Spring?....not just yet!

Walking around the city and seeing all of the lovely bright Spring themed shop window displays assured me that Winter was over and Spring was just around the corner. :-)
Looks like I spoke a little too soon........Imagine my confusion when I woke up this morning unable to see out of my windows due to a fresh downpour of thick icy cold snow!!!
I'll be perfectly honest with you. I wasn't actually that disappointed with the arrival of fresh snow, more like super excited! I couldn't resist letting my inner child takeover and so I quickly got dressed and went outside to explore the winter wonderland.

The reason I was so excited was that I'd never actually seen this much snow. I've heard people talk about "six inches of snow" but I'd only really experiences a few centimetres of snow. This however was insane, probably 8 inches of powdery light snow and it was still falling!
I probably wouldn't have been this excited if I had things to do or places to be. Today however, I had no plans for my day off and decided to let myself enjoy the snow rather than be irritated by its sudden appearance.

The neighbourhood was unrecognisable! Bicycles and mopeds covered in a thick white quilt.

 Cars were well and truly frozen.

It's crazy to think that just last week we were having days where the sun was shining and no coat was needed when stepping out of the house.

Today was a different story and I was thankful for my three layers of clothing as I made my way down the road.
I was heading to the local park, to see what kind of state it was in.
It was a magical world of ice and snow.

It was nice watching people walk dogs and play with children in the snow.
I bumped into a group of cheeky monkeys that thought it was funny to throw snowballs at me! I'm not sure if they were shocked that I threw snowballs back at them or just surprised at what a bad throw I am! Either way the look on their faces was priceless!

It was a really lovely afternoon. Getting some fresh air and enjoying the bright energy that the white snow filled me with.
I was chilled to the bone when I got home and so the thought of spending an evening at home in my warm apartment was rather appealing. I turned the heaters up high, lit some candles

and made myself a nice and hot fresh mint tea to thaw myself out (I'm trying to cut down on coffee! eeeeek!)

Looks like I'm set for a rather cosy evening :-)

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Busy Bee

Hello Lovelies! How are you all? A little catch up with each other has been long overdue! I'm here now with a cup of tea at hand and ready for a good natter.
Whats been going on? Well....recently I've been taking the form of a bee, a BUSY BEE.

I've had lots going on over the past few weeks and it seems that things aren't about to slow down anytime soon.
I've been given a new position at work. I guess you could say, a promotion.
As most of you know my actual job is not as a full time crocheter, but as a singer/dancer. I'm currently in the Disney musical, Tarzan. It's based on the animated movie.
I've been working on this show for a few years now and LOVE it! It's physically very demanding, but also a very rewarding job. It's definitely a show that I'm very proud of.

The show not only has lots of dancing, but also a lot of aerial/ flying stunts.  It's the aerial department where I find my new position at work. As of next month I'm going to be the "Aerial Captain" on the show. So it means I'm not only in charge of teaching new cast members how to fly, but I'll also be maintaining the standard of flying in the show.
I'm so excited and happy to be given the opportunity and challenge that this position brings and I can not wait to get stuck into rehearsals with the new cast members!

With the new position coming up, I've found myself having to be VERY organised. I've been spending a lot of time sat at my laptop, making sure I know exactly what I'll be doing in the up and coming weeks.

I've got into a little habit of always having a cup of coffee next to me when I'm working on the computer. Sometimes I'm even taking my laptop to the local cafe to enjoy the amazing coffee, along with a scrummy macaroon.

This habit has got to stop though!! I'm not only eating too many macaroons but getting a little frantic from a constant caffeine high. EEEEEK!  

I've also been away from my blog for a little while as I seem to have fallen into a little trap. 

The more my blog has progressed as a "crafting blog" the more I have felt that I HAVE to keep delivering new ideas and projects with every post. Sometimes I don't have a new project and sometimes I have no new ideas to share. Therefore, I very stupidly I haven't been posting as much. That makes me sad, as I love writing blog posts.

It was whilst chatting with the lovely Rachel on Ravelry that I realised I had fallen into a cycle of feeling like I have to keep delivering. 

Rachel said to me that she had heard of people that "constantly make projects just so they have something to blog about". It hit me like a ton of bricks! This is what I had started to do and it was really taking the fun out of my blog. In fact it was making my blog feel like a burden and a constant pressure. So... as of now, I'm going back to basics. Blogging all the time and not only when I have a finished project. 

Of course the projects will keep coming! Here's a little something I'm working on at the moment and loving!

This little creation is my first attempt at Tunisian crochet. It creates a very different look to "regular" crochet. I'm rather enjoying this striped mass of colour!

I feel good that I've got all that of my chest. Suddenly have a lot of things I want to talk to you all about and am excited to be sharing more than just my finished crochet projects, but also a glimpse into my life. SUCH FUN!! (yes....I'm obsessed with the TV show Miranda!!)

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