A personal archive · 2005 — 2014

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Journal · page 15

More notes, discoveries and moments from the journal.

12 entries

Dark Day

Somebody torched our dad’s house. The house I grew up in, the house our single dad built when my sister, Meg, and I were little. Here is the article from the local paper. I cried…

Movin' and Groovin'

First of all, I’m posting a pic of the apple slice I made a week ago. It was yummy, but very fiddly to make, next time I’ll use a smaller tin than specified as I had to spread out…

I've Quit Coco-Pops - Cold Turkey

The removalists are coming on Thursday. So I need to get my craft and art supplies sorted out. But I sorta got distracted by the basket of scrap fabrics under my desk. This is the…

Baby Blanket Project

Of course, I live in the tropics so a wool blanket may not be terribly useful. But it will be lightweight merino wool and our acommodation is fully airconditioned, so you never…

2009

2009 is shaping up to be a BIG year. Later this month we’ll be moving to Jabiru which is located within Kakadu National Park and of course our baby is due in late April. So lots…

Chipping

And I’ve finished this band, but it doesn’t photograph well for the blog as it is long and narrow. I think I’ll do a different design for the other side of the bag to learn a…

Bags of Fun

The green bag contains my knitting…. and I found the lost ball of yarn YAY! So once I’ve finished the embroidery above, I’ll put get back into it. The orange bag contains my small…

Shortbread

Shortbread is a quick and tasty present to give to friends at Christmas. I made a batch today as a gift for some old work friends. And, there’s quite a few left over for Chris and…

Embellished

This year I wound them all onto those cardboard thread keeper thingys and it was a good decision as I now see them as a bowl of goodies rather than a gruesome tangle of threads…

Hello Baby

We had our 19wk ultrasound this morning. Hello baby boy 🙂 He appears to be healthy and is growing well. The last two ultrasounds have indicated that he is due a week earlier than…