Oops

I appear to have forgotten to update for the last week! I have no real excuse, apart from being stuck into my crochet in the evenings, so spending less time online.
Steve had his eye op on Tuesday and had to stay overnight as he had a wheezy reaction to the anaesthetic. He unfortunately has to keep his face down (chin to chest) all the time for at least a week which means that he has a sore neck and can pretty much only play on his DS!
We've had playdates with Nyree et al. Mildred the Kitten is the dark tortoiseshell seen here.

Cake club was at Tabi's new house which is lovely
On Saturday Tilda had a fairy and pirates party at the leisure centre - she wore her Tinkerbell dress and stood out amongst all the pink!

Also - progress on my shawl this week,

Todat Grampsy came over for lunch and I've made some bread. Not much else doing!

Well, now that Blogger is working again,

lets add some more pictures on.
On Wednesday we went for a walk with the gang up to the lock where we had a picnic. The bigger kids spent most of their time chucking mud into the river and getting really, really filthy. Part and parcel of being four, I reckon. The tide mark on the bath showed she had a good time! Rowan was her usual rock-star self and sat in the wagon with her shades on, taking it all in!

Thursday was a bit of a pyjama day - I recieved a black and white indio wrap that I had traded for my plum elipsen and its really rather lovely. Here it is with the rest of the stash.

 

Yesterday Tilda's Timbuktu Ocah Doll Sling arrived and she seems quite taken with it. We went to Sarah's for cake-club then briefly stopped in at Nyree's to say hello to the kittens and to collect Nyree's blocking wires for when I finally finish the Cassandra shawl - I'm about four rows away now but they are very long rows, so they take a while to get through - a couple of hours each!

A long overdue catch-up

I tried yesterday, but I couldn't get Blogger to work properly. Ah well!
Friday was cake-club at Laura's. It was nice to have Nyree there! I managed to kick the wagon with my little toe and ended up with a purple, poorley foot. humph.
Saturday - Nyree and squidlets came for the afternoon.
Sunday - we did the entire week's shopping on foot using the wagon and trolley! Tilda went for a very short ride on her bike - it hurts her wrists apparently!
Monday - waited for the wagon canopy to arrive. Its really good, but does render the entire thing huge! It certainly makes doors difficult! We took a trip to the chippy to try it out and Tilda sat in the shade to eat hers. I wish I fitted!
Tuesday - I had the dentist in the  morning to replace a filling that has fallen out four times. I think he did a better job this time, but the anaesthetic has worn off now and it feels a bit sore. We collected my parcel of wool from the post office - Kauni Effektgarn EQ. There was a surpise 50g ball of the black/grey colourway in there too and I'm thinking it might look good with the rainbow. hmm.

Tilda has been practising tandem wrapping and we are waiting to hear from Steve. He thinks his retina has yet another tear.

Quite hard work, actually.

Pulling the wagon, that is! After going to the council offices to vote, I took the Girls to Nyree's house, along the Nutbrook trail, by the side of the canal to Dockholm Lock and accross. It was actually quite hard work, pulling it along the cyclepath, which is kind of compacted loose chippings on the top of the floodbank. This is where the air-tyres of the metal models would come into their own, I suppose. Besides getting a bit wet though when the Heavens opened, it wasn't too bad. My arms and calves will probably be killing me tomorrow! On the way home, we came along the streets and it didn't feel as far, despite being a longer distance, as there was that much less friction to contend with!
I had a couple of holds of the Kittens at Nyree's. Mildred is beautiful and is just starting to walk. All three are wonderful and so sweet!

Tilda fell asleep on the way home and refused to be moved when she got back, so woke up with dead legs. Will have to work on what to do about that if she does it again!

Sunday BBs (Bacon Butties)

Had a lovely morning at Donna's with a big pile of bacon sandwiches. Tilda and Louis played (mostly) beautifully! Steve had a try with Donna's new OCAH and declared it to be an extrememely comfortable HIT!

Work In Progress (WIP) Wednesday!

This week, alongside the realta blanket, I'm also working on a Cassandra Shawl
using some Violet Green 4ply Merino.I've just completed the first of three sections.
This pic shows the pattern best;

and the colour is more accurate here;

Also, here are some more pics from the weekend.
My rolls which were ever so pretty but not entirely cooked

Pics from the barbecue on Monday

And here is Tilda on her way to the cinema with her ear-defenders. She lasted about 30 seconds before the noise became too much for her - she's going to try again when she's ten!

Kittens!

Steve woke up(!) yesterday with an incredible amount of pain in his eye. It seems that some of the gas bubble had got into the anterior part of his eye where it shouldn't be. Where the pressure is normally 10-20mmHg, his was 70! No wonder it hurt! They relieved the pressure by sticking a syringe in it. Yuck. No driving for 8 weeks now, so the Big Camp is a no-no and calls the wedding into question - Steve and Tilda will have to cadge a lift with Steve's dad and Winnie and I will stay at home.
Yesterday we went to see Nyree and the kids and we had a really nice, relaxing day - I came home in the sunshine all warm and happy!
We met our new kitten and her mummy, Thistle. I think the kitten will be called Mildred!

More balls!

Well, the same troublesome one anyway! Yesterday after a trip to the supermarket, Steve noticed his vision getting worse and by teatime, 75% of the retina had detatched - luckily the gas bubble from Thursday was holding it on around the optic nerve. Today he had a vitrectomy - removal of all the fluid in his eye so they could get a really good look, then stick it back together. My poor, poor Stevie is off to bed to lie facedown. I've rigged up a box type contraption to help him, but he's in for a miserable night I think.
When he was at the hospital yesterday the Girls and I walked up to Dockholm Lock and back again in the glorious evening sunshine. We saw a swan, mink, rabbits, ducks, peacock butterflies and two squirrels!

Today we met up with Nyree, Harrison, Rachael and Vaughan for a trip to the park.