Bad blog keeper!

I know, I know, a bit of self-flagellation is in order. I have been naughtily slack. We all knew I was never going to be the best of blog keepers, but a month is a little inexcusable. Exciting things that happened in said month:

* The boy is back! Thank you K Ruddy and your stimulation package. In a nod to the Aussie economy, I made sure that I purchased a Qantas flight for him, even though it was far from the cheapest. I figured if someone else was footing the bill, I might as well do the right thing by my country. (How uncharacteristically patriotic of me.)

* I finished first semester of Uni. I am yet to sit exams (see point 3), but I feel pretty good about it all.

* I have had a mystery viral disease, which I was marginally worried was H1N1. My worries were unfounded, it wasn't even regular old influenza A. It definitely hit me for six though. As a result, my exams have been deferred for a month.

* My knitting funk is all gone. I am excited to knit again. I went to the World Wide Knit in Public Day last Saturday and got to meet a whole bunch of other Perth knitters who were all super cool. I also woke up at 4 am this morning and was unable to get back to sleep. I spent the majority of the time thinking about knitting. Projects I am working on, projects I'd like to start, techniques I'd like to use.... all those good things. I am pretty excited I must say.

and zat is zat. No pictures or anything cool, we are just working with baby steps here. I am sick after all!

Catchya

Whoops

Dear Blog
I am very very sorry for ignoring you for the last sixteen days. I am horrible, I know.

Things that have happened in the intervening weeks:

[] The arrival of my totally rad Beards are Sexy tee shirt from etsy seller The Bold Banana

Here is a gross picture taken on my iPhone. The shirt is wrinkly because I took it off to take the photo. Blog, don't worry, because I put my shirt back on. I am not sitting in my kitchen typing into the twilight in my bra.

I also got an equally rad apron from The bold banana, but no photo because the apron is in the wash. Have a squiz round their etsy shop and see if you can find it. It says "Mixin Mamma" on it.

[] The arrival of my lean mean ballwinding machine and its partner the "flies like an eagal" swift. Blog, the pair of them in action is a sight to behold. No photos could do them justice or capture the magic that is evident in their "held together with string" nature or "sounds like a machine gun" dulcet tones. Seriously though, I love them.

[] The financial crisis of my own making following all this rash spending. NEW TOUGH RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE.

[] Above mentioned restrictions and photo managed by/ created on my swanky new iPhone. It is totally unecessary and kinda flies in the face of the finacial restrictions, but the way i see it, I have (and use!) apps to help me manage my money, so it is really helping the situation. Also Mister is very unimpressed. He thinks I have fallen into the cult of iPod's clutches. Little does he know, I've been there since my first gen shuffle and sat longing to be inculcated since the original iPod was released in Australia.

That is all I can think of for the moment. I will be back soon with more nutritious updates

lots of love
Matilda