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Where I am at right now (taking stock)

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Making : crochet headband/ear warmers for a friend
Cooking : crumpets (toasting is cooking right?!)
Drinking : nespresso coffee
Reading: peeking over Mr B's shoulder as he is enjoying books by Harlan Coben
Wanting: a full nights sleep every night!
Looking: forward to my visitors coming in a few weeks to stay a week
Playing: lego checkers with Master W
Deciding: what birthday cake to buy
Wishing: it was summer already
Enjoying: staying in bed longer in the mornings
Waiting: for the sun to appear
Liking: my new fleece jacket I picked up for $12 on our Op shop day
Wondering: what's causing Master W to not be feeling 100%
Loving: these 3 right here

Pondering: how we can have so many crumbs under the kitchen table?!
Considering: buying clothes on trademe
Watching: the boys build amazing lego creations
Hoping: that the sun comes out for the rest of the school holidays
Marvelling: at how amazing the sunsets have been this
Needing: some crochet into embroidery hoops
Smelling: the jonquils I picked from my gardens
Wearing: my $4 pj's I picked up from the Postie sale last week
Following: a crochet pattern....and hoping I don't run out of wool
Noticing: how nice it is to have clean floors
Knowing: my bed is warm and cosy
Thinking: I should really be going to be soon
Feeling: so warm and cosy in front of the fire
Admiring: how fast my boys have grown this year through my PL pages
Buying: Christmas presents
Getting: exercise walking the dog
Bookmarking:things I really should be getting done in my planner
Opening: happy post
Giggling: at the funny things the boys say
Feeling: content

You can find the list here

complete chess set

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Lego Chess is complete! Its so nice to have this done and with plenty of time before Mr B's birthday. The 12 last pieces that I forgot to order for the base arrived.

As you can see it looks like the image from the lego software (winning)

I was thinking about a fun storage solution for all the chess bits that wont be attached to the board for storage.

A lego lunch box seemed to be perfect!

I have had a few people ask how I made this and where I brought all the lego parts from- here's the low down.

Firstly it is way more expensive to make it this way by ordering each part from bricklink. We have used this site many times to replace missing lego from the sets we have and found it to be awesome.

There is no real lego instructions- they were found on line here.

Secondly- yes you could at one stage go and just buy a lego chess set off the shelf. I decided not to buy this set for a few reasons- hence forth making one.

Thirdly- It took time to order and get the 7 orders for all 300+ parts from all over the world but honestly- we have a unique chess set that I'm sure Mr B and the boys will just love for years to come!

Now my next task is to figure out how to play chess!

Happy Birthday Mr B

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Happy 31st Birthday Mr B!

Love you to the moon in back in a very slow yellow submarine

xxx

new top

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Back in January I made a new summer top. You can find instructions for the pattern (you can also buy the actual pattern if you didn't want to print/cut out the pattern)

I called into Haralds Fabrics and saw this fabric and love the blue/coral/cream/green combo and for this top I only need 1 metre and the fabric was less than $12.00.

This pattern is so simple to follow and with this fabric so easy make and I was much quicker the second time around.

Master W decided to be in the photos

Fits perfectly! Might need to make a few more for spring. Am I the only one wanting summer back now?

disappointing post

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I have never in all my posting mail years had post returned to me. I have had post go missing but never just undelivered and returned.

A few months ago I took part in the share your country swap. I carefully chose the items and had them posted back in March.

I had all my items arrive from Lee-Anne in South Africa. You can see the photos here.

Today on my door step the package I sent back in March arrived back at my door- 3 months later and covered in dates/stamps and scribbles. (insert sad disappointed face here)