Finished, at Last!

At last I have caught up and finished my last Christmas card. What a relief, can now relax a bit and get back to more normal things. Here are some pictures of some of the last few........

Monday

It's getting closer every time I post, so not long now folks until Christmas. At least I am finally catching up and have only half a dozen cards to make plus an Anniversary and Birthday one and then I can relax.
I didn't go out this weekend as my knee as usual was playing up but spent time doing my cards. My youngest son and his wife came for a flying visit on Sunday so it was nice to catch up with them both.
Watched the exciting final of X Factor and thought Alexandria was a well deserved winner, also watched my favourite Strictly Come Dancing but was annoyed about the voting and roll over in the end. I think a lot of voters were very disgruntled about it but the final next Saturday should be exciting.
Here are a few more cards that I made [forgot to photo some of them before I posted them all].

Not the best of photos

Christmas Tree

Been keeping busy since my last posting catching up with some more Christmas cards and finally got our new Christmas tree up and decorated but not much else yet.
Went to the craft meeting at the church and stayed for lunch which was lovely. This was the last meet until January but got a pleasant surprise as the Guild have invited to me their Christmas lunch on Friday. Something to look forward to and I will be picked up and dropped off by car so that is a bonus.
Still in a lot of pain with my knee but getting by with lots of painkillers. It's very cold again today and there was a shower or two but no snow, thank goodness.

Well better get back to the cards but here are a few I have done so far -







The next four are for my family and of course, had to be extra special...

Saturday

After a week in bed nursing this horrible cold & cough I ventured out today with OH's assistance to get my Christmas cards for Canada and abroad posted. I also bought 24 large stamps for more cards and 30 2nd class and was shocked to find the cost came to over £33 and that's without the cards, postage only! It's certainly getting pretty expensive, last year I paid £20 and thought that extortionate.
We had a lovely lunch at the local 'Bakehouse' - the first decent meal we've had all week as we haven't felt much like cooking. After doing some shopping and ordering our Christmas meat from the local butcher I was ready to give in and go home as the pain in my knee was as bad as ever. It seems that whatever I do to rest it as soon as I start walking up and down the hills here [nothing is on a level] off it goes again.
Hopefully I will manage to do some of the dreaded h****w**k tomorrow and try and catch up on some more Christmas cards. It would have been such a special day if my mum had still been alive, as we would have been celebrating her 95th birthday , unbelievable [ I still miss her so much].

Miserable!

Hello to all and welcome. After such a good week last week up until Thursday I am once again feeling awful! I was in so much pain with my knee on Thursday that I had to phone OH to come and pick me up and take me home [I was in Aberdeen for the day with my pal]. He was feeling pretty awful himself with a bad cold so we both ended up in bed by 4.30pm. Must be a first for us. OH has been nursing his cold all weekend and guess what -yes, he very generously passed it on to me. That's all I need, so once again in bed with nose, eyes and just about everything else running!! I so do not need this just now and am very disappointed that we missed our grand-daughters in their stage show at the Aberdeen Arts Centre but I heard that they were brilliant.
Oh well, back to bed with a hot drink and some cold remedies.
See you soon.........

PS It's also snowing hard and very cold, brrrrrr.

Birthday

Three posts in one day, you are spoiled for choice. Got a lot to say today to make up for days of silence! This is just a short one to let you see a couple of cards I made over the weekend.
One is for a recently new friend who was so kind to me while I was ill, she will be 60 years old in December. It is funny really as I have so many friends who celebrate either a birthday or anniversary that month, including myself! I do hope she likes the card. [Sorry about picture - not the greatest]

The next one is another Christmas card - I really like the cardstock on this one and the robin just finishes it off.

Proximity Award

A big thank you to Cazz who has presented my blog with the...

PROXIMITY AWARD

not sure that I deserve it...
This award states that this blog invests and believes in proximity- nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers.

I find this very hard to do as I have many friends from the Imag-e-nation Forum online and other friends out there who have been there when I have been ill and depressed these last few months and been there to listen and advise too. This is supposed to be passed on but too many to mention individually so...
I think I will have to hand this award over to all of you who visit my blog and those who inspire me, cajole me, and send me hugs when I need them most - you know who you are.

Learning a new skill

Tuesday already, had a quiet weekend and stayed in because of the horrible snow! Didn't do much yesterday either but ventured out this morning to one of the local churches to meet some crafting ladies and have lunch with them. They turned out a really nice friendly bunch and one lady called Sheila is in the process of learning me to crochet. My mum did try years ago but I could never get the hang of it. Found my hands got quite painful after a while so not sure how much I will be able to do with my arthritis but will persevere. Going back next week anyway and she is going to get me to follow a pattern so that will be fun!