Procrastinating (comme d'habitude)

are you procrastinating in the warmth Cyrilla or are you still working radiator-less?

In the WARM!!!!!!!!!

indeed

Excellent! Think we need nice warm red 'yay's to celebrate

deciding if it's too early for lunch........

Watching Muppet Christmas Carol, tracking Santa and playing with the Google Logo......


In other words, feeling very Christmassy

I'm watching The Muppet Show Series 3 while sticking cloves into an orange for mulled wine tonight.

Sitting in a train traveling from London to Kent. Currently close to Hildenborough.

Sitting at my pooter listening to Felix snoring his head off upstairs. We have just watched the musical Scrooge (Albert Finney et al) and he is clearly now sleeping off the effort of doing so!!

Thank-you-very-much-Bag x

Sitting watching Carols from Kings on BBC HD as I type. Looking at the organist, he can't be older than about 19 or 20 and wishing I could have done that when I was his age.

Yes, we thought he looked about 12!

Nice service, though there didn't seem to be anything very unusual. Enjoyed Bethlehem Down, though - and several of my favourite carols were in there - sung beautifully, as usual.

Happy Christmas wishes to everyone!

Watching the last episode of Merlin

Watching Lapland. Wide awake still after the gig

Didn't know you were going there

I really ought to know to phrase things properly on here.......

It's not you : it's just that I like to cause 'trouble'...

I know you do

drinking coffee, listening to Andre Rieu and watching two squirrels chasing each other outside

Typing one handed and cuddling my two week old granddaughter, who is fast asleep on my shoulder.

She wasn't so settled at 2am, but that was her Mum and Dad's problem.

Biding my time before putting my time before putting on the gammon for lunch.

Christmas would have been better if there had not have been one of things associated with Christmas day, a family row!

Ho Hum, at least dinner was more than delicious and the Christmas Cake looked lovely and tastes delicious.

Watching Goodnight Mister Tom on ITV1.

Having my annual bout of jingle bowels, and I didn't even have any sprouts or Christmas pud.

Awwww, enjoy the cuddles Barry Toner

Just been playing the very first tune in my beginners piano book, in order to familiarise myself with it again. Now, I'm sitting with my wife watching Murdoch Sports 1 thinking what an annoying little egotistic tw*t Jeff Stelling is.

Had a walk earlier down by the lake and canal at Ellesmere (not the winter wonderland it was last year!). My brother and family have now left, so mum and I are having a sherry before deciding to what to do to the turkey...

Just had a call from my Welsh friend who's in s.e London for Christmas. He's been sale-ing on Blue water today with his family.

Just had a cup of Jamie Oliver's homemade Epic Hot Chocolate, as featured on his 2011 Christmas shows on Channel 4. Thick, velvetey, tasty, and with a couple of marshmallows on the top. I'd recommend it to anybody. Mr.Oliver certainly knows how many beans make five!

getting ready for work

Ooooh ouch x

Oh, bad luck.

New knitting project. Nice change from racing against time to finish mittens and hand-warmers!

Me too!! I'm knitting AMUSED (on rav) from Rowan Cotton Jeans - hope it's going to work, I'm making a size smaller to allow for stretch!

What are you starting??

Ooh, I like cotton jeans! I have some random balls of it in three or four colours from a sale earlier this year. I shall go and have a look at 'amused'.

Mine is a (requested) sleeveless cardi for my daughter in charcoal grey. We bought the wool in Rouen at the end of October, Lang Carpe Diem, nice stuff, and I have only now got round to casting on.

Oh, it's a top-down! Nice. I'd like to do a top-down sometime. I started one from the Pickles website

http://www.pickles.no/backwards-upside-down-sweater/

a few months ago, but did not think the cotton yarn I was using was working too well with the pattern, or my shaping was not neat, or something, so it's hibernating for now.

Yes, I'm worried that it's not going to work in cotton, I've never done a sweater in it before. I've done the smaller size to allow for stretch.I love top down design as I hate sewing up with a passion, and my gauge tends to loosen as I knit, so I try on every few inches to make sure the fit is good. I've done 2 top down and they are the best fit sweaters (and best loved) I've knitted

Sounds like lovely wool you are using....I don't have much good stuff, and what I have is mostly in sock or laceweight!

I've just ordered socks 2 at a time toe up...I've wanted it for a long time so can't wait for it to arrive now. A late pressie from my DH (perhaps he's hoping for a pair )

You 'll probably tell pretty soon whether it is working or not. I can't see why it wouldn't: in the one I was doing, the yoke increases were terribly obvious , and did not look neat. I imagine the incs in your pattern may be hidden in the cables.

I have never made socks! Must try one day.

Currently fighting with an inflatable mattress and trying to deflate it

Always sad when guests go home! Well, nearly always.....

On a crowded, delayed train home. I may have to stand for all. 48 minutes of this train journey.

Listening to Radio 2

Watching From Time to Time on ITV - film adaptation of The Chimneys of Green Knowe

We are having a rerun of Christmas lunch today, before rest of family go off to watch Harlequins match at Twickenham. then I shall enjoy 2-3 hours and perhaps dabble in a bit of piano, for first time in about 4 weeks...

not a lot I'm shattered. Was going to watch the second part of the final Harry Potter film tonight but not sure I'm awake enough to know what's going on.

Starting out on my post-Christmas tidy-up, usually a gargantuan task.

browsing e-books on Amazon.......

Thinking about tidying up and a trip to the tip...

Eating.

Trying to decide if I want a new iPhone4s.