Showing posts with label jigsaw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jigsaw. Show all posts

Sunday, 3 April 2016

Birthday Gnomes ... and a Trip to the Seaside


Well, friends, I am finally recovered after a long week of illness which started on Good Friday morning and left me in bed for four days and on the sofa for a further three days. I'm glad it's over and I'm ready to put it behind me. During that time I did little apart from a jigsaw which was a recent gift from my new friend, Jan (thank you again Jan !). Lovely Hubby and I worked on it together and finished it in 3 days (we did nothing else during those days !).


Fortunately I was able to celebrate my birthday in style yesterday. The day started with breakfast in bed followed by a lazy opening of cards and gifts before heading off to Osmotherley for lunch. We went to The Three Tuns which was always our favourite pub and I enjoyed a gourmet burger with some chilled Pinot Noir.

Here are a selection of pics from my day. I'm thrilled with my gnomes :) 

As the girls didn't get any proper walks whilst I was off sick we decided to take them to the seaside today and headed off to Runswick Bay early this morning. It was bitterly cold but the sun shone in between the clouds and we had a good dry day. 
























When we got home we were all tired out and much in need of a pot of tea and slice (or two !) of cake.



I have a few jobs to do tomorrow and then back to work on Tuesday. I'm anticipating a tough week as my boss was on holiday last week while I was off sick so there will be an inordinate amount of work to get through. Nevermind, four days and it'll be the weekend again!

I hope you all have a lovely week.

Fiona x

Sunday, 7 February 2016

Staying Indoors & Keeping Cosy

My lovely new "vintage terrier" cushion - a bargain at only £8.00 from Asda !

This week has been a long one with Lovely Hubby being away and me working and trying to look after the girls.

We celebrated his return last night with a lovely meal at our local, going the whole hog and having three courses. I opted for steak for my main course as I haven't had it for so long and it was very nice but the best thing was the side order of onion rings - freshly cooked and piping hot from the fryer - they were delicious.

As a result of over-indulging last night and the fact that it has been another bitterly cold day, we've done very little but we FINALLY FINISHED OUR JIGSAW ! Hurrah. I say that because it's been extremely arduous - one the hardest we've ever done. But aren't the results lovely ? It's called "The Evacuees".






Before I picked Lovely Hubby up from the station yesterday I managed to fit in some more time for card making. 








I don't know what next week will bring apart from more bad weather. I think I'll be staying indoors and keeping cosy as much as possible.

I hope you all have a great week.

Fiona x

Saturday, 16 January 2016

Comfort and Joy

Wallflower - by Emma Bridgewater




Things Which Have Made Me Happy This Week

Finding some stunning flower shaped soaps for a friend's birthday

Finally finishing the 1000 piece jigsaw we started at Christmas !

Watching big fat snowflakes fall outside of the window at work on Thursday

Starting to learn actual swimming at my swimming classes 

Seeing all the lovely new Spring pieces at Emma Bridgewater - I'm totally in love with the Wallflower pattern :)

Having pie and mash for tea 2 nights this week

Going to the Elvis Tribute Night at the Village Hall last night - it was a brilliant night out and much fun was had by all

Drinking Pukka's "Love" tea at work - a blend of chamomile, lavender and rose - so calming

Walking the girls in the sunshine this afternoon and seeing their joy at swimming in the beck

Watching our garden bird visitors tucking into their fat balls

Home-made banoffee pie for dessert tonight :)

Heathcote & Ivory beautiful flower soaps

Our Christmas jigsaw - a scene from Whitby - finally finished !





Our village in January sunshine !

Our girls with their mummy dog, Emma



This little guy comes to our garden every day

From left: Whiskers, Emma and Lucy - we're looking after Emma this week