I'M EXCITED

Can't really say too much as not sure who might read this... but there is a surprise in the planning and I am ,for one, rather excited about it!
And really that is all i am prepared to say for the moment!

All will be revealed in the next few days.......

TEAPOTS AND MORE

A very dull and chilly day with damp drizzle all day, so lit the 2 fires and did some cooking and read the saturday papers and did a few crosswords and puzzles which i ALWAYS get wrong , just when I think I have cracked a sudoko or whatever.........

TEAPOT

This is my lovely teapot. you can see why i wanted to replace it as it is soooo pretty!!

This is the teacosy I have for it...... it doesnt really do the teapot justice. It started out as a hat which looked dreadful and so i made it into a tea cosy. I am looking for a new project and I think i might go for a teacosy with matching colours of my teapot!!



GLOVES

These are the gloves i finished last night, i might have to use them myself as i made a mistake at the bottom, You can see it at the bottom on the right , also the sewing up was a little ropey.....I am hopeless at that!!

DENS
This is what you do when you are 13 and not feeling great..... you get your mum to build a fire and then get all the cushions and blankets off the sofa and get your phone and an ipad and just stay there all day...... not a bad way to spend a cold wet january day!!!

WHAT ARE THESE???

These were delivered in my veg box on Friday..... not really sure what they are, think it might be black salsify, can't say they look very appealing, and I'm not really sure how to cook them, but will have a go with the sunday roast tomorrow!!

CO-SLEEPING

Poor old Joseph still feeling poorly but the up side is we can have a lie in as obviously not getting up for school. He has reverted back to coming into our bed in the early hours where he snuggles up and falls back to sleep, rather sweet really, but goes against what I tell my pregnant mums when we talk about co sleeping in the breast feeding class. That is......".You don't hear of many teenagers still sleeping in with their parents".This is in response to someone asking that if you let them into your bed as babies you will never get them out......

i must say I in favour of co sleeping and it certainly worked for us most of the time, BUT Joseph was the last and so there was no hurry to get him out so he made an appearance most nights till he was 5 which I guess doesn't suit everyone. it was only going away for the weekend and leaving him to share with his big sister that seemed to break the pattern.

Lets hope he feels a bit brighter tomorrow. Expecting some cold weather and even snow, always exciting for London, everything STOPS.. even if its only a couple of centimetres.....

BUGS AND TEENAGERS

Lots of birthdays for us this week, Joseph is 13 TODAY and Sam 21 next week. Its quite hard getting the celebratory feeling when i am quite over partying , cooking and spending for a while. On top of that too Sam went back up to glasgow just at the weekend so we had to bring it forward even sooner. We did in fact have a lovely evening at a Thai cafe where we all exchanged gifts etc. Last night joseph had a few mates over for lots of noise , eating and hilarity but sadly followed by him vomiting  and feeling generally dreadful today as well. Not much of a way to spend your birthday.......

have just finished this knitting bag for a knitter friend and i am very pleased with it, i have even lined it!!

Its got cold.... feeling very chilly and grey so have got the fires lit so we are very lucky to be so warm and cosy!

Oh, and I got another teapot, exactly the same, so i am very pleased.

THE NEST IS EMPTYING

Everyone is off again ... the house is becoming quieter and less washing up too!!
Becca left last week as she has some exams to do so thought she would work better back in Leeds. The exam was today , 3 hrs long but seemingly went ok but good to be done.
Sam left yesterday  morning, felt sad to see him go , its not so much fun going back to halls as to your own place. I sent him a big shop from tesco to keep him going for a while!
He is 21 next wk and will be away from everyone so we had a little celebration at the local thai cafe which was very nice and celebratory. He was very happy with his software that we gave him so we have made a good choice finally after the disaster of the headphones!

FASTING

STill trying to keep up the feast and fast 5;2 diet, eating normally for 5 days and eating a very small amount for 2 days. I am hungry today ,especially at this time as everyone else is eating and I am cooking too, it makes me very grumpy but it is nice to think I can eat anything I like tomorrow!

RESOLUTIONS

Well, we have made them, they are written on the paper and tucked away in a drawer to look at later in the year. Included are......stop being so superstitious, visit Dublin,shop local,Alexander technique and the usual drink more water, lose some weight, go to the gym etc,etc.

I have also made a jar where we write down the good things that have happened to us throughout the year... not the best picture, but you get the idea!!
nothing in it yet...!!!

My beautiful teapot smashed today!!! it fell off the windowsill after the window cleaner had been and moved things around and then the clock slipped!! It was a christmas present from Ian last year and was very,very lovely so I am upset indeed> do teapots get broken more than anything else?? they do in my house.....

A NEW YEARS EVE TO REMEMBER

Feeling more human now and able to write more than a couple of lines....... Amazing what 7 hours solid sleep can do!!

PARTYTIME

Just to share some of the hilarity we had on NYE......
Started early with the usual what to wear dilemma, luckily I had Becca home and she could give me some sound advice.
Arrived with everyone else, good timing , and we were served a delicious champagne cocktail which went down far too easily. For the meal Ian and i had devised a "challenge " game that involved doing a task that was a secret and had to be done throughout the meal... for example , break into song, keep saying OMG thats hilarious, keep making toasts, Keep talking about how much better Hogmany is in Edinburgh, etc, etc. That was very amusing to watch as we knew what everyone had to do. We then had to try and guess each others which most of us did!!
we then had to swap our worst presents game, that was also HILARIOUS. Lots of mankinis there, picture to follow......
MIdinght was much hugging kissing and singing, followed by a few reels, stripping the willow and an eightsome . Then passing an orange down the line under our chins, i laughed so much... well lets just say I need to do my pelvic floor exercises .

A tricky but fun pictionary game and a sort of murder game finished us off and took us through till 3.15. We then walked home which was lovely, birds were singing... why is that ?? it was pitch dark !!!

2013 HERE WE COME

Really can't say too much today as feeling somewhat jaded to say the least, a great night out at friends,14 of us, lots of booze, food ,dancing and hilarious games. Couldn't ask for a better way to start the new Year and with such great friends too. i am very thankful!! And it wasn't even raining when we walked home at 04.00 and a beautiful sunny cloudless day today.Had a good party post mortem with the hosts and continued eating.

Happy new year to everyone