Happy birthday

Happy birthday hubby

63 years round the sun

wishing you lots more!

let’s face it. I need you to keep working

lol

love you heaps

Missing Annie

Ana and her family all went out to spend the day together

im sure they will all have fun

but

this left me to my own devices

we had a bit of mis- communication

and a senior moment

I went shopping and bought apples on the weekend

then early in the week I thought oh I need to get some apples as you do

and then hubby went shopping and thought oh I better get some apples

as you have probably noticed we ended up with LOTS of apples

I decided to cut some up. Add some frozen rhubarb from the garden and I made jam

it doesn’t look the nicest but I does taste good most of this will be used in those 100 cookie recipe I use

you would be surprised how much it used up

I waited for these to arrive for weeks

finally they did and I finished off the wall hangings

these will be gifts for Christmas however I’ve not decided who will get them

four of these ready to go

I also finished these.

again I’m not sure who will receive them yet

I’ll make those decisions closer to Christmas

you can’t see them but I have added ribbons so they can hang

after all that.

and cooking dinner, chicken, in the slow cooker I’m pretty much done

it’s lovely and sunny today but as usual it’s cold and around 5ish it starts to really cool down

I’ve brought lots of firewood in so that we can ramp it up tonight

then I’ll sit, watch whatever hubby wants and knit.

a perfect end to the week

Wind.

Today the weather is windy

not the gale force winds we have been having, thankfully , but enough to dry washing

I striped the bed, put the sheets in the washer and out on the line early

towels were hung under the veranda and everything has dried

ivd got the sheets on the bed ready for me to remake it

towels will shortly be brought in folded and put away

all living areas have been dusted and vacuumed.

it was also bathroom day I scrubbed it all down and then I had a shower

After all that

I’m working on the socks

I’ve run the life lines for the heel and will continue knitting the foot

I think I’ll add a lifeline before decreasing for the toes and start the second sock.

But

Ill start knitting the (cuff) of the second sock and end it with the toes.

casting on and knitting the first few rows is hard. My hands just won’t do what I want them too.

I’m hoping this will be much easier

Ill let you know how the experiment goes

Monday

Yesterday I woke up feeling much better than I have been

Don’t know if it’s the weather, I suffer from SAD seasonal affected depression

or the emotions from the past few months

It wasn’t just one thing it was lots

or the fact I hadn’t been sleeping like at all I’d be up all night get to bed around five and sleep two or three hours

But the sun was shining I had slept thanks to pharmaceuticals and I had spent some time alone decompressing

I did three loads of washing

I baked. I had requests

and I started to try and weed

the weeding didn’t go well

everything hurt

the back, the knees and my shoulder

I think the bursitis is back

I had no choice but to come back inside

I plan to go out again today I’ll fill that tub with weeds and then stop if I do that I won’t overdo but the garden bed will eventually look much better

meanwhile hubby has asked for more knitted socks he swears that on the days he wears them with his work boots the feel much better by the end of the day

of course I’ve started another pair for him. It’s not heavy or complicated so perfect for now

A lovely day

Ana arrived around eight this morning to have her grandma day

I found some wooden animals and stick puppets

she had fun colouring them in

she made a puppet for each member of her family and grandma had to write who it was on the back

we also watch kids YouTube with lots of dancing Ana danced grandma watched lol

later when it was time to pick her up the rest of the family came over

we had takeaway for dinner and I had lots of cuddles

She really is the most perfect baby she hardly cries and snuggles in to sleep

i thought my newborn cuddles were over, but the universe had other ideas

I’m so happy this little one really wanted to be here

First cuddles

First cuddles

you forget just how little they are

grandpa and grandma are so very blessed

She’s here

Georgia Elizabeth has arrived

born 22/8/25

at 1.03 am

mum and bubs are well.

cant wait for cuddles We will give the little family time to rest and get into a routine

get ready for baby spam lol