We've finally had a decent day today weather-wise, so all the gardening I'd planned to get done on Beltane got sorted today (well, mostly anyways). David and I had a really nice time outside, planting everything in pots and clearing the little patch at the bottom of the garden to plant things there as well :)

( Take a look :) )

So, yesterday was Beltane, and Summer is officially beginning... though with the amount of rainfall we've had recently, it's easy to think otherwise! I would usually spend a good part of Beltane outdoors, but with the awful weather that didn't really happen :( So my gardening plans went out the window, but I'm hoping to get planting some seeds and ( Read more... )

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So, today is Yule ^^ Hope anyone who celebrates it has had a good day. I spent the day with my gorgeous fiance, though unfortunately our time was cut short a couple of hours as he was called into work :( But, we still had time to share the Yule log, and each light a candle as is tradition ^^

I explained to David how the Yule log works (what the ( Read more... )

So, I've slowed down considerably with the sewing project thanks to work and college etc keeping me so busy, but I've really got to start knuckling down because Christmas is only about 8 weeks away - scary! :O

Week 4 - I got a measly 2 small lines of stitches done, so it wasn't worth taking a photo as it would be like playing spot the difference ( Read more... )

So, I was supposed to put a pic up every saturday night to show how my huge cross-stitch project was coming along week by week... Only the saturday I was due to post the first pic, my laptop died D: It's all sorted now though, so here are the pics:

Week 1:


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Ah, I'm so excited at the moment 'cause I just got off the phone booking a night's stay in a luxury apartment for me and my fiance next month - it's a surprise for his birthday, and I really can't wait for us to go now! :D

It's in Nottingham lol, so we're not even going out of the city, but it's just so amazing and I never knew such a nice place ( Read more... )