Fluffy and cute and Oh yes COUNTING DOWN♥

Today's number - 25♥ -  is brought to you by yesterday's silliness..... and sale at a hardware store 

But enough of that - just look what 

I have to share with you!

I would like to introduce to you Tiger Lily (Lily) a gorgeously naughty FEMALE ginger and white ball of fluff and Holly her beautiful torti and white sister who has the cutest black smudge on her nose which makes her look like she has been sniffing a piece of coal.

I am officially in love with two wee beasties - two balls of fluff with purrs reminiscent of a distant diesel tractor and little spiky claws they use with no inhibitions as they race up your leg to say hello - bliss!!

We have been a cat-less house for far too long and now these two little furry monsters are a wonderful addition. Heaven help the festive decorations and tree when we put them up this weekend - what a hoot! 

And the random number graffiti? It is Holly's first typing as she walked across the keyboard to see what I was doing. Aaaah bless - her first words!

877777777777499999999999999999999999999999999999999999088888888888888888881222222222224588888888888yyyyyyyyyyy

Oops - nearly not COUNTING AGAIN - 26 (yes 26)❤

Last night, just as we were winding down, the boys were asleep, the fire gently crackling away, Himself asked if I was organised for a number for today. 
Yeah I yawned, trying to remember which photo it was, I have some that I have collected through out the year and saved in my 'December numbers count down' file and I have some that I found this last weekend. I couldn't quite bring the image to mind.


I thought I would just check before turning the laptop off.....good thing I did coz there was no photo for 25!


Good grief - Himself and I rattled around the images for a while trying to see if I had taken one and not saved it in the numbers file but he soon got bored and went for a shower. I continued. I searched and searched, even to the point of getting out the external hard drive that holds our previous years and years of photos and trawled through those. Himself returned from his shower, pronounced himself clean and tired and said he was off to bed.


I decided to check though the cupboards to see if anything had a 25 gm or 25ml on it....no, I looked at the boys Tshirts for a 25, nope......I decided against using a page number - too easy too boring,  I discovered that nail varnish is only 6mls in size (too small) and the bread had a 35% discount voucher on it (too big)...I was almost on the point of giving up when I remembered that last December I had the flu and was unable to complete the counting - may be I didn't get round to using the 25.


That took a bit of sorting out - it entailed setting up the external hard drive again - but voilà - saved - I found an image for 25.
Good - I can go to bed now, it was after midnight and I was tired.


Fast forward to today. 

• Start writing the post (get it done nice and early as I have a fair bit to do) 
• Get the 'new post' page up on blogger............
• Notice the date
• Notice that I need a 26 and not a 25
• Sit dumbfound for approximately 10 seconds then grind my back teeth and start again......   

I have a flash of inspiration and check Himself's maps - surely one will have a reference number or similar for 26. I go through his rather large collection of maps, some dating from the 1940s, and eventually find this.........

So, today's number is brought to you by a combination of teeth grinding, stupidity and sheer luck!

26❤

 •Ps - don't you love my screen saver? I do - it was a gift from a rather Lovely Lady who sent me a Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendar, and the boys and I are delighting in opening it each day - so thank you dear LL xx 

•Pps - I have tomorrow's date sorted - err it's 25 and ummm, I don't need to worry trying to find it again..... erhem.

Follow this link to see what we got up to last year xx

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COUNTING DOWN CONTINUES - 27 ♥

 27♥ - brought to you by giddy dog and a wonderful walk earlier on in the year.

As promised, scrummy yummy yarns!

cottons for me so I can finish 

my bunting project..

gorgeous nordic coloured soft merinos 

for a chrimbly gift.... 

remember my flower therapy?

 Well my cottage garden is flourishing! 

Loving how these are turning out,

will share with you 

once they are ready for 'picking'

...finally been finishing off and stitching labels on to more chrimbly pressies.. 

Sadly work once again stops play, so have to finish here and wrap up warmly, it has snowed  overnight and another quick shower first thing this morning....brrrr

ps - this is what we got up to last year

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Happy  Monday to you all❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

COUNTING AGAIN! 28 ♥

A wet weekend, a slow (but almost over) wet weekend. 

Youngest was over in Skipton for a birthday party, and we, rather than driving home and returning to collect him later, decided to wander around town. I had an inkling that there was a new (to me) knitting and wool shop and thought a little woolly experience would certainly lift the washed out weekend mood I was in. 

Did it?

Oh boy did it!

Did I buy anything?
Don't be silly - of course I did!

I will take photos tomorrow in - hopefully - better light.

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But today,  a bit late I know, is brought to you by the number  

28♥

Spotted today while out and about in Skipton by Eldest.

I am baking mince-pies. For many many years Himself has had a mince-pie eating competition for the whole of December. I mentioned it in 2009 but was too flu-bound to say anything in 2010. This year, the annual mince-pie fest has begun and ALL three of mine are happily scoffing... oh well... back to the kitchen.

Back tomorrow with more stuff and nonsense and pictures of scrummy yummy wool and yarns hmmmmmm 

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**THIS TIME LAST YEAR**  pop over and see what we got up to this time last year

***edited to add - IT'S SNOWING! Just been out and taken a photo from the end of our lane........... brrrrrrrr

♥ COUNTING SOME MORE - 29♥

Just to get you in the mood (or to panic you - either way!) apparently there is only 22 days left till chrimbly day!


Any hoo - today's number is 29, and is brought to you by my 8 year old pint-sized friend who is an energetic little bag of dynamite - the might Tash!

I was having a problem in finding something with the number 29 on it and seeing I was at her mom's house for knit and natter I asked her is she had anything suitable.

She pulled a quizzical face - her mouth pursed as she tilted her head slightly. She thought for a moment then disappeared under the desk and came out with a wooden ruler, 

as said..

'Is this any good?'

so - thanks to the Mighty Tash 

I am able to present to you.......

29 ♥ 

Thank you for your comments - 

Lovely Lady - no, I don't take those, they are some tablets I was sorting out for a patient at work - saw the number and got rather excited (my colleague quite understandably looked rather bemused).

Jane - yes I am excited (terrified) about the yarn festival - it will be called 'Yarnival'and I will share info soon [:)]

Sarah, Jak and Cat - thank you - It feels rather humbling that you enjoy reading my waffling and actually remember/read it from last year!!

Ju24 - We were near a campsite when we were at Lock 31 - was it that site you used? 

What we got up to this time last year - pop over and see 3rd December 2010

♥ COUNTING AGAIN - 30♥

30 days left of 2011... and there is so much I still have to do!!


Never mind the hand-made chrimbly pressies that are no way near finished (and in some cases not even started...)


But there is the festive wreath and decoration workshop still to be organised


.....and the secret Santa pressie to be finished for our knit and natter group


.....and the ღsuper exciting yarn and wool festival ღ(still under wraps) that needs lots of sorting out... I will share information in the new year, got to get this year finished first :)


All this woolly stuff and nonsense is getting in the way of crochet for pleasure!


Oh yes - today's photo - not a particularly exciting one but I couldn't find the number 30 on anything remotely interesting...... (note to self - must try harder)


30 ♥ 

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and wishing you all a 
Happy Friday!

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**THIS TIME LAST YEAR**  pop over and see what we got up to this time last year

♥ COUNT DOWN - 31♥

It's that time again, hasn't December has come round very quickly? In fact the whole year seems to have just evaporated. 


I had begun to wonder what we had got up to, so a quick trawl through my previous posts made me realise that I am so glad I keep a blog!


Last year I started counting the days up to the end of the year, this time I have decided to go in reverse and count down to the New Year, so here goes....... I present to you - 


31 ♥ 

Lock 31 on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal situated behind Gargrave, a rather pretty village that is sadly sullied by a rather fast and major road right through the centre of it. Traffic flies through, passing Georgian mansions, wonderful cottages and secret alley ways. 

All for now, must go, it's bed time and I've stayed up specially to post the start of this year's count down. 

But before I go, welcome to all my new followers, it is so lovely to 'see' you, I will pop over and say hi soon!

Have a lovely Thursday

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this time last year - see how last year's counting started, and just look at all that snow we had this time last year!


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