Weekend musings
I had the weekend to myself. Yay!
It’s not very often I do, but as the Mister went on a fishing trip (I love fishing trips) and it was a successful one so he was away for two nights.
Sure it means sleeping alone (being able to hog the bed), and fending for myself (fruit loops for dinner), but it’s nice to have some space too. (I’m trying to make out like I missed him – which I did).
So I cleaned the house and twirled around in new, pretty dresses.
I watched series 2 (including the Christmas episode) of Downton Abbey.
It wasn’t as well paced as series 1, but still enjoyable. I was actually surprised at how much I enjoyed it.
I previously boycotted it, as I didn’t like the way it was being promoted on Australian Commercial Television, but after hearing so many good things on I decided I needed to give it a shot.
I watched everything I could in 3 days. Completely addicted. I grew so emotionally invested, in such a short space of time. I loved to hate O’Brien and Thomas, mourned for Daisy and William, and loved the spunk of Lady Sybil.
Alone time also means Mad Men. I rewatched series 4 (just because I could), as I got dressed up to go to my little brother’s graduation. 3 hours of clapping, but I am very proud that he found something he wanted to study and stuck with it long enough to get a degree (and I’m not saying that because he doesn’t stick with things, because he does. I just believe that’s a massive achievement).
I went shopping and bought some pretty dresses and new tights. Turns out not many places stock tights when its 35 degrees outside. But Myer had a 30% sale, so I stocked up (bright red! love hearts! roses!)
So all in all it was a lovely weekend to myself. And I am definitely glad of a relaxing weekend after the madness that has been the last few months. But it’s about to get hectic again soon.
I’m looking forward to Australia Day this week (4 day weekend). And the lovely Miss Stina is doing a guest post for me! (excitement!)
And then it’s a gig every week in February.
Excitement all round!
Hope you all had a good weekend – get up to much??
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My hands get cold sometimes
Even if it is the middle of summer, I work in an air conditioned office.
It’s actually a new office as I changed jobs late last year. As its a bigger office there’s more people, and more people means more air con.
I love the Aussie summer. I prefer to be hot than cold. I don’t think I’d survive in a climate which goes below 10degrees too often.
But I do agree it’s easier to rug up and get warm, than force an entire floor of people to drop to air con levels.
So in the middle of summer, when it’s 40 degrees outside, I’m dressed in thick stockings, cardigans, and fingerless mittens.
And these are the cutest I’ve made.
They’re a Ravelry pattern, (surprise, surprise) and I knitted them up over my new years holidays.
The yarn is Moda Vera Ella, and the pattern is thesebuttoned fingerless mittens.
I didn’t put the buttons on as they didn’t look right. But the colour looks like fairy floss to me and I love them.
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A certain ambience
We got new curtains installed! That has been on the list since day 1.
When I bought the apartment it had some hideous blue curtains.
Hideous and really didn’t match what I wanted this space to look like.
I bought some grey and black striped curtains pretty soon after, but I didn’t do the research well enough. They were expensive and they didn’t fit.
That annoyed me no end.
They were a constant reminder of how much I spent on an ill fitting product.
So when it came to replace them I didn’t have a big budget. So ikea to the rescue. The curtain rail was ~$10 (score!). I didn’t like any of the non-sheer curtains, but we need privacy. So I had the idea to buy bulk sheer ones and group them.
I think it’s worked well.
I love the flexibility I now have.
They can be sheer during the day, and bulked up during the night.
With the new couch, the place is starting to look cohesive.
It’s so nice having a space to call my own to come home to.
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Stuck in my head – Feist
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Rissoles love
Now I know all of you that aren’t from Australia probably don’t get the title.
The Castle is a top Australian movie, and one of those really quotable movies too.
One of the most endearing moments is how every night the lead male compliments his wife on his cooking. And one of those meals is rissoles.
This is my mums rissole recipe – its a bit hit and miss but you get to squelch a whole heap of ingrediants up.
Into a bowl goes 500gm mince, 1 egg, 2 pieces soggy bread, a dash of worcestershire sauce, and some BBQ sauce. Quantities aren’t really important here. Also feel free to add stuff. I usually add chilli flakes, fresh herbs, salt, and pepper.
To get soggy bread, soak the bread in water and squeeze it out.
You’ll end up with a bowl full of squelchy potential.
Now squelch it all together until it’s ready to roll into balls.
Then dip into bread crumbs or rolled oats, whichever you have in the cupboard.
Then set them in the freezer. This is important. Otherwise they fall apart when you cook them.
After about half an hour, they should be good to cook. You need a really greasy pan, and be ready to flip them.
Serve with salad and a couple of episode of friends. Tomato sauce on top works a treat.
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I took her to see India! At the Oval!
Some would say my man and I are a strange couple. We don’t celebrate Valentine’s day (or most other Greeting Card holidays), I’ve never celebrated my birthday, and he’s a Christmas grinch. We both believe that all the little gestures during the year are better than one grand gesture.
But one thing we do celebrate every year is the WACA test. The WACA (Western Australian Cricket Association) test is the one international test match in Perth every year.
Allow me to backtrack for a bit.
My Man and I share a love of cricket.
We met at a pub’s beach party (because Australia doesn’t have enough beaches, we recreate them in pubs aswell), when we both broke away from our friends to check the score to the cricket.
We started talking about cricket and we must have hit it off because he called me the next day and we had dinner later that week.
In particular we’re both fans of Test Match Cricket. That’s 5 days of sport. And so the first year we were going out, I got us both tickets to the Test match as his Christmas present. And we’ve gone every year since.
This week we were arguing over how many years we had been going out and it was resolved by counting how many test matches we’d seen together (4).
With yesterday’s win, we’ve now seen 2 wins (India, England) and 2 losses (South Africa, Sri Lanka).
But the best part about this year is that my Man can now say he’s taken me to see India, at the WACA.
It’s one of my favourite quotes from Fawlty Towers. I love the Major. He’s such a well written character, and when he’s saying this quote he does it with such sincerity and comedic timing.
It’s always an enjoyable experience. This series against India generated quite a lot of interested so there were more people there than usual (Ashes excluded), but we still had some space either side to spread out. And the best thing is, Australia won!
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Triple J Hottest 100
My Number 1 Song this year
Last years list
My Shortlist
Active Child – Hanging On
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Weight Of The Sun (Or The Post-Modern Prometheus)
Arts Martial – Runaway
An Horse – Not Mine
Big Scary – Mix Tape
Black Keys, The – Lonely Boy
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Maniac
Cold War Kids – Mine Is Yours
Cut Off Your Hands – Fooling No One
Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys
Decemberists, The – This Is Why We Fight
Drums, The – Money
Feist – Graveyard
Foster The People – I Would Do Anything For You
Girls – Honey Bunny
The Grates – Turn Me On
Grouplove – Tongue Tied
Goodnight Tiger – Jump Down
Jebediah – Apartment {Like A Version}
Kills, The – Future Starts Slow
M83 – Reunion
National, The – Exile Vilify
San Cisco – Awkward
TV On The Radio – Second Song
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Ffunny Ffriends
Voltaire Twins – Animalia
Wild Flag – Romance
And the final 10
Big Scary – Mix Tape
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Maniac
Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys
Decemberists, The – This Is Why We Fight
Drums, The – Money
Feist – Graveyard
Kills, The – Future Starts Slow
M83 – midnight city
San Cisco – Awkward
Wild Flag – Romance
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Southbound in pictures
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Sockhead Hat – wip
This is my in progress item.
It’s the sock head hat. It was chosen for its mindless quality, given that it’s 5 inches of 2×2 rib and then 9 inches of sockinette, knitted in the round, it’s perfect for stop start knitting.
It’s called sockhead because it’s made from sock yarn on 2mm needles (well the pattern says 3 but I only have 2 so they’ll have to do; I have a feeling it’s a very forgiving pattern). I’m using Moda Vera Noir in Purple.
It was started on the Thursday before Southbound, and is still going now.
Here’s a couple of in progress shots.
It’s very pretty so far.
polka-dots & sparkles 