Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Thursday, 16 April 2009
At last...something to do with UFOs!!
I thought it was about time I got on with my current project. I managed at last to find out where I had put it....you know....so that I would know where it was!! It took me a while to figure out where I was up to and to get back into the swing of cross stitching (it's been a while since I did any).
I've noticed though that I'm having more trouble seeing the "holes" than I used to....obviously that's old age galloping up on me! I might have to succumb to a pair of specs for close work, something I've never needed in the past even though I've worn them for distance since I was about 13 or 14.
Anyway here's a pic of the work in progress, as you can see it is almost finished.....
I've noticed though that I'm having more trouble seeing the "holes" than I used to....obviously that's old age galloping up on me! I might have to succumb to a pair of specs for close work, something I've never needed in the past even though I've worn them for distance since I was about 13 or 14.
Anyway here's a pic of the work in progress, as you can see it is almost finished.....
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Yummy little tea room I've discovered......
I was in Greenwich yesterday with a couple of friends. One of them was from out of town, but she had been doing her homework and had spotted a write up in the Times (I think) for a cafe in the area which did a good afternnon tea. So off we went to Greenwich....toiled round the shops and the market....spent shed loads of money (it was hellish! ;o) )
About 2pm my friend dragged this bit of paper out of her bag and proceeded to point us in the direction of refreshment. Well, what a hidden gem it was when we eventually found it!
Royal Teas is a tiny little cafe off the beaten track. Quite unprepossessing from the outside. There's couple of plastic tables with chairs outside, and inside the furniture is a hotch potch of thing that have seen better days. The menu is small, but everything sounded delicious. It says they make everything on the premises, and I believe it. The prices are reasonable, and the tea was real leaf tea, in a pot, with a strainer....and china cups and saucers!!
We all settled for the afternoon tea, which was a smoked salmon, cucumber and cream cheese sandwich, a warm scone with jam and clotted cream, a piece of cake and tea. the waiter was lovely and very patient while we made adjustments to what was wanted....the vegetarian said could she just have the cucumber and cream cheese in her sandwich.....said that was fine would she like avocado instead. The coffee drinker said coffee instead tea, and she doesn't "do" cream, so she just wanted the cake and not the scone! Personally I was going the whole hog!! (He liked me for b eing "normal"....we all laughed at that....he doesn;t know me!!)
After the scones, myother friend and I decided we probably couldn't manage a piece of cake as well , after seeing the size of the slices going past, so we had a piece between us, and again the waiter couldn't have been more helpful. We had refills of tea and coffee, and the bill was adjusted accordingly for what we hadn't had, and it all came to the princely sum of £5.50 each!! We were very impressed! We all said it was the best afternoon tea we could remember having. The other customers seemed to be local people, we even spotted a couple of actors, but middle aged, no brain cells women that we are we couldn't remember either of their name!! But we decided that this was indeed a very good find, and definitely on the itinerary for future visits to Greenwich....especially if you go there first and have breakfast before hitting the shopsor the sights!
About 2pm my friend dragged this bit of paper out of her bag and proceeded to point us in the direction of refreshment. Well, what a hidden gem it was when we eventually found it!
Royal Teas is a tiny little cafe off the beaten track. Quite unprepossessing from the outside. There's couple of plastic tables with chairs outside, and inside the furniture is a hotch potch of thing that have seen better days. The menu is small, but everything sounded delicious. It says they make everything on the premises, and I believe it. The prices are reasonable, and the tea was real leaf tea, in a pot, with a strainer....and china cups and saucers!!
We all settled for the afternoon tea, which was a smoked salmon, cucumber and cream cheese sandwich, a warm scone with jam and clotted cream, a piece of cake and tea. the waiter was lovely and very patient while we made adjustments to what was wanted....the vegetarian said could she just have the cucumber and cream cheese in her sandwich.....said that was fine would she like avocado instead. The coffee drinker said coffee instead tea, and she doesn't "do" cream, so she just wanted the cake and not the scone! Personally I was going the whole hog!! (He liked me for b eing "normal"....we all laughed at that....he doesn;t know me!!)
After the scones, myother friend and I decided we probably couldn't manage a piece of cake as well , after seeing the size of the slices going past, so we had a piece between us, and again the waiter couldn't have been more helpful. We had refills of tea and coffee, and the bill was adjusted accordingly for what we hadn't had, and it all came to the princely sum of £5.50 each!! We were very impressed! We all said it was the best afternoon tea we could remember having. The other customers seemed to be local people, we even spotted a couple of actors, but middle aged, no brain cells women that we are we couldn't remember either of their name!! But we decided that this was indeed a very good find, and definitely on the itinerary for future visits to Greenwich....especially if you go there first and have breakfast before hitting the shopsor the sights!
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Silly little thing I wanted to share....
Someone gave me a desk calendar for Christmas....you know one of those with a witty saying or thought on each page?
Todays saying is...."It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens that, whatever you say to them, they aways purr"....well it made smile this morning anyway!!
Todays saying is...."It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens that, whatever you say to them, they aways purr"....well it made smile this morning anyway!!
Thursday, 29 January 2009
Bloomin' Cats.....
One of my little darlings decided to wake me up this morning....padding about on the bed and sticking her nose in my face! I looked at the clock and saw it was 6.15....so I thought I might as well get up as I wanted to go to the loo anyway....
Went to the loo (sorry...too much information!), back in the bedroom for my dressing gown.....looked at the clock again and it wasn't 6.15 it was *!"%* 3,30!!!! Bloomin' Cats!!!!
This is she.....butter wouldn't melt eh.......
Saturday, 17 January 2009
At last I've found a few minutes to get on here.....this is not being a very successful ufo blog so far, so I promise to try harder in this new year. Since I last posted I've been a little poorly....nothing serious.....sciatica to start with some weeks before Christmas, and then a horrendous cough all over the holidays. So I just haven't been in the mood for anything very much. I've been very busy at work since I've been back as well, but I'm on top of that now...LOL....famous last words!!
It's been pelting with rain here this morning, but it's brightening up now and I poked about in the garden for about 5 minutes. It was lovely to see a few crocuses pushing through the soil. Also some new shoots coming on other plants as well. Most noticeably (sp?) on the hydrangea and what I only know as an ice plant.
Just had some breakfast and I'm off to do some shopping soon to get some sensible food stuffs, as I seem to have run out of such a lot.........
It's been pelting with rain here this morning, but it's brightening up now and I poked about in the garden for about 5 minutes. It was lovely to see a few crocuses pushing through the soil. Also some new shoots coming on other plants as well. Most noticeably (sp?) on the hydrangea and what I only know as an ice plant.
Just had some breakfast and I'm off to do some shopping soon to get some sensible food stuffs, as I seem to have run out of such a lot.........
Monday, 13 October 2008
At it again...........
I think I've got a new obsession....(where's the eye rolling emoticon when you need it?!).
A couple of weeks ago I was looking for something in the dreaded "cupboard under the stairs" when I came across a box of blank greetings cards. I used to make quite a lot of cross stitch cards using the cards with a cut out aperture (I'm sure you guys know what I mean) As with most things the novelty wore off and they were all put in a box in the cupboard. Some of them even had bits of cross stitch with them, where they hadn't been finished. Anyway, I thought I would finish off those and see if I could sell them and I've managed to put a few up in an Etsy shop.
While this was going on, I happened across one those shopping channels on Freeview which was having a Craft weekend, and I was sucked into the cardmaking.....I didn't buy anything though (aren't you proud of my self control?) but I was fascinated by the selection of different papers and the demos of how easy it is to make the cards, and the fact that you can get CDs and print the papers yourself. At around the same time my friend and I went out for the afternoon to a Craft Village near Billericay in Essex and I was open mouthed at some of the papercraft stuff available....luckily no one caught me drooling! I still didn't buy anything (still proud of me?.....you won't be!) but with all these thoughts of hand made cards rushing around in my head......I just had to go and buy a load of bits and pieces (hanging my head in shame......Sorry!!)
So I still haven't made any inroads into my UFOs (there's a pattern here isn't there?) and I now have loads more stuff in my stash......There no hope for me......
A couple of weeks ago I was looking for something in the dreaded "cupboard under the stairs" when I came across a box of blank greetings cards. I used to make quite a lot of cross stitch cards using the cards with a cut out aperture (I'm sure you guys know what I mean) As with most things the novelty wore off and they were all put in a box in the cupboard. Some of them even had bits of cross stitch with them, where they hadn't been finished. Anyway, I thought I would finish off those and see if I could sell them and I've managed to put a few up in an Etsy shop.
While this was going on, I happened across one those shopping channels on Freeview which was having a Craft weekend, and I was sucked into the cardmaking.....I didn't buy anything though (aren't you proud of my self control?) but I was fascinated by the selection of different papers and the demos of how easy it is to make the cards, and the fact that you can get CDs and print the papers yourself. At around the same time my friend and I went out for the afternoon to a Craft Village near Billericay in Essex and I was open mouthed at some of the papercraft stuff available....luckily no one caught me drooling! I still didn't buy anything (still proud of me?.....you won't be!) but with all these thoughts of hand made cards rushing around in my head......I just had to go and buy a load of bits and pieces (hanging my head in shame......Sorry!!)
So I still haven't made any inroads into my UFOs (there's a pattern here isn't there?) and I now have loads more stuff in my stash......There no hope for me......
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