sunday 'round-up'

A couple of weeks of too little sleep finally caught up with me! Sadly not the result of a wild and exciting social life but only due to too much late-night-sorting-stuff-out-at-home-and-early-mornings. So I woke Friday morning with the most blinding headache and blurred vision and called in sick. I have, however, had a wonderful, peaceful week-end catching up on things and have even managed to start a new knitting project! Can't say 'what' as it is a present - and anyway after 2 hours I was dissatisfied with it, slipped it off the needles and will have to start again!!
Meanwhile . . . I have at long last sorted out how to put photos from my new camera on here so . . . .
here are Frankie and Lucia at Brian's 40th birthday part a couple of weeks ago:

all 3 Pies ready to go and play in the snow:



That's all for now, folks, back again soon . . .

where did the time go-o-o-o-o-o . . . . ?

I don't kno-o-o-o-o-o-w . . .
tbh I have been so busy that I have hardly even been on the computer except to messenger with Stella!
It has, however, been a very pleasant few weeks since last I was here . . .
I have:
Been to Ali and Adam's Wedding - which was an utter gas!! The entire bridal party looked gorgeous (but Ali particularly so!!), the ceremony was wonderful, the company delightful, friendly and fun and the whole day was truly grand!!
Babysat for Frankie and Alex when they went out to celebrate Fran's birthday. Lucia was very good, I had a lovely relaxing evening knitting and watching the 'Gavin and Stacey' dvd (hahahaha) and F and A enjoyed themselves too.
Been on hols to Croyde - which was wonderful!! - Stella, Rich and the Pies came too and had a caravan for a week sharing with Frankie, Alex and Lpip when they came down for the first week-end. As it would have been somewhat cramped with 8 of them, I had Kpie to stay for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights . . . and then she came back again for Wednesday and Thursday (just because it was fun!). I read her the whole of 'Winnie-thePooh' for her bedtime stories and we had 'cosy' breakfast which the others came to share as well on a couple of mornings. Lots of other lovely peeps were there too and I walked 'up Baggy' and down to Polly's for hot chocolate with Lizzie and John and Jude. David and Cat made a wonderful 'Sunday Lunch' for 21 on Sunday night. We were: David, Cat, James, Imy, Jackie, Jane, Eric, Lizzie, Matt, Peter, Emma, Stella, Rich, Kpie, Jpie, Cpie, Frankie, Alex, Lpip and moi . . . if you count up that is actually only 20 . . . but . . . F'ster was there too but zonked out sleeping during the actual meal. We had a lovley relaxing barbie on the Thursday. And on the Wednesday . . . I spent the whole day reading!! which was utter bliss - and which I haven't done since I was a teenager!!
Finished Kpie's ballet cardi (at last) and knitted a little pink bag too for her ballet shoes - finished just in time for her birthday too!
This week-end I zipped up to Yorkshire to visit with S R and the Pies . . . and had a lovely, lovely time. (I laughed so much I hurt!!!)
Stella showed me how my new camera works!! Yay!! (I have only had it since last Autumn - useless of what???)
I have done lots of other things too . . . but will have to catch up next time . . . for now I am off to catch up with emails . . . and other bloggers . . .