Yeh, part 2!

If you're doing the Sweet Pea cal you may recognise the next colour waiting to be crocheted, it's Clematis. The first colour of part two in Lucy's colour suggestion. I am feeling a lot happier about it and now think the lattice pattern is nice. I don't know what I didn't like about it.  So I am carrying on, although I don't think I 'll make it as big as Lucy's which has five parts.
But I think it's looking rather nice, what do you think?

XX

A prize!!

I've just had a message to say I've  won this cross stitch kit! Isn't it lovely, just what I need to get back into stitching. I do have WIPs but they are all quite large,  so this little stitch will be just the right size; I am temped to buy a new scissors to go with it. 
It's from a FB stitching group, which I 've only been in a few months, so I am delighted.
Have you ever won a give away?

XX

Still hoping and dreaming.

If I had shown this mug full of ?? first, you'd would never have guessed it had all this delicious goodness in it!

It was very tasty.

I'm still dreaming and hoping to drop 3 sizes before July altho' the wedding is August I feel I should get my outfit before then.

My Sweet Pea blanket is making progress sloooooowly!

I 'm on the seventh colour Blush, with Candy Floss waiting.  I just haven't had any 'cro-go' for it, but as it grows I am getting more enthusiastic.

I shall get off this 'bum magnet' reading blogs, which I love to do,  and pick it up now.

XX

Did anyone notice my customized hook?  I couldn't get a soft one and wanted to get started so 

micro-pore round it did the trick!

Keeping Strong!!

We watched Tom Kerridge's' Eating Healthily, this morning and he made a stir fry, which is my DH's forte. So this was our lunch and we used the Little Gem lettuce leaves as a wrap. Gosh it was delicious, chicken, prawns and a lot of sliced veg with bean sprouts, very, very nice and our SW food plan

And to help me, keeping my hands busy, ….my crocheting. It's Lucy from Attic 24 blog's cal, altho' because I have started this 6 times I am way behind. it wasn't that the crocheting wrong, I didn't like the stitch, so tried several and here I am back doing the lattice stitch. The joy of it is, the colours, Sweet Pea colours. My lovely DH bought me the pack for a Christmas pressie.

So I 'm doing my best to keep strong because with 4 long!weeks gone on this food plan, I wanted to lose 14 pounds, this is where I can give up and stuff my face, hence the stir fry. Usually we'd have had an omelette with salad which often left me feeling peckish mid afternoon!

How do you keep strong?

XX

PS. As I type I 'm eating some tasty grapes!

Four long weeks!!

I have lost 8.5 pounds since re-joining SW but it hasn't been easy as I 'd got used to eating what I wanted when I wanted!! Grapes and pears have become my best friends, but I still manage ice-cream some days. 10g =1 syn, and you're allowed 15syns DAILY,  but I use some for gravy or a sauce so I can't have 150g of ice-cream, but I usually save enough syns to have 30g, it's not very much!

Anyone else decided to lose weight in 2019? 

Do you want to join me?

My need is because DH's daughter is getting married in August.

XX

Yes it's my New Year Resolution again, and again , and again....

So it's to lose weight.. but I have my SD wedding in August so it's a real must do!
I know when I follow the SW plan I can lose weight and I have done it in the past. Today was my first day and it was ok. DH has put away the left over chocs, sweets and tin of short bread biscuits, because out of sight is out of mind!!
Have you made any?

XX

I love Mary's

 http://trundlingthroughlife.blogspot.com

To be even more awesome!!

So that was a small crafty 2018

 Socks for #2 GS.. A ripple throw to use some of my stash.

 Two pram blankets donated to my local charity shop, another effort to use up some of my stash.

 I really enjoyed knitting these so will make some more.

 A scarf/ shawl for myself I love this pattern.

 Fingerless gloves knitted from left over sock wool.

 I made 6 of these for our patio chairs, I 'd had the fabric for yonks!

9 Little Ferrero Rocher Christmas tree fairies for friends.

 And last but not least an elf for a little girl, who it seems loves him and takes him to bed!

And that was all the craft things I did in 2018, I will make a better effort in 2019; but I did read 100 books!!

A Happy and Healthy New Year to all and hope you will all achieve your dreams what ever they may be.

XX

Blogland friends are amazing

I have received these amazing woven teacloths from Joanne Noragon.

Cup on the bus

They are beautiful and although I would think they'd work well as cloths, to me they are much too nice to use in such a way.

So I shall have them on an open shelf for all to see.

Thank you Joanne, a most unexpected gift. I feel honoured to have received such a wonderful woven cloth and I love the golden yellow colour.

Thank you again.

XX

Now it's over!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas time, we did with DH daughters here with their partners and 10 month old GS. 

And on Christmas day my #1DS too, so a house full.

But now it's all over we have the house to ourselves and the peace is lovely.

My lovely DH gave me the Attic24 Sweet Pea pack, yippee I 'll be starting her CAL beginning of January.

And my SD gave me this clock which goes outside, can't wait to see it up 

I feel spoilt for getting all the things I really love

Plus Books....Michelle Obama's book, plus 'How to Quilt as You Go.' The ' Ripple Patterns', book, I 've read this through umpteen times already! I want to make them all.  Nigella Lawsons 'Simply Nigella' and Kate Morton's 'The Clockmaker's Daughter' And some honey hand creams, and diary for all those dates we'd forget if I didn't have them written down. 
A truly lovely time although exhausting at times, we've both collapsed today and been happy to do nothing. 
How was your Christmas?

XX

Today is my birthday

I can't believe I 'm the age I am, except my knees are creaky and I go up and down stairs one at a time! When did that happen???
So has your age overtaken you?

Chrisxx