Thank you

Oh thank you so much for your birthday wishes. You made my day. Also in my day was a German breakfast. This is what you do!

Warm up the German Sausage (which was a birthday present) in water. Serve German Sausage (weisswurst) on a plate with a sweet mustard and toast.

Take the skin off the German Sausage then eat.

Hmmm!

Actually it was very nice. During this typical Bavarian breakfast I introduced my favourite British breakfast of Marmite (love or hate?) on toast. Yeah, yeah, I love it. 

Oh dear!

Not so my German friend! :(

More birthday treats to come in next post.

xx

PS We ate the sausage in the non-Bavarian way!

PPS Whoops, we ate the Weisswurst with a knife and fork.

PPS No Weissbier was consumed at breakfast. Too early for me!

xx

Birthday Girl

Happy Birthday to me,

Happy Birthday to me,

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday,

Happy Birthday to me!

Communal Resolutions

I'm joining in with the resolutions of other bloggers this year (and including some of my own).

Along with Frugal Queen I shall endeavour to 'fix' things that need fixing.

With Jo from Through the Keyhole I shall endeavour to read at least 1 book a month. I also like the idea of fresh flowers in the house and I'd like to pick from my garden like Lucy at Attic 24.
I shall try not to start any new projects (from now) until current ones have been completed. (It's a good job I've already started doing these bells for next Christmas,

 oh and these snowmen,

... not finished yet, of course

 oh and these Christmas ornaments!!!

 The idea came from a magazine and I made up a similar pattern. I think I'll make some smaller ones.)

The bells are very easy and quick to make and the pattern is here. I added a loop at the beginning so the bell can be hung up.

Chain 20 or however long you want the loop and join to the beginning of the chain with a slip stitch.

Chain 3 in a chain space.

Work another 5 trebles then flip the loop over to the other side.

Now work the next 6 trebles on the other side of the chain space. Join with a slip stitch to the top of the first ch 3 (treble). Continue with round 2 of the pattern.

I shall be crocheting more bells and snowmen throughout the year and hopefully doing lots of other activities as well.

xx

Christmas No. 2 ...

... with family over from Europe. We're getting a little bit full now!

With all the help in the kitchen the meal went smoothly. There was even help in the garden which is a bit wet at the moment, hence the garden footwear to keep the shoes clean.

From garden (parsnips and leeks) to table = 0 food miles.

Leeks in cheese sauce - hmmm!!!

Still one more feast to go then it's Diet Time!

xx

PS Here are the Christmas Carol answers for Sharon.

1. Ding Dong Merrily on High

2. We (wee) 3 Kings

3. Mary's Boy Child

4. Mistletoe and Wine

5. Girls and Boys, Leave Your Toys (Zither Carol)

6. Little Drummer Boy

7. White Christmas

8. Good King Wenceslas

9. O Christmas Tree

10. Walking in the Air

11. Winter Wonderland

12. Hallelujah Chorus

Welcome New Follower, lovely to have you on board.

End of the year

Do it yourself buffet with homemade coleslaw (grated carrot, chopped onion, chopped cabbage and Heinz salad cream - all mixed together), homemade guacamole (mashed avocado, dash of Tabasco, dash of chilli powder and coriander garnish), homemade seafood sauce (mayonnaise with a dash of tomato ketchup) and dippy fingers (carrot, spring onion, cucumber and tomatoes).

Here are the bread buns and here are the toppings - DIY style. Salmon, ham, eggy mayonnaise and cheesy mayonnaise with red onion.

Another feast in the season of festivities.

Still more to celebrate. Whoo hoo!

xx

Happy New Year to all.

Love from Mum

xx

Nearly there!

- with crocheting my blanket

- with my New Year Resolutions

- with my de-cluttering (actually no where near)

- with finishing WIP'S

- with thinking up crochet presents for next Christmas
- with tidying up after Christmas

Thought! - If I was 'there' then I'd have nothing to do so I think I'll stay at 'nearly there' for a little while longer.

Nearly there!

See you next year.