His Royal Highness Milo

Lots on the go at the moment, so this is just a quick post to keep you updated. We've had our first home visit for fostering approval, which has resulted in a pile of paper work to fill out .... ongoing process. Who knew I had to remember every single address I've ever lived at since the age of 18?

I've finished my Child Psychology diploma, but have one final assignment to complete in order to get a level 4 accreditation. Requires 4 essays of at least 500 words each. I've made a start on the first one.

Our church holiday club starts next Monday, so I have a ton of preparation to do. I'll be running registration and the sound desk. Got to get the words for all the songs set up.

Finally, the thing taking up most of my time ... my poor wee companion has had his second knee op last week Wednesday. This means that he's on strict cage rest for the next 4 weeks, and I'm on pee duty. He's not allowed to walk at all, so I have to take him out to do his business. He's at least past the initial few days of extreme pain, and finally back to his old self. This means that he's bored stiff ... and I have to entertain him! As you may have guessed - there's not been as much knitting being done (or all the other things I'm supposed to be doing). I'm even struggling to read, luckily I've managed to sneak this post in before his Royal Highness wakes up and demands attention again.

Cablelicious set

After a lot of careful consideration, and one too many threats of redundancy, I quit. Yip, you read it right, I decided to take some time out and decide if Software Project Management is really what I want to do with my life. Sadly, the answer turned out to be no - but that could just be the fact that I was wearing so many different hats, and PM was not taking up the majority of my time. My biggest frustration was acting as technical lead, pre-sales consultant, account manager, web site designer, content manager, and first line support(and last resort when everyone else was on leave), all roles I was reluctantly dragged into out of a feeling of obligation. This year is the year I say NO MORE! No more people pleasing. Time to restore the joy in my life, time for me.

What this means for you: hopefully I get to post more. Probably. I might bounce ideas around of projects I want to do, or designs I'm working on. Most likely my posts will revolve around what I'm getting up to with my new Etsy shop. With Christmas fast approaching, I'm busy knitting up a storm for the family. I've decided to give the girls all a set of boot cuffs and matching hat. Two sets down, one to go. I may offer these on Etsy, once I've worked out exactly how long a set takes to knit. I keep forgetting to time it. I may even take my design notes and actually write up the pattern and put that up. Got to brush off my pattern writing skills first - nobody else will have a clue what my notes mean otherwise.

Introduction

Well Hello All,

Welcome to my blog. I've been crafting for my whole adult life, doing one thing or another. From sewing my own clothes, cross-stitching cards, crocheting toys, to knitting socks. I want to use this blog as a place to record some of my projects, hopefully inspiring others to take up a craft so they too can be creative and have fun.

I won't make any promises I can't keep, so fair warning - I might not get to update this too often.