52 Weeks of Happy & Green Day

We have had a bit of a set back here with a chimney fire on Wednesday night.  
It was scary but thankfully no one was injured and there wasn't too much damage
but the chimney needs a lot of work
   it's a BIG job and has to be done on both the inside and outside of the house
  because of the this I'm a little shook and so
 I haven't got a lot to share with you today
-sorry, sorry...
Next week will be better I promise...

B U T 
the happy bits...

  ♥ Friday at last...

and in 7 hours 45 minutes
 it will be the end of my working week

and then time to relax, have some me-time, read, knit, garden, shop, potter about and
enjoy hot drinks in pretty cups

and of course lots of household drudgery to catch up on too

laundry, ironing, cleaning, changing bed linen, cooking, grocery shopping

and the list goes on and on and on....
but that's family life!
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  This week I noticed that my hanging baskets are looking healthy and oh so pretty

and joy oh joy
the days are getting longer...

I don't like getting up in the mornings when it is cold and dark

it is so much easier when there is daylight and even though I don't jump out of bed

I certainly manage to get out with a little spring in my step!

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 I have had some lovely walks this week with  Mr. Raindrops and Teenager  Raindrops and 2 crazy dogs
we took ourselves across the plains and it was a workout
but a hugely enjoyable workout

  ♥♥♥♥♥

and because it's Friday  it's

{Green Day 33}

Why not post your photos here?

Thank you to all who participate I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do

Raindrops and Daisies

The object of the link up

is to post a photograph of something green.

The photos can be of anything you like

once they have a green theme,

green fields, pretty green things, green clothes,
green leaves, green foods,

anything at all that takes your fancy!

I hope that you will join in the fun.

Now here comes the boring bit - a few rules

1.   Please do not post anything that may be deemed offensive to others.

2.   Only post material that belongs to you.

3.   When posting your photographs please link back to Raindrops and Daisies

4.   Link directly to your Green Day post and not to the url of your blog

5.   Try and visit some of the other participants and leave a comment

A blog post at last!

I bet you all thought I had disappeared

well truth is, I almost did!

Thanks to all who told me that I had comments disabled on the last post
I didn't even know and thought you were all ignoring me
by the time I realised it was off it was too late to turn it on!!!

♥♥♥♥♥

It has been dull and dark here so I needed something to brighten those long day
flowers were the call of the day

lovely yellow and pretty white...

♥ t u l i p s ♥

lots of knitting happening

I made some pretty love hearts,

and bought a book to help me along the way

and I have a bag full of yarn so am raring to go...

The weather has been upside down,

one day really cold

the next, sunshine and blue skies

and the day after that - lots of the wet stuff...bleughh

What I bought...
 
I was out shopping during the week and
treated myself to a new bag in the sales in Carraig Donn

down from €50 to €29

it's a good size so should come in useful
happy happy days...

I also bought some pretty brushes for the kitchen in Primark all under €3
they're almost too nice to use...

and a lovely (big bauble) neckpiece in Dunnes which was €25 but reduced by 75% to €7.50

an oldfashioned cookbook for €5
I have tried out some of the recipes and they're yummy (maybe too yummy)
I'll be back on that diet if I don't watch myself!

A giveaway...

I just want to  mention a lovely giveaway at Sweet Like Cinnamon

Look at the fab prize she has for one lucky winner...

Sweet Like Cinnamon is an Irish blogger 

she shares  recipes, pretty things and good ideas on her pages

She has 10 followers but should have more

why not pay her a visit become a follower and enter the giveaway..

you never know you could have beautiful hands and feet in a couple of weeks

and wouldn't we all love that!!!!
The closing date for this giveaway is Valentine's Day  ♥

An award...

Alessandra from Homemade@myplace
has awarded me the Liebster award
Thank you so much Alessandra, I appreciate it very much.

Alessandra has a wonderful blog full of creativity
she is certainly a very taleneted lady.
Why not pop over and say hello

{Green Day 30}

Well it's Friday and so it's Green Day

Why not post your photos here?

Thank you to all who participate I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do

Raindrops and Daisies

My, oh my, oh my......

 it's Thursday again,

where has the week gone,

blink and you'd miss it!


Busy busy days here in Raindrops land!


My hydrangea is doing nicely
I drag it into the porch everytime it rains
so the flowers still look fresh
maybe that's the secret of 
a good garden in Ireland....
cover all your plants with a giant umbrella??

I had a lovely surprise yesterday 

I found some sweetpeas 

hidden behind a hedge

I didn't  plant them so they must have drifted in from somewhere else 

and so I put them on the kitchen table

in my favourite jug!

and while the sun shone(for an hour or so)

I took a photo of poppies in the garden

 unfortunately they don't look quite so healthy today after another downpour....

but these cute little guys seem very happy with the weather that we are having....

Sometimes I wonder why my flowers are flattened down and  bashed
I always blame the dreaded rain
but
 today in the flowerbed I discovered
 Mister Charlie in a bid to find a ball!

 

Mum has been here for a  few days so I'm on the go as she likes to be on the move  

(all of the time, every minute of everyday)

we did a lot of looking around the shops, 

yummy coffees,  lunches out
and just enjoying our time together
but

where she gets her energy from I don't know.

She has just gone home and I'm exhausted

she is like a 5 year old skipping and jumping around the place and she is 75!

She must be doing something right as she looks fantastic
- I better start skipping and jumping
watch this space.....

 The lovely creative Emma at http://thebloomingtimes.blogspot.ie/

has awarded me the Liebster award. 

I am so delighted to receive it

and have a big smile on my face 

I have to pass it onto 3 blogs

this is proving to be a very difficult job

so I have decided to award the Liebster

to blogs that have under 30 followers

they defintely should have more

 as they  make lovely reading.
Please check them out!

So in no particular order -

*Babs at Babs just a babblin

*Inge at Chicncheerful
and

* Sizzle & Zoom at Cruisin over Sixty

 finally 

(flippity flippity flippity flip) ....

 we have been invited to a very special party next Sunday

 and so I wanted to get a bag and shoes to go with the dress I intended to wear.

When out  shopping with "on the go" Mum

and "still sad" daughter 

I got the perfect bag and these lovely shoes

they were the only pair in the shop 

and were my size

so obviously I had to have them!

(How I'll walk in them is anyone's guess)

anyway....

I put the bag and shoes with the dress 

 all looked absolutely wonderful and perfect

 happy happy me

I was so delighted with my choice (and taste) yippee 

until....

I tried to get into the dress

and to tell you  it was snug is an understatement

even if I let nothing but water pass my lips

 for the next few days (months)

It won't fit

so

 I have to go shopping again tomorrow

 and am going to buy a pair of those

huge ginormous monstrous pull me in knickers

 suck my breath 

in and in....

 and in and in....

(and very very very deeply)

and hope for the best!

Fingers crossed!!!

Wishing you all a healthy, happy week
full of
 sunshine, smiles and lovely things ♥

I am a sucker....

for the free gifts that come

if you buy 2 products....

went to buy moisturiser 

but

came home with bronzer and a goodie bag too!

Is it just me

or

are you the same?

Oh dear!!!