Finally... and no hairy arm in sight......

I have finished my knitted shawl in time to take with me on our train trip to Cairns on Monday. Not that I will need it in the temps up there, but the air- con in the train at night is sure to be cool.

It's so soft and warm I am really happy with it, though it did turn out rather large with me wanting to use up all the balls of wool I had bought and would you believe I was about 1 metre short for finishing the tassells in the end, so yep you guessed it, had to go buy just one more ball. Now what to do with one left over ball of teal colored wool ? not sure the color is suitable for dolls hair, lol, a mermaid maybe?.

Excuse the hairy arm but.......

I wanted to share a pic of what I am working on at the moment, just so you know I do actually get around to some craftin' sometimes, lol.

I really need to get it finished so I can take it with me to use on our train trip to Cairns at the beginning of next month.

Having never been an expert knitter and especially since I haven't knitted for years I am really pleased with how this is turning out, love the color and the feel of the wool. I asked my sister Sandy for the pattern after seeing one she had made, I choose to change the needle size and type of wool used to make it a little bit thicker, but it still has a nice lacy look when spread out, now if I could just get it finished I will be a very happy girl.

Last Friday was

a special day for our Family, our Mum turned 75.

She has had a lot on her plate lately with a few health problems so it was great that we were all able to get together and enjoy dining out for lunch to celebrate her special day.

Guess What ? it's July and that means..........

that I got to open my CHRISTMAS in JULY swap gifts from Marilyn on Thursday. Check out all my goodies, thanks Marilyn for being such a great swap partner, it was really fun to be involved and I love all the treasures you sent me.

Visit Marilyns BLOG to see the gifts I sent to her.

Last Saturday

we had visitors arrive for a few days, perfect weather so we enjoyed some walks around the area and Ash and Joe even braved the cold water for a swim, us girls weren't that silly, instead Pam and I wandered down to the local shops for a bit of retail therapy.

Yep, it's true

I have to admit to it being my birthday today, at this stage of my life I should be keeping it a secret but I just had to show you my Grandson wishing me a Happy Birthday via webcam, a great end to a lovely day, especially as I got to spend it with family and best of all hubby cooked tea for me. Oh well back to normal tomorrow. lol.

L.O.L

Somethings just make you Laugh Out Loud and this pic of our Grandson does it for me.

Hang onto that smile baby boy, Nan and Pop are coming to visit for cuddles and giggles real soon.

Some days are just Special

Yep they sure are, and yesterday was one of those days for our family. First up it was exactly 12 mths since hubby had his last Op to help improve his hip after his motor bike accident in 2006 and it was good to look back and see how far he has come since then.

While hubby was in hospital in the south end of our state our daughter was in hospital in a remote QLD hospital giving birth to our second grandchild, while I was stuck at home unable to be with either of them.

So yesterday we were thrilled to be able to talk to number 2 granddaughter on the web cam ( well we talked - while she stared at these two loony faces on her Mum's computer) and after we sang Happy Birthday to her, we were rewarded with her blowing us a kiss, so that pretty much made our day.

And while we are celebrating birthdays we want to send a big Birthday Hug to our niece Dahna who is celebrating her special day today. We hope you had a great day Hon.

Christmas in July Swap

Oh this is so exciting, I have joined in a Christmas in July Swap, on my favourite yahoo group.
For ages now I have been searching for just the right thing to correspond with each letter of the word "Christmas" for my swap partner Marilyn we both chose not to swap actual Christmasy things so that left us open to a whole range of goodies, of course we didn't want to break the bank and we had to be careful of weight as we are posting overseas but it was still a challenge for me as Marilyn is a partner in a Quilting Business and I wanted to make sure she would like and be able to use the gifts I chose for her, so here is a pic of all the goodies wrapped up and ready to post.

PS... I think I am getting to like this blogger bit, lol.

First Post

Okay this is scary setting up a blog for a first timer, guess I'll just have to learn as I go along, first thing I need to learn is how to add pics to my posts, lets see if I can grab one from my files and add to this first post. Oh cool it worked, this is a pic of one of the beaches near us.

Now that I have tried my first post it doesnt seem so scary after all. I hope to be posting pics of my craftin as well as everyday occurances, especially new pics of our 3 darling grandchildren. We are blessed with 2 girls and one little baby boy who only arrived a few weeks ago.

Bye for now,

Diana