tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90186755262502478252024-02-08T07:11:45.939+11:00Got Something Better To Do?Belhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867044305015053779noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018675526250247825.post-50706681598127775602014-02-05T20:59:00.002+11:002014-02-05T20:59:49.852+11:005/52 On top of the world<br />
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Belhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867044305015053779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018675526250247825.post-39949996290057760432014-01-21T14:30:00.001+11:002014-01-21T14:30:41.778+11:00Mojito Magic<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you've managed to avoid all the dashboard temperature photos across social media, you may not be aware that summer finally arrived in Melbourne.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The heat was hard to avoid, and b</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eing a freckle faced redhead, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not a huge fan of ongoing scorchers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In fact these 40+ degree days I prefer to hibernate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do however </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">enjoy a nice cold bevvie on a warm day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right now it's all about the Mojito. Especially Passionfruit Mojitos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So much so that I've even made myself a little Mojito station.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have no plans on setting up a bar in the new house but I'm starting to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">think about extending my station into a small drinks/cocktail cart. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm still in two minds about it though, so I thought I'd start gathering some ideas. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gosh I love pinterest!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It will involve a splash of hot pink and definitely a touch a glitter. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the addition of fresh flowers and the bar/magazine stand </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">combo </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">caught my eye as well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So many ideas.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm also loving this Mojito recipe poster </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">from Down That Little Lane </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It wasn't all bad, but to be honest it didn't pan out as I had planned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was supposed to be the year I pathed my "career" out, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was supposed to be the year we started building our beautiful home, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2013 wasn't all bad, I just lost my way a little. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "career" part is on hold while priority number one is to get my </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gulp, I can't believe my baby starts school this year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is super eager to jump right on in because she wants to be able to "read properly".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only first day tears will surely be mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unexpected delays and waiting for people to dot the i's and cross the t's was not in my plans, but I know that with this (hopefully) final report we are waiting on it will soon be underway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the deal breaker - self doubt. That's something I'm working on and I'm armed with resources (many too many). 2014 will be about focus, I am constantly filled with great ideas but lack the follow through because I lack focus and clarity and that little voice of self doubt takes over. This year I'm working on me and silencing that voice of self doubt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most Sundays during 2013 I felt a twinge of disappointment </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I viewed </span><a href="http://www.practicingsimplicity.com.au/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Jodi's</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 52 project posts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I so wished that I had taken part.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2013 was chaotic to say the least, and with many new ventures on the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have many intentions for 2014, one of which is to join The 52 Project and see it through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course a return to writing and taking beautiful photos are also on that long list.</span></div>
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<br />Belhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867044305015053779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018675526250247825.post-5689973930628219932013-08-08T21:25:00.000+10:002013-08-08T21:25:27.999+10:00RIP Dr Patrick<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sure we don't all have the ability to put an outfit together like Nina Proudman or are carrying the child of a sexy Dr. but there is something that is relateable for everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe it's the parents in the midst of a mid life crisis, an awkward co-worker, a sibling that's gone off the rails or like me someone a little neurotic with a vivid imagination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm a big cry baby and have shed many a tear watching Offspring - Billie's battle to have a baby, when Alfie was born and of course the happy tears at the end of last season when we saw Nina and Patrick and the ultrasound.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last night the tears flowed like never before, well not since Molly Jones closed her eyes a sthe screen faded to black leaving Bredan running through a field in Wandin Valley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After coming to grips with Patrick's death and going through half a box of tissues I found myself obsessively trawling the twittersphere. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WOW were people mad "How would you" "How could you" "I'll never watch this show again". There were <strike>hundreds </strike> thousands of comments exclaiming this was the worst thing Channel 10 has done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a brave decision the writers of Offspring made to kill Dr Patrick, right as he and Nina had found happiness, right before he was about to finally discover the joys of parenthood. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today was unofficially declared "Be nice to an Offspring fan" day as the majority of a nation spent the day mourning a fictitious character - I couldn't even talk about it with out the lump in my throat returning, but then I found myself getting angry as I turned to social media for some solace and group therapy. What angered me the most as I read through the various comments over social media were the comments like "How cruel, how will Nina cope?" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love this show even more because shit like this happens in real life and unfortunatley the very sudden and unexpected loss of a loved one is a tragedy I know all to well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Circumstances that we can't plan for happen and we have to keep on keepin on. I loved Offspring before Patrick and I imagine I'll continue to love it even if the perv factor has been dramatically reduced.I'm really curious to see what becomes of Nina Proudman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I get that a lot of people think it's silly to be so upset about a bloody TV show but don't care. I invite these characters into my lounge room every week and I feel the need to grieve with my pretend friends and say my final farewells.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So goodbye Patrick. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for breaking my heart - putting it back together and then re shattering it into a million tiny pieces and thank you Matthew Le Nevez for the regular Wednesday night date and eye candy. </span></div>
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<br />Belhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867044305015053779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018675526250247825.post-63708772266965986832013-06-04T13:49:00.001+10:002013-06-04T13:49:57.066+10:00The Great Gatsby<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't think I enjoyed it at the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Actually I don't think I actually enjoyed anything I read at high school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love to read and I was excited when literature was an offered subject.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Probably a bad move in hindsight - ce sera sera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I remember being about 19 (ish) when Romeo and Juliet came out in the cinemas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was definitely a Leonardo DiCarprio fan after seeing The Baskeball Diaries </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- which I initially went to see for Mark Wahlberg and took my basketball loving cousin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to see. He was in shock with the realisation that this wasn't a movie about basketball.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ANYWAY, I went to see Romeo and Juliet the day it came out. I went alone, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had to see it there and then. I was not disappointed. I saw it at the cinemas </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last Thursday I skipped my afternoon class to see The Great Gatsby. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">than Leo, but the combination is perfection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The reviews are mixed but I LOVED IT.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After having the soundtrack on repeat for weeks it was awesome to hear the songs throughout the movie and the costumes - breathtaking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I just need to find some free time to see it again and continue to obsess about this dress</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was strange. I had been excited about some time alone, I planned </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All this before spending ahighly anticipated day with <a href="http://cheandfidel.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-creatives-photography-and-writing.html" target="_blank">The Creatives</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The reality was a little different than I had anticipated. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I missed my little family, I left my chargers at home, which crossed the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I saw every hour on the bedside clock. I think it was a mix of anxiety and excitement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a restless night I got up before 6 and in a bid to erase the night before</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like writing and blogging, meditation is something I am trying to fit in more of. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Great start to the day. I then went for a morning walk through Manly to find a florist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started along the wharf, grabbed a coffee stop and after a couple of wrong</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was ready for my adventure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After attending<a href="http://gotsomethingbettertodo.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/the-nursery-part-1.html" target="_blank"> The Nursery with Tim </a>last year I had super high expectations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't even begin to articulate how amazing the day was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Knowledge, yoga, tears, food for our bellies and food for the soul.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A million thank you's. To <a href="http://timcoulson.com/" target="_blank">Tim</a> and <a href="http://cheandfidel.blogspot.com/2013/05/gathering-with-creatives.html" target="_blank">Jodi</a> for all that they shared, to the beautiful Belinda who was more than an added bonus to finally meet. To the other gorgeous woman that I got to share the day with. You are all amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WOW, you kind of came out of nowhere.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is it just me or has one third of 2013 just zoomed by. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It feels like only a couple of weeks ago that I started writing a post about becoming a uni student. Started I say, i never quite back to it and that was in February. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So there have been lots of changes around here and as we start term 2 of the school year I feel like I'm only just starting to adjust now and working through the koas circulating my brain.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year my plate is full and so far 2013 has turned out to be chocka block!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I try to schedule catch ups with my friends I realise that life is just getting busier and busier for everyone. How did this happen, it doesn't feel like that long ago I could spend a few hours watching a Kardashians marathon. So while I do crave a little of nothingness there's a lot more excitement on the horizon for 2013 as I continue to perfect my juggling act.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When it comes to birthdays I am the planner and the baker in my family, I figured this could help make my day "my day".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Am I contradicting myself leaving a note so my expectations can be met, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I asked if he had a new app. or if he was playing a game, to which he replied </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"No" but didn't elaborate. "Are you texting" I asked. With the speeding Yes that I got in reply I figured he was up to something.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apparently I am super hard to buy for but there is always something ridiculous I'm coverting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know I'm cutting it fine, but apparently some peeps are aiting for this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are plenty things that my heart desires - a new camera and the much dreamt about Chanel handbag but I thought I'd share a more realistic wishlist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's huge, impractical, beautiful and slightly ridiculous. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it's perfect for me!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's as practical as plastic backyard flaimingos, but I love them too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's plenty of room on my arm for <a href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/314267?cm_sp=we_recommend-_-314267-_-slot3" target="_blank">this bangle</a> and <a href="http://www.alexandermcqueen.co.uk/womenswear/AA,en_GB,sc.html" target="_blank">this ring</a> would TOTALLY rock my world. A girl can never have too much McQueen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been trying to track down a copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004EI2NRM/?ref=pe_164370_26970770_pe_vfe_dp1" target="_blank">this movie</a> for years.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm loving these <a href="http://lovestar1.bigcartel.com/products" target="_blank">LOVESTAR</a> vases SOOOO much. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then of course these always room in my bookshelves for some new additions from my ever growing book depository wishlist.</span></div>
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Belhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867044305015053779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018675526250247825.post-23315533543104973642013-01-11T19:09:00.001+11:002013-01-11T19:09:16.865+11:00I'm ready too<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/I3eZ5sanyiI" width="480"></iframe></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Justified was a soundtrack to a particular era in my life. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I CAN NOT wait for new music from JT.</span></div><br />
Belhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867044305015053779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018675526250247825.post-25377979930703323242013-01-11T13:15:00.001+11:002013-01-11T13:15:13.581+11:00Hot Stuff<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I don't love is the middle of summer. Once the mercury hits 35+, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm like confused bear wanting to hibernate in the wrong season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being a red head, with English blood running through my veins, the sun and I have never really been friends. As I get older my tolerance for the heat is almost non existant. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got up this morning and lookey here, with this simple blog post I've </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll definitley playing catch up with a few of my favourites</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top of the list is always <a href="http://fatmumslim.com.au/" target="_blank">http://fatmumslim.com.au</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The inspiring and beautiful Belinda - <a href="http://www.billyandaugust.com/" target="_blank">http://www.billyandaugust.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then some time with <a href="http://www.timcoulson.com/" target="_blank">http://www.timcoulson.com</a> and <a href="http://cheandfidel.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://cheandfidel.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">as I have booked a workshop with these two. BEYOND excited!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I'll check up on one of my dearest friends <a href="http://tigesandweince.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">http://tigesandweince.blogspot.com.au</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from there I'll probably lose more time than expected on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">pinterest </a>as I attempt to complete something else from my To Do list by starting my birthday wishlist</span></div>
Belhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867044305015053779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018675526250247825.post-817931399292325252013-01-09T21:32:00.001+11:002013-01-09T21:32:44.656+11:00Happy New Year<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh Mr. Brand I couldn't agree with you more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyday is a new day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do sometimes question why we need the end of a calender to make a change. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do like the concept of new beginnings though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A fresh start is exactly what I've needed as I was glad to see the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like most people I was super busy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I felt like I'd been thrown here, there and everywhere,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Between work, play and life, I of course got sick somewhere in the middle </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">commitments, the urgency h</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as somewhat passed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't really do resolutions for the above mentioned reason, why wait </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">until the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1st of Jan to change something today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do like to ponder on the year ahead though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the sake of this blog, 2013 is a clean slate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Will I write more? I'd like to say I will but who knows?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2013 holds alot for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am returning to study,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I will continue to wish the hands of time slowed down as Little Miss attends </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, bring it on 2013.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's see what you're made of</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't think I ever came close to imagining how much life would change </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the kinder kids singing happy birthday with the wooden cake, but </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">quite possibly the best treat of all was being picked up from kinder by Daddy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week the little lady and her dad were in a little backyard accident where the quad </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bike they were riding together</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> was brought to a halt by a brick wall.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This could easily have been a long whining post about how after spending over 4 hours in hospital, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadie was sent home after being told she had a few bruises that would heal and her dad with 2 broken bones </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and a plaster job that Sadie could have done.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the senior radiologist discovered </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that Sadie in fact had a fractured wrist and needed to be in plaster.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hadn't forwarded her file or x-rays so she had to be x-rayed again.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not once at either dragged out hospital wait did she complain. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">whiny toy snatching kids she happily watched movies until the </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we were in Europe last year I stumbled across some Hello Kitty party </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was so excited and grabbed what I could find, adding more when we arrived </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in London which just added to <strike>our </strike>my RIDICULOUS excess baggage charges.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nevertheless I knew the party would be super kawaii and continued to plan </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until I was told that she really wanted a pink dinosaur party. My heart sank as I tried,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in vain, to convince her that we could combine the two and have a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello Dino </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had to admit to myself that it was me that wanted a Hello Kitty party and </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">after all it wasn't my birthday,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I hit pinterest and started pinning like a woman possessed. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The end result was pretty awesome, if i do say so myself!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The dinosaur phase has pretty much run it's course and it's now all about My Little Pony.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So with 2 months to go I got onto etsy and thought I'd get myself organised and order a pony party pack, giving me plenty of time to </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought it was going to be a breeze - </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then last week Little Miss Nearly 4 asked for a giraffe party.................</span></div>
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The shops have got the decorations and wish lists have been started.</div>
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It's beginning to look a lot like, um early October!!!!!</div>
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Christmas seems to roll around sooner and sooner every year and it won't </div>
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Love it or hate it, you just have to grin and bear it.</div>
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Merry Christmas by Mariah Carey had held it's top spot on my December </div>
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playlist for a really long time, until last year.</div>
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<a href="http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/alternative/very-she-him-christmas-a/656455" target="_blank">A Very She and Him Christmas</a> took over the top spot and I thought it would be hard to beat.</div>
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But hold your tinsel, look what just arrived in my inbox</div>
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Holy shizz, Sandy and Danny back together FOR CHRISTMAS. </div>
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Belhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867044305015053779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018675526250247825.post-76004426240779804332012-10-03T18:16:00.001+10:002012-10-03T18:17:31.842+10:00The Nursery Part 2<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Introductions aside, it was time to learn.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And learn we did. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want to get your camera off auto, jump at any chance </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you get to </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">go to <a href="http://www.timcoulson.com/2012/08/the-nursery-workshop-tour-qld-tas-nsw.html" target="_blank">The Nursery</a> when it's around your way.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't even think of a word that measure's the knowledge and inspiration I gained, and about more than just photography. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel like I learnt some life lessons that will stick.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tim said "I believe in love" and it wasn't some cheesy line. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can hear it in his voice when he talks about photography, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you can feel it in his photos and </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After bestowing his knowledge upon us, we had a scrumptious lunch.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Big thanks to the lovely <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/" target="_blank">Kirsty</a> who slaved away in the kitchen and graciously </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tim's little sister was a real trouper as we all took turns to take her photo.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks Rachel, you're a legend.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My only regret from the day is that i didn't take enough photos, I was too busy observing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I'm going to take the best advice i've heard in a long time - that it takes 1000's of photos over 100's of days. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh if only he could have taught me the art of patience!!</span></div>
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