Wednesday, January 4, 2012

LONGTIME NO BLOG!


Can't believe it has been 2 months since I last blogged. However dates don't lie so here is a quick update.
The packers came in today to sort stuff for Uk move and we have been frantically sorting through everything for the past month seeing what is going to flat, what to Uk, what to sell here and what to throw - how on earth does one couple accumulate so much rubbish in such a short period of time! However, getting ahead of myself. Here are a few pics to show what I have been up to - pictures are worth a thousane words or whatever the saying is! Have managed to do a few bits of crafty stuff to keep my sanity! Been putting together a new blog to go with what may or may not become a little business when I get the hang of it - will let you know when it goes online.

Take one plain lampshade.
  Use a glue gun and some calico..


Make rosettes - easy and fun!
Make a lampshade with a lining so that you can take it off and swop it for another.. 
Et voila!
Okay so needs some work but not too bad.

Christmas a bit of a non-event as so busy sorting flat out etc but was lovely actually that whole week - we ahd a Mrs Bouquet candlelit dinner which was the best yet, christmas and New Years day meals out under the trees in glorious weather and we also did what the residents called a 'Fortnum and Mason ' afternoon tea in our garden. I did baking from hell but was really lovely. New Years eve we went to stay across at Morag and Justins and the godchildrens and had a lovely quite quiet but nice way to start the year.
Made at least 400 of these - the residents loved them!!
Christmas muesli

Ok, so I'm not the neatest of workers!!

Drunken fruit having been soaked overnight in copious amounts of brandy - made 5 christmas cakes - 3 for David as he kept eating them! and 2 for residents - 1 for christmas and one for New Year.

Christmas carol service - lovely Anita presiding.

Advent wreath




Mrs Bucket candlelit supper - wonderful!

David at his happiest!

Pandy in seventh heaven!

Aahh!!!

Pretty!

Christmas day lunch.

A good time was had by all!



The staff singing and bringing in Bar's birthday cake on christmas day.

97 today!

Happy days

Fortnum and Mason tea party in our garden - a wonderful afternoon - very civilised!

David's farewell party that the residents put on - they gave us a huge voucher to go  on safari and this wonderful old Zanzibar chest in the foreground, made in the 1940's. It was a really lovely evening, quite emotional.
Ok - well done if you have made it this far - just a few more pics to show you what is going on chez nous today and the next 2 days ..
Waiting to be sorted!

Parquet floor from Dads and Davids bedrooms in old house.

Wish there was smellavision as these are pure cedar and the smell is delightful - can I hear Bryan groaning at the thought of sorting this lot out to make a parquet floor!!! You can do it!

Ready and waiting

And yet more stuff!!!

Packers have arrived with a ton of packing materials and doing a great job! Looks like we may need 40 not 20ft container!!

Yup there is a lot of stuff!!

The sitting room mid pack!
So if you thought your New YEar was off to a manic start just chill - it can't be worse than this!! Can't leave house while they are here so catching up on sorting photos etc over next few days - oh and knitting - more of that later.xxxxxxxxxxxx

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