SANTA WAS SO SO GOOD TO ME..

Happy new year to you all ! having popped into some of your blogs you all seam to have had fab Christmases and I have enjoyed " sharing your Christmas,s ", specially have enjoyed seeing all your beautiful trees and your houses decorated for Christmas .. but best of all was seeing what Santa brought you all!! I had a peaceful and rather lovely family Christmas and got a couple of days rest that I so badly needed after the frantic build up to the big day..
On Christmas morning look what I found under the tree waiting for me ,yes, yes ,yes, it was the 1950,s Triang fox terrier which I have been wanting for ages and ages after spotting one on Nicky,s blog the vintage magpie( in my blog list) , I saw one on eBay two months ago and bid ,but it went over what I felt I could spend on one ,I did regret not winning it and kept thinking about the foxy boy ...... ,but unbeknown to me D had bid on it and had him hid in the shed all this time, I am so thrilled with him , he is in great condition and I love him.. LOTS.. ,

I would have been quite happy just to have got my dogie, but I must have been a very good girl last year ,as I also got two Cath kidston bags , yesssss two... One from Nat ( Via dads money!!) and one from a friend( I have generous and lovely friends who know my likes!) When I opened the one from my friend first , Nat gave out a ho no its a Cath bag , me thinking the poor boy had had enough of my Cath (slight obsession,OK big obsession), but of course he was worried she had bought the same bag,but no I ended up with two lovely different patterned bags.
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This is the one from Nat, lovely cord/velvet feel. great for winter and the other one for spring!

More Cath goodies.. and D bought me a new phone... erm.. you see I am fairly techno phobic, I am still amazed I have managed to control (ish) the computer to blog, in fact I have stunned my self... but I only really used my very very old mobile for emergencies , and this new phone scares me, specially as the other morning I text ed D ,asking him too sweep and wash kitchen floor,( as I was at work and he was lolly gagging at home,and I have to keep him out of trouble by giving him tasks ) and my boss came up to me and asked what time i wanted him round to do the floor!! yes,yes,you guessed it he got the text ed... ho boy....

and as for trying to control the slip sliding out of control screen, please tell me some one else has these probs and not just old me? Evey time it rings I look at it like its a hand grenade!!!



Sorry to Cath bore you, but even those of you who are not big fans of her things should try this hand balm ( found in my stocking),its great and smells wonderful, my poor farm hands are looking almost famine again..


Finally this is the new years eve table been laid for our evening meal.. I love candle light ,don't you ?, After a few too many glasses of sparkly ,I announced my resolutions were going to be .. to loose weight as My waist looks like that of an elderly hippo, and I would at last go into rehab for my dog on wheels/Cath kidston/vintage any thing /magazine buying /chocolate habit, but before I go I will just finish this qualitie street!! I hope you all are going to have a happy ,healthy 2011, and looking forward too sharing with you what ever the new year holds for both you and me!!

HAVE YOUR SELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS

I put my skates on girls ,and glided through the mountain of work that was required to prepare for Christmas , going to bed at two in the morning paint spattered and getting up at 5 o,clock in the morning to put the Christmas trees up did the trick! I want to thank you for all the lovely supportive comments on my last whiny post, I did,nt feel so alone!!! So finally the big day is tomorrow, and I finally feel Chistmassy, the house is decorated ,the food and drink is bought , presents wrapped , cards sent and I have finally finished work so I am ready to cosy in and eat drink and be merry!

I snuggled up in the sitting room yesterday with all my boys and watched Narnia , sipped some red wine ate some choccy and felt that the Christmas spirit had arrived with us...

This is a close up of one of the 10 Christmas tree spotted about the house ,don't faint girls, some are only one foot tall ! My window sill..

Little donkey found a home under the tree along with the other animals..

my little maileg elf..

the angels guarding the fireplace..

I love my stalk of sprouts and D put them in the kitchen window ,the hens look like there eating them!! Do you like my lanterns?

Finally girls my barn room is finishes hurray hurray hurray! All dressed and ready for Christmas at last..

My mantle piece with our little french stove which keeps us warm and snug.. while looking quite stylish..

felty angel is on top of the tree again she has impossibly long legs lucky her!

the stocking are hung and presents all ready under the tree

I made my Cath Kidston streamers..

and Do Do my beloved horse has his mistletoe wreath on and hes ready...

All there is left to do is wish you a very ,very happy Christmas and I am sending a big hug to all my bloggy friends , Linda x x x x

CAN I HAVE CHRISTMAS IN jANUARY PLEASE?!

DO you every feel there,s not enough hours in the day to do every thing you need to do and every thing you want to do? , please tell me you feel a little bit the same as it would be good to know i am not alone in feeling run ragged !! Honestly if Christmas could be re scheduled for mid Jan I would be thrilled . As well as working six long days a week at the moment , Christmas is the busiest time of year at the farm/farm shop /tearooms ,and I make all the food/ gift hampers and I have made 100,s of them( please don't mention bows!) and I am in constant demand from customers as well as doing the 93 other jobs that I do in a day.. at work I am focused and organised .. and then I come home and TRY to to sort home life, sorry to bore you with the flood/barn room saga.. but we( D and I) have been flat out painting ,staining and cleaning to try to get it ready for Christmas , we were up till 2 in the morning yesterday and we are still days off finishing , Scream... as well as trying to sort Christmas on top of all this , on the up side I have written my Christmas cards , but hav,nt bought half the presents I need and i hav,nt , ho and then theres that to do and then theres this to do , any way you get the picture.. so please could you arrange for Christmas to be in January some time I would be indebted for life ,honestly!!I bought this lovey cake stand ( YES you guessed from good old Morrison's for £5)its for my mince pies, ho god there to make..... erm ... buy from work!!! there another thing sorted... phew

A couple of weeks ago I left a optimistic bid on some thing on Ebay and forgot about it as I knew I wouldn't win it because of the miserly amount I had bid or so i thought but Ya ... I won this adorable little 1950,s fella , for 99p , yes I couldn't believe it either...

Hes had a tough life but is still handsome..

and looks rather jaunty with his polka dot bow don't you think? but as it is Christmas I thought of this hymn.. rather fitting don't you think? its one of my favourite Christmas songs , whats yours? the saying keep calm and carry on is so so so apt don't you think at this time of year? loving all you festive posts and love when you leave comments.. xxxxxxx

Little donkey, little donkey
On the dusty road
Got to keep on plodding onwards
With your precious load.

Been a long time, little donkey
Through the winter's night
Don't give up now, little donkey
Bethlehem's in sight.

Chorus
Ring out those bells tonight
Bethlehem, Bethlehem
Follow that star tonight
Bethlehem, Bethlehem.

Little donkey, little donkey
Had a heavy day
Little donkey
Carry Mary safely on her way.

Little donkey, little donkey
On the dusty road
There are wise men waiting for a
Sign to bring them here.

Do not falter, little donkey
There's a star ahead
It will guide you, little donkey
To a cattle shed.

Chorus
Ring out those bells tonight
Bethlehem, Bethlehem
Follow that star tonight
Bethlehem, Bethlehem.