BRUCEY BABE!

Bruce is a fine specimen of a scraggy ol' rooster.....I said Bruce not Pete...only kidding!! Bruce was in fine form in the snow preaching to all the others telling them whats what and what to do...Hes a right one all scraggy around the edges with an attitude from hell....mmm now what was I saying....

OUR PET ROUGH LEGGED BUZZARD

This buzzard is really a pet or a guest maybe, he lives here and seems quite tame, living up above in our woods and perching on the pig stys when he wants a chat. Quite a handsome fellow eh! Took this photo out of Stevens bathroom window.

DEREK AND JAN MUST THINK I AM NUTS!

After a phone call trying to book a cottage and being told we were stuck in snow and cut off in Chichester, Derek and Jan must despair...then I get home to book their cottage and holiday, left a message on their answerphone ...something about snowmen and skiving!!....and then they ring to confirm and I have to tell them to wait as Steven has an elastic band around his legs and is stuck!...Don't ask....Sorry guys but thanks for coming to visit us yet again...you wouldn't like it anywhere else...its the madness that draws you here honest!!!!

HERES TO 2010!!!

And there goes another year....in a flash we'll be there again!!! Now we need to get our heads down and focused on whats in store for the New Year. For me it holds " How many scams can I get away with until Pete kills me" and for Pete its "A race against time to see if he can get one step ahead and stop the mayhem!"...No seriously he makes as much trouble as me, he's always getting us in the cart and my speciality is up the creek without a paddle!.. So another exciting year is in store at "Ye 'ol Woodmil!" Wonder what will happen.......

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Its New Years Eve yet again and time to wish you all a Very Happy New Year and I really hope its a good one. Health and happiness would be good along with a bit of prosperity!!! So a little note to say a huge thankyou to people who have helped this year..Laura for her help every Saturday and full time when not at college:)....Mum for the scones, Dad for the allotment, Auntie Lou for the Wednesdays!, Steven for the drying and polishing! Geoff for the Mondays and plants, Andy and Ant for help with the building and making me laugh! Tim for the help this year and Tim 'P' in the office..our new addition to Purl Design this year!!! and thanks to our guests for continue to visit us. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this year successful and we are still here!!!! (knackered but still here!!)Good Luck and have a wonderful night wherever that may be. And heres to Sylvia and family, make it a good oneXX....Cheers!!!!!!

SANTAS BEEN!

Mason came over to open his pressies Santa had left at our house for him...So I had to help him of course before he got bored of ripping paper!!!, he had some great things, and still too tiny to realise really, but we'll just have to keep the pictures to show him when he is older!...Mason got in the spirit with his Santa suit on too, He even had some Christmas dinner...cant be bad cooking eh!

3 MONKEYS?

Hear no, Speak no and See No....I'll leave it up to you as to who is who!....But I am sure they are up to something!...And Uncle Chris and Auntie Lou keeping an eye on each others presents!!!!No swimming hat though...bet they are glad!!!

BIG KIDS!

Christmas is supposed to be for the kids....but I guess big kids are ok!.....Pete on the tobogganing game, Holly and Tim in the middle of it, I think I hvae nabbed little mason! Laura pinching sweets by the look of it, Uncle Chris egging Pete on, until his skiing run pictured above... it got quite competitive at one stage! and Steve in there sporting his new hat!!

AND THE PRESENTS KEEP COMING!

Mum wanted a swimming hat for when she and Steven go swimming....Steve managed to find a colourful one....mmmm quite stunning????Good luck Steven..hope they let you in!!!!New glasses might be an idea...should have gone to spec savers eh!!!

LITTLE COMP!

Pete and I always have a competition for the Xmas presents...We have never got any money so it has to be something mad like that!...This year the requirement was for "The most unusual, useful present that you would not normally consider a present!"...That opened the flood gates of thought.. I tried to get Pete a full sized emu and rider outfit, but it was £188!!! and our budget was £25 so a bit beyond the remit!... So after much thought I got him an egg poaching pan...one I hadn't seen one in years and 2 he is always on about poached eggs..and 3 who'd buy that as a present!!!! So I thought I had the competition all sewn up! but then Pete produced his present, he had bought £25 worth of the best rope I have ever seen...he never lets me buy decent rope....and he curled it up on a board and painted merry Xmas on it...So he reckons he won...what do you reckon????