1. Last weekend I went to the European Masters from the Staedel Museum at the National Gallery. There were some familiar faces and some unexpected pieces. It was worthwhile. It was a beautiful, sunny winter day and the company was lovely.


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Last week I finished Boy's Hat:


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Ok, I couldn't resist this meme, which I saw on the Meet Me At Mike's Blog:

What you do is google "unfortunately [your name]" and cut and paste the sentences that come up. The fact that most of them are going to be fragmentary in the description of the search results makes some of them quite intriguing. Here are some of mine!

Unfortunately Katie ( Read more... )

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I can't help but think that 2009 has gotten off to a bit of a shaky start for me. Shocks, stupid mistakes, annoyances, disappointments and physical injuries seem to be the order of the day lately. The shop's been as dead as a dodo. But I'm not surprised, it being post-Christmas and the economic you-know-what. I decided to re-start my exercise ( Read more... )

At this time of year, you see a lot of ads on TV for these sorts of things, which are supposedly 'just what Mum will love' on Mother's Day:

* the latest Michael Buble CD
* DVDs of modern classics such as When Harry Met Sally or Sleepless In Seattle* music DVDs like Pavarotti's last concert ( Read more... )

At the start of my long weekend challenge, I was seriously super-pumped to craft my crafty butt off for 3 days straight! In reality, what with all the birthdays, gym sessions (only 2 actually), trips to Bunnings, housework and computer games, I probably averaged about 2 1/2 hours a day. I didn't finish everything on the list, but I'm still quite ( Read more... )

THINGS I HAVE LOST
- my nephew
- my job

THINGS I HAVE GAINED- freedom ( Read more... )