8th December (oops missed the 7th)

I am so excited as I have only 8 working days until I finish for the Christmas holidays.... 2 of which will be spent in London, 1 day is my Xmas do and 1 day is time off in lieu for all the hours I have put in ... so really I have only 4 days in the office ... fantastic :-)

As you may know my house is letting the side down on the street as we have not embraced the Christmas lights yet (saying that where I live had a massive power cut tonight.. I put it down to the power surge of all the reindeers and Santas on roof tops).. nor have I written a Christmas card yet. I have had only one card to date and that was from the Royal Mail wishing me all the best for the season... so I don't feel that bad!!...

Today's advent calendar .. it is full of 'cute'

How cute is this ... awwww I wonder if these cute tigers don't think the chimpanzee is lunch as the grow up?

I wish I had thought about this when Teen was a baby.. saying that I do have some video footage of her shouting at the TV, when we linked the video camera up, of her shouting 'I don't want to see the baby' which was actually her! I think I wouldn't be Mrs Popular if I You Tubed that... ;-)

Now today's game ... CKX said in his e mail 'cute game.. or is it? May or may not contain Spiders '

Ah hem.... ...*shudder*

I am prefering to throw snowballs at Gary ... click here

6th December

Day 6

I have been to my Mums today and got her decorations out of the loft .. which is more than I have done on mine. I plan to get them up before she comes out of hospital following her op next week. The plan is to have the house looking a bit festive and raise her spirits.

For the 6th day of advent I am so loving the images CKX has found from Time magazine . Loving the American Civil War images and the 1900s..... great stuff.

The game today is about clicking on the last circle in the sequence ... CKX got 17 I am up to 15 .. so in my book I ain't doing that badly.... Click here for the game.

Now folk think my pouch is pampered but now way she is pampered as much as this one !! Blimey!!

& the awful joke for today is ....

Man: Doctor, Doctor, I keep dreaming about my eyes changing colour!

Doctor: Don't worry - It's just a pigment of your imagination.

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Gutted tonight as my fav from X Factor ( Danyl) has been booted out in the semi finals ... He is such a great singer..

5th December

It is the 5th of December and loads of my neighbours have lit up their houses already.. mine looks like Scrooges house in all the illuminations ... due to lots of things I won't be able to put any decorations up until I finish work for the festivities on the 18th.. I am thinking I should just do this in the mean time

So here we are on day 5 of Advent.

I have a Twitter account [70steen] but I didn't know that Big Ben had one too .... BONG .. maybe I should follow but BB is not much of an interactive conversationalist??

Love this You Tube clip ... big squirrel trying to teach 'ickle squirrel to climb... [click here]

Not sure about today's game as I am rubbish at quickie clicking on the mouse .. tried it a few times and got way eliminated by aliens ....

Yes there really is a Lion in that side car..

and finally the joke ............

Q: How do find Will Smith when he's lost in the snow?
A: You look for the fresh prints.

I like that one lol :-)

4th December

day 4 and it is Friday thank goodness ... I am working on a new project that is full on so I yearn for the weekend even more than I have ever done previously. I don't think that the powers that be have actually taken on board the fact I am a free creative spirit and I don't do filling in of forms and project data plus the fact I do always deliver what is required (like today I did what I was asked to do then out of the blue a new template arrived in the format that 'someone' had decided it should be in...although this was not spelt out at the initial request pahhhh}.. mmm some education needed there from me I think ?? After a month on the project I am already 30 odd hours up on my normal hours too .. pahhh again!!

Hey ho only 14 days until I shut up shop for my Christmas break....

For the advent to day I will start with this.... do you know your cheese from your font... it is a huge guessing game unless you are a 'cheesey font'. I got 65% which was more guess than knowledge

As a Norvern gal I am loving these ferrets .. annoying as they are ;-)

Now after the week I have had I NEED NEED NEED this in workplace ... drum away .. I love it .. VBUM is great in any combo ....

2 not so cute images.. firstly Tiger Woods Christmas card

and secondly a time when Health and Safety just didn't exist!!!

And finally.......... a joke I don't understand

"Carlsberg don't do Alzheimer's. Just exceedingly good cakes."

3rd December

Day 3 of Advent and I have been Christmas shopping with Teen in Manchester this afternoon... the weather was rubbish [freezing cold, wet and windy]. The plus side was that I managed to grab a Gluwein at the Christmas Market in St Anns Square. It is fabulous ... I must take my camera down there soon.

image from http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/shops/markets.html

Ok for today's calendar

This makes a change from 'stone cladding'... as it is 'cork cladding'... yes a house that is clad in cork.. not any old cork but wine corks. I bet it is way warm in there [note to self .... maybe I should keep the corks from the occasional wine bottles that still have them. It seems to be screw top or plastic corkage these days]

Now this DID impress me. I am pretty good at drawing circles free hand but this chap certainly is The Master . I think I may practise this weekend and I could be world champion!!!!!

I love the 'Drench' game and I am thinking this may take over from 'Drench.... the one today is easy and odd at the same time. I got up to level 10 [CKX at the time of posting was up to level 15].... just do as it says in the instructions.

I am loving this dog .... my dog before the current dog would have certainly had a go at the toothpaste tube ... he ate soap so this would have been a real treat for him

and the rib tickler today is .....

Q: What do you call a Mexican who has just

recovered from Swine Flu?

A: Manuel.

2nd December

Day 2 ... is it Christmas yet??

As you may or may not know .. I love knitting (or rather the concept of knitting). The Teen is becoming a knitter and weaver as she is doing Textiles at college. Obviously I am encouraging her as I want warm pullies for my dotage..... This website has hit the mark with me I would so love to do something like it .. so cool and so wacky.. Urban Knitters

Today's game is called Drench.. you have to 'drench' the screen to become one colour, starting top left. Once you get the hang of it it could be a bit addictive ,,,,

Not sure how cute this is as it could be a scene I witnessed in my garden recently (feathers and half eaten pigeon) .. but I like the composition :-)

and finally the joke for today

Q: What do hippy horses eat?

A: Hay, man

1st December

Image from http://blogs.zappos.com

Well it is here .... the 1st of December ... & what does that mean???

Yeah the advent calendar... courtesy of my cuz CKX.... who incidentally still has not been persuaded to blog.

There will be a mixture of cute pics, odd and interesting websites, games and 'jokes' (they make you titter and groan at the same time... just enjoy)

So off we go the first website is 'My Parents were Awesome'. Superb makes a change from 'My Parents were Embarrassing' lol

How many of these guitar riffs can you identify.... I got no where... I know some the tunes but don't ask me what they are called

Great Christmas idea that didn't get in the calendar .... Handerpants love 'em :-)

As those who have followed my blog ovr the last few years you will know I am completely r-u-b-b-i-s-h at the games CKX puts up for a challenge. This game I can't actually get into as there is a problem with Shockwave Flash tonight so the game won't load...... if you can get in let me know how it is and how rubbish will I be at it ... it is can you tell if the hand is a rightie or a leftie (I am so hoping there will be snowball throwing games lol )

aww how cutie is this piccie ???

& finally the joke ... a Christmas Cracker special

Knock knock
"Who's there?"
"Doorbell repairman.”

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As the month progresses I may or may not keep this up (you may be grateful if I don't lol) ... work is mad and mother is having an operation so that means lots of time in internet freezone... I will see how it all pans out