A Stern Talking To

Forty years ago I looked like this.

Now my ten year old daughter looks like that. Do the maths. I've been in a bit of a funk about this. Less than pleased about a number. Surprisingly enough I shook off this whole bad mood about it yesterday. The girls were still off school ill. But my mum came to visit despite the germs. The sun shone. I did a little bit of sewing. The girls health improved as the day went on. We had a bbq and ate outside.

And I gave myself a stern talking to - Get over yourself! (I told myself.) You have had a pretty amazing life so far. Travelled the world. Done fabulous things. Married a brilliant man. Had two beautiful girls. Got the most wonderful friends. 

Surprisingly enough, that was that. I am not longer bothered about the number (much). I've been very blessed in what I have got to do with my life so far. Who's to say I don't get to do lots more fabulous things? Besides which, raising two brilliant children is a gift in itself. I'm happy. I've got a good life.

And there is a chocolate birthday cake. What on earth do I have to complain about?!

In light of all that, I am passing on the good cheer. I have three items I would like to give away, three separate prizes - not all to one person. I want to spread the good cheer as far as possible.

Three FQs of Cloud Nine organic cotton
My Happy Nursery fabric line.

One hoop -
my mantra.

A tote bag -
grey linen with epp by me.

Here's what you have to do if you are interested in winning any of these. Just leave one comment, and one comment only please. Tell me what you would choose first if you won, second, and then third. If you would prefer not to win one of the prizes at all please tell me. I won't be offended. I would rather they went to someone who would like them. And not everyone likes sarcastic hoops, honest.

That's it. You don't have to blog it, tweet it, facebook it, or shout it from the rooftops. This giveaway is for my readers. Thank you for stopping by on a regular basis and making my day by liking my blog. I appreciate it dearly.

I will choose the winners of each prize on Monday, July 8th about noon British time. If more than five of you are interested I may not be able to reply to all comments but I will do my best.

On that note, I have a few no-reply commenters these days. If you comment and never, ever get a reply from me then take that as a signal that you are a no-reply commenter. I really do my best to reply as much as possible. And I get some lovely comments from people I cannot say thank you to. Some people may not be aware that Google+ regularly changes your reply status without your knowledge so you may have been a reply person yesterday and a no-reply today. Just saying. I will need to be able to contact you if you win so if you are not sure about your reply status please leave an email. Thanks!

Hope you have a great day, and that when you hit this milestone birthday (because I know you are ALL younger than me) you feel as good as I do.

Susan

The Giveaway is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered. The winners will be announced in a blog post on July 8th.