Tombola!

We went to the Movember night at the bar last night. Which raised over €400 for mens health charities and had a room full of men sporting a variety of worrying facial hair. P was robbed of the trophy by someone who looked like a cross between Freddie Mercury and one of the village people.

I won second in the tombola, which is the only thing I've won since I made my aunt carry the enormous pink panther round Rye after a similar lucky event. I won, wait for it, 6 bottles of wine....because that's what's missing from our lives!

It's posh wine mind!

It was an excellent night even if I can still taste the garlic from someone's lethal humus, right then, must do my homework, right after I've brushed my teeth again.

A crane-cow, coalition?

There's something odd going on round here. I drove past a field of cows earlier and next to each upright cow there were at least 2 cranes stood next to them. None of  the ones lying down had little friends and the bull had about 12!

I have no idea what's occurring and I suspect the cows are none the wiser either.

Talking about having no idea what's going on, we're off to some sort of "Movember" event.

It's only taken 14 months but....

We have our first statement for our first payment for last years harvest... ! It'll be winging it's way to our account at the start of December. WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO.

And breathe out a little bit.....

I feel like doing a curious little dance!

Right then, on with the complex paperwork for replanting and pulling up of more vines!

x

admin mondays

Not a lot has happened really, plodding along. The weather is still really mild and it's till pretty sunny. We are trying to stick to a proper routine or it's just too easy to not do anything.

I've also re-instated admin Monday's to keep on top of the piles of crud that build up and wrestle the paperwork under control. Boring but it does stop me sobbing over the accounts later in the year.

P almost has the doors finished and I'm on wall number 3 in the gite, which is proving far more obstinate than the other two, typical.

I've started using the lathe and have to say love it, although it can be a little scary...

All much the same really.

Wow it's all doom and gloom.

The whole Euro situation is making me more than a little bit nervous,not helped by my not fully understanding it all. I especially don't understand how the exchange rate is continuing to rise in the face of such disaster!

Politics and economics have never been my strong point.

P is back and suffering from flu, poor thing, Madame did make me laugh this week when she heard he was unwell and I implied that he is male and therefore etc etc and she stated simply "they are fragile!".

Probably best if I make no further comment.

I'm busy exposing more stonework in the gite and may even paint a radiator, it's all plodding along.

On a more exciting note we now have a lathe and I've had a go on it... pictures to follow. x

Linda's on the Telly!

My lovely friend Linda is going to be on "Kirsty's handmade Britain" tonight at 8pm on channel 4. I am so excited, I just know I'm going to spend a lot of time squeaking at the T.V.

She really works so hard and travels all over the place and I really hope this sends her lots of lovely extra business and purchases.

Have a look at her website here.

I miss our "crotchet and complain" evenings with Jill.....

Hope it all goes well Linda! xxxx