Sock yarn remnants!

I've caved and bought Lucy's Colour Pack from First4yarns, but as it's out of stock at the moment, I had an idea to appease my desire for some bright colours............. left over sock yarn!  I had started this a long while ago, but it got put in a corner and forgotten! I'd only done a couple of squares so have resurrected it and am now going great guns.- I'm loving it!! ;)  The square designs are from 200 Crochet Blocks ......

Summer brightness

Don't yellow pansies just look like summer is here?

















Just wanted to share that I have just run my first over full 5k - It took 37 1/2 mins, so not very fast at all, but I have three weeks until raceforlife to get some confidence at the distance and maybe speed up a little. I'm dead chuffed!

42 ??????????????

How the heck did that happen - since I last wrote - I turned 42! (and yet I'm sure I'm really only 23 ... well 23 with extra wrinkles!)

Anyway, I was thoroughly spoilt for the day, I had some window boxes made for me:-

Two short ones across the front of the conservatory and a long one down the side.  They're made out of old galvanised trunking - what trendsetters we are! ;) (I actually really like them)

Then we went to my sis's to let my little nephews say hello and happy birthday - I got a hand made card and lots of cuddles! - and a kinder egg ;)    I also got this:-

..... which after I had been taken to lunch and partaken of a glass of wine AND a liqueur coffee, was a very welcome place to be! ;)

RACE FOR LIFE MESSAGES!

OK, I think  have found a way to record answerphone messages as MP3's. So, if you'd feel easier phoning a message for my Raceforlife playlist then you can either Skype me,  and leave your messages for race for life. I'll try to add a Skype widget to my blog for the next two weeks to make it easier. Although obviously I won't be online otherwise you won't get the answerphone!!!

To quote my previous post (in case you don't know what I'm talking about):-

• OK everyone it's another year for the race for life. Now as most of you know. as yet I have not managed to run the whole 5k non-stop (although my jogging pace at the moment might as well be walking anyway!) But this year I'm going to ask for your help to get me through.
  
  Now I don't want to keep asking for sponsorship (although feel free if you have the urge - link in the sidebar there!! ) but I wondered if you would do something else for me? - I will pay £2 for everyone who sends me an MP3 encouragement message of 20 seconds or longer. What I was thinking was that I would make a playlist of all the messages, and some of my fave running tunes for my ipod, and hopefully if I hear those messages from around half way round (when I normally get bored/tired) it'll keep me going. You have plenty of time, my race isn't until June 20th and you can email them to me up until the Friday before for inclusion in my playlist and the £2 donation from me.
  
  There seems to be plenty of software around to record mp3 voice messages - just google "record mp3 voice" although I haven't tried any yet as I've only just had this brainwave!! If I find out from anyone that any are great or terrible I'll let you all know!! ;)

 Now the only trouble is that I only have the software to save the phone messages for 2 weeks (runs out on 23 May) before I have to pay for it, so if you want to do this by phone please try to do it in that time.  These messages are really just for fun, so feel free to be creative. Join in with friends or family, down the pub, in the garden or anywhere you like..... just remind me why I'm doing it!  If you want to use a PC and normal recording software then there is no rush to do it, The two week limit is only if you want to use the phone.

Just in case everyone should happen to go mad and send me messages - I may have to put a monetary limit on my donation (in the region of £50) - just in case 300 of you send me messages!! ;)

Grump!

Inamorata has been frogged :( It was HUGE.

I am sulking!

Messages for raceforlife

Noo's Knits & Other Bits..: Race for Life - I need your help!

A few people have mentioned that they hate the sound of their own voice, so I was wondering, if you wanted to join in (click on the link to the post above for details) and send me a message for my race day - would you prefer it if I found a way of recording answerphone messages. So you phoned a number and left me a message and I found a way of taking that as an MP3? I think there are ways but it might cost me a couple of quid. Not huge sums and I'm happy to do it if more people would leave messages.