{"id":527,"date":"2006-05-15T12:18:30","date_gmt":"2006-05-15T02:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=527"},"modified":"2006-05-15T12:18:30","modified_gmt":"2006-05-15T02:18:30","slug":"527","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=527","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope everyone had a great Mother&#8217;s Day!<br \/>\nMine was pretty good, although it probably would have been just a bit better if I hadn&#8217;t spent the whole weekend in bed, sick.<br \/>\nHowever, my lovely family took wonderful care of me, and I&#8217;m feeling a bit better today \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nAnd I got some gorgeous presents.<br \/>\nEm saved up her own money to buy me this.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_7455.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_7455.JPG\" width=\"398\" height=\"299\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lush.com.au\/catalog\/home.php\">Lush<\/a> chocolate lip balm. And she made me a card.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_7456.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_7456.JPG\" width=\"398\" height=\"308\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nThats my favourite baby pic of Em. Lets have a closer look.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_7458.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_7458.JPG\" width=\"398\" height=\"299\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nI can&#8217;t even tell you why it&#8217;s my favourite, it just is. I love the way the picture captured that moment just before the wail.  When I went to select the pictures from the photographer, she wanted to throw this one out. No chance, baby!<br \/>\nAnd my lovely family got me another present.<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"100_7453.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/archives\/100_7453.JPG\" width=\"398\" height=\"299\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nA polar bear watch! Isn&#8217;t it great? I love it!<br \/>\nNext weekend is the <a href=\"http:\/\/wollongongstitchnbitch.blogspot.com\/\">Wollongong Stitch n Bitch group&#8217;s<\/a> annual exhibition, &#8220;Warm Hearts: Busy Hands&#8221;.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s being held in The Old Courthouse: Cnr Cliff Road and Harbour Street Wollongong, from 10am &#8211; 4pm on Saturday and Sunday of next week, the 20th and 21st of May. You can find a map and directions on how to get there at <a href=\"http:\/\/whereis.com.au\/whereis\/home.do\">this site<\/a>.<br \/>\nIf you live in Sydney and have a few hours free next weekend, please come along and have a look.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll be there on Saturday afternoon, and <a href=\"http:\/\/thestripeytiger.blogspot.com\/\">Sharon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pick-up-sticks.blogspot.com\/\">Ailsa<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/moggyandme.blogs.com\/\">Donni<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rubyandme.blogspot.com\/\">Annie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/metalknit.blogspot.com\/\">Tianne<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/castadrift.blogspot.com\/\">Jussi<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/precious-stuff.blogspot.com\/\">Becky<\/a> will all be there at various times over the weekend, so pop in and say hello. There&#8217;ll also be a lot of wonderful knitters who are blogless there, too. We&#8217;re generally a pretty friendly bunch.<br \/>\nYou can also come just to see if <a href=\"http:\/\/thestripeytiger.blogspot.com\/\">Sharon<\/a> still has a baby on board or not.<br \/>\nMaybe we should taking bets to pick the date \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope everyone had a great Mother&#8217;s Day! Mine was pretty good, although it probably would have been just a bit better if I hadn&#8217;t spent the whole weekend in bed, sick. However, my lovely family took wonderful care of me, and I&#8217;m feeling a bit better today \ud83d\ude42 And I got some gorgeous presents. 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