7 New Things (That are Christmas Related)

It has been a while since I have received a blogging award but last week the lovely Mel from Georgica Pond has awarded me a Versatile Bloggers Award.  Mel and I recently caught up in real life at the ABCD Bloggers meet-up - both of us knew there was something familiar about each other and when we started asking questions it turned out we went to high school together! How funny is that!  (It has been 25 years so we were excused for not being able to pin point exactly how we knew each other).

Anyway do pop over and see Mel's lovely blog - she is nearing the end of a major reno and has done the most amazing job!

The rules of the award are that you must tell 7 things about yourself and then pay it forward to some blogs I love and read.  So as I have in the past listed 7 things about me I had better come up with 7 new and random things that I haven't mentioned before - I have added a twist and today they will be Christmas related - what better way to kick of the season.



1.  My favourite Christmas present ever from my husband was the one I received last year - my beautiful Ubercircles by Uberkate.  I have four medium circles - one for each of our girls with the name and birthday beautiful stamped on their own circle - I wear it every day.

2. Before kids I was very big into my running and used to meet my running group every Christmas morning for a run and breakfast by the beach - meant I could eat twice as much for the rest of the day!

3.  Growing up when the milkman used to deliver milk my dad would always order each of us a mini bottle of Chocolate milk to drink with breakfast as a special treat.

4. I spent the Christmas of 1990 on top of a mountain in Switzerland at a ski resort with my best friend - we wanted a white Christmas and this seemed to be a guaranteed way to get it.  We had no other family with us as we were travelling for a year so it was actually pretty lonely!

5. My uncle sat me down on christmas day when I was 12 and said that seeing as I was about to start high school it was time I was told that Santa wasn't real (my parents were not impressed and yes I was naive).  My first question after the shock and disbelief was "does that mean the easter bunny does not exist as well"!

6. Growing up my Grandfather was a Santa's helper in the department stores.  One year my mum and dad left Pops "Santa pants" at the bottom of our fireplace and pretended that Santa's pants fell off when he was going back up the chimney!

7. Christmas is my favourite time of the year - I know that is not random but I just had to say it - I love the fact that we are in the middle of summer and spending time with our favourite people - I just love it. 

So now to tag some other blogs that I love and read around the globe - lets see if we can find out 7 random Christmas things about them.

Katena - Taylor Made Baking
Sharnel - My Life My Loves
Lou - Loo's Boo's and Shoes
Jess - Oscar and Ruby
Jaclyn - Little Paper Trees
Nina - Stylizmo
Meredith - Count it All Joy
Melissa - Miss Sew and So

I look forward to continuing some fun Christmas posts in the coming weeks - bring on the festive season.


Leanne

Happy Halloween!

Winter Wonderland felt ideas

Winter Wonderland felt ideas by Torie Jayne

Continuing my Winter Wonderland Christmas theme, today I am sharing with you the gorgeous Christmas felt ideas I have found that would look great in my Wonderland! I have already downloaded the pattern for the pine cones from Family Circle and have started making some pretty pink and aqua pine cones to decorate with. My snowflake felt place mats have been revamped this year with some pretty embroidery in pink and aqua and I have started making some felt birds for my tree, coming soon.....


Have a sweet day!

Through the Instagram: little peek at October


My love affair with Instagram continues, although I've realised that I am not the sort of person who whips out the camera to record our every moment. Maybe it's practice, but I've found that 'camera' tends to equal 'pose' around here, so it just wrecks the spontaneity in my life. You say, "no, no, just keep doing what you were doing, ignore the camera" and then they awkwardly try to act as natural as possible; all misplaced limbs and rigid faces.

Anyway... here's what October looked like at my place. Happy Halloween to those that celebrate... what exactly? I learned at Life in a Pink Fibro (my sister's blog) that we are on the wrong side of the world for Halloween to have any kind of pagan meaning and I also learned that 'Boo Humbug' is my new fave expression. Boo Humbug! It's an instant classic, Al!


Those Tsunamis of mine started up swimming lessons again. They are finally starting to get the hang of it after four years of lessons... four years! Ah well, at least we get points for persistence. That's got to be worth a few thousand dollars, right?


There was a certain double-birthday, of course, and you might not quite be able to see them, but my orange tree has risen from the dead to produce little tiny oranges ready to grow and the strawberry plant is not dead yet. Green thumb, here I come! Oh, and The Badoo is channelling Princess Leia with her Looney Tunes light saber.


Another me on the train shot - I blame boredom. Random birthday gift for Max's mate Sebastien R* and a Sushi lunchbox recorded-for-all-time for reasons that must once have been important but are no longer remembered due to the passage of time.

LOML and I went on a date night to see the fabulous, must-not-miss show 'Jersey Boys' at the Theatre Royal. I won tickets to the show via Fat Mum Slim - I'm such a lucky duck! We had dinner at Circular Quay and took an unhurried stroll along the Harbour up to the theatre, passing Fat Bloke in Dragon Shirt along the way by the looks of things.

Not-so Interesting Fact: I worked as an usher at Theatre Royal in 1990, two nights a week. I used to finish my job as a junior at an ad agency and hike across the park to my part-time job to try to supplement my meagre salary. The nineties weren't kind to everyone in advertising, believe me.

And just what is The Badoo doing in that photo bottom right? Well, she passed her final hearing test with flying colours this month! She's perfectly fine so her slight hearing impairment diagnosed when she was tiny was just a physical blockage that has cleared as she has grown. We are delighted. We will remember the dedicated team at the Jim Patrick Audiology Centre at the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children each year on The Badoo's behalf. They need all the support they can get.

How was your October?

* Imagine calling your kid Sebastian and then another kid in the class being a Sebastian as well. What are the chances?

Look Who's Walking Now?

So... last week I believe I may have voiced my concern re: boy-o's wanton ambivalence toward the practice of getting about on two, rather than four limbs. And I really was concerned.

Turns out I needn't have been.

Yesterday, my son stood up and took five steps.

No fanfare. No fuss. Like he's been doing it all along. And perhaps -- just like that character Andy in Little Britain - you know, the one meant to be a quadriplegic in a wheelchair, who can leap out and swim the English channel when his carer's back is turned... perhaps my son has been practicing when my back is turned, secretly laughing behind his grubby little hand all the while I carry him about when he should.have.been.walking.

No matter.

Boy-o is officially on the move.

And about time, too!

 xx

Pretty Package

Pretty Package

This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you some gorgeous pretty packages in sugary colours from some of the most creative people on Flickr. I can't wait to start wrapping my gifts! I just have to buy and make them first!

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

Have a sweet day!

blog love

two more of my fav online reads.
enjoy xo





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