WOYWW 284

We've got BROADBAND!!!!! At last.

 "Didn't we have a lovely time
The day we went to....... Llandudno!"
Sorry it doesn't scan as well as Bangor does, but it was still in lovely Welsh Wales.

We went to the Crop,  I took these with me

And I brought these home,

And these

I took some pictures,  this was fun,

Ladies taking pictures of the gentlemen who attended with their wives, from the left, Shaz, Neet, Jan, Christine,  Margaret, Chris, Elizabeth and Sarah.
And I'm sorry I can't seem to get any other pics to upload.

And then Margaret and Shaz travelled all across England and we had a meet with Angela, from "Felix the crafty cat"
I'm sure the others who were there will have uploaded lots of pics, go to Julia's 
and have a snoop.
Thanks for visiting,  I will try to get back to you, but it won't be until the weekend as we have visitors arriving shortly, and I am no where near ready for them.
Chris

WOYWW 283

Wednesday is here again, desk snooping begin, so after you have looked at my desk, pop over Julia's Stamping Ground,   there you can see lots of crafty desks.

So my desk is a mess, I have been preparing ATCs for the crop this weekend, you can see a nice pile of completed ones at the back and one I didn't like centre front. Not going to finish that one, but out of sight are a couple I should get finished tomorrow to be sure of having enough.On extreme right cup of cold green tea, new brand to me and it was not nice, won't buy that one again.
We still don't have broadband!!! Long story, getting longer, complaint submitted and completely ignored, another one being prepared when I have the time.
We are off to North Wales first thing Thursday,  so I can't be sure I can make visits or return them until we are home on Sunday or even Monday, but thank you for making time to read my rubbish.
Bless you and have  great day
Chris

WOYWW 480

Wednesday is here again, another chance to visit Madame Julia.  From her desk you can blog hop to loads of crafty desks and even share your own.
So my desk, late Tuesday evening.

At the back, the results of getting very messy with shaving foam, centre front is the making of a Christmas card and on the left is a card I made with one of the sentiments I showed you last week.





Those of you who dropped by at my desk last week may remember that rather superiorly I said the "estate" had kept me busy, so I thought I'd share some picture of said estate. Sorry Julia it is very picture heavy.

 Coming through the huge steel gate.

 Showing the parking area.

 East end of the house

 The front of the house

 The boat moored outside the front, one of the reasons we bought the house.

 Round the West end of the house, the outside bathroom, toilet and shower!

 The park home!

 The "barge" tower, estate didn't know what else to call it, but we think it was built in the 50's, probably as some kind of studio.

 The gate at the end of the estate.

 The mooring, 120m, enough for 6 boats, may be some income there.

 This is the kitchen from the backdoor

And this is the kitchen from the other end, all 34ft long, and when we moved in, all one room. Far too big so we built the library.

Last week I said we had been slaving in the garden, this is what we had to dig out and prepare for concreting, and this is what it looks like now.

So that's me for another week,  and no we still don't have broadband,  but complaint is written, just waiting for the "Man" to read it, correct it and then BT will get lambasted.
Bless you  for dropping by,  and I will do my very best to get back to you all.
Chris

WOYWW 479

So here we are again, sharing our crafty desks with anyone who visits our wonderful host Julia at her Stamping Ground.
So my desk

Nothing like as productive as last week as we have been rather busy round the new "estate"! I spend nearly two solid days scraping wall paper in the park home, then there was some urgent plumbing and propping up a lean to to prevent it collapsing and then Tuesday morning, OH announced that he had ordered ballast and concrete mixer to be delivered on Wednesday and we hadn't prepared the ground by the shed for a new path, so most of Tuesday was spent clearing the site and filling a trailer with rubble and a bin full of nettles. And gathering a lot of aching muscles and several bruises in the process!
However I did just manage a birthday card for OH's 96 year old uncle,  and a couple of Christmas cards.

I did also have had time to play a little. A few weeks ago I played with some alcohol inks and decided that I didn't really like the finished item for a board, so decided to see what happened if I die cut some sentiments from it, they are rather interesting and unusual. 

 

 

With luck I might get a chance to do something with before next Wednesday.
Thanks for reading my drivel and have a great WOYWW.
Oh, and we still don't have broadband, and I haven't even managed to get to speak to someone at BT to issue an ultimatum, just two automated promises of call backs, which didn't happen!
Chris 

CHNC

For the first time ever I am entering a challenge.

WOYWW 478

August is here, and Christmas is fast approaching!
Last week I showed you a pile of Christmas card bits, so this is what is on my desk Tuesday evening!

That is thirteen finished cards, and there  at least 4 more part done, and all using stuff from the pile, which sadly still looks the same size. However, the hierarchy of waste management acknowledges that once the reuse option has been exhausted, recycling, in this case in the paper bin, is still acceptably environmentally satisfactory,  so  I think I need to be strong and dispose of it, and I can start using the new Christmas dies and stamps I have bought, with a clear conscience.  

We still haven't got broadband,  BT/OpenReach have not contacted us for 10 days now, I contacted Which legal team, but as I haven't paid any money, it seems a contract does not really exist, so they haven't broken a contract, and as they have a monopoly of provision of lines,  we can't go elsewhere. Sooner or later it might get to a complaint to Ofcom.

Well that's me this week, thanks for dropping by, sorry I can't provide a cuppa for visitors, doesn't work on the "ether".
If you want to see more crafty desks, nip over too our host Julia. 
Bless you for coming
Chris

WOYWW 477

Another week gone by, and far too fast for my liking.
A week in we which travelled back to North Wales for the funeral of a lovely Godly lady, who died far too young. She was one of those people who was always a presence in a room, and she will leave a very large hole in the world. It was very traumatic to see her children and her husband talk about her at the church in front of around 200 people, although clearly nowhere near as traumatic as it was for them. On Friday we travelled home, taking 6 hours over what should have been a three hour one.
On Saturday I  finished the card which was on my desk last week, for my sister who's anniversary was on Monday! Late again!

So my desk, picture taken Tuesday evening.

What you can mainly see is a pile of bits for making Christmas cards. Over the years I seem to have accumulated a lot of bits, toppers, sentiments, embellishments,  and I have promised myself that I will use up lots of them this year, so I can do something new next year. We also need to get cards out very early to make sure people have our new aďdress.
If you want to see more interesting desks, go to our wonderful host Julia at her Stamping Ground  where you can find links to lots of desks to snoop at
When that's all from me, Happy WOYWW and thanks for visiting
Chris