Well....I Wasn't Expecting This!!!

Weather forecast checked......sleety rain due after a period of sunshine.
It didn't say anything about this.............

It has been snowing for less than an hour and we have about two inches so far. It is still snowing heavily so goodness knows how much we will end up with.

Psssst....ya wanna build a snowman 😁

Water, Water Everywhere!!!

Good morning.

Thank you for the comments left on the post on Friday. It seems like you were all preparing to weather the dreadful storm yesterday.

Saturday wasn't too bad here until later on in the evening but Sunday lunch time it hit really bad while we were out looking after Marlowe. By the time we left the green fields we had passed on the way there were like lakes although the roads were OK until we got onto the lane leading home which was flooded in a couple of places.
I hope you all stayed safe and didn't sustain any damage. 
I've not checked our forecast yet for today so I don't know if we are in for any more.

Despite the scary weather we did have a lovely time with Marlowe although we opted to stay in rather than take her to the play barn and she was quite happy for us to be at home.
Ruby thoroughly enjoyed her day out shopping with Mummy and Daddy and came home laden with carrier bags full of exciting things....bless her.
Tomorrow is her actual birthday and we will be going to visit for tea and cake and that will be it.....she will be ten years old....wow.

Just the normal jobs to do today....laundry,  a bit of cleaning and a pan of savoury mince to put on for tea as requested by Andy.
I must try and get some more done to my cross stitch project too as I haven't put a single stitch into it since Friday.

Now I am going to make a coffee and have a catch up on some blogs while the first load of laundry is doing.

Have a wonderful day.
Sheila-x-

Shiverin'!!!

Golly I am cold this morning. The sun has been out this morning so it's been lovely and bright but there is still an icy nip in the air.

Missing in action yesterday as we had to go into the big town to get a replacement curtain pole. We were trying to be frugal and reuse one we had in the shed but couldn't find the fittings to make it work. It will get used somewhere else eventually.
While I was in W***o I found two bargains.....a reduced reusable Christmas shopping bag....50p and a desk tidy reduced from £3.50 to 90p...perfect for my cross stitch charts and journal.
A visit to a new charity shop I'd not seen before yielded the most fabulous house shaped photo frame which will be altered and used as a mount for some cross stitch...£1.25.
I came home a happy bunny.

Today is just a pottering kind of day with some little jobs done and this afternoon I will be stitching.

Tomorrow Andy is being taken out for lunch.....his Christmas gift from DS.....so he is off to Nottingham. DD and I are going to Derby for an hour or two and we may have lunch out.
No Sunday lunch to cook this week with me being at The Doodle House. We are having ham and salad instead and I'll make a roast dinner in the week.

Have you got anything nice planned for the weekend?

Have a lovely day.
Sheila-x-

And It's Wednesday Already!!!

I feel like I have lived life on fast forward for the last couple of days and here we are at Wednesday again.
A certain little lady is due for her tea as usual and there is a requested cottage pie in the making.....it's smelling good.

My start number two is well underway for my Twenty For 2020 and this is what I am working on........

Peppermint Lane by Country Cottage Needleworks

As you can see I have changed the colours. I'm not totally averse to pink but I didn't feel it would go too well with what I already have. I've gone for more traditional colours and again it is being worked on 14 count Yorkshire Oatmeal Aida.
When finished it will be about six inches by six inches.
I can't wait to get to the lettering as it's one of my most favourite things to stitch.

Looking forward to the weekend this week as I will be off to The Doodle House to take care of Marlowe on Sunday while Mr and Mrs Doodle take Ruby out on a birthday shopping trip....her second in two weeks....lol.
We will have to gauge Marlowe's mood and if she feels like it we are going to take her to a play barn and then out for lunch.
Before then I have a few jobs I'd like to get done including replacing a curtain pole and hanging some new curtains and repasting some wallpaper that has come away from the wall behind a radiator in the bedroom. That has been driving me mad for a good while so I shall be glad to get it done.

Hope you are all having a lovely day today.
Sheila-x-

Crazy Days!!!

Thank you all so much for your comments on my last post.
We had a wonderful time with Ruby over the weekend.

I was going to write a post yesterday and then I just got so busy tidying up after the weekend and getting the laundry done that I didn't really have the time to be on the computer much. I was going to write one earlier this morning then ended up going out to do some shopping to replace supplies used over the weekend and since I got back I have been doing stuff online for Andy which has nearly driven me bonkers.
Everything is calm again now but I haven't really got much news so I think today will just have to slide away and I'll make a better effort tomorrow when I have had a chance to take a photo of my latest cross stitch start.

I hope you are all well and having a good week so far.
Sheila-x-