November brought a brand new arrival....Madison Emilia-Rose, another gorgeous grandchild. She is a contented little cherub, but the calm was shattered for a week or so when she developed Bronchiolitis and had to spend some time in hospital with mummy :( All is well now, mummy and baby are fine......and we can breath a sigh of relief :)
Another wee worrying episode....we lost the dogs for an entire, frantically searching day.....they had managed to get themselves stuck in the garden of an empty house and it wasn't until neighbours went to investigate their barking (7 hours and a zilion missing posters, later!) that we finally received a phone call and were reunited :) Thank goodness they were wearing name and phone number tags! Phew!
Hannah is absolutely loving Uni life, her halls and her flat mates but has spent the last month or so in a constant state of indecision and poor health as she's come to realise the course she has chosen is so very wrong for her :( She is now at the stage of planning her withdrawal to minimise the financial impact and maximise her future career prospects.
On top of all that, my work has been challenging but enjoyable, taking a fair amount of time and energy and, of course, that wonderful time of the year is just around the corner with all the extra hours of planning and preparation it takes......just love it, though, and I do believe I now have Christmas all wrapped up :))
All the above have taken their toll on my time (and emotions) and my ability to focus on the house but the work has gone on, thanks to my lovely, hard working Michael, but I'm still not able to post pictures on here, sorry.....
Mike has almost finished our back room/kitchen; it is now wallpapered and painted with coving, ceiling rose and skirting. The fridge is now in a handmade unit with storage cupboard behind and Mike's final project before the big Christmas tidy up, is a tall plate cupboard that will turn our ornate sideboard into our version of a French dresser, once I have chalk painted the entire thing. This will give us a wonderful amount of storage so I should be able to unpack the last kitchen boxes in the New Year! I'm wondering what we have gone without for the last sixteen months and whether we really need the stuff, now! It will be exciting finding out :))
We have had a change of plan over the conservatory and have reverted back to our original idea as the quote was a silly amount and we really couldn't justify it. Our original plan will work better for us, anyway, as it will give us three separate spaces: a smaller conservatory on the back of the dining room, a utility/shower/dog room on the side of the kitchen which will still connect the sheds (my craft room) to the house and a patio area between the two without the need to dig out the garden ......t'will be just as fab-u-lous, darling!
This is all still dependent on the sale of Mike's flat which is under offer as I type but we are not holding our breath.....the sale fell through about this time last year and the chain has already broken on this sale; 10 days before exchange of contract!! Ggrrrrr!! Patience is a virtue, as me dear old Da always told me.......
I have filled my thinking times (early hours and late nights seem the best time to put the world to rights and hand it all to God) with knitting and revamping car boot finds for Christmas....I would love to show you! My latest pondering involves starting a Facebook page so that I can continue this blog with photos......your opinions would be valued (Suse, I know what yours is and I know you'd love to see some pics!)
So, that's all for now, folks.....I'll get back to adding the final touches to the advent candle box we've made as we need to light the first candle of Hope, today..........
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Happy advent to you all! xxxxxxxxx
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