Happy Monday

Good Morning everyone

Hope you are having a good day!

I dosed up on pain meds yesterday evening so managed

to get some sleep and feel better for it.

I am so excited about the house and what I have planned :-)

Hubby was questioning who was going to do all the work

Him of course :-)

Our new bed is coming on Wednesday so I am really excited.

About 5 years ago we spent a fortune and bought

one of the really expensive matresses that

molds to you.  It had springs under the foam as well

so it was meant to be the best of the best.

As you can guess from what I am saying it wasn't.

The foam decided it didn't like moulding to us

it decided it was better at the side of the bed.

As I am having a few issues with balance and judging where things are

we decided to get a whole new bed.

The one we have at the moment is low and has a wooden surround.

My legs are full of bruises from walking into it.

We are getting a divan and this time we have made sure we got a guarantee.

On Saturday I picked up a wonderful package:

it was my winning from:

http://tatertotsandjello.com

I think I am going to make a tote bag as my first sewing project - wish me luck!

I had some other fantastic news of some other things I managed to win:

giveaway held by: http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/02/veal-chop-sinatra-recipe-and-flirty.html

Supplied by: Mountain States Rosen

I won this beautiful bracelet and cards from

http://creativityunmasked.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/twelve-months-of-giveaways-number-2.html

A Naked Binder

giveaway held by: http://alifefulloflaughter.com/2012/02/febfreebies-giveaway-hop-nakedbinder.html

and the prize was provided by: http://www.nakedbinder.com/index.cfm

& 

This beautiful card from:

http://mythreadofthought.blogspot.com/2012/02/valentines-day-giveaway.html

I can't believe I'm so lucky!

If you would like to join in some of the world wide giveaways I've found just come on over

to my new blog:

http://susand1408giveaways.blogspot.com/

I also got another fantastic surprise this morning:

Laydilyke

from

http://crochetapy.blogspot.com

awarded me:

Thank you ever so much!

There are some rules:

1. You thank the person who gave you the award
2. Then link back to that person’s blog
3. Copy and paste the Liebster award to your own profile
4. Pick 5 blogs who you feel deserve to be noticed (they have to have under 200 followers)
5. Then finally blog it and leave a comment to let your 5 choices know they have been chosen

I have thanked Laydilyke

I have linked back to her log

 have copy and pasted the Liebster award

Now I just need to pick 5 out of the wonderful blogs that I read:

1. http://lazydaisycrochet.blogspot.com/
2. http://animella.blogspot.com/
3. http://www.royaldaughterdesigns.com/
4. http://appleblossomdreams.blogspot.com
5. http://undergroundcrafter.com/blog/

Please go to Laydilyke

and the other blogs and say hello!

I am also joining in a blog hop for Bloglovin:

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Sunday house update

Little Red went to Granny & Grandad's

yesterday for the day and a sleep over

As I didn't have him in tow I thought I would go on my first outing since my CFS crash

OK it wasn't a complete hit, a lot of pain for the day and

up most of the night and not even my strongest pain meds helped.

Oh well it was successful in the fact that my ideas for the living room are coming together:

the pictures aren't the best but we are using green as our brighten up colour

We got a throw which is the perfect colour

the wallpaper

and 2 cushions that are just perfect.

The rug is ordered.

Now all I need is hubby to do the hard work and I am sure it will look great.

Don't forget to check out all the giveaways

that have been added today:

http://susand1408giveaways.blogspot.com/

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The Living Room

First of all I want to warn you, I am

showing my house as it actually is!

I've tidied up a few bits but I'm unable to hoover

& polish so it doesn't look fantastic.

Our living room is only small!

This is the door in from the hallway and front door.

As you can see we have a small unit with the hi-fi and printer on.

On the wall is a small italian mask.

I also have photos everywhere of Little Red.

I think I need to come up with different ideas to display them.

Then we have a corner wrap around couch.

Yes that's Benji the dog fast asleep on the one part of the couch without a cover.

on the one main wall we only have picture at the moment.

This is a picture of hubby D and Little Red at the beach.

We then have another unit that the top slides open.

The other door goes into the dinning room.

we've recently had a wood burning stove fitted but we haven't done anything yet with the space.

In the corner is my wonderful rocking chair, a cupboard & shelves.

And then there is the t.v.

Now you can see why I need to start with some changes to the house.

I have set-up a Pinterest Board:

http://pinterest.com/susand1408/living-room/

The things I need to consider:

We have a dog so that means mud!

In the North of England we see a lot of rain!

It needs to be easy to care for.

I can paint the furniture.

I love owls & the tree of life.

All ideas welcome. 

I am in the middle of making a throw for my rocking chair.

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