Fourth Sunday in Advent

Light the Advent Candle four
Think of joy forever more
Christchild in a stable born
Gift of love that Chrismas morn

Candle, candle, burning bright
Shining in the cold winter night
Candle, candle, burning bright
Fill our hearts with Christmas Light

xx

All I Need Now is Rain..

I went out this afternoon to get a prescription for Master T and came back with 4 of these..

..at 98 pence a pop it would have been rude not to. I bought them from Morrisons garden center, i have already been in the garden and applied the lawn food. I know i am a bit late doing it but as they say, better late than never. I will go back during the week to buy some more for next year. All i need now is rain in the next couple of days. If not i will have to get my hose pipe out, hope it will not come to that otherwise my neighbours might think i am losing it.

When i was walking in the garden feeding the lawn i noticed a lot of patches on my lawn which i knew were there but had forgotten about. My lawn is only 8 months old so those patches are from where the seeds didn't germinate.

Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain..

Swap Goodies....

I received my parcel  from my swap partner the lovely Kezzie of  KezziAG on Tuesday. She sent me some lovely gifts.

The whole lot

Two lovely books one for me, A Vintage Affair and one for Master T, Marvin Redpost Kidnapped at Birth and a handmade book mark.

Heart shaped cookie cutters, chocolates and some Bear yo yo's

Santa peg, smiley cat tree decoration and a sweet smelling bath bomb

Thank vou very much Kezzie for the presents. We have already scoffed the chocolates and yo yo sweeties. The books will be read on my holiday, tha cat will be hung on the tree today, the peg is on the fridge and i am saving the bath bomb for January when the going gets tough.

We are putting our tree up today, Master T keeps pestering me.

Hope you all have a good weekend.

xx

Second Sunday in Advent

Light the Advent Candle two
Think of humble shepherds who
Filled with wonder at the sight
Of the child on Christmas night

Candle, candle, burning bright
Shining in the cold winter night
Candle, candle, burning bright
Fill our hearts with Christmas Light



Hope you have all had a good weekend

Weekend Visitors

On Friday Master T came home with some visitors, baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, 3 wise men, 3 shepherd's and 2 sheep. His school has a travelling crib for each class and this weekend was his turn to bring it home.

Christmas is definitely near and i am nowhere near putting my tree and decoration up. The Christmas spirit hasn't caught up with me yet. I am sure there is still plenty of time.xx

One Potato, Two Potato...

Look what i found in my garden...

2 potatoes

I planted these at the end of my flower bed while i was deciding what shrub i wanted to put in that corner. I used sprouted potato skin and i can't believe it works. Unfortunately i changed my mind the following day and dug them out to plant poppies. I must have left these two by mistake because i discovered them while planting bulbs. I couldn't believe it and was so excited, i have already cooked them as part of tomorrows packed lunch (potato salad) so i am looking forward to munching my 2 homegrown potatoes. I am definately putting potatoes on my list of things to grow next year.

Hope you have all had a good day xxx



My Treasures....

I haven't been to the carboot sale because of the weather so all my treasures are either from jumble sales or charity shops.

I am in love with this rose printed tea set. It consists of  4 cups, saucers and side plates. I managed to find myself a conserve jar with spoon included.

  

C. S Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia collection. The 7 books are The Magician's nephew, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The horse and his boy, Prince Caspian, The voyage of the Dawntreader, The Silver chair and The last battle.

Mrs Beeton's cookery book. The reason i bought this apart from the price tag (50p) was because of an article i read in the Good Food magazine by Gerard Baker. He has updated some of Mrs Beeton's recipe to be more modern and i wanted to have a read of some of the original recipes.

Every year i grow herbs and every year they die before i can use them. Hopefully this little book will be worth more than what i paid for it.

Cookie cutters. Reindeer, snowman, gingerbread man, heart, teddy bear, duck and candy cane shaped. I am not sure what shape the orange cutter is. Any ideas?

Some clothes

I love them all

Last but no means the least this book. Martin Lewis has nothing on me i managed to buy this for 70p. I am hoping it will be of some use to me come January. If not i know i can always rely on my fellow bloggers for hints and tips on saving those pennies.

So far i have everything that i need and will be taking a break from shopping for myself. I will keep posting some of the things that i have bought in the past few weeks.