January The Highs and The Lows

So much to say but should I be saying it here?

I think not.

This month had some highs but the low were very low.

First high, was finding this gorgeous dutch cradle for the new baby.

It will look better for a coat of paint..haha...well you know what I am like!

We will make a quilt for it too, which I am really looking forward to.

Another high was a trip to Ragdale Hall for two nights and days of sheer bliss.

Every year Carole and  I go somewhere in January as a Christmas treat.

Ragdale was brilliant.

Not cheap but worth every penny.

We indulged in a few treatments and chilled out big time.

Breakfast is served in bed.

Three course lunch was fantastic.

The three course evening meal was too.

After all that foof all I wanted to do was relax, which was easy.

This is one of the lounges.

And this is The Retreat, where you go in dressing gown to have a snooze after lunch.

This again is The Retreat.

Decorated in New England style, we loved this room and the quiet...apart from the odd

snore!

I had to get up very early to get this image.

Usually this room is full of nappers.

The main lounge where you can sit and talk or play board games.

I can recomment this Spa and hope to go back oneday.

Another high is the new bathroom being finished.

A place that we love to soak, not togther!

 and have a little chat with a glass of wine of course!

The mirror and brass fitting shave been painted.

A little cupboard that I paid £32.00 for also got the paint treatment.

And the curtain pole and fixings.

Lovely lace panel which came from the old cottage finally found a place to hang.

The little oak cupboard also got the make over in Frost by Designers Guild.

Two little mirrors which also came from the old cottage and did once hang on a dressing table were painted and hung.

This is The Stinky Fish which came from our hotel room in Thailand.

I did pay for it!

The idea was that if you wanted your sheets changed you would put the stinky fish on your pillow!

Great idea.

So now all there is to do is just enjoy.

Katies bedroom which we started early 2009 at last is done.

Well, maybe I will paint a bit more of the furniture but that is not urgent.

The paint tins have been put away for a while.

The wall paper was bought about two years ago from Laura Ashley in one of the sales.

I knew I would find somewhere to use it oneday.

And now the lows.....

My Mum is now in a care home and will never come home.

I feel so sad.

We settled her in, on returning home.....

disturbed burglers who had ransanked our home.

This is the first time I have been burgled.

I thought we were pretty safe what with three dogs in the house, an alarm and locks on all windows.

Alas no.

Well, January is nearly over.

I wonder what February will bring.

C

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