12 Days of Christmas in Blogland - Day 8, a second giveaway from me

Hello lovely bloggers,

I thought that I would like to have a second giveaway as part of my 12 Days... challenge.  So, please comment on this post only, if you would like to win the following prize:

A cute little notepad and a tube of udder hand cream - you can check out my post here to find out all about the wonderful udder cream.  (Now, this is actually my tube of udder cream but I will send the luck winner a brand new tube once the shop gets some back in stock).  I will draw the winner on January 6th.

It is very hot here in Melbourne this weekend - 35 degrees celsius yesterday, 40 degrees today and tomorrow and 37 on Tuesday!  Needless to say, the poor kittycats find this a bit hard going - here are some photos of Furio dealing with the heat:

 For some reason, Furio sometimes likes to sleep on the ledge at the top of our spiral staircase well, this is the view from above:

 ... and various views from below:

Today is the first day of UCJC - My first start is Brave New Year from Heartstring Samplery.  I began by tea-dyeing some cream Lugano 25 count fabric:

Sorry, it actually looks better in real life.  I am using Olde Willow Stitchery Hand-dyed Quaker Colour threads - so far it is looking really good - I will post a progress picture tomorrow.  If you would like to see a picture of my design, just check out my UCJC page.

DS1 has just made some sensational pizzas for dinner (he makes the dough from scratch) and now DH, DS2 and I are going to play a new board game with him, The Settlers of Catan.  DS1 is moving out into his own apartment (a share house) at the end of the month - I am going to miss him dreadfully but at the same time I am so excited for him.  It is time he has a place of his own.

Anyway, sorry for the longish post and for rambling a bit.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE,

Hugs, Kaye xoxox