Thankful Thursday

Here's what I am thankful for this week:

• being able to spend time with Angus on the weekend. I really enjoyed our time together at the Ficifolia Festival stalls
• the cooler weather we've had lately. It's been lovely & my washing has been getting an extra rinse for free!
• my bathroom scales - strange I know but I am still very happy that I have lost 20 kilos
• that I have made some amazing diabetic friendly foods this week. I made a fantastic chocolate cake last weekend & a really yummy moussaka! (I have to admit that the cake did look better than it tasted though. I think I used the wrong type of flour)
• that Angus is still doing homework after school. We had such a huge problem with this last year.
• C.K. & Rory  kept me entertained by rolling around on a freshly mopped floor. I swear they get high on the bleach!!

What are you thankful for this week?

Finished Item - Purple Fingerless Gloves

I was practising a new stitch last week. I got the pattern from a book that I have on crocheted dish cloths. I didn't buy the book so that I could make the dish cloths I got it so that I could learn a whole new range of patterns. I'm not very good at reading all of the patterns though (o_0) but I will get there eventually.

I was using the pattern on the left there. You can't see all of the written instructions but you can at least see the photo of what it should look like. At least I got this pattern right. There's only one problem. The patterns don't have names just numbers so I don't even know what this style is called. Although I do like how it has turned out.

Of course when I started following the pattern I had no idea what I was going to do with the finished square or in this case rectangle. As I was making it I got this idea in my head that I would love to see what they would look like as fingerless gloves.

What do you think? It doesn't look too bad does it? I have no idea what I will do with them yet. I might stash them away for the knit4charities group and send them off when I have a few more items.

Happy Valentines Day!

Mark & I are not ones for all this Valentine's Day hype that a lot of people get caught up in. I'm a firm believer in celebrating love, friendships & relationships in general whenever the mood strikes. But for those of you who celebrate today. Happy Valentines Day!

And if you're interested in a little Valentines Day history there's an interesting article on Wikipedia.

Ficifolia Festival Part 2

Here are some more photos that I took on Saturday.

A view of the stalls taken from the top of the hill by the football grounds

One of these days I will buy myself one of these. Heather, one of the ladies from the stall, lives in town & said she would even come over to do a demo for us if we wanted her too.

Look at all that sugary sweetness. Not good for my diabetes but a girl can dream. I did buy Angus a dummy (pacifier) though :D

miniature guitars - they look great don't they?!

I thought these were clever. They're made out of empty aluminium soft drink cans.

They had some fun stuff for the kids to do (and the big kids too!)

Angus had his eye on the panda but he wasn't able to win it. He was a bit disappointed.

A petting zoo - something the little ones really enjoy

How cute at the guinea pigs - there were 6 of them in this little enclosure.

I just loved that calf. It was cute!