I had a lovely Christmas. I spent Christmas Eve with two dear friends and Christmas day at a friends house. They were having a 'family' Christmas and I was invited.
I took along roasted carrots and apple crisp. The food was delicious and the company fantastic. It's just the thing you need when you're feeling homesick.
We also had a secret santa. It wasn't assigned, so we drew numbers then took a gift in order.
It was a great day.
Thank you for the great birthday gifts! Grandad, your gift was perfect. Just what i've been thinking about.
To celebrate my birthday I had a blanket fort party. I had a b-f party last year and it was so much fun.
It was lovely to spend time with the friends that came to celebrate with me.
Also, always a bonus is that I get to live in my blanket fort until I get bored of it. Which will be never.
I have had to modify and maintain it. Some areas fell down and so I have downsized.
Check out the link. A national geographic photographer set himself the epic task of documenting glacial change over years in order to demonstrate how our planet is changing.
Chasing Ice movie reveals largest iceberg break-up ever filmed - video http://gu.com/p/3ccgd
I was asked to make a Dr. Who scarf for a friend for his birthday. He is a serious Dr. Who fan. I of course took the challenge.
I found the pattern on the BBC website and cut it short in order for it to be usable.
This is him with his scarf.
My friend Jon Renzella has a piece in a gallery in Taichung. The opening is this Sat. The exciting part for me, i'm in the piece. It is a woodcut print.
Here is a sneak preview.
Last weekend I stopped by the second-hand book shop to see if I could pick up a good English book for a student. I also found this four volume of Heidegger on Nietzsche. All four volumes in one book for NT$500. That is £10. Amazing! On amazon.com you can buy two volumes in one book for £20. Needless to say that I bought it.
It boggles my mind what I randomly find here.
Here is the 300 piece jigsaw puzzle. I did it over the course of this last week. It is a good way to unwind after work.
I watched episodes of Jonathan Creek and QI while doing this. Good times.
Today I bought a lint remover. I have been using it on everything I can think of. It is great. It brings back memories of using my grans one many moons ago. I have a cushion and other things that look brand new. I picked it up at a NT$39 store.
That means everything in the store us about 84p. I love that shop. I also bought a couple of teacups (with saucers) and cushions for my dining room chairs.
This all leads me to believe that Granny Gillian has been discovered. I'm alright with that.
I'm sitting in my cape, looking upon a newly completed jigsaw puzzle thinking about getting back to that scarf I have been knitting for a friend. Lovely. All I need now is a cup of tea.
I caused one of my kids to take great pains to explain he was upset with my socks. Hahaha. Now that i'm wearing actual shoes I have to wear socks. The problem...I don't have any matching socks.
I'm at a loss as to how this actually happens, so I believe it is a secret tax taken by my washing machine for its services.
Below is a picture of my offending socks. It was really funny how much he hated my socks. This is my esl class, so he had no trouble telling me so.
I'm wearing four socks, none matching.
