Goodness it has been a busy few days at the end of January and beginning of February.  Wednesday January 29th was the start of the Chinese New Year and 2025 is The Year of the Wood Snake!!!  So what can we expect from the Wood Snake?

A time for wisdom, patience and careful decision making.

A time for shedding bad energy, letting fo of the past an releasing unrealistic expectations.

A time for personal growth, deeper thinking and thoughtful decision making.

A time for adaptability, long term planning and personal development.

A time for new opportunities for growth and change.

So this sort of fits in with my year of decluttering and sorting things out!  We shall see how things go this year.

Saturday February 2nd was Ground Hog Day and Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow when he emerged from his burrow so we are in for six more weeks of Winter!  It has been quite cold over January and this week it is meant to be in the minus digits most days, so I think he is going to be correct!

So in true Year of the Wood Snake style we have a lot happening at home.  Youngest & Partner got engaged and today Youngest started his new job which he is looking forward to!  Then at the end of February DH and I will become empty nesters as they are moving in to their new home!!!!!  I mean how many things can happen in the first two months of the New Year?!!! They are both looking to being in their own home and have been busy buying things for it.  I remember when DH and I got our first home and all the fun of buying things to fill it and they are doing this now.  Of course DH and I have been roped in to help them move in with some of their friends too. 

They asked what would happen to their room here now?  We will decorate it and then fill it with a bed, wardrobe, small dressing table and box so that they can come back and stay for the weekend if they would like or Eldest, Partner & Little Man can also stay if they want to as well.

DH suggested that I move my sewing things in there and then have the smaller room as a guest bedroom but it is smaller and we could do it, but I quite like the smaller room to sew in.  One benefit is that the guest bedding will be brought out of the attic and also we can use the wardrobe in there for our seasonal clothes so something else out of the attic!!   Of course I am sure that Coco will claim the new bed as hers as soon as it is set up!  In fact it could be Coco’s bedroom!!!!

It is going to be very different just DH and I again.  We have, since the Boys were adults, had the occassional weeks or months where we were on our own at home because they have been away with the various other halves at times so we have experienced it a little bit but then Eldest came home, Youngest was here so we were back to how it was when they were little.  We have not been just the two of us since Eldest arrived which will be twenty nine years but I am sure we will get used to it and of course we have little Coco at home.

I did get some quilting done over the weekend but I cannot show you just yet as they are gifts.  I have next weekend to do some more quilting and the weekends when DH is out doing the swimming compere I will be quilting.  It was a good weekend to be in as the weather was cold, grey and raining!!! 

Happy February you lovely lot and have a great week. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx