A pretty crappy Tuesday

I woke up still with the headache this morning. Not impressed. I put on my workout gear to go for a walk but just did not feel up for it. Instead I spent the morning scraping rubber bits of the spare bedroom floor where the rubber backing for the rug had stuck to the wood. Not that much fun.

I had some breakfast still feeling like crap. I took some Panadol but still no relief. Sonja text to catch up but I just didn't feel up for it so instead I plonked myself in the bath with my book and lazed about for and hour and a half. While I was in the bath, Daisy and Sheila were busy cleaning the house. When I eventually got out, I chatted with Daisy for a while about the jobs that I would like her to do while we were away.

I did some more beading in the afternoon before Sonja called again and asked if she could come up. She dropped off a gift for us - a beautiful ceramic lamp that we had seen together at the Craft Complex late last week. Such a nice gift! She was on her way to the dentist but we made plans to catch up for dinner.

About 6.30, Sonja came by and picked my up and we went to the Prince where they were staying. I caught up with the whole family before Brian headed out to drop Emma at a party. Sonja, Ian, Maddie and I went downstairs to the buffet and Brian joined us not long after. The food was really good but as always I ate too much.

Sonja offered to drive me home about 9. It was a nice night out and got me out of the house. My headache was finally gone and I walked in the door and went straight to bed.

Today's photo is of the construction site. A lot has changed since the last time - see September 4!

Sunday roast again with different friends

We woke up late this morning and pottered around the house for a few hours. We then walked over to Pavillion to have a look at some furniture and also to pick up Ross some new shorts from Espirit. From Pavillion we walked via the convention center in time to meet Debbie and Dan at Chinoz for lunch.

It was nice to see them again as it had been quite a while - since the rug auction. We spent about 3 hours, chatting and eating outside. It was really nice. In the morning I had made Debbie a bracelet as a gift for Christmas. Coincidentally, it matched the top she was wearing. About 3.30 we parted ways and promised to catch up in the new year.

Ross and I walked home and spent the afternoon on the couch watching TV. Well, that lasted about 10 minutes before Ross fell asleep. I went and did some more beading and managed to create a pair of earrings that I had been wanting to try for a while using wire and beating it with a hammer to make a matte finish. I think they turned out quite well.

In the evening, we dropped over to see Sonja and Brian to give them their gift. We didn't stay for too long before we walked over to KLCC to look around for some DVDs and to buy some books and magazines. We ended up having dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen but we were both so exhausted that by the time we got home, I was ready for bed.

Ross packed for his trip to Vietnam and I laid in bed reading my news mags before falling asleep.

Working on "the list"

In preparation for the end of the year and also before we head back to Aus for Xmas, Ross and I have been making a list of all the things we need to do. This morning I did a few things on the list around the house before picking Ross up at 12 for lunch.

We drove over to Pavillion and went to a photo store so that Ross could have his picture taken for his work passes and things. The guy took us in the back room, pulled down a white backdrop and pulled out a dodgy old digital camera and took a photo of Ross, of which most was white background! I asked him if he could take one with a professional camera and with less background. He pulled out one of the display Nikon digital SLRs and snapped off a photo with awful lighting, shadows and still too much background. So we just left. I knew I could do that!

So after our misadventure, we went to Yo Sushi for lunch then bought Ross a hairbrush - also on the list - before I dropped him home.

I went home and did a couple of things before driving over to KLCC to pick up a present for Sonja and Brian. I ended up buying a pewter hand in a gesture signifying protection (hard to explain). But I figured it was Asian, from Malaysian and also pretty meaningful. I also picked up some Christmas cards - not easy to find - and a bit of food shopping before heading home.

At home I got busy organizing Xmas presents. I sorted out Dad's and Ann's as well as the Miller's going away present. I knocked up some gifts for the girls as we were having lunch tomorrow at Delicious and I wanted to give them some of my jewellery.

By this time Ross came home and we tried again to take a photo of him. I set up the tripod, pulled the curtains so it was dark and posed him in front of the white wall. We did quite a few shots (as you can see from the photo) but in the end we had a good one.

For dinner, I had made salmon patties which Ross cooked for us. They were pretty good and also used up more stuff from the pantry. In the evening I did some research into how to take good photos of jewellery. I realised that the best way was to have a light "tent" or box so I will have to get Dad onto this when he comes over in January.

Back in the swing of things

I met Sonja early this morning and we drove out to FRIM. It had been about 5 weeks since I had been out there. We decided not to do the canopy walk as we were both knackered simply from the steep path leading up to the canopy walk! It was still a nice walk and we felt like we had worked out and sweated when we finished.

We drove to the Blue Cow and had Eggs Benedict for breakfast. As you can see from the photo, the table was a little small for us :-)

We drove back home and Sonja came up to the apartment so I could give her some stuff. Daisy and Sheila were there cleaning the place. After Sonja left, I did a few things on the computer and had a shower before walking over to the dentist.

Today marks the finale of my root canal. I had the permanent crown put on the tooth so now I can eat properly again after more than 6 months! I also asked Dr. Su to give my teeth a good clean - they felt so much better. 2700 ringgit later, I walked out with a brand new feeling mouth.

On the walk back I called Ross to see what he was up to and he said he was just going down to get something to eat. I suggested that he walk home with me and we could have last night's left over pasta bake. So we walked back together. Half an hour later, I dropped Ross back at the office.

In the afternoon I did the washing and also did a bit of beading. I tried a new technique using heavy gauge wire and hammering it into coils. I made a bracelet with big turquoise beads and the coils. I think it turned out quite well.

By the time Ross came home, I was just starting dinner. In my quest to use up things in the pantry and the freezer, I decided to make prawn fajitas. They were really nice. After dinner, we did a few things around the house.

A lot of beading

This morning I busied myself with getting the house tidy. Over the past couple of weeks, bits and pieces have been piling up around the place. It took me a few hours to get everything straightened out again. I did some more washing and other bits and pieces before sitting down and having the leftovers of last night's salad for lunch.

After lunch I got busy beading. I finally made the other earring of the designs I had been trying out and I also started making some for gifts. It's so hard to decide what people might like! I ended up making 8 new pairs of earrings including some red and green Christmas stars and some flower earrings for kids.

I started photographing all my designs so that when I give them away for presents at least I will remember what I have done. I am thinking I will use the photos and start another blog - kind of like a catalogue of my designs.

After finishing the earrings, I got busy making a fritatta for dinner. My goal is to use up all the stuff in the freezers and cupboards before we head home. I used frozen spinach, feta cheese, cherry tomatoes, the left over chicken from last night, eggs and cheese. I did have to borrow an egg from the Miller's though. I had never made a fritatta before but it was so easy - just like a big omellette. I cooked it first on stove top and then finished cooking it under the grill.

Tonight we didn't watch any TV and headed to bed early which was nice.

Bits and pieces in Chinatown

This morning I woke up around 8.30 and got ready to head out. Before I went, I caught up with Daisy to ask her to do a few things around the house. Then I drove over to Pavillion where I had some breakfast at The Coffee Bean. All the Christmas displays were up. After breakfast I picked up some batteries and some vitamins for Ross before heading back to the car.

I drove to Chinatown and parked in the Central Market. Julia had asked me to get a caricature done of our friend and netball captain Sam who is leaving KL in a couple of weeks to go to Abu Dhabi. I found the caricature guy and dropped off a photo of Sam and also an example of a caricature netball player for him to copy. He said he would drop it off tomorrow at my house.

From there I walked to Peter Ho and picked up a couple of presents before going to a new bead store. They were selling tiny Chinese crystals so I picked up a bunch and also bought a display for my earrings in the shape of a palm tree (sounds cheesy but it is actually pretty good). I then headed down Petaling Street to try and find a back for my friend Kate but without success. It was like Xmas had thrown up in a lot of the stores along the back streets as they were all selling tacky Xmas decorations and gifts.

On my way back to the car, I picked up some orchids and had some lunch at Central Market. I drove home and spent the afternoon doing some beading before Ross came home about 6. We made mushroom and onion pasta with the 2 leftover portobello mushrooms. We watched some more TV and then headed to bed about 9.30.

Early Thanksgiving

This morning I headed to my last beading class for Level 2. I arrived at the same time as the other girls. We got busy with our "graduation piece", a Cleopatra style necklace. It was a hell of a lot of work! We started by weaving beads into a strand of 5 inverted V shapes. From there we added some headpins that we bent into V-shapes. We then wrapped more seed beads into the necklace and wove the choker before adding the crystal drops. It was a complicated piece. But I could imagine that it would be beautiful with the right beads.

I didn't leave there until 1.30pm. On my way home, I got pulled over by the police for talking on my mobile - bugger! I definitely should have known better. Sonja had got picked up the week before in exactly the same place. And it wasn't like I was talking about anything that couldn't wait until I got home. Ironically, I was talking to Sonja when I got pulled over. Anyway, I managed to convince the police man to give me a ticket rather than pay him a bribe. I'm sure this will cost me more in the long run but at least I wasn't supporting police corruption!

I got home about 2.30. I made myself some lunch and just chilled out until Ross got home about 6. We got changed and headed over to Sonja and Brian's for Thanksgiving dinner. It was really nice to be with them all again. Brian is looking so much better and we hadn't seen the kids for ages. Sonja had cooked a meal with all the trimmings and had even baked 6 pies for dessert!

After dinner we played some games and then sat around chatting for a while before heading home about 9.30. It had been a great night. So nice to spend time with good friends and take a moment to give thanks for good things in our lives!

Netball Xmas lunch

This morning I slept until I heard Daisy come in to clean at 9am. I took my time getting ready as I still felt pretty ordinary. I headed out of the house to KLCC at about 10.30 to buy a 20 ringgit gift for the netball Xmas lunch. I ended up with a small Christmas plate with a reindeer with sunglasses on. I had a bit of time to kill before going to the lunch so I had a coffee at Coffee Bean.

I drove out to Mont Kiara and walked into Meat Works where a lot of the girls were already waiting. There were about 11 of us in total. It was one of the last times we would be seeing our captain Sam before she heads off to Abu Dhabi in the next couple of weeks. Sharon gave her a gift on behalf of the team - an embroidered cap that says "KL Jumpers - Le Captainne".

It was a really nice lunch and we swapped our gifts just before leaving. I ended up with a beautiful candle from L'Occitane. From Mont Kiara, I drove home and relaxed in the afternoon. I found enough motivation to do a bit of beading - not much but some. I made some gifts for people.

Ross came home briefly just after 6 and headed out again for a work function just before 7. I made myself a salad for dinner trying to use up some stuff in the freezer. I had chicken, bacon, an egg, some cheese, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, flax seeds and pumpkin seeds in my salad and it was delicious!

I spent the rest of the night watching TV before heading to bed. I woke up about 1am and was wondering where Ross had got to so I got up to check the spare room. Sure enough he was asleep in there - I didn't even hear him come in!

Chinatown

This morning Ross headed off to the Singapore office for a few hours and I headed out for a walk. I thought I would go and try to find the beading stores in Chinatown. I walked up a couple of blocks until I got up to North Bridge road and then walked south until I crossed the river onto Sth Bridge Road.

Just over the bridge I found numerous beading stores. They were all quite good but more expensive than those in KL. They did have some different beads though so I bought some cloisenne beads and some Swarovski crystal beads as well as a few other bits and pieces.

By this time, the rain had started so I headed into a mall on Clarke Quay. I had lunch at a Japanese restaurant overlooking the river while the rain poured down. Luckily, the mall connected straight to the MRT system so I caught the train back towards the hotel. I walked through the Citylink mall and picked up a little black skirt before getting back to the hotel about 4.

Ross got back about 4.30 and we chilled out for a couple of hours before going out for dinner. We thought we would walk down to the Robertson Quay area for dinner. We ended up at Indochine - a cool Asian restaurant with Thai, Laos, Vietnamese and other types of SE Asian food. We shared a great salad and some noodles overlooking the river.

We walked back to the hotel via the Esplanade and I ducked in to Mango to pick up a couple of little cardigans I had had my eye on. We got back to the hotel about 9 and watched TV until we fell asleep about 11.

Today's photo is of the ceramic mosaic in Dhoby Gaut MRT station.

Beading and Ross home!

This morning I got organized in time to head out to my second to last beading class. It was nice to see the other girls again and we spent 3 hours creating a wired pendant and some gypsy hoop earrings.

From beading, I drove out to IKEA again and had a look for some ideas to display my jewellery. I ended up buying some black frames and some off-cuts of fabric to cover the inside of the frame as well as some Christmas decoration hangers which I can use for displaying bracelets and necklaces. I also picked up a wire trash can which is an easy way to hang up my earrings for now.

I also dropped into the stationary store and found some plate stands, acrylic sign displays and a few other bits and pieces I thought would come in handy. The only thing I didn't find was a hot glue gun.

By this time it was 3.30 and I raced home to meet Ross who had just flown in from Vietnam. It was so good to see him again! He hadn't traveled for ages so having him gone for 6 days was actually quite long. We spent some time catching up on things before we had to head out to our golf lesson.

Out at golf, Eric worked with both of us on different parts of our swings. I was finally starting to get it now and hit some beautiful shots! Ross wasn't doing too bad either. Eric took me out on the putting green and showed me how to putt. This was the first time I had had anything other than a 7 iron in my hand since I started taking lessons. I was pretty proud when I got two balls straight in the hole!

We were pretty pumped after our lesson. We drove to KLCC and had a pizza at California Pizza Kitchen then headed home. We pretty much fell into bed. So nice to have Ross home again!

Getting serious about designs

This morning I got up reasonably early and did a few bits and pieces around the apartment. I finally fixed the curtains in our bedroom and also did a bit of "gardening" on the pots on the balcony. I rotated all the plants, cut off the dead leaves and pulled out the weeds as well as put some of the bigger pots on rollers so they could be moved around easily. About 9.30, I drove out to Great Eastern mall and did a bit of food shopping before heading home again.

I started doing some beading - trying to recreate a design I saw in Isetan. I managed to do it but it just wasn't sitting right so I left it and made myself a smoked salmon, Camembert and tomato pizza for lunch. After lunch, I got back to beading and spent some time researching new designs on the internet. I did some sketches and then tried out a few new designs. I spent hours fiddling and trying new things but I was happy with the results.

I made myself a smoked salmon and cream pasta for dinner (I had a lot of smoked salmon left after the morning tea!) and then did a bit more beading before heading to bed.

Back to beading lessons

This morning I had to catch a taxi out to PJ to go to my beading lessons because Ross needed the car to get to Ipoh (3 hours away). He had a meeting with the Dean of the university out there. I got to my lesson ok and caught up on the couple of projects I missed while I was in Aus. I finished the Desert Rose broach and the Gypsy Necklace.

From beading, I walked back to the main road and caught a taxi to Ikano. I made an appointment at Strip and then went and had some lunch at the Apartment. I took a table outside but within a few minutes had to move inside as the heaven's opened and I was getting wet! I enjoyed my lunch and finished just in time to go to my waxing appointment.

After waxing, I walked over the road and had a Starbucks while waiting for the bus to take me to the train station so I could get home. I also picked up some more containers for my beads and a quick bit of shopping before it was time to catch the bus.

A half hour bus ride and a half hour train journey and I was back at KLCC. I rang Ross to see if he could pick me up as I was exhausted. After we got home, we relaxed for about half an hour before I started to make dinner. I thought I would use all the leftovers from yesterday and the roast we had on Sunday to make a quiche. I even made the pastry from scratch! It turned out really well with pumpkin, corn, caramalised onion, goats cheese and camembert.

We ate the quiche (which actually took ages to cook as I had to chill, roll out, chill then blind bake the pastry before even cooking the quiche) and then made the most of the left over scones and cake.

Morning Tea with the girls

This morning I was up early doing some last minute things to get ready for the morning tea. Sonja came over just before 10 and then Debbie arrived not long after. Rimma and her sister-in-law Michelle arrived next followed by Lettie and then Kiki.

I hadn't seen a lot of the girls for a long time - it was great to catch up. Debbie hadn't met any of the other girls before so we spent the morning chatting, eating and drinking. I also showed the girls my beading so I could get their feedback. They gave me some good ideas. About 12, everyone slowly started to head off home. It was a great morning and made me realise that I should catch up with these girls more often.

After I cleaned up, I spent the rest of the afternoon doing some more beading. Ross came home about 6 and we got changed and headed to KDE for our golf lesson with Eric. It was such a great lesson! Eric showed Ross a couple of things to change and before you knew it, he was hitting the balls further and consistently straighter. Same with me! He sorted out my posture and then I was back in the swing of things. Ross and I both agreed it was great to be back at lessons.

From golf, we drove up the road to Tamarind Springs and although we weren't really dressed for the occasion, we had dinner at the Thai/ Malaysian restaurant. We were both so hungry and it was so good!

We drove home, showered and pretty much went to bed.

Finally getting down to beading

This morning, I cooked eggs with feta, basil and mushrooms for breakfast to surprise Ross who was still asleep. After breakfast, we got ready and headed out to Great Eastern Mall so I could buy some contact lenses. Although we got there at 10.15, hardly any of the shops were open - including the optometrist!

So being unsuccessful there, we drove to Sungai Long Golf and Country Club where Ross was playing the in the Baker Hughes Golf Tournament. Thank god for GPS! It actually wasn't that far but it was in an area that we had never been before.

I dropped Ross off about 11am and then rang Julia to see if she was home. I had some time to kill before my chiropractor appointment at 12.30 so I went around to Julia's place to catch up before heading to my appointment.

At the chiropractor it was super busy! They called me in and I laid down with a heat pack on my back before going in to see Nick. Once I got in for my appointment, Nick did the same adjustments as last time and I was out again within 15 minutes! I saw his assistant afterwards who fitted my trainers with some orthodics - wow, they make a big difference.

From Mont Kiara, I drove back to Great Eastern to try and pick up my contacts again. This time I was in luck. I finally got home about 2.30pm. I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening beading. I had wanted to see if I could copy some earrings that I had bought so I worked at making 5 pairs of earrings - I was happy that I could make them all!

Ross got home about 11.30 just as I was packing up my beading stuff. He'd had quite a few beers! We pretty much fell into bed.

Beads, beads and more beads!

This morning I did a few things around the house before walking down to the train station to catch the train to Chinatown. I got out there about 11 and went in search of the bead stores that the girls in my beading class had been talking about.

I came across one store that sold strings of semi-precious stones. I asked the lady if she did wholesale prices and she said yes. The price came down to one quarter of the retail! But the catch was I had to buy quite a bit. I ended up with strands of red agate, carnelian, garnet, lava stone (basalt), shell, bloodstone, black onyx and a few others.

From there, I had a look in one of the other bead stores up the road. I didn't find anything to my liking there so I walked back to Peter Ho for some lunch and a look around. I made it before the lunch hour, expat lady rush and managed to snag a piece of Chinese mushroom and tomato quiche - so good.

After a bit of a look around Peter Ho, I walked back down the street to find some more beading stores. I found one that sold Chinese crystals and went a bit nuts buying 22 strands of various colours and sizes. I also bought some headpins with little balls at the end of them - a bit different from the normal ones - and some ring frames.

The lady told me they also had another store and she took me over there where I filled up my basket with various findings - earring charms, chain, earring hooks and other bits and pieces. By this time, I was pretty much done.

I caught the train back to KLCC and then walked under cover back to the house. Again, I got home just in time before the storm. It pelted down! I had a bit of a break before having to head out in the rain to go to my chiropractor appointment.

I finally got in to see Nick the chiropractor. We talked for a bit about my lower back pain and shoulder pain. He asked me to stand up and he had a look at my feet. Immediately, he could see that my right foot had collapsed making my foot collapse in and therefore my alignment was out from my foot all the way up to my neck.

Next he checked my spine and said that I have a little bit of scoliosis - which I think I knew anyway - and also a pronounced curve in my spine. He asked me to lay down on the bed and he did some simple stretching and massaging before strapping my feet to the table. He then made the table go and and down at my hip level. This stretched my back again.

Next he did some manual adjustments (i.e. cracking) to my lower vertebrate and my neck. It was freaky how easily everything cracked. I stood up and felt a bit "lighter". Nick said that I should really come in twice a week for 6 weeks to get things aligned properly again. He also said that I should bring in my trainers so he can fit orthodics to help correct my collapsed arch in my right foot.

So I made an appointment for Saturday and drove home in peak hour traffic. I messed about with my new beads while waiting for Ross to come home. We made a chicken salad for dinner and then watched Transformers.

Back to normal

Today started like any other day with Ross heading off to work. I woke up about 8 and got ready before heading out to beading class. Today we began working on another brooch, this time a flower and also made a star shaped pendant. The brooch was pretty fiddly wire weaving where the pendant was pretty easy.

From beading I dropped into IKEA and picked up some new cutting boards (exciting stuff huh?!) before heading home. I got home about 3, dropped my stuff, put my togs on and headed down to the pool again with my book, a couple of mags, my iPod and lilo.

Today it was just me floating about in the pool. As soon as I got downstairs I realised that I had forgotten my key - bugger! So I floated about reading for about an hour and a half before I felt I had had enough of the sun. I buzzed up to Sonja's place and luckily she was there so we chatted for an hour or so before Ross got home from work.

I got changed and Ross and I headed back to Low Yat to return the universal remote (the number 5 button didn't work!). Afterwards, we walked across the street and had dinner at Bangkok Jam, a nice Thai restaurant. We grabbed ourselves a gelato for the drive home.

I spent the evening grimacing in pain as I tried out my new epilator. Ouch! But it does do a good job and works on really short hair. I'm sure I can bare the pain once every few weeks and it is certainly better than shaving every two days or becoming scary hairy woman for waxing!

Up and at 'em

This morning started reasonably early with us driving out to FRIM at 8.30am. Sonja and Brian had headed out 15 minutes before us. Ross and I started off and it was super busy. We did the first slope pretty fast to try and pass a lot of the groups. Once at the canopy walk we got stuck behind a big student group and had to excuse ourselves to get past them. We had one quick break before completely the rest of the canopy section and ending up at the waterfall.

From there we walked the long downward slope back to the car. We managed to complete the whole walk in about an hour. From FRIM, we drove to the Blue Cow Cafe to meet up with Brian and Sonja for breakfast. After devouring our Chef's special omelets, we headed home.

It was a rare sunny day so we got out of our sweaty gear and into our togs. With our floaties in hand and our books, we headed down to the pool. The water was pretty cool so we tried to stay as dry as possible while we floated about for a while reading and relaxing. All the Miller's except Ian came down as well.

In the afternoon, Ross headed off to work for a couple of hours and I went to the nail salon for a bit of pampering. They had a special on pumpkin and cinnamon scrub and masque treatment so I settled in for some serious relaxation. The scrub and masque smelt good enough to eat! I had the heated booties again on both my feet and my hands. I felt wonderful after the 2 and a half hours of pampering!

I walked home and met up with Ross. We spent the evening doing bits and pieces. I made some bead jewellery to practice my new skills. Before we knew it, it was past midnight so we headed to bed.

Another great day with one more to go!

Level 2 Beading

I did a few things around the house this morning before driving out to PJ for my beading class. Today we started Level 2 and only one other lady returned from last time. We did two projects today. The first was a wire weaving project making a dragonfly broach. I thought it turned out really well and can imagine making them in more realistic colours.

The second project was an "ethnic" necklace and matching earrings. Again, we used a wire weaving technique to create circles which we will link together with beads in the next lesson. I liked the colours I chose for this project and am interested to see the end result.

From beading I quickly ducked into Ikano to pick up some cat food before heading home. At home, I did a few more things before going over to Sonja's place for a cup of tea. We chatted for a couple of hours before I headed back home.

When Ross came home from work, we made some cauliflower soup and enjoyed it with a glass of wine. Afterwards, Ross did some more work while I finished off my beading homework; making the remaining rings for the necklace.

A productive and busy day

This morning started by me meeting Julia at her place around 8.15. We went and had a coffee before heading to netball. It was the first time I had played in quite a while and it was great to see the girls again! It was incredibly hot though and so by the time we finished I was exhausted.

We headed back to Julia's place and I jumped in the shower while Julia was kind enough to make scrambled eggs for breakfast. I scarfed them down before heading out the door to make it to my beading class in time.

At beading class, I met Hester and realised I had forgotten my tools so luckily she was kind enough to lend me hers for today. We made two rings today (see photo). They were both very different and quite easy to make. Again, I can imagine making them out of quality beads and they would be great. I really liked the purple and green colours in the woven ring and I can imagine Swarovski crystals for the starburst ring.

I finished the projects about 1pm and drove to Ikano to meet Sonja for lunch at Dome. After lunch we headed to Strip! for our waxing appointments. Afterwards, we popped in for a quick 30min foot massage before each heading our separate ways to go home.

It started to rain as soon as I got in the car and the traffic was so bad it took me 1 hour 15 mins to get home where it would normally take me 20 mins. I was not too happy by the time I got there. Ross was already at home when I arrived and we watched the AFL finals game between Brisbane and the Bulldogs. No real surprise the Bulldogs won.

I was absolutely shattered by 8.30 so I headed to bed.

Beading catch-up

This morning I headed out to beading class to catch up on the projects I missed while I was in Singapore. It was just me and the instructor, Hester, today which was a bit weird but also meant that we finished fast.

Today we made a bracelet by weaving circlets and linking them together and we also made a pendant on an adjustable cord. Both projects were pretty easy but a bit fiddly. I like the bracelet and can imagine making the circlets that look like flowers using different beads for new bracelets and even earrings. It was good to learn how to tie the adjustable knots too.

My next catch-up class is on Friday and we will make two rings.

After the class, I headed home and picked up Ross from the office for lunch. We went to KLCC again, this time to Nandos. I dropped him back at the office and then I headed home. I did a few things on the computer before spending the rest of the afternoon chilling out on the bed watching TV. I even had a bath! What a lovely day!

Ross made spag bog for dinner and we watched Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which happened to be on TV.