This week I have mostly been ....

This week I have mostly been .... 

.... making dog crate covers !

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It would appear that , just like me, Otto likes to be hidden away, snug as a bug when he sleeps,

and so, whilst it is not the most interesting of makes, 

my time has been spent whizzing three crate covers together on the sewing machine.

This one at home is by far the cosiest

but he quite happily settled in to his one at Nursery this morning after a 

manic twenty minute charge around.

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Our week off  just seems to have flown by with every minute packed full to bursting.

We have had lovely visits from friends who came with arms full of these beautiful sunflowers,

and ....

wait for this ....

a bar of ' Aristocratic Milk Chocolate '

from none other than Downton Abbey itself !!

I know !

It is safely tucked away in my fridge and all have been issued with a very stern warning that it is absolutely not to be touched, not even in times of serious chocolate emergencies, as this is to be eaten by me ( I may possibly share with the other half .. maybe ) during the first episode of the new series.

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Nursery is looking all shiny and new after its paint and polish and odds and ends from the crate covers came in very handy for some little strings of bunting

and some seat covers that are now in the staff room.

We did of course manage to fit in a trip to The Meatball Shop, otherwise known as Ikea,

and the usual cramming of shopping into the car boot followed.

Also very excitingly this week I have reached 100 Likes on my Facebook - 

and you know who just happened to be the 100th person - 

my bestest friend in the whole wide world Jane, who has now joined the world of Facebook - yay !

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There was of course time for crochet and

 I can now safely say I am on the home run with my blanket.

I am so nearly there with the border.

All that's needed then is a quick block and its ready to be packed up with all of Immi's things

 as she heads out in to the big wide world.

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Happy Monday ...

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This is pretty much what my Monday is looking like today ...

 

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... Snoozy and chilled and full of tea

because

YAY !

Nursery is shut for a whole week.

 

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Sometimes we just all need a break !

Other than for another week between Christmas and New Year this

is the only time we close completely.

Its the time of year when we get the decorators in for a bit of smartening

 up and any other wear and tear is sorted out.

Even though it's only a week it's good for everyone to take some time out and in a way

 it finishes off one year before we have a new intake of littlies after the Summer holidays.

 

 

We've said goodbye to a lot of our big pre-schoolers in the last few weeks and

this is always bittersweet - lovely to see them head off to big school,

 ready for everything we have prepared them for, but also hard to say goodbye as so

many of them have been with us since they were very little babies.

 

 

These truly b♥e♥a♥ u♥t♥i♥f♥u♥l flowers were given to me at work at the end of last week ,

and came with a very special hug and a kiss from one of our little leavers.

I take a big sigh every time I walk into the kitchen - they are quite delicious.

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And so ... my plans for the week ?

Not an awful lot if I'm completely honest.

 

 With a little help from Itsy I have finally managed to start the border on my blanket.

This is my most favourite bit of all,

in fact when I thought about it I realised I could actually write a whole post just on borders,

so that's exactly what I shall do when I have put some pictures together.

 

This one is going to be quite simple ,

kind of less is more .

 

 Not quite there just yet but I'm very pleased with it so far.

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Happy Monday to you all out there,

hope you're having a good one too.

 

 

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Just time for this...

 

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Thursdays is a 'not at Nursery work day' but a ' do stuff at home day'.

There was quite a big long list of to do jobs but you know, they just weren't calling me.

Sooo much to do but there was something else beckoning that promised to be so much more fun...

on the kitchen table was a lovely pile of Christmassy bits and bobs.

 

Some red, cream and grey felt heart bunting,

some red, cream and grey bells,

 

and some little green and red bird pegs...

... all the ingredients needed to put together some little

Christmas favours for our work Christmas Party this Saturday.
 

We have 30 lovely ladies who work at the Nursery

and so 30 little pressies to be put together.

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Nothing too complicated, just cutting the hearts from the bunting string

and tying the bell and the heart together with a little label.

All topped off with a little Christmas bird peg.

 

 

A lovely way to pass an hour and quite definitely more

fun than the laundry or the weekly food shop.

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December is here...

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My first December post ,

and it's going to start with a photo of the gorgeous Christmas card I received from

 my bestest friend Jane.

 

 Lots of Decembery things happening at work today too.

 

 The Christmas decorations have been dug out of the barn,

our wooden Nativity Crib,

 

 

our two reindeer guarding the  front door

 

 

and the tree is all dressed up and twinkly.

  To finish off, after a quick bit of extreme pruning along the ivy covered fence

 

 

even the railings are

  beginning to look festive. 

And in my office ... all the lovely little decorations I received through the post from Gilly, my partner in the Christmas Decoration Swap.

Perfectly placed so I can look at them whilst I'm sat at my desk.

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The postman delivered a lovely package on Thursday ...

 the wool for my hat and scarf.

Just in time for the weekend. 

  

So, I've made a start.

Not quite the same stitch as in the pattern as try as I might I just couldn't get it neat looking, so I resorted to good old double crochets.

Its crocheting up really nicely with quite a stiff feel which I think should work well for the hood.

I've managed to get hold of the same colour wool but in a DK for the scarf bit as I think it will a bit softer to wear.

Not quite there yet, but I'm whizzing on with it as the days are definitely getting colder in deepest, darkest Wiltshire.

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 ( This post has taken me aaaaggggggeeeesssss ... is it just my laptop or is there a little Christmas gremlin in Blogger this evening !? )

Hooray!

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Too hot to sleep last night so me and Beth hot footed it to Nursery to hang up one very important banner.

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