Up, up and away

photo from here

You could be forgiven for thinking I have been away already with all being quiet on the blogging front of late, but no, I have just been pre-occupied with the forthcoming trip. I fly to the UK next week for ten days without Tavis and the boys, I'm going to a friend's wedding with my mum and I am excited and petrified: excited for obvious reasons - I haven't been back since we lived there in 02/03 and I can't wait to see family and friends and Old London Town; I am petrified because I've never been away from the boys for more than a night and I've never been away from Tavis for so long. I want to enjoy it, I know I should enjoy it; it will be over in a flash and who knows when I will next be back so I better enjoy it and not pine for my three boys at home on the other side of the globe!

Gratuitous photos of my gorgeous boys.

Mothers' Day Present

Tavis bought himself this totally awesome bike on Mothers' Day. Not for Mothers' Day, it was purely incidental that it was Mothers' Day and I was very happy for him because it is very cool, it's something he needed, he fully researched the best bike to buy and he got it at a good price.

I was pampered and spoilt for Mothers' Day and generally had a lovely day. Part of the justification for this particular bike at this time is that it is Tavis's treat for staying home with the kids while I jet off to the UK for ten days for a wedding! Things have been a bit quiet online for me lately while I have been preoccupied with the impending trip - I leave in two weeks.

I have never had a night away from Angus and have only had four nights away from Rohan (and two of those were in hospital while having Angus!). It's fair to say I'm a bit apprehensive - the boys and Tavis will be fine of course, I'm worried about how I will cope!

My Creative Space

I love seeing other people's creative spaces here and I'm really happy with how my own is coming along thanks to a garage sale at the weekend where I picked up the two shelving units pictured here (for $2 each yay yay yay), and my recent stash purchases (thrifted and new).


I love seeing the fabrics displayed like this and just seeing it there makes me want to get down to work on something crafty right away. In fact it makes me happy just passing by and seeing it all there ready for me, I feel so fortunate just to have a little space like this.

Project for May

My May goal is to knit a vest for Angus but I knew that it would take me more than a month to do this so I've been practicing for a few weeks now.

First attempt at ribbing - not a success

I had never tried ribbing or even stocking stitch before and to be honest I never really understood the whole moving the yarn from front to back to change stitches; but it suddenly clicked and I'm pleased to say I finally feel like I'm starting to get the hang of it!

Second attempt at ribbing and first at stocking stitch - not bad

Next I need to frog all of that knitting and start again using a pattern. I've never tried to read a knitting pattern before and I haven't yet found one I like for a vest for Angus so these are the next things to overcome to achieve my May project. I've just kept going on the knitting in the mean time because I'm enjoying it, but the more I do the more disappointing it will be to frog it and there's no way what I've started will be wide enough for a vest.

I'd rather be knitting...

...than moving all this wood.
But then if I didn't have the wood delivered today I wouldn't be able to knit with warm tootsies by the fire tonight so scratch that.