Things To Make Me Smile (and a few things that annoy me)
I found the lead so here is our little Fairy:)
I woke up this morning with a sore throat and a raging headache. However I had told Mam that I would go with her to the shops so up and out we went. She is making wedding invites for my cousin so we were out looking at various colours for various types of paper. I think she will have her work cut out for her as she couldn’t find the exact stuff she was looking for. Mind you if I know Mam she will fiddle around and come up with something that will turn out to absolutely perfect.
Anyway we’re back from the shops and she is after heading home as my sister & niece are going out to their (mam & dad) house for dinner. My word but the niece fondly called the fairy is now sitting up by herself. Himself yesterday was asking what age are they (babies) when they get hair? She does look a little scarce but it’s thick enough on top and the colour is darkening so at least you can see hair – up ’til now she was really fair and you couldn’t see it from a distance. Can you tell I’m absolutely besotted with her? When I find my wire for the ‘phone I’ll post a picture of her from yesterday.
As for me and the rest of the day? Well I think I’m going to spend most of it stretched out on the sofa. I did loads of work around the house yesterday and between that and the aforementioned headache I don’t see my self doing anything other the watching Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. I think crochet might just aggravate my poor head.
Mind you I’ll have to get dinner started sometime later – himself has had to work today so I get peace & quiet 🙂 Normally we’d go out and have adventures but I’m not really up to it so now I don’t have to be a spoil sport.
Better go as they’ve just kidnapped the girls!
Last year my MIL was in hospital and I thought it would be nice if I made her a blanket and it would have been if I’d actually done it. Â OK to be precise I did start the blanket and then got a bit cheesed off doing it and besides she was out of hospital and doing fine without the blanket. Â I’ve been tripping over this bag for the best part of a year and the couple of rows have been taunting me so I decided to take it into the living room and get stuck in while I’m watching telly. Â Me & crochet + telly = watching wool and listening to voices from corner of the room. Â If you are wondering what kind of blanket I am – I want to say making but that makes it sound like I know what I’m doing. Â So this is the stitch that I’m experimenting with – if it’s successfull then I was making it but up until then it will remain experiment.
Myself and my mother went back last week. Â I weighed in 2st 2.5lbs above my goal weight. Â I can confirm that the majority of that is chocolate and for the most part I enjoyed every last mouthful. Â Anyway after a week of pointing (I can almost do this in my sleep) and tracking (this I can’t do in my sleep and rarely did in my waking hours) we went back for our second weigh in – actually I like to think of it as our first. Â Anyway I was 3lbs down! Â and so was my mother – so I have to say between us we are fantastic. Â I doubt I’ll have another week like that but I’ll be happy with anything from .5lb on. Â So I have my goals planned out. Â I want to be half a stone down by Easter and hopefully I won’t do too much damage at Eastercon. Â I want to be a stone down by our holiday to Paris in June and I want to be free or within screaming distance of goal for my cousins wedding in August. Â It’s not asking for a lot but there’s a lot to be done in order to attain it. Â I will get there I know that so it’s back to tracking tomorrow morning.
This is the post were The Vintage Kitten will kill me hence the Ooops! Â When I last posted we were off to my sisters for dinner as it was my mothers 60th. Â For starters we had scallops on a bed of parsnip (i think) with a mixed leaf salad and here it is: 
It was absolutely gorgeous. For our main course we had baby potatoes with thyme and chicken breast stuffed with spinach & goats cheese covered in a chorizo sauce. It was fantastic! The dessert was supposed to be birthday cake but somebody forgot to collect it from the bakers (don’t ask!) so we had profitta rolls. At this point I remembered that I was supposed to take photos – palm/forehead – doh! So apologies but the food was just to good and besides my pictures wouldn’t have done it much justice.
On the other hand my BUNNIES! arrived let me introduce to my little ladies.
Ava & Little Rosie:
This is Little Rosie:
I plan to have her on my locker to keep an eye on me
This is Ava:
I only have this one on loan as I will give it to my niece when she is a bit older. Her name is Aoibhe but pronounced Ava.
I have to admit I’m absolutely enchanted and smitten by them both – I might even be naughty and keep both! Oh decisions decisions.
I must say a huge Thank You to The Vintage Magpie for making these little ladies you and they have made me very happy!
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