Lazy Blogger

Well i'm feeling like a very lazy blogger and person in general, but the sun is out today and i've got 5 minutes to spare so thought i'd write something, even if it's nothing much at all.

Winter has most definitely arrived in Wellington. We've had cold days for a while now but, even though the sun is shining (thank goodness for that by the way), it's almost 10.30 in the morning and the lawn is still frosty. Daniel couldn't get his bike started this morning so was forced to take the stinky old bus!

Life has been busy here - i'm starting to realise that when you have children, life is busy - but we had a good weekend. Amy spent a few hours with her nana and poppa on Saturday morning which meant the lawns got mowed and a slow cooker meal got prepared. Amazing how fast the time goes and how strange it feels when the little girl isn't in the house!

We also had visits from my friend Alexis and from Amy's grandad so it was an easy weekend.

Not a lot of craft going on in the house but we did make our first (and second) batch of roti over the weekend. It's so easy and they turn out just like they're supposed to. No time to photograph them as they were gobbled so fast but you can find the recipe here if you want to give them a go. Not healthy though. And super tasty. You have been warned.

Belated Mothers' Day Wishes

Okay so I know this is long overdue but it's been quite a busy little week with lots of outings and even some real design work getting done around here, but I had to post a pic of the absolutely beautiful bunch of flowers my dear husband bought me for my very first mothers' day. They arrived a week ago and are still going strong.

I had a lovely first mothers' day being spoiled by Daniel and catching up with the other mums in the family. We hosted a mothers' day afternoon tea at our place on Sunday and I made these delicious Gingerbread Cupcakes (with ginger caramel frosting). The recipe is one I saw on Good Morning a while back by the extremely talented Tamara Jane. You can find this recipe and others on the TVNZ website.

Anyway, belated Mothers' Day wishes to all the mums out there :)

Rainy & Uninspiring

Well the last couple of days have really felt like winter is upon us. And I am completely uninspired. I'm in one of those moods where it feels like there is nothing to do. Even though there is lots to do. So i'm doing nothing. Except surfing my favourite blogs and feeling worse because everyone else seems so much more productive and creative.

I could be hemming my new jeans. Then I could wear them. I could be putting the elastic in Amy's longies. Then she could wear them. I could be making more nappy boosters. Because we need more. But i'm not doing anything.

We are going out for lunch with mum and our old neighbours today and i'm thinking it will do me good to get out of the house. I didn't yesterday because we had coffee group here and i'm definitely feeling house-bound.

Craft 2.0

Yesterday my friend and I went to Craft 2.0 at the New Dowse in Lower Hutt. It was my first expedition to the event and well worth it. So much inspiration to take away - as well as a few goodies as well :)

As I expected, Miss Amy did quite well. I bought her a lovely chocolate brown pixie hoodie from Lone Moose, a wee monster that we have named Vince - because he reminds us of the main character in the game Voodoo Vince - and a set of decorated pegs and twine for the future hanging of Amy's artwork.

I only went $6 over my set budget so i'm pretty impressed with myself. Haha.

Poor Grandad Jim

Daniel's father broke his leg last weekend out walking the boys (two lovely labs named Tarn & Flint). I don't think it was a bad break - can't have been because he actually walked back to the car, drove home AND walked up treacherous stairs BEFORE calling Charlotte (Daniel's sister) to tell her he'd hurt himself. A tougher generation I guess?!

Anyway, today i'm grounded because Daniel has taken the car to take Jim to the hospital to have his proper fibreglass cast put on. I'm nervous about this because it means Daniel has to piggy-back Jim down and back up treacherous stairs. Hope they made it down okay ...

Today is a good indoors day anyway because it's grey, rainy and cold here. So I might get on with my knitting and maybe even crack out the overlocker to make some more boosters for Amy's nappies. Maybe.

Sad Revelation

Okay so since posting the last post i've been surfing through some knitting sites and made a very sad revelation. I've been knitting my longies wrong! This being my first project on circular needles, I didn't realise that, because you don't turn your needles over, when knitting in stockinette stitch you just keep knitting. As evident in the previous post's photo, I was knitting one round and then purling one round ...

I suppose this revelation is somewhat fantastic for future projects because I hate purling. But it sucks for this project. I can't carry on with this new knowledge. So will start again. One week of knitting down the drain, but it's a learning curve right?

Now I just need to find out how to wrap stitches properly so as to eliminate the holes problem next time round ...

Almost One Week Later

Well almost one week later and Amy's longies are coming along quite nicely despite the fact that i'm a painfully slow knitter and i've messed up all the wrap stitches on the short rows - cleverly concealed in this photograph. Ha.

But I do have a plan. Felt patches of something cute to cover up the wee imperfections. Sheer brilliance. Hopefully they will turn out okay in the end and the patches will look completely intentional. Besides, 7 month olds can't be picky about their clothes, right?