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Feeling blessed and excited about twenty fifteen

Well the Christmas new year period, buzzed by in a whirl in the Googy household. It just seem to be close and then it was all over. It was a lovely christmas day, quite quiet for me ,which is unusual,  as i finished work at 7:30am came home opened the presents with mum and my family then Gadget (DH) and Miss M headed off to my mother in laws, whilst Miss S headed over to Master T family's place and i was supposed to have a sleep. Well cope, Eddie and i went and curled up for a sleep, but i only had  an hour as it was hot and it was christmas and i was a bit excited. So I got up put on the christmas music , had a swim in the pool and tidied up ready for my family to all return.



2015 has brought with it many promises for me, i have promised myself  that i will shed all those very unwanted kilo's that have slowly crept on over the past few years, so i ve started walking and today i took to the pool doing laps and aqua fitness. i feel great that i am doing something for myself. The photo above was taken on the day i started my walking campaign, pretty nice place to exercise.

i have also decided that i have procrastinated for far too many years and it's time to start my Double wedding ring quilt, i think it has been on my to do list for about 15years. Since this year will see gadget and i celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary i think it would make an amazing gift to us both.

Since packing up the nest, because Miss M has moved back home, i realised how many projects i have on the go and how many as yet to start projects i have so twenty fifteen will be my year of completing projects i already own. i m already finding this a challenge with the Stitch-a-long providing a huge amount of temptation. i really love that quilt and Anni Downs designs.....


i am currently working on this table runner from Hatched and Patched i already have the piecing done and am just plodding along with the appliqué.


however this Month is Margaret Sampson George month for me and i am dedicating the whole month to working on my MSG quilt, it has been lulling in the background and i really need to get back to it, i will provide more photo's next post of my work so far.

i am also promising myself more time on here, on my blog. Last year i really moved away from blogging, in the beginning it was a bit of a conscience effort as i wanted to spend more time creating things then surfing the net. but i have really missed blogging and the interaction with all my friends in Blog land, so look out girls

. . . . I'M Back . . . . .

"i hope your hands are working on a project that you love"



Ciao
Googy Girl







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Comments

been working on the fitness thing for a bit now...........things are improving..........slow and steady I say........so pleased to see the blogging plans for 2015......and if you think you might want to do Anni's quilt with us you had better be quick as it is filling very fast.............
Janice said…
Good luck with all your plans for 2015. They all sound really positive.
Susan said…
Great plans for the year ahead. Views like that will no doubt help your fitness campaign. Looking forward to seeing more of your lovely projects.
Jenny said…
Those plans sound great just what I should be doing but I will pass on the double wedding ring quilt. It's great your taking some time for yourself.
Show and Tell said…
I love that table runner Trish....would look great on my table...LOL ;)
Happy New Year Trish, hope to catch up again this year xxx

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