SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT

 

All going well, I'm going to Cambridge for an FBG walk this morning.

It's going to be a rather DULL Day around here, because after my walk I am back to cutting out strips.

You can look forward to a walk photo, stat photo and that's about it!

SO LET'S TRY SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT!  It's something I have not done in all my 17.9 years of blogging.

I want YOU to send me a photo of what you are doing, or a lovely view out ya window, or of ya dog/cat... I DON'T MIND WHAT.

Just send me something via my email, and I will POST IT ON HERE.

My email address is :   stewandchris@hotmail.com

How simple is that?  It could be fun for all of us.  Certainly something different eh?

NOW GO TAKE A PHOTO!

I will start to share them once I'm home from my walk.  

PLEASE let there be some to share!

I share enough eh?

ONWARD...

MADE A START

 

Last night I decided to make a start on cutting out the new fabrics.

Even better, I did it on our kitchen bench top.  Such a damn good idea!  It was the perfect height for cutting, why the hell haven't I used it before?

ABOVE:  I got all of the new green strips cut out last night.  Not all of each fabric, just some from each length.  

ABOVE: These are the fabrics I shall be working on today.

But not straight away.

I have an FBG Social Walk on this morning.  That comes first.

I will get back to the cutting out, after my walk.

ONWARD...

8.24 am: And this morning's walk just got cancelled due to shitty weather.  And for once I don't mind at all!

I think I'm slowly coming around to NOT liking to get wet while walking!  Particularly when it's not nice sitting having a nice hot drink afterwards, while all damp and cold.

So, good call B, let's do it on Thursday instead.

I'm now going to get all our washing done, tidy up the bedrooms, do any other odd household jobs, then get back to the cutting out.

I LOVE CHOCOLATE.  I have resisted it on a whole for years now.

Until the past couple of days.

Stew and I indulged.

ABOVE:  OMG this chocolate is to die for.

So rich.  So tasty.    And I should have known better.

Chocolate makes me TERRIBLY CONSTIPATED.

T  M  I:  I've just spent the past 45 minutes in the bathroom... quietly dying.

D Y I N G.  

I am now traumatised.  I need a minute or 30 to just sit and recover.

It's not even a laughing matter.  I'd LIKE to be laughing, I really would.

LESSON LEARNT.  

DO  NOT  EAT  GODDAM  CHOCOLATE.  Ever again.

ABOVE:  I've cut out about 10 lots of fabric so far this morning.  BUT, I decided to gather up ALL the fabrics I want cut into strips, and just plug away at them until they are all done.

So, I've just doubled my work load.  

OH, I also went over to a local fabric shop run from her home, and bought 'a few more' fabrics.

I think my 'stash building' is over now!

2.08 pm:  I'm slowly getting through the piles.

In the meantime, my brain is ticking over, thinking of something that could be quite FUN for tomorrow.

My post tomorrow is going to be TOTALLY DIFFERENT to the 'norm'.  Come back tomorrow to find out what it is!  😃😊😉

4 pm:  Seven hours of cutting out strips today ... so far!  My back is now hurting, but wow!  I have got seven hours under my belt. Usually I am in pain after only one hour.   Obviously, cutting on the kitchen bench is working for me.

I'm now taking a break, and I might continue cutting out after dinner.

I did do a wee bit more cutting out... so at the end of the day I cut out (into 2 and a half inch strips), twenty eight metres of fabric!

I certainly won't get that much done tomorrow, as I have a walk on in the morning over in Cambridge.  By the time I get home from that it will be lunchtime.  Half the day will be gone.

We had sausages and veges for dinner this evening.  Very nice they were too.

Now?  Time to sit and just relax, with me hotpod and blankie on my lap.  Bliss.

OFF TO AUCKLAND WE GO

Monday ... back to work for those who have to.

Us?  Stew has taken today off, and we are going on a little trip up to Auckland!

Funny going up there, when we just got Jacqui to do some shopping for us while she was up there yesterday!

In my defence, she was already going to COSTCO, and we have no intention of going there today.

ABOVE: We asked Jacqui to buy for us, two monster packs of loo paper!

48 rolls per pack.  

That should last Stew and I at least a year, if not longer!

As I said to Jacqui as a parting shot...

"I shall think of YOU every time I wipe."

She cracked up.

ABOVE: Bex shared this recipe for pizza made with a garlic bread base on Facebook.  I intend making it for our dinner this evening, after we get home from Auckland.

Talking of Auckland... we are going up so I can get some more fabric from Ribbon Rose in Penrose.  Might as well, as I've been on a fabric shopping lark this past week.

I actually DO need some more white & green based fabrics for my Braid Runners.  

And well, let's see what else I can find while there.

Then we shall go to Sylvia Park to find me some CROCS!

On our way home, we plan on stopping in at a butchery in Pokeno to find some GOOD sausages.

WHY DID ADELE CROSS THE ROAD?

TO SAY 'HELLO' FROM THE OTHER SIDE.

Well... it was funny.

ONWARD...

ABOVE: 9 am, and we are off. Foggy and... DAMP. 

LOL, No surprises there.

11.40 am. Well, we have been to Ribbon Rose and I thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the fabrics. I found a few to get and took them up to the counter. 

While looking for more  a saleswoman came up to us and let us know that ALL the patchwork fabrics were ON SALE  as of TODAY!!!

Every fabric was down from $30 a metre to $19 a metre!

OMG that sent me into a tail spin.

I then went NUTS and bought DOUBLE what I'd  planned.

I HAD A BLAST!

ABOVE: I'm holding the TWO fabrics I really wanted to find.

They didn't have them.

BUT... they had plenty of others I liked. ☺🙂🙃

ABOVE: He got to sit for a few minutes   then he became my fabric holder. 🤣😅🤣.

ABOVE: The two ladies in the fabric section of Ribbon Rose.  They were both cutting out lengths of fabric for me.

ABOVE:  I bought this cute thingee for holding stuff by the sewing machine.

I also bought some more threads, they were half price, SCORE.

ABOVE: Today's fabrics.

I specifically needed Black 'n' Whites, and Greens.  I think I covered that.

Plus a few more yellows for the Bumble Bee Braid Runners.

I was really thrilled with my fabric purchases today, and of course, getting them at such an awesome discount made it even better.

Looking at my receipt, I am pretty sure they charged me even LESS than the sale price too.  I will double check that once the sale 'OFFICIALLY' starts, it is being advertised at midnight tonight.

I believe in fate,  I was meant to go there TODAY.

After Ribbon Rose, we went over to Sylvia Park for a wander and lunch.

ABOVE: We both had a mixed meat Kebab.  It was one of the nicest kebabs we'd had in a long time. * That Kebab looks HUGE!  It wasn't, it's just the angle I took the photo from. *

ABOVE: We saw the cutest little pink drum set... TEMPTED.  But thought best not.

Don't think Steve and Bex would be impressed.

ABOVE: Our next stop was LUSH.

Bex and Steve had given us a big gift basket of LUSH Bath Bombs and Bubble Bath Bars for Christmas.

ABOVE: As of last night, we were down to two halves left.

So, time to get some more.

ABOVE: That should keep us going for a while.

I only use half a bomb each time I take a bath.

ABOVE: We also bought a good slice of this gorgeous soap.  It is sooooooo pretty.  It will be hard to actually use it!  But I no doubt will.

ABOVE: Our next stop was Pokeno Bacon, in ... well Pokeno!

ABOVE: There were plenty of sausages to choose from.  The ladies in the shop gave us a freshly cooked sausage to taste... YUMMY.

ABOVE: All their produce is made on site, and 100% fresh.  I didn't limit my purchases to just sausages.

ABOVE: We ended up with enough meat for 12 meals, costing no more than $10 per meal.   You can't beat that.

And that was our trip up to Auckland!

We are now home, feet up and enjoying an hour or two of doing nothing.

At some point I will have to take the new fabric to my sewing room for cutting up.

I'm NOT looking forward to the 'cutting up', but it's a necessary evil.  *sigh*

CROCS?  I decided not to get crocs.  I feel like I'd only wear them once in a blue moon, and at $100 a pair, I decided fabric was a better investment!   KNOWING ME ... I MIGHT CHANGE MY MIND AT A LATER DATE!

5.48 pm:  And it already feels like 10 pm!  It's been a long and very enjoyable day.  Time to sign off and just relax till bedtime.