WOYWW 669

 How is it Wednesday already?!  Well my calendar tells me it is so it must be time for What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday.  The answer this morning is "not a lot"... I am working from home today so it is just my laptop and a mug of tea (boring!).

However, yesterday evening after work, there was a game in play.  This was my mothers day present - it is a board game called Calico and can be played by up to 4 players, and there is also a solo mode.  It is a gentle puzzly type of game where you draw tiles out of a bag and have to choose which ones you will place on your board to make up your quilt.  If you get a certain number of  particular pattern you will persuade a cat to come and lie on your board, if you get three of a colour close together then you can have a button to add to your quilt. There are also different tile conditions you need to meet to score higher points. I love the artwork and premise and am slowly improving my score!

There has only been a tiny bit of crafting this week making two identical mothers day cards to hastily get in the post.

As I was on duty in church on Sunday morning (I am not a morning person at the best of times and having to be in church by 8.30 when the clocks went forward was tough!) we decided to celebrate Mothering Sunday on a Saturday and went out for a lovely family meal.  

On Sunday, Alex surprised me by deciding he wanted to join me to play in our local plunge pool so we had a laugh messing in cold water - the ice cream head meant he didn't stay in too long but we both enjoyed it.

That's all from me for now... Alex has exams this week so the levels of stress are fairly high here (ADHD means concentration is hard!) and he needs support with revision so I will visit when I can.  Take care, and stay safe everyone,

With love & God Bless,

Caro

xxx

WOYWW 668

 Hello and Welcome back to my blog. After a hiatus of two weeks it is time to join in again with Julia's wonderful What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday blog hop - the friendliest blog hop in the world. My apologies for missing last week, but I spent the week sanding and painting our study (my craft area is in a corner of this) to get it back to normal following the house renovation.  it is just so nice after nearly a year to have one room completed!

Here is my desk as it was last night - it is back in its proper place and most of its contents are back in place as well.  Visible and in use on my desk are my trusty mug of tea, my ipad and another game.  This one is called Cartographers and essentially you are map makers and cards dictate what you put on the map but it is essentially up to you where you place it, and you are trying to get as high a score as possible with cards telling you how you can score (different cards each time). This is a really gentle stress free game and can be played multiplayer or solo so is perfect for me. I quite like a gentle 15 minute game at the end of the day.

There hasn't been much in the way of crafting (the desk went back in yesterday!) but I have done a couple more pages of collaging - this time in purple!

Yes, I am still swimming and the water is slightly warming - it is now around 7 degrees in most places. I have played under the waterfall and swam in lakes over the past few weeks, which has all been good for the soul. That is all from me for now. Keeping it short and sweet as Julia likes.  Do take care and stay safe. My prayers are with you all,

With love & God Bless,

Caro

xxx

WOYWW 666

 Welcome to my blog for another edition of what's on your workdesk Wednesday hosted by the lovely Julia.  I don't mind telling you that number made me start a little!  

Here is my desk, still not back to normal although things have improved and all the plastering in our study has been completed so it is just sanding and painting and we can put things back.  In the meantime my desk is moving round the room. Today, instead of crafting underway you can see a card game.  I love board games and card games, but Tim and Alex are not so keen, so I now have a small selection of games that can be played solo for whenever I am in the mood.  This one, Sprawlopolis, is my most recent one - at only 18 cards it is fiendishly difficult to beat - I have played it about 12 times and won twice!

I have managed a little crafting over the past two weeks as you can see here... making slow progress on my series of collages. 

Since I last wrote we have had pancake day - Alex didn't try flipping a pancake this year but he did make some very nice ones although he insists on putting nutella, golden syrup, sprinkles, marshmallows and chocolate shavings all on the same pancake - soooo sickly!

In the meantime, I have had some lovely swims.  That is all from me for now. Take care and stay safe everyone,

With love & God Bless,
Caro

xxxxx