Christmas Tree Decorations

 I finished cross stitching the three little Christmas tree decorations and have completed two using the ribbon and bell from those Lindt bunnies (which by-the-way were Far Too Much chocolate! so it's a good thing they are too expensive to buy anywhere other than a car-boot sale!)

 My original tree decs like these from many years ago used cotton backing and were stuffed to make them really plump, I've not done that with these. The felt backing, and just a thin layer of wadding and the bell are enough. Don't think they are good enough to give away. I'm better at the X stitch than the putting together bit!

What a waste of time the year of Latin I did at grammar school was and how much more useful it would have been to do sewing and knitting................ Although in reality I'd rather be reading!

A Lot of News About..............

......................something of no interest to 99.9% of the population.

I don't know how many times over the weekend and on Monday I heard on the radio news that Oxford Street in London had been pedestrianised.

So???

Many towns and cities in all parts of the country have pedestrianised shopping centres. News about nothing.

I think it's called London-Centric - meaning too much importance on London. Of course this is one reason our new PM got his job - being a bloke from 'up north' and reminding everyone that there is more to the England than London.

It annoys me that the BBC have shortened news programmes from local areas. Look East - the BBC  early evening regional news TV programme used to be half an hour and divided into two parts for east and west of the area. Now it's often just 20 minutes squeezed into the national news and covers everywhere from Milton Keynes and Peterborough in the west to Lowestoft in the East.

I think I heard they are getting rid of BBC Radio Scotland  sometime too.

Really this is a post about nothing of interest - so 99.9% of readers should ignore!😐

Vases All Packed................

.................and then I was given a bunch of flowers.

The only thing I had still in the cupboard to put them in was a water jug. So I'll need to give it a really good clean later.

The flowers, a card and a box of chocolates were a surprise gift from the Keep Moving Exercise Group. I'd ended up doing almost everything (while a few just got out their own chair and then later sat waiting for coffee!) and as I was moving I decided to give up now rather than later. I hope it will keep going but after 4 years of hardly missing a week and too much responsibility, I'd had enough. I emailed the Village Hall treasurer to say I'd left all information about paying etc but not sure who would be taking over.

(I'm putting the chocolates into the 'being prepared' food box for winter emergency's! Much more appealing than cold baked beans!) 

On Saturday I had an email from the Village Hall Chairman asking for a contact number for who was doing the money now as they'd received no payment for last weeks Keep Moving Group. Every week for nearly four years I'd been dropping the money into the treasurer on my way home but it seems that  they didn't get organised to do this after all! 

I explained it's no longer anything to do with me!