Am not sure I have enough full sentences in me to tell you what I've been up to since Blogtober finished, so please forgive me for bullet-pointing it!!
- At the end of a poopy weekend of fighting with just about everyone (including a normally-lovely neighbour and the workman breaking up said neighbour's concrete driveway at 7am on Saturday - that should be pretty self-explanatory!!) I spent Sunday doing a beginners' Mosaic in a Day class with my sister. I would never have even thought of trying mosaics until my sister suggested it, and it was amazing fun! It covered all the major Fun Groups: smashing stuff, gluing stuff, learning stuff, getting messy, and hanging with lovely people! It was really quite calming, although the 6 hours just flew by! And so rewarding to have your own little mosaic to take home at the end of the day!
- I had a phone call from my sweet friend Penny, asking me if I'd like the double-pass to the Royal Oaks on Thursday, that she won in a radio quiz, as she can't take the day off work. "I thought you and your sister might like them!" she said, as Oaks Day is traditionally "Ladies' Day" at the Racing Carnival. So, now, Thursday will now consist of a day off, a new dress, a marquee with complimentary drinks and canapes all day, reserved seating by the race-track (should we choose to have a look at the races... I guess it is the Racing Carnival after all), and some quality sister time!! I am feeling excited about it, now that I have found myself a pretty, comfortable and not-unflattering outfit to wear. Yay!!
- The sad but inevitable 2-week countdown to New Job has begun. It's amazing how much work can get done so quickly when the end is nigh - it's a bit like doing a huge clean-up before moving house, and you look at your now-sparkling kitchen/wardrobe/windows/desk and think "why didn't I ALWAYS have it like this?!"
- Buying a stack of new Christmas tree decorations, after deciding not to give my shabby 15yo decorations yet another whirl! And ordering my tree through Oxfam today! Bring it on!
- Loving issue #50 of Frankie magazine (my subscription to which has been an ongoing prezzie from lovely sister! She really spoils me). It's got the most gorgeous embroidered cover, and so many gorgeous articles and stories inside, including interview with Martha Wainwright and an article on how it's actually not a sin to keep "stuff" that you're sentimentally attached to! Lovely.
- My ongoing pursuit of the perfect sourdough loaf. On Saturday I made a rather respectable olive & rosemary wholemeal loaf - uber nommy and about as healthy as you can get, bread-wise. Yay! It's always so much fun to try learning new things.
- I took full advantage of the Spring sunshine on Saturday and getting loads done in the garden. Tomatoes, marigolds and chillis planted, freesias deadheaded, tulip bulbs extracted and in the chiller, camellia fed, and lots of weeds mercilessly yanked out of the earth. And my Vitamin E (and happiness) levels raised substantially. Huzzah!
Anyhoo, that's about as much fun as I can handle!!
Lots of love to you all, friends!
Louki xxx
