Slackness

Weee!
I have been too slack to write in my blog, let alone upload progress pictures into said blog. I think it's because the time that I'd spend taking photos I could be stitching. And not only could I be stitching then, I HAVE been stitching then! :)

Ah dear. I have made some pretty good progress on my Paris and Fish projects, but as a result Cinderella has taken a bit of a back seat. This is the disadvantage of working on multiple projects at once. I think I would rather have one big one and a small one for the other room or for when I'm sick of the big one. But for now, I want to get Paris finished as a pressie for my doting parents.

In other news: I'm thrilled to bits. I have invested in some Dimensions kits, including Balloon Glow (one of the the new ones from the Gold collection), and Kitten reflections (petites). They are sitting on my desk at the moment and I just want to start them. But I will restrain myself. They will wait until Paris (and possibly Stroke of Midnight) are done.

In other other news: I ran the half marathon on the weekend. Go me! I finished it in 2:12 hours which I'm very pleased with. I expected to take 2;20-30ish, so I'm very pleased. Plus running the streets of Melbourne was exciting. We ran St Kilda rd, past Albert Park Lake and along the shore in St Kilda. These are all places that usually have lots of cars so it was a bit of a privelege. Now I want to do more running, but I think I need to give my knees a break.

For anyone who has read this, thanks for the support. Have a brilliant week. Come back soon :)

The Arc takes shape and 'Running'

Another week.

My weeks are currently defined by how much work I get done on my cross stitch projects.

Remembrance of Paris is coming along well. My parents have obviously been out of the house a fair bit whilst I've been at home, because I have managed to get almost another half of he Arc de Triomphe completed. This is probably about 1/3 of the way through, perhaps a bit more. Here's hoping I'm able to get it done by christmas. I've been going for about 5 weeks.

Now, the Stroke of Midnight is also continuing. It usually doesn't look like I've done a lot on this one, but my progress the past few months has been very good considering how slow it's been up until now. I am feeling motivated to finish her off. Honestly, my enjoyment of this project has not been huge. It's a bit too complicated...in the future I am likely to go with things that don't have quite so much shading and constant changing of colours. Anyway...here she is:

The end is in sight! :)

My other project is Koi fish, from the book "A Cross Stitcher's Oriental Odyssey". This is one that I do when I'm in my room (really it should be called "I refuse to study!") I am absolutely loving this one...I think because it's nice and simple, and the colours are so vibrant! Plus it's a little project so it will be finished quickly (mind you this is about 3 weeks of work as it is).

In other news:

I am running the half marathon this Sunday!! 21km of unadulterated joy and knee-pain. I am looking forward to it, but I'm also a little nervous (not 100% sure why nervous, I've already run 19km, so it's not much extra on top of that). It should be a good day (I do believe I will have a drink afterwards...but only one because that's all I'll need after a big run).

I will post up on how it went next week.

Have an excellent week to those who are reading (and hell, I'm in a good mood, why not to those who aren't as well).