Patience!

I was on my way home after cricket with Ryan this morning when I received a text from Jacki telling of a fantastic garage sale! My eyes widened at the thought of old suitcases, sewing machines and all sorts of goodies. I did buy a few goodies all of which I'll show later but today I want to share these pictures of Megan. She bought two balls of wool for 50c and asked if I could show her again how to knit! I have tried this before but she was lacking in something called patience, so we gave up!

I don't know where she has been hiding her patience, I didn't think she would ever find it but this afternoon it all came together and she has been knitting for hours.

 I only spent about five minutes showing her what to do and left her to it, surprisingly she has only dropped a stitch once and that's it!

Thank you patience for finding my daughter, hope you stick around!

One down....

....and one to go!! Yay for me I finally finished this 100% wool blanket I've been working on for Megan. The worst part of it all was stitching in all the ends and joining all 100 squares.

To finish it off I did 3 rows of dc around the outside and for some funny reason it wants to curl up...maybe after I give it a bath in some wool wash it will flatten out. It's really heavy and great to snuggle into, and the final measurement turned out to be 150cm x 150cm. Now I have to finish Ryan's off......I've only got about another 50 squares to go.....wooohoooo!!!

Hope you are all having a great time through the school holidays.....even though it's a tad cold!!! My kids don't seem to feel it as much as I do, even as I sit here typing this post they are outside in the wind and rain doing something......maybe finding some more wood to build a fire with, as I said great entertainment and a great way to get your paddock cleaned up!!!

OK gotta go thanks for calling in.

Rugby Weekend.

We went to Walcha for Ryan's first game of Rugby Union on Sunday. Despite the fact that Walcha is one of the coldest places in the state and it took us 2 hours to get there....it was a wonderful day, not that cold at all, and Ryan eventually fell asleep after an hour of asking " are we there yet", he was slightly excited.

Here are the "Red Devils" ready for action.

This is about the only action shot I got of Ryan.....the sun was way too bright and the game was way too fast.

The Red Devils played 4 games and won each game.......the boys were so proud of themselves!!!

Here is Ryan taking a break in between games.........

Here is Megan all rugged up for the Rugby with a cute little scarf that I made for her. Did you notice that she now has no front teeth.....a couple of weeks ago she twisted, wobbled and pulled until the second one came out, it was really hard to watch but she was determined to even it all up and get another visit from the tooth fairy!!

Here is the scarf a little closer.......Pink and Orange are two of my favourite colours at the moment.
Speaking of colours....... I'm crocheting Rayn a big woollen snuggle blanket in this great colour combination. I've almost finished one for Megan as well....just waiting on some wool I've ordered to come in.

That's all I have for today........bye.

Soooo Monica!!!

Oh Jacki you'd be so proud........ remember that recipe you gave me a few weeks ago, well take a look at these........
These are my Chocolate Chip Muffins and guess what........I made them all from scratch....that's right no packet mix or box in sight!!!!! I haven't always been the greatest of cooks but I am so sick of the rubbish that goes into the kids lunch boxes that I have decided to take things into my own hands and try and make as much as I can. Previously I had always made muffins and cakes for their lunch boxes but they came out of a box, so after doing this for about a month I'm now a convert..... it's truly amazing the difference it makes with the kids......they are actually nicer to each other on occasion.

The other night while I was checking out a few blogs ( as one does ) I came across Melissa Goodsell go and check her out for some inspiration, she is amazing, she is crafty,she scrapbooks, she cooks, I spent hours reading all about what she is up to......... very interesting if you care about the food you put in your mouth.

So after cleaning out my pantry a few weeks ago and tossing all those things that get shoved to the back and never seen again, then attacking everything with my label maker ( that's soooooMonica ) and restocking with all new ingredients I'm ready for a change........No more boxes!!!
The fact that I have twice as many chooks now which means twice as many eggs to use up is great because I can experiment as much as I like and not feel guilty about wasting free-range eggs if I stuff up!!!!

I didn't stuff up on these........ they are yummo!!! Jam Pinwheels

This week has been a huge week for our family.....My sister Linda turned 40 on Wednesday, we were unable to spend the day with her because she lives in Tasmania though I'm sure her close friends made sure she celebrated.

This week was also Ag-Quip week and this year we had a site for our business "Pivot Irrigation" which meant lots of entertaining and late nights. My Mum and Dad came up from Orange to have a look around also which was great because we miss them very much!!! Mum and I enjoyed the shopping but not all the walking around, I did buy a few things one of which I'm very excited about and I'll share it as soon as I have pictures.
OK just to finish off this post I'm going to share my new scarf which I made the other night.....yummy green!!