This guy needs more credit than he's given.
Love love love
x
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Crochet.
I've recently taken up crochet and I am currently working on a blanket- which I will upload its progress as time goes on.
It's almost a metre squared which I'm very happy about, however the bigger it gets, the longer it will take to go around full square.
Anyway so this is when I first started
It's almost a metre squared which I'm very happy about, however the bigger it gets, the longer it will take to go around full square.
Anyway so this is when I first started
And this was how it looked last week, you can see the size difference already
And this is it now, I haven't made full square at this point and I'm going to carry on a bit more tonight so I'll upload some further progress next week- hopefully by then there will be an even bigger size difference.
The thing I like most about crochet is that you can actually see your progress each time you go round, where as with knitting you can't really notice any change until you've done several rows of whatever.
Plus this looks much nicer than the bog standard knitting pattern.
I'm overly pleased with this.
:)
Monday, 13 January 2014
Sunday, 12 January 2014
I am alive.
I haven't blogged in a year or so; however recent running's in with and much badgering from my good friend Uzma has lead me here once again.
I recently (I say recently but it was early August 2012) left London and moved to the fine little seaside town of Gorleston in Great Yarmouth. I can honestly say it has been the best decision I have made in my life so far- I left my previous job and got transferred to my new store, I now live and am renting a 2 bedroom flat in a newly built area with my long term partner Tom and we're planning and working on our future as a very happy couple.
I tend to differ from the norm when making life choices and I tend to beat about the bush and go around the houses to get where I need to go, however when the opportunity to transfer came up I was quite surprised at myself for how quickly I jumped at it! I couldn't wait to leave London- a lot of my colleagues and friends think I'm completely mad, however living and visiting London are two very different things. I don't think many people realise this until they actually live in London and experience the daily hassle and general stress and anxiety that comes with living in such a huge and diverse city. I was constantly unhappy; with where I lived, where I worked and who I worked with, the people around me and the sheer rudeness of people everywhere you go. Not only that but the actual city, the place itself was and is everything I dislike and enjoy. Its a huge city of great grey looming buildings that constantly try to outdo each other in size and design- built and designed by millionaires in suits and ties who couldn't care less about the lay man.
The city is a vast and tiring place.
Some of the people I worked with were to be perfectly honest, a drag- a waste of time and effort. It's strange now (as I used to be good friends with some of them) that once you leave no one keeps in contact. It makes you wonder whether your time and presence there noticed or appreciated and whether or not any of them were truly friends at all.
The notion of it is completely lost on me- with that, I decided to leave them behind just as much as they left me- I'm not phased by their pathetic definitions of friendship.
As I said earlier, I am now living with Tom and I'm working at my new store. I couldn't be happier, I have made some really great friends here (who aren't just for Christmas) who I get along so well with- I am actually speechless and shocked that I have found humans that I actually like!
Everyone knows how much of a pessimistic, misanthropic misery guts I am and how difficult I be to get along with sometimes. I completely respect the fact that people may not like me for those reasons stated, however, I am so happy they have endured me long enough to see through them and to see my good points.
Living with Tom is amazing and so stressful at the same time- I never knew or thought living with someone with OCD and who gets more anxious about social events than myself would be so difficult. I'm not saying its a bad thing at all, its just beyond anything I'm used to and I think getting used to each others routines and habit's is literally one of the hardest things about living with someone (especially if they're as messy as Tom!). I don't think I've ever had an argument about who has to do the washing up before this point!
Besides enduring the house chores, living with Tom; after waiting 4 years to do so, is everything I could have hoped for and I love it! We've started planning our future- there's a wedding to look forward to at some point in the future and we're even on the subject of babies (Again I surprise myself as everyone knows how much I hate children and the mere thought of giving birth to one of them!).
This has unfortunately turned into a slightly longer update than I intended it to be, however now that I remember my password for this I am definitely going to keep you posted on my future shenanigans!
Love x
I recently (I say recently but it was early August 2012) left London and moved to the fine little seaside town of Gorleston in Great Yarmouth. I can honestly say it has been the best decision I have made in my life so far- I left my previous job and got transferred to my new store, I now live and am renting a 2 bedroom flat in a newly built area with my long term partner Tom and we're planning and working on our future as a very happy couple.
I tend to differ from the norm when making life choices and I tend to beat about the bush and go around the houses to get where I need to go, however when the opportunity to transfer came up I was quite surprised at myself for how quickly I jumped at it! I couldn't wait to leave London- a lot of my colleagues and friends think I'm completely mad, however living and visiting London are two very different things. I don't think many people realise this until they actually live in London and experience the daily hassle and general stress and anxiety that comes with living in such a huge and diverse city. I was constantly unhappy; with where I lived, where I worked and who I worked with, the people around me and the sheer rudeness of people everywhere you go. Not only that but the actual city, the place itself was and is everything I dislike and enjoy. Its a huge city of great grey looming buildings that constantly try to outdo each other in size and design- built and designed by millionaires in suits and ties who couldn't care less about the lay man.
The city is a vast and tiring place.
Some of the people I worked with were to be perfectly honest, a drag- a waste of time and effort. It's strange now (as I used to be good friends with some of them) that once you leave no one keeps in contact. It makes you wonder whether your time and presence there noticed or appreciated and whether or not any of them were truly friends at all.
The notion of it is completely lost on me- with that, I decided to leave them behind just as much as they left me- I'm not phased by their pathetic definitions of friendship.
As I said earlier, I am now living with Tom and I'm working at my new store. I couldn't be happier, I have made some really great friends here (who aren't just for Christmas) who I get along so well with- I am actually speechless and shocked that I have found humans that I actually like!
Everyone knows how much of a pessimistic, misanthropic misery guts I am and how difficult I be to get along with sometimes. I completely respect the fact that people may not like me for those reasons stated, however, I am so happy they have endured me long enough to see through them and to see my good points.
Living with Tom is amazing and so stressful at the same time- I never knew or thought living with someone with OCD and who gets more anxious about social events than myself would be so difficult. I'm not saying its a bad thing at all, its just beyond anything I'm used to and I think getting used to each others routines and habit's is literally one of the hardest things about living with someone (especially if they're as messy as Tom!). I don't think I've ever had an argument about who has to do the washing up before this point!
Besides enduring the house chores, living with Tom; after waiting 4 years to do so, is everything I could have hoped for and I love it! We've started planning our future- there's a wedding to look forward to at some point in the future and we're even on the subject of babies (Again I surprise myself as everyone knows how much I hate children and the mere thought of giving birth to one of them!).
This has unfortunately turned into a slightly longer update than I intended it to be, however now that I remember my password for this I am definitely going to keep you posted on my future shenanigans!
Love x
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