How Rude

Oh my gawd. Someone asked me if I was having twins yesterday! It went like this at the check out of the green grocers.

checkout chick: How long have you got to go?
Fat pregnant lady (ie me): about 10-11 weeks
COC: REALLY????? Wow! Are there 2 in there?!
FPL: hahaha (weak laughing) um nope definitely 1.
COC: WOW you're HUGE!
FPL: Har Har. Well 2 Drs have commented in the last 2 weeks how our baby is a 'good size' for which I think is polite dr speak for 'shit your baby's HUGE'.
COC: Haha, well you are big.
FPL inside my head: this is all very wierd. Although I'm not really that bothered by it for some reason.

And so it went on and even inlcuded her asking me if I think it will hurt. Arrr der. Yes.

But I have actually popped again:

Bump. 26.5

Can someone come clean my mirro please?

Don't wanna be left out

I saw there's been a posting frenzy....well 2 posts within one hour of each other on the same day. So I didn't want to be left out.

This is the yarn I'm using for my practising knitting without looking project.

Pre-rolled


rolled:


And soon hopefully a knitted photo to follow.

So after his first encounter at a buck's party last night, JD has decided he does not find strippers sexy.

My new red shoes on the other hand...

What's going on??

Got these little cuties at Spotlight about a month ago. I couldnt resist.
I know I am just a kid at heart!!!

The half way mark

And this is what it looks like:


There's kicking and or punching and movement at the station. There's also indigestion and a slightly sore back and the verge of no more work clothes that fit.

Haha I look at that photo up there and think I'm just poking my tummy out - you know like you did when you were a kid and pretended to be pregnant.

stitch and bitch - in the real world!!

I watched these ladies in San Sebastian sitting in the hot hot sun mending their husband´s fishing nets with awe......

I, of course, was enjoying a beer and relaxing but was amazed at the way they worked together, telling stories and plowing through the pile of work..... Now THIS is being a starter-finisher!!

I went over and had a "chat" (they speak basque and i speak spanglish, so it was basic) and she said that its only required every few weeks, or when the nets are damaged enough and it takes all day!!! I told her about my crafty chicas at home!!

Hats off to these snb-ers!!!

the coming home options.....

hmmm, its definately time for a visit downunder, it seems and im doing all the necessary research to get a flight...... either in August or December, depending on costs etc...... its really bloddy expensive though - plus ill be paying rent here and there is no pay coming in between july and september........ so need to think carefully about it so i dont bankrupt myself!!

BUT, that means that ill let you know when something is organised and hopefully we can get together while im there...... Aiming for 4-5 weeks at this stage....

Main reasons for aiming for august are beacuse my grandfather is really sick and getting dementia quite badly and id love to see him..... plus James is due to be chrsitened and id like to meet him!!! PLus of course i am really missing my friends and family.... even though Im mostly pretending that all is well (for sanity purposes mainly) its hard and Id love to touch base with some "real" people again!

thanks for being real!!

ok, thats all for his post - one more to come!

proud aunty update #342

well, sadly i have no electronic pics of james willow, but time is a´passin and he can now hold his head straight and sit up - apparently!!! He doesnt look so big in the pics but bigger than JS at this age so I think Ill have body guards for nephews soon enough!

Also Snowy has been doing a bit of crafting himself and is drawing hin family..... aunty kel kel got a look-in too - I was four lines and a dot, but it sounds perfect...... mainly becaue the lines were curvy!!!

thats all.......

ps. can you tell i miss them??

Back to Dear Kel

Shaz, thanks for the kick up the pants I'm here now to attempt a post. I don't have much to say though -I've got a cold and I've got no energy but I'm OK.

Kel I was wondering what you thought about me giving you a few preggers updates via this blog? I don't really want to turn SadieandLance into a baby blog but figured you might like some updates via here seeing as you're always asking us to tell u what we're up to? What do the rest of you think?

While you ponder it here's me and Sam baking. He was very excited to help. He very dilligently sprinkled the crumble on the top of the raspberry yoghurt crumble cake that 'we' made. It was fun and for just a brief few minutes I jumped up the popularity list over Uncle Matt and Gang Gang (Grandpa).


It was of course short lived, but I enjoyed my temporary status!

Shazmina's "Other" Blog

Just a quick update.

Dont Faint.

I finished ANOTHER project on the weekend.

AND it has a new home with AL.

Payment for a Jumper Al knittted and gave to me.

Project: Quick Knit Jacket from Jo Sharp Knit 3. Yarn Lambs Pride, Chianti

Shazmina's On A Roll!!

And I am on Fire, metaphorically speaking!!

Got some new yarn, not sure what I will do with some of it, and some of it is already lined up for a project. Lambs Pride worsted, colours are creme, sable, roated coffee (reddish brown) and chianti.

Got some completer action happening. Welcome to the Clap(otis).

And finally the Forest Canopy Shawl was completed, and photographed RS up!! Just got to send it to Mum.


What have you been up to??

Here I am, again

And again I say, where the bloody hell are you people??

hey hey hey

hey shaz and chicas...... I read this every few days... but adly due to a total lack of craftiness I am unable to post..... BUT i have just received knitted slippers from Rubens mum (!!!!) so I can photograph these little beauties and post..... let me just figure out all the techo bits involved...

Just read your little piece on your blog and totally agree...... you deserve such a fella..... then it made me realise that so many of my friends have wonderful fellas and that they are very lucky/clever!!! WELL DONE LADEES!!!

Now, how was the celebration of the nation - B´´s birthday???? I have been stalking her with phone calls but not able to make any kind of human connection - although her answering machine and i are on good terms.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHICA GUAPA!!!!! (again...)

Going to pick up mum from the airport today......ooooooooooooooooo........ will be strange and exciting to have her here..... will update as the holiday unfolds. We leave Madrid on Wed for a driving tour of Portugal and southern Spain - two ladees in a manual car on the wrong side of the road...... brace yourselves.....

So that means twoweeks of leisure and no work - hooray!!

Love to you all ad POST (like shaz said) I want to hear your REAL goss (ie. the non-crafty stuff)

love Kel

Where the Bloody Hell are you??

No seriously, where?? OCC? BrownPants? Sadie and Lance? And when was the last time Kel posted on here??

So here I am, the person with the most severe case of ADCD, and only I am posting. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE PEOPLE!

POST.
NOW!
I DARE YOU!
YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO! ;)


ps this is part of a surprise I am working on. secret Squirrell stuff!

OOOHHH LA LA!

I finished a project! Check out my Beret!!

Be Careful What You Wish for

Just a quick one. Here is a picture of the quilt Mrs Mc made for sister. Sister wanted a Kombi, so sister got a Kombi!Better be careful what you wish for!

I am off Biscuits!

Hard to believe I know! I find they don't go well with braces. Yup folks that is right I am now the proud owner (for the next 12 months) of braces. Thankfully they are only on my bottom teeth, but still they are a little challenging. I am not used to having to think so much about what I can eat. And I am not used to eating slowly. And I am especially not used to stopping mid meal because I am bored with eating. What is that about??

On a good note I have lost a couple of kilos, which is good for my cholesterol. And I am eating healthy food. Again, what is THAT about! Although I have discovered a new found/remembered love of ice cream!!

So what are on my sticks?

• Well I am still finishing off the shawl for my Mum. I am EXACTLY 4 rows from finishing. I nearly finished it while visiting my parents but had to frog it due to a huge mistake made in row 1 of the edging. Unfrickingbelievable! IT'S FINISHED!!!!
• Jo Sharp Cardigan for my Mum. This one is a birthday present.
• Headband for Al. Made a couple for sister, will post picks soon.
• And finally, I have yet to cast on a cardi for myself. It is from here, and will be made in a grey tweed colour. Love it love it love it!
• I also have two secret squirrel Birthday presents. Not of the knitting kind, something a bit different, noice, unusual! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!
  

Bali

Howdy Peeps, we're back!

Had a fabulous time in Bali, a week's a pretty good time period for a holiday there I reckon. Didn't get much of a chance to sit next to the pool drinking Gin and Tonic though. Apparently JD doesn't go on holiday to look at the inside of hotel rooms. I know, his argument is so screwed up. It wasn't a hotel. And if you're next to the pool then you're not inside the room anyway. Der him. Anyway, he's not coming next time. And I still got to drink the Gin and Tonic.

Brief photo tour? No worries

The view from out little porch where we sat and had breakfast everyday (how fricken good are banana pancakes? ho my god). I read here when I was allowed in for the afternoon too. Lovely.


Walking through rice paddies to temples. I like that these things are called 'rice terraces'. They do steep the same way as some of the terraces in the back of newtown.


And we spent most of our days with these things. I hate monkeys. Really, really don't like being around them. JD, on the other hand, adores them. (Don't be deceived by the photo. Nasty, vicious things they are!

This lot weren't too bad, I guess. Although I prefer the photo to the real thing.

And this, for you Kel, was our room door. Now why you wouldn't want to look at this I don't know...

Stuff

There hasn't been an update for a while so I thought a general one was in order. Here's what I've been up to:

Going to the zoo


Going on the Puffin Billy




Baking cake (raspberry yoghurt crumble cake)


And squeezing in the smallest amount of time to make my 15 gifts for the blog meet up yesterday