I’m being incredibly slack with posting at the moment due to the back to work rush and with it the huge pile of marking that ends on up on my desk every day. I don’t know where it all comes from but I’m seriously considering buying a rubber stamp with a tick on it in order to prevent repetitive arm strain! Still, we’re half way through the term already so it’s not all bad news…
My socks using the yarn my secret pal gifted me are well under way, I’m going to take some photos of them this week. The yarn is totally gorgeous, much nicer than anything I’d usually buy for myself. It’s funny how buying for someone else gives you the incentive to splash out - my secret pal sendee will soon be receiving some yarn it was very hard to part with! I also spent age last week making a double duvet cover and pillow cases for our bed only to find when I went to put the duvet cover on that it was about a foot and a half too short. Humph. In my excitement I only measured the width of the duvet, not the length which is quite obviously going to be longer. There were some anguished cries coming from the bedroom when I found out, Donald ran for in his cage and John sat quietly watching the telly trying to figure out what he done… I suppose eBay came to my rescue as I’ve decided that I’m going to just buy some wadding, sew that it and have it as a coverlet on top of the duvet. We’ll need it anyway as it starts to get colder - our bed is under the window and it lets in a healthy breeze on an alarmingly regular basis. I’ve also been teaching myself German after falling in love with Germany on holiday. I’m making slow but steady progress and hopefully next time I go I’ll be able to say something useful to the locals.
We went out for a walk around Liverpool today whilst the rain held off. It’s funny how you go to all these places and take lots of photos but you never look on your own doorstep. We walked down by the India Building and the business area of the city before walking across to the docks to have a look in the Tate. Rodin’s The Kiss is in there at the moment so we had a look at that, had some lunch and reminisced briefly about our second date there when we found ourselves watching incredibly frank Tracy Emin film whilst simultaneously cringing with embarrassment. Will upload some pics and post them tomorrow.
