February Round Up

I'm sure many of you will be pleased to know that my large pink breasts have left the building. Yes, the LCGB decided they were needed at St Richards Hospital, Chichester, where they are hopefully now teaching parents-to-be about breastfeeding.

I quite miss them sitting around the place; but I still have the pattern so could always knit more. Would it be crafty perving if I attempted to alter the pattern to make them a bit smaller? I think slightly smaller ones would be useful in so many more decorative instances.

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I have a bit of dilemma. I'm not everso fond of spiders: I'm not an arachnophobe, but neither do I actively enjoy the presence of our eight-legged friends. (Don't know whether any of you reading remember a post of long ago on the subject of my encounter with another spider? I still feel guilty about that; No.1 still laughs about it.) Anyway, during the big snow earlier this month, I noticed a spider in the kitchen. This is him:

I didn't have the heart to put him out because it was freezing degrees outside and I was worried that he'd die of spidery hypothermia or something. So I just left him. He made a little web next to the bookcase in the kitchen, and within a few days had ventured along the tiles towards the hob. I spoke to him when the kids were out, the hamster was asleep and the cat was upstairs sleeping on someone's bed. That might have been a bad move - befriending him. I thought he looked a bit like a Cyril, and thus he was christened: Cyril the spider.

The thing is - the snow has gone now, and Cyril is definitely growing. Should I put him out? I've tried to hide him from No.1 as spiders trigger her scream function all too readily. Cyril is my guilty secret, I quite like his subtly stripey legs and ability to wander up walls. But I think it might be approaching the time to part company. *Sigh* Looks like a short-lived 'fun whilst it lasted' kind of thing?

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I now have a few 'thank you's to deliver. Firstly to Julia at Marmalade Kiss who sent me (and lots of others - the postage must have been shocking!) some pages from an old bible she was given. The pages are huge, thick, and wonderfully aged. There were a couple of pictures in my 'wodge' along with the pages of script:

Beautiful, aren't they? Thank you so much Julia - x - I keep changing my mind as to what, precisely, I want to do with it, but be assured once I have decided, I will blog it.

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Now thank you to Jill for passing on this 'Lemonade Award' to me - it's a pretty one. Jill passed it on to those she could imagine sitting out having lemonade with, which makes it all the more lovely to receive. Thanks Jill - x. (If you're into handmade jewellery, you need to check out Jill's blog and her Etsy Shop - she makes beautiful things).

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Thank you to Julia at Primrose Corner for this Kreativ award. She didn't know it, but she really gave me a lift that day. I was having a bit of a bad day, and the email she sent after I'd left a comment to thank her for the award was so nice and kind that it put all the crubbish with which I'd been dealing back into perspective for me. Thank you Julia - you didn't know you were helping, but you did - x.

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Thank you to Mr Catalyst at Oddball Observations and Dawn at Twisted Sister for this Proximidada award. They state:

"Nominated bloggers are exceedingly charming, they aim to find and be friends."

I don't know about the charming bit, but I'm always open to finding and being friends.

For those who don't know Mr Cat's blog, he is a former radio presenter who is now enjoying his retirement in sunny Arizona. He posts some fabulous photos - his blue skies and sunshine have kept me going through our long, cold British winter this year. Thanks for the award Mr Cat - x - I appreciate it.

Dawn is a sweetheart and was one of my first bloggy buddies. A wise, funny and strong woman who takes great pictures of Newfoundland where she lives, and writes about anything and everything. Don't tell her but I'd like to visit her one day and see that scenery for myself. Thanks Dawn - x.

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Did you fellow owners of small people enjoy the February half term break? We certainly did. One day we went out for a pub lunch with some friends - 9 adults and all their children. There was a table of mums, a table of girls (all of them 11 and 12 - biggest, loudest table) and a table of boys. One of the boys was 13, the others were much younger. That 13 year old did sterling work. Of course the younger boys were keen to impress him (younger boys just LOVE bigger, older boys, don't they?) but I was aghast to witness them having a conversation about 'interesting facts'. No.2 announced he had a VERY interesting fact and I just knew what was coming. 'Oh yes?' said the 13 year old. 'Did you know people can fart, even after they're dead?' responded No.2. Oh God. Everyone heard it.

Us mums all clubbed together and bought 4 of these mahoosive puddings, with a pile of spoons for the kids. You can't really tell from that picture (taken from the menu) how huge the glasses are. Think 'large goldfish bowl'. Anyway, all four desserts were gone in minutes. :-O

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I must apologise for not commenting on lots of blogs over the last few days. The reason was that early this week I was cooking dinner and managed to burn the fingertip 'pads' of the thumb and first three fingers of my left hand. They are still rather tender, and typing is particularly 'ouchy' (this blog post, apart from this paragraph, was written before I burned myself). I've still been reading blogs, just not commenting much. It's made me realise just how many jobs/tasks I do which rely on utilisation of fingertips/pads. Hopefully, I shall have fully functioning fingers very soon. (I am left-handed and haven't been able to sew, knit, or even be a hooker. :-( )

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Right, that's enough random blabbering for today. See you next month!

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