Yes, I'm in that well-known coffee shop again for another round of me vs essay no 2. It's not going well, I should be on number 3 by now, but number 2 just isn't inspiring me. Ah well, gotta get it done.
In a fit of desperation and distraction, I've made a list of all my WIPs:
Rogue
LongForm
Lacy top
Celestine
Elvira
Cardigan for H
Seaweed Socks
Cowls x3
Celestine - nearly finished (and needs to be finished by the end of this week). Cardigan for H - started three years ago, currently snoozing gently in the corner, but needs to be woken up, finished, and worn, before they are all too big for it. The cowls are rapidly rushing to the top of the list as they need to be done by the end of term; I finished one yesterday on the way home from the beach, but due to being very tired forgot that it needed a stretchy bind off, so I need to rip back the BO and do it again differently. Doh. The plus side is that I need another ball of wool for one of them, which I will have to order, so I might stretch to a pair of metal knitpro interchangeables, because I want to try them out. It's for research purposes you see.
We were on our way to the beach yesterday morning, Chris driving and me armed with the OS map of the area we were going to (Llandudno). I quickly discovered that it's a two sided map and I was on the wrong side, which means opening the whole thing out to turn it round. I was trying to do it whilst going along, until Chris forbade me because he couldn't see the road. (Honestly. What do you mean, you need to see the road to drive? It'll only take a minute...) So I asked him to pull in at the upcoming petrol station, and got the 'can't you wait until we stop at the services?' answer (he was a bit cross by this point). To which I repiled, but I need to see the map, if I change it I can look at it now, and to my surprise he said yeah, I see, it's a map, and stopped. Sometimes we really do think the same :)
Showing posts with label general musings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label general musings. Show all posts
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Monday, 2 May 2011
Working... or not
I'm currently sitting in Costa a coffee shop belonging to a well-known chain trying to cudgel my brain into producing something vaguely sermon-like, but failing miserably because my mind is on other things - namely, my friend's new baby that I've just visited, and knitting of course. The baby is gorgeous (so small!) but has made me realise that really I don't want another (though there's still a small bit of me that is very broody) - I don't think I'd survive. I'll have to make do with lots of cuddles. There's something a bit sad, but also a bit liberating, about realising that my baby days are passing. Rebekah has finally worked out how to crawl, sort of, has stopped breastfeeding, and won't be a baby for much longer. Steffie is just about out of nappies (yippee!) and will start nursery in September. Hannah is already at school and getting more grown up and independent (when the mood takes her). And so we will enter a new phase as a family. And with it will come other pressures, like whether to work or not, along with Hannah's particular needs which are always there but change over time. I've thought for a while that no stage is easier, it's just that the challenges are different, but slightly more sleep would be welcome.
But I digress. I'm really excited about this KAL, I've never done one before and I have all sorts of ideas in my head about what I want to make, which may or may not be possible / sensible. I also have a baby gift to finish and a few other small things to knit before the summer holidays, plus Rogue to finish off (I've lost my chart for the sleeves, and I really don't want to have to re-do it - it's all coloured in with notes on increases etc, so I need to have a good look for it before I can carry on).
Anyway I'd better get back to work before I run out of tea and laptop battery.
But I digress. I'm really excited about this KAL, I've never done one before and I have all sorts of ideas in my head about what I want to make, which may or may not be possible / sensible. I also have a baby gift to finish and a few other small things to knit before the summer holidays, plus Rogue to finish off (I've lost my chart for the sleeves, and I really don't want to have to re-do it - it's all coloured in with notes on increases etc, so I need to have a good look for it before I can carry on).
Anyway I'd better get back to work before I run out of tea and laptop battery.
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Presents, birthdays, Christmas, etc
Yes, it's that time of year again. The birthday season goes a bit bonkers and then Christmas arrives. So we had Hannah's birthday party on Saturday, which went well as far as I could tell. We had a rainbow theme, and we had it in church so there was plenty of space, and we had craft, games and food, all the things that Hannah likes in fact. (And glow sticks. Not very eco, but we do like them.) I went with the decorate-you-own (brown paper) party bag, which may be a bit different but I think they enjoyed it. I did have fun doing everything in rainbow colours, even down to the food.
So now I need to think seriously about Christmas presents and get them sorted. Another one came from the book man at toddlers today, so that's another one in the bag so to speak. Well literally actually, as wrapping this year is courtesy of more of those brown paper bags, suitably decorated of course. I'm tempted to put a little 'please recycle me' message on the bottom, but that might be taking it a little far. It just seems daft to me to smother things in paper and sellotape just so the paper can be ripped off, and then it can't be recyled because of the sellotape and who can be bothered to sit and cut off all the sellotape-y bits on Christmas Day? (Ah yes - that'd be my mother, we used to reuse wrapping paper when I was growing up, until my sister and I banned it.) Anyway, I'm trying paper bags this year, and hoping to enlist the help of sundry small people in the decorating.
Better go and make (yet another) list.
So now I need to think seriously about Christmas presents and get them sorted. Another one came from the book man at toddlers today, so that's another one in the bag so to speak. Well literally actually, as wrapping this year is courtesy of more of those brown paper bags, suitably decorated of course. I'm tempted to put a little 'please recycle me' message on the bottom, but that might be taking it a little far. It just seems daft to me to smother things in paper and sellotape just so the paper can be ripped off, and then it can't be recyled because of the sellotape and who can be bothered to sit and cut off all the sellotape-y bits on Christmas Day? (Ah yes - that'd be my mother, we used to reuse wrapping paper when I was growing up, until my sister and I banned it.) Anyway, I'm trying paper bags this year, and hoping to enlist the help of sundry small people in the decorating.
Better go and make (yet another) list.
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Snow, and other things
Just to report, we have finally joined the rest of the UK in winter with a heavy snowfall. I had to use my crutches again to walk up to toddlers - I'd forgotten how much arm work they require and my arms really ache now! Chris and I both have a cold so we're taking it in turns to be pathetic on the sofa while the other one sorts out the kids.
Yesterday Zoe took me to Chester which was lovely, it reminded me of other old market towns I have spent time wandering around, but I love the double decker-ness of the rows, and with all the decorations and the cold it felt very christmassy. Then we went on to Stash Fine Yarns and oh what lovely woolly things - I finally saw Manos Maxima in the wool as it were, and they had a jumper knitted up in it, mmm, want one!
Yesterday Zoe took me to Chester which was lovely, it reminded me of other old market towns I have spent time wandering around, but I love the double decker-ness of the rows, and with all the decorations and the cold it felt very christmassy. Then we went on to Stash Fine Yarns and oh what lovely woolly things - I finally saw Manos Maxima in the wool as it were, and they had a jumper knitted up in it, mmm, want one!
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
One plan down, three to go...
Well, I was a good girl last night and I now have a Baptism Plan - it's really not as complicated as I think (just wait till next week and I have to put it in to action). I also managed a bit of sweater knitting, and today I did a bit on the sock at Oasis (and got some nice comments - thank you!). That was my favourite kind of morning, knitting, endless refills of tea, baby asleep and good company.
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Plans
I need a Plan. Actually I need two plans. Hang on, make it three (or four). Better get planning! What has brought all this on? Well, its that time of year when everything starts coming all at once. I am another year older (my birthday is mid-October) and that has always been my sign that I need to start thinking about Christmas. Nowadays between October and Christmas there are two more birthdays, and this year is even more eventful. So we have Rebekah's baptism followed by Chris's birthday, then there's Hannah's birthday (complete, this year for the first time, with a proper party) and then it's Christmas. Interspersed are all the other events like carol services, a christmas tree festival and possibly a christmas labyrinth. Add an essay due on 1st Jan, and I think I've got my work cut out for me over the next couple of months. Hence I need a Plan.
So the Plan is: make the plans. Then do them. Simple really.
I think I better start with the baptism, for which I need to organise lunch, and I could also do with getting ready presents for the family members we will be seeing. That would be being super-organised, not something I normally am. Here goes: stage one - lunch. stage two - presents. Stage three - keep knitting to remain sane! So off I go for a spot of thinking about food, followed by a bit of knitting.
The knitting is another story. I'm making Chris a nice thick warm jumper following Elizabeth Zimmermann's directions in 'Knitting without Tears'. I've just joined the arms to the body and I'm starting the colourwork on the yoke - definitely the interesting part. And I might just get it done in time for his birthday; at the moment the rounds seem very, very long. It's got to the stage where it's not generally portable, so for knitting out and about I have discovered the joy of socks. Having experimented with baby socks, I've now started a proper adult sock, and unlike previous attempts, I am a) enjoying it and b) getting somewhere - wahey! Very chuffed. And very portable. And housed in a lovely project bag (thanks Michelle) so it's a double whammy of knitting in my handbag.
So the Plan is: make the plans. Then do them. Simple really.
I think I better start with the baptism, for which I need to organise lunch, and I could also do with getting ready presents for the family members we will be seeing. That would be being super-organised, not something I normally am. Here goes: stage one - lunch. stage two - presents. Stage three - keep knitting to remain sane! So off I go for a spot of thinking about food, followed by a bit of knitting.
The knitting is another story. I'm making Chris a nice thick warm jumper following Elizabeth Zimmermann's directions in 'Knitting without Tears'. I've just joined the arms to the body and I'm starting the colourwork on the yoke - definitely the interesting part. And I might just get it done in time for his birthday; at the moment the rounds seem very, very long. It's got to the stage where it's not generally portable, so for knitting out and about I have discovered the joy of socks. Having experimented with baby socks, I've now started a proper adult sock, and unlike previous attempts, I am a) enjoying it and b) getting somewhere - wahey! Very chuffed. And very portable. And housed in a lovely project bag (thanks Michelle) so it's a double whammy of knitting in my handbag.
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Ants in our pants
...well, actually, in our kitchen. Eek!
We've had the odd ant running around for a while now, but today was something else. The ants have been sprouting wings and today when we got back they were swarming (is that what they do?) all over the floor. They appear to have been nesting under the fridge. Now we don't mind sharing our home with a few things (slugs for instance have taken up residence under the sink since the cold weather in the winter) and after my experiences with ants in South Africa (think long columns of ants on the kitchen worktops and ants on the patio crawling up your skirts) British ones tend not to bother me. I apologise to ant lovers everywhere, but we had to do something, so the kids and I were banished to picnic in the living room and then to Michelle's (thanks Michelle!) while Chris pulled everything out, cleaned up and put down ant powder. So our kitchen is now the cleanest its been probably since we moved in, and I haven't done what I was going to do this afternoon, namely pack for Hannah going into hospital tomorrow. Yep, just what we needed the day before that.
So tomorrow we hopefully take H in for the op on her palate [crosses fingers, prays, etc]. We have to phone the ward at 8am to check there is a bed for her. I hope there is because we have prepared her as best we can (without scaring her witless) and this is good timing school- and holiday-wise. All being well she will have the op on Thursday.
In other news Rebekah has started on solids and has taken to eating like she should have been doing it all along. After weeks of looking longingly at our food she now has her own, and is already on two meals a day. This means the breast pump has resurfaced (last used in those heady days of engorgement about four months ago), as the method of preparing her meals starts with 'first milk the cow'. With my boobs rapidly becoming dispensable again I am definitely feeling that my baby is growing up too quickly.
We've had the odd ant running around for a while now, but today was something else. The ants have been sprouting wings and today when we got back they were swarming (is that what they do?) all over the floor. They appear to have been nesting under the fridge. Now we don't mind sharing our home with a few things (slugs for instance have taken up residence under the sink since the cold weather in the winter) and after my experiences with ants in South Africa (think long columns of ants on the kitchen worktops and ants on the patio crawling up your skirts) British ones tend not to bother me. I apologise to ant lovers everywhere, but we had to do something, so the kids and I were banished to picnic in the living room and then to Michelle's (thanks Michelle!) while Chris pulled everything out, cleaned up and put down ant powder. So our kitchen is now the cleanest its been probably since we moved in, and I haven't done what I was going to do this afternoon, namely pack for Hannah going into hospital tomorrow. Yep, just what we needed the day before that.
So tomorrow we hopefully take H in for the op on her palate [crosses fingers, prays, etc]. We have to phone the ward at 8am to check there is a bed for her. I hope there is because we have prepared her as best we can (without scaring her witless) and this is good timing school- and holiday-wise. All being well she will have the op on Thursday.
In other news Rebekah has started on solids and has taken to eating like she should have been doing it all along. After weeks of looking longingly at our food she now has her own, and is already on two meals a day. This means the breast pump has resurfaced (last used in those heady days of engorgement about four months ago), as the method of preparing her meals starts with 'first milk the cow'. With my boobs rapidly becoming dispensable again I am definitely feeling that my baby is growing up too quickly.
Friday, 11 June 2010
Thursday, 10 June 2010
The wool, it has arrived...
...and much knitting has ensued.
So the wool for the lacy cardi arrived today and I got very excited and cast on straight away and did 18 rows of the back. If I carry on like this I might even finish in time (it needs to be done by 2nd July but that may be pushing my knitting speed way too far). Tonight I knitted watching a programme about Atlantis on iplayer (it featured Santorini rather heavily and we went there for our honeymoon so it was nice to see it on tv, as well as the programme being interesting in its own right), and then I watched Junior Apprentice. I still think I prefer the adult version but this has grown on me over the weeks, and is quite entertaining. I do wonder what the 'process' might do to impressionable teenagers, but I guess if they've got this far they can't be too lacking in self confidence.
I forsee a weekend of knitting and tea in brilliant sunshine and good company, with (and here we get into the realms of fantasy) lots of sleep. I can but dream.
So the wool for the lacy cardi arrived today and I got very excited and cast on straight away and did 18 rows of the back. If I carry on like this I might even finish in time (it needs to be done by 2nd July but that may be pushing my knitting speed way too far). Tonight I knitted watching a programme about Atlantis on iplayer (it featured Santorini rather heavily and we went there for our honeymoon so it was nice to see it on tv, as well as the programme being interesting in its own right), and then I watched Junior Apprentice. I still think I prefer the adult version but this has grown on me over the weeks, and is quite entertaining. I do wonder what the 'process' might do to impressionable teenagers, but I guess if they've got this far they can't be too lacking in self confidence.
I forsee a weekend of knitting and tea in brilliant sunshine and good company, with (and here we get into the realms of fantasy) lots of sleep. I can but dream.
Tuesday, 8 June 2010
Musings, and WIPs...
We had a manic (but good) weekend, what with the church open day and Hadfield carnival. At both we were promoting the Glossopdale Food Co-operative, and I've already had one email requesting the order form (thanks Jennifer!). The weather at the carnival was at least bettet than last year, though that's not saying a lot, it was very cold and wet and horrible last year. This year it rained at first but it brightened up later on, and it was warmer too. As we are camping next weekend we are thoroughly obsessed with the weather in our house at the moment.
I've just realised I can post from my ipod and therefore whilst feeding, so there might be a lot more very random posts coming along now. Especially during the long night feeds. It's 6am and this is Rebekah's second feed of the day. In some ways she's growing way too fast, in others (night feeding being one) I can't wait for her to get a bit older. (Actually, I'm not sure I can think of mamy more, four months is such a lovely age. She's watching and smiling and chuckling and chatting and rolling and reaching and grabbing, need I go on? Yes, they grow way too quickly.)
Well, we've switched sides so I'm now typing with me left hand, not nearly as quick. On a knitting front I have been doing a bit to my clapotis of late, but have now started another darkside cowl. I am also going to be making a little lacy cardy for a friend, just waiting for the wool to come to start that, and I'm also going to be making a wedding present for my cousin, so that lot should keep me busy and the needles steaming.
I've just realised I can post from my ipod and therefore whilst feeding, so there might be a lot more very random posts coming along now. Especially during the long night feeds. It's 6am and this is Rebekah's second feed of the day. In some ways she's growing way too fast, in others (night feeding being one) I can't wait for her to get a bit older. (Actually, I'm not sure I can think of mamy more, four months is such a lovely age. She's watching and smiling and chuckling and chatting and rolling and reaching and grabbing, need I go on? Yes, they grow way too quickly.)
Well, we've switched sides so I'm now typing with me left hand, not nearly as quick. On a knitting front I have been doing a bit to my clapotis of late, but have now started another darkside cowl. I am also going to be making a little lacy cardy for a friend, just waiting for the wool to come to start that, and I'm also going to be making a wedding present for my cousin, so that lot should keep me busy and the needles steaming.
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Round and round...
There is so much going on in my head just now, and yet so much of it is the same old stuff going round and round...
Ah well. I haven't been feeling very good recently, hence the lack of posting. I think everything is catching up with me. There have been some brighter days though, including a trip to the Black Sheep Wools sale, and a family party at Tatton Park. Otherwise life continues much the same as ever round here, complete with lack of sleep. One day we will be unable to drag them out of bed... one day...
Ah well. I haven't been feeling very good recently, hence the lack of posting. I think everything is catching up with me. There have been some brighter days though, including a trip to the Black Sheep Wools sale, and a family party at Tatton Park. Otherwise life continues much the same as ever round here, complete with lack of sleep. One day we will be unable to drag them out of bed... one day...
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
A moan, and more knitting...
I'm really struggling with this pregnancy now. My bp is up (which I've never had a problem with before), my pelvis is hurting all the time despite the painkillers even when I'm resting, and I'm so slow on the crutches it took me 20 minutes to pay for the parking and walk back to the car at the hospital today. Just as well there's only a few weeks to go now.
Still, I had a lovely midwife at the hospital today, we were discussing genetic syndromes which was very interesting (she has a different one in her family), and they were very nice about carrying my stuff around for me so I didn't have to struggle with coats and bags as well as crutches, which makes a huge difference. Still no induction though, as, in the words of the doctor, 'it wouldn't work'. I don't want a long slow labour (or worse), so I'm glad not to be induced, but I do wish Lentil would hurry up and make up her mind to come out - she's obviously still quite happy in there for the moment!
So, to take my mind off things I've started two blankets. One is the diagonal baby blanket, in a lovely, soft, multicoloured chenille yarn that is horrible to knit with. I've had it in my stash for ages having got it very cheap (probably because no-one else likes knitting with it either) and was wondering what to do with it - it needed an easy pattern that doesn't involve being able to see your stitches. It will make a lovely baby blanket though, and if I make a mistake you can't see it at all.
The other is the pinwheel blanket, I love the geometricity (is that a word?) of the pattern and am really enjoying knitting it, though as I'm doing it in sock wool it could take a while. I might try it again in some much bulkier wool afterwards to see what the difference is, but I chose the sock wool because I just love the colours, and I'm using 4mm needles so it's quite lacy in a way. It's nice to be back in the knitting habit after the post-Christmas hiatus.
Still, I had a lovely midwife at the hospital today, we were discussing genetic syndromes which was very interesting (she has a different one in her family), and they were very nice about carrying my stuff around for me so I didn't have to struggle with coats and bags as well as crutches, which makes a huge difference. Still no induction though, as, in the words of the doctor, 'it wouldn't work'. I don't want a long slow labour (or worse), so I'm glad not to be induced, but I do wish Lentil would hurry up and make up her mind to come out - she's obviously still quite happy in there for the moment!
So, to take my mind off things I've started two blankets. One is the diagonal baby blanket, in a lovely, soft, multicoloured chenille yarn that is horrible to knit with. I've had it in my stash for ages having got it very cheap (probably because no-one else likes knitting with it either) and was wondering what to do with it - it needed an easy pattern that doesn't involve being able to see your stitches. It will make a lovely baby blanket though, and if I make a mistake you can't see it at all.
The other is the pinwheel blanket, I love the geometricity (is that a word?) of the pattern and am really enjoying knitting it, though as I'm doing it in sock wool it could take a while. I might try it again in some much bulkier wool afterwards to see what the difference is, but I chose the sock wool because I just love the colours, and I'm using 4mm needles so it's quite lacy in a way. It's nice to be back in the knitting habit after the post-Christmas hiatus.
Sunday, 3 January 2010
The white stuff
It's snowing. Again. Need I say more? And at 35 weeks pregnant (nearly 36!) with a dodgy pelvis and using crutches to get around, not to mention the car, that's not particularly good news. But I love the snow. Especially days like today when the sun shone down and threw the hills into relief. We even managed to get up the Torside road to see the views - it looks a lot more wild and remote and snowy at the moment than it usually does. Just wish I could get out and walk. Friends of ours are off to a cottage in Wick this week, I'm very envious.
We went sledging yesterday, Hannah had a whale of a time going down on her own, very brave of her, and Steffie slept through the whole thing. Then we came back to tea and mince pies, followed by fish and chips for tea. It doesn't get any better.
We went sledging yesterday, Hannah had a whale of a time going down on her own, very brave of her, and Steffie slept through the whole thing. Then we came back to tea and mince pies, followed by fish and chips for tea. It doesn't get any better.
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Catching up 1: apples
Wow, it's been a long time since the last post. I am a lot more pregnant than I was! I haven't been feeling great which is why there hasn't been any posting, but I have been squirrelling away the photos ready for when I do start posting again.
So here are the first few. I've tried to theme them, so today it's...
Apples.
We have two apple trees in our garden, planted about 3 or 4 years ago, and this year (like last) we got around 50 apples off each tree. They're supposed to be cordons but have gone a bit mad because I keep forgetting to prune them.
These are the second lot from the later tree and they are definitely a variety called Sunset. I love them, they are very much like coxes in flavour but they are a little sharp after eating the others for a month or so!
We got some beauties off this trees this year, and I am inordinately proud of them (especially considering I don't actually do anything and the apples just arrive - I can take no credit whatsoever!) I particularly love the fact that for at least two months in the early autumn we are completely self sufficient in apples - we get through a lot of apples most weeks - and it saves us quite a bit of money too.
My Grand Plan (I have a few of these hanging around, they will happen eventually... I hope...) is to remove the privet hedge down one side of the garden and replace it with a fence and fruiting cordons, mostly apples but maybe the odd plum and pear in there too. The other, slightly shadier, side has fruit bushes down it which are a little overgrown in places but do give us a reasonable crop of soft fruit (redcurrants/blackcurrants/gooseberries/blackberries) and I have a black elder ( variety Black Lace) which I love and which we can make pink elderflower cordial from. All these were planted back before I had kids, so come to think of it it must be the apples' fourth season because they would have been planted before I had Hannah. Actually it might be their fifth, I lose track these days.
So here are the first few. I've tried to theme them, so today it's...
Apples.
We have two apple trees in our garden, planted about 3 or 4 years ago, and this year (like last) we got around 50 apples off each tree. They're supposed to be cordons but have gone a bit mad because I keep forgetting to prune them.
These are our first apples, I can't remember quite what variety they are but I think they're Discovery or something similar. They are an early variety and are sweet with a pink blush to the flesh and the children love them.
These are the second lot from the later tree and they are definitely a variety called Sunset. I love them, they are very much like coxes in flavour but they are a little sharp after eating the others for a month or so!
We got some beauties off this trees this year, and I am inordinately proud of them (especially considering I don't actually do anything and the apples just arrive - I can take no credit whatsoever!) I particularly love the fact that for at least two months in the early autumn we are completely self sufficient in apples - we get through a lot of apples most weeks - and it saves us quite a bit of money too.
My Grand Plan (I have a few of these hanging around, they will happen eventually... I hope...) is to remove the privet hedge down one side of the garden and replace it with a fence and fruiting cordons, mostly apples but maybe the odd plum and pear in there too. The other, slightly shadier, side has fruit bushes down it which are a little overgrown in places but do give us a reasonable crop of soft fruit (redcurrants/blackcurrants/gooseberries/blackberries) and I have a black elder ( variety Black Lace) which I love and which we can make pink elderflower cordial from. All these were planted back before I had kids, so come to think of it it must be the apples' fourth season because they would have been planted before I had Hannah. Actually it might be their fifth, I lose track these days.
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
More knitting, and other random comments...
I finally found the fingerless mitts, so I was able to count them and see what happened. They were a row or two out, but only a row or two, so I think it must have been a combination of tension and counting. Next time I will be more careful!
We had a lovely time at Greenbelt, meeting up with friends and going to various things (with a fair bit of sleeping as well). Didn't get much knitting done though! I did get quite a bit done at Granny's though, and have got past the pocket on the front of the marble jumper, which I'm rather pleased with (you can jut about see it on the photo). I should soon be up to the armhole shaping and then the excitement of the neckline starts.
Finally a rather cute picture of S taken whilst we were away - aww!
Thursday, 11 June 2009
We've been busy...
Wow, a whole month since I last posted - oops! But in my defence, we have been busy.
The major thing was a holiday, a long camping trip down south. Not only was there major packing to do, but I was also making this:
The reason for the trip was my gran's 90th birthday, and the appropriate family party accompanying it. The quilt was a gift for her, and my first attempt at a (nearly) full sized quilt. I quite pleased with how it turned out, and it was fun to do, just a little bit rushed. I set up the machine on the kitchen table together with the laptop and watched stuff on 4od and iplayer whilst sewing - very civilized!
But before the family stuff we camped on Hayling Island, somewhere I know quite well from my youth, and somewhere I never thought I'd go on holiday! But we had a great time, visiting old haunts and finding new ones.
Since then we have been happily surprised with the news that we are expecting a third little Goodhew sometime in the New Year. So I am now in the throes of those first trimester goodies of feeling very tired and icky. Mmmm.
This month is also busy with appointments and reports for Hannah as nursery prepare to apply for her statement. The dynavox has broken and we are missing it a lot; we don't know when it will be repaired. And we've had the Hadfield Carnival (very soggy) in which we were involved on three stalls - it went well despite the weather but was very frantic. We have the church camping weekend this weekend (most of the stuff is still packed!) and a few other bits and bobs happening as well.
So, I'd better go and do that form I've been putting off. Eeek.
The major thing was a holiday, a long camping trip down south. Not only was there major packing to do, but I was also making this:
The reason for the trip was my gran's 90th birthday, and the appropriate family party accompanying it. The quilt was a gift for her, and my first attempt at a (nearly) full sized quilt. I quite pleased with how it turned out, and it was fun to do, just a little bit rushed. I set up the machine on the kitchen table together with the laptop and watched stuff on 4od and iplayer whilst sewing - very civilized!But before the family stuff we camped on Hayling Island, somewhere I know quite well from my youth, and somewhere I never thought I'd go on holiday! But we had a great time, visiting old haunts and finding new ones.
Since then we have been happily surprised with the news that we are expecting a third little Goodhew sometime in the New Year. So I am now in the throes of those first trimester goodies of feeling very tired and icky. Mmmm.
This month is also busy with appointments and reports for Hannah as nursery prepare to apply for her statement. The dynavox has broken and we are missing it a lot; we don't know when it will be repaired. And we've had the Hadfield Carnival (very soggy) in which we were involved on three stalls - it went well despite the weather but was very frantic. We have the church camping weekend this weekend (most of the stuff is still packed!) and a few other bits and bobs happening as well.
So, I'd better go and do that form I've been putting off. Eeek.
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Lime green car
I said a while ago that I was loving the lime green/red colour combination at the moment - well I think its the lime green that's doing it. I don't like green, but at the moment I do like that fresh lime green, maybe its that spring influence. Yesterday I found myself following one of these:
(that's a Peugeot 207, for those that like to know these things)
and today I found myself following one of these:
(that's a Fiesta). In the sunshine the colour was gorgeous! (Though I'm not saying I want one myself...) I did enjoy the colour, particularly with the back headlights in red to set it off. This morning I was actually disappointed when it turned off! I think I'm going mad.
(that's a Peugeot 207, for those that like to know these things)and today I found myself following one of these:
(that's a Fiesta). In the sunshine the colour was gorgeous! (Though I'm not saying I want one myself...) I did enjoy the colour, particularly with the back headlights in red to set it off. This morning I was actually disappointed when it turned off! I think I'm going mad.
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Spring colours
I'm currently really into this colour combination - the leafy spring green with a beautiful bright red. A couple of times recently I've found myself stir-frying leeks and red peppers, a gorgeous combination and pretty tasty too! I think it's that promise of spring that is in the sunshine right now, coupled with a bit of a longing for summer. I don't usually go for green but I'm finding myself more drawn to it lately, especially the acid/leafy shades.
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Letters and numbers - or the lack of them...
Well, I was going to post a picture of a great arrangement of letters and numbers that Hannah did on the fridge the other day, but the camera card appears to have died. I've photographed it twice now but the computer still won't read the card. I don't think it has anything to do with Hannah's latest craze/accomplishment - she was found the other day trying to cut it with her new scissors. So it (the card that is) is now undergoing a format to try to revive it; if it doesn't work I'll have to go buy a new one. Fingers crossed.
Monday, 9 March 2009
Spring blown away...
Back to winter then, as usual. It hailed on us this morning as we dashed into the doctors - yuk - and it is very blowy. But the sun's still out every now and again which is nice. The daffodils by the front door are budding so I'm looking forward to seeing them. Hoping Spring comes properly soon!
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