The Sound of Silence

Oh.

Hello.

*looks around with shifty eyes*

Yes.

Well.

Sorry about the continued and protracted absence.

Crafting has been continuing. Promise. Along with other stuff.

In good news, some of my WIP's are gone, gone, GONE!!

Some more new stuff started. Trying to teach myself to knit with DPN's. Interesting.

One of the lovely men mentioned in my last post (yes, that's right. That one from back in November...last year...) has turned out to be quite the keeper.He's making me very happy. So that's good :)

Had a lovely trip to Tasmania (with the aforementioned Lovely Man...woooooooooo!!) - spent some time in Hobart and also hiked The Overland Track for 6-days. Gruelling. But worth it.

Several more triathlons undertaken. Continuing to improve. Bought a REDONKULOUSLY expensive new triathlon bike. That I love a little more than is strictly seemly. His name is Felix and the photo below does seriously not do him justice :)






Went to a lovely friends lovely wedding. Beautiful :)


Visited my parentals in Albany for Xmas. Fun. Kinda...


Met the Lovely Man's family. And his plethora of friends. Apparently his family think I'm wonderful. They may be right ;)


I think that is all of note.


Promise to pop a tutorial up in the next few days for a fabric canvas thingy I made. So easy it doesn't really need a tute, and has possible also been done to death on other blogs, but I'm very impressed with myself.


Will also update WIP progress.


Pinky swear.

What hurts worse....

...injuring yourself? Or the treatment to fix it?

I may have mentioned that I've (quite handily, really) developed Greater Troncholo-something-or-other Bursitis in my hip.

*sigh*

Apparently it's some sort of inflammation of the bursa caused by overuse of the joint or my ligaments rubbing against the bursa. Or something. "What's a bursa", I hear you say? Apparently some sort of 'fluid filled sac'. Yech.

*sigh*

It appears that I did this to myself at the beginning of April when I did a 'Double Header' weekend consisting of a Triathlon on Saturday and then a 10km Fun Run on the Saturday. I will admit that whilst it sounded good in the planning stage the execution was more difficult than originally envisioned.

At least, that weekend was the first time I recall the excruciatingly burning pain in my knee that radiated up and down the outside of my leg, coming home to roost as a dull ache in my hip that caused me to limp badly for a few days...I'm pretty sure I would have noticed this if it had happened before.

So, now I'm banned from running (according to my physio, the lovely Tony). Banned. Well, on my second visit he didn't specifically say I was 'banned', just to 'try not to run'.

He, he, he...

Of course, there is always the promise of cortisone injections in my hip if I don't do what he says...

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Day 7 of 31 (or 365) *sigh* I actually miss the running...and I SERIOUSLY never thought I would say that.

31 Days of Blogging

In an effort to not neglect my blog, I've decided (and in the spirit of those who blog 365 days) to attempt to blog everyday during May.


Starting today (umm, obvy!). Whilst the topics may not always be scintillating, I think it will get me into a good frame of mind for regular updates to become habits. After all, I seem to recall that it takes two weeks of doing something for it to become a habit!!


I guess we'll see how I go. Perhaps if I can stick it out for the entire month, I'll try another full month maybe all the way up to 365 days in a row!


Wish me luck : )

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Day 1 of 31 (or 365) - Gee this is easy really, isn't it...in bad news, went to the physio yesterday and it seems I have Greater Tronchi-something bursitis....Well, that would explain the searing, burning pain in my hip when I run : ( The bad (or good) news is no running for me for the foreseeable future 'cos if it doesn't heal properly then its cortisone injections in the hip for me...Quick! Someone just order me a zimmer frame and get it over with : )

Brown Owls - hoot! hoot!

Well, last Saturday was the inaugural meeting of the Perth Brown Owls @ Greens & Co in Leederville. I think I arrived a trifle late after getting a bit confused about which street was Oxford Street (I was actually ON Oxford Street but didn't realise it at the time...street directions are not one of my strong points!).

A bunch of lovely ladies were there, busily crafting away. I had not remembered to bring a small project with me (*shrugs* hey, I had a busy weekend with loads of other things on...) but luckily, there was a small owl stuffy project, provided by the wonderful Craftapalooza.

Here is my little fella :)

What I found interesting is that each of the ladies who were making the owl stuffy, each did it slightly differently ;) and they were ALL good!!

So, inspired by everyone else's craftiness I came home and over the course of the next couple of days whipped up this little bag...(sorry - I forget where I got the pattern from...it was an American website...) It's hard to see, but the lining is an orange toned small floral which I bought from Spotlight during one of their ridiculous "all-the-fabric-you-can-buy-for-$3-a-metre" shenanigans.

I might have to make another one, but this time I think I would make the two straps the same (longer) length. Whilst I do like the ability to tuck the longer strap through the shorter one, I sometimes need a bag with a larger capacity, and the tucking of the strap does limit the size of the bag interior. I still managed to stuff in my purse (one of those long oblong ones), personal mobile, work Blackberry, small container of nuts, lip gloss, house keys, car keys, sunglasses, and about 5 muesli bars...and possible some other detritus. It's hard to tell from the photo, but the bag itself is probably only 20cm wide, so quite small really. I may even scale the pattern up a bit so that the bag would turn out about the size of a plastic grocery bag...hmmmm...

And my first foray into button rings (please excuse the wrinkled hands...ladies, always remember to put sunscreen on the backs of your hands!). I quite like these, and I had forgotten how cool some of the buttons in my stash are!

And (drumroll pls).......my very first Abraham Owl, from the wonderful pattern and instructions provided by Lollychops.

Wow - that's the most crafting I have done in quite some time what with personal life upheavals and all : )

Plus - I completed by 5th (or maybe 6th) triathlon on the same weekend! Phew! Quite pleased with myself as I finished nearly 10 minutes faster than the same event last year! Yay me ;D

Of course, on Monday (public holiday over here in the Wild West) I rested (especially after the post-Tri celebrations involving espresso martinis and drunken texting...but that's a story for another day!).

Ciao bellas xx