And it just keeps growing....

My yarn stash that is; postie knocked on the door today with this:

There is more yarn winging its way to me, at least I hope, I confess I am beginning to loose patience with First4Yarn  I ordered £25 worth of yarn and a new hook on the 31st August and I've still not received my order.  I had called a few weeks ago and was told some of the yarn I'd ordered was not in stock but there was a delivery expected the following week.  Hmmm.  Give it a few more days and then call again, I guess.

I do so love yarn.  Ok this is acrylic and I am a bit of a yarn snob and do prefer natural fibres - but for affordability and versatility, acrylic does have it's uses.  The chunky yarns, top right, are lovely and soft and I reckon will make a lovely snuggly shawl.  Ohhhh, and as I plan to tackle socks soon, I've also found some Latex liquid to dot on the bottom of the socks to prevent arse over tit syndrome, on laminate floors ;-)  I bought it from Opitec Crafts

Today has been a mix bag.  High of receiving a parcel, low of being stuck inside with the kids because of the rain - soon everyone will have waterproofs though, and we can go and jump in puddles galore.  I also have another parent coming to see me on Friday for a chat, so I've been printing off my policies (and realised I've somehow deleted my child protection policy, sigh) and putting together brochures and information on my setting.  Germs have been assaulting me too, 4000mg of vit C, echina and lemon and honey helped to soothe a very tender throat.  And this evening I was suppose to go to Stitch and Bitch group, but my babysitter let me down.  I am rather miffed, mainly because I'm not entirely sure he would have called to say he wasn't coming, had I not called his home.  Thankfully, I had decided I'd wait until he arrived before I called for a taxi; otherwise I would have had a taxi sat outside for 15 mins while I waited on him.  I'll have a chat with his mam later - hehehe not often tactful, but I thought voicing my irritation to her 16yr old son was probably not a good idea, and be better to speak to her.  Still, not the end of the world, there's always next week.

To finish on a high note (and pardon the pun):

Our song and music time this afternoon.  The kids really enjoyed it; so much so that much of the afternoon was interspersed with requests for "more songs". 

Hodgepodge.

A funny old weekend.  Rye was picked up by his dad on Friday and dropped back off Saturday evening.  No mindee this Saturday because I had booke the day free to go and view the Manor.  Little bit melancholy about that, although we are looking for an alternative - just very unlikely to find anything quite as stupendous as Manor.   Still, it's the people that matter not the place.

Saturday turned into a lazybones days.  I read 3 books of the Belgarion series.  Oddly, inspite of having read these books countless times I suddenly noticed a few allegories that made me giggle, surprised not to have noticed before, hardly subtle!  Mind, I am so familiar with these books I do skim the text.

And today, well today has been interesting.  Some time ago there was a falling out in a pagan circle I use to belong to.  It all became rather nasty - that however was a year ago and for the most part I and the other person involved (I was perpherially involved), thought everyone had moved on.  Seems the initatitor of all the agro has not and is still determined to tar a friend and try to depict her as some despicable pagan and person.  Today I discovered the depths this person will sink to, and how utterly delusional she is - it's almost frightening, the level of her vindictiveness and delusions.

Inbetween that, I've continued reading, playing with Rye, watching Disney's Cars (bit rubbish isn't it), and making us food, taking Rye to the park and so forth.  So yeah, a real hodgepodge of a weekend.

On the upside I've now made it blatantly clear I have absolutely no interest in being drawn into this woman's fantasies anymore, with any luck I'll never hear from her again and I can merrily go on in my life without these ridiculous dramas interrupting it.  And with any luck my friend will not be hassled by this woman any further - although I confess I'm not entirely confident on that bit.

But anyway, to end on a happier note:  A few pictures of the park earlier in the week - and Rye wearing another pair of those fabulous stripey trousers:

And a fabulous find on Ebay.  I've been wanting a blackboard of some description for Rye for a while.  The one I picked up from a boot fair quickly got damage and the blackboard section was rather naff anyway... anyway, while scouring Ebay for a cheap wooden easel (and not finding one), I came across this rather nifty stuff:

Self Adhesive Chalkboard sheets  Well chuffed, Rye gets to have blackboard without it taking up valuable space in the house - and these sheets work very much like a blackboard and hold the chalk well, as you can see.  I bought 3.  The second roll I have in the bedroom on the floor for Rye to draw on..   I think I'll be buying some more of these.

Mind, the price has gone up..already, the sheets were £2.95, the seller is now charging £3.95 per sheet.  Hmm.