Feb 1st already!

Wow, can you believe we are already at the start of Feb!?!?!?

This post is not going to have any pictures, as I have not downloaded any still, and I needed to write rather post piccies!  So my update :-

Well as I am typing this it is blowing blizzards outside, and the snow has arrived in Suffolk!  Great, not looking forward to another week of having to go out in this weather!

Luke update – Luke seems to be doing well at the moment.  He has cut his first tooth and that caused a few bad nights, but he is good now.  I have finally taken the plunge and started cooking him food!  I know it sounds mad, but I just never felt comfortable cooking food and always thought the jars gave him everything.  But after trying it and realising it is just so easy and he loves it, there is now no stopping me!  He is getting loads of different blends and seems to love it all!  He starts another morning at nursery from Feb 18th, which will be great.  Means I get 3 full mornings to focus on work, 1 day to do his activities, 1 day to do my activities and afternoons to dabble in work if I am needed!  So looking forward to the new routine/schedule!

Craft update – I have been trying to teach myself crochet.  I need to crack it this year, as it is just nuts that I can’t do it!  So far, I seem to have mastered Double Crochet (UK) which is great.  Once I get the end of my test ball of yarn and start a new colour I will start a new stitch!  I have not really done much work on the afghan.   With Luke now crawling it is not the most practical peice to be working on when I need to get up and down all the time!  So I have been working on some smaller projects, which seem easier, quicker and going better!  Knitting, hmmmm, still there, not done any, really must get it sorted and finish Luke’s jumper!

Reading – I am almost finished the book I am currently reading, Flying Changes by Sara Gruen.  It is just fantastic and really enjoying it!

Facebook – if anyone reading this has me as a friend on Facebook, please come over and say hello.  I did go through and clear up my friends, and as awful as that sounds, I got so many who never even said hello, so I deleted them!  Now I am alot more cautious when accepting invites!

Weightloss – I am now 6lbs down from Jan 8th which is great.  Taking it slow and not being too hard on myself, but am well chuffed with that result so far!

Feb looks a busy month for me, which is just great!

So I am going to continue doing some cross stitch now, while the little man takes his nap!

Till next time………………….

Last post of 2008!

I have to admit, I can’t quite believe that tomorrow is 2009!  Not sure where 2008 has gone, it seems to have flown by!  So what will my last post in 2008 cover?

Last night I spent about 4hrs compiling my list of 101 things to do in 1001 days.  I thought it would be easy but once having started and really thinking about it, it certainly was not!  I ended up leaving a few blank but I thought I could fill those in during the year as more things come to me!

Since my last post, I have not done too much!  We are currently looking for a new pushchair/stroller for Luke.  Who’d have thought it would be so hard!

Craft wise, I decided to cover a box that one of Luke’s Christmas presents came in, to use as a toy storage box!  I have to say a huge thank you to my friend Cheryl for her hints and advice on doing this, greatly appreciated!

 The box before I attacked it!

 The fabric I chose, it is a colourful safari theme, the picture does not do it justic!

 The final covered box!  I am rather chuffed with it, to be honest!  And again the picture is not great, as I took it this evening as I wanted to post it before the New Year!

So what else have I been doing?  I finally finished the preparation of the afghan fabric!  It does look rather untidy but I will be tidying it up after all squares are stitched!   And I have finally started it, not alot done but it is start!  

I have done a little bit more on The Watering Hole, but not as much as I would of liked!

Finally after 4 attempts I am enjoying reading The Friday Night Knitting Group book.  Yes it has taken 4 goes to get into it, but now I have it is great!

Well to all my Blog followers, friends and family I wish you a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2009!

A week of aims!

This week I decided each day I would write my aims for that day and see if I could achieve them!!!!!  Rather than one long list that never gets done and I feel a failure! 

Well it seems to have worked!!!  This week (Sun – Sun) I have managed to :-

1. read more of my book!

2. stitched about 10 stitches on my cross stitch – not alot I know but a real achievment I feel!

3. cast on for a bolero and knitted 5 rows of 103sts – again does not sound alot but wayhay!

4. attended all my appointments on time!

5. drove to Peterborough for the day on my own with Luke!

6. played about 10mins of Brain Training!

7. replied to all emails

8. managed daily chores of getting bottles ready, dishwasher sorting, washing!  Thank goodness I have a cleaner so that is one less thing to worry about!

They all sounds so triveal, but with baby in tow I do feel this is a real achievement and step forward to getting my life back to some sort of normality!

Luke is now 6wks + 6days and weighing in at 12lbs 1oz as at last Monday!  He is doing really well and getting better with the mild reflux which is great.  I was warned that week 6 and 7 could be the hardest and he certainly has been more unsettled this week, but it has been ok!  We got our 6wk checkup cleared on Monday as well which is great.

So here is to another week!  This week I would like to do a bit more crafting, reading and getting out!  We are off to my Parents on Saturday for the day which will be nice!  Lets hope the weather remains good this week!

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Another hot day in sunny Ipswich!

Well another scorcher of a day in Ipswich. I honestly thought that when I left Africa I left hot days behind me, but obviously not. Guess the upside is they don’t really last long! The down side, the humidity when they are here is terrible!

So I am struggling with the heat, because of course it flares up my hayfever and so my eyes are swollen and my nose is red, so I look lovely!

Thank goodness I have finally managed to persuade the doctor to give me stronger antihistamines.

Day 4 of World Cup fever and already it is annoying me. My OH is an avid football fan and as much as I don’t mind watching the actual games, I do not need to re-watch all the highlights of them again when there isn’t a game on! So all I can say is roll on the Final! Good excuse to get some stitching done though!

Well I managed to stitch 261 stitches only yesterday, between pottering around the house and reading my book, I never really got too much done! But hey at least I did something!

I am currently reading The Da Vinci Code, on my OH recommendation. At first I found it really hard to get into but now I am loving it, and keep going on the internet to look at the paintings he talks about.

I went to the gym tonight, to do my running program again. Managed to do 3min 30sec walk and 1min 30sec run, so I am happy with myself, although my legs are a bit sore now, and I have a session with my personal trainer tomorrow! I guess resting on Friday and Sunday was good idea, otherwise I would have been a lot worse off tonight!

I am doing Race for Life on Sunday, and as much as I am really looking forward to it, I am really nervous. I have done it 3 times before, so it is nothing new, but I have had really bad back pain this year, and am a little nervous that I aggravate it!

Well I have waffled on enough, so it is off to read my book and watch Big Brother, sad I know!