New Cushions

I finished my cushions last night. I'm so happy with them! :)

Here they are...

Getting back to sewing

I splurged a little at spotlight when they had their 25% off everything sale a couple of weeks ago.

This fabric is destined to become some cushions for the lounge - thanks to inspiration from Jade and also one of Jade's blogger friends who makes cushions - Tutti Frutti. They really are gorgeous and if mine turn out even half as nice I'll be happy. In anycase, the lounge is in need of some colour and style so I'll do my best to pep it up a bit with these cushions....

C25K - Week 5

Week 5 started off okay. But I did the last run today - 20 minutes straight - 3.2km. I was struggling in the last 3 minutes but I kept going and I did make it all the way, so I'm happy with that.

Week 6 plan is as follows:

Day 1:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
Jog 800m (or 5 minutes)
Walk 400m (or 3 minutes)
Jog 1.2km (or 8 minutes)
Walk 400m (or 3 minutes)
Jog 800m (or 5 minutes)

Day 2:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
Jog 1.6km (or 10 minutes)
Walk 400m or 3 minutes)
Jog 1.6km (or 10 minutes)

Day 3:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 3.6km (or 25 minutes) with no walking.

Crochet Hat

I made this lovely hat from this book.



But it was meant to be for me. I couldn't quite get what ply or what size hook to use so I improvised and it turned out too small for me but just right for Hannah.

Must have another go......

Driveway Progress

We had a very productive weekend on the driveway. Thanks to my mum and dad who helped us SOOOOOO much. Mum was housekeeper, cook and nanny all weekend so I could get down and dirty with Paul and get a good start on the driveway. We went pretty slow on the first two days as we were getting into the swing and working on fiddly bits. I even did some bricklaying on a small retaining wall!!!

Then on Sunday all the Boere's were here and we got the massive area in front of the garage done in one day. It looks amazing. We still have edging and retaining walls to build there and the rest of the driveway entrance to do but we did bite off a huge chunk and it feels GOOD!!!!

C25K Week 4

Man, week 4 is a KILLER!!! The first day was so hard but I made it... just! Paul ran with me on the second run for the week and of course he was fine but did manage to at least break a sweat. He was suprised at how well I am going seeing as how he really knows how unfit I am! My pace is not as slow as I thought it was as he thought it a good pace for him. So I'm a bit proud of myself now he he he. The third run was okay and I managed to go a fair way over the whole 40 minutes - 4.9kms!

Week 5's plan is different for each of the three days:

Day 1:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
Jog 800m (or 5 minutes)
Walk 400m (or 3 minutes)
Jog 800m (or 5 minutes)
Walk 400m (or 3 minutes)
Jog 800m (or 5 minutes)

Day2:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
Jog 1.2km (or 8 minutes)
Walk 800m (or 5 minutes)
Jog 1.2km (or 8 minutes)

Day 3:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 3.2km(or 20 minutes) with no walking!!!!!

More Paper Tole Fairies

This weeks craftiness resulted in this little framed fairy picture for Hannah's room:

Ailey also needed her name on the door: