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Looking after the pennies.

Well Twiglet is back at school today after another snow day yesterday, it seems that we are very short of grit and I can confirm the pavements and roads are scarey this morning. I thought the neighbours might hold up score cards for Twiglet and my artistic merit getting down our road this morning. Eat your heart out Torvill and Dean !!!

Here's how it was in our neck of the woods yesterday. Just check out that video clip. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/8458613.stm

Anyhoo, like many of you we are having to REALLY tighten our belts and are on a major economy drive. Yesterday I was about to buy some thank you cards from Snapfish to send out from Twiglet. I had a light bulb moment, scanned his lovely Christmas artwork, printed it off, stuck it to some card from scrapstore, found some envelopes in my crafty drawer and we now have lovely original artwork to send out to kind relatives, for no money !!!! Result. I think I

might punch a hole in them and thread some ribbon through so they can be hung up too.

I've also started listed some bits and bobs in my Misi and Etsy shops. Here are my ATCs for January swaps.

Crafters Corner now have a sister group for ATCs called ATCs4All, it's a very friendly group. If you fancy joining in, click on the link in my sidebar.

We also made some scrummy bread (see above) and cuddled a lot under a blanket :) I got a big cuddle for being a lovely Mummy - bless !!! nothing to do with the chocolate Santa bribe, I'm sure.

Can't wait until my boys are back home this evening, p.j.s on, curtains closed, hello weekend.

Have a good one

Twiggy x

Trying to keep warm and cosy

Well we did hibernate this weekend apart from visiting the oldies and very nice it was too. Twiglet had another snow day on Monday, amazingly enough I was going to go to work on Monday - I know steady on there Twiggy, but the very heavy snow stopped me venturing out. Have worked yesterday and today though and I'm pleased to say I can return to my cosy little home now apart from the trudge to school. So here are the things that have been keeping me going during the horrid weather.

Firstly,Twiglets positive mental attitude. We were walking home in bitter wind and bucketing down snow yesterday - it was grim. He said Mummy this is a great adventure in the Artic, where are the penguins??? what a trooper.

Secondly the DAB radio my lovely in laws bought me for Christmas. We've been listening to school closures, traffic and weather reports every morning at 7.15am, our local radio station have been brilliant.

My hot water bottle found in the back of a cupboard - magic for my sore old gimmer back.

Walking on ice isn't doing it any favours.

My super snuggly slippers my lovely Mum bought me for Christmas.

Yummy chicken casserole and dumplings I made for tea.

These two surprise packages from two lovely Crafts Beautiful forum members Seaweed and Scrapcat1 warmed the cockles too, what a nice unexpected treat. Thanks ladies.

So what's been getting you through these cold days?

Keep warm and safe.

Twiggy x

Hooray it's the weekend and we're hibernating.

As Twiglet and I stumbled through the snow and ice on the way to school this morning I promised we'd wear our p.j.s as soon as possible and hibernate all weekend. I collected him from school, we got in at 3.45 and by 3.50pm we were in our p.j.s under a blanket watching The Secret Garden - result !!!

It was quite funny when we got to school this morning the headteacher told us Class 1 (reception and Year 1) would be in classroom 3 as it was the only one with heating. While the bigger children were going over to the church until the engineers had sorted everything out. The children thought this was VERY exciting indeed :)

(Above some fab handiwork by the little fella).

So for a change from the usual snow pics, here are some jolly jars Twiglet and I made during one of his snow days off school. A couple of old jam jars, some stained glass paints that have been in the back of my drawer for a year and hey presto!!!

How about this sparkly box, Twiglet made with the contents of his new craft trunk !!!

Mr Twigs bought me this fabby craft punch for Christmas

so, I grabbed a pile of old Christmas cards and I had a little play with it today. Recycled gift tags - woohoo (Mrs Swirly, I am learning from you :)

He knows how to keep

me out of mischief - that'll be the day.

(He also bought me CD of War of the Worlds - I LOVE this but only have it on vinyl, not much good as we haven't had a turntable for about 5 years), latest books by Ian Rankin and Stephen Booth, Neverwhere and Muse DVDs and a bottle of vodka, that's me sorted for weekend entertainment then!!!

We intend to have a cosy, toesy weekend and Mr Twigs has just made a huge pan of leek and potato soup for lunch tomorrow, start as you mean to go on.

Have a great weekend and take care.

Twiggy x

Normal service has resumed - kind of ..............

Well Twiglet went back to school this morning, phew we had a long Christmas break, he wanted to stay at home but when he realised he'd missed Wednesday afternoons French and PE lessons brightened up :) It sure is quiet without my boys around.

I am now catching up on 3 weeks worth of clean, ironing, domestic boredom (that's why I'm having a little skive on here).

I'll be donning my Siberian snow gear to pick him up this afternoon, gawd it's so snowy and freezing out there - brrrr!!!

Mr Twigs reported that the traffic was so bad on the M62 this morning, that he was able to get out of his car in the fast lane to clear off the ice from the windscreen (it was icing up as he drove )

Roll on the weekend.

Twiggy x

Snowy Day Fun

Well when you get an extra day off school you have to make the most of it, don't you? Watch out

Daddy !!!

Here is our little Christmas tree, looking just as festive outside as it did inside. Hope it survives for next year.

And what to do now wee Twiglet is in bed....................

Play with some of my Christmas pressies of course.

Keep safe and warm

Twiggy x

Cosy toesy day !!!!

Cosy toesy, that's what Twiglet calls it when we're snuggled up under a blanket on a chilly day and it's certainly one of those here today. It's absolutely tipping down with snow up here and Twiglets school is closed (he was due back today), so he is having an extended Christmas break !! We have just taken all the Christmas decorations down and are currently watching Roary and scoffing the Christmas tree choccies :)

Will probably go out and play a bit later.

Keep warm and safe.

Twiggy x

PS We went up to Royd Moor sledging on Sunday what a buzz, I'm getting quite addicted, will post some photos later...............

PPS Hooray Mr Twigs was home early today, he NEVER has time off work(amazing, the roads must be bad!!) so is working from home now, glad we're all safely in, hope you and yours are ok.

Ahh farewell my lovely.............

Did you cry??? I did. We also shouted rude things at the telly after the regeneration but we won't talk about that.

Now apart from the fact I fancy DT he was my special Doctor for the following reason. Way back on Christmas Day 2005, we had moved to our current house a month previous with a baby Twiglet. He had rotten colic from about 4pm onwards, he cried, I cried, Mr Twigs despaired and like idiots we'd decided we should have just the morning with family. So we drove around in the car trying to get him off to sleep the first thing I'll always remember is seeing a beautiful outline of Jesus and Mary projected on the side of our village church. The second memorable thing was after FINALLY getting young Master Twiglet off to sleep we had our Christmas dinner at 10pm and watched the episode of Dr Who that we had recorded earlier. It was the only telly we watched, the first with DT and that is why he's my favourite :)

sigh.............

Twiggy x

Happy New Year

Been over to my Mums for a little family get together today and Twiglet didn't go to bed until 9.45pm!!! Perhaps we'll start 2010 with a lie in, or maybe not :) Anyhoo the panto was a hit apart from the scarey King Rat, hmm he scared me.

So here's a few Christmas pics as promised. Check out Twiglet and the giant Christmas Eve snowman !!!!

Baking gingerbread men with Daddy for Father Christmas !!!

Tracking Santa on the Norad tracks santa website.

Nana Twigs fabulous Christmas cake.

3 giddy kippers.

Thank you so much for reading my blatherings in 2009 and for giving me crafting inspiration and great friendship. I hope you'll come with me into next year.

love

Twiggy x

Seasons Greetings

Hooray we had a white Christmas, did you? Hope you are having lovely Christmas. We're having a terrific, restful, lovely, family time. Christms Day was so nice. We entertained the oldies yesterday and thanks to me listening to David Tennant on the radio and having 2 glasses of sherry and a satsuma for breakfast I burnt my roast veggies - oops!!! so had to hurriedly do some more, Twiglet piped up these are burnt, my lovely MIL said, it's called caramelised darling - bless. See you can fool some of the people some of the time :) I even made a ginger and lemon cheesecake which was scrummy.

Feeling a bit grotty today as have a yuck cold and I must admit a BIT of a hangover, so off to watch Cranford now and save my energy for the panto tomorrow. Will post some Christmassy photos later.

Take care

Twiggy x

PS Look at poor little ted buried up to the neck in snow !!!!