Point & Shoot: Ode to Woo Woo!

30-odd years ago, when my sister was just a toddler, she was given a fluffy white dog on wheels with a red handle she could push him along with. She named him 'Woo Woo'.

Woo Woo has lived a fruitful life, loved throughout our childhood then dragged from house to house as nobody could bear to part with him. Sadly, he's been living the last few years neglected in my dad's back garden shed. He was scruffy and more than a little worse for wear when my dad remembered him recently and retrieved him from his dusty 'kennel'.

After a splash in the shower and a rub with a little Dove soap... Woo Woo has come up -- well -- if not as good as new, certainly closer to his original colour than he has been in many years!

When Fern visited her Granddad over the weekend, she was gifted Woo Woo to play with. And it was love at first sight. We don't have very much retained from our childhoods, my sisters and I, and it gave me much joy to see history repeating itself in this way. Long live Woo Woo!!

Inspiration {Mood} Boards

I have been having a lovely time in the past few weeks creating inspiration or mood boards - a task that I had to undertake for one of the online courses I am participating in - I must say I am really having a lot of fun with this - it is a great way to express yourself and look at what is currently inspiring you.  I hope to produce more over the coming weeks but this one I created as a reflection of myself. Pink of course and very girly!



Leanne

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Saturday Afternoon 25th September 2010


Hi I'm back!!
I've just finished a 14 day work-a-thon (yep had to work the weekend too)- and kind of thankful its over. Most days I was up and out before the family woke and usually got home when then were all asleep - so it was pretty full on.
Lots of fun to see if the grass was greener but boy did I miss my little family. The hubby took some time off to look after Lou and whilst he said he enjoyed it - I think Lou really played up for him on the last couple of days.. I'm certainly not going to show you a photo of what my house looked like either..... So after what seemed like hours of cleaning on Saturday, I finally had some well deserved family time.  


Gotta love a Grand Final BBQ - We spent our Saturday arvo with family and friends at the boys cricket club. Lou had her little friend Master J there so she was more than happy to run around and play. Seeing that it was a draw we may have to do it all over again next week..



It's Lou's birthday next week as well, so I'm now in Birthday organisation mode .......... better. get. cracking!!


How was your weekend? What did you do? Why not check out what everyone did in Fat Mum Slim's -  Point & Shoot and Scissors, Paper, Rock - Week-a-boo!!



The September Chronicles: What's on your fridge?


I started the Fridge Chronicles waaaaay back in July (is it just me or are months getting longer?). I have actually been amazed at how much my fridge changes month on month. I'm a regular de-clutterer (a post on this tomorrow) and conversely also a bit of a gatherer... so I guess this adds up to a surprisingly active fridge.


Two things of note here:

1. Love The Kids Are Alright about 3 weeks ago so why the postcard is still on the fridge is a bit of a mystery. Could it be because I have a bit of a girl crush on both Julianne Moore and Annette Benning?

2. Behind the postie is an invite for Cappers to a party. O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!* She has another friend! Of sorts. I quote: "I suppose I could play with her since she's invited me to her party and everything." You can kind of see why invites have been thin on the ground for my friendly, charming and welcoming daughter (!).


Speaking of events... check out LOML in the back row 3rd from the left.  Year 10, before significant weight loss of 1989. There was definitely more of my Italian to love back in those days. We unearthed this gem last week, buried in the historical artefacts of his  father's garage.

The Cappers starts school next year and orientation starts in mid-October.  I can't believe my baby girl starts Big School. Sob! Of course, she is absolutely raring to go. It's a totally different vibe to what we faced with Maxi-Taxi shuddering every time school was mentioned. They are very different little people indeed.


I did the Triple P (not 4P as false advertised in the August Chronicles) and I've got the certificate to prove it... Weird, huh? What on earth am I supposed to do with such a thing? Put it in my CV in case I'm ever looking for another gig as a parent?

To the right, a letter to Maxi-Taxi from his Gran. Received a month ago, as yet unanswered. Getting Maxi-Taxi to do writing outside of the classroom is nigh on impossible. We live in hope.

To the left, another Cappers party invite! Yes, two in one month. The second invitation is from our lovely neighbours up the road who we rarely see but like a lot. They have a daughter starting school with Cappers next year and their clever mumma has obviously decided that it's time the girls got together a bit more. It's addressed to "Abbie" (not my daughter's name, but hey, we'll take it!). We really like the family, but Cappers has been a reluctant participant in any family gatherings. The reason?

"Emma's bossy, I don't like her," she announced after one playdate. 

"Maybe you should let her know that you wish you could sometimes be the one to decide what to do," I suggested helpfully (secretly thinking, well if Cappers think she's bossy Emma must be like the Rupert Murdoch of the playground set).

She thought about this for a while and then said, "Nah, she's not worth it". 

Like I said, friendly, charming and welcoming. That's my girl.


* With sincere apologies to Mr Caroll's Jabberwocky.

Come join in the Fridge Chronicles. It's a great monthly record of the little bits and pieces that are happening over at your place. The linky stays open until 21October, so link up any time.

Come sail with us...





It very quickly made it's way out of a little rock pool...lost it's sail and enjoyed a very bumpy ride over the shells and into a larger rock pool. We had fun and the little boat that we made held up relatively well considering the conditions. 
We collected a handful of pods, shells and drift wood and
  have plans for many more little boats to come.







Aqua haberdashery

Aqua haberdashery
This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you beautiful aqua haberdashery treasures with these gorgeous pics. Check back soon for some more of the most inspirational photographers on Flickr.

Some beautiful shots from my Flickr favourites (clockwise from top left):

Have a sweet day!
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