I have been listening to a lot of podcasts lately. Love 'em. I'm really loving the Savage Love podcast (which is an advice podcast) which is awesome.
It's something to do while I'm knitting - I sometimes watch a bit of tv or a film, depending what's on, but mostly there's not a lot that I'm interested in - I definitely don't watch soap operas and I find that it's good to have something on in the background. I do love a good audiobook too.
I'm currently knitting a laptop bag for my sister, who has been nagging me for a bag, ever since she saw the one I knitted for myself from the Stitch and Bitch book. It was a pain in the ass when I knitted it, but I kinda forgot how much of a pain it was. I've not knitted it in the chunky wool, I've gone with knitpicks wool of the andes bulky yarn, which isn't as thick, so I'm having to edit it as I go along. Even this thinner yarn is still quite heavy on the wrists so I can't knit it for long. You have to keep an eye on it as well as you change yarns every couple of rows, so it's not exactly mindless knitting. Buh. It'll be worth it though.
I've been neglecting the healthy eating and exercise, ever since I had my coil fitted. I am trying to get back into it, but I'm struggling to stay motivated. I think it's just the hormones reasserting themselves, making me crave crap and as soon as I'm eating crap food, I don't feel like exercise. I am trying to keep up with the exercise though, because I figure that it'll help me get back into the eating well.
Says me who is considering making mulled cider. Heh.
I am trying, honest!
Friday 19 November 2010
Tuesday 16 November 2010
Getting to know you survey
I just realised that I haven't volunteered much information about myself here, so I'd like to try and remedy that - I've dug out a quiz / survey thingy from a website, so here goes
1. What time did you get up this morning? Err, the alarm went off at 8:10, as I had to drive home from the boyf's to work. He lives in Birmingham, I live in Leicester. I hate the M6.
2. How do you like your steak? Meh, I can take it or leave it. Medium to well done though.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? I went to a zombie film festival at the weekend and saw 6 films in the space of 13 hours. The last film of the evening was Zombies of Mass Destruction. I reccommend seeing Dellamorte Dellamore if you are into Zombie films.
4. What is your favourite TV show? *shrug* err, I do like True Blood (currently working my way through series 2) and Russell Howard's show on BBC 3.
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Hmmm. Not sure really. I'd love to go back to Cardiff when I'm old and wrinkly, but not having travelled much, I can't say that anywhere particularly takes my fancy.
6. What did you have for breakfast? Heh, fry up at work. Ooops.
7. What is your favourite cuisine? I love italian food. Risotto, pasta, pizza, olives...... You get the drift!
8. What foods do you dislike? Sprouts. Ugh.
9. Favourite place to eat? Sharmilli on Belgrave Road is tasty,
10. Favourite dressing? Honey and mint. It's spicy and sweet. Nom!!
11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? A silver Pug. A 306 to be exact. Yay for turbos
12. What are your favourite clothes? I like my hand knitted socks and my pink and purple bra.
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Sweden, Peru and Australia.
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? never empty
15. Where would you want to retire? Cardiff.
16. Favourite time of day? Walking out of work time
17. Where were you born? Bridgend.
18. What is your favourite sport to watch? 6 Nations Rugby, Stock Cars.
19. Who do you think will not tag you back? I ain't tagging. You want to do the survey then copy it :D
20. Person you expect to tag you back first? I ain't doing it again.
21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? I'm not.
22. Bird watcher? Erm. I am mildly curious, but not curious enough to do it. We have some kind of owl living in the area.
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? Depends on whether I'm not in work or not :)
24. Do you have any pets? Disco Sue the disapproving cat and Hobbes the kitten (he is a year old!!)
25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? I've been looking at jobs. There's one I can do standing on my head, but the money is crap, however it is more than I'm on now. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
26. What did you want to be when you were little? A fairy.
27. What is your best childhood memory? Snow!
28. Are you a cat or dog person? Cat
29. Are you married? Nope.
30. Always wear your seat belt? Yes
31. Been in a car accident? Yes
32. Any pet peeves? people telling me what to do with my life.
33. Favourite pizza toppings? olives, onions, pesto and rocket lettuce.
34. Favourite Flower? Rose. I have one tattooed on my boob.
35. Favorite ice cream? Mint choc chip...
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Subway
37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Zero.
38. From whom did you get your last email? Facebook, telling me someone had commented on someone elses' status.
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Any store that sells beautiful yarn.
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Not nearly spontaneous enough these days. Time for a change methinks.
41. Like your job? Lame, but it suits me for now. Need to get college sorted soon.
42. Broccoli? indeed.
43. What was your favourite vacation? Probably one of the many trips to Devon:D
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner batman!!! No, seriously. John (boyfriend).
45. What are you listening to right now? QI reruns.
46. What is your favourite colour? purple
47. How many tattoos do you have? 4
48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? Zero.
49. What time did you finish this quiz? 00:51 GMT Bedtime!!!
1. What time did you get up this morning? Err, the alarm went off at 8:10, as I had to drive home from the boyf's to work. He lives in Birmingham, I live in Leicester. I hate the M6.
2. How do you like your steak? Meh, I can take it or leave it. Medium to well done though.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? I went to a zombie film festival at the weekend and saw 6 films in the space of 13 hours. The last film of the evening was Zombies of Mass Destruction. I reccommend seeing Dellamorte Dellamore if you are into Zombie films.
4. What is your favourite TV show? *shrug* err, I do like True Blood (currently working my way through series 2) and Russell Howard's show on BBC 3.
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Hmmm. Not sure really. I'd love to go back to Cardiff when I'm old and wrinkly, but not having travelled much, I can't say that anywhere particularly takes my fancy.
6. What did you have for breakfast? Heh, fry up at work. Ooops.
7. What is your favourite cuisine? I love italian food. Risotto, pasta, pizza, olives...... You get the drift!
8. What foods do you dislike? Sprouts. Ugh.
9. Favourite place to eat? Sharmilli on Belgrave Road is tasty,
10. Favourite dressing? Honey and mint. It's spicy and sweet. Nom!!
11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? A silver Pug. A 306 to be exact. Yay for turbos
12. What are your favourite clothes? I like my hand knitted socks and my pink and purple bra.
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Sweden, Peru and Australia.
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? never empty
15. Where would you want to retire? Cardiff.
16. Favourite time of day? Walking out of work time
17. Where were you born? Bridgend.
18. What is your favourite sport to watch? 6 Nations Rugby, Stock Cars.
19. Who do you think will not tag you back? I ain't tagging. You want to do the survey then copy it :D
20. Person you expect to tag you back first? I ain't doing it again.
21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? I'm not.
22. Bird watcher? Erm. I am mildly curious, but not curious enough to do it. We have some kind of owl living in the area.
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? Depends on whether I'm not in work or not :)
24. Do you have any pets? Disco Sue the disapproving cat and Hobbes the kitten (he is a year old!!)
25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? I've been looking at jobs. There's one I can do standing on my head, but the money is crap, however it is more than I'm on now. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
26. What did you want to be when you were little? A fairy.
27. What is your best childhood memory? Snow!
28. Are you a cat or dog person? Cat
29. Are you married? Nope.
30. Always wear your seat belt? Yes
31. Been in a car accident? Yes
32. Any pet peeves? people telling me what to do with my life.
33. Favourite pizza toppings? olives, onions, pesto and rocket lettuce.
34. Favourite Flower? Rose. I have one tattooed on my boob.
35. Favorite ice cream? Mint choc chip...
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Subway
37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Zero.
38. From whom did you get your last email? Facebook, telling me someone had commented on someone elses' status.
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Any store that sells beautiful yarn.
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Not nearly spontaneous enough these days. Time for a change methinks.
41. Like your job? Lame, but it suits me for now. Need to get college sorted soon.
42. Broccoli? indeed.
43. What was your favourite vacation? Probably one of the many trips to Devon:D
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner batman!!! No, seriously. John (boyfriend).
45. What are you listening to right now? QI reruns.
46. What is your favourite colour? purple
47. How many tattoos do you have? 4
48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? Zero.
49. What time did you finish this quiz? 00:51 GMT Bedtime!!!
Monday 15 November 2010
Fibre Flurry 2010
I went to Fibre Flurry a few weeks ago and it was brilliant.
It was held in Kings Norton in a beautiful building called St Nicolas' Parish, next to the church that was full of beams. It had been beautifully restored by the Restoration show where the public picks a building that gets restored.
My morning was taken up by a lace workshop with the Yarn Addict, AKA Anni. I am sort of ok with lace knitting, but am rubbish at reading charts and this was where I wanted the support. I have also seen some lace patterns in The Knitter that are done in sections which confuse the hell out of me, so I was looking forward to getting a bit of confidence in using charted patterns.
I now see the benefit of using charts and I'm looking forward to starting knitting some gorgeous lace stoles, shrugs and scarves. I'm hoping to try my hand at designing some patterns using lace so I think that getting the hang of it is vital.
Then onto the shopping. I well and truly bashed my yarn diet into submission, buying 2 skeins of (sock weight)Babylonglegs Semi Precious in the Petrolhead and In My Blood colourways.
I then bought 100g of laceweight in an alpaca/silk/cashmere blend from the Krafty Koala in the Custard colourway.
I then spotted a solo skein of Twinkle sock yarn at the Easy Knits stand and I had to have it. It's in the crushed charcoal colourway, so black and twinkly!!!
I then bought 100g handcarded batts from Daniela at the Felt Studio. It's merino, baby alpaca, tussah silk and sparkle in greens and browns. It's gorgeous!!
I bought a couple of shawl pins and also some Lego stitch markers (Pirate ones, Pirates!!!!) from the The Bothered Owl. I just love that name!!
It was great to see old friends and chat to people. The atmosphere was a lot more relaxed than other shows I've been to and it was packed out. I definitely want to go to more shows next year :) I'd better get stashbusting then!
I think that it was really well organised. It's a shame Erica Knight couldn't make it as I think a lot of people were looking forward to it.
I have already finished my Secret Santa thingies for Stitch and Bitch, but won't erm, show them here just in case they get spotted. Pictures will appear once the gift has been opened. *action man eyes and innocent whistles*
It was held in Kings Norton in a beautiful building called St Nicolas' Parish, next to the church that was full of beams. It had been beautifully restored by the Restoration show where the public picks a building that gets restored.
My morning was taken up by a lace workshop with the Yarn Addict, AKA Anni. I am sort of ok with lace knitting, but am rubbish at reading charts and this was where I wanted the support. I have also seen some lace patterns in The Knitter that are done in sections which confuse the hell out of me, so I was looking forward to getting a bit of confidence in using charted patterns.
I now see the benefit of using charts and I'm looking forward to starting knitting some gorgeous lace stoles, shrugs and scarves. I'm hoping to try my hand at designing some patterns using lace so I think that getting the hang of it is vital.
Then onto the shopping. I well and truly bashed my yarn diet into submission, buying 2 skeins of (sock weight)Babylonglegs Semi Precious in the Petrolhead and In My Blood colourways.
I then bought 100g of laceweight in an alpaca/silk/cashmere blend from the Krafty Koala in the Custard colourway.
I then spotted a solo skein of Twinkle sock yarn at the Easy Knits stand and I had to have it. It's in the crushed charcoal colourway, so black and twinkly!!!
I then bought 100g handcarded batts from Daniela at the Felt Studio. It's merino, baby alpaca, tussah silk and sparkle in greens and browns. It's gorgeous!!
I bought a couple of shawl pins and also some Lego stitch markers (Pirate ones, Pirates!!!!) from the The Bothered Owl. I just love that name!!
It was great to see old friends and chat to people. The atmosphere was a lot more relaxed than other shows I've been to and it was packed out. I definitely want to go to more shows next year :) I'd better get stashbusting then!
I think that it was really well organised. It's a shame Erica Knight couldn't make it as I think a lot of people were looking forward to it.
I have already finished my Secret Santa thingies for Stitch and Bitch, but won't erm, show them here just in case they get spotted. Pictures will appear once the gift has been opened. *action man eyes and innocent whistles*
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