Looking Festive

Brodie & I put up our Christmas tree the other day. Our house is looking a bit more colourful now.

Mr & Mrs Claus inspecting the tree

WIP - Robin Hood

For the past few days I have been knitting a toy Robin Hood from a Jean Greenhowe pattern.

Robin Hood

I like how I get to make the boots/legs first then join them together to make the rest of the body & head. It's so much easier than one of Jeans other patterns where you make the legs & feet separately and sew them together later. Hmm maybe I can adapt the other pattern I have & make them in one piece. Something wroth trying later I guess.

I'm stuffed!

I don't think I added enough toy filling. Only time will tell when I make the bottom half of the jacket.

A different angle

Robin is meant to be around 31cm tall (around 12 inches). 

I haven't measured him but that's what the pattern said.

Robin has his face on now but he is totally armless :P

You if I made this with black pants, a light blue shirt, dark brown or black hair and pointy ears he could almost pass for Mr. Spock. Of course I would have to add eyebrows and remove the smile.

Now how geeky is that? I LOVE my Star Trek.

I think I know someone who would love a Spock toy apart from me that is :D

Why I Love Living In The Country

This photo was taken out at Labertouche not far from where the boys went to primary school.

Brodie & I were talking the other day about why it's great to live in the country. Here's a list of some of the reasons why I love it so much.

• where else can you see a tractor driving through the main street of town?
• sometimes you may see a tractor parked at the local pub and the farmer has gone into the pub for a beer
• you may get to see a farmer and his tractor driving through the bottle shop at the pub
• things move at a slower pace
• there isn't all that traffic congestion during 'peak' hour 
• peak hour consists of 10 - 15 cars waiting at the round about and the congestion lasts for 10 minutes or less
• you can actually see the stars at night & the sky looks really pretty

Thankful Thursday

Here's what I am thankful for this week:

• Facebook. It may seem a little strange to add this one but it was through FB that I was put in contact with my long lost nephew Kym. I had not seen him since he was 7 years old & his Mum took him interstate to live. It's been 18 years. Far too long.
• talking with my nephew, Kym, last night & finding out I'm a great Auntie (I was already one but I have 2 more nieces)
• phone calls - I spoke with my beautiful niece Allie :)
• the weather - we've had some good soaking rain these past few days
• being able to budget & pay in fortnightly instalments - so that when you get your phone bill you find out that it is already paid! Bonus!
• for my yarn stash & not having to make a special trip just to buy a colour for a toy doll you are knitting

What are you thankful for this week?

Happy Birthday Angus!

I can't believe that my little man turned 15 today! 

Where has the time gone? 

I promised him that I wouldn't embarrass him too much :D by plastering his photo all over my blog but hey what is a Mum to do when it's her BABY's birthday?!

Feb 1997 - 10 weeks old

He was such a cute and well behaved baby.
It's a shame that I didn't have any photos of him as a toddler on my computer. He was super cute then! Although he constantly had a dummy (pacifier) in his mouth.

Feb 2001 - Age 4

He grew into a cute kindy kid. He loved kindy so much but he was terrified when he 'graduated' and went to BIG school. He used to cry so much that he made himself sick. 

I remember one time when I was at work my Dad took him to school. Angus cried so much that Dad brought him to my work. My friend Elaine told him to take him back to school and that said that Angus would soon settle down. Dad took him back but it still took a while for Angus to settle. In fact it took him a few weeks before he got go to school without crying.

Feb 2006 - at age 9

My little cheeky chops. He still pokes that tongue out at people.

May 2008 - at Age 11

He was my little Dragon when he played soccer. He got most improved player at the end of the season. WTG champ!

April 2011 - Age 14

 See cutie I didn't embarrass you too much :P 

Happy Birthday Rexy!!

Finished Object - Crocheted Cushion Cover

Ta Da! I finished my cushion cover on Sunday night while watching Terra Nova.

It's definitely nice & bright and a lot of my left-over yarn has been used up! 

Which is a good thing because I had a fair bit of it.

Here's the other side.

My beautiful model - Angus :)

I can see this cushion getting used a lot and perhaps even fought over. At least while it's new. 

Meet Me On Monday

Questions:


1. I really need to clean my _________?
2. What food makes you think of Christmas?
3. If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?
4. What was your first paying job?
5. Have you read the Twilight series?

---------------------------------------------------------------

My Answers!

1. I really need to clean my _________?
 shower, with two stinky boys make it really grotty & they never want to help clean it.I wonder how I can con bribe get them to clean it for me.

what I wished my shower looked like

2. What food makes you think of Christmas?
fruit mince pies

3. If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be? 
29, which it my age anyway :P it has been for years its much more believable than saying your 21 which is what my Mum said for years.

4. What was your first paying job?
Picking potatoes.

5. Have you read the Twilight series?
No. I have no interest in reading it either.