Normal service has resumed for a few days ..lol

Hi Every one :) oooo I am sat here in the peace and quiet and I don't have to go any where do anything or get something YEAHHHHH ..... the mouse house is back to normal service at least for a few days .. more on that later ...lol
sooooo sit back , grab you cuppa this is going to be a longgggg post .. its that bad I've had to make a list of what I need to put in hahahah
I didn't need to stalk the postie this week but I did receive three lovely surprises:) 1)a lovely long chatty letter from DJ (just love getting those ) have joined parsley's secret pen pal  and have sent mine off already to my partner :)
2) a lovely stuffed mouse ornament from Ally photo later :)
3) the barbecue sauce that Peggy sent me for the other part of my blog win :) and DH said it is" de..lish" also photo later as it came in a fab bottle with a label you just have to read ..lol 


Finally got DD and BF into their new house on Friday and boy was I ever glad we made it ... you ought to have seen DD and I at Ikea  trying to get two sofa bed settees into the mouse mobeel !!!... it was soo funny as they were deeper than I thought and the car was 1/2 inch too small to get the both in , in the boxes ... I am sure they had a camera on us laughing ..lol  but in they went .. we took one out of the box got all the pieces in and around the other box and collapsed the box up and popped that in as well and drove home !!! were there is a will there is a way hahahaha 
I have been given a stylish blogger award by Rhona of http://tangledthreadsstitching.blogspot.com/ fame :) the rules are simple, thank the person that has awarded it to you "THANKS Rhona" ..lol  say seven things about yourself .. now that could be the hard part and give the award to 15 other stylish bloggers 
soooo I have sat and thought and come up with the blogging list ... and please go and visit them and say hi  from me :)
Ally ....http://allysstitchinglife.blogspot.com/....... coz she keeps me company most nights on FB ..lol
Vonna ... http://thetwistedstitcher.blogspot.com/ Vonna does amazing tutorials 
Lynn B ....http://happinessiscrossstitching.blogspot.com/ and the same goes for Lynn
 Edgar    http://blacksheepsite.blogspot.com/ as he is a fantastic stitcher and food and thrift a holic ..lol 
Margret ...http://daysofasamplerlover.blogspot.com/.... she stitches amazing samplers and has a cute cat called mia :)


and the rest of my awards go to all the rest on my blog list as I think you are all fantastic and I love going to see you all each day and catch up with all your goings on too :) ( I know a bit of a cop out but I really couldn't choooooseee sorry ..lol) 
and sooo on to the seven things about me !!
1) born at home in sunny Blackpool
2) I am still the Rose Queen for my church nearly 30 years later ..lol 
3) passed my driving test at the grand old age of 40 first time yipppee after riding a bike for quite a few years 
4) love all kinds of stitching and crafting (ok you already knew that bit ..lol)
5) am slightly colour blind (blues/greens and browns/orange) 
6) used to develop photos for a well known, at the time photographic shop
7) classically trained singer  but a wee bit rusty now :)
so there you have it  a small insight to me :)


here is another cuppa for you if you have made it this far well done .. it gets better hahahah 
I have managed to finish one of the twin samplers and started on the other .. found some buttons that match and got the details confirmed what is required on them and was also asked to do two little hangy ornaments for the christening details on too ... my needles are sure going to be smoking heheh
We had our stitching group last Thursday and I actually managed to get some more stitched on my Poinsettia House whoop ..lol they are coming here again this week so don't expect too much stitched then will you ..lol
I've kitted up two of my PIF's and also my private exchange with Angela  and I know how I am going to finish them too :) but for obvious reasons can't say atm ..lol
I mustn't forget we are dog sitting a chocolate lab for two weeks from Friday eeekkk .. he is only 13mths old and hasn't been trained very much till he got his new owners who have only had him 3 weeks prior to us getting him ... wish me luck ..lol 
and finally the best bit .....I have got over 200 followers now:)....so thank you all for putting up with my ramblings and I must make the best cuppa in town ... hahahah so I have had a little thunk and have decided to stitch a couple of things for  a couple of my followers (won't be done right quick though ..lol) .... soooo if you wish something stitched by me please leave a comment , say you are a follower and with a way to contact you too (email or blog addy ) and I shall draw  the winners next Monday the 8th of August :)

finished but no buttons

 and that's it finally sooo onto the photos and have included ones of the chicks having a great time out in the back garden :) sorry some are the wrong way round haven't had time to sort them ..lol
till next time take care and happy stitching 
love mouse xxxxxxx

showing the buttons

Barbecue sauce and cute card 

poinsettia house LHN

sooo cute  settled well into my stitching chair :)