I've Been Tagged!

I thought I would pop a picture in for this meme of the little doll that Isabelle received yesterday from me. I couldnt resist as they remind me of those gorgeous little Blythe dolls. We both loved this one, and she even has little wings at the back which are hard to see because of her arms and hair. Now I feel like buying one for myself since they are so cute. I havent seen them anywhere else apart from the stall where we bought her from. Anyway...... La Mammina tagged me for this meme so here goes:

1. I hate driving over roads with big drops on one side.
2. I never liked eating lasagna until I cooked it myself.
3. I can never sit down in front of the tv and not knit.
4. I hate ironing clothes - I would rather clean the toilet.
5. I sunburn really easily and have already had one dose of
skin cancer when I was 25 which was a bit scary in itself.
6. I can never go to sleep at night until my kids are asleep.

Now here are the other six people I have tagged to play along if they like, if you dont then that is okay too:

Kellie, Amanda, Karin, Rhonda, Annie, and Kate.

Here are the rules:
Link to the person who tagged you.
Mention the rules.
Tell six quirky yet boring, unspectacular details about yourself.
Tag six other bloggers by linking to them.
Go to each person's blog and leave a comment that let's them know they've been tagged.

I hope you have fun playing along with this one. I am off to enjoy some knitting time now since the weather is a bit cooler today. Next post will be some WIP photos of my projects (now dont keel over in shock from me saying that, come on pick yourself up off the floor).

I've Been Movie Memed!

The lovely Beth tagged me for a meme so I thought I would participate, not that I actually go to the movies a lot, so here goes:

1. One movie that made you laugh - The Bee movie.
2. One movie that made you cry - King Kong - I hate movies where they hurt animals
3. One movie that you loved as a child - The Wizard of Oz. I always remember waiting for Dorothy to turn into color from the black and white part.
4. One movie you've seen more than once - As Good As It Gets.
5. One movie you loved, but were embarrased to admit it - None that I can think of.
6. One movie you hated - Ooh I didnt like The Castle (perhaps Paul watching it over and over had something to do with that)
7. One movie that scared you - Oh I agree with Beth on this one, those awful Hannibal movies.
8. One movie that bored you - I am sure there is one but I cant think of it at the moment.
9. One movie that made you happy - Oh Narnia was a great movie and I had read all the books when I was younger so it was nice to see them made into film.
10. One movie that made you miserable - King Kong.
11. One movie that you werent brave enough to see - Oh The Ring movies, too scary.
12. One movie characted you've fallen in love with - Oh the fawn from Narnia, he was so sweet underneath it all.
13. The last movie you saw: The Golden Compass and Enchanted. Both great!
14. The next movie you hope to see: Ooh perhaps the next Indiana Jones, Prince Caspium and definately Harry Potter when it is released.
15. Now tag 5 people. These lovely ladies - Kate, Jessica, Sandra, Tiennie, and Jade.

The knitting is still continuing, alas with no photos at the moment. I hope to rectify that over the weekend though. I have finished the front of my dad's sweater, nearly finished the back of Isabelle's cabled sweater and halfway through another sweater, Brambling, for Isabelle too.

My mum and I went for a visit at Stitchery Blue this morning. They have moved into larger premises and it is their 6th birthday today too, so I was lucky enough to find some really lovely books that I had been looking for with 15%. Yarn was 20% off and the sale goes until 9:00pm tonight. They sell all the rowan yarns, sublime yarns, debbie bliss, and colinette yarns too. If you are ever in the Williamstown area it is always worth stopping by to have a look. My mum bought some arucania sock yarn and received 20% off and the color she chose was a really lovely mix of blues. I wish I had bought some of it too now looking back. Oh well, always an excuse to visit again. I will have to now go and get organised before I pick Isabelle up from school and head to my parents for Friday fish and chip night. Oh I must say I loved all the wonderful beautiful comments on Isabelle's cabled bolero too. Thanks so much!!!

I've Been Tagged

It seems there is another meme going around blogland lately, and I have been tagged by the wonderful Jessica. Here are the rules as I understand them to be - Each player starts with 7 random facts/habits about themselves and writes them on their blog. They also need to tag 7 other people, then contact them via email or in their comments, advising them that they have been tagged and to read your blog. So here goes, although I hope you dont fall asleep reading!

1. When I was a little girl I used to love to draw. I would sit for hours at the kitchen table, or in my bedroom, just drawing pictures, which were usually images from storybooks, my imagination or something I had seen. My mother still keeps a portrait of my grandmother which I drew from a photo of her.
2. In Grade 5 some children in my class won a competition by doing a drawing of the Gold Field days. I was one of the children whose picture was chosen, and so our class got to visit an author. I cannot remember who it was now, but I remember it was very interesting learning about how a book comes together, with the writing and the pictures too. Pity I cant remember who it was, but I do remember they lived in the bush somewhere in a nice cottage.
3. Do you remember the show Shirl's Neighbourhood. Well it had Shirl Strachan (now deceased sadly), and Norm the Kangaroo. Well when my sister was 8 years old she entered their competition, and sent in a picture of my tiger that I had drawn. Well it got shown on television and my sister won a trip to Sovereign Hill for our family, a photo album, and a beach towel with Norm the Kangaroo. I thought it was just wonderful that she had won and it was on tv, although we did not have a video back then to tape it.
4. When I was in Grade 6 our class had a camp at Sovereign Hill. Now Sovereign Hill is like an old period town of 100's of years ago, which you have to pay to enter, and whilst there you can visit the goldmine, sift for gold in the creek, dress up in period costume, take a horse and buggy ride, go bowling and many other things too. It has a small school there too, and we used to go to a small house outside of Sovereign Hill, where we would dress in old period style of dress, then attend the school at Sovereign Hill. There we played all the old style games and learnt things from that period of time. On the last day we were filmed for a documentary skipping down the main street rolling hoops in our costumes. I dont know what the film was called, but I am sure it was for the ABC back then.
5. Now some other habits or memories, hmmm let me think. I cannot stand the smell of bubblegum or chewing gum. It makes me feel nauseous and I can always tell when someone near me is eating it.
6. I cannot sit still and watch television without knitting or sewing or reading. It drives Paul nuts because he thinks I never relax, which is probably true but I think it is just my anxious nature. At least this way I always get to knit when I sit down so I accomplish a bit more.

Now I am going to tag Gillian, Kate, Manda, Siow Chin, Katt, Sue, and last but not least Maryanne. I cannot wait to read all of your answers too! Hope you have a wonderful day, and a great Mother's Day too.