Random bits and pieces.....

Oh dear I am such a naughty Nannie.....

I usually buy a Christmas advent calendar for Corinne but she is still in Japan soooooo

I sent her this photo ......hehehehehe

A little outing with Heather......

at "The Tea Trolley" cafe at Ormiston....

We had a Petite high tea.....

It was very nice to have a chat over a nice cup of tea.....

Friday 17th  was a card making day with Nor......

lots of giggles......

Sunday 19th was Sunday Stitchers  November meeting.....

The birthday girls.....

Susan and Alison......

Alison proudly showing her Stitch-a-long blocks.....

and Peek-a-boo Michelle with her lovely Angel quilt....

Obviously I didn't get a lot of stitching done but one more stitchery is always good.....

Today was another fun Tuesday with the girls.....

Yummie dip and biccies.....

Mushy Mango and Passionfruit trifle......

Secret stuff today so not much to show......

I did a little more stitch-a-long sewing.......

Well that's it again......

Toodles.....

Oooooops !!!!!

Yes my blogging has slipped again.....

so I'm here to get back on track.....

Firstly our plumbing issue has been taken care of, lots of mess and dust for a couple of weeks....

Liz and Clayton replacing the pavers for us, my back doesn't cope with all the bending needed to get these things done .......

Thanks heaps  to both of you.....

On the stitching front I have completed the September and October blocks.....

staying on track thank heavens.....

On the Friday 6th October we.... Sandi, Nor and me went to the 

Tamborine Christmas Craft Extravaganza......

We had a very pleasant fun day together.....

as you can see my basket has a few goodies in it.....

Great coffee and yum scone....

I won 4th prize in the raffle at Tamborine.....

a very odd  basket of craft goods .....

unfortunately some of the things had been used and the rest were of very poor quality.....

at least it gave me a giggle.....

actually it looks a lot better in the photo .....

I know it sounds nasty to complain about a prize but 

 it is a shame when someone donates their rubbish ...... 

at least it was for a good cause.... the Rural Bush Fire Brigade so that is good.

My 2 raffle wins  could only be explained as....

"the sublime to the ridiculous"

Then Sunday 8th October I went to the Brisbane Craft Show with Nor.....

gosh we had the best day, lots of great stalls to see ......

my goodies.....

We had fun with this 3D set ......

These are a few of my favourite quilts on display.....

Nor having a close look at this beautiful quilt.....

Coffee and cake of course......

Sunday 15th we enjoyed another day at the Sunday Stitchers.....

Not many photos of the day.....

but show and tell was great as usual.....

Marilyn

Alison.....

Well that is my big catch up post for today....

so it is "Toodles" for me again.....

From mess to pleasure......

Oh dear......

the plumbing is stuffed, will it ever be back to normal.....

Soon I hope.....

We .... the Tuesday girls ventured out to see the "World of Craft"show.....

we had a great day even though the show wasn't quite as good as we had expected but it is new so hopefully it will improve as time goes on.

Morning Tea at the show......

One of the stalls and

look who we bumped into at the show.....

can you see Lynda there......

We also visited the "Bella Paperie" scrap booking store.....

then lunch at "French & Mor"

The following Tuesday we met at Nor's home....

here she is showing us her lovely new bag....

Well done Nor....

Teresa made us a yummie cheesecake which didn't last long as you can imagine....

Fun times as usual......

Toodles.....

Random stuff....

  I was soooo excited to get one of these Oliso irons.....

BUT .....21 months later I'm not soooo happy.....

big waste of money, it will be going in the bin.......

Very sad......

Happy face now......

this is a  $35 Kambrook iron and it works like a charm.....

how many irons could I have bought with the money I spent on the stupid Oliso iron.....

Oh welllll ....  enough whinging.....

My slippers have found a new home with Liz.....

cute modelling.....

A Simple Life block done.....

I also finished a block for our No Fuss Stitch-a-Long.....

"Ruth's Quilt" by Leanne Beasley....

Once again.....

Toodles.....

Short and sweet post.....

Out for morning tea with Gavan today.....

Teeny Weeny stitching for me this week......

more on that later.....

Our Corinne (GD) is working in Japan teaching English at the Campus below.....

she was excited to see they used her photo in their marketing brochure ......

how special is that..... Congratulations Corinne.....

That's it for today....

Toodles.....

Ho Hummmmm

I have been doing a bit of stalking today..... blog stalking that is.....

looking for inspiration and motivation.....

I have found some lovely blogs to help with my problem so thank you blogland.....

I felt soooo bored and a bit flat today, no reason just did...... lol

So I went and bought a solar light for the garden.....

pretty happy with it tooooo.

I have been doing a little sewing, not a lot but some is better than none I guess....

Plodding on with "Fleur" slowly but surely.....

A lovely memory of my Mum .....

Mum didn't like animals so when Pippa jumped on her lap and started to pat her it was a huge shock to us...... such a giggle.....

it was just after Mum's  happy hour so that could be the reason lol....

it just doesn't seem like 7 years since Mum left me.....

Well I'm off now to find a few more blogs to browse.....

Toodles......

Just random stuff.....

We had a busy day on Thursday..... 

Doctor's appointments, shopping and lunch.....

I decided to buy myself a little gift.....

out with the old and in with the new, it has little Swarovski crystals where the numbers should be .....

adds a lovely sparkle to the time.....

Yummie Country Omelette ......

When we arrived home there was a parcel waiting for me....

yayyyy my blog book for 2016.....

I  was a bit late getting last years holiday posts up to date but I'm back on track now.....

It is so nice to sit and have a read with a cuppa....

I have also finished this cute little kit from

 Hatched and Patched called "Little Flower Needlebook"

I'm off now to have dinner.....

Toodles.....