chai-in-a-jar

i lurrrvvve my chai. at home i drink arkadia spicy chai, and make it with steamed milk from my coffeee machine. i'm not too fond of our chai mix at work, especially as a latte, but it rocks as a frappe. anyways, i wanted to make my own, after being inspired so by a few bloggers. so in doing a lot of google-ing last night, stumbled on a site and made some today. yum. tastes to me like the real stuff i've had in the chai tent at the woodford folk festival (minus the fleas....) i am going to pop a vanilla bean in the jar though, cos, i don't think you can get enough vanilla! i'm making up some more for a few gifts for christmas, time to decorate my jars!

last week, energybrix, the place martin worked at, turned 50. energybrix make briquettes to sell wholesale to the power industry, and some retail too. we planted a tree for a memorial for marty and marty's company made a plaque to place at the base. parker, dad & i took a tour around the factory (I'm sure i'm still blowing coaldust out of my nose) and saw what he built and where he worked and had a photo op with burnie briquette....(some of you will remember, no doubt, when briquettes were used for hot water and heating!)

big day today, my little coffee shop made 140 coffees, and 78 meals.....note to self, must show you pictures of the shop, the kitchen is pretty much non-exsistant, so 78 meals in 2 hours is an amazing feat! tired groovy tueSdayS girls tonight!

look, i have't forgotten! a christmas stocking, in jet on 4.5mm dpns. the pattern is from knit simple. i love dpns. they do rock my socks. ive tried magic loop, and am yet to try toe-up, but i can already tell you i think i'm a old fashioned top-down dpn sock girl.

oh, and i'm going on a trip soon

look what my sweetie put up for me yesterday. a recycled tassie-oak shelf for my cookbooks. and he has another to put up as well.

we are a bit antsie round here today. i am finally moving out of the rental, moving stuff that was just stored when i grabbed things in a hurry when i left callignee. mainly my craft stuff, everything else was lost, but stuff i have not touched since february 7th. it's covered in ash, and i've probably lost half my yarn statsh to bugs. i simply have not beeen able to face it, because i think it has too much guilt, loss and sorrow attached to it. but today for me, i am holding my breath because parts of nsw are under extreme fire threat today.

my two cents, don't stay. life is far too precious.

and Shell, if by anychance you are reading this, i'm sorry. i have no excues, but life has been far too complicated, and i'm struggling to keep focus. it's a bit of a deep, dank, dark hole at times, and sometimes i miss the rungs of the ladder to climb out.

meet trev

this is trevor. we adopted him from our local vet. he's 7 years old, a jack-russell crossed with some other terrier ofunknown origin....but he's an over-the-top-all-i-want-is-a-pat-and-a-hug-and-then-something-to-eat-and-something-to-chase-just-what-we-need lovable bundle of fleas. which, btw, i discovered do not like dog shampoo and orange oil. nor do they like cedarwood sprayed on the carpet either. the property that i bought used to have racing greyhounds and the fleas abound. poor trev.

hi!, here i am

new house
new dog
new school
new garden

more to come

quite possibly may have forgotten to blog, knit and sew.....make a damn fine latte but.

inkybits&coffee

well my inking is done, and yes, I'm going back for another......

cafe dressing today, open tomorrow. pictures tonight. and i'm still reasonably sane. so far.

tuesdaysaregroovy

so I've signed the contract, signed the lease and the inspectors are due in tomorrow. i've quit my job, the menus are being printed and the coffee (di Bella) is on it's way.

ZOMG

i've really done it.

opening monday.

so if you want me this weekend, apart from the little freak out i'll no doubt be having, i'll be painting and decorating my little coffee store.

and then the grand unveiling.

meanwhile on the knitting front, the scarf is growing, a tunic top is in the works and the stash, she groweth. if only i had the time to paint the shelves donated to me to house said stash. and clean the car, and feed the kid.....oh the joys of being a business woman. bring it on i say.