current addictions

i have to confess i am a magazine whore......i devour them and make piles beside my bed and re-read often and dream of future projects.....ahhh. stuff like these

i am also hooked on the twilight series...don't ask why. i cannot explain....maybe it is my adolescent brain making a comeback...i escape into a world of vampires each night before bed...and i am sleeping better than ever now...wtf???

in other randomness....

• i cannot buy enough danish feta to keep me happy
• i am totally addicted to the biggest loser - i cry each episode and am so proud of their achievements. i put on 30kgs each pregnancy (and i am 5ft 2)...i feel their pain! they inspire me. and no, don't panic...i don't roll around the halls anymore
• basil is my best friend - in pasta, frittatas, salads...you get the idea
• cooking magazines and books....if only i cooked more.
• wagamama - i have eaten here 3 times in about 6 weeks. it is heaven. a definite addiction

ok it is board game time with my boys...i am off to build a hotel empire with aquire. cool game for adults too! and addictive!

rabbits

isn't this the cutest rabbit ever! look here for an inspirational blog and store.

i don't really get into the whole easter thing. it is a great excuse for extra chocolate of the lindt variety but it has never been big for us. what a great excuse to make some softies though! i need to make time for these critters.

love it love it love it

nerida reminded me of this teatowel and i do remember laughing out loud when i first saw it months ago. thanks for making my day again! you can find it here.

i am a woman of contrasts - maybe just crazy!

i have had some time to reflect on me of late. and i am sooooo 50percent! i am a little conflicted. what sort of woman are you?

• i live in a gorgeous big home and am blessed in so many ways - not necessarily materially - but feel sort of guilty because we have so much
• i am little miss a la natural, no medications, pro pranic healing and natural therapies but i have a regular brazillian and hate unpainted toenails
• i like the smell and sound of the ocean but i hate the sand in my pants
• i had a spiritual getaway by myself for my 40th last year. i went to thailand and paid for a coffin for an unclaimed body, attended temples, fed the monks and felt such love and gratitude for the peeps and all i have around me - there and here. and then i stayed in a 5 star hotel for a week
• i hate the politics at work but then find myself being involved in it
• i don't want to move house but i am actively encouraging my husband to apply for a job in bangkok
• i want stability for our boys and i love the school they are in and their friends but am excited at the prospect of a chance of living for 3 years in bangkok

lets face it - i am just crazy!

my very own pierce brosnan

ok, so the same cpr friend - read cpr post - does this thing where she imagines the sort of lives we live outside of work. you would have to work with us to even imagine what we see in a day and trust me, some days we need the escape to imaginary worlds....
anyhow, for me she revealed that i would have a gorgeous doting husband who looks like pierce brosnan, live an amazing life, with my 2 wonderful boys.....cue my hysterical laughter as she was telling me this...she just looks at me and says he's bald isn't he? i was still laughing but managed a nod. we both nearly wet our pants. so, i was retelling this to CF and he just looks at me and says...so now i have gone from being pierce brosnan to george costanza! great, she thinks i am george from seinfeld! honey you are no george...you are my very own 007! and i dig bald guys!!

fabric buy

so here is my fabric booty from during the week. from funky fabrix at mitchelton. i must dream up something cool......one day.
the sun has hidden again, so photo is crap! and it is a tad humid!!!
boy #1 returned from 3 rain soaked days of camp. a little tired and smelly but unharmed.
and yes, oficially school holidays again now. a few sleep ins are planned here i can tell you.
i am very unmotivated and a little grumpy (apparently).....you know the days when everything seems a chore. and you feel a little bitchy and lazy....and want to hide from everyone for peace and quiet.
i am hiding in here pretending to craft but just got found out...the boys are both crafting and painting (and eating cheezles i think) and CF is applying for new jobs. he is trying not to be fat, forty & fired - a funny read if you get the book. but i am sure he secretly wishes he had 6 months to waste away the days....personally, i think he would be bored by week 2. and one of us would be dead. his personality just doesn't suit relaxing! he is mr overachiever, mr bored easily, mr high expectations....and i compliment him so well as i am not these things (apparently).
more on him next post! i adore him though and he knows when it is best to leave me in hiding!

new mantra

thanks to domesticali for this source of inspiration. my previous has been this one....

i think they both came from creaturecomforts
have a great day!