Today’s saga is gas. I received a gas bill which stated I was almost £500 in credit. Yippee – thought I. However, after yesterday’s experience, I sent pao out to check the meter. Just in case. Another long wait on hold: I was prepared with sock knitting, cordless phone and Ophelia this time. Just under [...]
I got home today to find I had an electricity bill for £2009 and some pence on my doorstep. Somehow we had managed to use £1800 worth of electricity in 5 months. I knew those cats have been up to something. Obviously they been baking all day and had all the lights on again. After [...]
The only good thing about feeling a bit urgh on Sunday was that I was able to finish off the arms of the Teatime cardigan. It had a lovely soak and now is blocking happily in the dining room to Ophelia’s intense curiosity. I employed the technique of knitting the two front panels and then [...]
I had a plan. I had even brought the whole box of information I needed for writing the chapter back home with me on Friday night but I remembered with horror that I didn’t have the files I needed – they were on the work server and I hadn’t got VPN fixed up because I [...]
Well, you see, I had planned to blog the day after I said I was going to last week but in my defence I’ve been ultra busy with those training sessions. I’m about halfway through now and the two big groups I talked loudly and enthusiastically to about their tasks this week seem to have [...]
Observed pao this evening as I showed him my latest FO. I did observe this myself as I was knitting them but kept thinking I might find the green bit again, maybe. Anyway, I like them because they are more than a little unmatchy. The yarn was ever so attractive on the skein too but [...]
I knew I was going to be astoundingly busy for the next 6/7 weeks so I declared that we should have ‘Christmas’ yesterday. For us, last Christmas was the best Christmas we’d ever had: got up when we wanted to, lounged around in PJs after church, watched films and ate when we felt like it. [...]
Dashing in to say hello and do a quick meme before bedtime I was tagged bySarah: When did you learn to knit socks? 2006 What’s the first sock you ever knit? Cuff down in Regia Favorite sock pattern? I love plain ones if the yarn is patterned. I really like Nancy Bush’s Child’s French Sock [...]
Ever since I got the email saying that the Yarn Harlot was going to be in London this past Saturday, I have been so very excited The most amazing yarn evangelist was coming to speak and I had two tickets to see her. So I took pao since I figured that he really ought to [...]
It’s Friday, it’s the weekend, so it must be meme time! The rules of the meme: bold those you have tried, strikethrough those you wouldn’t eat on a bet. 1. Venison I quite like venison sausages but they are a bit strong. 2. Nettle tea Possibly something I’d not drink again. 3. Huevos rancheros – [...]