▲ YARN ALONG ▲

KNITTING

I am knitting perhaps the easiest shawl in the world. This shawl consists of three rows repeats as follows.

Cast on 5 stitches

Row 1 : Purl 1, * yfwd Purl 2 together * rep between *'s to end

Row 2 : Knit

Row 3 : Knit 1, Make 1, Knit to last stitch, Make 1, Knit 1

Repeat these 3 rows until desired size.

The yarn isn't showing up all that well in the photo (because its night time in the photo and this cottage is dark at the best of times), but it is Donegal Tweed, in the shade plum.  This is such an easy TV watching knit.

READING

I borrowed this book from my Church library today. I feel that my scripture reading has changed pace lately and I am thirsting to dig a little deeper and 'study' as opposed to 'reading' I love reading about Jesus Christ, it is He after all that my faith is built on.

Joining in with GINNY and friends for Yarn Along

Valerie

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▲ A PORTRAIT A WEEK - Week 4 ▲

Valerie

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▲ Friday ▲

Hoorah for Friday morning.

It means that the weekend is just around the corner.

Today was a particularly lovely one though.

Have A Beautiful Weekend

Valerie

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▲ A Quick Paint Job ▲

It really didn't take long at all, and I really like the change.

Now I am on the hunt for a J. H. LYNCH or a

V. TRETCHIKOFF or both, to set the colour off nicely.

Before

After

Valerie

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▲ Jump Around ▲

Yesterday we took the littlies to a place called Jumping Joeys, which is basically a place for the kids to run and jump like crazy guys.

It is not my favorite place in the world, and every child cries there at least once per visit, but despite that, they still all love to go.

The advantage for Mama's is, that they can get on with their knitting.

I am still working on the baby pockets for the hospital

Valerie

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▲ Friday - Saturday - Sunday ▲

On Friday I dyed my roots and trimmed my ends, and luckily for me it turned out ok.

In the afternoon the Missionaries came for a lesson (we read from the book of Mormon), and had juice and teacakes.

Duncan finally came home from work (he commutes by train from Edinburgh), and I made us both curry, using a cheater jar of curry sauce.

It was potato, chickpea and mushroom korma

We were both very tired on Friday evening so we snuggled up early in bed and watched an episode of Supernatural.

On Saturday morning the boys brought me breakfast in bed, which was great

scrambled egg, waffles and toast

We decided to go into town on Saturday, and Oscar was less than impressed.

Lunch in Burger King did eventually soften his mood

I was very tired after we got home, so a cup of Redbush and a scone later I had a wee snooze on the sofa

Looking a bid disheveled but more rested after my sleep

On Saturday night we had chilli wraps for dinner and they were yum

Saturday night was movie night, and I really enjoyed the movie this week.

The Butler

The cast in this movie was quite amazing, Forest Whitaker, Mariah Carey, Vanessa Redgrave, Oprah Winfrey, Lenney Kravitz, Robin Williams, John Cusack, Liev Schreiber, Alan Rickman, Jane Fonda.... did you ever see such a cast?

movie snack (Scampi Fries and Bacon Bites)

On Sunday we were up only just in time for church, it seems we are all still tired.

I wore my old boots

And Oscar wore his new hat

Although he ended up with a crown instead

I hope you had a good weekend, however you filled your time

Valerie

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▲ A PORTRAIT A WEEK - Week 3 ▲

Valerie

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▲ A PORTRAIT A WEEK ▲

Ok, so I am a little bit late in starting this one, but I will be posting a portrait of Oscar every week (I am aiming for Saturday's, so week 3 will be tomorrow). Here are weeks 1 and 2.

Valerie

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▲ HAPPY PERSON ▲

Happiness is . . . . . . . .

A husband who knows just the right gift to give me

Oh, and a new sketchbook 

Valerie

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▲ NO SNOW YET ▲

Everyone here has been talking about snow for the last 4 days. We haven't had any snow yet this winter which is fairly normal for the coastline here in Scotland. My eldest son supports his studies by working part time in a sports shop and he told me that sledge sales shot up yesterday.Oscar's sledge is waiting and ready, and Duncan is keeping his eye on the forecasts because often the trains stop in heavy snow and we wouldn't want him stranded at work.

Despite the lack of snow, yesterday was bitterly cold and the wind was howling up the little streets off the sea.

This is an aerial view of our street

We cranked up the heating (after nursery) and cozied in with our favorite things. Oscar watched a Disney movie, and ate some of these

And played with his action man toy (his first one ever, £1 from the Save The Children shop).

Telling his Papa on the phone about his new toy

I had some little treats of my own.

The December edition of the Church magazine, finally turned up (I don't know why it was late)

Some sweets, Ginger Creams yum-yum-yum

A new knitting project (details later in the week)

And some lightly scented candles

All in all it was a fairly good day, despite wearing 4 layers of clothes and having the heating on full tilt. I still havent gotten around to painting the lounge and the sewing project is still in a bag, but I will get them done eventually. I am quite contented under a crochet blanket on the sofa for now.

Valerie

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