Weather Updates, Buzzers, Cards, #HarryPotter Boxes, And #Crafting

Still no sign of my snow. Plenty of wind and frost. A fair amount of rain too. But still no snow. Some places not too far from us - though a bit more inland - have had snow, but the closest we've had has been a thick frost. I'm keeping my fingers crossed my snow comes soon. Maybe it will come this week? I really hope so! They do say it might. But they've been saying that all month, so I'm not holding my breath. Hoping, and crossing my fingers, of course. But not holding my breath.

In other news...

The intercom buzzer thingy still isn't fixed. Turns out the repair guys hadn't even gotten around to asking the landlord and neighbour for access to the other apartment to be able to work on the buzzer issue. I only found out about the message not getting passed on when we were arranging for everyone to be around so someone could come to do an inspection to make sure the fire alarms are working. Kelly saw the downstairs neighbour, and he knew nothing about the situation, other than that the buzzers haven't worked properly since he was here. I spoke to the landlords when we were arranging for the fire alarm guy to come, and they were under the impression the buzzer had been fixed the day the guys were here. They actually asked me if the buzzer works fine now, and when I told them it didn't, seemed surprised. So I told them what the repair guys said. Hopefully, now the neighbour and the landlords are aware of the situation, the buzzer will finally get fixed. I think I'm going to have to send the landlords a message to tell them what the repair guys say in future. Maybe then things will actually get done.

Anyway...

I got a couple of late Christmas cards. One came nearly the middle of January, and the other came at the end of last week. One is from my Nan (Dad's Mother) and the other is from Deanna. Here they are:


I also got a thank you card from Rita, which I mentioned in an earlier post, but didn't get around to sorting a photo of until now. So, here it is:


Also, my January Harry Potter box arrived. I missed the December one because of a payment glitch we didn't notice in time (the money was there, but for some reason their attempt to take it failed... We were a day late fixing it). But my January box came right on time... I got it on the weekend. So, here's what was in the box this month:

A Hogwarts print t-shirt:


A Harry Potter themed cushion cover:


A pendant that's a frog - looking something like the frogs on the chocolate frog cards I have a collection of, so I'm calling it a chocolate frog - on a chain:


A wintery owl pin:


A little snowy owl figurine:


A "three brothers" movie print:


And some tea, which is made of apple, rosehips, and a few other fruity and herby things I don't remember (Kelly did read the packaging to me, and it is all natural ingredients, so I'm looking forward to trying it... Good thing I have one of those thingy's you can use for loose tea):


Not a bad haul, in my opinion. Apparently... According to a note that was in my box this month... Starting from next month, they'll be personalizing the boxes better, and they'll include more "handmade items" too. I like the sound of that. Not that I have any problem with the contents of the boxes I've received. But handmade and personalized sounds even nicer still.

Anyway, speaking of things I got in my subscription boxes...

Guess what? I finally finished the Autumn themed table runner kit I got in October's SewMine box. So, at long last, here's the finished table runner:


Here's a close-up of the edging of the leaves, so you can see it in more detail:


Please forgive any sloppyness in the stitching. I haven't done the kind of stitching needed to do the edging for the leaves since I was making my camp blanket when I first started Girl Guides. That was about 23 years ago, when I was about 11. So, I'm a bit out of practice with blanket stitch, and I personally think it shows in some cases. I did my best though, and feel good for finally being able to say it's done.

I haven't decided which of my kits I'll work on next.

By the way, for those who happen to be interested: My January Makerly box contained two kits. One was a kit to make a heart rag rug decoration, and the other was a cardmaking kit for a Valentine's Day card. I'm rather behind on making the kits, but never mind. I'll get to them when I get to them.

That's all I have to say today, since the only other things I've done during the past week involve my share of the household chores, caring for and playing with the furkids - especially Lilie, who loves regular games of fetch, and Maizie, who's been really cuddly during this past week - and all of those other things I do every day (like reading, sorting eMails, etc).

Before I end this though, here's a random photo of Lilie... Just because: