I are 3, I are

I think we'll just gloss over the past few horrible weeks of utter misery, and move swiftly on to No 2's birthday, this week. As it says in the title - she's 3! Not sure where the time went, but here she is in jolly birthday glory:



Lovely, but only in small doses! She did eat all her veggies, with great glee, at tea time today though, a great leap for mankind (and small girls).

And I found a small green elf in my living room:



He's practising for the school Christmas play. Not only his own lines, but someone elses too (a reluctant participant, I think). We've all had to provide costumes - a bit of a shock to discover. Thank god he wasn't picked for a reindeer! But he loves it, so that'll be going into the dressing up box very soon!

Happy Thanksgiving weekend to all our American friends - enjoy your turkeys!

New fun, and germs galore

Hello

I haven't been here for a while, we have germs galore in the house. My children both have chicken pox, Teflon boy (unusually and very non-stick for him) has the most disgusting cold, and I have had flu (again, and some of the cold too). So we are stuck at home, no school, no visiting, not much fun!

I did manage to get to the beach on a bright day this week, with the children, and my Mum, who saves me every time we go down with something. It was a good day for a long walk, and we had a little picnic for lunch, and a blowy walk home, good for all of us I think!

And last week, after resisting for some time, I joined this lovely site - Ravelry - dedicated to crochet and knitting fans everywhere. Obviously, I will have to start doing some crochet soon, instead of just looking at everyone elses! In my defence, amongst dealing with the deadly germs, I have been making some of No 2's birthday present - a dolly - to go in her new wooden pram, which will also have a little mattress, and quilt. Dolly will be photographed on the birthday, just in case the children get at the picture folder before then! She has underpants and a pink nighty at the moment, and I should think she might get some more sensible clothes by Christmas time.

Off to another local sale tomorrow, wish me luck!

Not quite a sell out!

Phew!

Well, after a day of sewing yesterday (Mum thankfully took the spotty ones away), to finish off a bunch of pencil roll ups, I rushed off to the school sale. I previewed my table at home:












And it looked very similar at the school (minus No 2 though!). It was quite a busy night, and I made quite a few sales, hooray, but not quite as much as I'd hoped.

Enough to buy a new book that I've hankered after though, and probably some spare to put away in the savings jar (ha, ha, ha). Cue hollow laugh here, we've just had an electricity bill for £390, due to estimated meter readings over the past year. Toast for Christmas I think, or gruel.

Another sale next weekend, in the meantime, if you're interested, have a look at my Folksy shop (rowsewcreative).

Warning, toxic family environment..

Wouldn't you just know it. Having spent the past 3 weeks enjoying a delightfully disgusting cold and cough, No 1 has contracted chicken pox for the second time this year. Couldn't have had it last week, whilst it was half term though, could we. No, we have to get it 2 days after going back. Oh good, a bored, spotty, itchy 4 year old at home for possibly another week. Hooray (not).

And when I looked at No 2 in the bath tonight (who is also enjoying a surplus of germ warfare), she had spots too.

I feel like leaving home .....

Yay! Election results!

Finally, and thank goodness it's all over, but well done everyone, and congratulations to Mr President (elect) Barack Obama.

Now we can all get back to griping about the weather.