How loud the birds were this morning.
Spending the day mainly making lanterns.
A first date with Linus.
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Doing buttonholes!
Bubbles from the washing up bottle.
I made a new dress!
Having the day off! Sewing – making my cool t-shirt stain-less again and trialling a skirt pattern for Jo. Buying plastic boxes to organise my craft stuff.
The sunset.
Getting my illustrated vulva!
Sewing again. Four little pairs of dungarees.
Cleaning the stairs, cutting back the hedge and sorting out the recycling bins.
A big creamy daal. With sweetcorn. And two sausages. 🤦♀️
Sitting leaning against the tree in the park in the sun.
Speaking to Jen and Fiona and realising I was waiting for them to tell me to take the job. So I will.
Finishing the pair of trousers for Jo
Sewing Bee. And Patrick losing his shit over the pussy dress.
Making dumplings from the kit Sean sent me.
Making vulva hearts and listening to Women’s Hour.
Making unicorn headbands.
Poundland. I didn’t realise it was open!
Watching the live band on the bench in Highbury Fields. Really fun and reminded me what London is actually like.
Happily sewed a pair of pyjamas, making them nice because I wanted to. And just knowing how to do it.
Seeing Jo for a dusk walk to Boots.
Dipping Yorkshire puddings into a mug of almost-gravy.
Jonny doesn’t have covid.
Vegan pigs in blankets. Post bath.
Painting my clay things with glue.
Also it was such a sunny day.
Finished Fred’s adorable penguin jumper.
Meet Sean for lunch and even though it was absolutely pissing it down, I felt much better afterwards. AND I saw a broccoli growing in the park on my way home!
Making some clay mushrooms for Sean. Not sure they turned out that great but it was fun to try something new.
Finished dad’s present.
Started making an adorable penguin jumper for Fred.
Old friend chat on Zoom. Surprisingly fun!
Finished finger puppets!
Sewing Ben’s present and it looking pretty good.
Learning how to sew gussets and it actually not being that tricky!
Wishing it would rain so I could watch it out and window. And then it did!
Daisy May Cooper trying to make a quiet cocktail on Task Master.
Starting the cute little finger puppets for Fred.
Chatting to the guy in the hardware shop about magnets and velcro for ages.
Seeing a fox outside Tash’s house. Middle of the day, fairly busy road. Not bothered at all.
Did some sewing – finished Ciaran’s felt breakfast, made some more bags and masks and started Han’s bag.
Made some masks and put some vulva artwork together.
Did two lots of yoga.
Spoke to Ailsa about my gynae problems.
I took myself out for a walk along the Parkland Walk to make sure I moved and breathed.
The branding call with Liv and Oddbox. It helped make me feel more creative again.
Deciding to not do work in the afternoon and put together a pattern for a top I want to make.
Making a new thing. Sewing a stripy jumper from stretchy fabric.
Walking up to Highgate Woods and seeing all the trees and light and leaves. Two hours of walking. I really needed it.
Seeing Eileen loving Zoom.
Yesterday I gave the kids across the street a bag of my old scraps of material. Today they sent me photos of the things they’ve made, including an old dress remade into a new dress for one of the little ones.
Working with Gerry. He’s funny. And sweet too.
Finishing two more pairs of dungaeees after work.
I made a boob pot. And I added my freckles and moles.
Walking past the beautiful homes in Hornsey, as the sun shone.
Baking and cooking. A nut loaf and some biscuits. It’s nice to have a Sunday afternoon alone in the flat and to finally feel like I’m cooking someone good again.
Making my dungarees. I feel so so proud of myself and I just love that feeling of wearing something out the front door that literally didn’t exist that morning.
Yoga with Adriene before bed.
Roast parsnips, again. Can’t stop, won’t stop.
Tidying and organising. Finally got a spice rack (of sorts), my cupboard looks so neat and tidy and I have things in neat boxes everywhere you look.
Packing my bag for tomorrow’s run (slow jog) to work. I’m really quite excited!
Deciding to cancel the social plans for today and stay in to do the above.
(This is lots more than three but I was happy a lot today and I want to celebrate that)
The sky today was beautiful. During the day, with the fluttered clouds and as the sun was setting, making everything glow golden.
Delicious vegan food with Sarah. I love mint dressing on a salad.
Roast parsnips, because I was craving them.
Also, more flowers, this time from Rosie. Starting my dungarees and a quick sober drink with Jo where I decided to run to work on Monday.
Putting a little period product box in the loos at work, with single pads from Bloody Good Period.
My favourite curry of the moment. Squash, kale and jackfruit.
Cutting out the paper pattern for the new dungarees.
A day by myself. Reading loads of my big heavy book on the sofa.
Finishing my silver top for the wedding.
Cooking three new recipes.
Yoga. Plant pruning. Sunny walk.
Making a collar with Will. It’s fun to have something to make.
Lying in the park, reading and watching the clouds.
Discovering the extractor fan switch! Please god let it sort out the damp.
Went to the gym and did more than I’ve been doing. Followed by the sauna. Felt pretty smug about that.
Finally finished my application and then managed to smash out another one. Very smug about that.
A bit of crafting in the evening. Vagina Christmas cards and homemade envelopes.
First night of my pottery course.
Potatoey, tomatoy, garlicy, eggy dinner. Rustic.
Lunch dumplings
An afternoon of sewing in the sun
Homemade ice tea
Accidental Indian dinner out. All the food.
All of us together! It’s been so long since everyone was in one room together. Such a great night and such amazing friends.
The Great Recovery event. It was so nice to be back around creative people and I loved making the cushion, especially using the curved needle.
Walking everywhere. I love how much more I know London these days.
Going to see Sam at work in the morning. He always reassures me.
Wanting to go to the gym. (And going)
Feeling productive after the gym and finishing my top.
Making things. It’s nice to be sewing again.
Waxed legs. It’s been a while.
My boyfriend coming home earlier then I thought he would so there was time to get a hug in before we both went out for the night.
Three little things 