Long weekend, market, back to back wool challenge.

Parents are away. On Friday night JK and I had an AMAZING dinner at an italian restaurant on the honeysuckle boardwalk in Newcastle, using Ent book voucher. AMAZING amazing steak. Then we watched I wanna marry Harry on tv.

On Saturday I had brunch with two local friends. A girl from school and a girl from uni, who are friends with each other. They are really nice people. I freaked one of them about when I started ranting about the low cost per wear on wedding dresses.

Then I went to meet JK again at the Olive Tree Markets which were really good. Art and design markets. Much better and cheaper than Paddington, and nicer stuff I think than Glebe. I plan on returning to buy a chicken tea cosy.

Then I went home and Denise came up from Sydney for the weekend. We did a grocery shop and I cooked dinner and also we made about a hundred+ dumplings and put them in the freezer. Then I fell asleep in front of the TV, which I never do but I was trying to stay awake after 10pm because D is a night owl. BTW dinner was amazing too, I adapted a Nigella italian recipe which was easy. Didn't look great but it had tomato, runny egg, seasoned mince on the side (my addition) and afghan bread (from the supermarket, flatter than turkish bread). I am obsessed with runny egg yolk.

On Sunday JK joined us at 8am and we went to Tocal for the Back to Back Wool Challenge.

Shearing at 9am.

Then spinning and knitting until a jumper is finished.

There are also craft stalls and cheap tea and slices and demonstrations of spindles and lace making and things. And a lovely bush band, which I have posted a video on fb. I thought we would stay a couple of hours but it was too comfortable we just didn't feel like leaving. I am now obsessed with small square weaving looms and have asked a colleague to make me it.

There was also a blacksmith.

And then church.

D and I went to Morpeth for breakfast, see another runny egg delight.

And she left at lunchtime to beat the traffic back to Sydney. Then I vacuumed the whole house, which is a large endeavor, I only gave up on the hall room with all my boxes in it. Then I did Jillian. Then I was pretty pooped. Leftovers for dinner and another brilliant episode of the Mentalist. There have been like 10 superb episodes in a row. My favourite show again now.