Frocktober 2013 days 8-14

Day 8

hehe not impressed 😉

Me – dress from Luca & Marc, shirt from Rivers, leggings from Target

Day 9

thanks to The Examiner for doing an article

Me – Dress from Mia Rose, white tee from Emerson, shirt from Capture
Miss K – dress & leggings from Pumpkin Patch

Day 10

late night selfie

Dress from Millers, top from Essentials

Day 11

So i was a bit naughty and totally forgot to take a photo of me in a dress today but here’s the dress I wore

Dress from Rivers

Day 12

Me – Dress from W Lane, leggings from Target
Miss K – dress and top from Pumpkin Patch

Day 13

Dress from Mia Rose, top from Essentials

Day 14

Dress from Kmart, long sleeve tee from Emerson

Miss K has kind of given up on wearing dresses everyday but now it’s starting to warm up a bit I have a feeling she might start again.

My donation page. Current tally – $360 Goal – $1000
Many thanks to those who have donated so far.

Frocktober 2013 days 3-7

Day 3 (yay warmer weather)

Me – Dress from Rivers, shirt from Rivers

Miss K – Dress from Pumpkin Patch, top & leggings from Next (& gumboots)

Day 4

Me – dress from Ripe, leggings from Kmart

Miss K – dress from Kmart, top from Pumpkin Patch

Day 5

(omg seriously shocking photo but go with what you have right lol)

Me – Dress from Millers (I think – no tag), top from Essentials

Miss K – forgot to take a photo but she did wear a dress

Day 6

oooh gorgeous selfie at night 😉

Me – Dress from Mia Rose, white tee from Emerson, shirt from Capture
Miss K – Dress from Target

Day 7

Me – Dress from Rivers, white tee from Emerson
no picture of Miss K today

My donation page. Current tally – $210 ($10 not added yet but have, still) Goal – $1000

Welcome to Frocktober 2013

Hello October Frocktober, great to see you again. Despite the weather it’s time to Frock up again. If you’ve never heard of Frocktober, check this out

This year Miss K is joining me with the dress a day….. we’ll see how long before the novelty wears off for her. I’m not instagraming my pics this year but will blog once a week to share. I’ll also keep a running total of how much I’ve raised in the posts and in my sidebar.

So day one was wet and windy but not really cold and this is what we wore.

Me – black dress by Mia Rose, black top by Emerson, leggings from Target, socks from Think Geek (Big Bang Theory Soft Kitty knee socks)
Miss K – dress & leggings from Pumpkin Patch

Day two and we got up to this

hence this choice of attire 😉

Me – dress by Rivers, top by Emerson, leggings from Kmart, Hawks jumper (for warmth)

Miss K – dress, top & leggings by Pumpkin Patch, slippers by Emu

My donation page. Current tally – $210 ($10 not added yet but have) Goal – $1000

We’re a happy team….

at Hawthorn.
We’re the Mighty Fighting Hawks.
We love our Club, and we play to win,
Riding the bumps with a grin (at Hawthorn).
Come what may, you’ll find us striving
Team work is the thing that talks,
One for all and all for one
Is the way we play at Hawthorn.
We are the Mighty Fighting Hawks.

Well done boys – 2013 has been the year of the Hawk. Looking forward to Monday and seeing the Cup for the second time in 5 years.

From the Den Kitchen–Me & my Thermo

Yup, we finally got one. Last Saturday our new Thermomix arrived and both hubby & I have been cooking up a storm in it.

Thanks to Belinda, our lovely Thermo consultant, we had a delicious demo meal with some friends & family – sorbet, dip, soup, rolls, a chicken dish and then custard all in 2 hours. If you get the chance – go to a Thermo demo – you won’t be disappointed 😉

We’ve made Anzacs, scrambled eggs, orange juice, not tinned spaghetti, silverside & mustard sauce, more Anzacs, honey joys, Profiteroles, Chicken & corn soup AND a sponge cake! I’m currently making a cheese, bacon & garlic pull apart and tomorrow the plan is to make some vanilla essence (& vanilla ben paste), Scottish tablet (fudge) and maybe try making my own condensed milk.

Do you own a Thermomix? Do you want one? Not fussed?
If you do – favourite recipes?? or blogs – always looking for new blogs 😉

It’s that time again….

It seems to sneak up on us every year. Christmas. It’s 100 days away (well 99 in Australia but I’m a day late posting this). Can you believe it!!

I’m trying something a little different this year and will be following along with 100 days to Christmas. There are a few ways you can play along – follow the blog, sign up for the daily emails or buy the eBook and work at your own pace. Me? I’ll be following along on the blog.

Now off to start creating the Christmas section in my diary 😉

Beat the price rise

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So I share about Leonie Dawson’s Amazing business & Life academy a bit and I thought I’d give you a quick heads up that if you want to join, now is the time. Prices will be going up from $199 to $497 on 1 October.

If you join now you’re locked in at the current price as long as you keep your membership going. That’s right – if you’re already a member, you’ll be able to keep your membership price for the lifetime of your membership.

And Leonie is the best because as well as the one off payment she also offers a payment plan (it’s how I pay – spreads the cost over a couple of months)

By joining the academy you get access to all the awesome ecourses, meditations and both the business and life versions of the 2014 Create Your Amazing Year workbook, planner + calendar

Selfies

I hate having my photo taken. I’m nearly always the one behind the camera. And then a post by Tina really struck a chord with me and then a few days later she started the #tgdmselfieaday idea. Posting a selfie everyday in August.

I’ll let Tina explain it herself….

“I started a little hashtag
called #tgdmselfieaday
I thought I would be on my own
But my interweb friends came to play.
It all began with Mrs Woog
who wanted to know why women were bitches
And then this post on TGDM
because my fingers got the twitches.

In no time at all
and with no delays
we now have over 200 selfies
taken over the August days.

Seeing the faces of interweb friends
is one I think is fun
And if I’ve helped someone pop their selfie cherry
my job here is done.”

I managed to do a selfie every day in August except for 2, which I thought was pretty good actually. Think I’m inspired to do them more often. Thanks Tina, you’ve created a selfie monster LOL

Oh August where have you gone?

Well here we are, the end of August.

The grand plans to use the Xbox more never happened. By the time Miss K had gone to bed and finally went to sleep neither hubby or I could be bothered. Yup lazy 😉

I’m still doing the AH Beard Sleep Challenge. So far, so good.

I have been taking time on Saturdays to be more spiritual. The Creative Goddess course lasted a week but I do have a plan for an awesome Goddess canvas. I just need to get motivated to finish it. I started the Goddess Haven e-course in the last week of the month so will continue it into September.

I have been keeping up with the artist date with myself on Sundays. Loving having quiet time to scrapbook or read or art journal. I’ve even spent some time creating during the day & Miss K loves spending time with her craft box and crafting with mum.

Oh I also took part in the #tgdmselfieaday but that’s another post.

Next month’s plans?

Two classes at Big Picture Classes – Project Life Lessons and Big Ideas Festival – Celebrate your childhood memories in 30 prompted lists (this one is FREE). 30 Days of Lists. Continuing the Goddess Haven e-course. Hopefully playing with our new camera – finally buying a dslr!

What’s your plans?

Creating a glorious haven in your home

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So most will know I am a HUGE fan of Leonie Dawson (aka Goddess Leonie) and her Amazing Biz and Life Academy. I found out about the site after hearing about the amazing Create Your Incredible Year Calendar & Workbook and finally joined at the end of 2011. I love it. Love I have access to an amazing group of wonderful women. Love I have access to amazing e-courses and it’s one of these e-courses I’m blogging about today – Create your Goddess Haven.

Leonie describes the Goddess Haven e-course as

A six-week adventure for when you’re wanting & needing & craving a space that is a true haven for your the Goddess in You! You’ll use space clearing techniques to make your space’s energy sparkle. You’ll learn how to divinely declutter. You’ll dive into inspired interior design. You’ll be empowered with all of the wisdom, tools & techniques you need to make your space feel & look amazing to you. And you’ll end up with a home that is a sanctuary just for you.

I started my adventure earlier this week and decided to blog about it as I go.

The three main things I want to have changed at the end of the six weeks are

Our bedroom. It’s a dumping ground at the moment, I want it to be a sanctuary for me & hubby.
The sunroom/Miss K’s playroom. Another dumping ground and a total mess.
Keeping the stuff in our lounge to a minimum.

I’ll blog a bit more when I’ve finished week one.