Big Birthday Bash

So me and my friend Styna got together for a joint birthday party a couple of weeks ago, which was fantastic. Loads of people that we hadn't seen in ages (and a

few that we see all the time) got together for a weekend of food,

games, drinking and a copious amount of giggling.

We kicked off with a phenomenal (if I do say so myself) lactose free fish pie (well, except for the cheese, but you only live once, eh?), which was ready just in time for Styna and Bones to arrive, served with a healthy amount of gossiping and sufficient wine to make pretty much anything funny. Honestly, though, we don't need that much help to make things funny. Then we swapped

our crafts (for the full Imbolc craft swap story, see my other blog Lazy Days), resulting in a lovely crocheted spring scarf from Styna and a fabulous teapot necklace from Bones (which matches my teapot earrings that she made). If you don't already know, Bones makes amazing bespoke jewellery, which lives at her Etsy shop, Autumnal Skies - what are you waiting for? Go check it out!

And then the giggling started, because we got out the wii games. Styna brought down Guitar Hero and Sports Resort, which were

excellent fun. We properly sucked at Guitar Hero, which was hilarious, and it brought out the fiend in Bones, who started telling the wii what for in no uncertain terms. It was a bit like hearing your primary school teacher swear - needless to say, Styna and I were rolling about for most of the night :) We also discovered that Bones shouldn't be allowed to ball yarn....

We spent much of Saturday playing Sports Resort with the boys, watching movies and crafting, before heading out to Leeds for a mild drinking session and an all-you-can-eat buffet. I nearly exploded :D

We headed out to Ilkley on Sunday, where we painted pottery and rummaged in the wool shop at 'Create!' before having a scrumptious afternoon tea at Bettys. We're quite fond of Bettys. :D

All in all, it was a wonderful weekend, and I can't wait for more adventures in the future!

(Images: My Mr, stealing Styna's hat and getting glomped; why Bones shouldn't be allowed to ball lace; Such concentration!; Pottery painting at Create!; Giggly death.)

HOP BBQ

20thish of May 2010

so the HOP (human osteology and palaeopathology) kids had a barbecue on the amphitheatre-that-is-really-a-theatre, and a few of us crashed it - as we brought food, no one really cared :) it was nice to just kick back and relax for a bit. laura w thought that it was cute how happy we all were about how 'hot' it was. bradford ain't texas ;)

after the HOP barbecue came the craftiness barbecue (so much food!) at whichi finally finished the socks i was making for laura c. i have to say, knitting with this yarn is a little hard on the brain :)

photos: helen hop's awesome skull cake; hop kids frolicking in the sun (with the odd geophysicist); rowena crocheting a tiny waistcoat; laura c's psychadelic socks

Good Times

14th May 2010

so this week was the Bradford University (Archaeology) Masters end of an era party, which involved a great deal of looking for dresses and suits (yes, archaeologists NOT coated in mud, shock horror) and alcohol (as you can tell). the year isn't over just yet - there's still those pesky dissertations to get through - but so far everyone has been brilliant and i'm going to miss each and every one of them.

highlights of the evening included seeing puppy again, anthea asking to stroke puppy's sporran, erin being ninja at avoiding photos, the boys cancaning to its raining men, the almighty cathy winning the 'best bum' award and everyone having a good boogie :)

Photos are of: my course - becci, peter, laura, charlotte, me and rowena; me and miss jamie; me, bones burton and miss jamie