23 years!

Today is my 23rd wedding anniversary. Boy has that time flown! Hubby is gone this morning on a course to do with keeping his Roadworthy license. But he will be back this afternoon and he has asked if I would like to go to the movies on a date. We didnt buy eachother any gifts, at least I didnt and I told him not to as we have spent lots of money on the new heater and we leave for greece in 23 days.
On the heater update, my poor cat is very confused. This morning he ran to the old heater meowing, which usually means it needs more wood. But we have let that one go out so we can clean and do maintenance on it. So I pick Sabastion up and sat with him in front of the new heater. But as its a radiant it has no fan. I think this is what is confusing him. He likes to feel the warm air blowing through his fur.
Must be a mid life crisis, I get him a red convertable.
Enjoy your weekend everyone, and Leanne the fire was going about two hours after it was installed.
toasty warm

A new Heater

Here is the new heater, just installed and ready to be lit. Its a radiant heater, so no fan to run and it has a cook top so I will be able to put a pot of soup on in the morning and have it ready to eat by night. Save on electricity and get more bang for your buck each time you put a log on the fire.
now I will have to get one of the old fashion kettles and I will always have hot water to make a cuppa with.
So now you can just pop it and the kettle will always be on!
I cant wait to light her.
see ya

Winter Wednesday 3

What I love about winter is staying in bed, nice and warm and reading a good book.
Nothing more to be said really.

What is that

 Well I have been knitting and knitting and following the instructions. And this is what I ended up with. Doesnt look like much. I wonder what I did wrong.

 Hang on if I fold this bit in like this,

and this bit in like this, Surprise! Its a baby jacket.
Amazing isnt it. All I have to do now is stitch up the two shoulder seams and add buttons.
I wont sew them up yet. I want to do another so that it all jells in my head.
I am pretty proud of myself. Thank you Elizabeth Zimmermann, and the women of youtub.
see ya

Outta my comfort zone

Today we had planned to go to a friends thousand acres farm and get some wood for the fire.
I even had the lunch all made up and ready to go last night but when we turned up this was meet us. Lots of rain and very soggy muddy paths. I was all for turning around and going home but hubby had other ideas.

 He made me drive this! He cut the fallen trees into long lengths and with the fork at the front I was to pick them up drive back to the car and put them into the trailer. Was he kidding!! It took all of about 2 minutes for me to get the hang of the gears, and to get it to go up and down the very slippery track. But then I was having a ball. Hubby was very proud of me. He said I took to it like a duck to water, and was driving like an expert.

These are the logs we loaded into the trailer, I loaded them all without putting one dint into the trailer. Always a bonus.
Now that we are home, he has unloaded them and when the weather is better he will finish cutting them up and we will split them, ready for the fire.
I wasnt sure at first, but pushing myself out of my comfort zone made for a fun day.
enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone.
seey ya

Still learning

I have been trying to learn how to read knitting patterns. I have never been shown how to do this. As a child I was taught to knit and purl, and that was about it.
My mother never knitted from a pattern, she just knitted. Which was great for her, not so good for me trying to learn.
I first saw the baby surprise jacket on http://www.soulemama.com/soulemama/ and I thought what a wonderful little thing it was. When you knit it, it doesnt look like anything really and then you sew just two seams up and presto! Its a baby jacket.
I got on the net and ordered Elizabeth Zimmermanns book and that was it. It has sat on the shelf for about 18 months .
so the other day I was determined to master the art of the surprise jacket. I got the wool out of my stash and the circular needles from the heaps that I got from freecycle and grabed the book and started.
I cast on the number of stitches she told me too and stopped. it had all these abbreviations I didnt understand, so I youtubed them. There are many videos explaining what all the stitches are complete with a demonstration. Then I youtubed the surprise jacket and found a series of vides to watch as a very kind lady acually knitts the jacket, so you can knit along.
WONDERFUL!!!!!
so I am in the process of knitting videos two, there are two more vidoes. As Im a see and do person, rather than a read and do, its working out perfectly.
I will post more pics as I progress.
I love the internet, its just like having a wise women living in your home.
see ya

worst cold and flu season

The weather here has been bone chillin cold. On the news last night we were told its been the worst cold and flu season in many years here on the eastcoast of Australia.
I myself am not having a great day. So very tired, last week really knocked me around. Head is feeling like its packed with cotton wood, sinus is blocked and my ears are very sore.
Got up to get to gym this morning, but my body just didnt want too. After just fluffing around for a couple of hours I was back in bed and fell asleep. Woke up two hours later, not feeling much better. I will be glad when the new woodheater is installed next week. Then Ill have both going. That should keep me toasty warm. So I will plod along today, and rest when I need it. I think greek chicken soup sounds like a good idea.
Hot soup, and DVD's. Some handstitching and Ill be ok.
see ya