February is lurking, time for a reality check

I had pause for thought this morning. 2012 was to be the year of the Big Spin. Here it is, almost February and I have not spun an inch this year. I am trying to empty my workroom to make room to run a business and house stock but I STILL have 8 fleeces stacked …

Wow, what happened

Well, my bag is packed ready to go to spinning and I am about to go bake a cake. The chooks are fed and watered and let loose, cats are fed, tea has been consumed, the dogs have been out, and I am vertical — showered and dressed. It isn’t even half past eight  yet. …

Hello, Monday!

Hello, Monday – I am ready to face you this week – perhaps not with full vigour but certainly with more gusto than when last we met. Do your worst! I was up late, due to misguided hubby allowing me to sleep after a restless night. Thankfully he was thoughtful enough to put the rubbish …

Fat lot of use you lot are

Well, I waited. I waited and I waited. Alas, nobody applied the sole of their foot to  the seat of my pants. I decided in the end that I would have to galvanise myself. So, I set to and wrote almost all of the sock article – it still needs photographs taking and a few …

Rock Bottom

I feel absolutely useless today. Tired beyond belief. I think the last two weeks of struggling on despite back pain have taken their toll. That and nightmares last night. (No idea what that was about but I woke in the night struggling for breath, with heart pounding and blood racing and shouting “I’m not having …

A little of what you fancy

There was a step change yesterday and I was delighted to be able to spend my day in an upright position and without benefit of painkillers. I put the improvement down to this I cast on on Tuesday for my Windswept shawl. It seems to have been therapeutic and relaxing. It has now reached the …