Merry Christmas

Meer nog dan anders is het nu zo druk, dat ik als postbode zèlf nog géén kerstkaart heb gestuurd.
Bridget ontwierp deze geweldige kerstkaart van de kerstman op zijn slee met rendieren

Voor iedereen; héle fijne kerstdagen !

More than ever I'm so busy as a mailwoman, that this year I didn't have the time to send any holidaycards myself.
My daughter Bridget designed this awesome card of Santa Clause on his sleigh with reindeer.

For everyone and all: Merry Christmas!

(i'll wish everyone a happy newyear later...)

Though time

I'm having a bit of a though time.
Monday:
A flat on my bike, walk back to work, switch, stepped in dogpoop and got it all over my clothes because I didn't notice right away, bumped my leg on a metal cart at work. Luckily my eldest son helped with dinner so I could fix my bike.
Tuesday:
Fell with my bike. My knee hurts. And it was pretty cold. Had to help my eldest son delivering his newspapers because he was a little sick.
Wednesday:
Delivered some mail to the wrong houses (4).... And when I picked up my little girl from my parents house got yet anóther flat on my bike. The frontwheel this time. Glass.
Thursday:
Threw out my back. I couldn't stand up straight anymore. Cycling went well, but walking was agony. So called my boss, my dad and my husband. Crying that I couldn't do it anymore.
My dad brought me home, my boss made sure that the mail would be delivered and my husband is now worrying over me in the South of France (he's a international truckdriver...)
Edit for Friday:
I collapsed this morning. Wanting to go to the bathroom, took a left turn and fell to the ground. I screamed alot, so my boy got a bit scared. I let him call my dad, he talked me back up again (took more then a half hour...). It hurts so much..
I'm on prescription painkillers, and because I'm also having my period (why not...) it will cut back on the bleeding (sorry for that).
I feel soooooooooooooooooo old....

To sum it up: I have End of the Year blues. I need new batteries. I need to let go...




Sooooooo, to everyone a very merry christmas and the best wishes (health, happiness and heeps of fun) for 2009!

Dittisum

Dit is hem dan! Mijn eigen interpretatie van de Kerstman. Ik ben er best wel tevreden mee, zeker na al dat werk.
This is my Santa! Or my interpretation of him, anyway. I'm quite satisfied with the result, especialy after all the hard 'labour' that went into it.


So.... Merry Christmas everybody!

Kerstsokje

Zo, dit is 'm dan. Mijn kerstsok/elfensokje. Ik heb 'm met kraaltjes (silverwhite) op gevrolijkt. Het is ongeveer 12 cm hoog. Op pen 3,5 begonnen met 10 st. op 4 pennen in boordpatroon. (1r en 1 avr) ongeveer 10 pennen. Dan in r. doorbreien tot 10 cm. De bocht om breien, doorbreien in recht. Tot dat je aan de teen bent toe gekomen. Vervolgens het patroon van Storm op Zolder aan houden; 2 p. meer pennen breien aan de onderkant van de sok (helft) en 1 p gewoon rond.

Tegelijkertijd ook minderen aan de zijkanten. Tot je 6 steken over houdt. Afkanten. Dan met een lange draad en hele dunne naald naar believen kraaltjes opnaaien. Het is op de foto niet goed te zien, maar ik heb een dikke rand kraaltjes op de bovenrand van de sok gezet. Lijkt erg leuk in het donker.

So, this is it. My X-mas stocking. I've pimped it with silverwhite beads. Total length of the stocking is 5 inches. I started with needle 3,5 with 10 st on each needle in stretchpattern (1r and 1 purl). Keep knitting r. until you're at 4 inches. Then go around for the heel. Still keep on knitting till your at the toe. For more info look at http://www.stormopzolder.nl (in dutch).
Basicly it boiles down to knit more needles on the bottom of the sock than on top. Decrease the st. at the sides according to the pattern. Until you've got 6 st. left.

Then you can sow on the beads with a thin thread in the same colour of the X-mas stocking and randomly place them on top of the edge. If you take light beads, they will reflect light in the dark...