Thursday, August 26, 2010

Stuck in the mud

Its hard to believe a whole month has gone by already. I really should pay more attention. I was convinced it was Wednesday today and was really pleased when I found out it was Thursday. Still, its better than Tuesday when I was convinced it was Saturday and was horribly depressed all the way to work.

I have been busy crocheting away and now my crochet square is getting close to 20cm square. Not bad for thin crochet cotton and a teeny tiny hook. I am still not sure what it is, but will keep going until I get bored with it and pack it away with my enormous scarf that I never finished. I would put up a picture but it is just like the one from two posts ago only slightly bigger. Although I have to say I was pretty pleased to find out that you are allowed crochet hooks and knitting needles on domestic flights again, so I was crocheting all the way from Darwin to Brisbane. Its quite surreal to crochet in the early hours of the morning.

The other bit of news is that Jack and I have been biking along the trails behind the town. I have only run over him twice, and each time I told him to get out of the way so its his own fault. Poor Jack has never really been taken out with a bike so it was all a bit scary, what with all the spokes and tyres and everything. I am sure I must look like a crazy lady riding around the place yelling at Jack to get out of the way and not to sit in the mud.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

One whole year

One year ago today I started the job I am in now. Its hard to believe it has already been a whole year, so I treated myself to a pie and a milkshake. Its not exactly the traditional paper present given on a first anniversary (although that may only apply to wedding anniversaries), but I did come across a great paper cutting blog which kind of makes up for it... Scherenschnitte. Here is a small sample... Nice huh?

Monday, August 2, 2010

A teddy bear driving a train? Thats unbelievable!


Sometimes the territory is great. This weekend is a long weekend thanks to Monday being Picnic Day. Despite it being meant for actual picnicking at Adelaide River, I like to think of it as being meant for consuming large amounts of picnic bars... or chocolate in general. What a day!

Note: the picture of the chicken doesn't relate to anything, I just liked it, it was a mad chicken... er... I mean rooster.

So on my time off I have dusted off the sampler I started quite a while ago now and have had another go at it. I am rather pleased at getting the train engine done and am now madly stitching away at the teddy bear driver. I wonder if it takes most people this long to do a cross stitch... perhaps it would go quicker if I didn't leave five months between stitching bits of it.