nine

there was no eight - sorry, monday just wiped me out again! the slower pace of the weekend a long & distant memory, it feels that the weeks are racing past {i'm vaguely aware of how many weeks left till xmas but kind of wish i wasn't} the thought of going into hibernation seems rather appealing, i'm doing my best to stay cosy, snug & layered up, so thought i'd share some of the knitting i've been up to lately, this is a little waist coat / extra layer type top, it's not quite finished yet, there are ends to sew in & a few edges to pick up & knit, but it's ever so soft & cosy as it is, i'm rather tempted to wear it round the house now, i'll share some more pictures & details when it's all done 

it's a pattern from a noro book, knitted up in some noro kochoran & some freedom purity chunky,  i'm a little concious of the fact i look slightly like i should be presenting a children's television show but i do so love how the colours change & it's ever so soft & cosy  { but i am tempted to knit the pattern again in a solid colour as i would probably get more wear out of it then}

six & seven - 52 weeks of happy

 {1/52}

1 .a weekend with very little planned, quality time as a family, the small people being able to get out front & play with friends, being able to slow down & take it all in

2. nutella madeleines, recipe from over here, so tasty

3. the last of the home-grown veggies - not very many but they tasted good too!

4. the sunshine, i don't mind the cold {in fact i rather prefer it sometimes} but i do love to see the sunshine

five

home baked plums = very yum, halved, stone taken out, drizzled with a little hunny, then topped off with crushed shortbread biscuits, popped in a hot oven for about 20/30 mins, super easy & so tasty, i just have to nab myself some before the kids eat them all!

four

feeling a little wiped out today - still, one morning left of work then my weekend starts, hooray - it's also half day for little O, so we get to snuggle on the sofa a little before the bigger brother gets home {counting down the weeks to half term} also loving listening to this album - it's been a real grower 

three

now some of may not have been aware but it was 'national wear a tea cosy on your head' day last week! i'll admit i was only aware as white stuff were doing a competition for it {& selling rather lovely tea cosys too!} so anyways, little O & i got into the spirit of the day {& being the owner of the the only head our tea cosy would actually fit} she did the done the thing & happily posed for a few pictures too!

as i mentioned this was for a competition we entered, which has now gone to public voting, so if you fancy popping over here & giving us your vote that would be just dandy, thank you! {we're on page four - you just need to scroll down a bit!}

i also need to appeal to you all for some more help, due to the lack of sloes round these parts this year i'm going to give blackberry vodka a go this year, i don't have a recipe to follow but was wondering if any of you had any tips? do i use a similar amount of blackberries as i would have done for the sloe gin? more or less sugar? any tips much appreciated! 

two

i've been obsessing over wooly goodness of late - can't get enough of it, i've a couple of things on the go, a couple of things i want to get started on & i'm trying to stop myself from buying more yarn

jen over at little birdie has started doing a '52 weeks of happy project', i thought seeing as i'm planning to be blogging a lot this month that setting myself another goal was a small drop in the ocean, it's also something we do as a family from time to time, over our sunday lunch, join in if you fancy it!

also the first three commenter's from the last post squiggling about, south of peru & a load of old tat, please email your details & hopefully i'll be sharing a little happy with you guys too!

one - getting back in the habit

i've really got out the habit of blogging lately, which has kind of been bothering me, i think about stuff i could / would blog quite a lot but then just never seem to get round to it, i'm busy with life, which is all good {& i certainly try to grab some time to myself when i can}  it just seems i've been off doing other things in these times, so in short i've decided to try & do a blog post a day for october, to kick of the month i thought it's as good a time as any to offer up a 'pay it forward' to you all, a {very} long time ago i took part in a pif & was sent some lovely goodies from Rachel over at 'contented', part of the deal was that i too would then offer to pay this kindness forward, so i'm opening it up to my first three commenter's on this post,  i will send you some goodies in the post, i won't make any promises on time scales but will set myself the goal of it being before christmas, the only thing i ask in return is that you pay it forward & share a little happiness around

these are the lovely goodies Rachel sent me!

just to add i'm happy to send anywhere but may just have to send something smaller if you're overseas,  sorry but just to keep my costs down