The Good Life...Ish.

Hi guys :D Life has gone back to it's normal pace, busy one week and slow the next, which is what i like :)  Lots of things have been happening this week, but first, to my most exiting news... Look what we have! (The Bearded Wonders' amazingly hairy legs in the background) A good friend who runs the clothing bank put a shout out on Facebook and turned up this electric cooker! I jumped around the living room and nearly made the Bearded Wonder jump out of his skin haha :D Of course, i immediately cooked scones in celebration and some bread :) (i also finally remembered to buy a cooling rack: 99p from Home Bargains) I've been pickling this week too. I made sweet pickled cucumbers (perfect on a burger! Yummy!)                     And some pickled eggs What a pain to peel them all haha These jars are amazing, they're a pickling vinegar and cost £1.52 which isn't too bad ...

Hi guys :) The other day, while scrolling through Pinterest, i came across the idea of a  Bullet Journal   The basic idea is to condense everything into one handy little book, if you click the link it will explain it much more succinctly than me. There's a video too :) This is a great journal for me as i can personalize how i like, everything is in one place and this year i may actually manage to be organized! I created my own little planner from an old hard back book that was falling apart I covered it in pretty wallpaper samples and added a pocket to slide in the blank notebook i got for Christmas And added a little cartoon me :) I am following the idea of the bullet journal for the most part, but the beauty of it is you can personalize it exactly to your needs I created a layout that suited me, with morning, afternoon and evening sections and my own little colour code system at the bottom, though this may change depending on if i f...

Hi Guys :) This week i am joining in with   Yarn Along for some reason the wee button thing-a-ma-jig won't show up! :/ This was my project yesterday, i painted the wall pink and finally put up my flower canvases, i've had them for a while but didn't know what to do with them, and it occurred to me to make a feature wall out of the! And look how lovely it is! :)  The room instantly looks brighter, but soft at the same time , and it really makes me happy when i see it :) I'm not normally a pink person, but for this i shall make an exception I think the wall may need another coat but i shall do that later. I'm thinking a lovely soft gray for two of the walls on each side I was thinking about crocheting a bunting to go over the mantel and i forgot this one was hanging up on the window   Continuing with the flower theme i made myself a new coaster                               ...

Hi guys :) I've finally had time to write this! Everything suddenly seems to have picked up the pace and got going without a by-your-leave! *Takes a breath* I'm taking part in the Yarn Along this week as I've managed to take some time out to crochet myself a little wrap over shrug, this is an earlier photo, as i only have one sleeve to go :)  I'm reading (for probably the hundredth time ) Never Look Back by Lesley Pearse  Blurb from Lesleys' website; (From the slums of Victorian London to a New World ... Matilda Jennings was a poor flower girl in Covent Garden until the day she saved the life of a minister's daughter called Tabitha. Drawn into the bosom of little Tabitha's family, she little realises it will soon mean uprooting her own life. For Matilda leaves Victorian London's slums and heads first for the darkest corners of New York, then beyond into the plains of the Wild West and S...

Hi guys :) Today i am joining in with the Yarn Along :) (slightly late lol) I am declaring myself a genius! for weeks i have been trying to knit socks on 9in circulars, and i couldn't get it right. I cast on from the cuff and it was always too loose, so, i pondered for a while, threw it at the wall. And then suddenly it hit me (the idea, not the yarn bouncing off the wall :D )  Crochet the toe! I can't get my head around DPN's, they are far too complicated for me and so is the magic loop method, so this way is perfect! I can get a nice neat toe and can try it on as i go to get the length right, so off i went, and then threaded it through the needle and just went on knitting! So far it is working perfectly! I am currently re-reading The Perfect Match, by Katie Fforde, now i absolutely adore this author, I have all of her books but the very latest one: A Vintage Wedding, but i am still looking in charity shops, so finger crossed :)  Her books are a pe...