HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! Happy Mothers day to all of the Mum's, Mum to be, Grandma's, Nan's and all of the other loving women in our lives!

Hope that you all had a great day!

On turning thirty!
Well it is my birthday today - the BIG 30!

Silly really isn't it - I always looked at thirty as being old - but now that I am here it is not old at all and well 50 is looking younger everyday...

I have had a lovely day. Brunch at the Coffee Club followed by some 'chocohot cake' (this is how Amelia is saying Chocolate at the moment) A little shopping and dinner out.

Wow what a day and covered in kisses and hugs all day by my little miss.

I was meant to do my homework and find out what NEW machine I would like for my birthday - but with two kiddlets I just have not gotten around to having a play.

So I need your help out there in blogland. Please tell me what you have and why you love it. Currently I have a Janome My Style 24 - it is almost 10 years old and is my husbands (yes you have read correctly) It was originally purchased by him to sew on badges etc on his uniform and has since sewn everything from packs and webbing to a ball gown! I don't know if I want something that can embroider - it would be good to maybe have the option or a few cute stitches and things (is there a machine that can do that and sew normally as well?) I do not think that I do enough patchwork to warrant a special machine for that.

Thanks in advance.

And I will leave you with some macro shots of the bunch of flowers that Mum and Dad sent me!

This is...LATE LATE LATE

Yes fasionably late AGAIN - I never seem to run on time these days do I - Oh well

So this is my this is from Sunday (almost around to the next one - I really should go and see what it will be and get cracking on it!)

This is the pair of shoes that I would sleep in if I could! (like my husband would let me! he is the sock police when it comes to going to bed in socks LOL)

They are the most comfortable and would you believe that I have had them since Feb 2003! They are like wearing a slipper - but unfortunately they are not very water proof and I get wet socks just walking through dewy grass!

Humm!...

Promise to come back tomorrow and update this with photos - my camera is not playing nice tonight!

So tomorrow you will see my work in progress! The knit for me in the hope that it will keep me warm - Please tell me now why I chose to do a stripe pattern?

To warm the heads

Here is a sneak peak at some of the beanies that I have been knitting - they are on there way to Victoria and Tasmania to keep some big and little heads warm.

To Market to Market... I am participating in a few Market Swaps at the moment... This is where you swap a talent with someone else and in return you get something that they are good at.

Since the only thing I seem to get done at the moment is knit and Amelia is lacking in winter attire I thought that it would be a good idea.

Thankyou Novy for the lovely dresses. (I will post a picture of Novy's beanies for her Munchkins when they are received by slow mail)

And Baden did not miss out - a cute little teddy and bib for him!Stay tuned - another Market swap is underway and will be sailing its way to Tasmania tomorrow!

The signs that winter is upon us!

With only a month to go until it is officially winter, it really is starting to cool down.

It felt like over night the weather changed. Sunny one day (for the ANZAC Day march - which I am positive everyone was appreciative of) and raining and max of 12degrees the next. Tim and I thought that we would indulge and put the heating on - but that was not to be as it was faulty (I tell you this 'NEW' house has more faults than I care to list)

So here are a few photos from around the house to finish of the Macro Challenge (which concluded yesterday - so again I am fashionably late!)

Crispy Grass...Heaters on...Humidifyers running...
Changing Colours all around...Socks on...Blankets lined up on the couch...Random knitting projects around the house and mugs of coffee or hot chocolate...Humm - warm house = condensation...
Beanies and Jumpers on...Running Noses, Dry Hands and Cracked Lips...Considering learning the skill of knitting socks...And my two just for good measure - dont they look good in orange?