One A Day Tuesday Tallies (17 January 2012)

Its Finished!!!!  

My first Ta Da of the year!

The first of many!

This year is the year of COMPLETION

and I will complete lots.

Here it is:

My finished cot ripple blanket.  Made using Rico Baby DK wool in cream, purple, turquoise, red, petrol, grass green and denim blue.  

I was able to crochet 5 stripes from one ball; 27 stripes in total plus boarder which is equivalent to 10 stripes.  

Just over 7 balls in total at £2.25 a ball.

Just loving this snugly blanket and I can't wait for Baby Hyde to arrive to wrap it up and hug it tight.

Now my one a day blanket is finished, its time to move on to a new one!  To accompany the cot blanket baby Hyde needs pram blankets.  This is my progress so far:

I am using Rico Baby DK again; this time in cream, red, petrol and green.  There are 3 rows of dc in the red, petrol and green followed by 4 rows of tr in cream.  

I am then going to do 5 rows of dc (red, petrol, green, petrol, red) before 4 rows of tr in cream.  Final row will be 3 rows of dc in red, petrol and green.

I plan on getting this blanket finished this month as I have some time off work and plan to concentrate on this as I have lots of other crafty makes I am eager to do this year.

Pop on over to Carole to see lots of other one a day tallies.

One Little Word

It came to me during the night, that one little word for 2012.....

COMPLETION


com·ple·tion  
1. The act of completing or the state of being completed

Yes, 2012 will be the year of completion.  Not just crafty projects, not just house renovation projects and yes there are many of those to complete.  But also the year I complete personal goals.  


The year to bring the last 39 years all together. It really is something I need to do before that big 40 hits in 15 months time (OMG!!!!!).

One Little Word

This January I declared my one little word this year would be me.  Sadly the latter part of this year has seen this personal pledge fall far from my mind.

I need 'me' to return.

These last few months have been hard and to be honest I have really struggled.  After getting over a problem with the tendons in my foot around Easter I then developed this skin infection which caused (now over 100) blisters which then turned in to abscesses.  Four of these have needed operating.  Then came the broken leg and knee followed by last week developing a DVT due to my broken leg being immobile.

I have struggled to keep a grip on things and I am tired, frustrated and a lot of other similar 'labels'.


I feel like I can never compare to others, to achieve what they achieve, to be as happy as they are, to wake up in the morning and not feel ill, in pain or have energy.

My scrapping mojo left me, in fact my mojo for most things in life left.


It frustrates me that I have no control over a number of things in my life and no matter how hard I try, there is nothing I can do to change this fact.


I have lost 'me'

And today.....although the pain and the tiredness remains, I feel more ready to tackle finding 'me'.


I get upset when I read some blogs where everyone's life is so wonderful.  It upsets me to think, these people can't be honest.  I only hope they are honest with themselves because I truly do believe life is not perfect and it upsets me that I get upset for a mere moment that my life is not perfect like theirs.

I am making a promise to myself that I will not believe these fairy tales and will live my life being honest and true to myself.

I do believe in 'me' and I will let 'me' shine.


I would like to thank a wonderful lady who inspires me and for encouraging me to be true to myself and write this post.

Do Something New Every Month - January

This year I will try something new every month and as my one little word for the year suggests I will concentrate on me.  Twelve brand new & hopefully exciting things I have never done before, all benefiting me.  

This month I have started as I mean to go on and jumped straight in with a new adventure; one I never ever thought I would do.  And why?  Well I hate things moving round or touching my feet.  So what do I find myself being talked in to?  

A fish pedicure.

Even now it brings goosebumps and sends shivers down my spine.  Little fish swimming round my feet, oh the horror.  Sucking away with all their might at my feet.

Off I went with my lovely friend Sarah on Tuesday night after work where we dipped our feet in the tank and let those little blighters do their stuff.  And oh did they do their stuff!

It really was one of the most strangest sensations, like a little tickle yet the feeling was so relaxing and even now my feet feel so amazing.

Never did I think I could do this and I did.  Loved it so much we have booked in to have it all done again later this month!

Do Something New Every Month - January

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One Little Word For 2011

Going to sound a little selfish but to be honest I really feel I am at the point in my life when I need to be selfish and think of putting me before others.

I am going to concentrate on me this year.  

My health

My happiness 

My dreams

ME