Eurostar Trip

On Saturday 7th Feb I took my first ever trip on Eurostar from Paris to London, it was great I really enjoyed it. The return trip on 11th Feb was just as good, and the help I got from 3 young men on the Paris metro with my bags renewed my faith in human nature. This was one of my 101 things so thats another tick on my list.

LAMBS

I know she looks like Amy Winehouse but we have named her Tonto.
I am sure there's a teat here somewhere!!!
There it is!!!!
Joseph and his coat of many colours.
Amy look alike Tonto posing for the camera.
Joseph resting, its hard work this being born lark!!

How big the World

I found this map program and decided to use it to show places I have visited, it has made me realise how big the world is and how little of it I have seen, maybe one day I will do a little travelling.
visited 7 states (3.11%)
Create'>http://douweosinga.com/projects/visited?region=world">Create your own visited map of The World or try another Douwe Osinga project

First Snow of the Year!!

First Snow of the Year!!
some pics of the village and surrounding area this morning, I thought I might get my snowman made but there wasn't enough snow, we only had a little sprinkling, some would say we were lucky!!

Kerry braving the cold to change the goats water!!

1st February, Day one of 1001 Day challenge!!

So today I start my 101 things in 1001 day challenge, I hope I can do it, so lets see.
I have sorted out my packets of seeds, and this pic shows the first lot to be planted, I am going to pot them in compost over the next few weeks, to hopefully give me a continuous crop later on in the year.

Melting Moments

This is one of the recipes I will include in my recipe book for Sarah & anyone else who wants it.
I made a batch of these today and Kerry loved them, they are so quick and simple.

Ingredients:

65g (2.5oz) margarine

40g (1.5oz) lard

75g (3oz) caster sugar

1/2 egg

5ml (1tsp) vanilla essence

150g (5oz) Self raising flour

rolled oats, dessicated coconut, glacé cherries.

Method:

1. Heat oven to 180*C, 350*F, gas mark 4.

Grease 2 baking trays.

2. Cream together margarine, sugar & lard. Beat in egg and vanilla essence.

3. Stir in flour and mix well.

4. Roll walnut size pieces of mixture into balls, toss in oats or coconut.

5. Place on baking trays, flatten slightly and place a small piece of cherry on each biscuit.

Bake 10 - 15 mins

This will make about 30 - 40 biscuits.

(I made 32 today).

Dont worry if you dont have everthing you need you can compromise slightly, its good to experiment, today I didnt have lard or egg, so I made up the weight of marg to include weight of lard, and used a couple of drops of milk instead of egg. I also mixed oats into the mixture rather than rolling the biscuits in them, and finally I had no cherries so went without!! Biscuits may not of been true melting moments but they were lovely!! Ask Kerry cos they are all gone!!

RAINBOW OVER PERRIERS EN BEAUFICEL

Today was a miserable grey day, and I was feeling pretty tired with my C.F.S., Kerry was busy outside, late afternoon I noticed the sun had come out, Kerry came in and said come and look, and there was a beautiful rainbow over the village, it made me smile.

Felted Jumper Bag

What do you do when you accidently manage to felt one of your favourite jumpers? (after you have stopped crying)!! You cut it up and make a bag of course!

TAKE ONE FELTED JUMPER

CUT IT INTO 11 PIECESADD LINING AND A BIG BUTTON AND THERE YOU HAVE IT A LOVELY OVER THE SHOULDER BAG

Ice

Pictures of ice from the water trough out side the front of our house. The small pieces are from the goats water bucket, the large piece is from the stone trough. The largest piece measures 4.5 inches thick.

Well we have been pretty much the same as the rest of northern Europe this last few days, and have been living in below freezing conditions, trying to keep the house warm has become a big effort and feeding the wood burner is like trying to keep up with a starving monster!!

101 list

1. Start and keep upto date an online blog
2. knit 4 christmas stockings
3. visit Mont St. Michael
4. Learn to speak French
5. make 4 new pair of curtains for lounge
6. knit an afghan
7. crochet an afghan
8. learn to knit socks and complete 2 pair
9. learn to wet felt and make a bag
10. move bedrooms to free up room for my own craft room
11. finish jumper for Kerry
12. finish jumper for Xena
13. knit jumper for Laura
14. knit a nativity
15. knit jumper for myself from more big girl knits
16. grow at least 6 types of veg in my garden
17. learn how to preserve my own produce
18. learn to spin with my ashford spinning wheel
19. make wine with own fruit
20. sort my craft items & yarn & material stash
21. finish latch hook rug
22. make profit of 101 euros on etsy
23. make profit of 101 euros on ebay
24. lose 28lb weight
25. decorate dining room
26. learn to shear goats myself
27. keep my hair in its natural undyed state
28. make at least 5 handmade christmas presents in 2009
29. make at least 5 handmade christmas presents in 2010
30. make 10 charity items (hats, baby clothes etc.)
31. make knitted farm yard animals, buildings and rug
32. knit a picnic
33. make a rag rug
34. start up a knitting/craft group
35. teach Sarah to knit or crochet
36. travel to UK/France on Eurostar
37. travel to UK/France on Eurolines
38. go and see the Bayeaux Tapestry
39. make 3 draught excluders for doors
40. build chicken coop
41. get chickens
42. make meal with our own eggs
43. make meal with our own chicken
44. make cyser with our own apples
45. frame my 2 cross stitch pictures
46. make homemade sausages
47. make homemade porkpie with hot water crust
48. make christmas pudding
49. make christmas cake
50. make home made mincemeat
51. make mince pies
52. make homemade lemon curd
53. make lemon tarts
54. finish facon de parler book 1
55. finish facon de parler book 2
56. read the Bible
57. collect full set of knitting needles
58. collect full set of crochet hooks
59. make knitting needle case
60. make crochet hook case
61. visit Paris
62. Visit Italy
63. have a BBQ in our own garden
64. paint outside of house
65. grow plants and plant up hanging baskets
66. grow 55lb of potatoes
67. knit something in lace
68. knit something in cables
69. make patchwork cover
70. make 10 christmas cards
71. make 10 christmas ornaments
72. dye wool with walnuts from my tree
73. dye wool with koolaid
74. knit 4 dish cloths
75. visit 9 vide greniers
76. build a snowman
77. make homemade mayonaise
78. make homemade pate
79. make homemade crumpets
80. get ouessant ewe
81. get suffolk ram
82. knit pair of slippers
83. write recipe book of things I cook
84. make & post 4 stitched postcards
85. make rabbit run
86. get breeding pair of angora rabbits
87. keep bank account in the black for at least 28 days
88. knit doll
89. knit clothes for doll
90. write a knitting pattern
91. have dinner party for C & P and C & P
92. make an advent calendar
93. make toybox
94. grow at least 5 different herbs
95. make herb oils
96. make fruit liquor
97. make candles
98. make soap
99. get barbie and make several outfits
100. make chicken & ham pie
101. make chocolate truffles

101 things in 1001 days.

Well hello and welcome to my blog, New Year new blog and a resolution to try and keep it going.
I am an active member of http://www.ravelry.com/ and have just joined a group to do the 101 in 1001 challenge, http://www.ravelry.com/groups/101-things-in-1001-days thats the link if you fancy joining us.
Most of my list will probably be craft related, but I will try and put a few other bits in there as well.
I am starting my 1001 days on February 1st 2009 and will keep updating as things progress. I think I will finish on 29th October 2011. Well thats if my maths is right!!! and I am sure if I am wrong some kind soul will let me know, lol.