Father Christmas and all that....

After the hospital visit we had to wait nearly an hour for the next bus, so we decided to pop into the local telephone shop as we had a couple of queries....
For one thing, I needed to know why I could only get the Internet intermittently.
"I'll just have a look at your account" says the man...

My phone is sooo old that after he had picked himself up from the floor he suggested a new phone as it would be cheaper! 
I concurred and, while he went off to fetch the model we to which we had agreed, I noticed some ipads........
The upshot was .... I had Tablet and new Android for the same price as I am paying now!!!

PJ and I discussed all the ins and outs, PJ is not near enough to the end of his telephone contract to upgrade just now but we could each have a Tablet and it would not affect our Telephone Bill by much .... doesn't affect my Bill!!  lol
I guess Father Christmas has started his deliveries already ...... yay! to Father Christmas.

WOYWW #547 - the large update one

The desk:

Believe it or not I am trying to diecut some Christmas trees!

I attended the Papercraft Show on Saturday and now, one from there + one from last year's show + one from the works, I possess three tree dies!!!  

These are perfect for one of my swaps so I have started ..... notice the word 'started'.

Another purchase (not from the show!) on Saturday was some new boots.  

I can't even remember when I bought my present boots, I think I may have been in paid employment!!!  

My new ones are beautiful!

They are not to everyone's taste but something I have always wanted to own since Doc Martin's made an appearance in England.  

Thanks to DDN, Birthday and Christmas, I am now the proud possessor of these!  They are soooooo comfortable.  

Love them to bits.

I have an update on the teddies, six teddies completed and three in the process of being dressed.




All this has been going on against a background of Doctor's, Clinic and Hospital.  I think that, between us, PJ and I are keeping the NHS in business.
The upshot is that PJ may have Diabetes (Type 2), no-one will confirm this but we are hopeful this will change tomorrow when we are back at the Hospital.
I was bluelighted into Hospital on Sunday with suspected heart trouble.  I have been  attending OutPatients, various clinics, trying to sort out exactly what is going on.  I understand that the consensus of opinion is that the main problem is my heart ..... I guess it's just too big and too full of love!  lol
I have to laugh about this, it's my nature, I just try to carry on, putting my trust in Jesus (cos He's the only one who really knows what's going on). I am having a Heart Monitor fitted on 6th December but until then I am trying to be gentle with the old thing..... aerobic exercise has been crossed of my list!
In lieu of all this, my Blog, my swaps and craft work is very intermittent.... not intentional.  I have hopes that Father Christmas will be kind and send me an ipad (or similar) so that I can keep up to date better.  Apparently he is looking into it!!!

Food for thought:
How do you make holy water?  Boil the hell out of it!!

What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?  A thesaurus.

WOYWW #546

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The Desk:

Very boring this week.  One die cut Christmas Tree, from the works, to try out in 3D eventually.  I am thinking that four of these die cuts folded and stuck together would make a great tree decoration in its own right ..... watch this space.
The spare glasses and some holly brads. 
A knitting/crochet pattern book and a magazine that contains a couple of good recipes.
I am making six (yes, SIX) Ballerina Teddies for my Great, Great Nieces.  Not very often one can say that sort of thing!
My Niece said that her son could remember having one when he was small.  Not a Ballerina, probably Robin Hood, or a Fireman etc. but he now would like one for his daughters so had requested them.  Nice to be wanted and the perfect excuse to sit and knit......
I am having a bit of trouble healthwise at the moment and sitting in the warmth and knitting is a big help.  I am sure it is nothing to worry about but one should be careful in this extremely cold weather.....
Short but sweet again.
But doncha no ....
When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.

Broken pencils are pointless.

lol

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Short and sweet this week, struggling to get 'things' done.
The desk

I have been making up the cards that I had cut out last week as well as a few that I found ready to put together. 
It's a slow process as I am having to rest quite a lot, and the cold doesn't help.
Anyhoo..... onward and upward..... chip, chip, chip and the job gets done!!!  lol

Pun for the week:
This girl said she recognised me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.

WOYWW #544

WOYWW - All the deets on how to link up etc. and, more importantly, why you should, can be found at the top to the page.  Thank you Julia for hosting another week of fun and mayhem.

The Desk

Well, looks like you've caught me out!!!

I saw these images on Anneke's blog and it was love at first sight.

You see my desk littered with components to make these bags into cards..... hopefully.

 There are cards, background papers, tags, images and sentiments.
I have stamped and cut about twenty of each.

There are the new inks from Hunkydory - review to follow - a gold ink pad and some small stamps (just in case!).

I hope to be able to sit down tomorrow and get it all sorted.  We shall see.
In closing....our German Market opens soon, the trucks carrying the 'log cabins' etc passed us as we took coffee in Birmingham last week, so I feel justified in saying:
Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.