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Happy Day

I'm happy today as after a lot of hiccups have finally ordered my new cooker. It might take three weeks before its installed but who cares I've actually got an oven and hob, finally, that will fit into my kitchen and that  wont require a complete destruction of my kitchen due to the need for new wiring/electrics. 

I also went to a lovely craft shop in Long Crendon called 'A Maze of Memories' .http://www.amazeofmemories.com/  Its a great shop and also has a fabulous area in which they run various workshops in scrapbooking and card making for both adults and children. The ladies who run the store were friendly and very helpful and I for one will be trying to attend one of their workshops very soon.     I bought some great goodies and cant wait to use some of the lovely papers I bought. I'll try to post the results of what I create later on.

New Years resolutions

Well have you all made your New Year resolutions. The question is do you keep them or are they long forgotten by the end of February. This year I have gone for  something that might seem simple to be more positive and not to stress so much. However, for me its going to be quite a feat, as worrying is the thing I do best. My hubby thinks if there were world championships for worrying I'd be a gold medalist. 

I'm also going to try to get fitter. Three years ago I resolved to start walking three miles everyday and I have kept to that. It wasn't that hard    amazingly after the first two weeks it became a habit and I now treat it like a job that has to be done each day. I have definitely seen the benefit I lost between 4 and 5 stone in weight and managed to lower my blood pressure a bit. 

Now I want to loose more weight and get my blood pressure down so hopefully I'll not need to take pills anymore. I'm hoping that being fitter and loosing more weight  will help with the old resolution of being more positive and less stressed. We'll see how it goes. 

Happy New Year Folks

I am a bit late but let me wish you all a wonderful New Year may it be splendid and may all your dreams come true.  

Take a look at the Scrapology blog site this month and get a chance to win this blog candy. What a good way to bring in the New Year. 

Merry Christmas Folks

Let me take this opportunity to wish everyone out in the blogosphere a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I intend to enjoy myself despite having a real spanner thrown in the works last night when my oven blew up. We might not be able to have roast turkey and all the trimmings as intended but what the heck its not really what Christmas is all about anyway. We are still going to have a great family time, we are all together and that's what counts.   See you all in the New Year, have fun everyone................

Christmas Wreath

Today I made up my Christmas wreath for the front door. I know there are loads of lovely ones on the market but I prefer to make up my own, plus it cuts down on cost. I start first with a fir/conifer wreath and then decorate it up with an assortment of flowers ribbons and foliage. 

Sadly this year because the visit of the 'Red wings' earlier this year my holly trees had no berries and I therefore could not add any holly to my wreath as I normally do. Instead this year I used some artificial foliage, ivy, poinsettias  gold sprayed leaves and lights.

First I added the ivy, a simple job of just winding it around the wreath securing it carefully at both ends. I then added the flowers and sprayed foliage at the base of the wreath. At the top of the wreath, directly above the flowers I added a double tied bow. This year I used a lovely tartan ribbon bow, in the past though I have used gold red and silver bows all of which have looked equally lovely.   

I am rather pleased with the end result and am already planning what I might do next year.   

Getting ready for Christmas

Well today I have put all my crafting away till after Christmas.  I shall miss the crafting, but don't get me wrong I love Christmas it my favourite time of the year. I won't have much time to be lazy though, as my daughter will be home from University soon and I  still have loads of stuff to get done before Christmas. I have still got a cake to ice, mince pies and truffles to make, a tree to decorate, a a whole load of gifts to wrap. 

My one conciliation, however, is everything looks so tidy and suddenly I seem to have so much space in my lounge. Sadly  though it wont last long once the trees and such are in place, but who cares its Christmas.