Alton Towers

Every year, a bunch of us head off to Beautiful Vic's house for the weekend and spend the Saturday at Alton Towers. This is year four and the weekend was fabulous. The Friday morning, I had my very last exam and as soon as Anna and Joe got to mine, off we went up to Vic's. I was a little excited, not just because of the end of exams but also because there are people at the Alton Towers Weekended that I only get to see this time of year.

Saturday was also World Wind Knit In Public Day so I took up some needles and yarn and Kate, Anna, Jen and I knit little squares for a baby blanket. Anna works in the neonatal unit at Kings so I shall give it to her for her ward once it's done. We didn't get as many rollercoasters in as in previous years but that's ok. It was a fabulous day to be out and about with my friends. Hopefully now that I have more time I'll be able to be more sociable. Here are pictures from the day.

Knitting In Public

On the flume (Emerson took the second one)

On the River Rapids (Alton Towers took this one)

On the Pirate Galleons

Rachel

Meg, Kate, Rach and Alex

The four ages of Goose: Mummy Goose, nearly grown up goose, still quite young goose and baby goose. All spotted on the green by the lake.

Actual Finished Object!

I am finally blogging Reid. I made Reid for Alice for her birthday. I ran behind so I was finishing in in the car on the way up to Manchester. I swear it nearly killed me. Cotton! Lace!! But it looks fab and was totally worth it. I also learned the benefits of blocking as it looked rubbish before I wet it and stretched it out.


Pattern: Reid from Knitty.com
Needles: 3.5mm
Yarn: Wendy Supreme Luxury Cotton DK in pale pink and white for the edging. Bought from Jackson's in Reading

Fairies and Pirates part 2

Alice's party was Tinkerbell and Peter Pan themed. Here she is on the bouncy castle with Auntie Jenny

Here is baby Isaac with Great Grandma and Great Great Aunt!

Isaac in his frog sun hat

Tinkerbell on the bouncy castle

Yaaaaaaah!

This balloon kept Isaac happy for HOURS! Lucky Grandad!

Where's it gone?
Alice took this shot herself!

Pirate Isaac with Uncle Phill

The baddest baby on the high seas

Fairies and Pirates!

In May we went up to Manchester to celebrate Phill's niece Alice's birthday. The theme was Tinkerbell and Peter Pan so there were pirates and fairies aplenty. Phill and I bought her some roller skates that she wears over her shoes and we tested them on a trip to the park. I also made her a little cardigan which fits lovely!

With Uncle Phill and Auntie Jenny

On the slide

On the swings with Uncle Phill


Uncle Phill on the slide

Photo Shortage

I have lost the cord that connects my camera to my computer. So I can't upload any pictures now :(

To remind me, here is a list of stuff I need to blog

• Alice's Birthday (done!)
  
• Alton Towers
• Shiney New Yarn and Fibre
  
• Finished Object Pictures! (Done one but more to add)
  
• Our Boat Trip
• Mani
  

Soon, I promise =)

Priscilla

Anna bought us tickets to go and see Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: The Musical for my birthday. To say I was excited is a little of an understatement! We went for a bit of a shop and dinner first. Dinner was Sushi at this amazing little place in Soho. We ate a LOT of fish for very little money which is always good.

The show was amazing. The costumes were fab and included the mystical Flip-Flop Dress from the show. They also had all the "Australiana" costumes at the end like the ostriches and the lizards with the pop up hood bits!

And the bus! The bus was amazing. It was covered in all tiny LEDs which changed colour. Mainly pink of course but during the songs it had all sorts of fun graphics. And of course, Jason Donovan! I relived a little bit of teenage fandom and after the show we stalked... I mean waited for him outside the stage door. We waited a looooong time and when he finally came out he didn't want to stick around but I got a picture of him with Anna!

In which Ruth does a joyful dance

I have finished my exams! I don't know how I've done but hopefully enough to start. Today was my Viva which was pretty terrifying but thankfully my examiners were people I knew so I relaxed a little. Find out in three weeks if I've passed =)

In other news, I got a load of fibre in the post. It came during the week but I was out so this morning I went to the post office in time for opening. There was a queue!! at 7am! But my fibre is beautiful and I will take photos later.

This evening I am driving up to beautiful Vic's with Beautiful Anna and Hairy Joe for Alton Towers 4. There will be cheesy pop songs and bad singing. Tomorrow there will be roller coasters and also knitting as tomorrow in Worldwide Knit In Public Day.

Procrastination

Things that I was meant to do today:

1. Revise

Things I actually did today:

1. Go back to bed
2. Play with the cat
3. Drink a LOT of tea
4. Cuddle the cat
5. Piss about on Facebook and Ravelry
   
6. Knit an Innocent Hat
7. Move the cat off my paper work
8. Decide I need cake to off to Tesco for eggs and chocolate drops
9. Make cake
10. Go to knitting group
11. Write a blog post about procrastination
12. Actual revision. Not enough!

The cake is good though!


Recipe = Cream 4oz butter and 4oz caster sugar. Beat in two eggs. Add 4oz flour and a bit of baking powder (or just use self raising flour). Add as much cocoa powder as you need to satisfy the chococravings. Add bag of choc chips. Beat. Divide into little cases and bake at 180 for about 20 minutes (check after 15). EAT! Yum! I iced them with chocolate fondant icing.

Exams :(

Well, my finals start tomorrow. I'm thinking that only revising for about a week was a Very Bad Idea. I do not think that tomorrow is going to go well. Oh well, I refuse to pull an all nighter as that will just mean I am asleep in the exam. Who plans an exam for 10-1? Who thinks that anyone will function properly working through a meal time?

Tomorrow is B2 - Management of Acquired Communication Disorders.
Thursday is B3 - Disorders of the Vocal Tract.
Friday is my Professional Studies Viva.

Friday afternoon is journey to Stoke to see beautiful Vic and then Alton Towers on Saturday, Hoorah!

Wish me luck!

Here is Mani helping me with my revision:

Mogget!

Well, I've only just started and already I'm being crap at posting. Maybe two weeks before my finals was not a good time to begin blogging. Here is a picture of Mani to keep you going: