WTF?

You Are Skiing

Graceful, athletic, and gusty – you’re willing to put it all on the line. You’re willing to take big risks for big rewards.

What Winter Sport Are You?

Heh heh – well thank god for that! I would have worried if it said anything like Skeleton or something like that.

So we went camping – and – it was ok! There! I said it! ONE night camping was just fine.  We looked on it as a learning weekend to work out what we would have done differently (heh heh Jae – apart from staying in a 5 star hotel) and a few extra things like Bikes/Scooters for the kids and stuff would have helped.  And a bigger tent.  And working out that putting Kaela in-between us was BAD.  But otherwise we survived.

Anyways – a few weeks ago I alluded to something and didn’t really go anywhere with that.  Taryn told you a little about it, Sharon mentioned it too – but I only talked about it in passing. 

A small group of us Knitting Chicks got together for The First Annual Hight Tea and Knitting at The Victoria Room.

This wonderful shot shows from left Ailsa, Meg, Sharon and Bronte, Donna, Taryn and Myself.

We had a great time and drank champagne, tea and ate our way happily through a few "stands" of High Tea Fodder. (We did miss you Jussi).

WIP’s were flashed, some completed objet d’art featured and we even had an unloved yarn swap that made our hearts sing.

I want to you look good and hard at our photo.  Doesn’t it look lovely?

Now I want you to look at the Victoria Rooms’ photo.  Can you see a difference? (Hint – it has to do with LIGHT). (Look Girlies – the blinds are open).  Too funny – it was so dark that we couldn’t whip out the knitting and get stuck into it!

It was very atmospheric and we really enjoyed it – think we will make it an annual event – will let you know. We might, perhaps pick a different venue so that we can indulge in the Fiber Arts in the daylight.

One of the cool/quirky things that happened was Drucilla "Queen of the Tea Readings" – visited us (I don’t know her name – but it sounds good, non?)

She proceeded to tell Sharon that she wasn’t having any more babies in the next 5 years (as she nursed 4 month old Bronte – I think her {"front bottom/wooser" would have agreed at that stage), nailed Donna as working with Costumes (that was weird – she moved to Donna – took one look at her tea leaves and said "You work with Costumes" – not your usual opening line) and proceeded to tell Ailsa that she would procure 2 unusual animals (not dogs or cats)(we think it could be Alpacas or Llamas), and that her street would be dug up.  Sharon lives in the same street and her street wasn’t being dug up so we wait with baited breath.

She shared with me a few things – I now share with you.

1. I would begin working, overseas, with my current line of work – and it would involve a microphone, where I would be speaking to many many people. Not my hobby (dang – there goes my quest for international Knitting Podcast Stardom) – but my current job – in their overseas office or something like that (I work for a very small Local Not-For-Profit Sports Medicine Clinic as a Receptionist)(not Apple or General Electric).  It would happen in the next 3 months.  She was VERY adamant about this.
2. Steve and I would have a MAJOR fight about who parked their car in the other’s spot – up a steep incline – in our yard (We live on a VERY flat block of land and don’t give a flying …. about where we park the cars)
3. My husband, has a very stern face, with grey wavy hair, and looks much older than me (All news to me as Steve has a lovely smiling face, with straight black hair)
4. He (my husband) would apply for a job in a place that I definitely didn’t want to go – "why would he do that? Why would he apply for a job to go somewhere when he knew you didn’t want to go" she asked me.  How would I know? I’m the one that WANTS to travel/move and Steve isn’t.  This caused much confusion (Or was I still reeling from the big argument about the cars with my Grey Haired Husband).

Now – a wonderful friend of mine who is the eternal pessamist mentioned to me that I should be open to suggestions and see what happened.  (And that, legally/technically, I wasn’t married to Steve so….the Grey Hair guy might still come along). So I guess in a month or two I should be off, with someone I don’t know, moving to a place I don’t want to go to, whilst preaching to millions via the airwaves.  You will all be the first to know the link of the Broadcast – ok?

Hope you like the new look of the blog.  Mwah.

PS – have you ever seen THIS BLOG? So lovely – I am a certified lurker there from now on!

~ by Donni on October 8, 2006.