Wrapped in Wool

I am about to begin....

2010-08-06T03:03:00.000-07:00

my three weeks of Doom. (Whoop! Whoop!)

Today I pack myself up, head off out to .......

Locko Park for the Moot, come home on Sunday, then bug out again on Monday to head to ......

Knitcamp. Friday I head back from Knitcamp, straight to .......

Tournament Stud to crew Odyssey. And when I head back home from that on the Monday I have a whole half a day to turn myself round and get ready to head off to ........

Rome for 8 days before getting home for a whole day before rocking out to ......

The Gathering at Locko Park.

Then home, and back to school. Phew!

And this is after having been out to the cinema twice, been to the pub, been to a wedding, played Exalted, been shopping 3 (3! me!) times for new clothes, caught up with Lorna and Rikk. Double phew!

Wedded Bliss

2010-08-01T11:30:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I watched a wonderful friend and her equally lovely fiance get married. It was a small, family and close friends affair and I felt really privledged to be there. Ellie had put a lot of time, effort and careful thought into the wedding, and it showed.

The day was immaculately planned, with the sort of little touches which make it even more special. Beautiful music, lots of coffee, excellent food.

The venue, Dunsley Hall in Kinver, was amazing, perfectly decorated and with discreet staff.

Jim looked gorgeous, even if he won't admit it.

The table we were on was really friendly and fun, and I'm glad we got to meet (or meet again) everyone on it. I got a little mobbed by the kids who wanted their photos taken in the afternoon. I did manage some lovely shots though, and as soon as I have parental permission I'll share them on my Flickr account.

I also took some time to play about with my camera more and captured some shots of myself.

I'm liking my new hair, make up and style. Long may it continue.

And many, many Congratulations to Ellie and Dan.

As you mean to go on.

2010-07-30T09:51:00.000-07:00

Things I have learned today:

I can cope with any type or amount of blood or gore, unless it's watching squishyness involving eyeballs or kitchen appliances.

Some sewing pins bend, some break. There's no real way of telling which is which until you try and reshape them.

Taking photos is a two handed job. But I've managed some pretty decent attempts.

Organisation

2010-07-30T04:31:00.000-07:00

I managed to mildly fracture my left index finger on the weekend, in a sexual harrassment related moment. I'm not meant to use it for quite some time, and keep it strapped and elevated. This has given me the chance to do an awful lot of stuff:

I'm spending a lot of time catching up on TV series like Supernatural and Boston Legal. Going to run out of stuff to watch soon though.

I'm getting a lot of light reorganisation done: sorting through clothes, tidying up jewellry, bit of ironing.

And most importantly I've had enough time to sort through all my old photos and put them up on Flicker. 1,412 items.

Wow.

All sorted into sets and collections and lovely and tidy. I may not be getting to knit or sew, but I can still be creative.

So I made a mosaic of all my wool stuff.

And then all my sewing.

And then colours.

And then abstract stuff.

And now I'm going for a cup of tea.

Buying for Meeses

2009-01-22T11:12:00.000-08:00

I bought the meeses a little house box, and finally the tubing to go with it has arrived. So I lovingly set up the box and the tubing. They sniffed and poked and prodded and played. And ths morning, when I came downstairs, guess where they were asleep?

That's right, in the f***ing tube.

They looked like bugs splatted on the windscreen. They've dragged all the bedding down and wedged themselves in so they're sprawled up across the tube.

Stupid meeses.

Meeses

2009-01-16T02:50:00.000-08:00

I may have slipped slightly over the past few days. I blame being ill.

Not only have I done the totally understandable thing of ordering more wool (even though I still haven't finished most of my projects) I also went out to buy some pet mice.

2 or 3 pet mice specifically.

I came home with 4.

Um, whoops?

But they only had 4 and I couldn't just leave one mouse on her own and they were all so cute. And then I let Jim name them. I'm probably going to hell for this one.... Control, Alt, Delete and BackSpace.

They're slowly getting used to Jim and I. I suspect me being off work all day is helping. To begin with it was Del and Bcksp who were the brave ones and very friendly. Now it seems to be Cnt and Bcksp, with Del having decided she doesn't want to be picked up thankyou very much. Hopefully we can get her over it in time. Meanwhile I'm going back to watching Bcksp figure out how the wheel works.

Beauty and the abcess.

2009-01-03T07:30:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I'm glad I don't have my camera with me. On Wednesday morning I walked to the doctors at 8am, aiming to get there for morning sugery. It was bitterly cold, frosty and misty. As I walked towards the tunnel under the rail tracks a train came past, turquoise sparks leaping off the overhead lines where the train touches them. And then I found a spider web sitting on the red light of a traffic light, frozen and glowing.

And I'm very, very glad I didn't have my camera with me, because they were both beautiful and I couldn't have done them justice. They'll survive better in my head. :)

P.S. Been in hospital for an operation for an abcess pressing on my spine and nerve clusters. Very painful. It should all be okay, but because of the way it needs to heal it means daily nurse visits and daily dressing changes. So I'm signed off from work for a week.

Just think of the knitting......

An ungodly time of day

2008-12-06T18:29:00.000-08:00

It is an ungodly time of day to still be awake. Jim's still superglued to WoW. I've been good and put it down for a few minutes while I consider going to bed. I suspect bed is a wise idea.

On the plus side I've had a very pleasant day, generally poddling around my house and sorting out Christmas presents. I now have at least half finished and wrapped, or a few moments away from being finished and wrapped. Things are going pretty well.

I even have pictures. But they're for another day......