Author: SpinningStreak

Just found all our Christmas mugs! They’ve been missing for three years, about 20 of them, in several bags. I’ve hunted everywhere….don’t even ask! But I’m ridiculously excited to produce them again.

Etsy is now on fire with Christmas offerings.

We certainly decorate the house (it does lend itself to Christmas faffing – it has the staircase, fireplaces and high ceilings) but otherwise we don’t go overboard. It’s true there is an escaped salt cellar known as HoHo that has kept us company all year (missed the boat back into the roof, as it were) but I’m not keen on making seasonal items like Christmas jumpers – just too short a life, even if you drag them out for years! I’ll probably add some smaller items though.

Especially The Owl – a precious decoration produced by my artist daughter. No doubt with a nod to Harry Potter, but actually inspired by an insanely expensive Christmas decoration spotted a few years ago.

So this is the traditional start to the Christmas Cleaning. Really not sure I’m ready for this….

Of this long, exhausting day.

Nothing I could google solved the mystery of the MacBook stripes. Most explanations pointed to water damage or being dropped – neither happened. The device was in perfect order, then left unopened for 10 days before it started sulking. So now it has to be sent away.

After I had sorted this we had to drive 80 miles to meet up with other family members. Nine of us, from four generations, went out for dinner to celebrate a 98th birthday – such a special occasion, but many delays on the way home – so more than ready to crash now!

Am feeling a little oppressed by this lot today. It is a random shot taken from where I am sitting and it is nothing like (NOWHERE NEAR) half of the total…..Two more rooms, all the dyeing kit, two weaving looms, another wheel, plus my whole Etsy stash of about 900 items….

Usually I feel pretty content amongst it all but I’m overwhelmed right now. Decisions, decisions!

Rainbow day. Cataloguing, sorting, playing around. Bliss.

Just a teeny bit sorry to have sold this one today:

But it means I can make a case for another spinning day soon!