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Unravelling - week 10 and Yarnalong too

I was planning to show you a picture of the new balcony tiles, but they have covered them with coverings. We have poles though and I guess that's something.

The kitchen is done and now we have nice bright shiny cupboards, so that's exciting. I've been wanting to do this for a couple of years, and it's pretty exciting that I have a nice looking kitchen and soon we'll have a nice balcony and a building that isn't taking on water, even if it does feel like it's taking forever to fix.

What is not taking forever is Sleeve Island! In fact, I've only got 3 ever smallening repeats and the knitting will be done! Then it's just steeking, and deciding what to do for the edges / trim.
 

I abandoned Glennon Doyle's Untamed. It was smug, sanctimonious and poorly structured. She had some good thoughts in there, but I couldn't be bothered wading through that amount of dross to find them. It should have been a TED talk instead.Instead I am listening to The Rules of Backyard Cricket a book about cricket and crime. It's set in Melbourne, which seems to a bit of a reading theme for me at the moment.


And I'm reading Sawyer Bennet's The Hard Truth About Sunshine. Its a sweet book, with a bit of a road trip / buddy road trip / healing vibe. Not earth shaking, just a solid enjoyable read - and a beautiful cover 
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As usual on a Wednesday I am linking up with Kat from As Kat Knits, and the rest of Unravelled. As it's the first Wednesday of the month, I'm also linking up with Ginny and the Yarnalong. Pop over to their blogs to find out what people are knitting and reading this week. 
 

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  1. Eileen04 June, 2020

    Your new kitchen looks great. Love white, so clean.

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  2. Jane05 June, 2020

    The kitchen looks wonderful. I bet you are really glad to have a functioning kitchen again - although maybe it just means more cooking.

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  3. Needles and Wool29 June, 2020

    That's great they are making progress on the balcony and your kitchen cupboards look nice . Good idea to stop reading the book if you aren't enjoying it, better to spend time on books we enjoy. Have a good week!

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