I'm still here. A lot has happened in the last two weeks. I've been on holiday, but more about that in a minute.
I've currently got a backlog of 917 posts to read. That's not as many as I expected, but I'll be making a start on those. Once that is done I'd like to tell you all about the last 2 wonderful weeks where I've been on a cruise ship. Hopefully I'll have processed some photos to share.
The other news is that my first contract has ended and so I'll be looking for my next one. Quite convenient timing really since that hopefully means I can stay at home over the Olympics and get back out there straight after.
I hope you're all well... I'll be back in a couple of days.
Monday, 23 July 2012
Sunday, 1 July 2012
Where did June go?
Well. It's July. The summer solstice has been and gone. We're rolling towards winter. How did that happen?
I've a terrible feeling I missed the TUSAL this month. But if you're interested, see last month's post. I think I've put in about 5 stitches since then, so my pot looks exactly the same.
Our redecorating has at least now progressed to the point where the bags of books that had to come off the bookshelf are now back on the bookshelf so that we can move around the flat again without going flying (not that I need obstacles to help with that). The picture frame is back on the wall and it looks vaguely like 'home' again. However, I'm trying not to think about the bathroom that still needs painting (and probably re-sealing), nor the bedrooms which we said 'eurgh, that seems like way too much, maybe next year'. (we'll see, shall we?)
I do feel slightly guilty also that my husband has done most of the work, but then I make myself feel better by saying it's really a man's job and I'm just a weak girl. That's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it. Hopefully I'm now at the end of the boring home decorating posts, and next time I'll be able to show you some stitching progress, since I can once again get to my frame. Hooray!
I've a terrible feeling I missed the TUSAL this month. But if you're interested, see last month's post. I think I've put in about 5 stitches since then, so my pot looks exactly the same.
Our redecorating has at least now progressed to the point where the bags of books that had to come off the bookshelf are now back on the bookshelf so that we can move around the flat again without going flying (not that I need obstacles to help with that). The picture frame is back on the wall and it looks vaguely like 'home' again. However, I'm trying not to think about the bathroom that still needs painting (and probably re-sealing), nor the bedrooms which we said 'eurgh, that seems like way too much, maybe next year'. (we'll see, shall we?)
I do feel slightly guilty also that my husband has done most of the work, but then I make myself feel better by saying it's really a man's job and I'm just a weak girl. That's my excuse, and I'm sticking with it. Hopefully I'm now at the end of the boring home decorating posts, and next time I'll be able to show you some stitching progress, since I can once again get to my frame. Hooray!
Friday, 15 June 2012
Whirlwinds
I feel like my feet are barely touching the ground at the moment. It's probably about as opposite to this time last year as possible. Then I was coming to the end of my full time permanent role and looking forward to my redundancy and some time off to relax and catch up on all the things I wanted to do.
Fast forward to now and I'm back into commuter travelling, my weekends for the next few months are packed to the brim of seeing people and doing things and to put a little cherry on top, halfway through the Jubilee weekend we decided that it would be the perfect time to paint the flat. This was a ridiculous decision, we should have started at 8am on the Saturday morning, not 3pm on the Monday afternoon. Whoopsie. In the ongoing saga therefore, we've spent every evening after work doing a little bit more here and there. Just 2 walls, a ceiling and a bathroom left to go.
But also a lot of fun things are happening. At the start of the Jubilee weekend, I joined my photography group for a photoshoot near Bank station. A fantastic day, but boy did I ache the next morning. Here's my favourite:
So tomorrow, after a week of unacceptably late nights, I will have a lie in. Hooray for my big, fluffy pillow. And then I will catch up on the 534 blog posts that are in my backlog. Yes, I will. Honest, guv.
Fast forward to now and I'm back into commuter travelling, my weekends for the next few months are packed to the brim of seeing people and doing things and to put a little cherry on top, halfway through the Jubilee weekend we decided that it would be the perfect time to paint the flat. This was a ridiculous decision, we should have started at 8am on the Saturday morning, not 3pm on the Monday afternoon. Whoopsie. In the ongoing saga therefore, we've spent every evening after work doing a little bit more here and there. Just 2 walls, a ceiling and a bathroom left to go.
But also a lot of fun things are happening. At the start of the Jubilee weekend, I joined my photography group for a photoshoot near Bank station. A fantastic day, but boy did I ache the next morning. Here's my favourite:
So tomorrow, after a week of unacceptably late nights, I will have a lie in. Hooray for my big, fluffy pillow. And then I will catch up on the 534 blog posts that are in my backlog. Yes, I will. Honest, guv.
Sunday, 27 May 2012
Happy weekend!
This has been a difficult week at work for me. Deadlines are hovering and there have been some long days with barely time to grab lunch, which makes me stressed, tired and a bit grumpy. I've been getting home, eating dinner and dropping asleep on the sofa at about 9pm.
Thankfully, this weekend has been really sunny and bright, and I was glad to get to Friday, and I sure will be happy to get to the long 4 day weekend at the end of next friday. We were thinking about heading out of London, but I think there will be a lot of nice things happening for the Jubilee (certainly lots of flags are popping up all over!) , so it'll be good to stick around. We might even get around to a bit of DIY...we are still trying to make our little flat more homely after about 4 and a half years. The walls have prints and photos up now, so we are getting there.
I hope you're all having lovely weekends...stitchy updates soon.
Thankfully, this weekend has been really sunny and bright, and I was glad to get to Friday, and I sure will be happy to get to the long 4 day weekend at the end of next friday. We were thinking about heading out of London, but I think there will be a lot of nice things happening for the Jubilee (certainly lots of flags are popping up all over!) , so it'll be good to stick around. We might even get around to a bit of DIY...we are still trying to make our little flat more homely after about 4 and a half years. The walls have prints and photos up now, so we are getting there.
I hope you're all having lovely weekends...stitchy updates soon.
Sunday, 20 May 2012
TUSAL - May 2012
Hello everyone,
It's TUSAL time again... I feel like I've actually made a little progress this time. I've got a few projects on the go at once at the moment - one very small magazine freebie for travelling to and from work when I actually manage to get a seat, one project that I stitch on longer train journeys (the butterfly one), and then a new small one which is a needle case that I bought from Ham House yesterday when I was silly enough not to take my stitching out for the day and ended up on an hour and a half tube journey with nothing to do. Then of course, I have also made some progress on Moonlit Waters.
So anyway, here's my TUSAL jar as it stands in May.
It's TUSAL time again... I feel like I've actually made a little progress this time. I've got a few projects on the go at once at the moment - one very small magazine freebie for travelling to and from work when I actually manage to get a seat, one project that I stitch on longer train journeys (the butterfly one), and then a new small one which is a needle case that I bought from Ham House yesterday when I was silly enough not to take my stitching out for the day and ended up on an hour and a half tube journey with nothing to do. Then of course, I have also made some progress on Moonlit Waters.
So anyway, here's my TUSAL jar as it stands in May.
Until next time...
Jo
Monday, 7 May 2012
Moonlit Waters update - Page 1 finished!
Hello there,
Well, I feel pretty good today. I've been working quite solidly this weekend on Moonlit Waters. Since it's been a bank holiday, my goal was to finish page one and I just put the final stitch in that page, so I'm pretty happy that there's still a little bit of the evening left. There has been a lot of black and navy and purple in page 1, but from the look of page 2 we get to move onto some other colours, which is great.
I'm finding the HAED a lot of fun, but I'm not stitching exclusively on it. I guess it's my 'home' project, but I have a few others on the go whilst I'm travelling. I even managed to put some stitches in on a tiny project during my tube journeys, which is quite nice. This does mean that since I've gone back to work, progress is slower than I would like, but not really anything I can do about that.
I'm finding working a block at a time quite a good way to do things, not as difficult as I thought and I'm pretty happy to say that there hasn't been much unpicking so far (touch wood). I think it's easier to keep track of the confetti in a 10x10 square and much more manageable that way.
Anyways, here's a picture of Page 1:
Ah well, one page down... 35 to go!!!
Thanks for dropping by,
Jo
Well, I feel pretty good today. I've been working quite solidly this weekend on Moonlit Waters. Since it's been a bank holiday, my goal was to finish page one and I just put the final stitch in that page, so I'm pretty happy that there's still a little bit of the evening left. There has been a lot of black and navy and purple in page 1, but from the look of page 2 we get to move onto some other colours, which is great.
I'm finding the HAED a lot of fun, but I'm not stitching exclusively on it. I guess it's my 'home' project, but I have a few others on the go whilst I'm travelling. I even managed to put some stitches in on a tiny project during my tube journeys, which is quite nice. This does mean that since I've gone back to work, progress is slower than I would like, but not really anything I can do about that.
I'm finding working a block at a time quite a good way to do things, not as difficult as I thought and I'm pretty happy to say that there hasn't been much unpicking so far (touch wood). I think it's easier to keep track of the confetti in a 10x10 square and much more manageable that way.
Anyways, here's a picture of Page 1:
Ah well, one page down... 35 to go!!!
Thanks for dropping by,
Jo
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
Smash
This TV show started here in the UK on Sky Atlantic a couple of weeks ago and I have to admit, by the first ad-break I was pretty hooked. I love the big numbers being belted out, and it's a really fab cast of people that I like to watch, the two lead actresses are really brilliant and I love how they are playing them off against each other to cast one as Marilyn Monroe.
The downside is that I now want to go and watch a load of shows in the west end... it's such a great feeling just to get lost in a show for a couple of hours, when the songs make your body tingle - and this show is doing a great job of helping me to relax and clear my mind.
The downside is that I now want to go and watch a load of shows in the west end... it's such a great feeling just to get lost in a show for a couple of hours, when the songs make your body tingle - and this show is doing a great job of helping me to relax and clear my mind.
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