Knit Your Square to Give Your Share - PART 4

chalky_75

Hello -- to one and all and lots of gentle thoughts tucked in!!!!
Well as we always say " aren't we lucky to have this special place to come and have a rant!" Jean -- you poor thing-- what a lot to sort when you could be crafting!!
Kathy -- Thanks for that link, what an amazing story! And links to wedding ideas too -- I will have a good look later.
F1 --- I really hope you get your Mojo back. I have no knowledge of those dolls- I will have a google. I have seen some lovely ideas with the letters and decoupage. I do agree with Kathy though please do not put yourself under any pressure. Christmas has a lot of pressure wrapped up in it doesn't it!

I have started another hooky project with Sunburst Granny squares. A pattern I have never tried before. I read lots but then I devised one of my own as I wanted a fairly simple effect.
If you want a look pop in to my blog where I have just written an easy tutorial. What a surprise that it is in shades of blue!

Lots of love to all MIA's and anyone with their hands overflowing!

mioliere

Hi Chalky - just looked at your blog and seen your lovely squares; gorgeous colours! That reminds me, I really must try and update my blog - perhaps tomorrow!

As for the wedding, it was a real adventure for DH and I. Everyone else flew out to Italy but, Adrian always wanting to do something a bit different, we decided to drive there. We went from the UK to France, then drove across France into Italy. We spent four days at Lake Garda and, because the Turin to Milan road was unbelievably dangerous on the way there (cars driving at 100 mph, drivers trying to get in the boot, and so on) we decided to take the long route back. We drove through the Alps, and into Germany, Austria, Litchenstein, and Switzerland, then back into France. It took us another three days and was the most fantastic experience! Something we would like to do again, but on a motorbike, possibly!

Jean - I'm glad you won't be able to do any chasing around tomorrow. Sounds like you need a rest. We've had the Geometre here today, too. A building plot we sold a couple of years ago is finally being marked out for a new-build (a Portuguese family have bought it!), so they were measuring up today. The last Geometre I met was unbelievably handsome, but this one was more of your rural farmer variety, complete with a piece of straw sticking out of the corner of his mouth! You definitely need to know just who is doing what job, don't you?

I don't know if I mentioned some time ago that we had lent DH's van to the pig farmers because they were having vehicle trouble and it was taking ages to get it sorted out (like everything round here). It seems we literally saved their bacon ('scuse the pun!) and, at the time, they said they wanted to give us half a pig because they were so grateful. We told them we didn't expect anything, that we may need their help at some point in the future, so it's just swings and roundabouts. Anyway, yesterday I was informed that they are delivering this half a pig to us next Wednesday, and won't take 'no' for an answer! They're insisting that it would have cost a fortune to hire a van, so it seems we are destined to have a very full freezer very soon. It will all be butchered and jointed up into various cuts, sausages, and so on and I'm actually getting very excited about it! The meat is completely organic, too, which is an added bonus. Sadly, I have met all the pigs (Gloucester Old Spots) but I won't ask which particular one it is, in case it's one I've picked up and cuddled when it was a cute little piglet!

Well, I'd better go and check the mailbox before it gets too dark to see outside; one of the drawbacks of not having letterboxes in the front doors here, and no street-lighting either!

KathyXX

mrs-moneypenny

sorry all
havent been in for a while
but had to pop in with te most wonderful news twins are doing reallywell and theres talk of them coming home in the nottoo distant future

i really hope all are well i havent had time to back read

In_Search_Of_Me

Evening lovelies; sorry been awol..been a "bit of a week" so happy that only one day left!
Pippa hugs for you and oh...
Great news re the twins mrs m!
Socky hang in there; how are the crisis team getting on? Fingers crossed re the housing to be sorted...sorry boys have been causing probs but hope that its gives you a bit of breathing space and time to lick your wounds...
Have been having problems doing anything as pain in my elbow/arm which wont go so have been trying tp rest it as much as poss...not great with craft fayre next Friday but cant do much about it Have sone crochet tubey scrarf and phone cover so thats something! Next on to my secret santa for loving hands and boxes to wrap for operation christmas child...
hugs for those that need them; rant away...we all have days like that! Lovely news re the wedding possibility chalky!

sock-knitter

just popping in to say hi
mrs mp great news about the twins almost ready for going home
pippa, hope OH feeling better soon, and hope your wrist is less painful
isom, hope you arm is less painful soon too
still having visits from crisis team, on an almost daily basis, they have been fantastic inb supporting me, and i can ring them any time day or night, if i feel like i'm going to do something i'll later reget.
tommorrow is my first appointment at the new mental health clinic, which will be an assessment.
spoke to danny on the phone yesterday, he informs me josh has gotten a new phone and new sim card, so i wont be able to contact him again:(
hugs all
shaz xxx

chalky_75

Shaz--- Big hugs xx I can only imagine how sad you are feeling but maybe the situation is the best for you just now!! It probably will not be how life is in the not too distance future. Things really do have a way of working themselves out if we can wait patiently for the pattern to become obvious and settled xx

mioliere

Mrs Moneypenny - thank goodness the twins are doing so well. That's wonderful news.

Shaz - I think Chalky has it exactly right; it won't always be like this. Things DO have a way of working themselves out; they just need time. For now, you must put yourself first - that's important for all of you.

KathyXX

Pippa.S

Morning all
its very dull and dismal here today, been like this for a few days now, ah well all I can say is I am glad I don't have to go out

It's 11.11.11 and at 11am I will be clickety click...O I feel old now ...yes thats right it's my birthday today
I have just opened all my birthday cards sooo many I am such a lucky girl, I have Vino collapsio and lots of chocs and a gorgeous bouquet has just arrived OH had them sent to me they are sooo lovely he is a lovely man xxx

I was going mad without any wooly stuff on the go so decide to start using my stash up on a crochet granny blanket, there is something so relaxing about the granny blankets no thinking and pick up any time. BUT I am taking it slowly as soon as I feel a twinge I stop for a while.

Must go time for OH to try and eat something
TTFN
Anne
x

mioliere

Happy Happy Birthday, Pippa! Have a wonderful day with your lovely OH!
:bdaycake::bdaycake::bdaycake::bdaycake:

It's my lovely DIL1's birthday today, too!

KathyXX

Kinsey

:jHAPPY BIRTHDAY PIPPA:j