Almost home...

... and the odd photo is starting to arrive via email from relatives in the UK

Jess and her cousin Laura at the Tower of London, the first week of the trip (last week of March), when it was still very cold and snowy in the UK.

Right about now Jess is nearly in Singapore for a stopover, then home on Sunday morning - just in time for Mother's Day, and for her birthday on Thursday. 

We'll have a teenager in the house, eek!

Things you do on your wedding anniversary

spend money of course!
Dentist (for Tink - no holes, YAY) then off to the optometrist to pick up the new glasses (mine and Tink's).
Yes, Tinkerbelle needs glasses.  We'd known something wasn't right for several years, but the optometrist said it was ok due to how school at her age is taught meant glasses weren't needed.  Not any more, so much to her delight, the glasses were chosen, ordered and delivered.

I think she looks gorgeous.

She chose those frames herself.  Such great taste!

Ready for the competition season

Tink now has leotards for all 3 routines that NZ Level 2 rhythmic gymnasts do for 2010 - freehand, hoop and ball.
The ball leotard, courtesy of fairy godmother Sarah's layout and applique skills

Ta da!

the sewing machines are out again...

and the NZ gymnastics competition season starts in a month, so I've been sewing:

A Tinkerbell leotard for Tink - this will be her hoop leotard.

My fabulous neighbour, Clare, is enjoying herself being creative and is currently making Jess' ribbon leo; while the fairy godmother, Sarah, is employing her quilting skills putting applique flowers on Tink's ball leotard.
That  just leaves me to ge to and make a purple & silver hoop leotard for Jess, and maybe something else for her freehand routine.  We scored a lovely one for Tink's freehand at the club's 2nd hand sale last month.

So be warned - there will be videos again...

Awards Season!

StitchitAndie pinged me with both the Beautiful Blogger award and the Sunshine Award.

I did the Beautiful Blogger two posts ago, so I won't repeat that one.

However, here's the rules for Sunshine:

• 
  
  put the logo on your blog or in a post
• 
  
  pass the award to 12 bloggers
• 
  
  link the nominees within your post
• 
  
  let them know they've received it by commenting on their blog
• 
  
  share the love and link to the person from whom you received the award

There's a lot of awards going around at the moment, so I'm cheating - again - and I'm only awarding it to two blogs:

• 
  
  Vickie in China
• 
  
  Cameo

These two ladies are always (even when having a bad day) about being "sunshine" - at least in my view. 

Way to go, ladies!

March finish with deja vu...

Does this look familiar?

Same design as the January finish, but with the colours reversed for the other twin.

I stitched them side by side:

so off to the framer they go tomorrow, woohoo.

Only a couple of weeks late for the 1st birthday....I don't think Kylie will mind, do you?

Belated acknowledgement of an award

Thank you to Barb at MyStitchingTreasures.

I'm very slow at noticing I was in her "pass it on" list, but here it is.

Ok, ten things about me:

1. Like Barb, I love cats (have 3)
2. I love to read
3. I love chocolate, dark peppermint is the favourite
4. My eldest daughter left tonight for 6 weeks in UK/EU
5. I have actually met one of my blog friends (waving at Floss)
6. I am a member of the Yahoo group 2MuchXS
7. I am at SABLE (Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy)
8. I used to sing in a Cathedral Choir (decani soprano)
9. Yellow is my favourite colour
10. It's my 14th wedding anniversary next month

Blogs to pass the award on to:

All those in my blog list (I know, I'm cheating - but it's late and I do like them) plus  Mez at the Australian Gymnastics blog, the Couch Gymnast, Notes From the Trenches, Frog and Toad Are Still Friends and Daring Young Mom.

Go check them out - I dare ya!