Friday 10 January 2014

Christmas, New Year, Gales, Chocolate, TV...

So how was your Christmas and New Year? I hope it was good. Mine was busy, busy, busy and then nice and peaceful, which isn't too bad a combination... None of it was helped by the awful weather we've been having in the UK - on Christmas Eve the gales left us with a slight (ahem) roof problem which needed immediate fixing, so come the time when I should have been sitting in front of the TV with a few chocolates and It's A Wonderful Life hitting the spot, I was instead holding a ladder, wishing I was wearing gloves (that wind was very cold), and wondering if I'd get enough time to push the shed back upright before it got dark (I didn't).

However, despite continued bad weather, the electricity stayed on, as did the roof, and the shed remains mostly upright. And all the water has stayed outside the house, a good state of affairs in anyone's book.


Christmas Chocolates
The chocolate on the middle left tasted of violets and was exquisite...


I'd hoped for a movie-saturated Christmas but events above and then welcome visitors meant it wasn't until close to the end of the year that I got to indulge myself with chocolates and films on the TV, but it was worth the wait, and Sherlock was a nice way to welcome the New Year in too...

My plans for the new year? Well, writing my blog, of course, a bit of jewellery making/creativity, a lot of blog design, and some careful tidying of my laptop before it explodes from all the photos and links I have insisted on saving to it... I hope your new year brings you much happiness - and thank you so much for reading my blog; the visits and comments mean a lot :)

12 comments:

  1. Happy New Year! I do hope you have a lovely one. Sorry to hear about your Christmas being a bit topsy turvy with the bad weather, thank god the roof was ok in the end! I am glad that for now the weather here in the UK is a bit better and hopefully the storms have gone for good (fingers crossed). Wishing you some lovely jewellery adventures for 2014! Safxxx

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    1. Happy New Year to you too, Saf! My fingers are also firmly crossed that the weather is calmer here now... Hoping this year brings you much happiness, and lots more beautiful drawings and art :)

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  2. Happy New Year! Glad ti hear it was a good one though I bet you were wondering on Christmas Even whether it would be!

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    1. Happy New Year to you too :) Yes, the night before Christmas was a bit hairy ;) Hope yours was good :)

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    1. Believe me when I say they tasted even better than they looked...very, very good chocolates :D

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  4. Those chocolates look delicious! I'm on a diet so am limiting my chocolate intake (going well so far!)
    I'm glad the weather wasn't too bad for you apart from the roof and wonky shed.
    Happy New Year!

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    1. My chocolate-restricted-diet is going very badly as I still have heaps left over from Christmas - my plan is to eke it out til Easter though ;) Good to hear yours is going well :) Happy New Year!

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  5. Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by my blog!
    Those chocolates look fabulously delicious! xxx

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    1. Thanks for the comment :) The chocolates were wonderful... ;)
      Happy New Year!

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  6. Happy New Year sweetie and yeuk to your Christmas Weather.Oooh yes! I'm going to declutter my computer too.. *carries on reading blogs* noodleBubble

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    1. Aw, thank you :) And whilst I am still reading too many blogs, I have been doing a little computer dejunking... it's just fallen by the wayside a little this week ;)

      Happy New Year :)

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