my bags;

My bags are coming along a treat, my last market was rained out, I left at about 10h00 as the rain just poured down. Next market 8 Feb!

I am enjoying not working, it is great to do my sewing and some housework, and other bits and bobs. Ian is on leave until the beginning of Feb, lucky lad!! He is actually getting quite relaxed, even sleeping late!

Patch the Dog!

Patch having a snooze!

Patch the dog is not doing so well, she has a really bad limp on one leg, and really has only one good leg at all. The arthritis is taking its toll on her. I feel I am not ready to let her go yet, but she has quietened down such a lot in the last few weeks. It is a hard decision to make, but one that has been coming for a while. I will let you know the updates when they happen, as first I will take her for a check up.



I have started giving her a quarter of a Mypr*dol twice a day – it has made such a difference!

trying to post a picture!

Whilst we were in Mossel Bay (Mussel Bay) we spent a lot of time with Courtney. Her baby, Josh is lovely. He is very quiet and she is very lucky with him. We are going to have her to stay soon. She is booked to come away with us for Ian's 50th birthday in March - that will be fun. What do you think of Josh? (Yay, I can upload photos)!

when we were away

Whilst we were away we stayed at the most hilarious place. It was a 2 star B+B. When I walked in I was pretty amazed. There was plastic covering the entire table tops, on the dining room tables, the bedside tables etc.

Our room had a window, which if you moved the blinds has a view of a brick wall – really scenic – not!!

The bathroom had been added on, it was built out into the old porch that runs along the front of the building – the walls were so thin, and the floorboards had cracks in that if you were sat on the loo you could see parts of the verandah underneath.

The one bath mat nearly killed all of us at least twice; I eventually kicked it to one side. The floorboards were pretty highly polished and the angle your foot hit it made it skid off – it was dangerous!

The taps on the basin were set in the wrong way around, and the tiles had been tiled over – so two lots of tiles, and the taps set the wrong way around made it pretty difficult to use the taps.

The shower head was missing the sieve bit – so it was like army showers. And the head was set close to the wall – so to remove soap from my left armpit was a bit difficult.
It was dead funny. We could have moved, but we are like that, quirky does it for us!

slow computer

I have noticed my home computer is getting slower and slower, I think it needs to go into the ‘shop’!! A friend – oh, okay, it was Nicole, said I need to have more memory added. But is has had so little use made of it so far. It was a lot faster 2 months ago.

bag picture

Seeing as I can post photos - oh the luxury!!

Some bags!

Taken at the B+B we were at recently.

The one on the left is a bag design by Joanne Figueroa - and strangly enough so is the fabric, it is Dandelion Girl by Moda. That was pretty strange! I did change the pattern a bit, I did not fasten the handles to the outside of the bag, and did not bind the top, I top stitched to lining and the outer together. I love those colours.

The one on the right is my pairaie point bag. It is a lovely bag, with a great fabric, I just love the feel of the cotton, the softness is so appealing.

new leaf turned over!

I lie at night and dream up great blog entries. This is good as it shows I am ready to start blogging a lot more than I have managed to do so far this year.

So, I have tried to put together some blog entires that may entertain and possibly enthrall – ha ha!