Knyttwytch's Crafts and Stuff

Generalities (aka just a short update!)

I have not really managed to do much of anything recently, I don't know if it is the chance of the seasons or what but I have not had the ooomph to do anything at all! One sure fire sign that things are not going well is generally the state of my desk, and at the beginning of the week it looked like this

I think we can safely say that the desk was not the best work environment! So I girded my loins and went for it and by the end of Monday my desk looked a LOT better

I can know see what I have around me at anytime, granted I could do with finding somewhere else to store the remote controls but that is a minor issue (and yes I need to get a bit of filing done, but I am more or less on top of that, oh and currently my phone, fullomyth and kindle are in my handbag! So that has got rid of even more stuff off the desk as well!)

As well as this on Tuesday I managed to patch one of the sofa cushions again (sheesh Hamish - just stop scratching them will you!)

Not the best thing maybe but it will keep the cushion going for a while longer!, I also need to mend the other cushion (where he has ripped stitches rather than torn another hole), but I need to let my hand recover first! But I may try and do that during dog walks tomorrow and Saturday.

No other crafting has happened (even though it is on my to do list *sigh*), but I hope to get back to that as well, as next year I have quite a bit of crafting on my want to achieve list!

Read 216 books (0/216)

Read the Inspector Morse books (0/13)

Finish stitching Medieval Dog

Start stitching Medieval Rabbit

Finish Winnie the Pooh year (0/12)

Start stitching Map of Cambridgeshire

Finish small Crewelwork piece

Get knitting done to over half way

Knit 13 sampler squares (0/13)

Knit a cowl

Go to a Clinique counter and get my skin assessed!

Wear make up 26 times (0/26)

One day in every 4 weeks get to 2,000 steps (this one will be tricky)

Do 13 new recipes (0/13)

Have a facial and back massage

Blog weekly (or more often if possible) (0/52)

 

So I really do need to get back to everything, and crack in with stuff!

All Sorts of Stuff

It may not be the best photograph, but this is my first knitting project finished! A simple shawl (a little snug maybe - but as I lose weight it will be better fitting), I am currently working on a stole (about half way through), it is in a thick cotton and will be good for a cool summer night (which we tend to have more of than warm ones at the moment!)



The 2nd photograph shows my birthday gifts, a good friend got me the seeds (and a book about the various types!) and OH got the planter, this coming Saturday we will thin some of these out and use them in a stir fry (they are all Oriental veggies, and we like stir fries so this is a win win situation!)

Hmm what else? Well the rosehip wine is now bottled (and tastes very nice!), I/we need to set off a Rosemary wine and a kit fruit wine (I think it is a peach one but need to double check that!)  OH has a beer kit to start off, so that will be next weekends job I think, hmm this coming week though what do I want to get done? Well the list is as follows:-

1. cleaning (loo, bathroom sink, kitchen sink, stove top)
2. go to crafty afternoon
3. finish stole
4. go to dietician (in the hope of shifting some weight!)
5. get the afore mentioned beer/wine started
6. text J
7. decide on next craft project (a toss up between a tapestry and more knitting! - of course I could always do both)
8. write on my other blog
9. find a new recipe

Now that may not sound much but when you are shattered all the time then trust me it is more than ample!

7th November and things are going well

First week of a new year almost done and things are going well , I was another pound down this morning which means that my goal of being under 300 pounds is creeping closer (4 more to go), I tried on my jeans last night , I could get them over my hips and ALMOST fastened so the target for that may not be as far away as I thought .

The recipe blog is going well, I know I wanted a new recipe a month going on there, well this month has already hit two recipes added so that is good , now to finish this blog and type something in my healthy living one as well (hmm need to email someone re stunt-stitching as well).  What else? Oh yes NaNoWriMo - nearly 30k words done already at this rate I will be done by the end of the week , which means more time for crochet

Money - well having chatted with Dr Wytch over the weekend we have come to the conclusion that clearing the CC as soon as possible is a good move, so every couple of months or so Dr Wytch will chuck £100 at it, add in the fact that I am paying £80 a month minimum this should really start making a difference (especially as stated I have cut the cards up), so you never know I may have that cleared by July next year after all (well I can hope) and if not then a fair chunk of it will be gone and that can only be a good thing.

Teach myself Welsh, this I think will be starting after NaNoWriMo, I am not sure I can cope with both at once - but yes that is the next thing on the list to get done.  Okay having done my NaNoWriMo this morning, as I say half an hour more playing catch up in various places and then crochet - I want to get the scarf out of the way in the next week or ten days so I can re-start the sweater (and maybe make a light lacy scarf for part of my Mam's Yule giftie )

Weekly plans

A few things I want to get done in the coming week - some urgent and others not so much.  The really urgent one is making sure that I get my repeat prescription sorted out, I have a weeks worth of tablets left and I will need some more.  Middway through December I will have to ensure that I have another months worth AND a new epi-pen (especially if we do decide to go out for a Chinese meal nom nom nom).  Speaking of Chinese I am going to attempt to cook a Chinese simmered beef dish, very few ingredients and something I can hopefully do as it will not mean standing for too long.

As well as this I want to get more done on my new 101 list and also to start it!  The main point is that I want to list my stash and possibly send some out (I have more than enough and some others might get more use from it), on top of this I need to read two books (well one book certainly, two would be ideal) and fill out a questionnaire before the book club on the 9th of December.  Stitching wise I would like to finish the small Snoopy picture off - so that I have something done and dusted (make me feel better), and I need to get back to tracking my food and filling out my healthy living blog.

A couple of phone calls will need to be made (been trying to get the plumber/gas fitter to sort out our heating since July and I am not happy about it, I wonder if he will be prepared to wait four months for payment?), some filing needs doing and sorting of the blanket box that I use for my clothes.  As well as this I want to get some cleaning done if I can and get to the nurse OR Boots to weigh in.

Hmm what else? Play catch up on blogs and groups and try and get something (anything!) done, I seem to be curled up in pain most of the time and so the best laid plans and all that.  OH will probably be out tomorrow night and I am wondering if I need his help with listing the stash so that could be a job best done another night (just thinking it could be easiest to type it up into wordpad or some such and email it to myself!)