I'm back

Gosh, I've been away for almost 2 months. I've missed everyone in blogland and glad to be back. What have I been up to during my break? Have a look:

My daughter was a flower girl at my friends' wedding. It was such a lovely wedding at a beautiful venue.

The weather in London has been so great that we decided to have a bbq on our communal terrace. Kyoko (far left) came with her fiance, my friend who had recently got married (second left) and my childhood friends. I found out that the headmistress at my previous Chinese school (and a MBE) also knits in her spare time. How cool is that!

My Mum taught me how to make some Vietnamese Jelly (chocolate and milk flavour) which is made of Agar. It was really good!!! Gracie, I will make you some to change your mind about this Jelly.

Talking about Gracie, she made me the most gorgeous cake, ever for my birthday. Have a look here to see.

I have decided to get some plants (that my husband and daughter will not be allergic to) and I have started with this beautiful orchid.

Kyoko and I have decided to be more active and do more for charity so we have both signed up for this September's Addidas 5k run. I have been trying to train for this as, from my older post, I'm not very good at running. I've been cross training, playing badminton, dancing and power walking to train for this (see that I haven't been jogging :D, I'll leave that till later).

I haven't forgotton the giveaway.......although it is very late.....sorry......I'll sort it out in the next blog as well as a recipe for a Chinese Steam cake.

Little Break...will be back soon

Oh dear.....no blog post for a whole month..... been a bit busy lately, so I'm taking a little break from blogging. I will be back soon......

Change of Plans

Last week we were planning to watch Star Trek and being a secret Trekkie, I was really looking forward to it!! So we went to the O2 and Jaxs went to buy the tickets. When the film started I noticed the name 'Christian Bale'...hmmm......what is he doing in Star Trek?? Then it dawned on me that my husband had bought the wrong tickets, so we ended up watching Terminator 4 instead. The film was ok, too much action for my liking, the only thing that was good about it was Christian Bale and Sam Worthington. Hee hee hee! No seriously, their acting was good as well as their looks.

Then on Saturday we were planning on accompanying my Dad to buy a new car. However, my Dad's old car was not being itself (I think it is breaking down as it is more than 25 years old) and our car was left at my Inlaws, so no car. Instead we caught the bus to Borough Market. Here are some photos:

At Borough Market we were handed a card from the Crafting Creatures about their Crafternoon that day. My Rascal and I decided to go to the Crafternoon, and we really enjoyed ourselves. My daughter made aPom Pom I tried to do some knitting, there were also felt creature making and cross stitching. We also enjoyed some cake, tea and a live acoustic band playing some great music. This was their second Crafternoon, so it will be interesting to find out when their next one will be.

We then went to the Tate Modern for some exercise........have a look:

Bubble Border Cardigan and Chocolate Brownies

As Jo, from 'Today we are....' , would put it, here is my FFP:

Yay, I've finally finished my Rascal's cardigan, yep, the one I keep going on about...hee hee hee. She tried it on and it fits, the only problem is that it is so hot here. Hopefully the weather will cool down here in London. I started this project because I wanted to learn the basic of garment knitting, such as pocket, collars, and the bubble border. It looks complicated, but is actually really easy. The finishing is not that good, so I'm looking for a finishing technique workshop.

After knitting the cardigan I treated myself to a bowl of chocolate brownies with yogurt and fruit sauce. Yum. I used to eat this when I was carrying my Rascal. It has lots of calcium and iron and no I'm not preggers. I just felt like eating this again. Yummy......

British Holiday

We went to the lovely seaside town of Bournemouth, Dorset, to celebrate my daughter's birthday during the long weekend and we all really enjoyed ourselves. It was one of the best holidays that we've had this year. There has been a lot of news that more people are spending their holidays in the UK due to the recession, but Jax and I have been holidaying mostly in the UK while we were dating. I remember one year we went to the Cotswold's where there are beautiful scenery, gardens and cottages during the foot and mouth disease (we had to disinfect our tires everywhere we went) and was nobody there. We have a few photos of me on this lovely old fashion village all by myself. Hee hee hee, we were almost the only tourist visitors in the town that day.

Here are some holiday snaps.

The award winning beach was lovely and so clean that we wanted to go swimming there. From the photo you can see the rascal trying wall climbing for the first time. She managed to climb all the way up but could get down. The guy had to climb up to rescue her. Hee hee hee, I love wall climbing too (I use to go to the one near Swiss Cottage), so the rascal clearly takes after me.

I need to find some time to take a photo of the finished cardigan, I will post it as soon as the photo is done. I'm off to dance class tonight to burn off all the chocolate font and donuts I've been eating.

KIT - that's my middle name

Oh gosh, it has been that long since I've blogged. A lot has been going on recently so been a bit at work and out of work. Also my puffed up eyes is making me really tired. I think it is hay fever, but I'd better get a diabetes check as well, it tends to puff after I've eaten a lot of sugar. I hope it is not diabetes, image not being able eat cakes, chocolates and biscuits.

Anyway, I've received two lovely sewing KITs from Ruth (I won the giveaway...hurray!) and Kyoko.

Ruth's package was so pretty that I didn't want to take it apart.

Kyoko's lovely purse tutorial KIT so pretty too.

Thanks you girls!!!

We met up at I-Knit this week, so I can say thank you in person. It was so nice to meet up and chat about wool and knitting. It was so full inside that we decided to sit outside and we got lots of attention and questions from people walking by and the Lovely Craig gave us lots of sweets. He's so sweet.....get it....hee hee hee. I'm so glad that Kyoko and Ruth was there to give me moral support whilst sewing up my daughter's cardigan......and I'm happy to say that it is finished, just in time for her birthday next week!! Yay! Thank you girls (again). Well almost, I need to sew on the buttons. Hee hee hee. Here is a choice of buttons we had....which one do you think will go with the cardigan?

Now that the Rascal's cardigan is finished, it means that I can start on other projects. I think I'll better catch up with my sewing. I'm heading to Clapham/Tooting that way, so I'm planning on visiting my favourite craft shop. Yay, for the long weekend. Hope everyone have great break...I know I need one.

I haven't forgotten about the giveaway...it will take place, just need to think about what to giveaway....hee hee hee.

Have a nice long weekend everyone.

Hubby's Birthday

Didn't we have a lovely weekend! I took Friday off to bake a cake for my hubby and to take my daughter to her reception class which is my first time in the school term. My hubs have taken her a few times already, but as I start work at 8.30am I don't really get the chance. It was fun as I went into her classroom to see the caterpillars and had a little chat with her teachers. Here is a photo of the birthday cake which hubs and Rascal helped decorate:

Hubby is not too keen on Birthdays means he's getting older you see (being the wrong side of thirty), but hey look at Hugh Jackman....he looks good for forty something. Hee Hee Hee!

Rascal's cardigan is nearly done! Just need to knit one more side and finish the sewing up. I tried it on the Rascal and I think it may be a bit too small. Hey, kids grow up SO FAST! Or I KNIT TOO SLOW. Hee hee Hee! Next time I will knit two size larger than her age/size.