Hello Everyone, these are just a few wedding pictures, Andrew and Becky enjoyed every minute of their special day, the picture of the two people sat at the table are my husband Tony and me and the little boy is Jude our grandson he had popped over for a visit, the cake was made by my daughter Kate as a gift for her brother and his wife, she had never made a wedding cake before and she had never made icing flowers before but she did a wonderful job didn't she? the next picture is of my daughter Kate and her husband Steve, the one with the ice cream all over his face is Freddie our other grandson, the day started with torrential rain and got worse I as really worried as we drove to the church but the closer we got the less rain, until finally it stopped and the sun came out God was definitely on our side, it is such a joy to see your child so happy and they are now on the way to Bali for a once in a lifetime Honeymoon.

Hello everyone, I am still alive and kicking, you will be glad to hear that our bungalow is very nearly finished, just a few small jobs to complete, it is so nice to put out all my precious things it is like finding old friends.
The two lovely people you see above are Andrew (my son) and Becky who are getting married on Saturday, they are a lovely couple and have saved hard to have a lovely wedding day, I am so looking forward to seeing all our relatives and meeting new people, the venue is lovely and their theme is Garden Party! I made them 100mtrs of bunting yes, that is 100mtrs to help decorate the Marquee and there will be lots of flowers, Kate my daughter has an old bike with a large basket on the front which is going to be filled with flowers and will have a                       ' Wedding this way' sign attached, I will post photo's.
Kathleen and I ha.ve bee shopping today, we always call into a garden centre for coffee and we always come out with plants, I am so looking forward to getting out into the garden and making it  lovely, we  have a lot of work to do one of the first jobs will be to dismantle two old sheds so still plenty of work to do here, Kathleen's garden is looking absolutely beautiful it's a real garden full of flowers and colour she does a great job,
I have been quilting as much as I can and I have finished a quilt which is a present for a Golden Wedding Anniversary I will post a photo

Hello people, this is my new dresser for my new kitchen, I love it! the kitchen is getting there, we have a cooker, microwave and hob fitted and Tony is fitting the sink today it is at last beginning to look like a kitchen and not a builders site. I will post more photo's soon.
The weather here is awful today, I cannot wait for some warm weather so that we can start on the garden what a pleasure that will be after all this building work, I have planted lots of seeds because we have to start this garden from scratch and I want lot of plants to fill it.
Our little Freddie is 1year old today goodness me time passes so quickly, we have committed to looking after Jude and Freddie for one day a week when Kate goes back to work, she will only be working 3 days the other two they will spend in nursery, they are such lovely boys.
We are having a sad time at the moment with Tony's Dad he has dementia and has become very confused and a little aggressive Tony's Mum is 88 and finding it more and more difficult to look after him, he wanders around in the middle of the night, he doesn't recognise anyone anymore and he is starting to do silly things, we think the only solution is a home but what a horrible decision for Mum to have to make, we are all giving her the support she needs but only she can make the decision, what a terrible disease this is.

Hello People, I am still here but, as you can see I am really busy knocking the kitchen about, the plumber has been the electrician has been and the plasterer has been, Tony an I have spent the last two days getting out what was left of the old kitchen and putting dishes and stuff back into boxes, we now have just two cups two plates and some other bits, I have condensed all the tinned and packet food into the last of the kitchen cupboards which I will be really glad to see the back of, we also had to get up a wooden floor and under the floor were the most horrid black tiles which we have now chipped off we just have to get rid of the horrible lino tiles and we will be ready to start laying our new floor, we have no means of cooking only the microwave, my sink is no more, the only water to fill a kettle is in the bathroom, Tony has managed to keep my washing machine so that I can use it and we have our old freezer which is being moved into the hall tomorrow so life is a bit difficult at the moment but we are managing, I have just sat down to write this but Tony is on his way to the tip to get rid of all the cupboards and the wooden floor and the tiles so a large cup of tea for him when he gets back.
I hope you are all well and your new year has started well, I will post piuctures of the kitchen as it progresses.

Just a quick visit to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.

Santa came to see Freddie and Jude and Freddie seems to like him a lot, what a special time of year this is for small children, my grandchildren like all the other children are having a wonderful time, each day brings something magical, they see lights on peoples houses, Santa,s and Snowmen and suddenly trees appear in their houses with pretty lights and lots of wonderful things to touch and wonder at, Christmas has always been a brilliant time in our family even when we didn't have much money to spend it was still very precious, my son Andrew is an infants teacher and is absolutely exhausted but he has  just produced a Christmas play and has found it very rewarding for him and the children but I think he will definitely need his Christmas holiday.
Tony and I are going to Birmingham tomorrow  to stroll around, have lunch and just have a lovely day, my shopping is done my wrapping is nearly done and I am beginning to relax a little.

Here are a few more photo,s from London, The Rudolph was in Covent Garden it was huge, the other  photo's are  of one of the Selfridge's window I loved it because it had Santa's train going around the mountain full of parcels Lovely!

Hi Everyone, Tony and I have been in London for a couple of days, we went to see the lights and have a walk around the shops especially Hamleys Toy Store, we bought toys for Jude and Freddie, we also went to Foyles bookshop and. got them some lovely books.
The lights were wonderful, we walked the length of Regent Street and Oxford Street my feet are a bit sore today
The Snow globe was in Piccadilly  Circus over Eros, we also went to Covent Garden Market which is very upmarket a bit special;
Before we came home today we had a lovely breakfast in a French restaurant it was delicious. The photo's below show The Queen on her throne and the royal wedding all done in Lego, the little man peeping over Williams arm is my Tony.

Here is a Baby quilt I just finished, it's labelled and ready to go to a baby called Seth, I did a quilt for his brother Laurie who is now 18months old and Seth is brand new.

Here is my other quilt which has taken me forever to quilt but I love it, it will be a present for someone next year but , I  want to keep it for a while because it has taken me so long to do, Kathleen nagged to try one of these quilts and I am glad she did.
How is everyone's shopping going, it is getting a bit crowded now, we had a lovely day yesterday we did food shopping and Christmas shopping Kathleen also managed to buy herself two lovely tops from Monsoon, we both love that shop and spend ages walking around oohing and aahing , I bought my daughter a dress for Christmas it is truly beautiful, we then went next door to Accessorise and bought earrings so, a good day was had with two stops for coffee and munchies.

Sorry it has been so long since I posted we are still very busy working on the Bungalow and Christmas is fast approaching so I am busy with shopping , I am enjoying buying things for Jude and Freddie. I have also been finishing a quilt it is now complete I will take a photo and post it for you to see, I love it I think it's the best one I have made.
I hope you are all well and getting ready for Christmas, it is such a busy time of year and I don't really enjoy it until Christmas Eve when I can relax and know there is no more I can do other than cook the meals, we are going to my sons this year as my kitchen is in a state of flux and I wouldn't trust my cooker to cope, we have done such a lot of pulling down, filling holes, plastering rubbing down and much more, we still have to rip out all the cabinets and lay a new floor but I think we will have a bit of a rest through December and have some time to ourselves, the carpet for the bedroom is coming next Friday so that will be another room finished I am really looking forward to putting my pretty things up in the bedroom it will be my little oasis.
I will post my quilt soon.

Jude and Freddie

Jude and Freddie  are so lovely, I love this photo, we will see them tomorrow and I cannot wait.
Tony and I have been busy today sanding walls in the bedroom and I have started stripping paper in the porch. Kathleen called in this morning and I walked to the Dr.s with her where she got results and her cholesterol was normal, I think she will celebrate with a bacon sandwich.
The tickets arrived for the Malvern quilt show we will go on the Friday, it's a lovely show we love it, because it's small and you get to see everything, I am quilting a large quilt at the moment and it is taking me ages to finish but it is looking lovely. I have started a baby quilt for one of Kate's friends who  had a litte boy last week,my life is full and happy and I am very grateful.

Hello Everybody, we took time out from decorating on Tuesday 24th to go to Leeds to see Rod Stewart in concert at the new arena, it was BRILLIANT! we have been fans of Rod since forever and have been to lots of concerts but we hav'nt been for a while so this was a real treat, he was so good we loved every minute and sang along with all the songs especially Maggie May. We arrived in Leeds at lunchtime and as we had never been there we had time for a good look around, they have some lovely Victorian Arcades full of nice shops and the indoor market building was amazing, I spent all my time looking up at the balustrades and balconies, very pretty all in all we had a good day.

I would love to make some soap, I have no idea how you do it but I would really like to try, Kathleen and I spend hours in TK Maxx smelling the soaps they are so gorgeous one of my favourites is Violet this smell is so sweet and reminds me of when I was a small girl and every Good Friday my friend Jean's Grandma used to take us to Peddars wood and we would pick Violets and Primroses and take them home for my Mom for Easter, the smell in the wood was wonderful and the flowers like a beautiful pale yellow and violet coloured carpet. such happy innocent days. Does anyone have a failsafe way of making soap?  I would love to know.

This a picture of Kathleen (cottonreel), it was a beautiful day and we had  been to the hairdressers, we are in a village called Market Bosworth which wins a lot of awards for it's lovely flower displays, it also has some nice little shops which we love to browse, Market Bosworth is famous because of the Battle of Bosworth where Richard 3rd died, recently there has been much excitement because they found his body under a car park near the cathedral he is to be interred in the cathedral. The coffee and cake is good in Market Bosworth too.

Hello people, I am still here, the picture above is of my Beautiful Jude and Freddie they get more precious every day.
We are still working very hard on the bungalow, we now have a completed conservatory with  tiled floor as soon as it is furnished I will post a picture, we have carpet in the lounge and our furniture should be in  place within the next two weeks, I actually emptied 3 more boxes yesterday it was lovely to find my Chintz China and put it on the shelves.
Kathleen and I have been to the NEC quilt show since I last posted, we had a great day, spent too much money as usual but saw some beautiful quilts.
Our little sewing group is having an exhibition of some of our quilts so that people in the village can see what we do, there are some lovely quilts and smaller pieces too.
I cannot believe that summer is drawing to a close I do so love the light evenings when it is still daylight at 10.0.clock, now the nights are drawing in and soon the winter will be upon us, I am trying to think of something I like about the winter but there is not much. My son Andrew is getting married next July so we are looking forward to that, I am busy making bunting their theme is Garden Party so there will be lots of flowers about tied to trees in jam jars and all sorts of containers.
I will post again soon !

Hats galore, these are hats for Age Concern, they are put onto Innocent Smoothie bottles in the supermarket or any where  the smoothies are sold and for every bottle sold 25pence goes to age concern, Kathleen and I have been knitting them, they are so easy to do just 28 stitches and then you decorate them, apparently it has been going on for a few years and they have collected lots of money to help elderly people through the winter, I do have a pattern so if anyone would like to knit  them I will post the pattern.

Here is a selection of photo's of our Bungalow  it looks quite pretty from the front and we have just had the conservatory built, it is nearly finished the plasterer is coming tomorrow, the bedroom is awful the fitted wardrobes are far too big for the room, we have started to take them down can you see the 1960.s orange paint which is under the wallpaper, the lounge the room with the garden chair and lots of boxes has been stripped, painted, had all the electrics done as they were dangerous, we also removed about 12 black beams from the ceiling they were awful, we have shelving to fit and a new fireplace surround to fit also, then we can have a carpet fitted and I can get new furniture Yippee!
The garden is a nice size but it is quite a mess we have had a huge beech tree removed which had a fungus infection, we have to relay a patio and replace sheds, there is probably a lot more and I will show you pictures as things happen, the kitchen is drab and awful it still has a few beams which will come down and we will strip it completely, as you can see we still have masses to do but it is all doable, will post more soon.

I am still here, still painting walls and skirting boards, we are working very hard to get sorted it's coming together slowly and I can see our new home will be lovely when completed, the walls for the conservatory are up and they are coming to do the glass next week then we will lay the tiles, we did manage a couple of days away and on the way home called into  garden centre, I saw the rose you see above it is called  Nostalgia and smells absolutely beautiful.
The weather here is gorgeous at the moment very warm, I am hand quilting a large quilt at the moment that is keeping me sane I also want to start making bunting for my sons wedding I have a year but they want a lot so I must get going, We are going to see my in-laws tomorrow and my daughter and her two boys are joining us, great grandma is excited.
Time for bed I will try to post more often have a lovely summer.

What a glorious day! Cottonreel and I went shopping today we had a lovely time, I bought two pretty skirts and two pairs of shoes all from M&S we both bought perfume and Cottonreel  bought some knickers, we had coffee and toast and a bit later on we treated ourselves to ice cream. On the way home we called in at the garden centre and bought plants and seeds, I have managed to plant my front garden but I am waiting until after the conservatory is built before I tackle the back, I did spend a couple of hours yesterday ripping out a very rampant Ivy it had really run riot and was starting to choke other plants, tonight I am going to sew.

Hello People I am still here, we are still incredibly busy with decorating and electricians and conservatory builders, tree felling people and many many more things but in between  I have been able to make and complete a cot bed quilt for Freddie, It was lovely to just sit sometimes and do a little sewing.
Cottoneel and I had a good day at the Malvern Quilt show, it was a glorious day of weather for a change we saw some lovely quilts and got lots of ideas, the fabric was so gorgeous and we did buy some I also bought a new cutting mat because it was a really good price and mine is getting very tatty, we finished up with a lovely ice cream Yum!