So what's been happening of late. Well my husband has stopped working and gone to CPIT to study a graduate diploma in ICT. So while we have dropped to one income & had to tighten our belts a little/somewhat (ie I really must not go into shoe stores - but the catch 22 of that is that I need to replace my summer sandals that Dad's dog George ate in March = dilemma). However, the upside is that I am actually getting on and doing other stuff, stuff I've been listing to do for quite sometime.
Finance wise, we're doing pretty good, my husband gets the odd days work at his previous job, which is really good, because it means he isn't committed to set hours on a weekly basis and can say no if he has too much on study wise and were managing reasonably well on just my wage (if this was a year ago it would be pushing it, probably not do-able but as I am now in a better paying job, thanks to God's grace & blessing, it is okay to do this now).
As mentioned it's lead to me getting on and doing my list of activities from this post. In fact I have completed the India scrapbook - it still has some finishing touches to be done but I've actually done it. I'm quite pleased with my effort with getting things done. The list still has a few things on it, but I have 8 months to get it all done.
Front Page of India Scrapbook |
All pages - they're double sided |
I was quite pleased with my effort in starting & completing it all within about a month - it is the biggest of the ones I have listed to do.
Spring Blossom |
Spring is of course now in full swing, with warmer & longer days (yay - daylight savings has been & gone), of which the first indication of spring is blossom in full bloom. So we managed to finally grab some photos of the beautiful trees before they turned green. They looked just stunning.
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Blossom Trees along Harper Ave in Hagley Park
And I've gone ahead & bought a couple of cross-stitch kits. The Taj Mahal with it's stature reflecting in the pond that runs in front of the wonder. Which from my very first blog we have been to see & have the photos to mirror the cross-stitch. I also bought a third cross-stitch, a Me-to-You teddies wedding one, with two little bears sitting on a swing. I saw it a couple of years ago when I first went hunting for a wedding cross-stitch & put on the list to get, so I finally managed to get one a a good price from the UK.
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I have started the Taj Mahal cross-stitch, about a quarter of the way through it. I take it to work & sit on my breaks doing it. A lot of colours in it, less of large areas of one colour, more of the colours across & running into each other.
There we are an update. I do apologise to anyone who may read this blog on occassion for long delays between writings. Sometimes not a lot happens or goes on. Hopefully this summer will bring more things to share with you all.
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