Today is my Mum and Dads Diamond Wedding Anniversary, 60 wonderful years. They recieved lots of lovely cards and flowers plus a telephone call from my Dads cousin in Toronto, but the cherry on the top was this special delivery from Buckingham Palace.
Thursday, 20 November 2014
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Day out.
Yesterday was my Mums birthday, she was 81 years young, so today we took her and my Dad out for lunch. They like to go to the huge garden centre at Brigg, about 45 minutes drive, they have a lovely restaurant there so we knew we would have a nice lunch.
It was all trimmed up for Christmas and looked very festive, we browsed the gift section and had a quick look at the bookstall before heading out into the covered bit where the plants are. To our surprise we found a little stage set up with dancing musical bears!
The music was all Christmas related and they were so funny!
Mum just had to have her photo taken with this great big bear!
After a good look round we headed off to the restaurant, it was very busy, but we quickly found a table and ordered our food......fish and chips...yummy!
They are very generous portions so we just had the smallest one and it was just enough, no one wanted dessert we were full up
I couldn't resist taking a silly photo of my Dad with Christmas decorations as horns :-)
We had a lovely day, Mum bought some flower seeds, Dad some Lawn Feed and Weed, hubby some Winter screen wash and I bought 2 Christmas decorations, not a lot spent but we came home happy :-)
You probably can't see but my Mum fell and bumped her head bending over near the bathroom wall on Monday and has a bruise on her forehead and a black eye, she is ok now and laughing about it. Its been a busy day for them both, I bet they had a nap after we left them.
Shopping day tomorrow, I need to take my boots to the cobblers to have new soles and heels ready for the winter.
Do you have your shoes mended at the cobblers or just buy a new pair?
Take care
Stay warm
Karen xxx
Monday, 10 November 2014
Where does the time go?
Blimey, time is passing by so quickly, I bet you wondered where I had gone :-)
Last week I had a birthday, I think I will make this one last for a while, the next one is a big milestone and I'm not too eager to get there! Lots of lovely presents and flowers including these from my youngest son down in Plymouth
They are just gorgeous now they are opening out and the smell is wonderful.
We had a lovely day in York, one of my favourite places, and managed to buy a few Christmas presents. Willow is taking me shopping at the weekend for some new clothes for her Christmas present, she needs to try them on first then they can be sent to Santa lol. One more trip to Meadowhell shopping centre and I will be done.
I have been sat making these today, they are for the church Christmas tree from our
Thimbles group.
They are made from tiny folded japanese patchwork squares with two together and wired in the middles, they look effective but a bit fiddly to make, I have another 3 to make tomorrow and thats my contribution done. I have also finished Willows quilt and hopefully will have the cushion to match done by the weekend, then they can be wrapped ready for Christmas.
How are everyone else's Christmas preparations going? Are you shopped up, wrapped up and your cards ready to post? Or, are you still just thinking about it :-)
Take care
Karen xxx
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