The kids loved it - Miss M especially liked the bubble thing!I got thoroughly bewildered over the weekend though, never sure what day it was - culminating in sending my daughter off to school today in the wrong clothes and without her PE kit because I forgot it was Tuesday. Poor kid is wearing a pinafore, blouse and tights - not the easiest to change out of. Thankfully my Beloved had left for work before she asked for her tie, and I can't tie ties so that was one problem evaded. I dropped her PE stuff off at the school office later to pass on to her, but as she struggles a bit getting out of her pinafore I'm wondering how she's got on... I am useless!
Non-achievements of 'making' Monday include :
going to Sainsburys with the intention of trying on the top I saw there last week only to discover that there were only two left (in sizes best described as Far Too Small), discovering that the new trainers I bought for Miss Mouse the day before were half a size too small, and taking Miss Mouse to the Heritage Loch (duck pond) to feed the ducks and finding the somewhat inadequate car-park was full.
On the upside we got Miss Mouse's shoes replaced with no fuss, Miss Mouse wasn't bothered about the ducks, we got a birthday present for her friend, and in Sainsbury I ran into a friend I hadn't seen for ages. Achievement of Sunday - aside from getting the wrong size shoes for Miss M - was going to Lidl and getting new kitchen scales with 1g increments, which are already making mordanting so so so much easier. Already? Yep, mordanted this morning, have simmered red cabbage (bleurgh, I mean really - have had the back door open and scented candles lit) to have another go at red cabbage dye.
Doesn't that make you want to heave?And the yarn has just gone in! Smell aside, I'm quite excited about trying the cabbage dye again as I got interesting results last time.
Could also be a weapon. Well, you never know when it'll come in handy.That's all folks!
2 comments:
I have just bought myself a Life Planner from Organized Mum to try and avoid life's disasters like forgetting what day it is. But I just have to remember to write in it and look in it! But I can tie a tie thanks to having to wear one at school - never thought of it as a life skill, but you have made me see it in a new light. I like your nostepinne - I wind yarn round my hand from skeins draped round upturned chairs. I am sure that your way is much better!
Pomona x
I usually just wind wool into a ball but a 'cake' doesn't roll when I'm knitting so it's an improvement. I used chair legs for winding skeins for dyeing purposes - who needs a swift? :-D
I have no excuse for getting the day wrong, it was all there on the calendar (for once!).
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