Sunday a Rest Day

I wish it could be a rest day. Jessica stayed over again so that if Nat and Glen have to go to the hospital in the middle of the night they will not have to worry about her.

Koby my grandson also stayed over, you couldn't make him go home not when he knew that Jess was staying. They sleep in the spare room on the double bed.

I crept in and took this !

After breakfast I needed to get ready with my sowing machine and the things that I made for the baby so that we could take them to Nats house today. Today I am resewing elastic on the ruffles for the bassinet. Once this is done they are ready for the new arrival.   While this was going on Jess and Koby did craft.

Jessica's lady bug

Koby's Earth

Koby's 3 eyed spider

Look how cleaver they are!

Till next time.

Making Things for the Baby

Today is a lousy day weather wise as it is raining unpleasant so no outside work is possible.
So this morning I am doing the ironing and cleaning the house. Jess is staying with me while Nat is still in hospital. Jess is doing the vacuuming  she has grown so much.
We finally start to do some sowing in my craft room. I finally finished the baby blanket I have been making for my new granddaughter.

Baby blanket and a knitted wash cloth.

Natalie rings about this time to say that the hospital is letting her go home as her blood pressure is going down and they would like to keep the baby in there just a little longer. Finally good news.

About this time Nicole rings to say that she would like to bring the kids for a visit. No problems we love to see the other grandchildren and Jess always loves to spend time with her cousins.

No more sewing need to make dinner for everyone.

Is it Friday the 13th ?

No I know its not but really it could have been. Today was a disaster all round. First this morning I was the only one in our office normally three of us. All of a sudden our electricity went down then not long after the computers crashed. The only thing that still worked was the phone lines good you think. Right.  No because I can not answer anyone queries without the computer, to top this off 4 customers arrive in our work driveway all wanting  to pick up plants. Greatttttt.

Sounds pretty bad don't you think. Oh but it gets better I get a call from my expectant daughter that she is in the hospital can dad collect Jess. He would if he wasn't in Cooma doing a delivery. So my sister pick's up Jess and takes her to her place. I finish work at 3 pm race to the council meeting regarding our lovely neighbours that are not nice at all and have the whole community in an uproar.


Then I race to my sisters and pick up Jess and take her to see her mum. After seeing that Nat is Ok
we head to Red Rooster to Pick up Dinner. While we wait I call the other half to see when he will be home.

Just about the only thing that works out all day we arrive home at the same Time.

Talk about a great day.

Reading other bloggs

Tonight I feel a little lazy and only did a little knitting tonight. The rest of the time I will be reading my favourite bloggs as I have had little time for this lately. As I said last night the fact that it gets dark so early has really sapped may energy. All I can hope for is that soon the days will start to lengthen again and my need for daylight will revive my energy levels.

Knitting a Dish cloth

I haven't had time to blogg the last few day's as we have been preoccupied with personal stuff.

Anyway with the lousy weather couldn't do any thing outside. So I have started a new dish cloth using up bits of cotton thread that I have been given and some that I have unravelled. This cloth is not the prettiest but it will allow me to use up all the bits and pieces that would otherwise have been wasted.

Using odd sod bits of cotton to make a functional Dish cloth.

Sorry about the bland blogg but what with the weather and the short days I just don't seem to have the energy to do what I usually do. Do others feel like this at the moment?
I wonder.

Upcycling Wool

Finished all of the baby knitting that has been my focus the last couple of nights. A pink and white set that was in the photos a few posts back. A blue and white set for my neighbours grandson that I hope to see this weekend along with this set there is a blue singlet with some embroidery. 

Some white mittens and a hat for someone at work that is expecting a baby any day. When I find out the baby's sex blue embroidery or a pink flower will finish this off. the thing that I should mention that all of the wool used for the knitting was either reclaimed or brought at the op shop quite a long time ago finally a chance to use it up.

This weekend there will be a yellow and pink baby blanket made with minky fabric this one is for my granddaughter. Also a yellow minky and flannelet blanket for a former co worker that is expecting a baby next month with this there will be a pair of mittens too. 

There really has been an explosion of babies around me recently. I think that this explains the lack of Upcycling and sustainability blogging . Don't worry this will come too. I am still getting used to telling everyone about the things that make up my life.

Time for bed I need to get into the garden early as there might be rain tomorrow.

Till next time

Sitting by the fire

Tonight I haven't done much as it is such a cold night tonight. Spending most of the time sitting by the fire and concentrating on my knitting. Finishing a blue and white hat for my neighbours new grandson. After this I want to knit my youngest grandson a jumper as I have not knitted him anything for this winter.

I think that it is bed time for me as I have to be up at 6am for work. Have been really busy at work no time to think.
Hope you are all rugged up against the cold.

Knitting for some new arrivals

Hi All
Not much to say tonight had a long day at work and the change in weather really knocked me around today.

So have a look at what I have been doing to relax.

Mittens for some new arrival's 

A hat and mitten with another on the go for my soon to arrive granddaughter.

This is the perfect thing on a cold wet night knitting by the fire.

This Weekend


Has gone so fast.  As  you know my oldest granddaughter was here with me this weekend. We did a lot of things together. It rained most of the weekend so there was no work done outside at all. Yesterday my parents came over for a visit.  A lot of the time was spent with them.

 My parent are from Croatia we came over 47 years ago. Although we are real Aussie's now, our parents hold on to some of  the old ways. Not that I complain,  a lot of what I practise come from my parents. They may not have used terms like Up cycling or sustainability never the less they practised it. I remember as a young child helping my Mother weed the garden and plant seedlings in spring.

So I guess it is no surprise that when we came to Australia my Mother continued with gardening only being limited by where we lived and how much of an area we could turn into a veggie patch. All our  clothes were mended and worn over and over again. Food was not thrown out but used up so that there was no waste.

Anyway while they were here mum cooked a Croatian bean stew that was wonder full. While mum cooked this Jess and I made jam. I promised that we would do it soon and yesterday was the perfect day for this so we made Cherry Guava and Lilly Pilly jam. Sorry no photos still have to get used to thinking ahead about what I want to blogg about.

Today we made a raspberry pudding  and a batch of chocolate biscuits they both tasted really good but it was decided that we are not pudding people.

Jess getting the biscuits ready for baking

That's it for tonight
I have a pink and white hat for a new born to finish.

That's it folks.

Hi all 

helping me with my blogg tonight is my oldest granddaughter Jess .

Jess has been really excited about me finally starting my blogg, as we had discussed doing so lots of times.

Tonight we are uploading some photo's that we took last weekend while we were gardening. I should mention that Jess has her own veggie patch in the garden. As you will see in the photo's not only Jess helps in the garden there is Bonnie and Diesel too.

Diesel enjoying the sun under the cherry tree 

Bonnie making sure that every things the way she likes it  

This will do for tonight as I have promissed Jess that we will start work on her online store.  She has been collecting succulents for a while now and want's to make some pocket money.