Baby Showers and Swaps

Well, the work seems to be coming in at the moment, still got some spare days through June and very little for July as yet. Think I might be able to make ends meet at the end of the month!

I've been busy, as ever with my knitting. Knit Chicks had a Baby Shower on Monday, I did two Perfect Baby Bibs and three mittens - still need to do the fourth!

I've sent off my first Swap Parcel. I hope my Spoilee likes it. I dyed the yarn but would've preferred a more purple colour than red. Never mind.

I've started work on my next Swap, needs a bit of tinkering with but am quite looking forward to doing it as the projects I've decided to do are things I've not made before....

Feeling Happier!

Roll of Drums - have actually started work at last!! That's lifted a lot of anxiety, just fot to make sure the shifts come in now!

Done yet another face cloth - or is that two, maybe three?! Paw print is on the needles, black cat and moon and stas are completed - will take pix later. Patterns to be found via Ravelry.

Am doing and planning to do Surprise items for Spoilees and another two top secret surprises - all info to follow after the events!

The Chucks haven't laid yet..........

Work, Wool & Time Management

Finally got the green light to start working with the ageny late yesterday afternoon!! Couldn't believe it and about time too! Got some shifts, but not yet full time but it's a good start. Got to go to the agency ofices later today to collect id, Uniform, pay rates and time sheets. And to generally creep so they know what a wonderful person I am and give me tons of work.......

Toook some yarn to be sold to a friend yesterday. Even got in a tizz about that. In the end, I only took two 100g skeins. Another 500g was still damp, a further 600g had to be put into 100g skeins. My time management needs lots of work. Hopefully now I'm working again then it might give me the nudge to stop spending so much head time worrying and see and do things more clearly!

So I've got a list of jobs to do today. Already I've spent far too much time on the bloody laptop.... just to remind myself, my list of jobs runs like this (not in order of importance!)

Go to Agency
Asda
Get Dye
Collect Magazines
Ring re Mortgage and Car
Clean Yard
?Laundry
Check Spoilees details again
Get pic for UK Swap and post details
Housework
Write letters - post Saturday
Tidy Back Room
Decide what to put in spoilees parcels
Check Bank Account
Check Mileage to Work Placement
Decide waht to do for *the surprise* can't say what or it will spoil the surprise

Don't think I'll get it all done today, but need to get most of it done.

Crack On Girl!

The Devil Went Down to Georgia

I've finally gone and done it. The agonising is over. The final decision is cast. The Risk has been taken. I'm a free range Nurse, waiting for my CRB to come through and work for the Agency. Let's hope they do have plenty of work. Fingers crossed this huge gamble will pay off.


If you are familiar with the song - 'The devil went down to Georgia', well I'm Johnny.


It's not quite hit me yet.


Confidence and the courage of my convictions are needed in abundance


But I have my husbands blessing and support, which means more than anything.

Mephisto Waltz

Work

After a lot of soul searching, I have rang work and said I was going to come back. Great they said. You're on nights and are not going to be moved. Back in the same place. I don't want to be there. Would I rather financial instability than going back? I really don't want to work there. Nothing has changed.

I feel as though I've sold my soul to the devil and Mephisto is warming up to Waltz with me.

Found a light

Another up and down day.

I've taken some better pictures of some of the yarn for the store. I've photo'd and tagged all this lot (as opposed to bagged and tagged....) plus probably half as much again and am now about half way through sorting it all. And only two skeins on my store shelves hahaha!

I've found a pattern today for a skinny scarf that I'm itching to cast on. Dilemma as to which yarn to use, but have got it narrowed down to oooh about four or six. Have also come across a pouch/phone cosy that I wouldn't mind having a go at. The possibilities are endless. Does my napper in when I think about it!! I keep thinking that I must finish the baby cardi before the baby grows into the next size d'oh, but I suppose one more evening won't make too much difference.....

I threw a major sulk this morning as we talked briefly about me going back to work. I don't think I've told Hobbit Keeper the full everything that goes on at work, so his informed opinion is not that well informed. He has said again that I should go back to work on the Main Unit, as offered, at least for financial stability till something else comes along. One of my gripes is that I would probably have to be there at least a year before I could realistically apply for another post due to my levels of sickness. So that would be another year of being shouted at, potential for physical abuse and all the rest of the mind games and crap that goes with the territory.

I feel that my heartfelt leap of faith, my jump to hyperspace, just hasn't been good enough. Things happening for a reason is a bitter pill to swallow at the moment. I don't want to give it much more thought. It's not the first time a husband of mine has told me to carry on working in a violent environment for the money or to help keep the roof over out heads. The motivations have been different each time. But it does make me think back and opens a can of worms, half my head is back in another, much darker time, a time which still haunts me.

Anyhow enough of that morbidity.

The chicken DesRes is coming along, nearly finished.

Got some Banty eggs from Mum today. They're are small compared to what we're used to, then again we do normally have the large eggs. We shall have to get used to smaller eggs, can't wait, cos they're are going to be soooo delicious. Fancy just going into the garden and getting fresh eggs!