The Suddenly Kate Show

Hello,

I have no IHSW to report on this week as I didn't stitch! My mojo hasn't gone but I have been reading a little and as I can't do both I gave books a turn. Just like stitching they steal time, you think you will read/stitch for an hour and when you think you have been it turns out it was three hours! Eek!

The last topic for Septembers Top 10's are songs of the summer as Autumn is now officially here. In all honesty I haven't listened to much music which is weird for me. So my choices are less songs of the summer and more songs that have been released this year that I like!

Before I start on that I have October's theme and topics ready :)

The overall theme of October will be Autumn/Halloween. For those of you (she says optimistically hoping that some more people will join in the fun) who aren't fans of Halloween then feel free to adapt what you write about to more of an Autumn feel and vice versa. As for me, I love both, and my birthday is in October s…

Todays theme: Cakes to make you bake.
I have chosen to simply post you pictures of ten of my favourite cakes (cake'ish) that always make me salivate. My tastes are pretty simple and don't get too fancy. I don't actually bake but it is something that I would like to try and do more of over the coming year, so if I can bake one of these then I will consider the next 12 months a success! The jam tarts have to have the softest, buttery, crumbly pastry..mmmm...ok....I want some now! lol 
Don't forget to visit the links to Tiffstitches and Keebles World on the left-hand side and please join in too! 
Later today or tomorrow I will also be posting Octobers Top 10 Tuesday themes.
1. Sticky gingerbread


2. Raspberry almond shortbread cookies


3. Iced buns


4. Strawberry jam tarts



5. Victoria Sponge 


6. Red Velvet cupcakes


7. Classic vanilla cheesecake


8. Lemon & Poppy seed muffins



9. Triple chocolate cake


10. Lemon drizzle cakes


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My plan was simple...devote IHSW to stitching for the Christmas Ornament SAL...and then this happened...


I couldnt resist starting him and well....he ended up finished...and he looks so happy with his friends...


Which means this weekend I have to decide...more work on an existing project or something new! Decisions decision!
Next month the theme is angels and I will be stitching the angel roly-polie that is part of the set.

This was a tough one as I wasn't sure if I should keep the places as those within my town or if I should venture further afield. What I think of as near might not be for you and vice versa. For me an hours drive away covers a lot of places (benefit of living on a small island) and for those in America for example, an hours drive would be nothing! So I am going to show you the places within my Town and County, although I do need to confess to not having visited all of these places. I am going to try to though within the next year as it's embarrassing that I haven't! Lol
Lets see....off the top of my head... 1. Bletchley Park

Bletchley park is probably the only place that non Brits might instantly recognise from the name and I would say is likely to be the only place on the list that you will.
It is the home of the code breakers or at least was and for TV lovers is where the TV show Bletchley Circle is filmed (parts of it) and also The Imitation Game film starring Mr Cumber…

Hi All!

Well, I thought I would have a little catch up with you all.

The last two weeks I have been in my new job and after a slow first week I finally feel like I am settling in a bit and the work is ok, it helps that the people are really nice.

The first week there I took the Indian Lady to work to stitch on at lunchtimes and a little in the evening if I could but my hours have changed and I am still adjusting to the evenings and how short they are now!

Anyway, I was really pleased with the progress and continued to enjoy stitching on it but I did decide that the next week I would switch projects.

Here is an up date on where I was when I announced I had started the Indian Lady:



 and here is where I am after a week of stitching on her:


As you can see I didn't do too badly!
Then last weekend was the first of my BWABWA weekends (Party of 1) and I spent most of it umming and ahhing about which book to read - next month I shall be reading Middlemarch by George Eliot so feel free to j…

Roll up, roll up, come gather around! This weeks Top 10 Tuesday is 'Dream Destinations' and to make it even better our good friend Keebs at Keebles World is joining us! You have to go and check out her blog as I am sure there will be some great places on her list and don't forget Tiffany from Tiffstitches who is my listing partner in crime :)

You can join in any time too just let me know in the comments and I will add your link so that people can find you - All links are on the left-hand side above the upcoming Top 10 schedule.

OK, so are you ready? I said ARE YOU READY? I do apologise, the Foo Fighters were performing this weekend at an open air venue in my town and I could hear them from my garden so I am still a bit rock.

Once again I have gone off track so lets start this list!

When I think of dream destinations, I tend to think of places that I have always wanted to go to, so I guess that is a very selfish view as there are many great places out there and plenty I am…

Helloooooo!

So...where to begin...ok, so...you still reading? Good. I shall continue...

I have decided to try an audio book and shall get that downloaded to the relevant device for starting next week and I shall reveal my choice then...its was a very scientific selection process...so...yeah....

I have also decided that I do need to read books more and so I am going to try for the next twelve months to dedicate the first weekend of every month to be my BWABWA. This is where I will try to read as much as I can during the weekend and report in on the following Monday with my progress. Feel free to join me...Oh! and if you are wondering what the catchy BWABWA stands for...

Buried With A Book Weekend...the A is just to make it easier to say...try it? Its fun, right?

Also, yesterday I had the lovely task of deciding what to stitch next, I had a day or two off and was raring to pick up my needle. I recently rediscovered some WIPS (Oooh! Aaaah!) that I thought (hoped?) were lost forever but on…