Just Like Heaven

Just because....

.....just because I haven't posted everyday details for a bit, I'm doing that now :)

My blog is here to record this seemingly insignificant stuff and since I'm still in my pjs at lunchtime I thought this a good opportunity to stay in them even longer!

Both kids are home today being Curriculum Day at school.  They were both sick over the weekend but I think they're on the mend.  They are bickering and fighting a bit today so I'm thinking that's a good sign that they're better! Sigh.....it's not so good for ME though ;)

So...first of all out little tadpoles goldfish are growing nicely.  I'd love to tell you their names but it changes daily depending on the kids' moods I think!

I STILL haven't finished fitting out their little tank yet, must get to that today!

And I have mentioned in a few blog posts recently that I've been treasure hunting.  My mother's partner's mother had a house that has been sold and she was an avid collector of 'stuff'.  Good stuff, bad stuff, STUFF! Anyway they have had to clean a lot of stuff out and I've been very lucky to score buttons and jewellery.  Also a dresser for Maddy that needs restoring and a few other bits and pieces.  Here's a few bits I've managed to acquire.  If you know me you know I like junky jewellery and well here's what I got.  I love that it's all a bit different!

I especially love the 70s flower pendant and the old necklaces. The one centre top is solid silver and sooo heavy.  I've got to get it to the jewellers to have it cleaned properly I just love it!

Got these at the Queen Vic market in Melbourne the other week -

The light is SO dull here at the moment.  Don't get me wrong I love Winter but I am starting to forget what sun looks like :(

Found this in my travels the other day too - the glass not the stuff in it!

Acquired even more new mugs - well I can't resist Little Britain - perfectly tacky!

I do love these so!

And......Mother's Day.  Happy Mother's Day to all the Mums.  Mine started off with crying kids with tummy aches - sigh.....

Nath made lunch for us and then I did the washing and scrapped DT stuff.  We had a very lazy potter-around-the-house weekend and they are my favourite kind!  I got some cute gifts from Alex and Maddy from the school stall.  I got orange-scented candles in a tin, a toilet bag thing with bath sponges, hankies, a notebook, one of those smelly things with the bamboo sticks and this gorgeous card from Miss-Moo.

I'm so proud of her as it's the first year she's really been able to write all of this in my card!  It's gorgeous.

We had afternoon tea with my Mum and then I scrapped some more.  I stitched and stitched and stitched - woohoo!

Oh here's the gorgeous flowers we got when I taught my Mum class at Simply Said last week -

Now it's after lunchtime, I'd better do something productive.  I have a class sample to do so I'm off!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Genius

UGH!!!  I just sat here for ages writing a post and just lost it @#$%^&* grr :(

Well I was saying that my day has been filled with both joy and frustration.

Joy because Alex and Maddy played in the mud all day.  Joy because they were outside, joy because they weren't in front of the TV, joy because they were being nice to each other.  Frustration because they changed their clothes about 5 times each!!! 

Like I don't have a huge enough washing pile as it is, now it's a MOUNTAIN!  And it's midnight on Saturday night and my washing machine is going non-stop.  With the cold weather here it's hard to get things dry without resorting to the black-balloon-greenhouse-gas producing clothes dryer.

Still if you can't play in the mud when you're a kid, when can you?  It's just dirt - on their clothes, in their hair, all over my floors in my car.........sigh.......let's just say I've been doing quite a bit of cleaning today!  And actually got some snuggle time with my hubby too - finally!!!!

More joy because I'm putting the finishing touches on a very overdue class sample.  Frustration because it seems that every time I get near it to work on it, something has gotten in the way!

Okay before I go, I have to tell you about a movie I just saw - Across The Universe

Pure

Soul-moving

GENIUS!

I have laughed, I have sobbed uncontrollably, I have been entertained and touched all at once.

From IMDB - " The music of the Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist."

Unbelievable

You HAVE to see it!

Okay I'm outta here before I lose this post too - seeya xx

Having a Bawl...........

Ever seen Memoirs of a Geisha ?

I've just watched it finally.

I'm now going to bed having a big sook.

It's not as if it was a particularly sad movie.

It just hit a nerve with me.

Something about faith in your hopes and dreams and that they can still come true even in the face of adversity.

Go and hire it, or better still, read the book.

I just might.

Night ;)