ABC's

ABC's of me...


A - Age: 55
B - Bed size: Kingsize
C - Chore you hate: Laundry
D - Dog's name: We did have trampas, a boxer, now we have a cat Grace
E - Essential start of the day item: Coffee
F - Favorite color: purple to wear, or green to decorate in the house
G - Gold or Silver: Gold
H - Height: 5'4
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job: Out of work, admin office
K - Kids: Two daughers, also Kev has two son's and a daughter
L - Living arrangements: married
M - Music you love: Most every thing
N - Nicknames: Mojo
O - Overnight hospital stay at hospital: loads mainly surgery
P - Pet Peeve: being late for anything
Q - Quote from a movie: I only told them to blow the bloody doors off, Italian Job
R - Right handed or left: Right
S - Siblings: 2 sisters and 5 brothers
T - Time you wake up: 8ish
U - Underwear: it has to be from Marks and Spencers
V - Vegetable you dislike: Brussel sprouts, cabbage, and loads more
W - Workout Style: walking with hubby
X - X-rays you've had: dental, had a bone density done in December
Y - Yummy food you make: muffins, Spanish omelette and soups
Z - The best place to visit: Family or any where with sunshine

...and now you know my ABC's, won't you play along with me?
Thanks to Tammy for this

New starter for the weekend

I have started another little project,

I love the simple lines on this piece, and as Kev was in the Welsh Guards for 12 years, and did palace duty, it's almost a family piece. I have had it in my stash for a while, I went through my kits and have picked three I would like to start, you will see the other two once I get going on them, and I have Sam's cushion to do.

It's a Faye Whittaker, All our yesterdays,
made by DMC,
called Palace Guard.

I am pleased to have yet another free flower, this is the third time this orchid has bloomed, I was hoping it would be out over Christmas but it waited. It cheers up our sitting room, and with the number of buds, looks as if it will flower for weeks. Orchids are one of my favorite plants for inside.
I still have a bit of a bad throat, but we are driving to my brother's tonight, it's 2-3 hour drive back to the village where we were kids. Tomorrow we will visit Kev's son and the new baby Logan. We will also help Martin(brother) celebrate his birthday, it was not a big one, but we do like to get together at birthdays.

Hope you are all having fun this weekend

TUSAL

I have joined with others through Daffycat's blog and joined her
" Total useless stitch a long"
Below is my ORT jar
"Old Ratty Threads"
These are the ends of my stitching

Each full moon you have to show a photo of your jar, with your collection. Mine is all blue and white, I did alot of stitching yesterday afternoon and evening. I am pleased with the progress, I have been filling in the white background as I go. I will have to finish the corners once I remove it from the stitching frame. I does feel good to be doing so much to this kit.

I have been given an award from Denise, and I would like to thank her for it.

I would like to pass this award on to the following blogs.
Pat
Teresa
Laura
Sharon
Fliss

Old stitching and a new baby

I did some stitching on my sleeping cats , I was going to start a cushion for Sam, but found this in my work box, it called to me , so I have stitched more of the sofa section, I did all the blue by mum cat ear's. I am filling in the white background, this is not done in the kit, but I think it gives a finish line to the work.

Below is my take on a love cushion, which I made for my daughter Su, I have one last task to do, I was not sure if she would want the blanket stitch edge around the cushion, so I wrapped it for her with out the stitching, but Su has asked me to finish it, that's a task for this week.

Late on new years day Logan Jude Jones arrived , here he is with his dad, Kev's youngest son Stephen. Both mum Nic, and baby are doing well. They live in Somerset, which is 100 miles away, so next weekend we are off to stay with my brother and will visit the new family. Logan is our third grandchild, all boys, loads of football in this family.

Kev is on the golf course so I am off to town with Su, we don't require anything other than time together, later I plan to do some more stitching. Kev is back to work tomorrow, so I plan to remove the christmas decorations and pack them away. Later in the week I will spend time with Fliss and the boys.

I also need to get to a craft shop, I have to buy some silks (Floss) for the cushion front I am doing for Sam, I thought I had brought them all, but I am short of a few. Life after the long holiday is getting back to normal here.