small things

[+] found this gorgeous camera while at the flea markets, cannot wait to try it out although don't have a clue where I can have film developed these days. I asked a fellow Aussie where she develops film since her blog is full of them and she has kindly not replied...I guess some things are top secret and only spoken while in a cone of silence
[+] a wooden toy to add to my collection, I love them! found this while at the markets. It was a marvellous day but oh so hot, I have the top of my feet sunburnt in the shape of thongs
[+] and how could I resist this cute pez dispenser? I actually bought it so I could withdraw money from the self checkout at Coles, there is never an atm when you need one
[+] this Judy Blume book was found while at an Anglicare op shop who sell children's books for 10 cents, I remember reading it when young which was quite a while ago but cannot remember what it is about so I will spend the weekend getting reacquainted with it
[+] PLUS the making of almond butter despite it being quite hot and humid outdoors, I really picked a bad time to make it but wanted to have a taste and experience the love everyone seems to have for it. I must say it is quite nice, although note quite sure how it is eaten

a pretty good week! have a wonderful weekend friends :) and if you are in Sydney don't forget to slip, slop, slap. 41C tomorrow YIKES!

I am

writing letters





starting a knitting project and restarting six times



marvelling at the fruit growing in our garden



finally finished the front of the baby dress



collecting pretty gumnuts



hearing my youngest boy voice cracking...it is happening way too soon :(



watching these nectarines and counting down the days until we are able to gobble them up

time goes too swiftly when you are on holidays ;)

then and now

We took this photo way back in 2006, just after we had woken up and the reason why our hair is a little messy...well mine anyway.



We decided to recreate the photo in 2011, but us girls mucked it up a little. In our defense it was extremely hard to get ourselves in exact position.



I love looking back at these old photos, seeing how much the kids have changed and grown so big and at the same time wishing that they'd had stayed little forever. We have to do this again in another five years, that is, if we still all fit in the bed :)

hello november

true I am a few days late, twelve to be exact but I am finally feeling better after the big presentation on the 1st of November. I got home that day feeling so nervous and jittery, and my legs were so very achey like I had the flu. So here I am a few days later finally feeling better and relaxing as each day passes. I finally got back into the kitchen and made these amazing pumpkin scones, so super soft and sweet despite looking very plain.





I also, after years and years of wanting to go, got to visit the sculpture by the sea a day before it was due to close. It was not a very nice day weather wise but I had so much fun looking at all the different sculptures. The most enjoyable part was when the dolphins appeared and the sculptures were quickly forgotten by all. Everyone was oohing and aahing at their little show they put on, it was quite a sight. My favourite sculpture?











The one below, I couldn't get a proper photo though. The title of the piece "life is short" and it was made out of tree branches and it only had "lif"













And I was back to crocheting a little potholder to send to a pen pal. I squished it into the envelope so I hope it doesn't end up looking too deformed when it reaches Belgium.



Not too much else going on...except a whole lot of job hunting. Fingers are crossed I find something soon but things aren't looking too good, I applied over the weekend as a volunteer and even they didn't want me haha. Biggest news though is I cut my hair! It was so very long but at the same time I had very dry ends. I will probably regret it soon but for now it feels nice to have short hair in this hot weather. I cannot imagine what summer will be like.

Hope everyone has been well...promise I'll be around more. I know I say this a lot but I truly mean it this time ;)

three things

my last few days at uni and life has turned upside down or like my son used to say (when he was three or four) upsi-down-town. Pictured above are a few of the things that still make me feel a little normal despite all the crazy hours, sore arms and shoulders from working on the computer all day. I cannot believe this semester is almost over, I am happy uni is almost over but not happy about doing all the work...just three assignments left though ;)

these days

I survived a week of uni (YAY), there are times that I really feel exhausted by it all and this week was definitely one of those times but luckily I am still alive. I even got to do a little baking yesterday despite the horribly hot weather and today I actually left the house which was incredible despite the hot weather (again).

The first pic is of my flea market find Sunday...another one of my much cherished activities lately. Makes me feel a little more human ;)

cross your eyes

so my week 'off' has been fairly quiet, which is wonderful as the past few weeks have been a whirlwind of craziness. I have had one thing after the other happening and I kid you not. Some of these 'things' include nits, a year 12 graduation, a thief coming into our house while we are asleep and my car dying. I hope the last few days of this week go fairly smoothly.

I did however finally get to bake and I even got a slice too! banana bread or anything really around these parts don't last long. I am still itching to do a little more baking, not too sure what exactly but I am sure I have a recipe in my bookmarks that I haven't tried yet.

and today I got the red shoes that I ordered from China. My toes are a little squished and the workmanship of the shoes is not fantastic but if you cross your eyes you can hardly tell :P ha!