Thank you for the nice words about my new ‘do’. I’m rather pleased with the second cut. I jinxed myself with the weather though, it’s been cold and wet (really cold) since I posted about ‘T-shirt weather’. I find winter very hard here, mostly because every time I drive in the car I feel helpless [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Tiny bits and pieces
Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Quilting, friends, gifts, works in progress on August 28, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Three Milestones – some more important than others…
Posted in Daily life in South Africa, baby, child, sewing, sewing clothes on August 20, 2008 | 18 Comments »
Can someone please tell me where time has gone?
Milestone 1: Yesterday I took this picture:
Gorgeous Girl standing on her own two feet long enough for me to take her picture! What, do I hear you ask, was the great treasure which brought Gorgeous Girl to her feet?
Her favourite thing…
Scrap paper!
Milestone 2: This post also marks [...]
Sigh…
Posted in Daily life in South Africa, Quilting, baby, child, works in progress on August 13, 2008 | 19 Comments »
So instead of typing a nice blog post last night showing you the results of my weekend of sewing like a mad woman, Gorgeous Man and I played pass the screaming baby. She was like I’ve never seen her before, and it took nearly 2 1/2 hours to settle her down. I know we are [...]
Wearing your baby
Posted in Daily life in South Africa, baby, child on August 6, 2008 | 13 Comments »
A while ago I showed some pictures of our helper wearing Gorgeous Girl, and Starfish (sorry, no link – password protected) asked how on earth she put Gorgeous Girl onto her back.
Well, since I haven’t done a lick of crafting this week, what with the Sunday shift at work and doctors appointments etc I thought [...]
Some charity work..
Posted in Books, Daily life in South Africa, Finished objects, Knitting, Quilting, Reading, charity knitting on August 2, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Thanks for all of your comments about my guild situation. Seems to be a common problem with guilds. I thought very hard about my course of action and have decided to resign from the committee and take a break from the guild. I’ll try again in the new year when there is a new committee [...]
