Serious lack of crafting

There has been a serious lack of crafting in this house over the past week or so. I have been organising contractors to come and do things to the house and it seems to get in the way of most things fun.

That and production on the quilt has faltered because I don't have any needles witha big enough eye to thread perle cotton through and I haven't been able to get to the shop to get something suitable.

I really need to get a move on that project considering the baby who it is for is due in less than two weeks!

Handmade Market

Next weekend on the 23rd of May is the Handmade Market in Canberra - which I am really looking forward to attending.

There were a few last year but being pregnant I just couldn'tbring myself to attend at the time - so it is with much anticipation that I am looking forward to going along for a look see next weekend.

Its at the Albert Hall should anyone be interested.

Contemplating marathons

It seems that whenever I sit down to post lately Harris inevitably starts to crack it and I have to abandon it to another time!

LAst week when I was running on the treadmill at the gym I was thinking about the fact that the entries to the Melbourne half marathon open on June 1st and I need to make my mind up pretty soon whether or not I am going to attempt this - hey - it has to be easier and less painful than childbirth right! But the logistics of the amount of time I need to dedicate to training are messing with my head presently. I much prefer running outdoors to running indoors on the treadmill, but during the week I would need to do at least two runs - preferably three and I know that these would need to be on the treadmill at the moment and that concept doesn't fill me with joy.

I could get out for a l ong run on the weekend fairly easily I think because I can leave Harris with Mark for up to an hour safely (without him needing to be fed).

I think I will keep contemplating the logistics for another week or so.

I tried for another run on the treadmill yesterday at the gym but I had already been on the bike for 30 minutes and trained legs and when I started to run my legs felt like jelly and it just wasn't happening. So I stuck with walking.

I am trying to shift my focus more towards being in training mode and this week I am going to try and amp it up a little and get to the gym more than once. I do go walking on the days I don't make it to the gym but it's just not the same.

Good luck to those who are competing tomorrow!

Words and Pictures...Remember

They are a bit hard to see in this picture but in the tree are two tawny frogmouth birds. These two were perched in the tree above us throughout our wedding ceremony a couple of years ago and we couldn't help but think at the time it was a lovely omen.
A few weeks ago my sister in law was showing me pictures of two grand wedge tail eagles that visited her property - something I also took as a nice omen considering the recent passing passing of her mum... I though it symbolic that perhaps he mum and dad were together again and watching over her and us.
Just little thoughts that keep the memories alive,...

Finally made it to the gym!

Woohoo!

I finally made it back to the gym.

I took it a bit easy this morning because I dont cope very well with night feeds and sore legs - getting in and out of bed is hard enough without sore legs added into the equation.

I bit the bullet today and decided to have another go at running to see if my pelvis has improved at all. It seems that it has and I had a great session on the treadmill for 25 mins of 2mins running followed by 2 mins walking.

In even more exciting news - I jumped back on the spin bike for the first time in over a year this morning - expecting it to hurt - I was pleasantly surprised that it didn't hurt too much at all.

The theory was that if I can get on the spin bike for any period of time at all (but hopefully at least 20 mins) when Harris has his morning nap - then if for some reason we don't make it to the gym then at least I have done something!.

Also trained legs this morning.

all in all a good session.

The time gets away

Every day I look at this blog and think - I really ought to write something. And then I dont.

We have been really busy the past two weeks and to be honest - the gym hasn't been high on the priority list.

I thought that today would be the day that I manage to get back in there but it was not to be.

As we were leaving the house this morning I has Harris strapped into the pram, I turned around to pull the door closed and the pram managed to get away from me and rolled down the two front stairs, flipping over onto it's front and landing with Harris facing the concrete.

My poor baby - I thought I had really hurt him and it was all a bit scary. He was screaming - as you can imagine. Initially it looked as though he just had some scratches on his nose and cheek - but I just couldn't be sure if he had hit his head or not so we headed up to the hospital for him to get checked out just in case.

they seem to think he didn't hit his head and sent us home with instructions to watch him closely over the next couple of days.

It was very scary but I know that it is probably the first of many accidents he will have in his life - it is so difficult to watch your baby hurting and know there is nothing you can do about it.

So we will try again for the gym tomorrow.

I am never letting go of the pram handle ever again!

This little safety vest was my latest sewing challenge. The littlest cousins birthday was upcoming and when asked what he wanted the answer was a "jacket like daddy's"! Hmmnn...

So after pondering an adult sized vest for a week I figured the easiest thing would be just to refashion it into a child sized fluoro vest.

It came out surprisingly well!