A bit of R n R

well I have neglected the blog for a wee while so I guess its time for a quick update.  Life is a roller coaster at the moment with more downs than ups.  The kids are at a new school and totally loving it.  I have kinda lost my crafting groove and am hoping to find it shortly.  Anywhoo here are a few pics of the family out at the duck pond. I wonder what else is in store this week.  Best be going to look for patterns to knit up this pure wool I think! ciao

busy, busy, busy......

Well with everything going on I have not had much time to myself lately.  But I have been abusy little bee knitting a hotshot vest from my friend Julia.  I am really rapt with the result and so is the wee man of mine.
I am also finally getting around to knitting a clapotis from yarn my friend Manda sent me last year so I had better get off here and knit some more.

been a while....

Have been really busy at work doing stuff, but I entered into a swap and received some lovely yarny goodness from cas.  I just adore the bag and am itching to give it a go.  I went away and had a cool crafty weekend with friends and came away with a skirt pattern and some lovely swap things.  here is a few piccies of what I received.  Isn't it just gorgeous?  And everybody knows that green is my favourite colour!  I have joined the local cook island group in support of my wee cousin and as part of what we are making next I am having to chose two colours to make a Tivaevae which is very exciting at the moment the colours I am playing with are purple and green. :)

Whoopsies, kinda haven't been around to post lately, can rack that up due to having to work for my money and not much play time for me.  was browsing through some of the photos when the kidlets were little and just had to share this one, it is in my faves as I love the elephant in the background.  Am currently at home as the little miss has both asthma and bronchitis so dh and I are playing shift work in order to both still get our jobs done, as we really need the money at the moment.  He does morning and I do afternoon, that way I still get paid for a whole day, how sad is that lol.

I also discovered this in the folder as well a very gorgeous 2 year old son, running the 1500m at the school athletics. Aaah nothing like a trip down memory lane.  Will update the craft section once I can locate the camera cord!  I have been hard out spinning trying to get enough wool spun so that I can knit the husband a homespun jersey or maybe knit me one, haven't quite figured who will benefit from my spinning as yet.  I am not progressing much on my secret project, just not had enough time of late.  I was supposed to go to Taumarunui for an opening, but decided to give that a miss due to the wee one being unwell, then I am supposed to go to Gisborne for a principals meeting on Thursday but I am actually feeling really tired and I just want to stay put!  Might just have to pull the pin on everything and just stay home, hibernate and craft me thinks.  Anyway off to locate that camera cord.

Yehaaaaaaaa!

we have just had the most amazing weekend.  We decided on Thursday night that we were going to go and see  husband's grandmother.  So on Friday we toddled down to Wanganui and stayed the night at nans.  Next morning we did the round with the cousins and then back home to get ready for stock cars YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!  Low and behold Nan decided that she was going to come too!  At 80 years old LOL.  So husband, I the kidlets and Nan went to the speedway to watch the NZ champs.  OMG it had been far too long for this petrol head and I had a ball!  Better still the car I was following won and on his victory lap after some very loud encouragement from husband and I pulled some wicked doughnuts right in front of us.  Pure music to my ears !!!!!!!!!!!

 

  

will update later on the next part of the weekend LOL, best go put the wee ones to bed.

2 more sleeps

Until I have to go back to work, boohoo!  Mind you it has been a topsey turvey start to the new year.  I think that I may have to learn to do one project at a time, but alas I am a typical gemini and tend to get bored with just the one project so like to jump between quite a few things all the time.  At the moment I have the pliers out to make another set of stitch markers.  I have begun hand  carding my raw fleece in the lounge and have my knitting sitting on the couch LOL.  Husband is trying to sing along with the computer, he is loading his MP3 a very PAINFUL process in this house, this means that we are subjected to his lyrics to the songs and him singing louder than the stereo whilst managing to not even acknowledge that the others in the family are trying to watch telly.  I can. not. wait. until he gets all his playlists done, I have heard songs I am sure weren't even thought of when I was a baby haha.  OMG we have now progressed from singing to whistling - save me please!  Anyway, I think me and my laptop will just go to the other end of the house and watch telly, thank god for the 2nd tv that came free when we upgraded our last tv.

and I am very pleased to add my finally finished Ishbel!  I hope my Ma likes it!

things I would like to achieve by the end of 2010.

Finally the sun has come out to play, yippee!  so I thought I would start my list of things I would like to get done by the end of this year. So starting with a random list that I can come and add to:

1. learn how to quilt.
2. make a quilt
3. spin a raw fleece
4. knit spun raw fleece into jersey.
5. make taaniko purse
6. make 3 pairs of Taaniko earrings
7. make a fabric bead necklace
8. make fingerless gloves for mama
9. make 2 more pinwheel totes
10. make a junior pinwheel tote for my princess
11. sew an outfit from scratch for the wee princess.
12. knit an ishbel and finish it
13. knit myself something
    
14. knit a dishcloth every 3 months for sanity hehe
15. do the ironing once a week for a month no stops lol
16. learn how to make Rewana bread
17. make a paraoa takakau
18. make a paraoa parai
19. visit my mama more
    
20. visit nan J once every 6 months.
21. attend knitting night when it starts up.
22. have no washing come saturday mornings.
23.