The keen-eyed among you may have noticed that I've had to update my Profile. Yes, another birthday has been and gone. Another year older, but am I wiser as I'm supposed to be?
Probably not. To be wiser after the event is scary. I'd rather not have an Event to be wiser after! Any regrets for the past year? Happily I can say 'no'. I like to live life without regrets and when I make a decision I try very hard not to go back over it and pull it to pieces. The choice has been made, why grieve over it? That's just me.
But look what a lucky girl I am - this book came in the post as one of my birthday presents.
I've been taking this off the display every time I've set foot in a bookshop lately (and I love bookshops) but I've reverently placed it back on the shelf as I thought it was an Extravagance and not an Essential. How lovely then to be given it as an unexpected surprise.
Now of course I need to decide which flower to make first!
You can also see the Ripple Blanket coming along nicely - just under half-way - and not bored with it at all. Perhaps getting older and wiser means I'll stay with a project to the end?
Possibly.
Happy belated birthday!
ReplyDeleteAh hope you had a great birthday Ann, that book looks scrumptious, I can't wait to see what you make! Tracey x
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! I've been eyeing that book myself - let me know how much you enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment on my new look, would you be surprised if I told you that my house is decorated in the same shades as the new blog?
OH MY, HOW I WOULD LOVE TO GET MY HANDS ON THAT BOOK....CROCHETING FLOWERS, AS YOU KNOW, IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS TO DO WHILE WATCHING TV AT NIGHT!
ReplyDeleteMAYBE YOU CAN SNEEK PEEK SOME PAGES FOR ME! LOL
INSPIRATIONAL...HAVE FUN WITH THAT....AND YES, ANOTHER YEAR OLDER MEANS MORE WISDOM UNDER YOUR BELT...!
CIAO BELLA
CREATIVE CARMELINA
I want an idiots guide to starting crochet ...any ideas lol ...no actually I'm serious.
ReplyDeleteI am so behind with everyones bloggs ...have manages a few posts ... and I have done nothing crafty for ages but soon I hope to be back on track. Love that blanket xx
Happy Birthday great book lucky girl you'll have lots of fun with that
ReplyDeleteOnly got as far as the garage today but found a couple of gems hehe..surprising what hiding up there in the unopened boxes!
Hugs Suz x
I really loved what you said about regrets. Many years ago when I left school I worked at Peter Jones in Sloane Square and a wonderful department manager said this to me and I've always held on to it. He said, think of your life like a piece of wood, you saw into the wood and that's a decision...regrets are like sawing into the sawdust, pointless. All the best, Rupert. P.S. Thanks for your great comments, so appreciated in my early blog days x
ReplyDeleteThanks Ann...not much left to do to finish it off Sat on the sofa drinking it all in last night and planning our 1st Christmas and decorating the new room lol
ReplyDeleteHugs Suz x