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The weeks fly by.. this was supposed to be a relaxing week - the pressure off for college deadlines for a few days and some precious downtime at home - suddenly it all got busy, there was more work for college then I had anticipated but once done its done so to speak - and its a project I'm very pleased with.  I looked at the scarves as they were being printed today and although they still need steaming, washing and edging they are looking fantastic - I cant wait to post pictures next week.
scarf design mid colouring in

Having had a sickly week last week, both Dr Fred and I were under the weather, we decided to have a quiet weekend at home and only left the house to go see the new Trainspotting film - definitely worth a viewing if you were a fan of the first one - if not don't bother but I quite liked the idea of finding out what had happened to Renton, Sick boy, Begbie and Spud - none of it was surprising but it was still entertaining.  The film relies heavily on the first story but it felt a bit like revisiting old pals...

What spoiled the experience were the three blokes sat in front of us treating the cinema as if it was their own living room, cracking the tinnies, eating chips, farting, belching and chatting away as if noone else was there.  There were no staff to be found and so we had to move, to be fair shortly after we had moved a staff member did come in and have a word with them so someone else must have found staff to say something.  


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