Dressing-up

As the utility room and study continue to take shape

I spent time dressing my dresser!!

As we will have a spare room when the study moves downstairs I will be using it as a selfish room.

I bought the dresser a few months ago from the well known auction site for £95

Painted with Annie Sloan paint result !!

I am really happy with it

I just need to get rid of the Colin's " stuff "

 

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New skills

Colin is finishing the utility and study he has decided not to pay a plasterer

He bought a DVD and is now learning a new skill

This may take a while

I love the colour green no matter how I try I can't resist it

I spent the afternoon putting together this wee cushion

The best of all worlds for me hand embroidery a bit of patchwork and it is green

Looks perfect on the rocking chair in the kitchen

Well pleased

This evening is being spent in front of the fire a bit of hand sewing

I am watching 'How To Train Your Dragon'

Never seen it before

Colin continues his quest !

 

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Happy Easter!

Aren't these so spring like

Pity we haven't had Spring like weather of late

Thermals are still well attached to the bodies here

Decorations all up ready for the Eggs-travaganza

Our annual egg hunt was on Good Friday this year

The treasure map was prepared (Colin's job)

Although this years was twice the usual size

and questions had to be answered before an egg could be retrieved

 

 

Serious concentration

 

One Happy Bunny

Easter Day for the Grandchildren was spent

at the park

Playing on Aberdour beach

Mummy & Daddy spent a lot of their time trying to keep DGS out of the water

 

Then headed to Burntisland for a bag of chips

Happy Day

We in turn had DD1 & Hubbie come through from Glasgow

and stayed over night Saturday as they were going to a Christening today

Came back and had an evening meal with us

We are on holiday this week

Lots of reading, relaxing and a trips to Edinburgh & St Andrews planned

Happy Easter

 

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Going! Going! Gone!

We live in Kincardine which is a village in The Kingdom of Fife.

Now for many years the blight on the horizon were three blocks of flats

Two of them came down in 2010

 

 

The final one came down today.

Now last night I was at a Smooth Radio Starlight Supper at my lovely neighbour Lesleys and her equally lovely daughter Abby. We raised £261 for MacMillan Cancer Care which was brill. It ended up being a very late night or should I say early morning I gave up at 1.30 am.

Now we sleep with the window open and were duly awakened at 6.20am with the arrival of the barriers security guards and police in preparation of the evacuation and road closure of our street. Really not enough sleep for me.

Anyway this is what happened today very impressive considering the flats are in close proximity to lots of lovely old cottages and also very new houses which were built on the land the first two blocks of flats were.

 

I am now off to bed catch up on some shut eye

 

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Mary! Mary !

The most precious of people died three years ago today

My Beloved wee Grannie

Still think of her everyday

Not the best of photos it's a copy

 

Thank you Gran for your unconditional love

and the most wonderful memories

 

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Wellybobs water fun

Shelley our DD1 (Will always be Wellybobs to her mama and papa) married her partner Joe in November she not only gained the love of a good man but also a very nice young man of 16 years as a stepson. She also inherited a peach bathroom which these boys had lived with for many a year. After a bit of discussion the said lady could not live with the previous owners 70's taste any longer.

Dad to the rescue.

Out came the old suite, off came the peach tiles, a new ceiling, white suite and tiles new shower and shower screen and the finishing touch today of flooring, light, mirror and accessories.

One very happy daughter and one pleased a punch dad ( loves helping his girlies even now in their 30s)

Not the best photo as it was sent by text message

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Through the eyes of children

Wishing you a Happy & Peaceful Christmas

 

We have had a wonderful couple of days.

We had our traditional Christmas Eve family meal consisting of a chicken dinner

followed by homemade cheesecake, raspberries, coffee and tablet.

We were lucky to see Santa last night he makes a trip round the village streets on Christmas Eve

The excitement and wonderment on the grand children's faces was brilliant.

Later on in the evening Colin made a trip to Glasgow to drop DD1 and family's pressies off

they were unable to join us for the meal as they have had the dreaded sickness bug.

This morning was spent quietly waiting for my dad to arrive for lunch.

We then headed off to drop off the girlie and boys parcels and spend a few hours with them

laughing quite a lot at the boys latest board game (doggie doo)

They gave me this which made me cry

This is what they love about me

Tomorrow is a pj day, books, DVDs snacks at the ready

 

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Past Present Future

One of my all time favourite books is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

I have clear memories of a leather bound book with beautiful pencil drawings that belonged

to my Abido ( my pet name for my grandad)

He would read me the book not only at Christmas time but whenever I needed a bit of Christmas Spirt

So began the start of my love affair with the Ghosts of The Past The Present and The Future

I also have to admit to having a copy of every available DVD of the said book including the musical with Albert Finney to the latest one staring Jim Carrey

Over the past few weeks hubbie and I have had a few hic-cups with our health resulting in two tired people with a bit of a lack of the Christmas Spirt

So tonight after Strictly it will be a "Scrooge " DVD

Tonight's bedtime book will be A Christmas Carol

Let Christmas 2012 begin

 

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Not a Lion,Tin Man or Scarecrow in sight

It was the Girlies school christmas party this afternoon. As mum was working I did a quick collection from school, lunch eaten, teeth brushed girl all dressed up hair done and she was ready.

Now this girl has her own unique style. On the winter boot hunt she saw a pair of red shoes and it was an instant love affair. Red has taken the place of pink as her favourite colour. The red shoes are now worn with every suitable outfit with this one she has added a red hairband she looks so grown up.

The party was a great success.

 

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Love the children

A very sad day

 

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