School holidays

I've been on school holidays and I just haven't felt like I have rested at all.  

I'm either moving furniture or sorting through stuff, cleaning or doing school work.  All these things of course need to be done but...

This afternoon was a little better because I was actually sorting through my yarn!  Putting together all the same colours and rebagging lots.  I really do have a lot of yarn.

I did sort out the yarn I need for my faux daughter's blanket that I want to make for her for Christmas.  It will probably be a late present though!

It will match her room well especially once I sort out a nice zigzag or chevron pattern.

The other blanket I am working on at the moment is for my own baby.

I wanted to see how they looked this morning.  I'm not even half way there but at least with a baby's blanket it's not too big.  Even though I have soooo much yarn - I still don't have a match for the yellow from the varigated yarn :( the rest are close enough that in photos I don't think you can really tell that they don't match perfectly.

I might have a sit down and get started on the next diamond!

On holidays at last

This term has been full on. Work has really amped up this year, I've applied for a promotion, getting stuff ready for my leave, heaps of baby appointments.

Although school holidays started yesterday, I actually needed to go into work twice...

Today, I'm not doing anything.  Not even getting out of PJs.

I made some ice cream in my new ice cream maker - OMG YUM!

Squish really likes it - but he can't have a lot.

I'm hoping to get stuck in on my baby's blanket.

Here's hoping I get some more lazy days.

Holidays at the races

I have just come back from a trip to Townsville.  I went there to watch the V8 racing and see my family.

Can you believe that I didn't edit the colours of the above photo?  Something weird happened with the colours there...

I wore the Holden fascinator that I made last year.  Lots of complements.  Even better was that I got it signed by the Holden Racing Team drivers, Tander and Courtney.

I was almost last in the line so I was pretty lucky that the drivers agreed to stay a little longer.

Of course I did a bit of shopping while I was in a city!  But I'm at home now, almost finished unpacking.  My family has come home with me so I won't be able to do much work or writing.