Aaaaahhhh ....

Hear that?  Listen again .. hear that?  That is the sound of quiet.  I am sitting here with a steaming bowl of Laksa beside me (my new favorite meal, honestly, how did I miss this before??) and quiet. 

If you found the tether today you would have found me at the end of it.  It was just one of those days, and to top it off, it was Mr.2's birthday - so added mummy guilt - not that he noticed anything different.  I tried to walk away this morning and took the kids to the playground but that go scuttled as there was a meeting at the school, and my lot aren't that great at playing quietly.  So, we went and had our picnic on the deck at home.  We're kinda in a stage of no-naps - and it's showing in us all.  Thankfully, the sun was out, and they were amused by the plumber coming to fix our tap before it was DVD time. 

I find myself asking where did I go wrong?  But then, I remember, I need to flip it over - condemning myself isn't going to help solve the issue.  It's over now, tomorrow is a new day - thankful for a couple of friends who helped me through today!

Right ... I'm going to get back to my Laksa before it's cold. 

Playing About

One of the things I've wanted to do for a long while is re-vamp the blog layout a bit.  I have had to wait till a) I have had some time in the evenings b) until I found some instructions that were so amazingly wonderful even I couldn't muck it up.

Tonight, I was able to find both. 

The instructions came from here - and thank you so much to the wonderful ladies who have taken the time to write these out and give them to the inter-web for people such as myself to use.  AMAZING GENEROSITY. 

Time came because all the kidlets were sleeping by 7pm.  The littliest is waking usually about 9pm for a top-up feed, so there is not much point going to bed early only to wake up again in a few hours.

I hope you enjoy my changes .... maybe more to follow soon.

In other news .... have been sewing, or upcycling as it is known as.  I was gifted a merino top from a friend that was not wearable for an adult anymore (a few wee holes) BUT it was perfect for my project.  I made a pair of leggings for wee miss and a tunic for the middle miss.  I do love sewing for my girls.  What I loved about these projects was that I could follow online tutorials (with pictures!!) each step of the way.

Leggings tutorial here

Sweater dress tutorial here

I will hopefully get some photos up of them in the next few days.