laughing purple goldfish designs

crafting with recycled materials

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underpants

Monday, September 21st, 2009

I have a confession to make…
one of the things that really, really, REALLY scares me…
is the size of my underpants!
I’m sorry if that’s too much information for my more delicate readers out there… but it’s true. Each year they’ve become a litte bigger… and a little bigger again… until they started to frighten me…
So I [...]

are you my friend yet?

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Are we friends over at Ravelry yet?
I know that lots of us are… and it’s a really handy way of keeping in touch when I am away from Blogland. Not that I’m addicted or anything… well, not much!
Anyway, my username over there is laughingpurple (the character limit didn’t allow for laughingpurplegoldfish) and if you click [...]

a time of planning

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Happy New Year to all!
I’m not much of a one for making New Year’s Resolutions. There never seemed to be much point. Traditionally they are all broken by the end of January anyway!
But I do have plans for this year… mostly regarding my craft.
#1. ‘finish what you start’
Anyone who knows me well will be rolling [...]

a time of reflection

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

The excitement of Christmas has passed, and a time of reflection begins.
Reflection on the year that was.
A big year for me… in terms of self-development.
I finally reached the point of seeking professional help for my depression. Depression that has plagued me for my entire adult life, although I tried to deny its existence. It [...]