The new furniture arrived yesterday, so as promised, photos of the pretty: TV unit: Ok, so the furniture shop called it a bookshelf, but I couldn’t find a TV cabinet I liked, and this looked like it might work, which it does, perfectly. I haven’t decided yet what to put on the lower shelves, and…
What’s making me smile right now: A brisk walk home under a dark and threatening sky – I made it home without getting rained on, plus I’m feeling energised from the exercise. And now the fire is roaring away and soon the house will be nice and warm. I made a start on a big…
The last couple of weeks have been very long ones, full of drama and a total emotional roller-coaster. But perseverance paid off, and on Wednesday, 6 months and 2 days after H left, he signed the separation agreement, and I am finally completely legally and financially free of him. It’s cost me a lot, both…
When even your mother is telling you it’s about time you updated your blog, it’s probably about time you updated your blog… Not that I’ve got anything in particular to update it with. It’s that boring part of winter where nothing in particular happens, and the days are grey and dreary, and spring seems an…
This is one of my favourite things at this time of year: I’ve got a large wintersweet bush in the garden, and for about 10 months of the year it’s an ugly, scraggly looking thing that I’m tempted to just rip out. But then at this time of year I remember why it’s worth keeping. …
It is miserably cold. Snow and sleet this morning (but not enough to settle, so no chance of getting the day off work 🙁 ), and an icy cold wind. Now it’s just raining and cold and horrible. We’re all sitting here in the office (yes, I’m being naughty and writing this at work, but…
It’s been a busy couple of weeks. Fuzzle was here for most of the first week – it was great to see her, and we had loads of fun (plus she cooked the most amazing enchilladas for dinner one night – who knew she’d turn out such a good cook after all those barely edible…
Amazingly, it’s exactly 1000 days since 4 September 2010, the day that changed Christchurch for ever (although we didn’t realise how much at the time). Looking back at that time, when we all thought we’d dodged a bullet, that this dreadful thing had happened but it was ok because it was only stuff that got…
My overly-ambitious attempt at a harder paper-piecing pattern actually turned out pretty well. Can you tell what it is yet? All those bits put together. The final product. I still haven’t decided what to do with the heart I made the other day, but I knew what this one would be before I started. Making…
but look at my table! I’m so pleased with how it turned out! It still needs to be varnished (probably not this weekend, because it’s raining so I can’t do it outside, and I don’t feel like stinking out the house with polyurethane), and like the other one, I need to figure out something for…