In December, the lovely Mrs Goddard left the school I work in. She was one of those teachers that is naturally brilliant and managed to get the best out of every pupil. It was a real pleasure being her TA. This is a photo of the flowers she gave me on her last day. How clever of her to know they went with my Christmas plates which she has never seen!!

Some before photos of the craft room.

Happy New Year to you. Who has resolutions? I don't bother with them too much but 2010 will have to see a thinner me as I have become quite tubby over the Christmas holidays. Darling husband started his healthy eating yesterday but has already tried to con his way to an Ikea breakfast!!!

Before Christmas my craft room was dug out and Gary put a new work top in for me. It isn't quite sorted yet but I am slowly trying to find homes for everything. The wardrobe has gone but I still need some shelves put up. Pictures to follow.

Here are some boxes that I decorated for my sister-in-law.

How green is our tree this year?!! Depending on how you look at it, it is either very un green (the colour) or extremely green (eco)!

This is last years tree that died in about May. (We had bought one with roots). It stayed in the corner of the garden, going more rust colour each month, so we decided to spray it white with fake snow and bring it back in the house for this year. I quite like it but you can't go near it as the snow comes off and the needles are finally falling from it.

I'm feeling really grotty today. Just a sore throat and thick head but I need lots of love and chocolate!! Thankfully it wasn't last week I was feeling like this or I would of missed the hen night of a work friend. We went to a Sing-a-long-a-Abba night. I'm the one in the blue outfit.

I was so close to sorting my craft room. I managed to sort a bit of it and I do know what I am going to do with the space but before I could get it finished, it has been invaded by loads of stuff from the dining room. We went shopping a couple of weeks ago (for boots) and came back with carpet. (Well not actually back with it as it had to be ordered). All of the stuff from the dining room needs to be sorted so it will be ages before I get round to moving it. The photos show the bit of the craft space that is sorted.

P.S. I didn't get the boots and I didn't get them the next time I went shopping but I did get a great coat!!