The Cast is OFF!

Hooray, the cast is off! I am still feeling a little bit of pain, but apparently that's normal when you haven't used the tendons around your wrist for 6 weeks! So that should ease off over the next few weeks, and then I'll be back to normal. :)

My sewing machine came home to me yesterday and I've had a little play with it. It's really awesome and I LOVE the stitches it has. I can write (sew) words now, and neat little fancy stitches! It's better than any sewing machine I've ever owned! So look out for some great new sew-funky designs, they'll be coming soon... :)

Thanks to everyone who sent encouraging wishes while I had the cast on - they certainly helped, and thanks also for not running away while I had some enforced craft-free time. :)

D.

I'm in a "purple haze"

Today's post is brought to you by the colour purple... ;)

I was interested in finding out about the song, purple haze and I discovered this on wikipedia:
"Hendrix said he was inspired by a dream where he was walking under the sea. In the dream, he said a purple haze surrounded him, engulfed him and got him lost. It was a traumatic experience, but in his dream his faith in Jesus saved him. An early song manuscript has the title "Purple Haze, Jesus Saves". He also mentioned that the song's colorful imagery came to him in the dream. "I dream a lot and I put a lot of my dreams down as songs" in a 1969 interview."
interesting...

I also discovered that purple haze is another name for drugs (LSD & Cannabis), beer, a wrestler and a tv episode on Eureka!

You'll know why I'm in a purple haze when you spy the next picture. I chose the colour purple for my fibre-glass cast for Aimee (my very own purple lover!). Also, it goes very nicely with this blog layout - hehehe! This is for you babe...

There were about 30 different colours to choose from including a very fluorescent pink and black! Only 5 weeks to go, the countdown begins!!! LOL!

yummy mug cake and a wee update...

I have discovered the most delicious chocolate cake recipe ever...

For those times when you have that urge and nothing else will do!

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE

4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 egg (I used half an egg)
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips(optional)
A small splash of vanilla essence
1 coffee mug

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well.
Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.
Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla essence, and mix again.

Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!

Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired. EAT!
(this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).


And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because
now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time
of the day or night!

On another note, I'm feeling a lot better. Still in pain, and missing doing craft like crazy, but most of the swelling has gone and I should be getting a fibre-glass cast tomorrow - YAY!

The Curious Incident Of Mrs Sew Funky and the Slippery Floor

It was a wet and windy Monday afternoon when Mrs Sew Funky dropped by to pick up her girls from craft club - rushing into the church hall because the weather was so horrid, she lost her footing on the lino, launching herself into the air, not quite like a graceful ballerina, and choosing to save her self from a horrible thud my slowing her decent with her right hand, fracturing her wrist.

A group of young prepubescent boys - who play war games rather than do craft - rushed to the lovely Mrs Sew Funky's aid swooning over her until being sent away by Mrs Sew Funky's friend Karen who took charge and took the faint and sickly Mrs Sew Funky to the Accident and Emergency Center.

Of course all of the previous story is Mr Sew Funky's interpretation, because Mr Sew Funky was at work at the time.

Mr Sew Funky did arrive on the scene a little later however, like a knight on a white horse, coming to rescue his one armed princess. Arranging for the kids to be looked after - well, dropping by our closest (distance wise) friends who graciously not only took in our children for an undisclosed time frame, but also shared the family roast dinner with them - it was on the the Hospital where we were shuffled around for hours, finally managing to escape shortly before 10PM with Mrs Sew Funky's arm in a cast.

Sadly it will be up to Mr Sew Funky to keep this blog updated for a while, so may I suggest you occupy your selves by reading my stunning array of movie and dvd reviews at Film Guide, or, depending on your political leanings watch this full length documentary on YouTube, about the American occupation of Iraq. Alternatively you can keep up to date with my 'craft' endeavors over at my wargaming blog - though that will probably be less updated than this blog.

No Updates, No Craft...

I probably won't be updating this blog for a while, or knitting, sewing or doing just about anything...

Yes, that's a broken wrist Mrs Sew Funky is modeling in the photo above, yes it's her right wrist and she is right handed.

Mr Sew Funky will bring you more news tomorrow.