See you on the other side!

Lately I’ve lost my blogging mojo but maybe with the new year and all I will regain it. I’ve also been super exhausted lately. Siobhan comes back from maternity Monday, though I’m off all week and I feel a certain duty to make sure everything is up to date and in the same way she left it. I’m not looking forward to going back to my old role at all. Time for a new job me thinks. Oh to not have to work for a living!

Plenty of things have happened so I will catch you up briefly. Saran, Sean’s sister, had a beautiful baby boy on the 17th of December a full day after she was induced! Mother and baby are doing well!

Introducing Jack Patrick Milane

Sorry about the poor photograph, I didn’t take it obviously *cough* Sean *cough*, he wasn’t so happy to be photographed, but I was happy to be holding him.

The next day, a full 8 days late, Nelia Lubar entered the world! Pics are to come but she is absolutely adorable. We went round to the birthing center when she was just 1 day old and again this evening. Lisal, the new mommy, is a much better photographer than Sean so will let her photo’s do her daughter justice. She put on the hat I made for her and apparently it’s a big hit. It’s the go to hat as it fit’s so well so I’m so glad. It’s a newish pattern for a new baby hat that will stay on a wriggly babies head. Think a cross between a bonnet and beanie. I didn’t think to write down the pattern but I am going to do her another, babies grow so fast! Once I do I will share the pattern.

I’ll round off this brief post with cupcakes I made for Lisal and Lee’s New Years dinner today….

…because everyone loves cupcakes

Pssst I made those flags. Real easy, rub-offs, ribbon and double sided tape attached to lollypop sticks.

Let’s hope theres another post from me this year hehe.

What I don’t fail at though is folding paper stars:

I’ve made lots of these and will be selling them at the christmas fair. Speaking of which…

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If the baking fails at least I’ll have something to sell lol.

So… I’ve been being industrious and I’m making many decorations, planning how my stall will look, planning what cakes and cookies/biscuits I will make. It’s frightening and exciting all at the same time.

I tried photographing my decorations but I just can’t do them justice. I’d have another go but they are all wrapped ready to be sold now. I have to be organised you know.

I must be mad to agree to do it at such short notice but it is Christmads!

Here’s the progress on my half finished storage boxes. Picture taken outside in the rain, hence the rain spots lol.

That’s all I have for today.

I just had to share that with you lol.

We’re going to the West End to see the christmas lights if Sean ever wakes up tut.

TTFN

All is not lost though! At work we’ve recent had a new shipment of XDA’s which come in rather spiffy magnetic lid boxes. As soon as I saw these boxes I knew there was an oppurtunity for crafting. I’ve taken home 9 already and currently have 2 decorated sets of boxes looking lovely on our cabinet. They are not quite finished but I will show you my progress soon. I also think they would make awesome gift boxes.

Blues abated!

NB.I wrote this yesterday but forgot to publish oops!

It’s been a long week of catch up, remind me never to take a vacation again (Please don’t lol).

Looking forward to a weekend of crafting and roast dinners, ice cream and movies.

Good times

I got a lovely book of cupcake recipes from Saran and the Milanes, a Lush gift set from Gavin (BIL) and Jenn and an adorable wooden sewing box from Sean’s mum and dad. It really is very sweet. If it wasn’t for the fact I am waking up in half light and getting home in the dark I would take pictures.

Then we had Sunday lunch, minus Gavin and Jenn, at Seans parents. Three bird roast, yum!

Lucky us got a bonus gift from Seans mum and dad of Ikea vouchers. These were a belated moving in together gift. I suggested we save these till we move again.

Sean just made yummy onion Bhaji’s for my new low carb diet so I’m going to toodle off to eat.

I got lots of card, pressies and birthday drinks. I think my favourite birthday gifts was my favourite perfume Cinéma by YSL. I love that stuff. Secondly my pop out and make penguins from Sean (I’d been saying I wanted to start some christmasy crafting and they are perfect) and I also got Martha Stewarts encyclopedia of crafts which is really good. I had a quick flick through on my way home and I love the idea for christmas.

So all in all I have been very spoilt on my birthday and had a fab time. It’s not over yet though because I haven’t had my mom’s present or my sisters and we’re going to Seans family this weekend where apparently I have presents waiting. Lucky me.

I’m not very hungover despite being plied with birthday drinks all night. In fact I felt energetic enough to clean the kitchen this morning and do some washing. Has to be done right?

Seems I missed out on alot at work. One of our drivers got arrested, my manager Peter got engaged (again, lol don’t ask) and one of my work mates is leaving at the end of the month!

To round things off 27 things, in no particular order, that make me happy:

1. I’m alive and well
2. I have a decent job in these hard times
3. My lovely boyfriend
4. My just as lovely family &  friends
5. Birthday presents
6. Perfume
7. Balloons
8. Cupcakes
9. Chocolate
10. Chorizo (the three “C’s”
11. Knitting
12. Crochet
13. My blog
14. Music
15. Apple Tango
16. Christmas
17. Buttons
18. Ribbon
19. Fresh Sheets
20. Rainbows
21. Warm baths
22. Moo Cow Slipper Boots
23. Winter boots
24. My sewing machine
25. Our bowls from Turkey
26. Crafting
27. Sunshine