Not to be confused with "familiarity breeds contempt"
The second saying, of course, is one that I, as a stay at home mum, am on very good terms with. I think that this saying was coined by a SAHM. I believe that my children would be less contemptuous of me if they were at boarding school and only saw me in school holidays or maybe even just at Christmas time...
But I digress.
Familiarity breed contentment. I bought my overlocker, my very first overlocker, 18 months ago. And I have been scared of her ever since. She is complicated, picky, moody and noisy. And she gets really snootish and defensive if I swear at her.
But tonight I rethreaded her from scratch in 5 minutes. Perfect. 1st time. Hence- familiarity breeds contentment.
Not that I will be ever able to achieve this again. But for now I will glow in the aftermath of the achievement...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Quote of the Week
From "Flash Forward" Ep 1:
Conversation between the mother of a girl and the mother of a boy:
Mother of boy: "You are so lucky that you have a girl"
Mother of girl: "Are you kidding? You only have to worry about one penis. I have to worry about all of them"
Too true!
Conversation between the mother of a girl and the mother of a boy:
Mother of boy: "You are so lucky that you have a girl"
Mother of girl: "Are you kidding? You only have to worry about one penis. I have to worry about all of them"
Too true!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Way cool!
And I do mean, WAY cool!
What's that saying about the smallest things and the smallest minds?
OK So now that I am 40, there isn't much that makes me bounce around like a Labrador puppy talking like a teenage, dread-locked surfer dude, but this really is, well, waaaaaaay cool!
Look what I did!
When I got back into sewing 2 years ago, I took up where I left off when I was about 20. With my trusty Pfaff given to me for my 18th birthday. Sewing wovens. Full stop. End of story.
So of course in time, as I got into things and as I learnt more, I decided that I needed an overlocker! Yes, NEEDED! Long story but I ended up buying an ex-demo from Spotlight in Tasmania who posted it home to South Australia for the princely sum of less than $8 ($8 post; the OL wasn't THAT cheap!) So it was one of those spiffy ones that does the assorted hems (oooohhhhh!) but marked down heaps as it was a discontinued model and an ex-demo machine.
So it has taken me more than 18 months to get comfortable with the basics, mostly using wovens. But now that I am sewings knits, especially for my boys, it was time to explore the capacity of my machine. So after lots of fiddling, false starts, swear words, manual reading (amazing what you learn reading instructions!), taaa daaaaaaaaaa! My 1st cover hem.
Way, way cool!
What's that saying about the smallest things and the smallest minds?
OK So now that I am 40, there isn't much that makes me bounce around like a Labrador puppy talking like a teenage, dread-locked surfer dude, but this really is, well, waaaaaaay cool!
Look what I did!
When I got back into sewing 2 years ago, I took up where I left off when I was about 20. With my trusty Pfaff given to me for my 18th birthday. Sewing wovens. Full stop. End of story.
So of course in time, as I got into things and as I learnt more, I decided that I needed an overlocker! Yes, NEEDED! Long story but I ended up buying an ex-demo from Spotlight in Tasmania who posted it home to South Australia for the princely sum of less than $8 ($8 post; the OL wasn't THAT cheap!) So it was one of those spiffy ones that does the assorted hems (oooohhhhh!) but marked down heaps as it was a discontinued model and an ex-demo machine.
So it has taken me more than 18 months to get comfortable with the basics, mostly using wovens. But now that I am sewings knits, especially for my boys, it was time to explore the capacity of my machine. So after lots of fiddling, false starts, swear words, manual reading (amazing what you learn reading instructions!), taaa daaaaaaaaaa! My 1st cover hem.
Way, way cool!
Sunday Funny
To lift your spirits on a cold, rainy Sunday!
I have 3 favourite jokes in life. A pink gorilla joke which would take me about 2 hours to type so sorry! A shark joke which requires singing in the punchline so you are going to have to wonder about that one too.
Oh, there is a 4th but it uses offensive language and I haven't shared it with many people in my life- they either have to be really close friends or I have to be really drunk. Needless to say, it's not appropriate to post here!
But this is one of my all time favourite (albeit a tad tasteless) jokes. It is a miserable day here so I hope that this can give you a chuckle, even if you have heard it before.
Q. What is the last thing that goes through a bug's mind when he hits your windscreen?
A. His butt.
Have a great day!
I have 3 favourite jokes in life. A pink gorilla joke which would take me about 2 hours to type so sorry! A shark joke which requires singing in the punchline so you are going to have to wonder about that one too.
Oh, there is a 4th but it uses offensive language and I haven't shared it with many people in my life- they either have to be really close friends or I have to be really drunk. Needless to say, it's not appropriate to post here!
But this is one of my all time favourite (albeit a tad tasteless) jokes. It is a miserable day here so I hope that this can give you a chuckle, even if you have heard it before.
Q. What is the last thing that goes through a bug's mind when he hits your windscreen?
A. His butt.
Have a great day!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
School holidays : Day 1- Part 3
Update- 9pm :
4+ (+++) tantrums (yes, some were mine, alright?)
3 children asleep
2 white wines downed (well, OK 3 but then the countdown wouldn't be so clever)
1 day over
1 down; 15 days to go...I'd better go and check the stockpiles of coffee and wine.
4+ (+++) tantrums (yes, some were mine, alright?)
3 children asleep
2 white wines downed (well, OK 3 but then the countdown wouldn't be so clever)
1 day over
1 down; 15 days to go...I'd better go and check the stockpiles of coffee and wine.
School hols: Day 1- Part 2
Update-1pm:
1 child on her way to bed
1 husband on his way home from work having volunteered to take the other 2 kids to the hardware store with him for an hour (I agree- what is he thinking? silly man!)(but you will notice that I didn't talk him out of it)
1 sun intermittently shining
1 bladder overly full from an excess of coffee
1 banana cake cooling on the cake rack ready to be iced
All in all, things are looking up, don't you think?
Must pop off for a visit to the ladies' room so that I can fit in another coffee with my banana cake...
1 child on her way to bed
1 husband on his way home from work having volunteered to take the other 2 kids to the hardware store with him for an hour (I agree- what is he thinking? silly man!)(but you will notice that I didn't talk him out of it)
1 sun intermittently shining
1 bladder overly full from an excess of coffee
1 banana cake cooling on the cake rack ready to be iced
All in all, things are looking up, don't you think?
Must pop off for a visit to the ladies' room so that I can fit in another coffee with my banana cake...
School holidays: Day 1
By 7am:
3 runny noses
2 hail storms
and
1 husband running off to work.
Needless to say that I'm not turning the coffee machine off today.
3 runny noses
2 hail storms
and
1 husband running off to work.
Needless to say that I'm not turning the coffee machine off today.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
The important "why"
For me, at least.
Let's forget those petty little questions like "Why is the Eastern seaboard of Australia blanketed in a suffocating red dust at the moment?" or "Why is the Global Financial Crisis seemingly under control in Australia but not elsewhere?"...
...and consider the important things.
Why doesn't avocado ever wash off cutlery in the dishwasher?
Let's forget those petty little questions like "Why is the Eastern seaboard of Australia blanketed in a suffocating red dust at the moment?" or "Why is the Global Financial Crisis seemingly under control in Australia but not elsewhere?"...
...and consider the important things.
Why doesn't avocado ever wash off cutlery in the dishwasher?
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Tees tease
One down, who knows how many more to go...
I decided to try out the Ottobre Creative workshop tee pattern 301 for kids given how much that I love the adult version. So what started out as a tee for Mae has turned into the start of a production line of 2 for each of 3 kiddlywinks plus another 303 for me so that I don't feel left out!
They are cut out ready to go but I keep getting distracted by the mundanity of domestic chores, crochet and my coffee machine. I think about sewing a lot more that I actually sew!
So here is the 1st one and again the little goddess loves it. The thing seems to be the print. Cute butterflies and strawberries are obviously approved of but there seems to be little appreciation for floral embellishments...
Pattern: Ottobre Creative Workshop 301
Fabrics: Red Stella from Crafty Mamas shop (Aust) and strawberry print from Fabric Fairy (USA)
PS And who would have guessed that this little angel yesterday refused to eat, put any clothes on, drew on our polished Baltic pine floorboards with permanent texta (note to self- finish trying to clean it off today), cover herself and the bathroom in toothpaste and, in a triumphant climax to the day's activities, confetti a bowl of grated carrot all over the loungeroom carpet?
I decided to try out the Ottobre Creative workshop tee pattern 301 for kids given how much that I love the adult version. So what started out as a tee for Mae has turned into the start of a production line of 2 for each of 3 kiddlywinks plus another 303 for me so that I don't feel left out!
They are cut out ready to go but I keep getting distracted by the mundanity of domestic chores, crochet and my coffee machine. I think about sewing a lot more that I actually sew!
So here is the 1st one and again the little goddess loves it. The thing seems to be the print. Cute butterflies and strawberries are obviously approved of but there seems to be little appreciation for floral embellishments...
Pattern: Ottobre Creative Workshop 301
Fabrics: Red Stella from Crafty Mamas shop (Aust) and strawberry print from Fabric Fairy (USA)
PS And who would have guessed that this little angel yesterday refused to eat, put any clothes on, drew on our polished Baltic pine floorboards with permanent texta (note to self- finish trying to clean it off today), cover herself and the bathroom in toothpaste and, in a triumphant climax to the day's activities, confetti a bowl of grated carrot all over the loungeroom carpet?
Monday, September 21, 2009
This little baby is all for me!
Noro Catherine Wheel hat
I came across this crocheted pattern by Michelle Mooney when scouring the web for crocheted hats. It was fun to crochet, I adore the colours and I really like hats that you can scrunch up in your bag without worrying about trying to reconstruct them when you pull them out at the other end.
Aren't the colours glorious?
Rock on Spring!
I came across this crocheted pattern by Michelle Mooney when scouring the web for crocheted hats. It was fun to crochet, I adore the colours and I really like hats that you can scrunch up in your bag without worrying about trying to reconstruct them when you pull them out at the other end.
Aren't the colours glorious?
Rock on Spring!
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