Wednesday Witterings!!!

Good morning 😃

Well we managed to watch to the very last episode of Game Of Thrones and I have to say that I found it very disappointing and weak to say the least. Tonight though DD and I are going back down to watch an end of season episode which goes behind the scenes. Andy has work so he will not be coming with us.

We had a wander around the garden centre yesterday as we didn't want to go too far and it was lovely. Andy treated himself to a metal whirly thing to stand in the garden and he also treated me to more threads than I actually had on my list so that's a few more ticked off ready for the Christmas chart which should be arriving today.
I have just started the border on the last of the four Halloween pieces and will be glad when it's finished now as if I never see another cross stitched pumpkin it will be too soon....lol.

Not much to do on the housework front today....laundry is up to date and everywhere is tidy. There is some stuff I could do upstairs but Andy will be going to bed before long to catch up on some zzzzz's before his night shift so that can be shuftied over to the weekend.....guess I'll have a bit of stitchy time then 😄.

Have a lovely day.
Sheila-x-

Good Grief.......!!!

 .........I can't believe I haven't done a blog post since Friday. Where did that weekend go?
It's not like I have been up to much other than domestic things and a bit of stitching really but just lately the days seem to blur into one another and sometimes I have to stop and think what day it actually is.

Last night we went down to DS's house to start watching season eight of Game of Thrones and we managed three episodes before we called it a night and headed home. We'll be back there tonight and we're picking fish and chips up for a treat and we'll try and finish the rest of the season plus the special that was on. There's a lot to take in so I'll be glad when it comes out on dvd which will hopefully be September and then we can watch it again.

Andy has an extra day off today as he has a dental appointment for a filling. When he gets back he wants to go for a ride out but I don't feel like going far today so it will most likely be the garden centre which will be handy as I could do with picking up a couple of skeins of thread I need from the craft shop.

I'm hoping that the weather in Ireland is better than it is here as that is where The Doodles have gone for their holiday.
Ruby and Marlowe went on a plane for the first time yesterday and judging by the smiles on their faces in the pic that DDIL messaged me.....they loved it. I doubt I shall hear much about it as it's going to be a couple of weeks before I see Ruby again and by then she will have forgotten all about it and be on to the next exciting thing....lol.

Anyhoo....I had best go and make myself presentable if hubby is taking me out for an airing...lol.

Have a wonderful day.
Sheila-x-

I Thought I Was Going Mad!!!

The plans I have for the little Halloween squares have been knocked firmly on the head then. I thought I was going quite mad when looking at what should be a square finish and finding that they are not exactly so.....a quarter of an inch bigger one way than the other. I counted stitches, counted them again....no I was right and there were no mistakes in my stitching. On looking very closely at the aida I am using....what should be squares are actually slightly rectangular so I now have one piece taller than it is wide and one piece wider than it is tall. The aida came in a kit with a part work I started collecting (but soon gave up) so it's obviously not the best quality.
I have decided to carry on though and will find another way to finish them once they are all done.

Today so far has been totally pain free thank goodness. There's not much going on in the housework department but I've had a lovely morning stitching....until the postman came with a parcel of threads and then I spent a lovely hour winding them on to bobbins for my thread box.

Tomorrow we are off down to The Doodle House to visit with DDIL and the girls and hand over some holiday spending money for their week away next week. The rest of the weekend will probably be a quiet one as Andy is very tired and DD is at work on Sunday.
On Monday though we will be back down there after they have left to binge watch the last season of Game Of Thrones which they have very kindly recorded for us. DS has also said that if I want to go and spend some time there I am welcome to so I may take him up on that and have a couple of days there so that I can have a wander into town by myself. Obviously I will have to come home in the evenings to feed Andy and DD but it will be lovely to be able to get into town under my own steam.
I'm excited to see Ruby tomorrow as she went to have her hair cut yesterday. Waist length hair to a short bob she said so I wonder if she went through with it 😲.

Anyhoo....I am off back to my stitching. Trick or Treat is finished and Smell my Feet just needs some backstitching and then that will be done.

I hope you all have a lovely relaxing weekend this Bank Holiday.
Sheila-x-

Struggling A Bit!!!

The last few days have been a bit of a struggle. What started off as just an achy back became something worse and I have been having problems getting about and have had to resort to a walking stick for support when I did actually manage to stand up.
I think the problem has been a trapped nerve which I think  has untrapped itself now but I feel rather bruised and battered and very sore.
I'm just going to take it easy for the next couple of days in the hope that the pain will go away and I can get back to normal.

My little ray of sunshine will be here after school today and I am taking the easy route of pizza with some coleslaw and vegetable sticks. I'm sure she won't mind as pizza is one of her favourite things.

Well now that I have sat for a bit I need to go and have a walk round and loosen up before I tackle the hoovering which desperately needs doing before DS arrives with Ruby and thinks his Mother has turned into a total slattern....lol.

I hope you are all enjoying the sun today.
Sheila-x-

Sunday!!!

Thank you all so much for the lovely comments on my last post....and Pam.....I love the idea of the wild flower seeds.

Today we are just having a day at home as strangely Andy has gone down with a bad back too. Obviously being a man he is making a damn sight more fuss about it....as they do...lol....and the house is full of various heat pads and rubs which do absolutely nothing to help the pain. I tend to take a painkiller and grit my teeth...lol.

We have just finished a lovely roast lamb lunch and now I am about to start laundry and do some witchy stitching in between loads. It should be quite relaxing as all I have left to do on the pumpkin is the back stitching of the pumpkins and the border.

Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday.
Sheila-x-