Just couldn't resist

Trying the technique Lori has used for the row along. These are just 1"finished size these litle squares and there's no way I'd have the patience to do them any other way.

Michelle

Baby Quilt

Thought I'd better hurry up and finish the baby quilt before it arrives. The top is finished just have to find some backing and quilt it quick. I can seee myself sewing the binding while in labour at this point!

Not a great photo, this is the only patch of sun we have had all day, but the quilt turned out really cute. Also Lori from bee in my bonnet has started a row along, with one new row every 2 weeks, it looks really tempting. The first row has tiny four patch blocks made from larger squares it's really neat how they're made. Cheers
Michelle

Names names names!

It's got to be one of the hardest things to do, name a child, and as I've already named a few the choices are getting harder. Now our last name throws a spanner in the works it's short, one syllable  and a hard sound and it just doesn't go with anything I like! With each child I have suggested we change our last name, that always goes down well...not.
So after a quick poll of most of the Mum's I know it seems that Dads aren't, as a rule, very helpful, well the weatherman is no exception he likes none of my names but won't offer any suggestions at all and with only a week or so to go I'm starting to worry we will have a child with no name.
Now my past adventures in baby names have not always gone well. Jordan was Jacob very deffinitely until he cried ,....and cried ....and cried only when we called him Jacob so we stopped which stopped the crying, yep I'm serious! and three days later finally called him Jordan But the ribbing by friends, family, nurses even the cleaner made those three days without a name unbearable and I do not want a repeat! Meg was different she arrived with a name, pity it sounds ridiculious with our last name, but we had two lovely girls names picked but when the weatherman held her up he announced those names are no good she's a Meg and so she is. Hayden's name was decided by Jordan, it was one of our choices but by the time he arrived Jordan had firmly determined that he was Hayden and there was no going back. Tulley I loved and knew it just had to be but when she was born the weatherman announced no she doesn't look like one to which I nearly flew off the bed and attacked him like a jack russell until he relented and said OK I guess she is but we'll put a E in it to make it more girly OK I was ready to compromise. So if you'd like to suggest something.......

Michelle

It's OK

The paralympics start today my TV watching has been saved for another 2 weeks. I think I enjoy the paralympics as much if not more than the olympics, the wheelchair basketball is awsome and the rugby is a blood sport, I just hope the coverage by the ABC is better than what channel 9 did for the olympics.
Happy viewing!
Michelle

My Biggest baby turned 16!

Yikes where did that time go.

He's been reading his learners manual getting ready for his learners permit Aaaargh how am I going to survive this? Actually he's very sensible...usually...for a teenager, but I can't help worrying, at least a little bit.

Happy Birthday Jordy!

Michelle

Getting around to it

Everyone has those jobs you put off forever, I've been procrastinating about listing a pram on ebay for a good 12 months now, it sits in the dining room and gets shuffled out of the way and I'm always tripping over it to open the curtains in the morning, but there's always an excuse, I've never listed anything before, I don't have time to keep checking,I don't know how etc etc etc the list just goes on. So today I did it, really it only took about half an hour and now I feel good, it's done and I dont have to think about it till this time next week and by then I hope it's sold and I can get back into my dining room, coz that's important, it's where the quilting machine is and I need to finish the baby quilt!

Michelle

Bring back the olympics!

I'm having trouble re-adjusting to "normal" TV. There are some shows that I like but rarely do they play a new episode and even when the do it's replayed again the following night. The kids like Big Bang which is fine but I think I've seen most episodes at least threee times and they are starting to lose their punch. Also because of the flood of ads during the games for Big Brother they want to watch that too! Aaaaaarrrrrgh. Bring back something decent so I can resume plonking on the couch with my knitting.