Boring

Do please excuse me for not being around much recently.

You will, however, thank me when you know why.

We're busily, but unphotogenically, beetling our way through January.  Quite happily I might add.

Aside from the normal routine of school runs and chores, I'm decorating the hall, stairs and landings.  We live in a three storey house so it's no small job.  I think I've told you before, I'm quite a slow and careful painter.  You know those television programmes where a crew of thirty people swoop in on some poor unsuspecting person's home, slap on various hideous shades of emulsion, and exit twenty minutes later declaring the house entirely made over?  Well, they are my worst nightmare.  I've told my children that I will run naked across their school playing fields if they ever surprise me with anything like that.  D's threat is different but I'm afraid I can't share it with you.

I've also just bought a steam cleaner.  What a revelation that is!  I'm hosing crevices like a mad thing and, rather worringly, seem to have roused some obsessive compulsive tendencies I didn't realise I had.  It would seem that very few people share my excitement when it comes to restoring the colour of grout!

My Mum came for a cup of tea.

"I'm feeling a bit Januaryish.  Make me laugh." she said.

Eh?  Ummmm ...

So, you see, I'm a bit of a dullard at the moment.  Other than a little cross stitch here and there, my recent doings don't make for good reading, blogwise.  Or any wise.  Still, I figure that, of the twelve, January is probably the best month to be boring.

xxx

PS.  Lovely cross stitch chart free here.

PPS.  Thank you sooo much for your lovely comments on my posy cosy.

Posy Cosy

xxx

Sunday Afternoon

I took extra care when setting the table for lunch today.  I lit candles, neatly folded the serviettes and even decanted the horseradish sauce into a pretty bowl.  We had roast beef and all the trimmings.  Brussels sprouts too.  I love Brussels sprouts.  We all do.  D and I even shared a bottle of red wine.  It's back to normality and routine tomorrow.  A nice family lunch draws a neat line under a lovely Christmas, I think.

Forgive the terrible light in my pictures, it's been such a grey day.  I nipped out this morning to buy the ingredients for lunch and came back with a bunch of cheery tulips and some tete-a-tete bulbs.  Since the decorations came down, I've been craving some spring colours.

Over Christmas, I made myself a pair of cosy ribbed wrist warmers in Debbie Bliss' cashmerino aran, in coral.  I'm completely and utterly besotted with that colour at the moment.  I was going to adorn them with small pink and/or yellow roses but, for now, I love them just as they are.  I offer no apology for the shamelessly posed photograph of my mitted hands and the tulip.  It delights and entertains me in equal measure!

Anyway, I've now cleared up after lunch, the dishwasher is humming and I've just hung the last of the PE kit on the radiator, ready for school tomorrow.  I started to make a City Neckwarmer (pattern on Ravelry here) last night and had every intention of carrying on this afternoon but my eyelids are suddenly feeling terribly heavy ...

xxx