I TRY!! I really do but....

I made this for Chef. It is our 6th Wedding Anniversary today. Six years! This time 6 years ago I was beside myself with joy and had spent the entire short but meaningful ceremony bawling and I mean bawling my eyes out. It was such a lovely day/ night/ morning -  at 7am the next day our mates thought they better leave our Darlinghurst hotel....

These song lyrics , many of you will be familiar with. They are from a song by The Lemonheads, written by  Evan Dando ( who I had a massive crush on in my teens) this is him then:

what was a girl to do? ( pretty boys with long hair and guitars were my preferred method of heartache for quite some time)

Chef always sings it to me these days...It is not that I don't love the the outdoors, I do. We are surrounded almost completely by forest here. Our place backs onto a state forest and I love walking/ running ( depending on where I am in my stop start fitness regimes) in it. Just me and my dog. I really love it. But I don't really like sleeping in it.

I find camping makes me so restless... I just don't do idle hands very well, I know I could sit around the camp fire crocheting/ stitching, that bit sounds lovely. Pre Busy I did enjoy it we have fond memories of camping together. But last time we went with Busy, as a toddler, I just saw hazards everywhere, ocean on one side, forest on the other, open fires- it was so stressful- she was also sleep walking at the time ( WEIRD I KNOW!!!) and it was all just too much. Plus I really don't sleep well if I am not comfortable and even though we have a pretty good self inflating mattress - it just doesn't cut it for my precious bones to give in to sleep.

I have no issue with  bugs and creepy crawlies ( the paradise where we live has ticks and as soon as it rains leeches neither of which bother me despite the fact Chef and I have both had a couple of trips to hospital for anaphalaxis with ticks)  so it isn't that.

Chef often goes off camping with the boys for the weekend - sometimes I instigate it as I can feel he needs man time. But Busy is so keen to sleep in a tent and go camping ( the men folk have suggested Dads and kids weekend away which I think is great but will probably spend the weekend worrying !)  so they are going to put it up outside for now but the pressure is on.

So Chef as a gift to you for our 6th Wedding Anniversary I am publicly promising to go camping with you  this Summer. Somewhere near the beach. And I will not complain about being bored.

There. Done. You guys will hold me to it right?

How do you say Mr Magillicutty in Spanish?

Mr Magillicutty is on the Spanish DMC thread website- I don't know what it says but I get the feeling it is nice because they asked me and from what I can gather they are using him to show an example of the french knot.  I still cannot decide if he needs a wife or a dog.... at the moment he is hanging on the wall watching me when I walk past....
Have you entered my pig lovers birthday giveaway yet? It finishes this Friday...You know how it says you need to be a follower well if it gets to 399 I will not cope as I have a fear of the number 9-( have I told you this?) it makes me feel like I am standing on the edge of a cliff - the anticipation is to much - (are you backing away slowly yet...) So if you are reading this and it is 399 and you are not a follower please put me out of my misery....
Oink
Speaking of manners did you notice the poll results? ( look up there on the right) I tell ya, I was shocked that people thought it was rude, really shocked and sat back thinking about all the people I had possibly offended over the last...long time....oh well.... *sigh*

...this post really seems to be going downhill quickly.... Busy is sick... it is raining and it is going to be a long day... had to cancel the high tea this afternoon, missing out on cake is always devastating....

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Finished: my lifes' work...

Not really, but it felt like it ....late last night while anyone sensible was tucked up in bed and Chef was working and Busy was sleeping, I was stitching away-desperate to finish my embroidery... I have a some kind of weird pain in my arm and hand today I am referring to as RSS- Repetitive Stitch Syndrome....muscle fatigue from such stitchin exertion! It has taken weeks I reckon, I briefly stopped to do this, then started again ....Cindy kindly suggested I enter it in the Feeling Stitchy colour competition but the compeition is fierce AND I have chosen the most popular colour...but what the heck why not, I have now offically entered!  Thanks to everyones kind words on Thursday that really encouraged me to finish...So here it is:

and don't forget my giveaway

Now ...........what next?