Received the keys to our Pebbledash Palace in Tootinkk today.

Quite a big moment.

Bought a wok too.

Now it's clear I'm spending most of my weekend on a coach back and forth to London, the time really has come for my Roskilde playlist ( Read more... )

Amsterdam yesterday: Scots, everywhere. Kilts, bagpipes, ginger wigs, the lot. And Scotland weren't even playing last night, they are tonight. Didn't stop the fans from decorating the Dam war memorial with massive Scottish flags. It was really quite funny, we were passing on the tram and we could hear them chanting from halfway across the Damrak. ( Read more... )

Marieke sent me this link this morning, under the title "het kan altijd erger ( Read more... )

Amazing cake. Really, it looks so lovely, Nouk's outdone herself ( Read more... )

My hip is really playing up. It must just be a sore muscle but it's unbelievably annoying. It's quite conforting to know I don't have any actual hip problems (it's the exact same pain I had after the other operation, in my other hip, so it'll just be that I'm straining the muscles of the non-operated leg too much) I guess ( Read more... )

Woo managed to finish knitting my new bag in time for Friday, result ( Read more... )

"Mum, what was life like when those Moluccan train hijacks were going on? Did you just continue taking the train and that?"

"Yes of course, I just took my knitting on the train to college."

"So you could stab the hijackers with a knitting needle?"

"Noo, so I'd have something to do in case we got hijacked."

By this rate I'll have finished this chapter in a week. Time for an evening of relaxation.

Doctah tomorrow! That X-ray better reveal my leg is completely healed or I may lose my nerve.

Excitement galore.

( Also, five from de mofje )