louisa

Old shirt into cute hankies

We needed some hankies and I remembered I had an old pink gingham school shirt in my scrap bag.

I’d got the shirt secondhand from a charity shop in Liverpool in about 1999 but I’ve put a littleweight on since then so it didn’t fit any more, and it had little sweat stains under the arms and it had a run-in with something dyed at some point so wasn’t good enough for a charity shop. For something to wipe our noses on though? Perfect.

I got six hankies out of the sleeves and front panels – I’ll save the back for something else.

Last week’s Tweets (up to 2009-08-03)

2/8/2009 / louisa / 0 Comments

donned leather palmed gardening gloves at midnight to help a stranded hedgehog back over the little wall into the park. #
thought she swept up all her sewing fluff and cut-offs last night. In the light of day, it’s apparent she did not. #
is easily amused: “Which cheese would you use to entice a grizzly down from a mountain? Camembert.” teehee. #
is getting over-excited looking at small animals. *bounces* #
had a lovely day out with katherine – lots of animals and a lovely lunch too. shame the weather got in the way of paddling though. #
is in a vicious circle: when I get stressed, my ears hurt; when my ears hurt, I get more stressed. #
starts the day with a game of catch the cat vomit. #
has a fading stamp on her hand: a casual observer may think it’s from some cool exclusive club; it’s really from a stroke-the-animals farm #
accidentally deletes a whole bunch of her personal email while cleaning out fluff and stuff from under the delete key. #
has some very excited cats. #
loves the internet, loves the internet very much. i want to hug it. #
is ready to go for pizza but no one else is. HINT. #
ate a smidgen too much at lunch. by “a smidgen”, i mean half a pizza and a slab of rocky road too much. #
just nearly knocked a glass of water over @johnleach’s new phone. sssh! don’t tell him. #
is *still* full of pizza. #
is delighted how much the cats love poached salmon trimmings – best 15p i’ve ever spent ;) #
woke up feeling good and happy. turned on laptop, instantly deflated. sigh. #
very much likes this today: http://little-people.blogspot.com (link from @threebt) I think I have seen them before but they still delight :) #
would like to apologise to everyone – it’s my fault it’s got windy and is about to rain – i thought i’d dry some washing outside. sorry. #
feels strangely lost whenever Wikipedia blips off the internetz for a moment. #
is taking our poorly cat Silicon to the vets for the last time. heart breaking. :( #
dreamt about Sili. In the dream, I told her I was dreaming because “you’re not here any more” and she was lovely old, pre-cancer Sili. :( #
is having lunch lovingly prepared for her by @johnleach. He’s enjoying eating raw carrot just a little too much. #
has a question for people at Unity Day: heading down there shortly, should I wear trainers or wellies? #unityday #
is very pleased to have randomly come across this photo on Wikipedia: http://bit.ly/7kFbf #
returns from Unity Day. Glad I wore my wellies. Not the best Gillroyd Parade gig ever because of sound issues but a fun evening anyway. :) #
loves having Sundays off work now. #
looks up Thora Birch’s age on IMDb so @johnleach knows whether or not he can find her attractive in Ghostworld. She was 19, so he can. #

Fluffy the Tortoise

30/7/2009 / louisa / 0 Comments

(Day out with Katherine at Hesketh Farm, Bolton Abbey) See Fluffy run!

Sleepy Sheepy

30/7/2009 / louisa / 0 Comments

(Day out to Hesketh Farm at Bolton Abbey with Katherine)

Last week’s Tweets (up to 2009-07-27)

26/7/2009 / louisa / 0 Comments

had success making butter, less success with the buttermilk cheese, paneer is setting – next ricotta, lemon cheese and dinner at salvo’s … #
thinks the super-easy paneer & butter were the best creations of the afternoon. only made enough ricotta to fill a tablespoon. dinner now :) #
has had an email from a long-lost old (pen)friend today and spent the rest of the day catching up – a lovely way to spend the day :) #
has inner-ear wobbliness. #
loses another day to mortgage stuff #
has to stick her hands in to stop boron and the stray cat *properly* fighting. scratches a go go. #
thinks in some parallel universe Alternate@johnleach & Alternate@louisa_ have got it frickin’ made & can’t believe their ongoing good luck. #
is now ready to start her working day after 4 hours of running to and from banks, and an hour of house valuing preparation. *FUN*. #
decides to give herself half a dozen small, achievable goals so she can actually feel a sense of accomplishment today. first: eat sandwich. #
saw these guys practising in Mr Foley’s last night. It was surreal but fun to have them scary-dancing right next to us. http://bit.ly/EZY0J #
thinks it can’t be a coincidence that when the other cats bend down to steal the poorly-sick cat’s food, they look just like vultures. #
orders pizza for team brightbox #
feels specrapular. hates her ear and nose tubes. #
is having to make her own damn tea. boo. #
might just clean out her cup before making herself that damn cup of tea. http://bit.ly/mCWm1 #
@IdleSi #cheesefest i’m in! i’m all about making cheese at the moment. #notaeuphemism in reply to IdleSi #
has been doing annoying website housekeeping things today instead of “proper work”. hope for a more productive next week. #
is really rather excited about the prospect of curry this evening. But what to have? What to have? #
is scared what @jeremyjarvis will try to trouserpress next and suspects @sarahjarvis should watch out. #doesittrouserpress #
spilled olive oil on her top. Wiped it off with a napkin – napkin covered in sauce. Bought replacement top, spilled ice cream down it. N … #
is all about grape soda at the moment. Stuff in bottles seems better than stuff in cans. Neither contain actual grapes. #

Why you should wash out your tea cup every day

24/7/2009 / louisa / 3 Comments

(or why you shouldn’t leave dregs in your cup if you take milk and two sugars, and are out of the house for a day.)

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