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be sure to leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I return from my holiday!

Yes, school hols have arrived yet again and don't we just love the chill factor?!? We saw WALL E last night and that was a fun movie. Today it was haircut time, then tomorrow we pack. Can you tell I'm really looking forward to this break?

On the knitting front, I've decided it is very important to make things for myself now and then. Things were running at 80% to charity, 15% to other people, and, well, you can guess the rest. I might even adopt the 'knit one, give one' mantra. I started working on Shalom but realised I was going to run out of yarn. So, I've switched over to Liesl and am using that scrummy yarn from Dyelicious.

This is a great little pattern, with heaps of variations written in the instructions. Well worth the cost. Unfortunately, I think I'll be a fair way through before we leave. Which leads me to that age old problem...knitting project packing selection!

Spring is sprung...

locust plague, originally uploaded by fitknit.

...the grass is ris,
I wonder where the locusts is?

Actually I know exactly where they is. I've just picked them up from school and brought them home for another round of 'how much food can we eat?'.

Spring is a time of reflection, a time to celebrate new life. I've come to realise I didn't give birth to children. Rather I hatched locusts and the plague has arrived. I wanted to shop less often and buy in bulk. I thought I'd purchased enough for a few weeks.

How wrong I was. The boys merely looked on it as a challenge. I believe their goal was for me to continue shopping weekly, but to purchase more items.

I wanted to check which species I have in residence but when I looked up the locust identification guide, there were my children's photos instead. I did a bit of research and discovered that experts believe this swarming behaviour is a result of over crowding within the group.

Maybe I just have too many children?!?