Well, that is Christmas over for another year! I hope you all had a brill time & got lots of lovely presents. :) Chester enjoyed himself travelling over to Belfast on the boat! He got a drastic hair-cut on Christmas Eve lol.. and he loved opening his pressies from Santa :) Chester met his Uncle Charkey who is 17 years old, only has 1 eye and is blind and half-deaf. He was surprisingly tolerant of Chester bounding up round him! Oh and Chester also discovered … [Read more...]
Introducing Baby Holly!
December 21, 2010 by 16 Comments
Yes, we are mad! We are getting another puppy! :) It will be Chester's true sister as it's from the same mum & dad as him. We went to see the pups for the first time on Sunday and they were all soooo cute! They were born on December 1st and have just started to open their eyes awwwww. There were 7 boys and 3 girls - we knew we wanted a girl, so we just had to pick which one! We chose this little cutie - and we're going to call her Holly (cos she was born in December lol)! And … [Read more...]
Bake It! Club – Mincemeat Squares
December 16, 2010 by 6 Comments
The December recipe for the Bake It! Club hosted by Amy from Cooking, Cakes & Children was Mincemeat Squares. I made these with a mincemeat filling for me, and a strawberry jam filling for Gary as he doesn't like mincemeat! They were really delicious. Almost like a mincemeat crumble! We had ours heated with cream & ice cream mmmm...! You can find the recipe HERE. They are a really yummy alternative to mince pies. … [Read more...]
The Gallery – Sparkle
December 15, 2010 by 8 Comments
Hi! Can't believe it is Wednesday again, the weeks are flying in! this week's theme for The Gallery is Sparkle. The possibilities are endless with it being the run up to Christmas, the most sparkly season! I took this picture last night when I was sitting on the floor with all my crafty materials round me trying to make my Christmas cards. The cats loved batting the sequins about, there was quite a clean up operation after I was finished lol ;). Head over to Sticky Fingers to see the … [Read more...]
Christmas Card Swap
December 9, 2010 by 3 Comments
A lot of bloggers are doing a Christmas Card swap - where they are crafting their own Christmas cards and sending them to whoever wants them. (Stupidly) I said I would take part in this! :) Now, you should know that I am not a very creative or artistic person. At all! So for me to attempt to make my own cards is a bit daunting. But, what the heck, I'm going to give it a go! I spent about an hour in Hobbycraft ooohing and aaahing at all the lovely crafty things you can buy. So I have my … [Read more...]
The Gallery – White
December 8, 2010 by 23 Comments
Week 38 of The Gallery brings the theme, White. Now I have some snowy and frosty pictures that I probably could have used but I wanted to do something a bit different! Here is a photo of how our bed looked one morning after the maid had been while we were in Egypt. We didn't get this treatment every day, although probably every other day they left us some fresh flowers either in a vase or placed on the bed! Such a nice touch - I know they were only looking for tips but I really enjoyed seeing … [Read more...]
Silent Sunday – Playtime
December 5, 2010 by 10 Comments
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