Life is like a box of chocolates....

I'm back... in the land of the living that is!  Thank you all for your lovely comments on my last post when I told you that I was a wee bit sick....

Well, I was sick alright!  I had tonsillitis, headaches and joint pain, and generally felt very under the weather.  After a week of antibiotics, today is the first day that I have woken up without a sore throat and hopefully tonight I won't end up with sore shoulders and wrist joint pain again.  I have hardly done any stitching on "Cheerful Notes" - last week I just felt too ill to sit too long and stitch and then with the pain in my shoulders and wrists still hanging around in the evenings I haven't been able to do much at all this week.

Still positive thoughts - it's Wednesday today, which means after tomorrow I have 3 days off again and I will hopefully be back into a major stitching catch-up zone!!!  Stay tuned.....

I did have something happen on Friday that brighten me up - there was a package in the mail from the lovely Nia in Portugal.

A few weeks ago I entered and won Nia's blog giveaway and the prize was a lovely box filled with crafty goodies.  They are packed so sweetly in a lovely chocolate box.... just look at these cute cupcakes full of craft candy!

Candy and Postcards from Nia

Layer 1 - pink candy

Layer 2 - blue candy

Getting the "Royal Felix" seal of approval.
Oscar was on the cupboard as well
but wouldn't stand still long enough to get in the photo!

Nia also sent me a couple of postcards from Portugal... and one of the postcards was about the legend of the "Cock of Barcelos".  This postcard really made me smile as we have one!  I have admired the little roosters from afar for a long time, and then a few months ago the local newsagency/gift shop got some in - so I bought one!

Just look at him in all his glory next to the postcard from Nia

Well fellow bloggers, that's it from me on a wet Wednesday in Perth.

Til next time happy stitching