2016 , Its been a hell of a year. The Goblin King and Professor Snape died, Leo finally won his Oscar, Iran ended diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia and the World Health Organisation announced the Zika outbreak. Then Terry Wogan died and it was still only January. The world reeled from one terrorist attack after another,…… Continue reading Almost 2017
Still loving my crochet so I decided to learn a new crochet skill. C2C crochet (corner to corner). I watched a video on youtube from Mikey at the Crochet Crowd to make a scarf and learn C2C at the same time. It so easy and it grows really quickly. I bought the wool ages ago,…… Continue reading Learning something new
Merry Christmas from Azerbaijan. Christmas in Baku is great. We always have someone say, “But don’t you want to go home from Christmas?”. Nope. Never. Actually we are home, this is where we live, this is where my children should wake up on Christmas morning, it’s where Santa leaves the presents after all. Flying back…… Continue reading Merry Christmas and yes that was a Donkey
Mr R, the small people and I just spent three days in Shahdag with some friends of ours. Shahdag is a ski resort that hadn’t finished being built the last time we lived in Azerbaijan. We didn’t get round to visiting last year either so this was our first visit. Considering it was full of the cold,…… Continue reading Shahdag & skiing. Otherwise know as more snow…
I decided that I would make a Giant Granny Square blanket. I keep it next to my side of the sofa, ready to pick up when I’m watching TV or procrastinating from writing or my course work. It has grown considerably over the last few days, many lazy days laying on the sofa are…… Continue reading Granny is growing
The best happy ending story I’ve read for a long time was this one today – Daddy reading Harry Potter saved his baby. ❤️❤️❤️ I fully admit this made me properly tears rolling down my face cry. Harry has a special place in my heart too, he helped keep me alive so many times over the years.…… Continue reading The magic of Harry Potter
I really hate snow. Like really hate it. Its cold, its wet and its only pretty if you are looking at it through a window while sitting next to a fire. This morning I was not looking through a window, even if I was my house doesn’t have a fire (well it does but its…… Continue reading Oh no its Snow
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