She's The New Year's Eve Birthday Girl!

A Summer Flashback

Ah memories. Memories of taking the bus all over. Some of the seats suspiciously didn't recline. The smell coming from the bathroom. There were some positives of course, the people on the bus were very kind. One man gave me a drink, another very fashionable girl gave me her magazine to read and a myriad of people were willing to make some nice chit chat and also leave me in peace when it came time to take a nap or find something to read. Another plus was texting TWN. My hardwon tips for taking the bus over a long distance are: 1. bring a cold drink or two (one to give away to someone), it can get unbearably hot on the bus and a cold drink is very refreshing. 2. Sit in front of the toilet. For some reason the seats there never failed to recline (which makes sleeping so much easier) The smell isn't too bad and it is the same as being in the middle anyway. 3. Make sure your carry on bag is smaller, you can bring several small carry on bags, but the large ones don't fit overhead and you will have the bag uncomfortably on your lap. 4. When in the uk sit on the left side of the bus, so you can see the signs to know where you are. 5. Never, ever, ever shut the emergency exits if the bus driver has opened them for ventilation. Not even if it is raining. Cutting off access to cool, fresh air - why would anyone ever do such a thing?

Pink and Brown, Brown and Pink

It was a good craft day today. I finished 3 hats, all for special orders and several granny squares for a special order. Its a shame that I copied down one person`s email address incorrectly or there is something wrong with her email address. Teach me to get phone numbers and email addresses! Brown and pink are a very popular combination! Most of what I am working with is in that colour range.

Polar Bear Cap

This little cap turned out alright, but I was wondering if the nose was a bit too big and if I should add ear flaps.

Crafting tonight.

I spent the evening and the majority of the day doing some crafts, making some owl, piglet and duck baby bibs and I finished up some cowls/snoods/infinity scarves. Those are the bibs above- I found the pattern on the lion brand website. I still have a lot of dastardly ends to weave in and to sew them all together of course. I leave them until the end because they seem such a hassle, but once I get going they are not so bad. More on the finished products tomorrow perhaps.

More Thanksgiving

I was the one who was in charge of the food. I started cooking the night before and had recipes planned to cook all day. Some people gave me a hand, especially with the dishes.

We brought games for the children and movies to watch, but having timed races back and forth when everything was cleared off was the most popular activity of the night. Even the adults joined in.

Sarah took up my camera for a candid shot of me. Most of my pictures were blurry too. I really have to work on that.

We all sat at one big long table and I really enjoyed that! It wasnt so great for conversation though shouting from one end to the other. Perhaps it would have been better to put short tables together in a square. Overall it was a success and a fun Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving

We had Thanksgiving this year in the basement of a church, because it was decided that no one had a house big enough to hold us all comfortably, except my brother and he has been doing renovations.

My cousin Reina had boundless energy and was running and jumping everywhere! She took a bit of a breather to pose with some pies for me. Thanks Reina!