Sure thing Sugar

Alrighty all.

Recently I have been getting very excited about moving into our new house at the beginning of April...

Sugar sweet

...and have been increasingly tempted to buy nice wares for the nice new house. The nice new house that doesn't have peach walls in the kitchen. The nice new house that doesn't have pretty much no heating. The nice new house that doesn't just have one bathroom. The nice new house that isn't so back dated it's falling apart constantly and we're on the verge of having the estate agents on speed dial...

Aaaaah the nice new house.

No peach walls! Hurrah!

I have also been knitting leg warmers for the small but tallest of the two, for her School play...

...although I didn't exactly follow a pattern and guessed how loops to cast on, so they ended up being too big...

So, I'm trying again...

...and thinking I might line them with some nice floral material. I'm quite happy with them as I've only ever knitted the most simplest of things (blankets and scarves) but this seems, somehow, more proper.

We've also been celebrating the smallest's fifth birthday...

...and bouncing on bouncy castles with friends as soon as the bouncy castle was kid free and they were stuffing their faces with party food.

I've also recently discovered this...

...which is an amazing accompaniment to any tomato based dish if you like things spicy.

Oooo blurry...

And I'm currently enjoying this book...

I've also been wondering recently why many people have problems with pancakes. I tend to bung all the ingredients together (the same amount of milk {soya} as flour and then depending on the amount, one or two eggs and voila!)...

And lastly... I have been pondering about the documentary film I'm making for the Vintage & Art Quarter in Bridport. It is progressing, but very slowly. Between working in the baby boutique/gift shop, selling antiques and vintage wares on ebay for Bridport Antiques (The Alleyways), book-keeping, the new filming/editing job that's recently come up (which is very exciting too) and having a family and being a mummy...oh! And of course Isle of Tea... it's hard to keep up with who I am, let alone make a large amount of progress on this film!

I'm sure it'll come together at some point!

Cheers! Here's to not losing my mind...

Flappetty Flap Flap...

Whoooosh! What a time to write a blog post... perhaps not the best, but as always, avec moi... it's a tad overdue!

In two weeks today we shall be in London at Riverside Studios performing the premiere of The Third Policeman... soooo two weeks left to finish making and within that two weeks, one week of rehearsals. Should be marvellous but I do tend to get myself into many a pickle, whether it be branston or piccalilli... I am in fact the queen of pickles!

I made them with a flap at the top, so they are more like envelopes.

Par example... I have had a lovely day out with the kids, wandering around the busy market, preparing for Talulah's birthday next week and thinking of the treats we can put into the party bags together.

I've had a load of sheets of pretty wrapping paper around the house, waiting for things to be made with it... so thought... we should make the party bags!

So that was all marvellous...

So we get home after a long day out and I go on my new shiny, sparkling netbook to get this blog post underway... but from the word go (since yesterday when it arrived) it has crashed literally every five minutes and goes soooo extremely slow that I feel like stamping on it and chucking it out the window, into the paddling pool.

Thankfully the Mr is trying to sort it out for me... but it's just occurred to me...

Normally at my kid's parties I am flapping like a fish out of water. I worry about this, get stressed about that, wonder if it's all ok, people are enjoying themselves, it's going well, etc etc... but right now with this mini-hell-maker-netbook-twatty-thing, I keep passing the few party bags we have made and instantly feel satisfied and glad that I am preparing in advance... and forgot about the ever-so-annoying-netbook.

So to keep oneself becoming well and truly pickled... I just have to keep up making nice things and having lovely days with my kids and friends and Mr.

I love pretty wrapping paper.

I've recently borrowed a book from the library of paper crafts, which is making all my making senses stand on end. And an Eco-craft book for kids, I borrowed from a friend recently. I'm even buying wool again and knitting away. It's all good. Pure kid in a sweet shop syndrome.

One thing I was quite ecstatic about today was finding my nose stud...

I know... extremely cheesy... but possibly bordering ecstatic, non?

It had been knocked and flung out of my nose at quite a force in the Mr's workshop entrance about a month ago and I haven't been back since until today. After looking around for a while with the kids I finally found it! You see, no normal nose studs do the job as they easily fall apart and get lost, but this trusty one (although it has been lost many a time) is actually an earring with the stem bent, to stay in the nose.

Not sure this is the most fascinating topic for my blog... but oh well... there you have it.

I've got lots more to show you lot. Including the next mask, which is indeed finished...