Birthday 2019

Well, another dank miserable day dawns ..... so dark it's not worth opening the curtains!!!

But, heigh ho .... it's my birthday!!  Another bonus, another year achieved.... although I must admit my friend was right ..... when I was 65 she told me "enjoy it, it will be all downhill from now on!!"


I have received a card.......

made by one of the ladies from my Craft Group, thank you Jill. 

It arrived bright and early in the week and I have been able to enjoy for quite a few days.


Ooooo Look!  The Postman .....

I am not going to rush excitedly to the door ...... well, maybe just a bit......






ANOTHER card!

from my sister in law, Thank you Doreen.


So now comes the long wait until tonight .......
The family are going for a meal, I am hoping there will be more cards and maybe a pressie or two.  I wanted to go to this particular restaurant just to have a nosey really at how the place has been refurbished.  I am hoping that the toddler area has been cleaned up and repaired.
I am already enjoying one present as I shared earlier.......

They are so com....fort....able ..... love 'em to bits!!


Well, I am off now to do some more birthday things...... clean sheet the bed, catch up on my mails......

WOYWW #549

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.

Another busy week for Doctor and Hospital visits but we are still here!!!
The desk:

Just a dumping ground at the moment.
The cards are still there, along with the insert stamps.
All the bumpf from our trip on the Polar Express.
A New Year stamp has fallen out of the box but all else is as it is.

We haven't managed to get any further with setting up the Christmas Village although a 'Brass Band' and some 'Skiers' did fall into our basket the other day when we went out with the Boys!!

Still ..... onward and upward.....

Here's a few Christmas Carols for you:
1 Approach Everyone Who is Steadfast.
2 Ecstasy Toward the Orb
3 Hush, the Foretelling Spirits harmonise
4 Quiescent Nocturnal Period the Ascent of Apollo
5 The Autocratic Troika Originating Near 90 degrees N Latitude
6 The Primary Carol
7 Embellish the Corridors
8 I'm Fantasising Concerning a blanched Yuletide
9 I apprehended My Maternal Parent Osculating with a Corpulent, Unshaven Male in Crimson.
10 Obese Personification Fabricated of Compressed Mounds of Minute Crystals

and there's more .......Answers next week

Christmas Dinner 2019

This year the Craft Group and the Volunteers chose the same day for their Christmas Meal
Shame.... I can only attend one ...... The Craft Group won!!!
We booked in at the Crowne Plaza in Solihull.  Little did they know what disruption we would be causing!!!

The table was beautifully laid but of course this numpty forgot to use her camera!!!


We had lots of fun while we waited for our food, the waiters must've thought the 'inmates' had arrived.

We all managed to fire off our 'rocket' balloons, all at once and they went all over the restaurant.  Much laughter ensued..... must note here that it was NOT my instigation!!!  lol

These pretty gold boxes came home with us of course.... and the serviettes ......

We spent the best part of two hours there and all agreed it was wonderful, the food was very tasty, the company the best and we should all do it again soon.

WOYWW #548

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.

As our honourable leader says..... welcome to the season of goodwill and enormous workloads.

The desk....

Not a lot going on.... well, it is but slowly, oh! so slowly.....
To the left are a serviette and place setting - remnants of the Craft Group Christmas dinner.
Next to that is a nominal Christmas present - needing to be wrapped properly and posted.
The stamp file is out again so that I can search my stamp stash without moving from my chair!!!
Calibur etc. still waiting to be finished and put away ..... sooon.

Short but sweet this week, just like me!!

Joke
What do angry mice send each other at Christmas time?    Cross mouse cards!

Question
If you are in second place and overtake the person in second place what place are you in?   Second

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

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:

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