***HAPPY NEW YEAR***

Just wanted to wish everyone a ***HAPPY NEW YEAR***...


and hope 2011 brings you and your love ones, good health and happiness...xxx

Enchanting

Well as the busy days of visitors were over, yesterday we thought we would venture out for some fresh air and exercise, so waited for the rain to subside, then drove to Heath Pond in Petersfield. It was very quiet walking round, we only saw a few couples/families, who were all friendly in answering Steven as he said hallo or goodbye to them as they walked past us.

The pond itself was mostly still frozen over and the weather was cold, damp and foggy, but the walk was sort of 'enchanting', very relaxing and it felt really good to be out, away from the stuffiness of the house and the hustle and bustle of the last few weeks.

I took the camera, but as I was holding onto Steven as the ground was still very icy, Clive managed to capture some good shots, which I've posted a few of them below.









and the last 2 to remind me it was Christmas, lol...

Saying of the week...

'Never make the same mistake twice, there are so many new ones, try a different one each day'

Happy Christmas

Just wanted to wish you all a lovely Christmas, hope you are all fit and healthy and stay warm...xxx

Saying of the week...

'You don't have to stop having fun because you grow old;
you grow old because you stop having fun'

Lovely weekend...

Well not only did I finished my Christmas present buying on Friday but hubby also made it home which was great and he cooked us a very hot chilli to celebrate on the Friday evening.

AND as Steven was at Russets on the Saturday I managed to do some crafting, so YIPPEE I've actually started my Countdown to Christmas. I've finished 2 pages, the 3rd and 4th, OK we are on the 12th of December, so still a long way behind, but I have also planned my 1st and 2nd pages but need some white stazon ink to stamp onto acetate, so cannot complete them until I buy some.







Then Saturday evening I went out with some other mum's for our Annual Christmas meal, which was at the Harvester. The meal was nothing to write home about, but it was lovely catching up with the other mum's in a relaxed atmosphere (with no son's to worry about), OK that might have been helped along by the couple of glasses of wine, lol.

Today we had a lovely roast, that turned into a family affair as Sam and Matt popped round too, which was nice and to make it extra nice, hubby cooked it, so a break for me or maybe not, at the state he leaves the kitchen in ;-(

Tonight is the weeks ironing, menus and shopping list, so not so good, but it has to be done as it won't do itself. But in all a lovely weekend.

Saying of the week...

'Age is a question of mind over matter, if you don't have a mind, it doesn't matter'

Christmas catch up

YEAH.... I actually finished my Christmas cards at the weekend, all 85 of them and 16 children's cards, all with envelopes and inserts in them...




OK they took me nearly a year to make, lol... as earlier in the year I stamped some images, then throughout the year, when I had the odd half an hour and wanted to chill, I coloured them in. Then matted and layered them with mirror card to actually start making them into cards just the last few weeks. I'm pleased with them, but hopefully now having my Arty Attic, I'm hoping I'll be able to make them up a lot quicker next year, OK you have that in writing, that I plan on having all my Christmas cards made by the end of November next year, lol...
Oh yes, I still have my special ones for my hubby, daughter, son and mum to make AND to write and address the 103 cards, arhhhhh...


So what next on my Christmas 'to do' list?.... I think that will be my December ATC in which I think I need to make 8, yikes, so will have to get my thinking cap on for them before I get a telling off for being late. Oh yes also need to make some gift tags so I can start wrapping the presents up.



As for my Count down to Christmas journal, I'm jotting down notes and taking photos, but as yet not had chance to actually start a page, unlike Carole, Alma and Sue who are all steaming along quite nicely.


But watch this space, I do plan on getting it finished this year, unlike last year, as did all the taking notes and photos and saving memorabilia, but ended up throwing them all away a few weeks back as it never got done, but this year I WILL...

Saying of the week...

'Cleaning the house while the children are growing,
is like shovelling snow while it's still snowing'

What Steven thought of the snow....

Well as you can see I managed to get Steven out in the garden, I did try to get him to throw some snow but it was very powdery, so dropped it before I could get the camera sorted. But as you can see by his face he was all that impressed for being out in it, lol....


...and within seconds of taking the first photo Steven was heading back indoors, as fast as his little legs could carry him, lol...


As you can now see, Steven prefers to be looking out on the snow, lol...

We've got snow...

This was yesterday morning, I took the photo to include in my Count Down to Christmas journal...



Then this morning I woke up to this...







So Steven and I are tucked up in doors, I might and get him out in the garden later to see what he thinks of it, if I do will try and get some photo's...