It’s half term week and in an effort to keep someone occupied before his birthday tomorrow, we went out for a game of bowls. I love this photo of father and daughter, we can be quite a competitive family so I was pleased they both won a game.
soon to be birthday boy with his sister
and the winner of the last game, well done Alex.
Hello to no school traffic, always a bonus
Hello to wrapping up something for a special soon to be 14yr old
Hello to warmer jumpers and socks as the weather turns wintery
Hello to another attempt to tidy the garden for the winter
Hello to the next episode of Downton Abbey to be enjoyed
Hope you all have a good week
Yesterday was a day of wind, rain and then this, what is happening to our weather, at one point the noise against our windows was so loud I couldn’t hear the tv!
Only one thing to do really
another layout for Shimelle’s class trying to keep to mainly one colour.
I’ve had a very busy week and have not been able to do much of Shimelle’s new class but I’m not going to let it worry me. I’m determined to take my time and get the most out of all the prompts
The first prompt was about about mixing old with new using colour. There were ideas for one, two, three and multi colour layouts and I’m planning on trying them all. This layout is using mainly blue, pink and green to go with my photos.
Having read posts for quite a while called Hello Monday, I thought I would like to take part. You can find out about it yourself here.
Hello to this lovely weather!
Hello to making soup
Hello to my exercise dvd
Hello to visiting mum
Hello to seeing my youngest son off to Vietnam
Hello to finishing some knitting
Hello to making some Christmas cards
Hello to starting a new class by Shimelle
I hope you all have a good week
Life’s been a bit hectic recently and I’ve not been able to get on the computer much. I have lots to catch up on now though.
First I would like to say a big thank you to Rinda who sent me this interesting book for winning her summertime photo scavenger hunt. I’m looking forward to learning how to take better photos and borrowing my daughter’s camera.
I’ve also managed to finish this cross stitch sampler
and start some knitting
The reason I’ve been so busy is partly mum coming to stay for a week. The weather was kind to us and we managed to get out for a walk everyday.
and watch Becca playing football for her school
She was very pleased to be picked
We then had a lovely weekend away visiting this little darling.
She kept us all very busy and out of mischief
and I was able to spend some time with two of my sons
and my daughter-in-law who had gone to a lot of trouble making us delicious things to eat.
I’m now getting slowly back into some sort of routine and looking forward to starting a new class by Shimelle.
The nights are drawing in and soon the heating will go on, tis the season for board games.
It’s the first Sunday of the month again and bloggers everywhere are busy writing their stories for Sian's Storytelling Sunday.
I love board games, well I do most of the time. As a child my best friend Susan and I would spend hours playing Monopoly, Risk and Careers along with endless games of cards. I love it when the grandchildren step away from the computer and ask to play a game, although if I’m truthful my heart sinks a bit if Monopoly is brought out.
On this particular day Go for broke was suggested and it had the added appeal of Uncle Peter being around to play. Alex set it up and Peter, Becca and I got ready to join in. Peter sat done and told the children he was going to win all the money and beat them all. As they started to tell him this wasn’t how you played the game I whispered to them not to let on he’d got it wrong.
I have to say Peter played it beautifully, looking very pleased with himself every time he won which Becca thought was hilarious. As our money disappeared he got more and more excited boasting he was winning. It wasn’t long before Becca lost all her money and won the game which left Peter looking very bewildered and then very angry
“ you mean I was meant to lose all this time, you all knew and didn’t tell me, you’ve all been laughing at me” he shouted at them angrily.
Alex stood up looking very scared and pointed his finger at me
“ it was her, it was her” he shouted.
Thanks Alex!!
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