Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Tuesday, 8 January 2013

New Year, New challenges

Firstly Happy New Year!
It's only taken me a week to finally get round to my blog again.
After a lovely Christmas and new year  spent with family, celebrating Christmas and a special 1st birthday on Christmas Day  for our grand daughter, life has returned to 'normal'.
Hubby is back at work and I've started this year with a more positive attitude than 2012 ended.
I've got a new business idea which I've decided to research  and see if its viable and today I went to my first ever  art class!
I've always had a romantic yearning to be able to paint but a box of watercolour paints which hubby bought for me about 8 years ago have been sat waiting to be used.
The wife of one of my patients has been telling me about a class she goes to in a local hall and when she reminded me about it last week, I decided that today was the day.
The group of 7 were a lovely bunch, very friendly and this week they were trying their hand at still life painting.
I set to and was pleasantly surprised when the tutor came round the group and said, ' oh yes, you can draw',
The two and a half hours flew by and I came away with a good drawing ready to be painted and a lovely glowing sense of achievement.





The still life subjects


An almost complete drawing

Saturday, 24 December 2011

Its Christmas.

So the festive season has slowly crept upon us again.
We're just waiting for my parents to arrive to spend Christmas with us. This year we lost my lovely Grandma, (I shall be posting about her I expect in my future blogs.) so my Mum said she didn't really feel like spending Christmas at home. So on one side we shall all feel a little melancholy about not having Grandma's company but we also have a lot to look forward to.
My step daughter is due to give birth to a little girl any day now! She was due a couple of days ago so we are jumping at every phone call!
So the sausage rolls have been cooked and put away quickly before hubby's hands nick them and the mulled wine is on the stove waiting for our visitors. I finally iced the Christmas cake too -