new things i've found

Tonight I have discovered 2 new things...thank goodness I have had enough energy and coffee to stay up until now!
First is this awesome singer - I found/heard him on the P.S I Love You soundtrack, and then I remembered I had seen him and liked him on Parkinson last year (THE best thing about tv on a Saturday night!). I now have his cd.

And this website- I had it in my favourites, but hadn't looked at it. My friend I rang tonight pointed out this, who has a great blog and I have a few patterns, and this event coming up. More to read, boy, I need a lap top so I can read wherever!

Reading back over the last paragraph, it looks very cryptic! Didn't mean it too, now I can finally link properly, I am overdoing it, I guess. Plus, it is easier to click sometimes, than open a new tab and type the name in google. Plus you can do it at your own leisure.

Blog award

A very big thanks to thousand threads for giving me this award, I am belatedly saying thank you as I am having lots of trouble posting the picture! I was trying and then giving up, then I have been sick this week (gardening does it to me every time, I catch the flu!), so am finally able to respond, pic or not!

Blogging has been so much fun, just knowing there are so many people out there like me!

The rules of this award are:
1. Choose seven of your favourite blogs to nominate and link back to them
2. Link to the person from whom you received the award
3. Leave a message on the blogs that you've nominated
4. Post the award on your blog (optional)

So my favourite blogs so far would be, in no particular order:

ethel loves fred
3 red buttons
the small stuff
three buttons
stitchy britches
ric rac
mmmcrafts


I love reading any blogs, and hearing comments (sorry, reading comments). Thanks again for great blogs! More down the side, and will add as I go!

A hard earned thirst needs a good old....

SPARKLER!
Cleaning up the kitchen? Reorganising the cupboards? Thinking life can't get more boring....?
Then you find the birthday box! Filled with candles and other exciting stuff, the sparklers were found from the first birthday almost 4 yrs ago. Who needs and excuse- I used 2.

I love the smell at the end of the sparkler, probably toxic and definitely addictive (I said I did 2, didn't I?). I wrote my name, and my girls name. Don't feel guilty she missed out- there are a few left. If she's ever up after dark, she'll experience them teehee.

remember 'throw downs'? They are my best memory of cracker night. That and trying not to get killed! I wonder what our children's equivalent is? After my Ikea jaunt the other day and four new candle holders, my girl now sleeps to candlelight, maybe she doesn't need the thrill of cracker night as she has candles each night. I have never had her sleep so quickly as now she has candles to gaze into......

Single life

Feeling much better now, I went to work yesterday with an annoying cough, but able to function at least. Finished one and a half quilts, and more to do tonight. Having a general tidy up today, and little miss wet the bed last night lots of washing and new sheets to put on. Poor little tacker only does it once in a blue moon when she is exhausted. She had a sleepover at her cousins Friday and night, and has a ball, comes home exhausted though!

Sunday blues have hit me, I find the weekends so hard to do stuff. Working, running the house, all these things I do on my own, and I get a bit tired. During the week I have friends to talk to, can ring up or pop in for a coffee, weekends are very much family time, I find. Dad's home from work, wants top hang out with mum and kids, go visiting or do zoo's, museums etc. I find going to those places hard, my daughter runs around and has the time of her life, and I have no one to talk to or say "hey check that out". Hope I don't sound too whingy. I didn't plan to be on my own at this point, I expected a few more little tackers around too, so I often get a bit frustrated. Does anyone have ideas for me? Something not involving too much money is also handy. If I had unlimited cash flow, I could definately find more entertainment. Luckiliy little miss is happy with Ariel the Mermaid whilst I finish up the chores, then maybe in the car for a drive to somewhere. I'll keep you posted.....