Did we have a holiday?

So here we are, in a brand new year.  Normally at this time of year I'm all fired up.  The long break usually has me longing to get back to normality, get the house back to shipshape condition, make new plans, sort and purge and clean and organise.

Not so this year though.  This year I feel tired and a bit overwhelmed by the task of getting things back on track, let alone carry out any highfalutin ideas for organizing and implementation.  I do have plans in mind though.  Lots of plans, plans for my home, plans for here on the blog, plans for patterns and plans for projects.  Just apparently not enough willpower, motivation or sheer energy to get going on them.

Enough of my whinging and whining though.  I'll just have to pull my socks up and make a start I think.  I'm sure the rest will follow if I do.

Anyway, it's not like I didn't have a very lovely Christmas and a jolly New Year.  It was busy in places, and relaxing in others but all fun.  Little Miss is becoming an expert on the laid back days and would happily remain in pj's all day if allowed.  I have to say, I'm rather partial to a bit pj time myself too and it was nice to get a chance to indulge our lazy ways.

I also had the joy of blowing my Christmas loot in one fell swoop in the sales...

Followed, a week or so later by blowing a fat wedge of the newly attained birthday booty in this rather renowned yarny haven...

Decadent and scandalous spending eh?

I forgive myself though because it was a rather significant birthday this year (if you know what I mean) and these things don't come around every day.  Of course, that's supposedly all my treats done for the year but I'm not convinced I'll be able to make even this amount of wooly goodness last me a whole 12 months.

For now though, I have a very happy pile of yarny delights to stare at and as you can imagine my little brain is going nineteen to the dozen thinking of all the things I could do with it all.  So many ideas!

The only trouble is, I've got a bit of unfinished business from before Christmas to get out of the way first.  A few projects that need some attention, like these squares that I was having such problems with before.

I have a revised plan (sort of) now and I'm making squares again but I can't honestly say it's plain sailing yet.  Still, I'll plod on for a bit.

Just before I go I wanted to say a huge thanks you to all of you for all your lovely comments and messages on my posts over the holidays.  Especially your generosity and kindness on my Handmade 2013 post.  You are wonderful as ever and as I'm shockingly behind on my replies I just wanted you to know here and now that they are all read and all appreciated, each and every one.

I also know some of you are patiently waiting for a reply to a question or query.  Don't worry I haven't forgotten you just yet and I do intend to get back to you on those just as soon as I can, but if you haven't had a reply by maybe... this time next week?  Then feel free to contact me again, just in case you slipped through the net!

Next time I'm hoping to share some of what I've been crafting up over the last few weeks...


S x

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