Another Manic Monday!

Well although I didn't have a super early start to the morning it was all hands on deck as soon as I did roll out of bed - I had a phone call from my old boss asking if I could cover a few shifts this week, starting tomorrow. This wasn't exactly a complete surprise as we had already been talking about it but starting tomorrow did mean that I've spent most of the day so far getting my latest university assignment out of the way.

Now luckily it seems to have been a relatively easy assignment, part of a maths module I'm currently studying, and now it's just waiting to be posted tomorrow. Typically I actually started this assignment almost two weeks ago but everybody loves a bit of procrastination right?

By the look of it the rest of the day is now going to be spend looking for the perfect knitting patterns. At the end of last week I was commissioned to make a nice thick pair of leg warmers but they're to be in a colour not easily found up here on the island so it was onto the Black Sheep Wools site for a bit of a root through their stock. Well the wool has arrived today and looks great, and with it was the wool I bought to make a little something for myself.

Lately I've been having to forgo the wearing of proper hats because with the amount of hair tucked under them they tend to just POP right off my head - very frustrating when you already have to battle the winds to keep your head-wear from swooping off into the sea. I have so far made myself a couple of very nice headbands but I'm going to make a nice big baggy dread hat - a bit like Bob's Marley's super famous 'rasta hat' but with some more 'me' colours, after all I've never even been to Jamaica...yet. However first on the list is the pair of leg warmers...and another scarf.

Now, I would like to say how "I wish it were Sunday" but to be honest Sunday, and the rest of the weekend was pretty busy too! I was working in the Legion on Friday night for a heavy metal gig we had in. Although some of the other staff weren't so keen on it I really enjoyed it. We had a Shetland band called Ten Tonne Dozer down to play and a band called Hybrid Constellation were launching their album over the weekend.

Saturday consisted of a trip down town and a peek around the charity shops before a long overdue trip to the swimming pool then more work. This time we had piper called Fred Morrison performing. He was pretty good too but I only found out this morning that he once played with Capercallie - now that was a surprise!

Come Sunday afternoon it was back for another shift in the bar before heading over to the climbing wall. I've been going a fair bit this year so far but I was pretty chuffed with myself this week as I managed to convince my mum to come along and join in too! Don't worry - she has actually done a lot of climbing in the past so it was like some cruel joke. It's been a few years since she was last on the wall but she did well so hopefully that's my climbing partner problem fixed! And I think it worked very nicely as a Mother's Day present with a difference.

(Bit different to the climbing at the wall this weekend but here's me testing myself in Spain last summer!)

Well I'd best get on with these leg warmers so I'll see you next time!

Here Comes the Sun

As of yesterday we have now had approximately three nice sunny days up on Orkney this year. However it is only March, and after all we're not meant to get nice sunny weather until the tourists start showing up - it's a natural ploy to convince them it's perpetually paradise up here - not that I'm a conspiracy nut or anything...

Anyway, having been warned of the lovely weather on it's way my sister Melanie and I along with the 'mother-taxi' (just kidding mum!) and the pup went up to the Ring of Brodgar - a neolithic henge and stone circle surrounded by lochs and open fields. Mel was after some photos of a very cute fox cowl she'd just made from her first pattern and I was hoping she could strike a pose with a couple of my finished  items too. 

It was still a bit nippy and we did have to time our shots for when the sun was clear of cloud but it could definitely be classed as a success! 

(a lovely cowl I made a short while ago - more details here)

While mum was out at her new job I went into town for a 'business meeting'. First though it was off to our favourite coffee shop - Trenabies for a cuppa.

Now the business meeting - well I don't know if I can really call it that. A friend of mine has an interesting business idea and wanted to meet up and discuss it and see if I would like in....so if that works out smoothly you might all get to hear about that too!

Next it was time to catch up with an old friend from school, before heading over to the other half's place to knit. My latest project is a super long black and purple, stripey scarf for another good friend. It's taken about a week already but it's almost finished now so hopefully I get to post that off to her very soon!

Well today has been dedicated to finishing a uni assignment so I'll speak to you all again soon, 

Ciao!

Welcome!!

Hey everybody!

Ok, so I have spent a lot of long hours over the last few days looking at this shiny new blog of mine and thinking: now what?? How should I start off? What do I write?

Well after all those hours, and a few more spent trying to borrow ideas from other bloggers I decided to go back to square one and just write something, anything!

Now, I'm not totally new to blog land, I do have a travel blog on the go for when I'm on the road but this is about something different. Here you're more likely to find tales about 'home'. One day I might tell you all about my latest knitting project - I'm currently working on a nice thick, stripey scarf - or maybe I'll share some photos from the latest adventure with Teazel, the life-long pup. How about I let you know about my latest attempts at playing chef, or how I'm getting along with my Uni coursework?

The subjects here will probably be quite varied but that should mean there will be something for everyone to enjoy! Whether you're a knitter, a serious outdoors type or just looking for something new to write I'll be here, stumbling on through this adventure we call life.

Teazel when she really was just a pup!