just another quick one with gratifying pics....

Smorning all

Tis 5.40 and Im up and posting before I crawl back into bed for another hour or so. Caught a dreaded lurgy and Im blaming global warming ok.
School holidays havent been that bad yet, Brins and I caught the bus to Rocky today to walk around after my physio appointment and the dreaded trip to centrelink where I didnt have the "right" information it seems AGAIN, story of my life. But Not to bore.
Today shes going to a friends from school. Said friends mother is doing a teaching degree (IS SHE MAD???) and needs some kids to practice her skills on before she starts work experience at the local state school(thats a nightmare school). So she invited her sons bestest friends to help. Kewl I say. I get a day to go to my apparent job network appointment (friggen thrills I tell ya)

Got some pics of what I have been working on this week.

First up some op shop buys...

A gorgeous bowl looks lovely in my kitchen and

A silver plate plate... Needs a good polish and will look spick

And isnt she gorgeous...
I seen her in the good sammys, sitting all by herself and the staff there were really pleased to see her go, I think she creeped em out, but we think shes lovely. I will make her a hat and broom and shes ready to take on the world then.

Onto sewing this week...
am up to putting the sleeves into my kimono style top and will finish that this weekend while brins at her dads, I need to sit and concentrate for that, but meanwhile I whipped up some flower power hippy pants for Skye.
And following cindys pattern for her sock tote I made this....
Im sooo pleased with the way it turned out, Ive never put a zipper in anything before and I did it and lined it as well. Well done cindy for this pattern. I thinks I need to make me some more, The spunk reckons the house will be full of em soon. Well maybe. Im going to make a larger one to actually hold all my sock stash in, tis not a big stash like some but enuff for a few pairs and that will keep it safe from nasty bugs. And then what about some to hang actual socks in and then I need one for the car to have something to work on in. and maybe one to hold needles in and one for....... YOU get the drift... I lurve em.

My new cup. Awww aint she sweet, I really LURVE hello Kitty and when I seen her yesterday complete with chocolate egg for a measly $3.50 I knew I had to have her, So I did.

What Im working on...

Firstly I have been working
on my mohair cardi. Ive done the back and one side and am working on sleeves atm, I like to beak up the jumper and do the sleeves in between or I end up on sleeve island wondering whether I ever will finish it. Im not sure about the front though, It just doesnt look like I wanted, so I have put a small life line in ready to rip back a bit and redo. Ive tried to catch some of the way the colours just blend in but I dont think I could ever do it enuff justice. Its just gorgeous.

And has anyone used this gorgeous stuff. Its from Kmart and their own brand, Its 8ply 100% wool and its devine.Brins needs a redish hat we realised after a trip to shops yesterday where as she dressed herself. I should have taken a pic but forgot. So I will attempt to describe her attire. From the feet up.

Black boots. black tights with red cow print. black short skirt. Nemo top. Red jumper that I made her last year complete with bell sleeves. and A GREEN HAT. Bloody hell she looked hippy, bohemian and crazy in one. The child has her own sense of style and besides the GREEN hat she looked gorgeous. So she picked out this and I am making her the beret from Jo sharps Heartland book. Its a red/orange mix.
This wool is sooooooooooo soft and squishy and they have some lovely mottled colours I have decided tomoz to take another little trip to Kmart and layby me some, Tis 40% off atm, I paid about $2.90 a ball I think. And a squishy soft warm wooly jumper (for me) here I come. Well thats if I can get enuff in the colour I liked. I was thinking that jumper in the latest Yarn mag, I love the design but dont want mine plain.. ahhh we will see.

In other news this week. My Boy/Man has survived his first week as a navy recruit, mind u I did receive a phone call 2nd day in asking for a survival package, consisting of smokes.

Geez tis 6.27am now. how time has flown and so did my extra hour sleep I didnt get *sob* oh well Im awake now.
Time to make beds, clean up, shower and dress, get a cuppa and sit and knit for a bit till the girl child wakes ready to go again.

Ciao all
enjoy ur day

i finished i finished

I finished the vest and she wuvs it and her mummy heaps.

This is a close up of the front, we decided against a ribbed neckline and went for something a little more feminine... just a shell edged border with ribbon threaded


next we have the fingerless gloves...

Omgodess Im soooooooooo annoyed at myself over these. The first pair I did had gorgeous little skulls and bones on em, but were that small they might have fitted brins, (which the spunk reminded me about AFTER I hadpulled em apart). So we went simple, just stripped, not fingers besides the thumb gusset and she loved em. Maria you are a gem of a mate.

So whats installed next.... well I need to finish smells surprise and the spunk needs his socks finished.... beautiful alpaca i got handspun from opshop last year.


Hopefully that will give me time to think about me. YES ME. cause I need a new jumper and a new cardigan... Oh and I promised Brins a new cardi too. All from the stash of course. And I want to make both girls their "weasley sweaters" too. I might need to buy a small amount for those. Contrast yanno *wink*

And a small pic of my sewing I am working on atm

... Its sorta a kimono style top, yanno the ones that are all the rage now. Hopefully I will finish it at sewing tomorrow.

Also I soooooo realllllly want to make these for the heff. So smell if ur reading this and can get hold of some sirdar in that puffy stuff. (slowflake inthe 8ply) I would appreciate it. Yanno if I have to go near that store at MountPleasantI will buy stuff I dont need. Pattern is from the latest (in OZ) of Simply Knitting. I love this mag, it has patterns for everyone and the little free gifts come in handy. I love this months, the magnetic needle case. They were so in my head when they came up with that idea. Im always running around looking for needles here.

And last pic, Last weekend the v8s were here in Perth and as I had brins that weekend the spunk took his daughter to watch em, while I sat wtaching them on tv and knitting in peace. But hes such a sweetie he didnt forget me again.(those last year will remember he got me flowers and bag and hat etc from v8s. This year I got another bucket hat

In other pressing news today. him pict here with his neice is starting a new life today. He left this morning on a trip to victoria where aboard the HMAS Cerberus he starts a new life as a recruit. Good Luck my little man, Mummy will send a survival package soon.

Ok Im gunna go make a smoothie, fiqure out dinner, and sit and knit on the sock for him and the thing for her and look thru some patterns for them

Ciao all

Finally I get on......

Dont know what it is, but I really dont like electrical stuff. it sooo neva works for me, including the net. More importantly the new blogger doesnt like me.

Hi All
yes Im stil alive... just ... nah just joshing ya.

Ive been busy doing not much really. Went back to my GP and the official diagonsis is Degenerative disc and joint disorder. In other words I have Osteoarthritis. I am on meds that I will need to keep taking. Loads of painkillers, meds to help me sleep and stuff. So atm while my brain and body are adjusting to them I am not fully myself. *wink*. Actually I havent taken any this morning and Im really feeling it now. Nice cuppa, meds and a lay down would be the bargain to have.

So while Ive been doing not much Ive been busy doing little things.
Todays post will be a picture post really. Fingers and wrists are a little sore today

Firstly some little things I been whipping up for my baby girl. Knitting and yes sewing. Im learning to sew. The pants took me 4 weeks to make *blush* I am better at it a little now haha






This is smells surprise... haha thats all u see, its coming slowly, very slowly




And these are the hippie pants I made for Brins
and she picked this atrocious yarn out from Big W, they are now selling carnival yarns in self stripping, camoflarge and fair isle patterning, not bad actually, and for ackrylic its kinda soft too. This one is the orange fluro lime and pink and white fair isle matches the pants really. she wants a vest from it so here goes, just making it up as I go according to what she said she wanted, long rib band and a lower round neck.

Also some random pics......

Kiss dolls given to me and the spunk by donuts ex boyfriend. Gotta love em, they as big as a 3 yr old .... and kinda scary.

And my baby girl

This one is chillin' out


My Little Princess


And a witch in the making ;)

Yesterday I took myself off into town(which accounts for why I cant move today) but anyways I went to try and spend the gift vouchers the spunk gave me for my birthday $100 at angus and robertsons. Come on guys get ur friggen fingers out and get some decent books in. I came away empty handed AGAIN. Ive done all the stores in Perth now, and still have my vouchers... anyone wanna buy em, so I can go and spend at BORDERS..... OMG i need a small lotto win here. I picked out 6 books I really really really must have this year so far its only march haha. Knitting books abound in Borders. I will be going there more often now.

Ok Im gunna try uploading this and if the pics dont work out I promise to close this blog down. Blogger get it right... lol

Ciao all

Just a real short one to say Im alive and kicking, been sleeping alot, drugging myself on painkillers alot and doing a little knitting.

Started a surprise for smelly. SHE WILL HAVE TO WAIT hahahahahaha.

The jumper I was making myself, well I did the back and front and most of the sleeves then frogged it, so that was wasteful in a way, but heck I will get back to it. Im thinking instead of a Zip up jacket in the green wool. Just have to get back into all that green, was feeling kinda kermitish.

Started a hat for Heff yesterday watching the v8's GO HOLDEN.... and finished it this arvo.... pink, fluffy and cute. Next is a vest for the heff and one for Brins too. And she needs some redoing of her fav jumper, bit added here and there for length and the sleeves. My baby girl is gunna be a tall girl sometime soon. Haha

Well Smell has finally moved into her new house in SA and settling in. Im glad but we still miss her heaps.

My boy/man leaves for the navy next month, good smummy I am I thought it was Sat just gone and got myself into a tiss.

Still going to sewing classes, just not progressing as I hoped. I need one on one teaching I think. I tend to move along and then have to sit patiently and wait till everyone else has used and abused her brains so I can have help again. Im going all day tomorrow. Im making the heff a outfit and I want to finish it tomorrow so I can maybe make me something sometime. I wouldnt mind some nice kimono style tops for myself. And I promised smell I would make heff some new curtains.

Last Saturday night the spunk and I and some friends, headed to the showgrounds for a Bon Scott Tribute Concert.... The Angels and Rose Tattoo were there as well as the Party boys and a few other top names in the muso side of life. Had a absolute ball of a time.

Onto medical side of things, Bursitis is alive and well, Bastard thing, Im so sick of it all.
The pain all over my body is bad enuff, but the hip pain is the pits.
Doing a pain management course over the next few months, so Im hoping that helps, BUT i did stumble on something I think it may be, It all adds up really. I have all the major symptoms and a hell of alot of the minor ones. I think I may have fibromyalgia..... Do you have this, if so email me or leave a message. I would like to find out some more about it. I have a appointment this week with the doc to discuss the possibility. And While I know its not cureable, its treatable and its positive. Well for me anyway. My specialist ruled out imflammitory athritis in his report and my own gp cant understand it as I have swelling in my joints. Alas one of the symptoms of fibromyalgia

Im so tired, I dropped Brins at school the other day came home and went back to bed till nearly time to go get her again, Its happening a bit lately, I helped a mate out last week doing stocktake and I admit I have it cushy there but it took me a few days to get myself back again. Totally exhusted me it did.
Ok which one of you stole my energy and what have you done with it. LOL

Ok Im off to read some blogs and be done with it. BTW now smelly has her phone line back she will be looking after the side bar of my blog so the aussie ring thingy and everyones buttons and blogs etc shall be back up soon.
Im so useless at that stuff.

Ciao for now all Bye

I'll finish what Im making and take pics for next time.

Ok I still hate blogger lol

Sooo much trouble to just get in...

Happy Valentines Day to all..... What did I get ??????

Nothing

What did the spunk get??????

A red Rose from my garden and a gorgeous handmade card....


Now you dont understand why I didnt get anything hey...

Well it was my birthday too, so for my birthday I got....

$100 gift voucher from Angus and Robertson to spend till I drop.... Knitting books here I come haha.

I also got to spend the day with the man I love who took me out on the bike and we had the most yummiest lunch at the pub. He a surf and turf and me a farm and turf (chook boobs and garlic prawns) ooooooooooooooooooooo soooo good. The arvo was spent relaxing and that was my day. Couldnt have asked for a better one....
Thankyou spunkXXXXXX

Also for my birthday from smelly I got a lovely little cross stitch which I will show when I finish putting it in a frame.

Still plodding on my jumper, Didnt do any yesterday hopefully I will get some done today. One thing I am trying to do with my hands and wrists being as they are is to learn to stop when it hurts and not keep going for hours till Im in so much pain I almost pass out. (Im getting some reading done though) Going to buy a new splinted brace tomorrow so hopefully that will take the strain off to. Bloody hands. I have picked out a few things I wanna make so will start sorting patterns and stash out to cover them and then I can finally start sorting wool to sell... That will make me feel better I think. I feel cluttered with my stash now. I look at it and cringe at alot hahaha. What was I thinking ??? I soooooooooooooooo had/have bad taste

I start a pain management course thingy tomorrow so hopefully that will help with getting some more knitting done lol

Still being harrased by centrelink and associated job networks.... The FUNNY thing is..... get this.... according to all of them I am NOT obligated to find work till July (I come under the old system) UNLESS they change the rules again and I get longer at home, so they all ask me why I am there at appointments. HOW to fuk do I know. They have all told me to go home sort my medication/doctors etc and leave it at that, then the next week I get a letter I have another appointment sheeeesh..I have been sent on a wild goose chase for the past few months, and last week was assessed by the state health for job capacity to find Im classed as a temporary which means I should be working 30+ a week.... Im sure arthritis is temporary.... NOT>>> it wont go away yanno. Dickheads. Oh and the huge cyst on my kidney is temporary too. Yeah maybe at the mo, but because of the heath system I can be waiting for a few years to have that removed to. And then I may have to have the kidney removed as well. Thats sure temporary hey. Good onya Little Johnny Howard. The whole system changed last monday and the poor girl that is working on my case is ready to quit. I feel for her, shes a lovely lady. And she sees this on a daily basis.

Mind you just to note. Since November last year when I finished my course.... I HAVE off my own back applied for approx 4-5 jobs a week and heard back from one.... I am a member of a job network assigned by THE GOVERNMENT (that get paid to have me on their books) to help me find a job... Have been for the past 12 months. Have they given me any help at all..... NOPE, NOTHING, ZILCH, NIL NOT.....

BUT the point is. I want a job, and am willing to work, BUT the system also states you should be able to work around your family which I am trying to do. Brins has me and me alone. I dont have family here besides the doughnut who works fulltime and the spunk who also works long hours. Daycare is booked up and over my price range even though the "government" has opened new places and cut the cost *wink* yup sureeeee. So my point is, find me a job in school hours I am there, even if I have to lie and state I am perfectly heathly and able to lift and carry large items. I want a job. I wanna live with the spunk in peace and with some money of my own to contribute) I just will not leave my little girl with strangers and yes she is a little girl.

Mr Howard... organise yaself boy. Get with the program... instead of changing rules to suit you, change em to suit the people that have to look at your wierd little face every night on tv.... Give people a break and go target those that need to be shot.

There Ive had my bitch today.... LOL ...

now pressing news come to hand.... last night said little girl wasnt feeling the best. Rejected my world famous ShazzyWraps and went to bed.... well said little girl just came to me (its 6.30am) and is still sick and looking a tad peeky and feverish, so today is a day sitting here wiping the fevered brow... Could I be doing that if I was working??? hell no she would be going to school and I would be crossing my fingers that the school didnt notice and ring me to come get her.... See Ive done this before with those other 3 children I have that I worked all the time while they were small and growing up... there I go Im bitching again... I so need a good walk, a bit of knitting time and to sit in a hot bath... The spunk had his wisdom teeth out 2 weeks ago and was sick as. Ive been playing nurse (bloody good I am) and now Im a little exhusted and coming down with a cold. I need some pampering myself now.

Katt I cast on Brins other watermelon sock yesterday, thats as far as I got.... I will get em all done one day.. haha

Ok Im off to wash up, make beds, do washing, shampoo the carpet and wash floors, sure I am, well ok as much as I can do today I will. In other words I will wash up, make beds then sit and knit and read and generally take it easy..lol

Ciao

I soooooooo hate the new blogger

I hate it that much I wanna cry really ..... *sob* *sob*. Ya just lose it all and its not the easiest thing to get back ... Why do they have to keep changing things hey

Just wanna show and tell the past few weeks....

Well my baby and her baby moved to SA....OMGoddess I miss em sooo much. ok not you smell but stinky pants is being missed by 3 peeps here badly. Im sooo joshing ya smell, we miss you all

The big man/boy came home from SA for the hols. So made brins day as well as mine, Hi snotty, from your Smummy XXXX ....BIG news is hes decided to join the Navy.... wooohooo My boy is becoming a man.

Now onto more pressing news. My main man commonly known in here as "the spunk" had to have his wisdom teeth out in hospital, so as a get well, we love you thingy I made him one of Alan Darts Gnome thingys.
We call it his "Lucky Gnome". Poor thing, you tend to try and forget the pain of having those bastards removed really. But yes Ive been a good Missus and looking after him, and yannno he sooo loves his gnome... actually he loves anything I knit.... weird really... lol

Also see this is turning into this. Its Katia Himilaya turning into a jumper for moi ok.... I donated money to the salvos, they gave me the wool in return *wink*

Ok and for you KATT one sock done..... lol. OK not the best pic but ya get the drift really.

I have a mate whos Chillian and whos parents have just returned from Chilli.... llllllllllllloooook what I got, 5 huge skeins of llama and wool ... oooooo 2ply lace I think and its sooo red tooo

And for those that wanna know cause they can... heres the Bee cake from Brins party

and a pic to satisfy. She turned 7 and finally had her first birthday party. of course as a faeirie.... lol. She had a ball, actually between her dad, me and the school it was a 3 day party really. The spunk and I got her a scooter, a bindi cd/dvd, a dora ball, book light etc, of course her dad got her the WHOLE NEW BEDROOM SUITE she wanted. Im over it now, really I am. Im not even going to go into how he F*$KED her hair up or her cousins

Also happening here.... LOOK what i found last night trying to get to my weeiro/cockatiel "Kelly" (the spunk gave her to me, only cause she hated him) haha....A BLOOODY OWL I tell ya..... its amazing hey the spunk couldnt believe this was in our backyard. A bloody owl, Ive only seen a real one at the zoo.

Now down to my poor baby puss. ya remember the cat that rocked up prego that I took in and helped birth 2 litters, well shes been attacked by something and has a HUGE absess... poor baby. She wont let anyone near it, Im slowly clearing it up, but I can see a trip to the vets 2moz if I can catch her. Poor old chook I love her but shes such a free spirit.

Now onto the latest and greatest news, IVE bought myself a new sewing machine and taking sewing lessons, last week was to be my first but due to WESTERN POWER soooooo stuffing up as usual. 2morrow will now be my first class. Im making stinky pants a outfit. I am. well ok Im sooo gunna try ok lol

Ok its late here, Brins is in bed, the animals are slumbering away on the back porch and the spunk is at his place, I should go to bed. well read anyways....

Night all Ciao

OOOoooooooo you gotta see.....

What I got in the mail yesterday..... Thanks heaps Katt

oooooo

It went from this to this and this to this BTW i got 2 skeins ;)

Im really hopeless at taking photos these days, my hands seem to shake more. But the colours are lighter than in pic, They are simply gorgeous. These socks are for Brins, we are all having matching ones, me, Brins and Skye. So Smell I need the heffs foot measurements.

Now no scoffing and going "blah blah blah" this was ordered and paid for BEFORE the new year and my yarn diet, as will be the next lot that comes. Soooo ner ner ner.

Not much more to report, doing a little knitting, a little gardening and today my shoulders are hurting. Did too much maybe?

here a pic of Brins riding her barbie scooter she got for Xmas. soo kewl I want one too now.

Let it be said here that "the boy" whos 18 this year was caught riding it too while brins was away at her dads..... mmmm

Tomoz I got to have a renal ultrasound, as the body scan showed up my left kidney is not working that good, Heck I knew that years ago, after a ultrasound picked up I had a huge cyst on it, but the docs didnt seem that concerned so I thought it wasnt that bad. Probably still isnt, but we check anyways. OMG I cant have my morning coffee, helppppppppppp I will need a iv of caffeine when I get back home at lunch. LOL

Ive started skeining up the 1kg of off white wool I have here to dye to make my jumper out of. Cant wait though Im a little worried on how the colours will go etc, dying wool is so hit and miss hey.

Ok gunna go knit somemore and rest. Im killing myself here. haha

Heres another little pic to warm ur heart.

Miss Skye-Heffalump-Leigh at 13months .... So beautiful

Ciao

yes yes its been a long time I know....

But yanno life gets away from you really. With finishing tafe and then my babies leaving for another state, and my boy is home for the holidays and then Xmas and oh golly gez, you all know what I mean.

*blank stare* dontcha...

Ok I havent been doing alot.... went and seen specialist, had a full body bone scan and I have arthritis in my shoulders, wrists, hands, ankles, and even my toes ewww and Ive had some more treatment for my hips which has taken the pain barrier from a 10+++++++ to a more reasonable 2-4 on a fish scale... lol

Yes my babies have left the building, Smell and Skye are now in South Australia enjoying the company of the other grandparents, referred to a "grumpy and grandma". I think I like my nanny status. Smell is still looking for a house and staying with her nana till she finds somewhere suitable.

Its soooooooooooooooooooooo quiet around here, I feel like crying sometimes. I keep finding little things of Skyes, like clothes and toys. *sigh*

So onto some pics.... Firstly for those that didnt get one in the mail, or email a Xmas pic to warm the cockels of ur little heart, Bless her little cotton socks over this.

She wasnt so interested in having a Xmas pic with "u know who" without Skye to hold her hand so the spunk came up with the next best thing really. And soooo cute too.

My little "Biker Chook"

And onto some wool I dyed in some blue and purple mottled colours with a dash of red, that I thought looked gastly, balled it still looked mmm, then I knit Jim a jumper in it and woooooooooow I really like it, Soooo Im gunna try to replicate it a little if I can, on about 1kg of 10ply I have sitting here I wanna make me a jumper from.

Then I tried some in a reddish hue and Im wondering what will come of that. I think that will be a little hat for Skye for winter.

Im on a "I WILL NOT BUY YARN" diet for at least 6 months thing, and getting rid of some stashover the next few weeks so keep a eye on here for details..... there will be yarn and books, and some patterns.

I am sooo over "she who dies with the most stash wins" thing and am into "she who dies with the best stash wins". I want some nice wool and alpaca and bamboo and cashmere etc, but I have to destash first. I have 4-5 jumpers for me planned and some for skye and brins.

TAKE NOTE EVERYONE<>

I WILL NOT BUY YARN and if I do, feel free to whack me over the head with a piece of 4x2 ok

I have enuff here to last me till Im 300 ok.... even if I do want wool in these colours. I will not have em

Im finishing my Branching out scarf atm, forgot why I didnt finish it last year. Now I just gotta work out what to do with it. Sell it, Gift it, dont think I wanna keep it , I just wont get to wear it.

My aim for the next 6months is to finish all UFO's or at least have the decency to give em a proper burial and frog em, to knit what jumpers I WANT and then to make for others.... in that order I hope. maybe with a variation here and thee hahaha.

Ive lost all my buttons etc at the side, but once Smell id settled she will be taking over the designing of my blog and all with reappear.

Just a short one in case you havent stumbled apon David Reidy at sticks and string yet, go and have a sticky and download a podcast or two, I can say this man should be in radio. What a voice. great to listen to and he has some wonderful things on his podcasts. go check it out

Ok I promise to come back tomorrow with more... But I will leave you today with a pic that will melt your heart. Two best friends at Xmas

Ciao