Crafty in the Med

I am here to enjoy meeting other bloggers and to share my love of craft ,mostly crochet, my thoughts and my daily happenings here in Alicante,Spain, my adopted country. I belong to a local choir because singing and music makes me happy. Flea markets and book shops are two of my favourite places to be. I read lots......sci´fi/fantasy,buried treasure, and off world adventures. I have a passion for history! I walk and walk and walk for about 10 months per year during the hot months I swim.

Friday 22 January 2016

Cuddle up!!!



Many Many thanks for your get well good wishes from all you lovely bloggers. I think I have it under control now although my tummy is very sensitive still.  One really nasty virus!!!!!

 



I have just seen on BBC World News









the horrendous blizzard that is coming your way all you bloggy friends over there in the USA (east coast)  so I just wanted to send a shout out to you all from across the pond to take care and....


"STAY SAFE AND WARM"

 

Lets hope it isn't as bad as they forecast!!! 



Amanda :-)

Thursday 14 January 2016

hugging the loo!!!


As I mentioned over Christmas I am going to do my best to keep up with blogging  even if it means writing very sketchy posts  and even while I've been feeling poorly    )-: 

I am so brave !!!!!  ....not!!!!!


Yes I've been pretty well hugging the loo lots over the last 48 hours and not because I have been on the bottle but due to a nasty virus which I have picked up somehow!  It has left me totally drained but that doesn't matter because I think the worst is over. It was getting to the point that my loo seemed miles away every time I tried to get there on time just like those grotty outdoors loos used way back when I was a child.






 I shudder when I remember it!!!
We had to go out in the freezing cold with a torch and crunched ourselves up shivering while we did our business, warily flashing the torch around as if we could ward off the weird shadows with its beam and the closed door being our only protection;shadows that seemed like ghostly beings coming to grab us off the loo!
Each noise and each rustle of branches or bushes coming from the garden that we could hear was a monster which would grab our ankles from under the door.
As for getting back in the house that was when feet sprouted wings ,no matter if a slipper got left behind or knickers were flapping around ones ankles the objective was to get in the house quick before the toilet grabbers could get you!!!!!!

Ahhhh! some would say those were the days!!!!



 It was total paradise when the annex was finally built and we had an indoor bathroom and toilet ........pure luxury :-)



Amanda :-)







Friday 8 January 2016

It is over!!!







 and yes it is over and I already have post holidays blue!!!!!


I really haven't got the time to post much because I have to go and iron my posh clothes for class tomorrow ...yes I work on Saturdays .....Adult Education at Fundesem Business School  and they have a conservative dress code so I have to look tidy ... you know what I mean!!!

Fundesem Business School

How about that my first embedded video ....hope it works!      This is where I teach :-)



Don't think I have ever mentioned this but.....

I hate ironing!!!!



ok my lovelies (arr..... a bit of the old Somerset ) 

I be away to listen to a bit of music while I iron (Shudder!)


Amanda :-)



 










Wednesday 6 January 2016

Giveaway winner on the Kings Day

 and.....   the Winner is ....







as no one is awake in this household yet after the excesses during last night's dinner and the giving out of the presents delivered by the three kings I have used the Random Number Generator to select a winner for my Fat and Thin Giveaway.

and the winner is NΒΊ 10 that is Debbie at Fairy Bluebell's Craft Adventure  blog!!!!!!   Congratulations!!


Debbie please contact me via email and send me your full name and address.    I am going to wait for about a week before sending the parcel to you because as Christmas finishes later here the Spanish Post Office could still be pretty congested with late Christmas mail. 

Thank you to all of you who participated in my giveaway :-)


Amanda :-)


Tuesday 5 January 2016

The Kings are on their way!!!



The streets are packed with little people...lots and lots of little people and everyone is laughing because the kings are on their way!!!

Fantastic processions in the city tonight!!!


 


 Breathe in and let King Balthasar go by !!!



 and who is this ???    ah! yes its King Melchor  :-)


Just one more to come ......King Gaspar who is a bit late tch!!!!!



and tomorrow fiesta day  The Kings Day !!!



Amanda :-)

Monday 4 January 2016

Last Chance!


Just to remind you that my GIVEAWAY finishes tomorrow at midnight!!!   
You still have a chance to participate all day today and tomorrow!!

 



http://craftyinthemed.blogspot.com.es/



Welcome! Welcome to my two new followers






What do you have to do to participate???   Not much!!!

Be a blogger and follower and post this

 http://craftyinthemed.blogspot.com.es/

 my Giveaway link or a mention on your blog please .

The Giveaway is open to all bloggers Worldwide and beyond and the winner will be selected on Twelfth Night that is the Night of the Kings(here in Spain) or the night before Epiphany elsewhere or just plain 5th  January ! :-)



keep well

Amanda :-)

Saturday 2 January 2016

Surprise! Surprise!

I told you there would be some more bits for My Giveaway.....


but first of all

HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!


I am trying to make my Fat and Thin Giveaway as craft orientated as possible and also covering where possible everyone's craft likes.  The saffron is for the cooks out there but unfortunately if the winner lives over the pond in Australia,NZ or USA I'll have to change it for something else. I do not want to risk the parcel being confiscated!!!!

Remember this????


What do you have to do to participate???   Not much!!!

Be a blogger and follower and post this

 http://craftyinthemed.blogspot.com.es/

 my Giveaway link or a mention on your blog please .

The Giveaway is open to all bloggers Worldwide and beyond and the winner will be selected on Twelfth Night that is the Night of the Kings(here in Spain) or the night before Epiphany elsewhere or just plain 5th  January ! :-)

Welcome! Welcome to my two new followers


keep well

Amanda :-)