Snow and more Snow

Home and safe and very glad of it, we had a rough drive to Devon and a cold slow drive home, but if we had left it one day linger each way we couldn't have gone.
We also have kittens, three arrived but one didn't survive the first full night, so we have two cute furry and squeaky balls of fluff, one ginger who is a robust and first born (23rd Dec) he is a loud and noisy one, and one smaller dark tortoise shell tabby colour with a sweet ginger face, very like her mum, she arrived on 24Th with her smaller sister, by C-section at the vets. both are now the same bulk and while very different are both fun as they now have open eyes (just) and a wanderlust even when their legs are too short.
I shall get pictures soon, as normal my camera needs batteries when I need it!
Happy New Year.

monkey is finished

I have finished the first monkey very late last night, then had to take the mouth off as she hated it.
I have to buy some embroidery thread to do mouths after work so shall photo and upload it tonight, her name is Sally and she is very cute, I have her at work as every one wanted to see her finished, and on the way home last night I was 'forced' to buy more socks of the boy variety to make my boys a monkey each now!
Am finally feeling okay and just have bruised arms left from Monday's Jabs, also need to be well as tonight is my art class and I have a picture to finish and new one to start, I think I shall do the boat in the swell for Tom for Xmas, should have time in three classes left and if not then he shall get it in the new year.
The class currently in are researching Jurassic park and has a few louder children in it who keep calling (shouting) to each other the casts names etc which is very distracting, hopefully they wont be here long but they are booked until after 12!
Back to my next monkey that I machined in 20 minutes this morning and means I should get most of him done today!

wordle again

New wordle fun, eco schools this afternoon!

Monkeys and boats

I have brought in my camera and taken pictures of the boats in my library, I think they look good up there but the wall is between 10 foot and 12 foot high!

I have more pics but the uploader dosent want to play today!

I am still making my monkey though he has arms and tail now, and part done face! but still to make ears and havent brought any buttons to work!

Monkey Madness

My day has been spent so far stealing minutes to make a monkey, I have a finished body and tail and am half way through the first arm, he grows slowly and once I have one done my daughter wants more made for her friends! the boys mean while want to choose their socks to make a monkey from carefully.
another fab thing is wordle.net which Anne has asked me to check for access and I love it here is my first try, and I cant wait for more time to do more may be a monkey one next!!!!
feeling a bit flat as I got both flu jabs last night and keep losing focus, arms feel dead and head is stuff with manky old cotton wool... monkey helps and that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

25 Sleeps to Christmas

I am so behind all my pre Christmas jobs this year, I usually have my cards posted and most of my pressies got, but this year I am behind, I have all my cards to write and few pressies sorted yet. I hoped to get time this weekend and instead ended up cooking and going out for Saturday and sleeping in and having a fab long bath on Sunday, I he pick up after Tom being away and he so needed the peace too, but now I am behind and tonight I am due to get my swine Flu jab! woo hoo not! so I may be even more behind by tomorrow!
Saturday was fab more info from landgirl and I bought some cheap socks and have them ready to make a monkey, even went and saw the shop ones on my way home, way to go Jill.
Monday is cold and worse the heating at work is patchy and one whole building is unheated as of 8.50am much to every one who is in it very unhappy. I am okay and the library is 20 c at the moment, but I feel under dressed as the office have lost their extra heaters and have put back on coats, the new block has every one in coats and woollies, the kids are walking between buildings and are wrapped up warm. while I am in a thin top, and okay while in my library but it isn't warm!
Spent part of yesterday watching the snow fall and not settle out of my front room window, best sort of snow.

Not a suprize but annoying

I chased up a contact for work about a book fair I give every year around the first full week in December, imagine my shock when they said no fair! It costs the organisers £300 plus to run fair and need the school to promise to return £400 in sales! well I have done over that occasionally but mainly in the £300 range, and so I don't qualify for a fair unless I 'promise to sell £400 or more' and I could make it up in sales from me! but finances are currently running very dry (oops over spend already this year) and my return from running it is usually free books, I would need to buy the books to make up the difference and then find even more to make my free ones! but they really didn't want to send my one, well how sad, less work for me, less hassle and no sorting all the funds out and being in two places at once! If they don't want my work I am happy with the time. must get my cards written, may even use my craft Saturday for that, it is for finishing things after all! and my cards need finishing.