What I'm listening to now...

Lately I've been searching for some good tunes and it just so happened that I was driving home from work today and heard a song on the radio that I love (I had only heard it once before but loved it and could never find out who sung it, until tonight). I did a google search (Google is honestly the BEST resource, I have no idea where we'd all be without it!!) and I found out that the song "I Need You Now" was by a little country band called Lady Antebellum.

Now I know what you're thinking... ugh another country band shout out, but seriously, this band is really good! The two lead vocals are by a girl and a guy and their music is so easy to listen to, I'm really liking it (I'm listening to the songs play on my laptop now). My fav song so far is the one I heard on the radio "I Need You Now", it doesnt even sound country (not like that real western twang or anything) its got a more acoustic/folky vibe to it.

I recommend to check them out, even if you're not into country that much or you don't mind a bit of it here and there, I may be onto a winner! lol Their album is titled "Need You Now".
Some tracks that I'm liking are "American Honey", "Need You Now" and "Our Kind of Love".

Ellie x

Raindrops on my veggies...

So I'm home from work this arvo to work on my uni assignment, and have just finished it!! Hurrah! A 2 page fact sheet on Hyperparathyroidism in horses was actually more interesting than I thought. (If anyone is interested I'll email you my fact sheet! hehe just kidding!)

Anyway, after a gorgeous shower of rain last night and today I ventured outside after my study sesh and thought I'd snap some piccies of my veggie patch because it has been AGES since I've posted about it!

So here they!! Some piccies of my gorgeous and homegrown veggies!! (Some are still growing and not ready to eat yet, but I love the look of them anyway!)

(My newly planted broccoli seedlings...)

(Some rain drops on my baby spinach leaves...)

(My first strawberry bud)

(My favourite piccie... Our onions sprouting up!)

(The rocket and baby spinach veggies that we've been enjoying in salad and on homemade pizzas for about a month or so now! mmm)

So to give you an idea of where these yummy veggies are growing exactly I thought I'd post you a picture of the patch:

Here's where all the magic happens!! lol Okay, so its only teeny tiny, but our backyard isn't all that huge and for my first veggie patch I thought I'd start out small and see how I go! The main patch is planted in a medium sized poly molafos drum that my dad gave to me, it works great and I managed to fit quite a few veggie seeds in there. The other is a tiny "tomato tub" that I got from Bunnings for about 9 bucks! I'm using it to grow my strawberries and some broccoli, at least while they're small anyhow.

I'm loving gardening, and cant wait until the rest of the veggies are ready to harvest! Now that I'm getting a handle on gardening I'm wanting to plant more and more! Roger loves it too. The veggies are just outside our kitchen window so we can get out there whenever we're cooking to pick the stuff that we need!

In other news, I mentioned in my last post about my current crochet project, the "waterfall" scarf. Well because I am almost done I thought I'd post you some quick pics to show you how its turning out!

I love the flowy look it has and how it twists with each row crocheted. I have one more row to finish off but I need to get another ball of Heirloom Alpaca wool because this project pretty much swallowed up the 2 other skeins that I had. I should be finished by the end of this week and will be starting a new project on Saturday in crochet class.

Until next post,

Ellie x

Day Dreaming...

So whilst I'm in the middle of printing scientific journal resources for my latest Uni science assignment (sounds boring hey??!) I thought I'd drop by my blog and say a hello to everyone out there in "Blog-Land".

Lately with work and uni being so hectic I've been daydreaming of holidays and relaxing times on the beach! I mean who doesn't wish that they were on holidays somewhere warm right now?! Its been sooo freezing here in my part of the world! So I thought I'd share some day-dream piccies with you out of my digital photo album!

Here are some gorgeous pics from my last holiday in January with Rog, we went to Fiji for my 21st birthday and stayed at the new Intercontinental Resort! It was just perfect!

(The amazing sunset from one of the Resorts restaurants over looking the beach. Sooo Pretty!)

(Me and Roger horse riding along the crystal blue beach on my birthday! Ahhh, such a beautiful part of the world to visit!!)

More crochet news in the next day or two. I'm currently working on a gorgeous "waterfall" scarf in a white 100% Alpaca yarn by Heirloom, its going to look excellent when it's finished! Piccies to come soon!

Until then, happy day-dreaming and here's hoping we all get to go on some holidays soon!! :o)

Ellie x

I love washers...

I love the look of crochet face washers or dishcloths. Tonight I finished my second washer using the first crochet pattern I ever got in my crochet classes. Its a beginners washer pattern that is a really good starting point for new crocheters because it uses 3 main techniques (single crochet, double crochet and treble all in the same washer!).

I'm pleased with how it turned out, I used some gorgeous blue Cascades cotton rich yarn in my stash (My stash is growing as I'm becoming slightly addicted to buying yarn!!)

I don't think it'll be my last washer as I plan to make many more! They just look so cute folded and stacked in my bathroom!

More crochet news to come in my blog this weekend after I have class tomorrow, I'm going to be starting a new project that Jodie is going to pick out for me. I'm excited to sink my teeth into something new and just as excited to share it with you all!

Happy Weekend! :o)

A busy bee...

So my poor blog has been slightly neglected lately as work, uni and social life activites have taken up a lot of m time in the last week or so!

I haven't got a great deal to report on, but felt that I should post nonetheless! Last week Roger and I ventured down to the big smoke (Sydney) for our freind's wedding. Ohhh I LOVE weddings, the romance, the dresses, the food, all that lovey stuff! I'm such a sucker! lol

Anyhow, this wedding was special in particular as it was the first "cultural" wedding that I've ever been too. Rami (is Egyptian) and Azi (is Persian) so the ceremony and reception were both very cultural and interesting to be apart of.

(The gorgeous bride Azi and her very happy husband Rami)

Of course Azi was a gorgeous bride and Rami was so adorable when it came to his speech about his beautiful new bride (I think I shed a tear... told you I'm a sucker!) One of the great parts of the reception was the professional Belly dancer hired by the bride and groom as entertainment! I thought this was such a cool touch! She got the crowd all in the dancing mood and got the bride and groom up for a dance!

(Rachel the belly dancer teaching the bride and groom a few moves)

(Me and our friend Jess rockin' the wedding in red! We didnt plan the colour co-ordination I swear!)

Weddings are such a good time to catch up with friends and family and Roger and I were so glad to be able to do this while spending such a special day with some beautiful friends! Thanks Mr and Mrs Ghattas!! (hehe)

After all of this great "holidaying" in the city I made it back home and back to reality. Uni has started back for me so a lot of my spare time is going to be devoted to study :o( I have been working on a few little crochet projects (and will up-date with pics soon!)

Also, I had my first sewing/quilting class last wednesday! It was great, I bought my fabrics and other equipment and cut all of the fabric into squares to make my first ever "raggy" quilt! I can't wait until its finished! I have another class tonight where I will have to start to sew it all together. I will definitely take some pictures and post after my class (and after I figure out how to use my mum's sewing machine! lol)

Until then,

Ellie x