30th and 31st December 2013
Wishing everyone a very happy New Year in 2014
Craft review
Completed in 2013
fabric flowers in April with my 7 year old niece
two mini hippos and a heart dishcloth in September
one male scarf in December
On looking back at my craft aims at the end of 2012, I completed none of them!
Plans for this year
To try: to finish two more scarves I bought wool for.
calligraphy
Chinese brush painting
needle painting
to try to complete a few of last years resolutions!!
Blog resolutions
Completed in 2013
Reading and reviewing 52 books in a year. Very enjoyable!
Challenges for this year
Read and review books in 52 genres in a year { 26 fiction and 26 non fiction} with the aim of broadening my reading range.
Learn more Mandarin,Cantonese and Malay
Try new recipes. It's very easy to stick to tried and tested recipes.
My favourite websites remain;
fifteen minutes of fiction
pinterest
postcrossing
memrise
ravelry
Tuesday, 31 December 2013
Monday, 30 December 2013
Daily December Diary
December 29th
Watched all three episodes of" Death comes to Pemberley" with my daughter which delayed their departure as she wanted to see all three parts.A delightful adaptation which we both thoroughly enjoyed.
Watched all three episodes of" Death comes to Pemberley" with my daughter which delayed their departure as she wanted to see all three parts.A delightful adaptation which we both thoroughly enjoyed.
Sunday, 29 December 2013
Daily December diary
December 27th and 28th
As the end of the year fast approaches, one of the true pleasures of life is time spent with my family.
As the end of the year fast approaches, one of the true pleasures of life is time spent with my family.
Friday, 27 December 2013
daily December Diary
Christmas Day
Our tree managed to stand up long enough to put the presents under it, with the help of a pack of bird seed on the wonky leg!! After opening our presents we headed to Essex complete with turkey{ in a cool bag} for a family celebration with my husbands sister and brother and families. Lots of food, then a game of Settlers of Catan, followed by the younger generation playing fast and furious games on Ipad. A fun and sociable day. No television was watched at all!
Boxing Day
A day of recovery . Lunch was turkey and left overs. In the evening my daughter and I cooked a roast pork dinner with a glass of bucks fizz to accompany, and watched Harry Potter. Enjoying watching the whole series in order. I also watched my dvd {Christmas present} of The Host, which had a lot of bad reviews. I have to confess to really enjoying it having loved the book. I think the film kept to the storyline fairly well as not the easiest of books to translate into film.
Our tree managed to stand up long enough to put the presents under it, with the help of a pack of bird seed on the wonky leg!! After opening our presents we headed to Essex complete with turkey{ in a cool bag} for a family celebration with my husbands sister and brother and families. Lots of food, then a game of Settlers of Catan, followed by the younger generation playing fast and furious games on Ipad. A fun and sociable day. No television was watched at all!
Boxing Day
A day of recovery . Lunch was turkey and left overs. In the evening my daughter and I cooked a roast pork dinner with a glass of bucks fizz to accompany, and watched Harry Potter. Enjoying watching the whole series in order. I also watched my dvd {Christmas present} of The Host, which had a lot of bad reviews. I have to confess to really enjoying it having loved the book. I think the film kept to the storyline fairly well as not the easiest of books to translate into film.
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Daily December Diary
December 24th
Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas! My daughter was unable to get to work today so took a days leave.No trains until 11 a.m and when she tried buses, no buses either due to fallen trees and flooding after last nights storm. Frantically knitting today and managed to finish; wrapping more presents and putting up our tree hopefully, as my husband had to make a super glue repair as one leg of the stand broke off. Planning to have salmon scramble and mulled wine this evening .
Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas! My daughter was unable to get to work today so took a days leave.No trains until 11 a.m and when she tried buses, no buses either due to fallen trees and flooding after last nights storm. Frantically knitting today and managed to finish; wrapping more presents and putting up our tree hopefully, as my husband had to make a super glue repair as one leg of the stand broke off. Planning to have salmon scramble and mulled wine this evening .
Daily December Diary
December 23rd
Great to have both our son and daughter home for Christmas. Both working today. Braved the supermarket for the final pre Christmas shop. Very busy today. Managed to make it home before the rain and wind set in. Spent the afternoon knitting{ will I finish in time for Christmas } and wrapping presents.
Great to have both our son and daughter home for Christmas. Both working today. Braved the supermarket for the final pre Christmas shop. Very busy today. Managed to make it home before the rain and wind set in. Spent the afternoon knitting{ will I finish in time for Christmas } and wrapping presents.
Monday, 23 December 2013
Daily December Diary
December 21st and 22nd
Saturday was spent preparing for my sisters visit,clearing the ironing [ finally] and tidying and cleaning.
On Sunday, my son and daughter and my sister and family all arrived at the same time. We had a festive family day with turkey and nut roast and all the trimmings. Musical crackers and team scrabble followed and lots of chat and laughter.
Saturday was spent preparing for my sisters visit,clearing the ironing [ finally] and tidying and cleaning.
On Sunday, my son and daughter and my sister and family all arrived at the same time. We had a festive family day with turkey and nut roast and all the trimmings. Musical crackers and team scrabble followed and lots of chat and laughter.
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