WAVING ON TUESDAY.....

....after having been MIA for a few weeks.

Our temperature has dropped by ten degrees since Saturday, but the sun is still shining and today saw me doing this:

When I dropped a friend home today she invited me to pick some grapefruit from the tree in her garden.....I couldn't believe how many were on it!

The weekend?...our Charity Christmas Bazaar was on Sunday, which meant that Saturday was spent preparing for it....and on the day itself a grand total of just over 5000 euros was raised! 

One of the highlights of the day was one of our Craft Group ladies (a self-confessed 77 years of age) performing the splits after a very entertaining dance routine!

A special wave to SIAN and her Monday Wavers.....and hoping the week brings good things to one and all!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

ME ON MONDAY.......

......and yes, I know it's Tuesday but this was me yesterday:

trying to work out the best way to cover boxes with wrapping paper, so that I could pack these:

this year's hand-knitted items (80 by today!) created by some our crafty volunteers, to be taken tomorrow to a Children's Home a bit further up the coast from us.

The weekend?......it was a getting (even more) into the Christmas spirit with Kirsty....

...at our annual Christmas Bazaar (where 4414 euros was raised), making plans for mum and dad's impending visit, visiting the mall to do some pre-birthday shopping and saying goodbye to my girl again..though she'll be back again in four weeks for Christmas :)

Waving at SIAN, whose idea this meme was....wishing you all a good week!

Thanks for dropping by!
Take care of you
Alison xx

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ME ON MONDAY

Waving at you all this week, whilst compiling the list for our Charity's Christmas Party.....

.....It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!.....I have to say that it still feels odd thinking about Christmas in the sunshine, but I'm coping!

The weekend?......garden tidying, new plant planting, hospital visiting, attending another funeral, having coffee with friends, ' sorting' Christmas trees and baubles for the upcoming XMAS Bazaar...and, best of all- booking flights for mum and dad to come here for Christmas! The one thing dad wants most is to come out here again....I have no idea how it will turn out, but I woke up yesterday morning knowing that it's what I want too!

Thanks to SIAN for the idea of the 'MONDAY WAVE'...have a good week!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

 

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NOVEMBER

SIAN has come up with another great idea......check her post HERE...... but I have used RUTH'S photographic post as my 'presentation' inspiration......
I have come to the conclusion that I am a great 'jump on the bandwagon ' type of person....and it's probably just as well, or my blogposts would be even fewer and further between!

For me, November is:

remembrance 

 Beautiful sunrises

Helping to organise our local Christmas Bazaar

 Christmas cards ordered online arriving

Playing Christmas music

Getting the Christmas Village ready to go up by the end of the month

taking the woolies knitted by our Craft ladies to the Children's Home

and wishing a very special girl Happy Birthday!

Thanks for the inspiration Ladies!...

Have a good weekend, and I do hope Christmas is starting to creep into your life in some capacity!

Thanks for dropping by!

take care of you

Alison xx

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HELLO WEEK

This week I'm saying :

HELLO to the Christmas Bazaar being over....and having raised just over 4400 euros!

HELLO to cleaning my house PROPERLY....just in time for Christmas ;)

HELLO to Kirsty and Craig being home for Kirsty's birthday at the weekend- YAY!

HELLO to getting the North Pole Village out and in place by the end of the  week

HELLO to receiving my first Christmas card and these beautiful, crocheted snowflakes from JANE, as part of the FESTIVE SWAP organised by  MIRIAM....thanks Jane...I love them!...and thanks Miriam for organising it!

HELLO to getting my parcel off to NATHALIE .....late I know, but hopefully it won't take too long to get to her!

Hope some festive  fun is creeping into your life!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx