Sunny days and Campervanning

Hello everybody!

It is with a light, happy heart that I write this post today. Why so happy? I recharged and invigorated my soul with a good old healthy dose of the outdoors. Lets face it - the summer so far in Scotland has been bleak, dreicht and dreary. MP and I decided to go a wee trip in his dads camper van for the weekend, fully anticipating a couple of days of being couped up inside it playing cards and scrabble. I brought my crochet bag along for the ride, and Schmercy brought his college stuff for studying.

Imagine my delight as we drove up past Inverary and the most amazing thing happened - the sun came out! Not just a wee poke from behind a cloud, but properly, up in the sky, shining bright OUT! Awesome!

We travelled through the beautiful countryside of Argyll, where I noticed that most of the village names also start with an 'A', and made our way down to Machrahanish Bay. We were feeling so good and happy, we even picked up 2 hitch hikers in Lochgilphead and took them to Campbeltown. The waves weren't that big in Machrahanish, but it was till good fun out on the boogie boards.

MP was pretty good at it. I wasn't so good. I didn't really ride any waves. I jumped on the boogie board as a wave crest landed, propelling me forward an average distance of around a metre, then bobbed about while more waves rolled over me. 

After we dried off and had some dinner we visited another beach and spent the evening with our eyes to the sand admiring all of the stones. The sun was still shining but it was quite windy - definitely blew away any cobwebs that might have been lurking!



The sky was awesome. The night was awesome. Our first night sleep in the camper van was awesome. MP probably thought that beating me loads of times at 'Switch' was awesome ;)

The next day we went to a small beach in Southend, the rock at the end of the Bay in Dunaverty Rock and signifies the end of the Kintyre way.

I love the photo of the wetsuits! We changed as soon as we parked up in Southend and ran into the sea... holy moly!! It was fr-fr-freezing! So much more colder than Machrahanish, even the wetsuits couldn't keep us warm enough for a swim. So, we came out and dried off and walked along the beach to Dunaverty Rock.

This is the view from the 'Rock'. (Its really a grassy mound). Our camper van is 6 caravans in from the left hand side. You cant see it though, I wonder if you tried?

What a tip top weekend of mucho brawness. No rain, except for a few drops on the journey back. Our journey back wasn't home to Paisley, we were going to a wedding at Lochgoilhead on Monday afternoon, so we had a separate adventure that morning as we left the campsite late, dilly-dallied about for breakfast in Campbeltown, and then made a mad dash to get to where we going with no sat nav and time against us!

We made it! Yaldi! And guess what? The sun was shining for the wedding too.

Photos of that adventure to follow....

Ciao for now,

LT xx

Stripper Puppets and White Trash

Yowsers!

Yet again I have left it far too long between ramblings. And what a weird time too, so much has been happening. Its cause and effect I guess, as the reason I havent posted in a while is simply that I have been too busy. And then lazy the rest of the time. Yes, thats right, lazy. Me. Who'd have thunk!? (If you dont know me I feel that I should explain I know  thats not a word, I just like it)

A few weeks ago I went a jaunt to the Isle of Arran for my friend Kellys Hen do/Batchelorette party. This was an awesome trip, although I could only stay for the Friday night as I had plans to meet my brother on the Saturday and help him celebrate his birthday. I wish both events were on different weekends as I would have loved to have stayed with the ladies in Arran.

Kelly is American, and it was the first time I met her sister, Ashleigh, and two of her friends, Becky and Charlotte. As the chief hen Ashleigh worked wonders, she ensured that we all kept to a theme, that was mainly Stripper Puppets and White Trash. Stripper Puppets? Honestly, you would be surprised at the amount of props/videos available on this subject Ashleigh pulled out the bag, some a bit tenuous but all spot on good fun! Here is a picture of Michelle and I as stripper puppets:

I wasnt too sure what Trailer/White Trash was, but luckily for us Kelly had bought enough clothes for everyone. Here is a group action shot of the ladies:

I loved, loved, loved the one night I was there and can't wait for the wedding. I'm looking forward to sharing Kellys big day with her, and I'm looking forward to hanging out with her super confident sister, and lovely lawyer pals.

Did I not mention Kelly and her friends are lawyers? Well, they are. Initially I was a bit worried about it, what with me being a lowly proletariat, mingling with high flyers. I think it went well. Also, what was I thinking? I dont know why I was worried that I wouldnt be able to hold my own - regardless of our profession in life we are all humans! Pretty nice ones at that too. And I'm happy to say we are now all friends.

:)

30 day shred!

I'm going to try the highly acclaimed '30 Day Shred' programme - and see how I get on. This means that for 30 days I definitely have to do the training video for half an hour.

Sounds easy enough.....

I wont bore you with a post about it every day, but I will check in every week to let you know how I'm getting on. And confirm if I am actually still doing it.

Come on Lisa!! You CAN do it!!!!

My Happy flower decoration

Woooo! I made one!

I copied a tutorial I found on this amazing blog: http://attic24.typepad.com/ and made me my very own Happy Flower Decoration. The blog author, Lucy, lives a wonderfully colourful life full of all things woolly and pretty, and shares all of her expertise with folks like me. YaY. She also has a paypal button on her blog, where people can donate and 'buy her a coffee'. I definitely will, once I have been paid. Also, I'd  recommend making this. Small, digestible chunks of pure loveliness. Can't say fairer than that.

And here is a picture of it 'in action' . Although this photo makes my living room look DULL.

Hip hoppy happy Friday everyone :)

LT x

Introducing..... Monkey!!

Ta da!! This is Monkey. I couldn't wait to show you. Plus, there is no chance of my one year old nephew reading my blog anyway, so it's not as though I'm ruining a surprise. Unfortunately as I seem to be a full time pauper the wool isn't that great, in fact its a bit 'hairy'. Here is another photo anyhoo.

What do you think?

I'd appreciate your comments. Have a nice day folks!

LT xx

A Quick Catch Up

Hello there lovely people..

Its been a while!  No excuses, I've just not had much to write about. Or maybe I have, I just havent thought about it too much. I didnt want to leave it TOO long.

I finished Monkey!! He is a wee crocheted monkey from 'Seriously Cute Amigurimi'. I have to say though, I dont think he is actually THAT cute. As he is a gift for my nephew I can't post a photo on here until I have presented it, but that time will come soon.

On another note I'm going to a gym class tonight that is an emalgamation of yoga, pilates and tai chi. Its freaking awesome!!

I'm going to shoot off and leave you with a wee video of Dominoe attacking Luna. This was taken the day after Luna had her collar removed, after 'The CATastrophe'.

Enjoy!

The CATastrophe

Last Thursday night I was watching 'Paul' with Schmerc and Galdo, when I realised that my wee-est cat, Luna, was no longer sitting on the outside window ledge. My new gaff is 4 stories high, so I was ever so slightly worried. I leaned out of the window and rattled her brekkie box, but nope, still no Luna. This almost undoubtedly proved to me that she wasnt playing further up the roof.

I ventured out and walked round to the High Street with Galdo (the entrance to my house is at the back). I have to admit at this stage I was pretrified that I would find a 'splatted' cat. I'm not sure if Galdo was aware of how uneasy I feltand he was and he was just chatting incessantly to make me feel better, or he was just chatting. Anyhoo, I looked up a long shop door way and there she was, gorgeous wee Luna cowering next to the door.

So. She fell off the ledge and landed on the High Street and crawled to shelter in a doorway. Poor wee  cat! She is alive, thankfully, but she did acquire an 'extra hole' somehow. This is beside her other ones, but its been torn right into her muscle. I think she hit a 'To Let' sign on the way down that caught her bum. Owww, even typing that makes me shudder. POOR WEE LASS. On a plus note though, I think that the sign (or whatever it was) reduced her speed, and therefore the overall impact of the fall.

My living room window (the one she fell from) is the left top window in the goup of three. The middle window is my new 'Doing Stuff' room, an dthe right one is our bedroom. I found Luna underneath the blue sign, as that particular shop front has a long entereance, so she was about 2 metres out of the road of the High Street. Scary biscuits though!            

She has been back in for a check up, and the vet said she is doing well. Lucky she didnt harm her reproductive bits, or other delicate features. Her stitches will be removed next Monday.

I know cats are supposed to have 9 nine lives, I think that she has used up 8!

For an unlucky thing to happen, she has been very lucky. And for that luckiness I am very thankful, albeit £215 less wealthy.

Hmph.

LT x