
Yes, it’s true.. Can you believe it? My mother is MAD! I never thought I would own one, but now I do!
May 17, 2011 by sunrisesister

Yes, it’s true.. Can you believe it? My mother is MAD! I never thought I would own one, but now I do!
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May 17, 2011 by sunrisesister
This week is a big one. It was our anniversary on Monday, Tille turned 16 months old yesterday, and it’s my birthday this weekend. But my mind is elsewhere..
A pretty non-descript photo, right? Well, yeah. It’s 8 months since my spine decided to gang up against me, and I was left bedridden, in and out of hospital, reliant on heavy pain medication and friends to (literally) pick me up, and then using a walking frame to get around. The good news is, 8 months later I am functioning again as normal, and I am oh so very grateful for this. Mobility is something I dont take for granted any more.
I have never experienced pain like that before (and I have had 4 kids!) and I dont care to again, thanks!
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April 22, 2011 by sunrisesister
Happy easter to you all! (If you celebrate it!) We don’t do much, really, apart from enjoying some extra bonus time with family and friends.
Armed with lots of food dye and vinegar, I boiled up some eggs ready for the kids to decorate and dye..
Into the dye they go..

And out..
Lots of fun!
And it would be just *wasteful* to pour all that dye down the drain, so..


I am having a fun time playing with a friend’s camera on loan to me, so here is an obligatory bathroom mirror self portrait (man, my mirror needs cleaning!)

The day began well, too, with a delicious brekkie cooked by the fella. Multigrain english muffins topped with sauteed spinach, smoked salmon, and lemon and black pepper, with some thyme mushrooms on the side.

Happy easter! Don’t eat too much chocolate!
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April 2, 2011 by sunrisesister
And this month’s lucky dip is…….

CRAZY ZAUBERBALL!!!!!!
But I am a little socked out, so this will be something a little different.. something that will show off the CRAZINESS! An Augustine Shawlette.. a triangular karius shaped clapotis redux. Win.
It’s been a week of quick n dirty FO’s.. here is another one I whipped up to go as a gift..

A hyperbolic scrubbie in Anchor Magicline. I love these.. they are quick, look like some kind of weird coral brain, and are great for the bath/shower, or in a scratchy acrylic, as a pot scrubber. This will be going to someone interstate..
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February 21, 2011 by sunrisesister
This is my first post-surgery FO! Perhaps diving straight back into 4 ply was a little extreme, but that was the luck of the draw.. literally!


Not a great photo, I admit, but I am hoping the recipient will model them for me, when they reach her
Pattern: Anklet-style adaptation of the Colinette Jitterbug ballband pattern
Yarn: ms. gusset sock yarn in a bright hot variegated pink. (I nicknamed it Barbie Car)
Sticks: 2.5mm DPN’s
Size: EUR 39/UK6/AUS7
Nice, quick, and very pleasing! It’s good to be back!
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