Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to me, wow 46 years old. I remember when I used to think my parents were old at 40 LOL

I have got a new CD to listen to (thanks Ma and Pa), it is the Great New Zealand Songbook, so far it is great.

Thank you to my friends for your emails, texts and phone calls, without each and everyone of you I wouldn't even worry about my birthday.

WE DID IT!!!

Well done Saints, we beat those nasty cats LOL.

Watching the game didn't do much for my blood pressure or my language though. It was a great game to watch and well done boys. Keep it up for the rest of the season!

Next Week Is The Big Test!

And we take on Geelong, go Sainters!!!!

A Couple of Small Finishes

Here are a couple of ornaments I have stitched over the last couple of weeks. The Snowman was from a kit that I got send in a swap and "I Believe" is from the JCS 2008 Ornament issue and it is designed by Amy Bruecken. I didn't use the recommended colours but just used some of what was already in my stash. Oh and the Snowman one shows the perils of owning dogs (yes dog hair LOL)

Stitching Update

Well I have stitched some more on Celtic Banner this weekend. The first picture was an April update and the second picture was taken today, I think seeing the progress makes me want to stitch on this piece more.


I am also thinking that I might continue with the border as once this is finished I will have a better perspective on the size of this project.

How Hard......

I never realised that it would be this hard to keep a blog updated. Mind you working full time, doing all the homebody things as well make it pretty hard to get time to myself and with the added bonus of having had someone move in with us and bring their 2 year old child my life is not my own at the moment.
Now don't get me wrong I don't mind helping people out but I am not a kid person, and our house is not set up for kids. This weekend I will be laying down some rules as I find it unfair that when I get home at 5pm I need to suddenly start cooking dinner so that the "baby' can eat and go to bed, hey I'm not the parent here plus I normally don't need to start cooking until about 6-6.30pm.
Oh boy this post has made me sound really selfish, gee dad I guess you were right all those years ago when you called me selfish after I made the decision not to have kids LOL
On a totally different note....HOW BOUT THEM SAINTS!!!!!! Lets see if we can make it 12 in a row against Carlton this Friday night.

On the crafting front, I really have the bug to stitch, knit or do something, I think it is the weather. I did get some more done on Celtic Banner and I will post some pictures hopefully this weekend. Oh yeah and one more thing, how hard can it be to make a fabric yoyo even when you have the plastic thingame to help, well let me tell you......Bloody hard LOL, I had to end up going online and finding a pictorial tutorial to help me, so obviously I am a visual learner not a written instruction learner LOL

The Last Couple Of Weeks

Well I have been to Melbourne, it was great. The above picture was taken in Docklands, it is the side of a building and the silver bit moves in the wind, totally amazing. Of course I spent to much money but isn't that what our Ruddy Money was for LOL
I went to the MCG and watched Carlton flog Collingwood, the crowd was about 85,000 and it was an amazing atmosphere.

But I think my highlight was going to Etihad and watching the Saints take on Essendon, it was a close game, we only won by 19 points but the best bit was that we were only 3 rows from the boundary so I managed to get some great pictures.


Winter has arrived in Perth, and today is overcast and showery. All our mandarins have been blown off the tree, this happened last year also, but they weren't ripe enough to pick so we will have to wait until next year.
With this rainy weather though I will get some stitching done and maybe a bit of reading.

I have bought some yoyo makers off of ebay and hopefully they arrive before next weekend so that I can do something with all my bits and bobs of fabric that I have lying around, and next weekend is a long weekend and the last one until September.