Happy New Year

May your year be just what you want it to be

May you achieve all you set out to do. 

Let problems all go walkies

Far away from you.

May happiness surround you

With family and friends

May 2017 be the year of

Luck that never ends.

May health and peace be with you

All throughout the year,

Surround yourself with laughter

And banish all the tears.

To all my bloggy readers

Regularly calling here

I send to you this greeting - 

Have a Wonderful New Year!

Feeling flat

Feeling a little bit flat after all the festivities? So are DD's presents. Being the owner of 3 cats and 2 rats means quite a lot of work. What better than to sit down with a cup of something for a well deserved rest. Meet the family coasters. First there's the cats - 2 short hair and 1 long hair.

Then there is the rat family - flat of course so they can balance your cuppa.

The flat cats are called butt coasters for obvious reasons and their pattern can be found here, while the flat rats' pattern is here.

Hope they don't find the cups too hot!

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Y and Z are for ...

YZ men

Oh, and X is for …

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Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

W is for ...

Winter

Oh the weather outside is frightful.

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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V is for ...

Very close now

Hope you are all ready if you are celebrating the big day. If you are not celebrating - it's very close to being over and everyone can get back to normal, whatever normal is.

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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U is for ...

Ule log day

Oh, sorry, spelt that wrong - it should be Yule Log Day!

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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PS Grr, my hospital stay has been postponed until the New Year! (Government initiative for freeing up beds over the Christmas period.) Moan over.

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T is for ...

Time

Time to stop planning, fretting and organising. Just enjoy the season. If something's been forgotten or isn't quite as it should be - so be it. Live for today.

Here's Steve Seagull saying hello on the other side of the
loft window. Hi, Steve, Merry Christmas! 

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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PS The rest of my posts have been scheduled as I'm off to hospital over Christmas. Thank you for all your comments and visits. Take care.

S is for ...

Song associated with the Christmas season

Which one is going around in your head today?

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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R is for ...

Right present for the right person

What present would you like for Christmas?

Not likely to get: my choice - everybody living peacefully on this planet
Might get: my choice - some great big hugs when I least expect them

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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Q is for ...

Quiet

Let's just sit and think awhile about how lucky we are this year.

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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P is for ...

Post

Are they posted? Are you an early poster or a late one? Do you wait until you receive a card before you send one or don't you send any at all? Most of my cards are everlasting cards now. I make card and send, the recipient sends it back the next year. We keep swopping cards each year so no new ones need to be bought. Once the card is full of greetings then I retire it and make a new one. They are all reminders of friends and family.

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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O is for ...

Order

My Christmas book has the run down to Christmas in some sort of order - buy tree, put up decorations, post cards etc. but isn't there always something that we forget. Now what have I not remembered for this year, I wonder!

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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N is for ...

Nativity

I've crocheted quite a few Nativity sets parts of which can be seen in these posts with the complete set here. I hope you enjoy listening to the carols.

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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PS I seem to be getting quite a few visitors from Russia. Hello and welcome.

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M is for ...

Making

What have you 'made' for Christmas this year. Here's my list.

*
cake
presents
wrapping
Advent calendar
lots and lots of mess
*
*
*
cards
labels

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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L is for ...

Lights

I spent an age untangling the lights for the Christmas tree this year, only to realise that I'd bought some new ones from Ikea which weren't tangled at all!

Large, light and lovely.

The untangled lights are now wrapped round a large cardboard tube ready for use another year.

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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K is for ...

Kitchen

I've not done a kitchen window post for a while so here's the window …

I've mislaid my camera so here are pics from Decembers past.

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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J is for ...

Jingle Bells

I display these jingly bells in a white bowl for a simple centrepiece.

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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I is for ...

Ivy

Very pretty but very invasive.

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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H is for ...

Holly

This picture was taken one year when it snowed.

We chopped an overlarge holly tree down the year before last but it refuses to be beaten and is growing again in the same place.

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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G is for ...

Gold

Is it a gold theme or a silver theme this year - or perhaps a little bit of everything?

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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F is for ...

Fir cones

I have a large glass cylinder full which stays out all year round.

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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E is for ...

Evergreen

The wreath is on the front door.

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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D is for ...

Dressing gown

Let's have a Christmas themed dressing gown for December.

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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C is for ...

Cracker

No more bought crackers for me. These are the last lot. I shall make my own from now on.

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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B is for ...

Baubles

Now which baubles shall I chose this year?

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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PS The link to my crochet angel is in this post and more can be seen if you type 'angel' in my search box to see last year's Advent Calendar.

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A is for ...

Angel

I am linking with Julie over at KCsCourt.

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