Filling the pantry

Well, the  weekend was a bit tiring. Little Fran was a bit unwell, running a high fever pretty much all weekend, steady at 38. We weren't really sure what was wrong, so we decided to take a little trip to after hours Doc to make sure wasn't anything serious. So, Doc said it is a viral tommy infection and it should go away soon, and fever should come down soon. Still you can't help it but to worry about it, specially when those sad little eyes look at you like saying "mami please help me am sore".

In between Francisca's naps I manage to get a bit of jam in the pantry. We had run out of all the nice homemade jam  made by mother-in-law. So I took the blackcurrant and raspberries from the freezer (that she had given me) and made about six jars (500ml each) of fresh yummy and juicy jam. I learn that blackcurrant set a lot faster than rasberry jam. I only had to boil blackcurrant for 3 minutes and it was ready, and the concistency is like plum jam. On the other hand, raspberries took about 15 minutes(or more) of boiling to set. Must be pectine content that makes the difference. Anyway, I never had blackcurrant jam in my life before and it taste pretty good, I am sure it will go nicely on some freshly made scones... yummm

This is us, on Saturday trying to hide the tired faces.

The happiest kid on the block, her name is Pepa

I was concerned about Pepa (the rabbit) not being able to adjust to our new house. You know they say that rabbits are creatures of habit and if you take them out of their enviroment or change their sorounding a bit they could get upset, perhaps a bit more agressive or even may get depression.

Pepa has gone the opposite way. Well, that is what I think given that I can't talk to her and ask her directly, I just read her behaviour (try). She has been jumping around and racing in the backyard like nobody's bussiness. It does help that we can lock the back garden so she can't escape. In the other house we couldn't do that, but she was allowed free inside of the house, here she is not allowed inside cuz we are renting and the floor is carpet, not wooden floor like in our other house, and is not that easy to clean....

Here she is... checking me out, she is probably thinking what are you doing following me around with that think on your face???

Working through the list : Baby shoes

family,Finished one item of my list. It will start getting a bit tricky to get through the list now that I have started working (part-time)... hmmm....

Baby shoes for A.B (a friends of us) have finally been finished, the motive is lady bugs. The material again is canvas and fleece in the inside, this time I have used some of the leather that Jean gave me for the sole. Lady bugs are in satin stich and so the flowers and leaves, the stem on chain. Hopefully the little one finds them confortable!:-).

Here is a fun pic of the three of us playing silly while having a wee break during a walk this weekend.

Eyelet vest from Debbie Bliss

Finally, finally managed to finish this project (it was finished the day before my b-day, in between moving houses, packing and unpacking, and cleaning, etc).

I bought some beautiful handspun wool - pumkin spice- to make a little vest for Francisca. I went for the "Eyelet Vest" from Debbi Bliss: Special Knits book. I love the book it has beautiful projects.

I am happy with the result, the only sad thing is that she won't fit it for very long. The pattern says for 6 to 12 months, my little one is 5 1/2 months, but she is a big baby... :-( never mind, she will be wearing it every day from now until it doesn't fit anymore hahaha...

My B-day again: April 5th

Yep, you can't avoid them. They come every year. At some point in your life they are very exciting, and at some point you just don't want them to arrive. Yes, birthdays. They seems to come so fast these days:-).
We had a very nice day, with a very nice cake, some very nice conversation.

April the 5th vino y se fue

By far my best b-day present
(photo taken at blue lake 4th of april)

Knitted Baby Socks

Well, apparently I thought I was expecting a premature baby. Most of the things I knitted while expecting Francisca are far too small, the little cardigan and all the little socks... my midwife suggested that if I have any spare time (yeah right, spare time) I could knit some baby socks and booties for SCABU (special care baby unit) cuz my little socks are really small she thought they could easily fit premature babies. So, I may donate the two pairs of socks that she doesn't fit any more and finish a couple of more little booties (when I get some spare time hopefully before Xmas)... and give them away.

I manage to take some photos of Francisca wearing one pair of little socks... (feet close up)

Our midwife came to see us and to measure Francisca, and she was as surprise as I was with Francisca's growth. She put on 420 grams and grew 3 cm from 54 to 57 cm, this could well be normal but it seems pretty amazing to me. Hence none of the things I made for her are fitting anymore ...  well I may have to make some more!!!

Grandma

I have been thinking about the lake and the family back at the lake in Chile, and about our holiday this year and Grandma.  Grandma has a natural talent for spinning but she does it using just a stick,  she doesn't use the wheel - which I have seen done most of the time here in New Zealand. She has one of those wheels, but says that is to noisy and prefers to use the stick. She spends her days now between spinning and knitting...

I wish I could learn to do this, it may just be a matter of trying - will add it to my list of things to do next winter..... wool is winter thing for me..

OurWedding

Some friends have sent me some pictures from our wedding on the 8 of March, I have selected a few and put them up here. (I haven't yet got the official photos).

At The Wallaces..

Us...!!!

Who said that they don't drink!

family

For 2 hours today I talked to syster. I learned that she is doing the data analysis for her final paper at university so she can then graduate as a midwife! I wish I could be there to help her because she is having a hard time with the software and the data processing; doing data analysis is one of the things I enjoy doing, and I claim to be good at it (a little).

Today is my birthday

....el tiempo pasa y nos vamos volviendo viejos....

• I was born the 5th of April of 1978.
• Today is my birthday.
• I am 29 years old.

Gracias por los saludos de cumpleanos que recibi, es emocionante pensar que los amigos aun se acuerdan de uno, aunque uno no este ahi.
Today is my Chilean birthday, how lucky I am to have 2 birthdays! Yuhuuu!!!

En Chile

Mi hermana me mando esta foto, me gusto asi que la subi!

Wedding at the HB..New Zealand wine country!

At a wedding in the HB, 2 of march! The reception was held at Kemblefield Winery, across the road from the bride's parents' place, where the ceremony took place at the top of a hill!

Mi madre y yo

I took this picture at home, Chile. We are at the bus station on the 4th of January, Rio Bueno.

She is looking a bit sad cuz, Hamish and I were leaving.