Blue baby beanie

I finally finished my 2nd Baby knit hat on the round for this year. I am much happier with this one then the bunny one. Much more consistent tension and no dropped stitches. I'm still not confident with the decrease sequence on the double pointed needles, with getting the join between each needle more seamless. Must do one more this season I think.

Time to Cook

Ahh School holidays finally over. I've been a bit slack on this blog with school holidays on. Must of been having too much fun.

During the holidays I had one night where my daughter had a sleep over at her Grandparents. We still had the bub, but he is so easy (in some ways!). We were going to take advantage of the situation and go out for dinner, but was a miserable rainy night and we were both so tired, that I decided to do a home cooked meal. Since the little boy came along I haven't given much time for cooking. Many quick dinners, bbq's and take aways. So with him asleep I set out to cook. It was so lovely to cook without any interuptions (questions, please help me's, phone calls etc).
The meal was Mushroom and Goats Cheese Rissoto with Salt and Pepper Slow baked Chat Potatos. What a success. It was lovely to get many compliments from Mic too.

Isn't it amazing....

If you have some spare time take a few minutes and watch this rather funny YouTube clip, it may remind you how much spare time your really should have....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGYx35ypus

Reading

Oh I wish I had more time to read with out everything else I need to do going to shambles. I just finished reading a book yesterday I have been working through for nearly 2 months. I use to finish books within a week! I love the feeling of finishing a book, but I always feel a bit lost when I finally finish. These days I feel quite proud of myself for finishing a book, I have to set a goal to finish it or it never happens. How funny is that. Towards the end of a book, I get so addicted to finishing it that I stop almost everything else and you would be hard pressed to get a descent conversation out of me. Its fun.

I was reading this chick lit book called This charming Man by Marian Keyes. Usually chick lit is quite laid back and light hearted. This one was presented that way but with really serious issues through it. Domestic Violence and Alcoholism were the main themes. It was a bit of a shock to realise that was what it was all about as was no indication of that in the blurb on the back. It was definately not the chill out book I thought I was going to read, but still a good read.

Women in Business

My beautiful friend Belinda of Edible Creations made this cake. It is just stunning. It was in the SMH this week. I am so happy and excited for her, and proud of what she has achieved.

It is wonderful to see women succeed in business. I find great pleasure in watching and hearing women build a business and doing well at it. I love seeing them doing something they enjoy. Being brave enough to try something they may have never have done before, not knowing if they will succeed or not, but giving it all to find out. It is especially lovely to see a women find a way to fit all their eggs in one basket with out breaking any. Such as when a women wants to have children and wants to work and finds a way to do both in a balanced fashion.

Easter Sunday

Today was a wonderful day. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. We went to the Blackheath growers markets, my first time. Though small, they had some great items and was a lovely location. I got some yummy Goats Feta, the first pink lady's of the season, pears, limes, wasabi mayo (mmm), caramalised onion jam, some sour dough and this gorgeous cupcake for my girl.

My parents, sister and her kids came up for a picnic in the park and we had a really lovely time. The kids had a easter egg hunt with these eggs I dyed yesterday. They loved the hunt and then had great fun pealing the eggs afterwards!

Wii fit

We got a Wii fit this weekend and today was my first turn on it. I really enjoyed it and found it quite tiring. The plan is that my daughter and I use it every day during the school holidays and then make a new plan after that. I think it is a good thing for her to spend some time with, uses concentration, some physical activity and appeals to competitive nature, mine too.

Good Friday with Family

Today we had an afternoon-evening with Mic's extended family. There were 14 great grand kids! They had a ball running around the fields for hours. I think the best fun for the little ones was riding around in the trailer behind the ride on lawn mower! Blades up obviously. Who would have thought a lawn mower could be so much fun.

Bunny Ear Hat

I just finished this cute bunnies ears hat last night for my little boy. I'm not entirely happy with the end result though think its still rather cute. It has been about 2 years since last knitted, so a little more practice would help. The pattern is from a book I feel in love with when living in London called "itty-bitty hats" by Susan B Anderson. It has the cutest patterns. Stay tuned for more hats. I am happy with my self for finishing this before Good Friday, as I made a goal to have it ready for little boy to wear on this day.

Pedlars Fair

This is my first post. Please be patient whilst I still set up the page.
Today I made these cute teacups for my daughters school fair tomorrow. They were so easy to make and taste yum too. She had to take a tray of something homemade to sell. I started off making beaded bracelets, but they took so long to make and after a week I only had 6, so a lovely friend politely suggested I make something less time consuming and suggested these cute tea cups. My daughter was thrilled as not only does she get to have some yummy lollies she doesn't often have, she can also keep the bracelets I made!