Done!

I seem totally incapable of looking 'normal' on a photo. But then I always seem to look like this, so perhaps this is normal for me. Oh dear oh dear! Anyway, here I am wearing the Aleita shell which I've just finished. And you know all those bad things I said about it? I've actually decided that I was wrong and I really quite like it after all. So I look bigger than I would like, but then if I stopped eating all the 'bad' things, then I would be thinner. So it's my fault, not the poor tank top's.

Greedy pig, that's me.

It hasn't helped that today in school we had loads of very over-ripe bananas. Do all junior schools have this free fruit scheme? Well, due to some incompetent person giving out apples last Friday instead of bananas (er, oopsie, that'll be me then) we had 150 very brown and spotty smelly bananas. Some were salvageable and were duly eaten, whilst others were beyond all hope. So not liking wastage of any sort, I brought them home and spent my afternoon off in the kitchen.

Now I know I've promised not to go on about food again, so I won't show you any photos. But imagine if you will the wonderful smells emanating from my kitchen as I made white chocolate and banana muffins, banana loaf, strawberry and banana choc chip ice cream, banana and rhubarb jam (I kid you not, it's strange to say the least!) and in an effort to be healthy, strawberry and banana smoothies. Most of the cakey stuff has to go back into school tomorrow as my penance for messing up the fruit, but the ice cream is definitely staying here!

Anybody fancy some strange jam? Warren?

Saturday pudding

Lemon Meringue Pie.

I know we've had this one before quite recently, but the boys requested it again.

Can't stop, I have some knitting to do - trying very hard to get Aleita shell finished for tomorrow. But being very realistic here, it won't happen. Slow knitter here with other stuff to do (like feeding the family, ironing, washing, etc etc...)

But before I go, let me leave you with this - has anyone else seen this pattern (scroll down below the pegs) ? If so, why didn't you tell me about it? I love it and if it wasn't for this blooming yarn diet, I'd be ordering the yarn straight away. This will be top of the list in Ally Pally.

WIP Week - Day 4

Aleita shell from Interweave Knits. What can I say? If it wasn't for the facts that
1. I don't frog and
2. I don't think this yarn would be happy at being frogged
I would frog this right here and now.

I don't like the pattern, the complicated decreases are doing my head in and I've ignored this for so long I have no idea where I am with it. I also have a sneaking suspicion that I will look enormous wearing it. (Horizontal stripes are never such a good idea are they?)

The only good thing about this is the yarn - Posh Yarn's Camel. I can see it being very useful in the winter at football matches when I have stand for 2 hours freezing at the side of a wet and windy football pitch.

Must force myself to finish this. In fact I may very well not let myself knit anything else all weekend just to see if I can get it done. OK then, there's my goal. Come back on Monday to see if I've been strong in my resolve!

A cake interrupts WIP Week

So last night I was supposed to be ironing, decorating a cake and knitting some of yesterday's WIP. But I got side tracked as I so often do and ended up not ironing or knitting. Had to finish the cake though. This is going to be a raffle prize for my mum to give to their local church - all ready to have a suitable message iced on the top just in case the winner wants it for a special occasion. (Mustn't forget to put ribbon round the board)

But the real reason that I didn't get much of anything done was that I blog browsed. I spend too much time on this machine as it is and can ill afford to spend hours 'playing'. But play I did last night and amongst many other blogs, I found this absolute gem. What a lovely thing to read, and what beautiful photos. The pictures of the gin yesterday made me run to the cupboard and pour myself one (sadly no lime though Mrs Magpie).

So let me know will you, have you found any new blogs out there lately - new to you that is? And isn't it about time we all started up a petition to Monkee Maker to come back soon? She's had long enough off!

WIP Week - Day 3

Day three brings another sock which has been on the needles for a very long time - high time it was done (yet again have the second one to do). Not sure how much I'll get done of this today though as I have a cake to decorate tonight and a pile of ironing to attack.

I've been on a Food Hygiene course today. With all the new rules and regulations, it makes you wonder how we ever survived before anti-bacterial sprays were invented. Surely this is all a vicious circle - we use more anti-bac stuff, the bacteria become more resistant, so we have to use stronger anti-bac stuff. Surely if we had just left well alone we'd not be in the mess we're in now would we?

WIP Week - Day 2

Today's UFO is my wonderful Trudie. I just love this and really must get round today to starting on sleeve number 2. Laid out flat like this, she looks very wide and quite short, but hopefully the fabulous drapiness (made up word?) might make her fit like I'm a tall slender super model. Yeah right, Michaela, dream on.

I managed to finish the sock from yesterday - hardly surprising as there was only 10 rows left - and cast on for the second one. Sadly though I fell asleep and didn't get any further than the rib. When I woke up there was a good film on - The Bone Collector - a bit scary (I don't usually do scary) but since it had the perfect Denzel Washington in, I felt obliged to stay up late just for him. It was a bit too scary in places though, so I spent most of the time holding the remote control changing channels, rather than holding the knitting needles! And tonight I'll be so tired from last night that I'll just end up falling asleep again.

Briefly on the subject of films, anyone have any good recommendations for me? My Amazon rental list is getting low and needs topping up. Am I the only person in the world who hated Atonement by the way?