Gosh my 240th post... for want of a better title ..lol

Well helloooo peeps ... the kettle is on and I have cake ... and cookies and all sorts of nice goodies for you to nibble on as you pull up your chair ....
Time has a habit of moving swiftly on and not stopping for no mouse ....I can't believe that it is almost Spring ... today is simply gorgeous here at the mouse house and I wish I could go out for a long walk and enjoy it but unfortunately that is not possible atm .... last Wednesday my poor mouse mobile and I were involved in a "minor" bump at a roundabout on the way to work .... at first it seemed that there was only a wee bit of damage and I was shakey but ok ... till about a few hours later and the pain kicked in ... resulting in a trip to the Dr's to say that I have got whiplash and damage to my sciatica nerve down my right side following the incident and my little brum brum panels are moved down to the right away from the car !!!!!
So now I have to go to see an independent consultant and have physio etc etc etc ... the plus side is I have some time off to recover and hopefully get some stitching done in between the naps that my body seems to think I need ...lol
I have gone from having three speeds of moving ... stop , slow and getting there to two .. stop and even slower than before ... I can't even get around the house without my stick :( as the pain and my legs giving way are not good ... ho hum .... hopefully things will improve and I shall be back up and running again ( well a wee mouse can dream can't she ...lol )
but on the stitching front all is well thank goodness hehehehe ....
I have received word that my Stitchers Day exchange piece has arrived at Lynda's and I can now show you ... I am presuming that my other one to Judith has got there seeing as its nearer but not heard anything from her at all ... so I will show it to you as I don't think she reads my blog ....and mine from Melissa has arrived and it is gorgeous a wee tin to hold a tiny pair of scissors and needles ... very useful when going to Chris's for our stitching nights ... won't lose them then ..lol
I have also been working on my 2013 RR and can almost see the end of the tunnel as well as on Gillies RR ......
Our local craft shop is closing down as the owners are retiring sooo I have been helping her out with buying some bits and bobs insert here (material, threads and ribbons ) and shan't need to buy any more for a long time ... well with a good percentage off it would have been rude not too hahahah and I did have to fight to get some of it as Roz and Chris got there before me ..and nearly bought it all before I got there ..lol ...they complement my new purchases that I have got  ( see photos below ...lol)
My youngest DD has finally got the doors open to her Dessert Parlour and is now busy building up her cliental .. I got took there on Saturday and just had to sample a banoffee waffle ... and it was delicious .... my diet went out the window that morning heheheh ... (btw lost 1 stone 8.5 lbs and counting )
Lainey sent me two gorgeous squares for my quilt which I will be starting soon she says paws crossed ... she stitched me Bentley , which apparently gave her nightmares getting him right ... and my birth month flower a carnation ..
I have to get all the squares together and do a fabric toss  so see what will work with them all :)  I do have an idea how I would like it to look sooo watch this space ....
okkk I had better get some photos uploaded for you .... another brew on the way .....

my banoffee waffle yummmm

the fountains in the town square

looking gorgeous as ever :)

From Melissa :)

a wee bit of stash enhancement ....

my 2016 RR back ready to finish off :)

Whoops and these too ..lol

my 2013 RR getting there ...

just had to show you this one :)

think this is a goldfinch .. it had a lovely song anyways :)

from Lainey

Harebell in my front garden ... spring is on its way :)

mothers day gift from my DD's

soap in a music box and wee mouse ornament from DJ

this plays music when you open the drawer

and the needle and treadle bit move too :) from Chris and Wendy

finished this on what would have been my dad's birthday

for Judith

Stitchers day exchange piece for Lynda :)

look you can see my rug (can't atm ..lol)

Soooo there you go ... lots of yummy eye candy for you ..lol ... and now I had better go and get those cuppa's for you ...wishing you all a wonderful stitchy week , take care one and all and I will be bobbing round to see you all soon :) love mouse xxxxxxx

I'm still around ...lol

Hellooooo every one .... soooo sorry that I have been missing in action and you haven't had your cuppas recently ... I have had lots going on from being unwell to computer dying on us and no communication apart from my phone which I can't do blog posts from ....
now where do I start.... .lol ohhh yes ... grab your cuppas , get comfy and I will begin...
It was my big 50 birthday at the end of January as most of you know and I had a fabulous time with lots of wonderful presents from folks ,DH and the girls bought me a gorgeous Pandora bracelet and also got me the most FABULOUS cake ever ..... and it was as scrumptious as it looked .... my celebrations lasted for a long time as presents came from far and wide  and I also got some more squares for my quilt with more to come too ... good job only got round to sorting out sort of what I want to do hopefully heheheheh
We closed on the old mouse house at the end of January too so now we can move on and do work to the new one .....insert here ...new ....all being well ..lol  my craft room looks like I have not even started to tidy it ... in fact it looks worse hahahha .... I need help (in more ways than one ..lol)
I can now tell you of my secret stitching's too as they have all been received ..... on Friendly Stitchers one of our members little girl became poorly  and we wanted to do something nice for her ... it must of worked as she has come on in leaps and bounds and can't wait to get back to her gymnastics classes ...lol ... some of the group stitched some squares and I made the quilt up in girlie colours which she loves  and it was a hit PHEEEWWWW ... this is one of the reasons  I haven't started on mine yet ....
I also managed to get DJ's presents finally finished and in the post to her and she loves them too ... I stitched her a saying from Lizzie *Kate and made it into a hussif and also did her the thread keeper chart from LHN and made it up with wool felt into a wee bag ... actually quite proud of how that turned out .....
We are doing a smalls challenge over on Friendly Stitchers and I failed to do one in January due to being poorly .. it was almost ready to make up and I missed the last bus home ...hahahha
so far this month not even stitched on one ... I have though stitched on two RR's and working on a third with an exchange piece thrown  in the mix too ....
I haven't even taken many photos either :( ... and there are signs of spring sprouting up every where ....must remedy that asap ... although having just put up the ones I have taken  I take that back hahahah ....
Forgot to mention I went over to Blackpool for the day with DD1 and took Jennifer her Christmas presents over finally .. I quilted a table runner for her to match in with some cushions I got her for the dinning room/ kitchen .... we had a fabulous day going to the amoosements and being blown away with the wind nearly ....the sea was that rough there was foam coming off it onto the prom ....
well I had better get some photos up for you ..lol and make another brew as you must be really thirsty still after all this time ;0)

Quilt for the wee one done in girly colours

DJ's RR

My section

Hussif for DJ

Thread Keeper bag for DJ

Melissa's RR I did the alphabet on the right hand side

It didn't snow on my birthday ..lol

Presents from my friend Amanda

Close up of the wee mouse

From Jo (serendipitous ) think she knows I like tea hahahah

from family

Joke gift from DH and the girls ....

from Sally (thank you )

from Chris and Wendy (there is more but no photo yet)

a wee mouse brooch from Chris and Wendy

My fabulous cake from DH and the girls

Pandora from DH and the girls

for Jennifer

from Lainey (all fixed now)

and again from Lainey

Quilt square from Melissa

from the lovely Butterfly :)

charity shop find :)

from Sally from Friendly Stitchers

From Mylene

went shopping and got some more Pandora stuff to add to my bracelet etc whoops

and I only went in for a new cup honest !!!!!

Soooo there you have it ... all caught up I think ...lol  there are some more presents but I haven't taken a photo yet so will update you all later ..... I will now be able to bob over and see you all ... I have missed coming to see you and will get round to you all asap .... thank you for still being here for me too :)
wishing you all a wonderful stitchy week and I shall squeak to you all again soon :) love mouse xxxxxxx