malinmaskros

We went looking for mushrooms today, but found nothing (or noting we knew was edible). This was only like the fourth time I´ve been looking for mushrooms without finding any, because I have no idea where to look, and no idea which ones you can eat.

We went to IKEA yesterday, and I got my bdaypresent from my sister, a gift certificate at IKEA for 300 SEK (40 USD), which became fabric and thread, and my friend Malin bought me lunch (Indian - yummy). So a nice day was had, and very much on the cheap side for me.

Thread meant that I finished some felt pastries and then made me some felt cookies (not that good).

And now we´re off to eat dinner, Chinese, which is usually very good, but at this restaurant there´s only one thing I eat, so that can get a bit old sometimes. Chinese restaurants in Stockholm are much better, with sometimes up to ten dishes to choose between.

Went to Stockholm today, shopped for Alvina´s package, and some felt for me. Just realised: I forgot red thread. You can´t make strawberries without red thread...

Unpleasent monetary surprise: got over 2000 SEK ($300) less than expected. That screws up a lot of plans! Mainly buying food and paying bills. Happy Birthday to me....

Anyone remember the kitchen furniture from hell? The ones that have occupied my hall for almost a year? IT´S GONE! Praise the lord, halleluja, and all that. And I got paid - 500SEK (about $65), which I didn´t thing I would get until they were sold. That meant I had a (mostly) nice day in Stockholm, eating Indian food (mmmm....) and seeing Pirates of the Carribean: Dead man´s chest. The food was great and the movie so much fun.

On the plus-side too: Anyone remember the beaded wristwarmer, also from hell (yes, I think they are related)? The one who has been ripped, and ripped again, and then banned to the naughty basket. Well, it´s done, and it co-operated very well indeed. I am much pleased.

And even brighter:  I´ve been hoping for a swap with the swap-queen herself, Anjali from Japan, and YAY, now it´s on! I´m sure she´ll find me something nice, I only hope that I can match that. So far I´ve got good revues on my packages, but the luck may turn. Luck has a habit of doing just that.

And way down low: Still no packages. I´m crossing my fingers like a maniac, hoping they haven´t got lost in the mail. I know the shipping can take a while, and I hope that´s all it is.

Ending off with one last good thing: I´m knitting again, that was some time ago. I had two hanks of lightblue/brown/a little green alpaca yarn, which had been laying around forever, and now they are becoming vey nice mittens, which will go very nice with my new navyblue fall-jacket.

and I´m loving it! I´ve got a few more swaps going on, I feel I might have to organize it somehow, to keep track of everybody. Ongoing is Lizzy from Singapore (I´ve sent my package and am waiting for hers), Kwoozy from Australia. New is Babs from California, Catherine from LA and Jenn from Japan, and waiting til September is Rachele from Japan.  Phew! I´ve said it before, but I´ll say it again - you MUST try Gimme Your Stuff! You just list what you have to offer, and what you want, and then contact other swappers, or wait for someone to contact you. Easy as that! Me, I look forward to next week, then I´ll go shop for Kwoozy and Babs, and perhaps Catherine. The giving is as much fun as the getting! That´s probably why I love Christmas, since these days I do a lot more giving than getting. That´s how it is, when you get older, and still is single. No one to spoil you... Maybe that´s why I LOVE these swaps?

At home, I´m strangely lazy and lacking of busy hands. The only thing on any needle is a little "candy"amigurumi, and I don´t have much inspiration or drive to do much else. On the other hand, if it took so long for the summer draught to set in, it´s a wonder, usually it comes with the summer heat, and now I´m counting down to autumn. How I wish for cooler weather...

I´m re-reading "The lord of the rings" (again), and it´s still one of the best books ever. And after seeing the films about fifteen times (at least), I read the books diffrently, looking for the films in the books. Usually it´s not a good idea, the films always loose, but this time it´s working. They did an excellent job filming the books! And I´ve been in love with Legolas since I was about 12, now Éomer is growing on me... (mmm, Karl Urban...)

I went to Stockholm today, to buy the last things for Lizzy´s package, I hope to mail it tomorrow. Then I was feeling so insecure about my top, so I had to go shop for another one. Fortunately it´s sales all over, so I got a tunic and a t-shirt for 115SEK  (15USD), a total bargain! And I felt much better afterwards... Feeling fat is an all-consuming feeling, you can´t think of anything else, and can´t stop togging at your clothes. I hate that. Being fat is one thing, feeling fat is a totally diffrent thing.

Then I went to the Japanese bookshop, looking for craft books, but alas, no luck. (How ancient is that word, "alas" - does anybody ever use it anymore?) But - I found candy! To kinds of Hello Kitty candy, strawberry Pocky, and a small mix-pack of Meji chocolate. They had the great wasabipeas Charlene sent from California, so if I ever get the urge, I know where to find them. Goody! And they had some Hello Kitty stuff, too, I bought stickers, but there were knick knacks of all kind. I´ll be back!

Not much blogging going on this last week, I´ve been home sick. Poor me... And yesterday I spent the most part of the day and all evening in the emergencyroom with my friend, who was having major stomachpains. Poor thing. And after sitting there for eight hours, they sent us home on the train, 10PM. Swedish healthcare is great...

I´ve got another swappingpartner, Kwoozy from Australia, who makes the cutest things, I look forward to getting her package (and making her one). And speaking of packages and making, I just made a Hello Kitty-purse for my SP, and a handbag in vintage fabric for Lizzy in Singapore. Hope they like them!

I started on socks, using the "candy"cotton my SP sent me, but didn´t like how they turned out, and ripped my half-finished sock. Now I´ve made two tiny amigurumis using the yarn, and they turned out really cute, so I´ll definitely make more of them.

I thought I´d finally get rid of the kitchen furniture in my hall last Monday, but they never picked them up. I´m starting to think they´re cursed - they´ve been standing there since last November, and I can´t get rid of them! Me not having a car is definitly a problem!

Today it´s finally raining! After weeks of hot summer weather, it´s finally raining! And it´s not hot either, so I´m loving it!

Den närmaste veckan borde två långväga paket dimpa ner i brevlådan - amigurumiböcker från YesAsia och paket från Charlene i San Fransisco! LÄNGTAR!!!!!!!!!!

Har klippt håret, det var nästan till behåbandet, nu är det till nacken/käklinjen. Mycket kortare alltså. Nu fattas bara lite färg, och kanske jag till och med visar er resultatet (jag är lite blyg av mig, syns inte gärna på bild).