So it was pointed out to me a few times of late that I have let my blog fall to the wayside. There is no denying it, in fact many things have fallen to the wayside and stitching has been one of those for the most part.

So what have I been doing??

Most everybody will know already that I packed up all my belongings and moved to Melbourne toward the end of 2008. It has now been six months since that move and Melbourne has treated me well. On my numerous trips to Melbourne I have always loved the feel of the city and since moving here on a more permanent basis that has not changed… Melbourne “fits” or perhaps it is more that I fit well with Melbourne.

I finally submitted my PhD thesis (over 3 months ago now) and I am awaiting the markers reports to see how well things have gone, there is no telling when they will come through though so it is a matter of trying not to think about it while I enjoy life without the thesis cloud over my head.

I’ve started a new job at Melbourne University and while the atmosphere is a little different to what I am used to and there are the ever present self doubts about how well I will actually do at this job, things are ticking along. Besides it is just nice having an income again (yes that has meant more stash).

All in all life has been busy, but good and getting to spend time chatting about stitchy stuff with Nancy and Sharon once a month has been loads of fun, even if we all take a few days to recover from the lack of sleep because we stay up way too late :p

My blog has languished, largely through not knowing what to do with it, but there are ideas floating about so we shall see what is to come. I really want to change the look / theme a bit and toy with some layout options over time. First thing on the agenda though is posting more regularly. I have updated my wips listings and a few of the pictures too. This still needs some work and I have a few more projects to add in and take pictures of but I thought if anyone was still reading this thing then a few updated pictures was in order.

I think I will go back to monthly goals and summaries starting in July to get the ball rolling on posting again. There was a brief consideration about starting another blog mainly a baking / cooking blog but rather than add all the extra work I might just post more of my forays into baking here, especially seeing as I have a new shiny Kitchenaid mixer that was part of my birthday goodies *squee*

So here we go… a blog restart, I wonder if anyone still realises this little part of the interwebs exists