man flu

husband has man flu...much worse than swine flu - for me that is....
he has not grown a tail yet, so we are safe. will keep you posted though.
i have just been baking. check my other blog here for the goss.
be back soon for crafty update. monopoly game awaits...

too sweet

this is from an aussie designer - naomi murrell- check her lovely goods out. her brooches & pendants are super sweet too. found through bloesem i think? love that look. we need to support more aussie designers peeps!

and this spoon from here. what a great modern christening gift! as i am obsessed with the stamped necklaces all around, it is no surprise i fell in love with lisa's work. her pendants are beautiful also. read her blog. be warned, you will cry. it is inspirational. what an amazing mum. i came across her months ago & forgot to bookmark, but with all things meant to be, i found her again. a super sweet start to the day....

shaggy rug high & dry

well, it wasn't floating down a main street in the floods. it just arrived & i am so happy with it!! it is soft & shaggy & i love it. if harley gets his claws into it, i may have to tweak his whiskers...

go here if you need a rug. but don't outbid me next time....

telstra shit me - i'm now a skype girl

telstra shits me totally. i have a long history of them shitting me actually. most recently, after 2 years & many emails & phonecalls, they still don't have our address right on the whitepages. they do however manage to post the bill to the correct address. don't even get me started!

so, i am on a mission...well, i need cf on the mission but i will yell the orders!

i don't think we need a landline any more. anyone else done away with this?
with more options for internet now, i am sure we can do without it. we both have mobiles & cf has a frigging blackberry (that i would like to throw in the pool at times), i have a laptop (technically since i spilled tea all through the keyboard it doesn't work unless it is plugged in...so more of a tabletop than a laptop) & cf has a work laptop - that works anywhere. we have foxtel. no idea how that works. i just turn it on & it works...see why i need cf on the mission?

so, i joined skype last night. i usually buy a cheap phonecard online for when cf is os. but i thought i'd check skype out. i was sooo clever & managed to download & started calling within 10 minutes. i have the children's computer headphones that work & i speak into the tabletop/general area (no idea how/where it works but it does). the conversation was clearer than any other os call i have made & i can sms as well - at half the price of my mobile!

for comparison - calls using my phonecard to a landline in png (a very $$ country to ring i might add) were between 65c & 95c/min. using skype it is 24c per minute to cf's blackberry & sms were 11c each. telstra charge $1000/min - well, they probably do...

peeps, sign up for skype. you get free calls to other skype peeps!! what's to lose? i used my paypal account to pay as you go to test the waters. trust me, if i can download & manage to work it out in minutes, so can you. my cat could probably do it!

i am now going to buy a webcam for more real convo...cf thinks it may have other untold benefits...but he is a boy!

photo - fabric i bought from alittlegoodness when closing down. cute japanese cotton.

don't call me tamar...

yesterday was spent in a pmt haze but i was determined to get started on my little bird house. i totally winged it & as it worked out, so far i have followed nerida's directions even though i didn't have them at the time. clever eh? and i think i am whip stitching but don't know what that is either...so we are maybe half way there...maybe...in a 50percentkaz sorta way..

i am now hoping the fact that i just did some exercise is totally combatting the calories i am shoving in my mouth in the way of caramel slice...sugar + pmt = getting through the day.

and i live in hope my shaggy rug is not floating up a main street in lismore....it hasn't arrived yet. my other one has & i am very happy... in a 50percent sorta way. hopefully today for my shaggy one.

this week is all about appointments for me. i am sure to forget something/someone. cf is in png & i am hoping to remember to pick him up on thursday from the airport.

photo above from hazelnut cottage. nice stuff!

family photo

harley is a rag doll & he is fatter now. this was his fave spot to rest. apparently they are friends...
this is the anaemic bird who has many lives...thank god! his resilience astounds me.
both are full of personality & much loved.

50percent driftwood

i do like getting the power tools out for a play. it's on the wall but not exactly finished...i do like it though. it is very textural & organic as all the arty trendy peeps would say. my family will comment on the sand still falling out of it & the woodiness of it all of course...but they are boys & unless they're blessed with the gay gene, i don't think aussie men would get it anyway....fair call?

and it looks less like dog poo in real life too...