WOYWW 655 - wishing you a Merry Christmas!

 Welcome back to my blog for another edition of What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, which is hosted by the lovely Julia.

Here is my desk in all its chaotic nature this morning featuring small stocking presents, a couple of presents for friends, my bullet journal, stickers and pens, a to do list and a cup of tea. 

No crafting this week really other than keeping my bullet journal up to date (my other journal has been sadly neglected) and wrapping presents.  Instead I have been working in the kitchen and starting to get things back into cupboards etc.  It is looking much more inhabitable (still needs painting and a nice floor but that will come in the new year) and I am thrilled with how it looks - so much better than what was there before (a pokey dark kitchen room and small dining room). Even my men folk agree it is an improvement!

I have had some spectacular swims this week, both in glorious sunshine and in the mist - this is the same location on two different days - isn't it stunning!

I will leave you with a photo of Alex standing next to one of the decorations in Sheffield to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

With love & God Bless,

Caro

xxx

WOYWW 654

 Hello and welcome back to my blog for another edition of What's on Your workdesk Wednesday, hosted by the lovely Julia.  I'm sorry I was missing last week, but life caught up with me and there was simply no time for blogging or crafting.

This is my desk this morning before tidying it for work.  I am working partly at home and partly in the medical school and today is a working from home day.  I have my trusty mug of tea and am now putting away all the other bits and pieces to allow me to have space to work properly. 

There has been no crafting this week, but I have kept my bullet journal going with a pop of colour and stickers at the end of each day giving me my little crafting fix.  These are the latest two days.

The real excitement has been the progress made on the kitchen... all the units are in, we just need the drawers to be built in the tower unit, and the worktops to be sealed (the oven in the middle of the floor is our old oven on casters which can be plugged in - it is how I have cooked for the past three weeks!).  The electrician is due to this afternoon to start the second fit electrics.  Fingers crossed we may have a working kitchen by the end of the week if it all goes according to plan. It has been 7 months since we knocked the wall down so has been a long drawn out process. Paint and flooring still needed but just having it working and being able to put things away in cupboards and put up our table again will be truly wonderful.

I couldn't leave without telling you about swimming - the weather, work and the house have prevented me from doing as much as I would like but I have managed a few dusk swims which have helped to keep me sane.

And finally, our lovely Julia, not wanting me to miss out on decorating for Christmas due to the chaos at home, very kindly sent me this gorgeous little tree which came with all its trimmings and is small enough for me to move around as needs be.  So kind and such a blessing.

Take care and stay safe,

With love & God Bless,
Caro

xxx

P.S. I thought this picture of Alex dressed up as John the Baptist for our church service recently would make you smile!  He certainly made the congregation laugh - the poor boy gets roped in a lot when I lead services... he doesn't seem to mind though.

WOYWW 652

 Hello and welcome back to my blog for another edition of what's on your workdesk Wednesday hosted by the lovely Julia...

Truth to tell my desk is pretty empty as I am doing online student interviews for medical school today so need the peace and quiet of working at home.  You can see my laptop, my ipad and my mouse and that's it - Tim is currently making me a mug of tea to have before the interviews start.

There has been very little crafting this week as there has been wall paper stripping, repairing of plaster and other DIY related things... I did manage to write our Christmas letter which I am currently printing out to include with our cards.

Storm Arwen brought with it several inches of snow - Alex was camping with Explorers as part of his DofE training weekend and ended up with the tent collapsed almost on top of him...needless to say he retreated to the scout hut the following night. 

I had my first snow swim of the year and continued with my challenge of no neoprene although I may have to put gloves and socks on if it gets much colder as the fingers and toes started to get rather painful!  It was beautiful and wonderful though.

That's all from me for now.  I will leave you with a photo of Alex wearing the John the Baptist outfit ready for Sunday's Toy service which I am leading.  Alex has kindly agreed to wear it on the day and we hope it will make people laugh.

Take care and stay safe everyone,

With love & God Bless,
Caro

xxx