Heeere's Dandy.

I went and collected Dandy Dreams from King Street Framers yesterday. I was really excited to have it back , and they didn't let me down. Gary has done a wonderful job as usual.

It's a pain trying to get good photos without flash glare and reflections but I did my best.Arty shot , lol .Fraser checking it out for me . It is now hanging up on the wall , just got to wait and see if anyone notices , lol .

I'll be back soon with more pics .

Thanks for dropping by ,

Cath

TGIM

Thank Goodness It's Monday.

No ,the weekend was not much better , lol .

Saturday morning , 3 am saw me up with my Daughter who had an upset tummy. Trips to the loo every ten minutes for the first hour or so , then a bit bigger gap in between . I put the old cot mattress on the floor in her room , with a big quilt , but was not very comfy as from my knees down was hanging off , lol .

At twenty past five , she'd been quiet for a while , so I thought I might get away with going back to bed , when she rolled over and said "Mummy , I think I actually managed to get to sleep for a bit " Gee, thanks kid. My reply was , "Great , now see if you can do it again " , "No , I need the toilet " . So at some point after 6am I got to sleep for a while , only to be woken by my lovely girl turning the night light off , so I could sleep as she knows I don't like having the light on . Bless .

Anyway , up and at 'em , got sorted then went and did the grocery shopping . I normally go Friday mornings , but couldn't fit it in with collecting the car . Daughter was fine ,and stayed so for the rest of the day , so we took the kids to a birthday party late afternoon . Another full and busy day .

Yesterday was our cooking round the world meal with my Husbands' family , so he was in the kitchen making a mess most of the day , while I felt fairly ropey. For some reason I always feel worse the second day after a bad night . Nice meal , but we got back later than planned ,so the kids were late in bed and we just flopped .

Today was extra nursery for my Son , but got a call mid afternoon to say he wasn't feeling well , so I went and picked him up , only to go back half an hour later for the end of school. He was fine as soon as he got home , so not too worried , though he has gone to bed early tonight ,lol.

Anyway , some stitching . Here's a pic of Dandy Dreams which I took Saturday morning .

I stitched on it a bit on Saturday , though Friday saw a frog come visiting , so had to unpick and redo a lot that had been done on Thursday . Also done some today , so more progress than this now .

And , just remembered I didn't show my end of year ort collection , so here it is . The pot is getting some more bits in now , so see how I go .

I also thought I'd share a recent pic of my boys . Still cute and cuddling . Thanks for dropping by ,and thanks for the lovely comments ,

Cath

Misty morning , lazy day and rotten night.

We got up this morning while it was still dark , again. My son seems unable to sleep beyond 6.45 am , bless.

Anyway , as the sky gradually lightened , it was also clear , no clouds ,which meant even better , no snow. In fact , we got mist in the valley . I've shown pics of the "spooky mist" before , but it is even weirder when there is snow on the ground.

And , so dawned a bright , clear and sunny day . Hurray . We actually got dripping in places , though the icicles were still hanging around.I took this hanging out of my bedroom window ,lol.

So , the kids went out for a very short while , there is still so much snow they got very cold and wet very quickly , then they came in to play/draw and do their thing. I did the pots , and some washing then some stitching. and the cats enjoyed lying in the sun.

I wrote out my shopping list , as my husband planned to dig out the car in the morning , then go and do the grocery shop .And now , it's snowing again ! Not only that , it's also quite windy so it's drifting. ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

The kids are already missing a party tomorrow, as I don't want them to have to walk on the main road when there is only a clear path for one lane of traffic. It's impossible for them to walk on the pavement as it's so deep in snow it would be up to their behinds at least .

I'm worrying about Christmas . I haven't got all the gifts for the kids yet , and nothing for my husband , though all others are sorted. Me and hubby were planning on going shopping and leaving them with MIL tomorrow and I planned a few trips out during school/nursery time this week. Obviously that's all gone out the window now . I know there are three weeks to go , but everyone is going to be in the same boat.I'm sure I'm not the only one who hasn't finished all the shopping . So , I'm wondering whether to order some things online and hope they can deliver at some point or just to wait and hope for the best .

And , we haven't got Turkey yet either.

Either way , I am decidedly fed up .

Hope the weekend gets brighter .

Take care ,

Cath

Furry friends and other things.

I've just spent lovely half hour with both cats curled up on me . As it's wet and windy outside again , I can't think of many better things . Obviously , Finley thought it was a bit rough being ousted from my lap , so he went and snuggled himself under a fleece blanket , lol . And here's the boys together .

I have some stitching to show , I would have shown it sooner , but my laptop decided to throw a key at me , so it had to go to be fixed. Anyway , here are some more digimon squares for SFC.

And this is Mr Funny , I stitched him up yesterday . I'm now going to hopefully spread the joy a little . My local stamp factory/shop is closing down and getting rid of everything , so I bought a few extras and I'm offering them as a giveaway . I know a lot of stitchers also do paper crafts , so if you are interested in winning these brand new mounted stamps , just leave a comment on this post , saying that you'd like to be entered. The winner will be drawn on 20th November . (The one with no picture on the back says "have a lovely day")

Finally , one last thing in honour of the day .

REMEMBER

Thanks for dropping by ,

Cath

Updates

Hi everyone. Well ,we had a busy weekend again . I've got so many photos from our trips out over the last couple of weeks , I could probably have enough posts to last for a couple of months ,lol .

Just wanted to show where I am with Chicken Run as of now . It's coming on quite well despite not getting much chance to work on it last week .

As you can see, I've done the back stitch on the top half . I didn't fancy tackling it all at the end as it's not my favourite part of stitching , but I have to say it really has made a difference to the picture .

And , I know everyone will be itching to see more pics of the kittens. They have settled in really well , are totally litter trained and are eating loads . they love to curl up on my lap or on my V cushion , which is where they are at the moment , but they are also fighting a lot too . I think they're trying to figure out who the boss is , they are yet to learn that it is me ,lol .

Fraser

FinleySnugglesAlso , I'm sure I forgot to post pics of this before . I stitched it a few months ago , and it has now gone to Aunty Jane to be put on one of the kids quilts.Well ,that's it for now . Don't forget to enter my bloggy birthday giveaway on the previous post . You've got until 30th August.

Thanks for dropping by,

Cath

Bound to make you smile .

Hi everyone , just wanted to share pictures of the new arrivals.

Please meet Finley

And Fraser They came home with us yesterday ,and are making us all very happy. At the moment Finley is sleeping on my Daughters' lap , not sure who is purring the most lol.

They are around nine weeks old ,eating loads and very scatty when they are awake . Loving it !

I'll be back soon with other things.

Thanks for dropping by.

Cath