A Grand Day In...

Consists of:

-tea with cream and sugar

-cheese and crackers

-wallace and grommit marathon

-beckah

Wednesday

Visited Belle today and:

Admired all the baby hats she's been making.

Wound my big mob of yarn into balls.

Made one fingerless glove for my Etsy shop.

Listened to Marty Robbins on casset tape.

Drank tea and ate fig newtons.

Talked about Revelation.

Came home with a bag full of yarn to figure out what to do with.

Tomorrow it's back to work.

Beckah's Birthday :)

Last week we finally celebrated my friend Beckah's birthday...(her birthday was in April) and had a Wallace and Gromit marathon. Wahoo! They're the best. :)


We also had a crazy hailstorm and me being even crazier than the weather...I had to go out in it and get a bowl full of hail to eat...which might be bad for you but I love it too much to care. ;)

And of course you can't watch Wallace and Gromit with out tea with milk. Or cream...as we Americans use.
Most important is the CHEESE. :) "We've forgotten the crackers Gromit!"

And then of course...birthday brownies with ice cream and a big 'ol candle. :)

Mum's are the Best :)

This morning I wasn't feeling well, so mom brought me a tray of breakfast in bed. Awww....isn't she the swetest?
Bright cheery flowers...I think they worked their magic because I'm feeling better now. :)

Yummy toast and jam and apple scone cake. Marie Antoinette treatment, that. ;)

And only the best, Twinings peppermint tea. I love this jolly little tea pot. It used to belong to my grandma.

Even the cutlery was special.

Do you like my tea cup? I bought it at World Market the other day for just under $3. I used up the rest of my gift card my brother gave me for Christmas and got some tea and a mug as well.

Well, I feel quite spoiled now...perhaps I wont ever do anything but lounge around from now on. ;)

A Fresh Start

I've been busy all day moving all my sewing into my sister's old room (she just moved out this week). It's amazing how fresh one's room feels when it's free of anything having to do with work.
It's so free of clutter, I felt like I could finally pull out the crazy quilt "grandma" Laura made for me:

I always felt like it was too much in my busy room. But now I think it looks alright. I even have a corner free for my costume trunk:

Probably the busiest thing in my room is my wardrobe, I started covering it with pictures. But I like it that way. :) I need to go develop some more pictures so I can cover the rest of the doors and the side.
I need to make a curtain for my closet and organize my bookshelf, otherwise my room is quite tidy! It feels so nice. :)
Mum just made me a lovely cup of Prince of Wales tea (which is delicious by the way) and a home made truffle:

I'm off to a friends in a minute, but tomorrow I shall attack my new sewing room and put it all in order! I'll share pictures when that's done. :)

My Birthday :)

I had a wonderful birthday. :) We just spent the day watching movies and drinking tea. It was quite lovely.

We watched Ladies in Lavender as it's filmed in Cornwall, England. I love this film. It made me a bit homesick but it was good to hear a proper Cornish accent again and watch them have tea and toast and pasties. :)

My favorite album at the moment I think is Hillsong's This is Our God. I love it so much. Could have something to do with the fact that that's pretty much everything we sang at Soul Survivor. Lots of memories behind those songs. But they are pretty awesome songs. :) Love it. My sister gave me an iTunes gift card for my birthday...I'm thinking of buying most of this album with it. But I might want some Tim Hughes too....oh, I don't know! :)

I bought myself a box of tea for my birthday with my World Market gift card my brother got me for Christmas. I LOVE this stuff...but it always gives me the jitters as it's pretty high in caffeine. But...I really really do love it.

Because Gen is the coolest...she got me a hot water bottle and made me the coziest fleece cover for it. She knows me well. :D I fell in love with hot water bottles last Christmas while I was staying in England. Auntie Ann would fill one up for me every night and it was the most comforting thing. :)

And she gave me the coolest book ever....

It inspires me! I love it. :)

My brother gave me Persuasion on DVD and my sister gave me candles and bubble bath and hand cream from a British cosmetic line.

Hmmm....kinda funny everything seems to revolve around England. I know I probably talk about it way too much all the time. I miss it so much. I'm slowly learning to get involved where I'm at. But one day I'll go back. I'll see the rugged coastlines and cobbled streets again and give and get warm hugs from friends and family.

In the meantime, I'll enjoy the friends and family I have here. :)

Peppermint in the Snow

It's been snowing here for over a week and it's so lovely. The other day I finally tromped out into the cold to take some pictures...I accidently deleted the good one...so there all you get to see is my wellies. That's another thing I'm loving about the snow. I've worn my wellies twice! But I mostly just stay inside because it's too cold. My favorite thing lately is Twinings peppermint tea...I got addicted to this stuff when I was in England. Mmm...it's wonderful.

You know what else is wonderful? Peppermint marshmallows. Mmmmhmm. My friends got some one day and yeah...we love them. Put them in your hot chocolate and...it's divine.
And I just think they're pretty. :)

So, pour yourself a cup of tea or hot chocolate, maybe read The Little White Horse (my new favorite), and enjoy the holiday season. I hope you have snow too!

My Current Obsession

Mmm....so yummy. Go there. Try it. :)