Remembering Taffy's visit to the Dentist

It's a pleasure to be linking up to Handmade Monday again this week at it's new home with Lucy Blossom Crafts.  Wendy from Handmade Harbour has done a fantastic job of hosting 200 Handmade Mondays and I wish her well with her choice to concentrate on her illustrations. I would also like to thank Vicky of Lucy Blossom Crafts for taking over this very friendly and welcoming link party and am sure it will continue to be a great success.

This week we had a visit to the dentist :( Only a check up, but never my favourite place to go!  I remembered some time ago on a previous visit we took Taffy with us for his first check up.  Who is Taffy I hear you ask?  Now, followers of my blog from the beginning will know the answer to this, but for those of you who wonder what on earth I'm talking about, take a peek at this post and all will be revealed.

Have you had any 'interesting' trips to the dentist recently? 

Here's how Taffy got on.

Poor Taffy!  

This was his first ever visit and he was a little anxious to say the least!  But, do not despair, everything went well!

This is our fantastic dentist, we have known him for many years now (longer than I care to calculate!) so I knew Taffy would be in good hands. He soon put Taffy at ease. Can you see how relaxed Taffy looks?

 Open wide Taffy!

"Everything looks fine" said the dentist.  "See you again in 6 months"

"Phew" said Taffy!

Taffy is looking very pleased with himself now!  The dentist gave him a sticker for being such a good teddy!

I think this may have been a first for the dentist, as well as Taffy!

What do you think?

Hope you have enjoyed reading about Taffy.  

He has got up to all sorts of mischief on his adventures.  

If you would like to see any of the others 

type 'Taffy' into the search box which is just below the picture of me 

on the left hand side of my blog, 

and take your pick!

Looking forward to catching up with you all and meeting any new bloggers, over at Handmade Monday, see you soon :)

Taffy at the Dentist!

Hello everyone

As you will know from my previous post we all had our 6 monthly check-up at the dentist recently, including Taffy!

Poor Taffy!  This was his first ever visit and he was a little anxious to say the least!  But, do not despair, everything went well!

This is our fantastic dentist, we have known him for many years now (longer than I care to calculate!) so I knew Taffy would be in good hands.
He soon put Taffy at ease.
Can you see how relaxed Taffy looks?

Open wide Taffy!
"Everything looks fine" said the dentist "See you again in 6 months".
Phew said Taffy!

Taffy is looking very pleased with himself now!  The dentist gave him a sticker for being such a good teddy!

I think this may have been a first for the dentist, as well as Taffy!

What do you think?

Taffy helps with the household chores!

Hi everyone!

I'm supposed to be doing housework! but I thought I would check a few emails and ended up blogging!  Got to go to the dentist later :(

I thought you may want to see what Taffy's been up to lately.  I've been meaning to post these for a couple of weeks now but with one thing and another didn't get around to it.

It was actually raining outside and Taffy was bored

He very kindly offered to help me with the household chores.  You can see he means business as he rolled up his sleeves to get stuck in (well, took off his waistcoat really).

Here he is cleaning the toilet!

Cleaning the bath!

Cleaning the mirror!  Who's that in there? They look just like me!  Very handsome!

Taffy's helping to collect the washing ready to put in the machine!

Loading the washing machine!

Noooo!  Taffy you're not supposed to be on that side of the machine!  Jump out quick!

Well that's it for now, hope the photos made you smile!  You'll be glad to know Taffy did get out and lived to tell the tale!  He has some new boots now and tried them out last weekend but that's another post, when I get around to it!

Taffy's not so keen to help this week so shall have to do the housework myself :( and then off to the dentist :((

Ugh!  

Never mind out for a meal with friends tonight - something to look forward to.

Have a good weekend folks, will be looking forward to hearing all about

what you get up to!

x

Taffy and the Crochet Cat

Yay it's Friday!  Day off today.  Housework squeezed in yesterday, Tesco later but whenever!

I'll start with a couple of odd things.  Look at these two pictures!  I just popped out in the garden because I was convinced I could see a spot of yellow from the kitchen window and there it was - our first primrose and in January!  The rose has amazed me too, not a fantastic specimen I'll grant you, but a rose in January all the same!!!  This rose used to belong to my husband's, father who I never knew as he passed away just after I met my husband.  It must be somewhere between 35 and 40 years old, my husband can remember it in his garden when he was young.  Not doing bad considering it gets cut back annually and neglected all year!

Introducing Taffy

As promised, I'd like to introduce you to Taffy.  He is the first bear I've ever crocheted so is rather special.  His name was chosen by myself and a few friends on New Year's day.   I was looking for a welsh name as he is made from proper welsh wool (written in welsh on the label even!) so I thought it would be rather fitting!  He has been exploring our garden for the first time.

"I like being outside" said Taffy :)

I'm making new friends too.  I wonder who he is?  Doesn't move much!

Look at me I've been climbing.  Hold on tight Taffy!

Need a rest after all that climbing!  Look at this, a fuchsia in November!  Who'd have thought it?

Oooh errr! Looks cold in there, hope I don't fall in!

Hang on a minute, who's that looking at me?

Oooh!! It's my reflection!  Hope the birds don't come down for a drink!

Taffy is looking forward to Saturday as he is going to the Eden Project http://www.edenproject.com/ I wonder what he will get up to there? Note to self! Remember to come back and have a look next week!

Crochet Cat

Well my crochet cat is growing well. My elbow is beginning to ache and our lounge looks like a woollen mill but apart from that everything is just fine.

I've tried to give you an idea of size in this picture.  I have completed 46 rounds so far. 

I've just stuffed him with some skeins of yarn for the purpose of this photo, so he looks a bit lumpy!  But by taking a photo of him on the sofa I thought it would give you some idea of scale.  I am just about to start decreasing for the shoulders now, so his body will be even taller when I've finished.

Look at this! Without his stuffing he has a 42" waist!!!

And look how much he weighs!  1391g - over a kilo already!

Shall need to start thinking of a name for him, can't keep calling him Crochet Cat! Got any ideas?  Drop me a line!

Right that's it!  Washing machine has stopped and cup of tea needs replacing.

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend, here's to lots of crafting and lots of fun!  Would love to hear about any of your creations.  See you soon, byeee! x