Look at me!

Still no sign of the camera, although there are still a few unexplored hiding places.

But, if you're a sticky beak, I'm 'famous' today.

Hello stranger

I always read about bloggers taking impromptu breaks and how much they enjoyed it, now I understand. I didn't mean it either, but that's OK. We moved house (again, yep). Combined lack of internet access (hello telco, does 1.5 weeks wait and 6 hours worth of phone calls sound like a reasonable installation time for a simple broadband relocation?), loss of camera (temporarily I hope), and overwhelmingly high percentage of overall moving box count allocated to an excessively large fabric/wool/craft stash have contributed to lack of crafting mojo and I've got to say I don't mind. But I guess I can say that because the mojo is sneaking back.

Random photo above I know; it's all I've got right now and actually I'm quite proud of the 2008 Christmas Gingerbread men.

Now I best hurry to bed, the Smurf has taken to neck punching/hair pulling/belly button finding and poking when he comes into our bed for a ludicrously early morning cuddle/rumble.

PS maybe I'll stay up to keep watching the Obama inauguration? Maybe? Feels momentous.

PPS oooo excitement, Sadie's coming to stay for 2 nights tomorrow night! Yippeeeee.

Happy New Year

White chocolate almond brownies (whites? Blondies). Recipe here, I challenge you to get the mixture to the oven in its entirety - I usually eat half before I get the tray in the oven.

Hello 2009. I'm not sure what you'll bring but I'm aiming for good health, happiness, fun times and perhaps another special project even?

As I looked back on all my posts from 2008 I see that I had 19 "Project 2008" posts. There may have been room for more but starting The Toy Society was perhaps my greatest 2008 project and my most time consuming. I'm working on finding some ways to make The Toy Society a little less time consuming this year so I'll have time to make more craft. Sadieandlance will continue to be my personal craft blogging retreat and so The Toy Society will continue to be separate. I quite like it that way and I don't mention this blog over there either - so it's just you and me here, okay?