I’d forgotten just how hot it can get down here. Such a hot day today – a high of 33 according to the Metservice (and they usually underestimate the temperature by a few degrees, because their recording station is near the river), and even now, at 7 pm, it’s over 31. And it’s been slightly…
It’s after midnight, so once again I’m technically breaking my posting streak, but it’s been a busy day so I kind of forgot until now. And now I’m really tired and would much rather just go to bed than post, but somehow I’ve got myself trapped into this “can’t break my streak of daily posts”…
Three more squares done, using patterns from the ‘A Few Scraps‘ blog: “Topography” – I like this one almost as much as the wood grain one – nice and easy, forgiving of mistakes, and looks cool when it’s done. “Leafy Branches” – a bit trickier (lots of backtracking!), but looks great. I was really starting…
hat I’d intended today was to spend a few hours in a relaxing game of Minecraft with the nephews. What it turned into was a frustrating afternoon struggling to get the server to play nice. Still, it was a lot of fun for the first hour or so, until the server crashed… Nephew #1 had…
um went home yesterday. It’s weird to have an empty house again (but also nice – not that I didn’t enjoy her company, of course, and she’s the least imposing house guest ever, but I do like having the place to myself). Parsnips is not impressed at the sudden lack of knitting needles to play…
Today we grouted the little test pieces of mosaic Mum and I were playing with: They haven’t quite finished drying yet, so they haven’t been polished. Not the most artistic, but we had fun 🙂
uess who I had lunch with today? Yep, Lytteltonwitch. She’s finally returned from her wanderings and sufficiently over her jetlag, and I had the day off, so we arranged to meet in town for lunch, followed by a walk around town so she could get lost due to the lack of familiar landmarks. After an…
esterday I took the day off so Mum and I could do some serious shopping. Except neither of us is very good at serious shopping, so it quickly devolved into a bit of vague wandering around the shops deciding we didn’t actually want to buy anything anyway, interspersed with many many breaks for tea and…
Mum bought a Christmas present for the kids today – a digital microscope. Seriously cool – we’ve just spent about an hour playing with it “testing it out to make sure it works ok” before she puts it away for Christmas, and it’s been so much fun. We were pulling out everything we could find…
um arrived last night for a week’s visit (I’ve only been inviting her to come up to Christchurch for about a year…). I’ve got to be at work for most of the week (though I did manage to book a couple of days off), so I think we’ll both survive the visit with sanity intact…