my creative space.

even though the official 'my creative space' isn't happening any more, sometimes on thursdays i just get a little my creative space craving...
i just have to share what's happening in my creative space ha ha!

i've made some more progress on bb's socks



i've got the heels all done and i'm just starting the long and arduous knitting of the top... it'll take me a while!

i'm still loving the colour changes, with the exception of here...



after working up the heel, i'm stuck with this dramatic colour change line on the front of the sock! oh well, i guess you win some and you lose some.

one of my november goals was to knit up some dishcloths, so i've been knitting a row, here and there, on occasions where my brain just can't deal with sock knitting.



i've managed one and a bit so far, and i dare say i'll get quite a few more knitted up while i'm away next week, in between studying of course...
speaking of which, i'd best get back to it! two tests tomorrow morning and i can't remember how to compound prisms mathematically! study time!

what are you creating at the moment?

4 things... chunkychooky style.

i thought i'd give kath's little meme as i've both run out of treasures, and haven't charged my camera.
so here goes.......

4 things that i always carry
1. my phone, seriously i'm lost without it.
2. lipbalm, love blistex!
3. keys, i feel naked without them, and have a mini panic attack when i can't find them.
4. knitting or crochet, there's always an on-the-go project in my bag :D

4 things that are in my bedroom
1. uh, my bed? it's the best thing in there seriously!
2. crafty stuff, 90% of my craft stuff lives in there. i really need to get around to organising it all actually...
3. clothes, everywhere, all over the floor, even though i pick them all up daily. not my clothes mind you...
4. mass amounts of wool. it's everywhere!

4 things that i would like to do but haven't done yet
1. buy a caravan and travel around the country like a gypsy.
2. open an etsy shop (that i can run whilst being a travelling gypsy).
3. cook an entire cookbook from start to finish.
4. manage to grow some vegetables in our backyard (need to stop those damn possums munching everything up!)

4 things that you don't know about me
1. the sound of whistling really hurts my ears, much to the boyfriend's disdain.
2. i could live in pyjama pants, 24/7.
3. i enjoy reading textbooks, but only when i'm not forced to...
4. i like chewing gum that tastes like bubblegum. guilty pleasure.

4 things i often wonder
1. how the world around us works. i think it's why i chose science.
2. why my wireless internet reception randomly fails every night.
3. why people do such horrible and cruel things to one another.
4. what i'll do tomorrow.

thanks for posting this cath!

my creative space.

is full of cramming today.
and primping.

i have my last exam tonight at 6pm so i'm both preparing for the exam and the partying that will ensue afterwards.



reading all about pharmaceutical treatments of hypertension whilst painting my nails.
learning the difference between cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic oedema whilst waiting for my hair to dry.



it's bound to be a fun night, once the horrible exam part is over and done with that is.

more creative spaces.

2 down, 1 to go.

exams that is...
i had my first one today and it went a little better than i was expecting.



now instead of studying for tomorrow's exam (which is 100% absolutely necessary at this point), i think i'll block out some hexies in the sunshine :D isn't it an amazingly beautiful melbourne day?

grateful for...

the weather.
i know everyone hates this crappy, awful weather but today i'm really grateful for it.



if it was sunny and lovely, i'd be wanting to be out in it. weeding and pruning and planting in the garden or just going for a nice long walk.
but instead, the weather is horrible. so i'll listen to lectures for revision and crochet in front of the heater. much more productive for my exam marks :D

there's much more to be grateful for over in maxabella-land.

my creative space.

my creative space is all about the time-wasting.
procrastination. i'm getting pretty good at it after 3 years at uni...



i've done some mending. this is a dress that i bought at the mister mode night market a couple of weeks ago that needed a little attention. the front panel section was a little gapey, and by that i mean it was very VERY cleavage-y. too much for public consumption in any case. all fixed but i think it needs a dye job, it's faded very unevenly...



i sewed together this beanie that i knitted up a little while ago. this is my brother modelling it for me. i really should learn to knit beanies in the round, saves on the pesky sewing up the seams part that i always put off...



oh and the boyfriends family dropped us off a new (old) couch. so naturally the entire house needed to be rearranged to fit the couch in (excuse the mess)... lots of time wasting...

now i'm going to go and spend the next couple of hours studying (maybe) but i'll be back at 5 to draw my giveaway! absolute last chance to enter now! goooooooood luck!!!

pop over to kirsty's for more creative spaces.

oh and in case you hadn't heard, no ncb tonight! or for a while... not until a new home is found for it! let tinniegirl know if you think you know of a good place to hold it...

sunday funday.

well it was a funday, up until now...

Discuss your results. How did you arrive at your identification?

Importance of pure cultures, any problems you experienced, suggestions for improving the procedure you used, suggestions for any other media that could be used or tests that could be done. Did looking at one week old, refrigerated cultures, affect the results?

Did the identified bacteria match that of the specified bacteria for each supplement? Did the numbers (e.g. CFU/mL) correspond to any that may be reported for each supplement? What effect(s) do antibiotics have on probiotics? Discuss.

you know that assignment i was meant to have done friday, before any giveaway fun?
it might not have actually gotten finished...
i only have that one section to write, 350 words worth, but writing it feels as painful as pulling teeth.
it's times like these i wonder, how many marks would i lose if i just didn't do it? yes i'm a horrible uni student!

anywho. the sunday prior to awful-assignment writing time was actually pretty great! i worked this morning (ok, not so great) and then headed into the city for finders keepers! more about that tomorrow though when i can get my camera to connect to my computer and pop up some pictures (though not many, i was too awestruck to lift my camera for most of the adventuring)!

have you entered my giveaway yet? please do! you could win some amazing goodies :D

hope you've had a great weekend!

my creative space.

isn't very creative today...
i should've filled this page, and probably a couple more, but this is still all i've got...



i do, however, have about half a beanie. and i'm about to run out of wool. time to do some frogging i guess.

hope kirsty is having a great holiday :D

day of rest.

after working my absolute butt off for the last week and a bit with placement and a million assessment tasks due, i can finally rest.
i only have one last one due on friday but that seems ages away today.
today is a day of rest. well as much rest as i can handle. it'll most likely be a day of cleaning and crocheting. i've had this pattern floating around in my brain and i desperately need to catch it with some wool.


i'll probably do some cooking too. i've recently started getting organic vegie boxes every week from uni. full of lovely seasonal vegetables that i don't actually know how to cook. experimentation time!

and look! see that lovely greeny looking plant up there? well it's a bit of an old picture, here's a new one.


LOOK! it's flowering. i had no idea when we bought it that it was a flowery plant but apparently it is. can't wait for it to flower properly!

my creative space.

even though i've been a busy beaver with placement and assignments this week, i've still had a few moments for some cheeky hooking of hexies.
i had some lectures to watch you see, the perfect opportunity to get that wool flying.


in any case, the hexie blanket now contains 33 hexies! i absolutely can't wait for it to be lapsized, so i can keep warm as i work on it.



and lookie, i organised myself this little pile, so i know what going on next. these one's will finish off the first 3 rows!
now, now nicole, you must not start hooking now. it's time to pop on the train and head to placement!! there's some sunshine shining over the roof of the house, onto the fence. today's going to be a good day :D

for more lovely creative spaces, visit kirsty.

oh it's that time of year again...

it's wet and cold.

and i'm buried under a MASSIVE pile of homework. 4 assignments and 2 online quizzes.
oh and i'm doing placement all week.
early mornings + long days + hormones + piles of homework = very angry, stressed coley.
luckily my placement is actually quite lovely and i'm learning a bunch of stuff!
and the homework? well i'll chip away at it slowly...

the friendly addition of birthday pie and ice cream helps (thanks bri!).

anywho, not a lot of dabbling happening this week, every free moment is taken up with reading, reading of text books that is. anyone need to know anything about blood pressure, atherosclerosis or hypercholesterolemia? i'm currently becoming an expert! (well not really, i'll learn enough to pass my assignments...)
ok, whingy rant over!
tomorrow will be a good day :D