This sweater is NOT for my kitty! it's for my friend, Jonathan's poodle Beauregarde. As you can see, Honey does care for it much, he is bigger than Beau - so it should fit. it's a turtleneck.. short sleeve fluffy sweater !!!hahah it makes me laugh looking at it!! it was really fun to knit!

I have been enjoying my salt licorice and maurisis tea that jonathan sent me.My other friend Erin sent me same cool soy bean mint honey shampoo samples, and face lotion and these OILS that are great!! Absinthe, Shiso and Cacao --which I really like it has orange and cacao bean smell .. Stacey also sent me another package of these soaps, candy, stripey tissues , hello kitty candy and another soap with vintage chinese 1930's girls , and another soap that you can't see in the picture but looks like a cicada .... I love things that smell good!! i love packaging ....

I had the day off work today and that was really great!! I loved it - though I stayed inside most of the day because it's freezing...it's winter and really cold. In the morning it's about 4 C!! Tomorrow I am going to start and finish a little cell phone bag for niece .. she wanted a stripe-y one..but I might do a mohair pink one- she likes pink.

My next project after that is to start a baby sweater with the cashmere,merino and microfibre yarn that jonathan go tme . it is soooo soft.. i have not seen anything like it here.....

I am a lucky girl - I have the best friends and family ever. Sometimes living so far away I get lonely and sad.. but things like this make me happy and feel loved-
it was my b-day on23 May , but i got 2 presents a few days ago in the mail and also my sister brought me a present and .. i had to share .. it's not the material stuff but the fact that they know me so well --

my sister got me the coolest anitque chinese hat box ever!!! inside is another hat box!! the best thing is the designs-- in chinese - "fu" is bat-- it is also means "good luck " hence bats= good luck ... and i love bats !!!!! it's so wonderful -- it makes me happy to look at them!!!!

my best friend jonathan -- who has known me for 2 decades- scary... got me alll kinds of tonya things-- salt licorice, mauritis tea (okay i requested that) assam tea, some awesome merino ,silk and cashmere yarn in lavender and white !!! and a Cocteau TWins CD-- and this cool house bag and JEANSSSSSSSSS - which are very expensive here in NZ-- all wrapped sooo purrrr dee in pink and purple tulle -t ooooo cool --

and my friend stacey - sent me this amazing vintage deco hair brush, mirror and container -- I LOVEE IT!!!!
and then later i went ot the mail box and there was another package - from Stacey with soaps, and stripey tissues sosooooooooooooooooooo coool

my sister and her BF - Tobias were here for a flash and they left day Monday and I've been sad.
We had a good short visit --too short- and it is really cold.
this is a picture of tasha and tobias and of a beautiful bag that tobias wove for us out of linen and cotton. It is a traditional Wampanong design . I love it !!

this is me and my friend, the exercise ball . i have learned all sorts of fun and exciting ways to become fit and healthy.
i like to play on my exercise ball everyday.
playing in the garden next to the rose bush wasn't a good idea, as you can see from my patch in this picture.
this exercise is especially fun with the little massaging bumps. yeah!!! hahahahahahhahahahahahhah


no, really - the reason why i posted this is because my friend asked me why i didn't have any photos of me on this blog . the reason is i have only really unflattering and silly photos like this of myself... so there ...

My sister and her BF are coming from Hawai'i on Tuesday, where it's nice hot and summer to NZ where it's winter and cold , so i crocheted them both hats.

My kitties are sooooo cute !!!!

I am getting sick this weekend and feeling yucky. I'm going to spend the ret of my day cleaning and re-knitting my sweater.
I decide to combine the pink and brown sweater and go back to my orignal idea of striped sweater. I will keep the sleeves all brown and re-knit the front and back. The fear of not having enough brown yarn has been holding me back.. pics soon , i hope

yesterday we started staining our fence. It's raining today , so the rest will have to wait. and it's my husband's birthday, so I made as per his request a cheese cake .
I decided to post a picure of the socks- thatI finished--a few days ago ..
My new project is a sweater for Beau , my best friend's poodle. I bought some feathers yarn in maroon, and I bought some pink for my other friends Chiuaua (sp?). I went the our local craft store ,that sells material , house stuff and yarn... and they were having a sale . I bought 20 cm needles-- they are huge - wonder what i should make /use them for . they were only $3!!!! and they are bamboo. they were probably on sale because nobody knows what to use them for!!!!!