11 (of 15) - advent counting and a festive Ta-Da!

1 of 21... ... ...

2 of 21... ... ... 

3 of 21... ... ... 

3 of 21... ... ...

3 of 21... ... ...

3 of 21 (good grief How LOnG Is THiS GoinG TO *//£!! takE!! aaaargh!.... sigh.

I would often stare at the screen at the three little dots that would dot dot dot across the screen and cheerfully say... please do not power off or unplug your machine installing update....

3 of 21

then suddenly it would rattle through 4..5..6..7..8..9..10.. and stop.

I would get fed up and force a shut down.

Then one evening, staring at the screen as it blissfully informed me of... 1 of 15........2 of 15....... etc, I decided to make the most of a grindingly slow download...I took a photo. Job done :)

And on a much nicer note....

Tonight we had our festive knit and natter evening, the last one of the year where we bring food and a 'secret santa gift' and we share stories and nibbles and unwrap our parcels and try to guess who's gift we'd chosen.  It usually sets off giggles and false guesses but it is always in such good humour.   Thank you dear ladies, again it was a pleasurable evening xxxxx

I had tried to finish off this particular 'Ta-Da!' before this evening but didn't quite make it in time, so while we nibbled and nattered, I crocheted the last few rows to complete my....Tomte !  

A Nordic elf associated with chrimbly time,

often with a dubious character and often rather naughty! 

My Tomte has a  very important job to do,

He has to hold some cards for us as he sits minding the tree.

I think he quite likes it.....but when the lights go out....will he get up to nonsense and blame it on the cats? 

Hmmmm, we shall have to wait and see :)

Joining in with Julie's Scrapbook Advent Calender.