.  Hopefully it'll be finished by the weekend.

I'm still trying to get the hang of crochet, it's going ok but I just need to practice, practice, practice!

Going to snuggle under the blanket on the sofa now with a good film and my knitting!

Rectangle is the New Square!

Well I had a go at crocheting and I have to say I got on slightly better than I did the last time I tried.  I just need to be patient, watch what I'm doing and try not to get my fingers in a tangle.  I didn't manage a square but I did do I cute-ish rectangle.  I will put in more practice because I did find it enjoyable and relaxing.

I've started coming down with a cold today and will probably look like Rudolf by tomorrow, not that great when Christmas is over!  So for tonight I will be having a nice, hot bubble bath, hot lemon and honey and then I'll just curl up on the sofa under the blankie and carry on with a cardigan that I'm knitting.

A Cold and Frosty Morning

Now that Alfie is better and Christmas and New Year are over and done with I started getting back in the routine of walking him over the park for an hour each morning.

Today it was bright but freezing and Jack Frost had certainly cast his magic over everything in the park:

I bought The Art of Crochet magazine today, it comes with a DVD, hook and yarn all for only 99 English pennies!  I won't buy the complete set because it would work out to nearly four hundred of the Queen's pounds just to make a blanket!!!  I got it for the DVD because, although my aunt has been trying to teach me since I was 7, I just cannot crochet.  I always feel like I need another hand but, as I don't like to be defeated, I'm going to give it another go. Watch this space for a picture of my creation......either a square or a big knot!

A Late Start to the New Year!

A very belated Hap Hap Happy New Year.

Alfie was really really poorly before Christmas, I thought he was going to die, so lots of visits to the vets put me very behind with everything I wanted to get done.

He has recovered and I have caught up at last.  I spent this weekend finishing off my Journal Your Christmas album, 13 LOs in a day and a half! Here it is in all of it's glory:

I had a great time doing it and can't wait for JYC 2010!

Sunday, Sunday

It started off wet today but we still took the dogs to the park because Day 6 of my 12 Days of Christmas photo assignment was to get out and take pictures of nature. As soon as we got to the park the sun came out and I managed to get a few shots before Alfie started attacking the camera.  Unfortunately I didn't have my camera to hand when a squirrel fell out of a tree right next to us!  The look of pure horror on its face when he saw Piper and Alfie was fantastic, he still managed to get back up the tree before they got to him though!

Yesterday I caught up with Journal Your Christmas and got Days 3, 4 and 5 done:

I've been to my niece's Christening today so I haven't had time to do any crafting.  I've got lots of ideas for Day 6 of JYC so I'm hoping to be able to settle down and do them this evening, hopefully while I watch yet another Christmas film!

Freezing Thursday!

I was one of the very few who ventured into the cold, wet park with Alfie today, I felt better for it even though we looked like we'd been over some sort of assault course!

I spent the rest of the wet, dark day snuggled indoors watching all 3 Santa Clause films topped off with National Lampoons Christmas Vacation!  My time was not wasted though because I did Day One of JYC:

I also managed to do Day Two and it was great to be able to included some pictures I'd taken over the park the day before:

Today's 12 Days of Christmas assignment was to take close up photos, to really crop the image before taking the picture.  I had a great model, he hardly moved and didn't need refreshment breaks!

Tomorrow I'm going to, hopefully, get up to date with JYC.  I'm looking forward to the 12 Days of Christmas assignment and I've told Maddie that, as she's got an inset day at school tomorrow, she can be my model for the day!

On The 1st Day of Christmas

I'm so excited because it's the 1st December, Christmas is my favourite time of the year and my favourite day of the year is Christmas Eve when it's full of anticipation and excitment!

I've done the front cover for Journal Your Christmas

I'll start the rest of it tomorrow when, hopefully, my kit will arrive.  I was so disappointed that it wasn't here today that I made Paul drive me to the sorting office to make sure it hadn't turned up after the van had left the depot!  It hadn't and I'm starting to think that I'm taking 'stalking the postie' to the extreme!

I dragged Paul, kicking and screaming, to bingo tonight and he obviously had Lady Luck smiling down on him because he won, not once but twice.....Christmas drinks on Paul me thinks!