Enjoyable and busy.

Well the walk in woods was abandoned as the weather was miserable and hubby did not fancy walking in the rain but said if I wanted to he would, I want to take photos for a sketchbook I want to create ...The Seasons.

Made up my menu plan and went shopping at Sainsburys then had a wonderful chat over coffee at Costa and I know I shouldn't but enjoyed biscuits too.

We looked in B&Q for tiles for the downstairs toilet but nothing so we stopped off at Crayford and looked in Topps Tiles and found some nice ones there small mosaics so we will order those int eh week. The toilet is been delivered tomorrow and hubby and Rags my brother is going to fit it. That is the only original thing that is left from went we brought the house and now we have finally got round to replacing it.....I'm so happy.

Went over to mother-in-laws had an enjoyable time chatting, borrowed the Tai Chi DVD to do this week to see if I like it before I buy the DVD. It looked really good and enjoyable when I watched it, i just need to make the me time each day!!

Went we got back I cut out First Annabell dresses x12 Annabell dresses x3 and Baby Born dress x1 ready to make up tomorrow. Also I trimmed all the threads from the batch I made up last week.

All three of my itmes sold on Ebay todays and aslo had a shop order for three outfits too.

So today was a very enjoyable and successful day.

Relaxing day

The usual Saturday as we refer to it. Walked up the high street brought more embellishments for my dolls outfits and also as usual The times for hubby.

Back to home after dropping Mills at Omis as she was sleeping over. Helped Bex with washing Jellybean and Sqiggles. Jelly bean ovef his bath but Sqiggles was not so keen and kept trying to climb out and get away.

The girls washed the car today and earned themselves some money. They did a good job.

Not much else to report..... No sewing work done today!!!

A very enjoyable day.

Hubby working from home today so I get a nice lie in. I start my day by cleaning the bathroom, then move on to general tidying of the house. Not long before I'm in my room sewing away finishing the dolly trousers that I started making up yesterday.

So annoyed the other day my Yahoo account has been closed as I've not logged on for so long as I only really used the account for sewing groups but I had so much useful info stored there too such as good fabric markets in London. I've opened up another Yahoo account but now I'm trying to find the group, I have come across some good groups that I'm going to join anyway but still hunting the original group that I was a member of.

Had a lovely evening with hubby at Bluewater, we enjoyed Burger King used a voucher buy one get one free, then we went for coffee at Krispy Creme but there was a party going on so we had a take away coffee and cinnamon doughnut. We then went shopping brought some CD'S and and book. There are so many reduction at the moment virtually every window you look in there is 70% discount even 75%. Beaverbrooks even had very good reduction but could not manage to tempt hubby even though I pointed out a number of items LOL. There was fantastic reductions to be had if you wanted.

Sewing....yet again

Yet more sewing still trying to complete my challenge of sewing up as much fabric as poss before March but only to but even more!!!

Picked up took Mills swimming straight after school then went home to cut dolly trousers out and even started sewing up.

Collect Mills then on to collect Bex as she was doing GCSE studies after school.

A long day today as hubby was travelling up to Liverpool and arrived back at 10:20pm. He came back with little packs biscuits for the girls from the hotel conference room. He was pleased with the meeting it went really well.

Don't start the day with doubts and fears

I noticed this poem in the English room when visiting the school for teachers reports.

Don't start your day with doubts and fears

Don't start your day with doubts and fears
Don't start the day with doubts and fears,
For where they live, faith disappears,
Love won't grow in a gloomy heart,
Where sorrows live and tear drops start.

Don't give up before you've begun,
You still have time to get things done.

Don't waste the time God's given you,
Let Him be praised in all you do.

Don't be a quitter, you're not alone,
We all must crawl before we're grown.

There are no rainbows without rain,
There are no victories without pain.

Don't let God down and run away,
You can't go back to yesterday.

Don't start the day with doubts & fears,
For where God lives, faith reappears.
Life goes on.

Emmajean Johnson

Today's List -:
Bex school teachers report meeting
Celebrate:- bluewater coffee and dozen donuts we even got a warm doughnut free
Shopping - sainasbury, pets at home , hobby craft
Parcel up Ebay 2x
Collect parcel from post office - cover for table tennis
Hubby Collected a parcel from neighbour from Tchibo (noticed sellotape)??? ( Friday gift)
Go to train station to buy hubby ticket for tomorrow
Take girls swimming straight from school (picking up Mills)
Get to post office just in time to post the two parcels
Veg curry tonight Jamie Oliver page - very tasty
Embroidered 2 embroidered fairy and best friends - on skirts for 1st Annabell dresses

So not much sewing done tonight - other than two embroideries. Also cleared all the cotton tangled in the wheels on my chair!!

Fabulous day today...lots achieved and most of all hearing the fab reports from the teachers. Bex was really happy so so pleased with herself and quite so as she as done really well, just hope she gets the grades she is hoping for she certainly deserves them!

Just sewing!

sewing...sewing ...sewing all day long........ Yet more dolly outfits.

Just a list today.

yet more sewing....dolly clothes
hubby working from home.
Costa coffee and luch we shared a sandwich and muffin
Bath Store and ordered a neww loo for downstairs...going to be delievered Monday
list ebay - ebay did very well today £8.51 for one item, all three items sold
yoga . enjoyed session but must get in the rountine of everyday.
packed lunch and braekfast for hubby ready for tomorrow
tasty dinner.
emailed Pat

A very enjoyable day.

Ikea for pillows, well originally it was Mills that wanteda pillow but hubbynand i got one too!
Tesco shopping £58.56 < I love Lakeside Tesco.
WHSmith knitting mag, went in to get The Knitter that I saw yesterday but was going to geton sub but it would only start with issue two and I liked some patterns in isssue one so went in to but it and ....ended up coming out with two Yarn (i just need time!!!) - sub to The Knitter 3 issues for £5 then I might cancel but I thought the offer 3 issues for £5 was too good to turn down.

Mother -in -Law got a camcorder from QVC and its pretty cute she told hubby £120 today special value? so for that much I wouldn't mind one to up load craft videos to u-tube or to my blog although I think the camera I have got it good enough really but I love gadgets so I'm going to put it on my wish list. :) LOL

Eltham is the place....

Yet another cheap store opened in Eltham 99p store now occupies the old Woolworths store. the pound shop that used to be really busy was so quite and the Poundland was just a little busy so these other stores will certainly notice a different all competing.

So if you want £1 stores or a mobile phone Eltham is the place!!

Had a lovely tasty lunch at mums cottage pie.

Cut out four pieces of fabric t-shirts ready to sew / embroider. Everybody thinks I'm crazy thinking I will sew up all the fabric before March. Mum asked what year well I said oh you have noticed I did not mention a year LOL - But I am determined and will give it my best to try and achieve my challenge - well I'm certainly having fun and enjoying the task along the way !!!

Ebay is doing well and I'm pleased with the comments and emails I'm receiving it certainly boosts my confidence and gives to the determination to carry on sewing!

Bex is at a sleepover tonight. Mills is looking forward to tomorrow as we are off to Ikea, she wants a new pillow. I did up the menu plan tonight and will go to Tesco while over at Lakeside.

A really nice wonderful and very enjoyable day.

Sewing - Fabrics everywhere

I was busy sewing today. Letting the embroidery machine whizz away. I cut out a lot of outfits - dresses, pants headbands and skirts ready to sew tomorrow- I am trying my hardest to reduce my fabric stash BUT only to build it up again in March!!!

I posted Ebay items.

This evening treated hubby and Mills to Ed's Diner Bluewater - Wow the credit crunch is hitting hard shops are closing all over the place The Works, Whittards, Zavvi had big discount notices in its windows, along with other stores. There were also quite a few shops that had closed down as well. I treated myself to 3 more Swinkys- they were a barfain as it was 2 for £15 I was about to walk away and she said you can have 3 for £15 so I did!!

It was a lovely day and I achieved a lot Mills thinks I will never clear my stash and she is probably right but I can at least try!!

Shopping and the usual

Menu plan and shopping Sainsburys £70.06
Makro shopping - dishwasher tabs, chewing plus more...door chime for my sewing room
B&Q for new door bell
Coffee at Costa - two lattes and pastry and a wonderful time chatting.
Mother-in -laws

A nice relaxing bath in the evening.

Usual Saturday.

A wonderful day spent at mum's Bex stayed at home to do homework, Mills was a a bad mood this morning - (training to be a teenager!!!)

Collected dry cleaning two hubby's suits and my Karen Milan dress which I absolutely adore. Took the girls shoes to the cobblers to be heeled Mills shoes were really worn down but he made an excellent job so hopefully now they will last the rest of the school year!

It was really cold day today a light covering my snow was covering the ground.

So far this year the bad side is 1. have lost my ring 2. Door bell needs replacing and 3. tried several time to book cheap rooms at travel lodge but hubby seems to be on another planet?? as nothing has gone ahead.

with 3. How strange when I come back form up the High street hubby mentions Mills would like to go to Bath and has found the travel lodge at £49 a night so £300 for three nights which seems absolute madness especially as I tried when they were £9 but he didn't make any moves then to book?? At the moment I'm losing my patience as when I mentioned it his response was well redundentcy but £300 versa £54 doesn't seem to make sense to me???

Tried making more progress with knitting the handle to finish my bag, but it was not goingwell so I started a new project and go back to the handle next week and hopefully finish the bag.

Surprise for hubby

Up early today as hubby was working in Chersty today. I finished knitting all the pieces for the little teddy this morning before waking the girls. It was only the leg piece.

Today I was busy with cleaning, in the kitchen rearranging to make space for the new Tassimo and cleaning out the food cupboards. The hallway is now clear as I moved the Ebay stuff and the fabrics back to my room which i really hope to clear a lot before March, well that's my aim and plan. The landing is now clear as i moved things up to the loft. And I hoovered top to bottom - still have not come across my ring so I think i have been unlucky and lost it outside. I thought I heard it go up the hoover I checked but it was ONLY a small watch battery :( , but I'm still hoping.

Alterations

Janet rang and brought a pair of trousers to be shortened. But disappointed this evening as Jean cancelled her apppointment she was coming tomorrow hopefully she will ring back and rebook.

101 No 96.

Surprised hubby with knitted ted. He has named him Gerrald and is going to sit on his work desk.

Good and Bad

Made good progress today. I cleared both my wardrobes and now they look nice and tidy and organised.

The Hate Plastic Love Knit Bag is coming along nicely, all I have left to do is the handle which I'm a 1/4 the way already. Its looking good and I'm pleased with as its my first time knitting from a chart.

The Bad part of the day was that when I was in Costa having coffeee with huby I noticed my ring missing that he brought me for Christmas, I'm hoping I will find it in the house but if someone else haas found it I just hope it will bring them as much pleasure and happiness when wearing it as it did me. Hubby knows and he believes I will find it at home but if not will replace it for me nexr month .

It was really foggy early afetrnoon whgen driving down to collect Mills from school.

Knitting & Sewing

Finished Bex jeans today and few house work chores washing and ironing which is just a vicous circle and never ending............as soon as I'm on top of it another load appears!

Other alterations I id was shorten my coat sleeves and take the beads off some jeans that I'm now going to use as old tat for doing decorating and gardening. I'm forever recycling!

Made progress on the unfinished dolls clothes that I have this make take me until the end of January to finish this task as there are quite a lot, when I have cleared all these the room will start looking a lot clearer as it is 3 boxes in front of my bookcase.

And now making more progress on the Hate Plastic Love Knit bag which has been on the needles for quite a while now and it is one of the itms on my 101 list to finish. Also been knitting on another project too.

Loving the Yankee Candle that arrived yesterday it gives the house such a wonderful aroma.

Knitting

It was a lovely bright sunny day but cold outside but very nice and cosy inside sitting knitting and listening to Podcasts.

Shorten 3 pairs of jeans for Bex today.

Wrote up 3 items for Ebay and hubby listed them for me, I just hope they will at least sell as it brings it a nice little pocket money for me, and after all my spending with my new wardrobe of clothes, I'm feeling a little broke :(

Jean phoned me toady and is coming over Saturday as she has some trousers to be shortened. Thats a start to the New Year hopefully other customers will ring..... its often the way ALL or nothing it generally comes in batches, well I'm hoping anyway. But I do have a lot of new ideas to make items to sell at 'school' fairs, so I can be getting on with these while the alterations are quite as I like been busy, I hate sitting doing nothing.

Alterations.....

This morning the ground was covered with snow but by the time I got round to taking a photo most of it had melted.

Toady I spent most of the day working through all the alterations- shortening trousers, sleeves, taking in sleeves and taking the ties of a top. I still have more to do as Bex jeans need shortening and hubby's trousers need shortening too so this week I will certainly be busy as in my plans as well is

1. to do all the kitchen cupboards and rearrange
   
2. work through some of the dolls outfits I have already started and list on Ebay.
3. general tidy through the whole house.
4. get my sewing workroom organised
5. start a new knitting project

Finish reading Things I Learned from Knitting.....whether I wanted to or not, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and have now started reading At Knits End by the same author Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.

Sorting Out / Relaxing

A lazy start to the day, made coffee at 9am for hubby and I and took it back to bed and sat reading in bed for an hour before getting up.

Made a menu plan and shopping list and went food shopping at Sainsbury's £71.86. I included super speed foods so hopefully I will lose another couple of pounds this week, oh I certainly will be happy if I do..... so I'm going to give it my all and do Yoga too as well as the Wii fit.

Went over to mum-in-laws for a hour or so, when we came back I got on with sorting out my clothes I started with all the tops, so have completed that task only the cupboards left to do now. I was quite surprised I had some of my size 8 tops still in the drawers and could not quite believe that I was that slim but i do much prefer my size 12 figure just need to tone up!! I think I was too slim there was hardly any thing of me at 7st9lbs.

No 22- Tidy Teds finished - 101

The usual Saturday as we refer to it...
We go over to Eltham to spend the morning then mum and dad come over to us for tea.

Mum and I (sometimes Mills and very occasionally Bex) take a walk up the high street this time finally remembered hubby's suits to take to the dry cleaners as well my dress. High street doesn't seem quite the same now Woolworth's has closed down. We got out lottery tickets but no luck. I brought hubby The Times that he likes to read on Saturday the rest of the week he reads it online.

Mum showed me a brochure with all the details and excursions that are available, it looks really nice and reads absolutely amazing they are certainly going to have a fabulous time- well I really hope so and I hope they take tons of photos to show. The cruise is to celebrate dad 70th - he has always wanted to go on a cruise - so I wish them a fabulous amazing holiday of a lifetime experience.

Yet another item complteled fro my 101 list and the girls were delighted with their little teds.

Shopping...yet again

Hubby is working in Chersty today so an early start to my day up at 5.45 to drop him at the station. I came back loaded in more washing and ironed what dried last night. Charged all the batteries for my camera and generally tidied up before waking Mills at 9.50am (which she was annoyed slightly as that was too EARLY!! But got up anyway) ready to go on her shopping trip for a hat at Bluewater. I brought a a pair of trousers Per Una reduced to £12 instead of £35.Arrived back home at 11.30 made Bex lunch and a salad for myself.

In the afternoon we all went to Crayford and Bex found both Sims pack she wanted (i was treating her to one) but unfortunately one was out of stock, we went to Bexleyhealth but no luck so will order it on the net tonight. While in Crayford I went into Next while the girls were in Game waiting to pay and yet more clothes - 3 tops and a pair of trousers. Bex stopped me looking in M&S Bexleyheath she said I would need another wardrobe!!Hubby and I watched a film -(Friday night film night on my 101 list) night Bridge to Terabithia , it is as it states Charming, Magical and certainly Moving as it brought tears to my eyes.

A very enjoyable day, a good start to the New Year.

A Good Start

Mum woke me up this moring by ringing me at 10am - I didn't own up thta she woke me up!!

Making a good start to the New Year with healthly eating, starting a food dairy and making up my menu plan using super speed foods, so hopefully it will kick start my weight loss.

A shopping trip to Sainsbury, to get the basics in. Managed to pick up a new shedder too for £19.99 as our one just broke down. Also picked up a knitting magazine too as the textile awards article interested me.

Took all the Christmas decorations down today the family helped so it was really quick and made life much easier, oh it loks so bare now. I was able to get all my ironing up to date too altough still two loads of washing to do.