Spring has sprung

Or so it seems at the moment.  What a glorious weekend we had, spending most of it just pottering or walking and enjoying the sunshine.

After a Winter of neglect we began this years work up at the lottie, and had the backache and nettle rash to prove it on Monday :)
Mr Twigs got rotivating, I did some digging,while Twiglet enjoyed riding on some new tracks made from our neighbours old fence!!!

 As you can see, we have a lot of work to do.

Then home for very tasty home made lasagne.

I also had time to finally catch up with my pal this week, we haven't seen each other since Christmas Eve. She very kindly brought me some lovely belated birthday gifts and cake!!

Pretty soap buttons.

A fantastic candle making kit. 

Very cute owl magnets.

Gingerbread men candles.

All wrapped up in a lovely Miffy bag.

She knows what I like - there was choccy too - but I scoffed that !!

I do hope you enjoyed this post, as I have a new net book and it has taken bloody ages to type it - it is too small - argh!!!!!!

Until next time and excuse typos.

Twiggy x

The big reveal and some other stuff.............

Well the real life crappola is still rolling on but I'm missing the old blogging.  

Not only do I find it a lovely way of recording our daily family life (I often read back, what we were up to this time last year) I also find it a good way to accentuate the positives, which is a useful thing to do at the moment.  

So here I am.

Although we had the lurgi over half term we had a really nice time as  Mr Twigs lovely big Sister went away on holiday and offered to lend us her house (with cleaner!) so we had a nice time mooching and playing with all their gadgets !! 

I'm glad to say apart from old man coughs we are all better now.  

Anyhow, how are you? well I hope.

It is definitely feeling like Spring up here, the nights are drawing out and we've had some gorgeous warm, sunny days. (I welcome this but as you know I'm a big fan of Winter, but it's nice to be outside again).

Saying that though, it's been snowing and raining all day here, so we've had a cosy Sunday, very lovely indeed.

The big reveal is my finished sampler at the top of the page - do you like it ?  it took me 11 months to complete and I must say I am very pleased with it!!

We had a little jaunt to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park recently - didn't stay long as it was v.v.v.cold.

Today we bathed the guinea pigs, they look so fluffy now !!

and finished off with a bit of art work.

Twiglet's space painting, mine is a painting of Spring - do you like the mucky Easter chick at the top :)

Have a great week.

love

 Twiggy x

Rolling back the years

28 years to be exact.  

My pal and I first went to see the Alarm in 1984, we got a lift from a teacher, 12 of us in the school mini bus to Sheffield City Hall.  

It was our first ever gig and v.v.v.v.exciting.

On Saturday night, same pal and I went to the 02 Academy in Sheffield to see  
 Big Country,
featuring Mike Peters (singer from the Alarm) - it was also v.v.v.v.exciting.  

We both noted that we had aged better than the band :) but they were very good indeed.

Twiggy x

Top fun and a bloggy break

 Well we finally saw some snow up on Holme Moss and headed for the hills on Saturday. 

Top fun was had by all, I did not keep my dignity :)

I'm going to take a little bloggy break for a while now as our real life sh*t has hit the fan, so I  will be rather distracted. 

I'll still be dropping by to see you all though.

Catch you later.

Twiggy x

And the winner is.........

You'll have to take my word for it as my camera batteries are flat !!!  

My beautiful assistant Master Twiglet placed his hand in the lurid orange Ikea bowl and the name he pulled out was................. drum roll please.........

the results have been counted and verified.....................................................................................................

JENNYFLOWER

Would you email your address to me please Mrs and I'll send your prize off to you sometime this week.

Thanks to everyone who joined in.

Twiggy x

David Tennant told me it was your birthday today..............

So here I am Twiggy

 

Ok Mr A, I'll get my coat

Twiggy xxx

Giveaway prize !!!!

Thanks for your kind messages on my last post, my tooth still hurts but it's a bit better - back in work tomorrow too, yikes!!

Anyhoo here are the details of Twiggy's January Birthday Giveaway.

I thought about things that would be nice in January, here goes. 

Pretty Sarah Smith cloths to clean away those post Christmas cobwebs.

2 pretty vintage style coat hangers to use  after you've decluttered your wardrobe.

A Twiggy handmade pincushion for your cosy evening stitching.

Set of cute cupcake cases with matching flags for your hmmmm it's raining I better make some cakes type Sunday afternoons.

A Twiggy handstitched denim napkin complete with retro coffee pot to use when eating aforementioned cupcakes.

Some lovely smellies, soaps and shower creams.

Finally a bar of chocolate, because, well why not??

 

If you want to be included in my little giveaway just add a comment to my giveaway post further down the page.

My beautiful assistant will draw a name out of our lurid Ikea bowl on Monday evening.

love

Twiggy x

Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

I had root canal work this morning on a tooth with twisted roots - urgh!!! 

I'm currently laying on sofa reading and slurping Heinz tomato soup - poorly food!! 

Lovely Mr Twigs is taking care of me and will collect Twiglet from his after school club at 4.30pm.

Anyhoo just to let you know I will close the giveaway next Monday 23rd January, so if you want to join in please leave a messge on my previous post.

Note to self - sort out prize !!

Twiggy x

Getting cosy and a birthday giveaway

Cor isn't it chilly? 

We've had fog and frost up here for the last few days.  

The scenery was beautiful up here yesterday when we went for a character building walk - however, we didn't take the camera, so you will have to believe me!!

We then came home got cosy under the crochet blankets, ate home made bread and butter pud - see above and drank hot choccy with lots of whipped cream !!

Did you see Sherlock last night?  I will miss it, top tv.

Anyhoo, it's my birthday on Saturday - 21 again, so I will have a little giveaway.

When I've decided what the prize will be I'll post a pic :)

Let me know what is your comfort food/drink/both when it's chilly and that's it.

No link to my blog, put it on Facebook, be a follower malarkey - simples.

Take care and keep warm.

Twiggy x

Out with the old and in with the new

Well we're both back at school now, Twiglet was actually off with the lurgy today, it's sweeping the school and they've only been back for 4 days !!

We have our lovely car, who has been christened Winnie - I will post a pic when I can get a dry day.  

We still have to sell our other one, so the front of our house is a bit of a parking lot at the moment.

We had a VERY quiet weekend as Twiglet has been poorly, played on the Wii, baked a bit and check out our cupboards!!  

Mr Twigs and I got stuck in and I have even made a list on the cupboard door of what we have - wow !

I am determined to declutter this year, we are drowning in stuff, with that in mind I am getting rid of the majority of my card making gear as I simply don't make them anymore.  

I will begin listing stuff on ebay this evening, so do take a look at my top bargains.

Twiggy's Ebay Shop

 It's coming up to my birthday soon and as usual for this time of year, I feel a little restless, does anyone feel like this too???

 Anyhoo think I'll have my annual January giveaway soon, so keep your eyes peeled.

Righto, better get listing.

Have a good week.

Twiggy xx