May 22, 2007
Tuesday already?
The weekend flew by with the dancing event on. Saturday night, Emily danced until 10.30 or so, we got home at about 11.30pm. Sunday night, she danced until 11.30pm, and we got home at 12.15am on Monday morning.
Needless to say, everybody was on the tired side yesterday.
She wore her newest costume on Saturday night. (The one I was working on a few weeks back)
She won that section! In fact, she competed ten dances on Saturday night, and won five. She placed second in another, and third in yet another.
Here's Saturday's haul.
We headed back on Sunday night for the two big sections. Now that she's 14 she has to compete in the Senior sections. She was a little nervous about it.
She needn't have been, she came second in one of them, and first in the other.
She collects trophies the way I collect yarn!
A little bit of knitting happened along the way, but not much.
Rose Red started her sockapalooza socks last week in The Knittery's Cashmere Merino sock yarn. That reminded me that I'd started a sock in the very same colourway, so I went and hunted down the sock in progress.
The sock I'd started was a pattern of my own design, but I wasn't enjoying it, which is probably why it got tossed aside.
After contemplating the yarn for a while, I decided that it wanted to be the Lupine Lace Socks from Fiber Trends. (I got the pattern from The Wool Inn in Penrith for $AU6).
I haven't gotten very far yet!
I'm knitting them on my Celtic Forge sterling silver 2mm DPNS. Cashmere on Sterling Silver. This is the life!
I also started a baby cardigan.
I feel quite safe popping it up here, even though it's a gift. I know quite a few expectant mums, and at least 3 of them read this blog, so none of you know if it's for you!
That is the entirety of the knittng acheived since Saturday morning. I did sit down to work on the Shetland Shawl last night, but my head was aching, and I was so tired that I knew I would stuff it up, so I put it aside.
A few days back, Librarylass tagged me for the seven random things meme. I've spent a few days thinking about it.
1. I am a baby about the cold. Despite the fact that we have relatively mild winters here in Sydney, I sleep with a hot water bottle. Last night was the first time I've used it this year. It has a fuzzy cover, and I dreamed last night that I was cuddling puppies.
2. I'm relatively shy, and although I love to meet people, I'm not good at meeting new people in the flesh. Despite that, I flew alone interstate to meet David (and others) for the first time at a Usenet meet.
3. I'm a lousy housekeeper. Really lousy. But I get stressed if the house is a mess. Therefore, I'm stressed a lot.
4. I love to eat, I love to read cookbooks and cooking magazines, but I hate to cook. I can make a pretty good banana cake and anzac biscuits though.
5. Every report card I brought home from school in High School said "Donna talks too much and is easily distracted". Some things never change.
6. I'm one of five kids. I was the eldest until my mother died and I went to live my Dad and my stepmother when I was 8. Now I'm the second eldest. I have two sisters and two brothers.
7. I'll be 36 in 9 days.
Posted by Donna at May 22, 2007 06:38 PMComments
Congratulations to Em. She looks wonderful in her costume. I was thinking of her when we did the tour of Radio City.
Ditto on #2!
Posted by: Marina at May 22, 2007 09:03 PMEm looks very Prima Ballerina!! Well done with all the trophies!! Well done Mum too!! I love my hot water bottle, it is green with a green knitted cover of course!! The Labradors are frightened of it. I don;t know why....
Posted by: 2paw at May 23, 2007 12:01 AMYe gads! I'm older than you? And I'm the one with a short person who just turned 8 months old? Anyhow, in case I forget later, Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Cathy at May 23, 2007 12:28 AMCongratulations to Em! You must be running out of room for all those trophies. She looks beautiful in her costume. Great job on the sewing.
Posted by: wool winder at May 23, 2007 01:40 AMsend em my congratulations! what a whirlwind weekend that must have been! i can relate to items #3 & 4 - in fact i'm taking a week off to clean house and doing some room exchanges! i like cleaning when no one's around so they can't see the junk i actually accumulated and am throwing away....i collect cookbooks too, especially local ones; i keep wondering when i'll have the time to try a new recipe....
Posted by: debbie at May 23, 2007 03:44 AMCongratulations to Em for dancing her toes off. And congrats to you for making a beautiful costume. It looks lovely on her.
Posted by: sprite at May 23, 2007 06:40 AMCongrats to Em! She garnered lots of impressive awards! I'm like that too, love to meet new people, but lots of time can be shy.
Posted by: Wanda at May 23, 2007 07:01 AMwell,I'm glad you had the guts to go to Wollongong snb.
Hugs to Em - Flash and I are very impressed!
Posted by: Jussi at May 23, 2007 07:44 AMCongrats to Em - how could she not win trophies in her gorgeous dress! You are really so clever with your sewing and knitting! The socks look great - fab yarn (heh!). You got the colour much better than I did in my pic yesterday!
Posted by: Rose Red at May 23, 2007 09:24 AMCongratulations to Em! She looks great. She will need her own trophy room soon.
Posted by: Suzanne at May 23, 2007 10:20 AMCongratulations to Emily & to you too! Wow, sterling silver dpns - they must be precious to knit with.
Posted by: Ann Lim at May 23, 2007 11:51 AMCongratulations gorgeous Em. x
Posted by: Nora at May 23, 2007 04:38 PMA big congratulations to Em on her prizes, she looks very pretty in the costume you made you did a fantastic job as per. I know I keep saying this but you are very talented.
Posted by: Helen at May 23, 2007 04:48 PMEm looks beautiful - the girl and the costume are a credit to you!
Like you, I'm shy - well, reserved anyway! I'm getting better in my old age! LOL Strange that I love teaching - it's one-on-one I find difficult!
I don't like housework, tidy looks better than fanatically clean so I'll take the former and skip the latter! Besides there's knitting and blogging to make time for! LOL
Posted by: Lynne at May 23, 2007 11:19 PMEm looks beautiful - the girl and her costume are a credit to you.
I, too, am shy; well, reserved anyway! I'm getting better in my old age! Strangely, I love teaching; it's one-on-one that I find diffcult, especially with strangers!
Knitting and blogging need time so something has to give, right? For me, that's housework. As long as it's reasonably cleam and tidy, dust won't rust! And nobody has to eat off the floor!
http://2hot2knit.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Lynne at May 23, 2007 11:23 PMA big congrats to Em!!! That's a LOT of trophies!
I got kicked out from the dance group when I was in first grade (we were supposed to perform some cultural dance). The teacher told my mom I was too stiff! Hehe!
Congrats to Em! She's awesome!!
I'm with you on #4 except for anzac biscuits. What are those?
Posted by: monica at May 24, 2007 08:36 AMIt always pays to do what you love. Em looks beautiful in her costume, (and what a fantastic job you did on making it too), and many congratulations on her doing so well in all her dances. I get stressed when the house is messy too, but I suffer from anxiety attacks which are awful, so I try to keep on top of the housework, thereby having one less thing to stress out about. The baby cardigan is looking good so far too.
Posted by: Sue at May 24, 2007 10:12 AMEm looks so beautiful, she looks like Snow White
Posted by: Annie at May 25, 2007 10:39 PMWell done on both the costume and the prizes - it's so wonderful when your child is passionate AND talented at something. Brings tears to your eyes every time, doesn't it?
Lovely to discover a bit more about you - thanks for writing. Can relate to the housekeeping stuff!
Posted by: Jejune at May 26, 2007 04:46 PM
Em looks gorgeous and tell her CONGRATULATIONS from an old dancer who knows what hard work (and fun) dancing can be. And CONGRATULATIONS to you too on that beautiful costume. Both are a credit to you.
Posted by: Terri at May 22, 2007 08:27 PM