Update

It's been awhile since I blogged. I've been busy and lazy... which one would assume is not possible to be both at once, but here I stand (sit) both busy and lazy. I think the correct term is procrastination.

The garden is looking good, and I should post some photos of it soon so you can admire the vigorous green of the mustard (and envy my stalky bed of garlic). Sadly the effort I expended in the garden turning over clay and rocks has left me with a rather sore back. I can't sit for long periods at a computer, and digging is a bit out of the question for a while. The physiotherapist says a strained muscle - so nothing too serious like a slipped disk.

I've got a multitude (well, six) more designs for "Idiomatically Speaking". And I've got one design that was a custom request from an awesome English teacher in Grafton. It's not so much an idiom as a common phrase one would use. Like "road kill. We all know what it means, and that it's not actually that the road has gone on a psychopathic murdering rampage...

So now all I've got to do is make several pairs of each, photograph them and list them for sale. Would it surprise you if I said that the part that I find the most time consuming and tedious is the photographing-them part? I think a macro lens for my camera may help there. I'm contemplating allocating money from the sales to a lens, as it's not something I'd consider buying if I weren't frequently photographing jewellery.

I had a fabulous party the other week - at least that is what I'm told. I wasn't in the room much so I'm taking their word for it. Everyone looked amazing in their 1940's costumes and the question of who killed Lord Darcy Firth? was eventually solved. Buoyed by my desire to do it better next time, I'm working on writing another one for my next pseudo birthday party entitled "Grimm Reunion". Probably in a year's time, as I quite like having parties at this time of year and I don't think it clashes with any weddings or babies (that I know of).

All in all, I'm doing OK at the moment. I've started walking again longer distances again (ie: 2km each morning rather than 800m), which has improved my energy levels. Which in turn makes me feel better in general.

And despite the fact it is nearly Summer in the UK, my widget told me that there were 'snow showers' yesterday in Lerwick. I may need to evaluate my packing plan.