Karins Hörna

Thursday 29 April 2010

At long last...

I've finished my dress! It's taken me ages, as I had to order a zipper foot, surprisingly difficult to find one for my sewing machine, and also, as ever there is a lot going on here.

Alex has started nursery, which he loves, and he comes home soaked or covered in paint most days, which surely must be a good thing! The ladies have commented that they have never known a kid like it for getting mucky.

When he's not there we do try to do some fun things together, the other day he helped me making the desserts:

The dessert Alex made.

Anyway, here is the dress, in it's complete form:

The dress that I made.

I did get Dave to take a photo of me wearing it, but I looked like Jabba the hut in a dress. It is massively large, but I did take the measurement when I was seven month pregnant, so I would have been more upset if it was the right size.

I'm really pleased that I've finished it though, as I want to start making clothes for the boys now, and Alex is really looking forward to getting some. I have rather been hoarding fabric, and I also think that if Dave don't see it being turned in something, anything really, he might start whinging. Some trousers for Alex next, I think, followed by t-shirts and coats for them both. Watch this space...

Friday 19 February 2010

Hi there, I have now officially closed this blog and started a new one, as this is now full of bad bloging wibes after being ignored for so long.

You are welcom to check out my new blog karink42.blogspot.com

Cheers!

Monday 13 October 2008

Now how impressive is this! Not yet a week passed, and I' m back already.

Since I last wrote, I have spent a day in Bedford, oh all the glamorous places my job takes me to! It was interesting and, hopefully, useful though. Other then that I've mainly, and unsurprisingly, been trying to sort out the house. It turned out the shower leak was no big problems really, apparently we need to change the shower head. I do tend to leave that sort of thing to my husband, however much I feel I shouldn't fall in to the gender stereotypes, but I'm just rubbish at it. Anyway, after what I understood the floor in the bathroom is none to good and the water leaks through it, but no burst pipes or anything.

One of our stair gates is also up, although the lock isn't working properly so at the moment it's mostly hindering us, but not really stopping Alex. But my beloved has promised to fix that today, and he looked like he knew what he was doing, so I'm not to worried. And he has bought a new drill so he's enjoying himself no end. Alex is also very impressed with the drill, it makes loads of noice and quite a bit of a mess, and what more can you want?

Oh and I had a very exiting e-mail from the National Lottery; telling me to logg in to my accont as they had some exiting news for me! Oh very nice I thought, is it maybe time to hand in that notice? Or at least to treat ourselves to something really nice. I had of course forgotten my password, and I had to call up there costumer care phone line, and on the whole took quite some time. Of course I was getting worried, as if I couldn't get in there I wouldn't get my winnings, what a waste of thousends, maybe millions of pounds. Well anyway at last long I got in there, and they informed me they had transfered my winnings of £10 to my bank account. So I better stay put for a little while. Still, it's the first time I've ever won, and at least it might pay for the lottery tickets for next month!

Wednesday 8 October 2008

In the new house!

Yet again a long time has passed since I wrote here, but I do feel that this time I do have some excuse, as I really have had very much going on resently. Mainly of course we have bought a house.
We have moved in this weekend, really we hoped to do it last weekend, but we could get no-one to help us so it was delayed.
As the incorrigable optimism I am I had happily invited four friens and their off spring (five in total) to come around on Saturday comming but on Monday morning I realised that there is no way our house will be in a fit state by then.
We have managed to get the most important functions of our house running, but mainly it is boxes and bags most everywhere.
Alex absolutely adores his room, he can spend any amount of time in there playing with his toys, climbing in and out of his wardrobe and standing at the window looking at the trains going passed. I was a bit worried that he'd be upset about the change, but he apear to see the benenfit of the move as accutely as we do. Yesterday I acctually had some problems getting things done as he refused to leave his room. Eventually I had to kidnap his Postman Pat van to get him to come with me.
We are getting our washing machine installed today, so at least I can get cracking on the laundry, which is at the moment threatening to take over the entier house. Getting all that done is the next big project, as we will not be able to get any real order in the house until we can sort the clothes out.
We have been slightly worried though that the house have some damp patches on one of the walls, so we might have to get it damp proofed, and we have no idea how much that'll cost, but of course it just has to be done if it's needed. Last night we got another suprise though, I was in the shower, when David shouted in to me; 'it's leaking in to the kitchen'! Great, so pressumably there is a pipe leaking somewhere, thankfully I don't think it's been going on for to long as there is no marks in the kitchen cealing. but again, it's better done sooner then later.
On the whole though we are very happy with the house, it's really spaciouse and the garden will be lovely when we are done. We'll have to take one thing at the time of course, but we have no rush.

Tuesday 2 September 2008

By popular demand

It has been brought to my attention that my small but faithful readership think I don't write often enough. They are most probably right.
I have also received the suggestion to write in English rather than Swedish as there are more people who read English. Again they are, of course, right.
So here we are then, shall we call it the second re-launch of my epic adventures in life?It is quite a good time to start, as I’m now back to work after my holiday, and on the whole quite a lot of things are happening.

We have spent two lovely weeks in old Sweden, a bit wetter then one might had whished, but the sun came out for the last couple of days we were there so no doubt they are having nothing but sunshine there now.
But for us it was back to the grid stone and with a vengeance. It was lunch time yesterday before I had finished writing my to-do lists. Yes the plural is intentional; I had to write three of them. Talking of plural, on Standstead Airport, there is a car hire firm, and on Saturday, as we were passing I saw a big neon sign stating: Car's for hire. Yes car-apostrophe-s. Who are these illiterate morons, and why are they allowed to compose advertisement signs for large co-operations on international airports, do they have no-one who can master the basics of the English language? But enough of that now, I can feel a rant building up.

Our house buying efforts continues, and after having spoken to a number of different people I think we can with confidence say that we will almost definitely maybe be moving in round about a month time, which is lovely. We just have to sort out home insurance and a banker’s draught for the deposit and then, as they say, Bob's your uncle. Well provided there are no problems from the other side. By this I mean the seller, not the after life.

I guess I should return to work now; I took a bit of a break after having changed my answer phone message. I was actually in on time this morning after an uncommonly unpleasant journey. I managed to get caught in the rain three times! And that's before eight o'clock in the morning. But never mind, I am almost dry now, and I have had a coffee, so I better get dug in.

Monday 9 June 2008

Helg raport!

Halla dar igen,
Jag har haft en trevlig, och nagot langre-an-vanligt helg.
I Torsdags var jag namligen och halsade pa en av vara projekt, for mammor och barn. Eftersom det ligger mycket narmare hemma an vad kontoret gor tog jag semester halva dagen och akte hem nar jag var klar dar. Jag hade tankt mig en harlig familje eftermiddag i solskenet, kanske ga och gunga lite eller sa. Men nar jag val kom hem slocknade Alex nastan genast, och det gjorde faktiskt jag och David ocksa, och vaknade inte forren vid fem tiden. Lite synd pa en san skon dag, men vi behovde det val allihop.
I Fredags hade vi sim lektioner, ja, det heter faktiskt sa, fast 'eleverna' ar mellan nyfoddingar upp till ca tre. Sa mycket lara sig att simma blir det val inte, men Alex tycker absolut battre om det nu an han brukade.
Efter det traffade vi vara kompisa och lekte i parken in Charlton, och sedan gick vi till lekparken, men Alex somnade och fick ater igen inte gunga, nar han vaknade borjade det regna och dessutom borjade det bli ganska sent.
I Lordags halsade vi pa Robin och hans mamma och lilla syster, ja hela ganget var dar, och det var sa lange sedan vi sags allihop sa det var jatte kul. Alex borjar bli riktigt social, men han forstar inte att de andra barnen ar lika vingliga som han, sa ibland blir det lite grat nar han vill krama dem och de ramlar omkull.
Sa vi hade ratt mycket for oss i helgen, pa Sondag tog vi det dock lungt, och det var nog bast av allt!
Vi har blivit mygg stuckna allihop, jag varst naturligtvis men Alex har rivit sonder ett bett pa orat, sa de det har blivit lite inflamerat, men Farmor tog honom till doctorn nu i formiddags, sa han har fatt salva. Annars ar allt bra med lilla skrutten, och med oss andra ocksa, och nu har vi ju bara tva arbets veckor fram tills semestern, det ska bli sa skont!

Wednesday 4 June 2008

En ny start?

Nu nar vi snart ska fa internet hemma, tankte jag forsoka borja om lite grann har och skriva lite regelbundet igen.

Sa vad hander i vart liv just nu da? Tja Alex vaxer sa det knakar. Han har kommit pa hur kul det ar att klattra, tyvarr! Han ar upp och ner i soffor och pa bord nastan hela tiden. Upp ar ju ok, det ar varre att han vill leka nar han val ar dar. Nerat ar han ratt bra pa, men han vill allt hemskt garna se vadsom hander om man tar sig ner med huvudet forst, istallet for fotterna, ch det vill inte jag och David helst...

Har ar en gansa ny bild pa honom, tyvarrar jag lite dalig pa det har, sa jag har inte lyckats lura ut hur jag ska vanda pa bilden, om nagon kan tala om for mig hur jag gjor detta skulle jag bli valdigt glad.

Vi har borjat ta simm lektioner pa Fredags morgnar, men arligt talat ar val Alex inte helt med pa det, han protesterar inte for hogljut, men han hade nog helst sluppit. Men han verkar tycka det gar battre och battre, sa for hoppningsvis har han snart vant sig. Jag kan val inte ha ett barn som ar radd for vatten!

Min joggning fartgar, aller rattare sagt har ateruptagits efter nagra veckors trada, jag kom liksom av mig ett tag, men nu i Sondags kom jag ut i alla fall, och det var faktiskt jatte skont. Nu nar det ar lite varamar och ljusare ar det lite roligare, det var alltid lite trist att bara halla mig till gatulamps upplysta trottoarer, nu kan jag ge mig ut ner mot Thamesen, och det ar sa mycket trevligare. Eftersom det inte ar asfalterat sa ar det ocksa battre for mina knan. Det ar nu bara fem och en halv vecka kvar tills Race for Life, jag ser riktigt fram emot det faktiskt. Jag har hittils samlat i hopp £100 for Cancer reaserch, vilket ju kanns bra, Jag ska lagga upp lite bilder har nar det ar over tankte jag. Som ni ser har jag lagt upp en lank till min 'just-giving' sida, sa om ni vill kann er fria att ga in och donera lite till.

Mitt stickande ligger for tillfallet i vila, jag har namligen tappat bort den, jag vet att detta kanske inte ar sa forvandande for de som kanner mig som jag hade onskat... Men den ska val dycka upp och da ska ni fa se! Mitt syende har gatt framat, eller ja, jag har laggt upp en halv gardin (den har ju foder ocksa!) och med jamna mellan rum tittat jag pa plagg och tanker hmm, det skulle jag kunna lagga upp/ner, ta ut/in eller gora nagot med.
Jag kan da rakt inte komma pa nagot mer att beratta om just nu, och lite bor jag ju fa gjort i dag pa jobbet ocksa.