Poppy Cottage 15th July 2009

Poppy Cottage as of 15th July 2014, can't remember how many hours it is, but to be honest, am not going to

count them, just enjoy them  :)

Dusting Time

Thought I'd give the old blog a dust off & communicate with the world once more.  Have spent the morning sorting out my stitching & giving 'Poppy Cottage' a dust off, with this lovely weather we've been having I fancied looking at a peaceful country scene, & this does the trick.  Found out that I have two frames that fit in my stitching stand, bonus, & carried out a WIP change.  Just looked at some past pictures of 'Poppy Cottage' to find I've put it in the frame upside down!  Oops...  Will potter off & deal with that in a minute, just after I've finally cooled down slightly

General chit-chat

Hello again...  Now I know I made an attempt at the beginning of the year to try and blog daily, and to be creative/constructive at least once a day.  This may not have happened as frequently as I had hoped, but I am still here  :)
For the past couple of weeks I have been playing computer games as I do enjoy them, Sims 2 & World Of Warcraft to be precise.  I love playing these as it gives my mind a break from thinking too much, always an added bonus.
But then last Thursday after much deliberation I thought I'd stop smoking.  Not an easy task.  I bought a disposable 'cigerette' as I feel that for me if I intend to stop then I shouldn't buy something that can be recharged, kind of defeats the object if it can alays be used.  I had run out of 'proper' cigerettes on Thursday evening, wanted to start a fresh day without 'proper' cigerettes, so Friday seemed the perfect opportunity to give this stopping thing a whirl.  Well, what can I say...  Have cleaned the house from top to bottom, if it can fit into a washing machine it has been washed, if it can't it has been febreezed, hooverable items have been hoovered.  I have mended a broken pair of shoes, sorted the understairs cupboard, put things into the garage & got my bike back out.  It is now 9.44pm on Monday & as yet I haven't even used the 'disposable' cigerette, & hope that I will get to bed without doing so.  But it is not easy, not at all!  I'm just stubborn, & if somethings going to happen, & I am ready for it to happen, then it has to happen right now, otherwise I get very restless & agitated untill it is done.  Not an east trait to live with sometimes  :)
Not sure what the next week or so will bring, but I can hear my garden screraming at be to be sorted...

The Flying Scotsman

3 hours stitching done today, along with watching 'The Fighter' (fantastic film), & 'The Amazing Spider-Man' (a worthy watch).  Am now creating dinner, and onto watching some more films.

The Flying Scotsman

1hour & 30minutes work here, completed over the past couple of days.