Reasons to be cheerful Part 1

** Watching Benny and Joon on telly last night **

** Going for a walk in Lyme Park yesterday and blowing the cobwebs well and truly away (the little bourjois rouge pot was not needed yesterday, we all had the pinkest cheeks) **

** Seeing the Kings Speech and not minding that we had to sit so close I couldn't really see anything **

** Noticing that for the first time in ages I can see a bit of blue sky **

** Taking the boys to a basketball game and surprising myself by really enjoying it **

I am hoping that positive thinking will bring my trusty little silver and black companion back to me very soon.......and that blogger will stop putting random gaps in between my sentences.

Have a lovely week x x x x

***PS... I'm having a sale in my etsy shop, type in HAPPYSALE11 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase price...happy shopping :) ***

Big plans........

Still no camera, its not looking good. On the upside its making me trawl through tons of photos I had forgotten about looking for new ones to put in posts........

I love this one...of my sisters (twins) on the beach in Cornwall I think. My Dad was a brilliant photographer and took lots of pics when we were young, they are so lovely to look at now and I treated myself to this little viewer last year so I could look at them when the fancy takes me, it would have been his birthday today, so the fancy did take me to have a peek at a few little snaps especially after finding this photo.

I had originally drafted out a much bigger post, but can't seem to get it to publish, I started it back in November and for some reason it won't post today, if anyone has any tips on how to import a draft or copy it I would love to know, I'm a bit daft when it comes to technology :)

There were high hopes for this week, crafting, sewing, searching for new fabrics, a bit more wallpapering but technology,lurgy's,power cuts and a little dog might have other plans........

Have a lovely week x x x x x x x x

Happy New Year

I'm back.....hope you had a wonderful,sparkly, twinkly and jolly Christmas ..... ours was quite quiet, laid back and relaxed..... not intentional, just the way it ended up due to weather stopping us from getting anywhere. Most of the time was spent sat on the sofa watching endless re-runs of Friends eating chocolate oranges and mince pies!!!! My camera decided it was going to have a little 'break' too and sadly has gone away to the camera hospital to be fixed so I am minus any new pics, luckily I did manage to upload some photos before it flaked... and I can show something that arrived before christmas from the lovely blossomnbird

how sweet is this?? I couldn't resist, check out the shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/blossomnbird there are many lovely things to tempt you :)

I am having a sort out in the shop this week and hope to re-open on Monday the 10th ( if camera is back by then)

So....Heres to a Great New Year, New starts, New projects,New diets (of the non chocolate orange kind) and hopefully lots of FUN!!!!!

Have a good week :)

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Ho Ho HO part 2

Sparkly and fairy lighty is the theme for today. I finally found my christmas spirit....(of the spicy mulled kind) and its starting to look a bit more festive around here.... I've had my annual pre-christmas meltdown (think Shrek 3 and the "do the roar" bit!!) so now thats out of the way its on with the jolly stuff........

......like this chap ....paperchase again :)

We're having a white christmas here this year...whatever the weather..... and Arnie gets his own sparkly 'game show host' style collar.
Its a busy week with school plays and gatherings and me trying to finish off my handmade gifts so I am taking a little blog break for now and will be back in January 2011!!!!!!!!!!

Wishing you a lovely sparkly week and a Fabby, Happy, Jolly, Peaceful and Fun Christmas

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Ho Ho Ho

Just another quick post today, to share a christmas fave........quite a few years ago, when the boys were tiny, I wandered into Woolies and came out with a cheap christmas video, I had never heard of it before but the picture on the case swung it....I took it home, we all watched and there began my total love affair with J.Otto Siebold and Olive the other Reindeer....

Years on its still my favourite christmas film/book. I even have the pop up advent calendar and our dog (see last post) bears an uncanny resemblance to Olive. All his books are amazing.........pop one on your christmas list if its not too late x x x x x

Stay warm :)

P.S I'm having a little coupon code offer in my etsy shop, 10% off item price if you type in HOHOHO25 at checkout................:)