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The renovation of the top floor of the gîte continues. It’s hard work but I hope it will be worth it in the end. I am beginning to see a difference. I started the morning working on upcycling some bedside cabinets. I enjoy upcycling and don’t do enough of it at the moment. Hopefully someContinue reading “Definitely working”

Saturday was the market. I sold some items and spent a certain amount of the day finishing the skirt. I did put it on and was given some very positive feedback. I had some interesting conversations about crochet and mindfulness. I think I will have gained some new followers. On Sunday we started thinking aboutContinue reading “No sooner…”

I have spent most of the day either crocheting or sewing the skirt. I’m not there yet. My ability to do anything at the moment is being hindered by Nancy who has suddenly decided that she needs to sit on my lap and that I need to fuss her. It isn’t like her to comeContinue reading “Not quite there”

I have noticed that mindfulness appears to be a term that is being taken up and used in a range of different ways. Of course whenever something is raised in the collective consciousness then advertisers will latch on. I do though feel annoyed by advertisers manipulating important issues.  I recently noticed that here even appearsContinue reading “Hijacking mindfulness”

Yesterday I had a number of problems getting my post to upload. I couldn’t get the photos to load to the post. Having gone around several circles, I discovered that I needed to delete several in order for it to work. I had started doing it on my phone but it was annoying and slow.Continue reading “Annoying”

I had decided that I would make some quiche today. And as I always say, why make one when you can make two, or three or four? More of that later. I had been waiting for a postcard from Google in order that I could verify my business on Google maps. The postcard arrived yesterday.Continue reading “Oops, it’s more than I thought!”

This weekend has as always flown past. It’s Monday already and the new week has begun. I have been keeping mental notes, but I made need to actually write these things down. We had decided that having re-arranged the ground floor of the gite, we need an additional sofa. I spent much of last weekContinue reading “Making progress”

No sooner has a week begun than it seems to be over again. I often spend the Mondays and Tuesdays not being entirely certain as to what I will be doing with the week and yet before I know it it’s Friday again. Whilst weekend’s are not quite the same because that’s usually when guestsContinue reading “No sooner…”

Unfortunately the sofa that we went to see last night was of no use. So the search goes on. I have enquired about some others, but no response so far. This morning was quite productive. I managed to get the final rug washed. I hope it will be dry by tomorrow evening given I haveContinue reading “In the dog house”

Today has been about mindfulness and crochet. This morning was mindfulness and this afternoon was Knit and Natter. And this evening is all about a sofa! On to that later. Today’s mindfulness session focused on reminding us of the different strategies that we have learnt that we can use in times of stress or challenge.Continue reading “Absorbing things…”