maybe someone from your folks' church might be willing & able to look after Nigel & co? (I wouldn't know where to start in finding someone (especially as they'd really need to stay in your house!) - we'd always taken the budgies to Gran & Grandad's so they could look after them while we were away).

that's what we've been trying :/ -sighs- Paddy looks fantastic today. I love the blues and golds together :D good luck funding treasure.

Sounds like you will be plenty busy. ;) Sporadically working on the crochet- along project. Other than that, not working on any crafty things at the moment. :) At step 7 out of 13 or so.

Hopefully you can go swimming soon. :D

Sorn's looking stunning! What's the background(s) he's wearing? Thanks :D She didn't want to tell anyone, but she's actually burying the treasure rather than trying to find it :P Mum bought me a mini plant yesterday.... it's in a minute little pot, but she checked that it had roots before she bought it laughs Only trouble was, it was just labelled "houseplant" :K so I asked the garden centre on facebook if they could tell me what it was 😇 Apparently it's a Rhoeo discolor (darn latin names :P) - google says it's also known as Moses-in-the-Cradle. Thankfully it likes bright light, as I've sat it on the windowsill laughs Mum's not too eager at it potentially getting to 6 feet tall 😇

You're getting on really well with that crochet-along!! :D hands over a slice of cake to give you the crocheting energy to get to step 8 ;)

probly Monday. Definately not tomorrow with shopping. I'm flatout. Also went to Sams club (wearhouse shopping), petsmart, joanns, bed bath and beyond and hobby lobby. AND I made a little zipper bag for my drawstring bag--and I bought a travel pillow today and made a little case for it :D I'm knackard. thanks you, its the with on top [edit] I wound up making and just finishing (at midnight) mum's draw string bag. I added an inside pocket to hers. Totally knackard now

whoa, that's definitely a 'wake you up and realise it's not quite October' outfit you've got today! That little ghost looks like he's having a bit too much fun laughs :P

😮 I'm not surprised you're knackered after all that!

I thought I recognised the moon, but I wasn't too sure what background you'd put it over - they go perfectly together :D

Doing a big shopping round is probably enough for one day, yup. :P

:grabs cake: I can always use some cake, crochet or no crochet. 👼

laughs just mind you don't get all the cake crumbs on the yarn :P

I decided this week was too busy to work on my product testing projects, so I started cutting out the fabric for a Kraken & Loch Ness Monster instead ;) .... and ended up hand sewing most of the Loch Ness monster laughs It was going to be a teal forest shade with a glow in the dark underside.... but that changed to dark purple when I realised the glowing pattern was a bit too vivid to work :P

bawhaha I couldn't help it, had to start early :D Today's been just as long. I went to Walmart to do the main grocery shopping, then Kroger to get the things Walmart didn't have, then to Sally's beauty supply, then Gamestop and then Bed bath and beyond. I ate lunch when i got home at 2, crashed and then went to the british store. I've got a lot still to do as well o.0 yeah they worked well I thought. Speaking of working well, i love today's ha. the jumper works supprisingly well with the pirate skirt and I love the ghosty :D

read above to see my day. Busy again lol.

;) I love the butterfly trick-or-treat look today, that works really well with the background too :D Thanks :D RP-Paddy wanted to take the ghost for a picnic before October laughs

And there I was thinking I had a busy day - yours sounds even busier! 😮

Loch Ness Monster sounds awesome! :D I am leaving for Oslo today.. and a mini cruise to Kiel.. so I am excited! Now I just need to get Pusur in to his cage. He is now on the top of the clothes cabinet. :P

I get tired just hearing about your days sometimes. lol

Like I told Paddy here... just checking in before leaving for Oslo, mum is picking me up in an half an hour or so. He is now hiding on top of the clothes cabinet. Fun times. lol They can always tell something is up and that the cage is is waiting. :P

That sounds like an incredible trip! :D Make sure you take loads of photos ;) :D

hehe at least Pusur isn't hiding in your suitcase trying to go with you ;) Hopefully he co-operate and get into the cage though hands over a few cat treats to bribe him to get down

aww Paddy looks adorable to day snuggling the bunbun :D and love the slippers xD thanks, bought the bg last night lol. I've been looking at it for awhile now anyway but I figured with River and Bart I'd get my use of it.
what did you do? XD

haha sometimes i get tired writing my days :P hope you have a fun, and safe trip <3. You'll be getting home just as I get ready to leave.

hehe I got the jumper yesterday so I had to use it for an autumnal look today ;) It's definitely a great background! :D

Thursday I helped (well, dad helped me :P) clean out the waterbutt in the garden (the tap was loose so it needed attention), and swept / washed down the steps after the fence (Friday I was too zonked to do anything :P).... and yesterday I spent the day cutting fabric and hand sewing a Nessie ;)

its perfect <3 Wow see you've been busy too :o. how'd Nessie go?

and speaking of perfect, Paul looks great! :D :D

Nessie went surprisingly well considering she was hand stitched laughs I need to machine over a couple of the seams just to get them a little stronger, but the applique should hold ok :D The Kraken needs some machine stitches on the applique though, as it's too fiddly to get it hand sewn accurately (there's little coloured open circles on the end of each tentacle.... I used fusible web to get them to stay on, but it needs a few stitches just to hold it properly) ;)

why thank you :D I know his outfit is a bit obscure, but I'm fairly sure you'll know what theme I'm going for shortly lmao as I'm about to swap it haha. I've got them all planned out.

Now Paddy looks awesome :D she appears to have found a rather creepy carnival :D LOVE IT!.

ooh good :D I'll wanna see. ugh the appliques sound challenging. I have gotten the inside pocket done and made the zipper pouch of my cross stitch draw string bag. Taking a break because my back still isn't happy from the weekend.

I would say that looks very much like Alice in Wonderland today?

laughs thanks :D I got the jumper and background yesterday so they had to go together hehe ;)

I wasn't too keen to fuse any of the appliques (it's a furry fleecey fabric, so I was worried it might melt over the iron), but I shoved a scrap bit of fabric on top of the furry bits, and that worked quite well :D That's great going on the bag! :D A shame that your back is grumbling again though :( hands over a mug of hot chocolate with extra-large marshmallows

-nods- Paul was the King of Hearts. There weren't a lot of heart type things for him so he didn't look as well as I wanted him to. I bought that bg :D THey do go well together :D yeah I think i'd be worried about that too. Good plan :D. THanks. once I finish this drawstring bag, I need to cut fabric for mum's purse--and then assemble it over the week, along with all the other things I needa do lol.

That definitely wasn't the easiest of characters to work with! ;) The best thing about the jumper is that the image on the front is a cutout, so RP-Paddy gets multiple looks from one top by just layering something different underneath ;) hands over Hermine's spare Time Turner I dunno how you're managing to keep up with everything!