Currently #8
(changing it up a bit)
WEATHER: windy and raining
EATING: donut cupcakes
DRINKING : Coke or hot chocolate or water
LOVING : having a fire
READING : Ali Edwards blog
ANTICIPATING : Going to bed early tonight. Week in the Life
LISTENING TO : MUSIC : a bit of everything. Lots of Prince PODCAST : Pocket Talk
WATCHING : Lucifer, Super Girl, Deadly Possessions, Supernatural, AFL
PLANNING : Week in the Life. A surprise for hubby for our 10th wedding anniversary. Inspired by this post and thinking I need to do a Project My Life.
LOOKING FORWARD TO : getting to cuddle my great niece (born on the 28th of April – 7 weeks early)
CREATING : Awesome Ladies Project layouts, Project Life
NEED TO FINISH : Miss K’s & Miss A’s 2015 PL albums – just the journaling to go
WISHING : I could have a little bit more sleep
MAIN GOAL : to start organising my scrap stuff.
What are you “CURRENTLY” doing?
100 Happy Days 2016 – Month 1
This is the third year I’ve decided to do the 100 Happy days project. Here’s my first month of photos…
1. Happiness is a gorgeous sunset. 2. Happiness is a day baking. 3. Another day another cake creation. 4. PJ day. 5. Today this makes me happy – 2 sleeping kids nice and early. 6. Flowers and good news from mum make me happy today. 7. Birthday pressie for hubby. 8. Waiting for her sister to get home on the school bus. 9. Soccer season. 10. A win for the Hawks and MVP for Gibbo. 11. Our sick little piggy is getting better. 12. Back to uni. 13. Happiness is blowing bubbles. 14. Homemade sushi. 15. Love the random doodles and drawings from these two.
16. When hamburgers become rissoles. 17. A close game and a good win. 18. Taco salad for tea. Another yummy Favour Stack meal. 19. Road trip with Mum & the girls to Devonport. 20. Planning on doing some scrapping tonight. 21. Sleep. 22. Paperclipping Round Table & some blogging. 23. Footy day. First game in Tassie for the season. 24. It’s the simple things that make me happy – like a clean laundry. 25. Happy little monkey up late. 26. Cat games – Neko Atsume. 27. Loves soccer, just like her big sister. 29. Daddy teaching someone how to do Windows Updates. 30. A happy memory of Prince who passed away today. 31. 3 weeks in a row she’s scored a goal! 32. Baked spuds for tea. 33. Meeting Becky Higgins
WTF 2016?
And I wake to the news this morning that we’ve lost another legend – his purpleness – Prince.
Yesterday was former pro wrestler Chyna.
So far in 2016 … Davie Bowie, Ronnie Corbett, Terry Wogan, Alan Rickman, and many others.
Love this cover by Chris Cornell
RIP your purpleness
Nightwolf snaps pt 2
I’ve gone back to uni! Admittedly I’m only doing one unit but it’s a start.
The unit I’m doing is Photography & Social Media. I’ve started a new blog so I can journal my progress of that (& any photo challenges I decide to take part in). If you’re interested in checking out my work pop on over to Nightwolf Designs
Grab yourself a bargain goddesses!
Disclaimer – links are affiliate
The gorgeous Leonie has just announced there are limited numbers of the fabbo workbooks & 2016 diaries left and they are on sale! (yes that says 7 days but it started yesterday & I wasn’t home to share)
Head on over here and add to your hearts delight! Now is a perfect time to check out the workbook or planner/diary
Use the coupon code diarydeal for 80% off the diary and workbooksupersaver for 30% of the workbooks
Go! Buy! Enjoy!
Afternoon Teal 2016
This past Saturday we held our annual Afternoon Teal event. This year it was Cheers for 5 Years, an Afternoon Teal at Braehead. Why Cheers for 5 Years? This year marks 5 years since mum’s surgery. In Australia, the overall five year survival rate for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer is 43%. In comparison, the overall five year survival rate for women diagnosed with breast cancer is 89%. Big difference. So it’s a big celebration year.
We had a lovely afternoon ….
and some seriously yummy food ….
There was a silent auction and I must thank some amazing people for donating – Rabbit Hole Organic Tea, Personal Planner, Little Finch, Flat Out Bottles, Popping Candy Shoes, Your Inspiration at Home, Braehead Crafts, and Hillwood Coffee Shop.
Speaking of the Hillwood Coffee Shop, they have been amazing and are hosting out 1000 ribbon challenge. The aim of the challenge is to sell 1000 ribbons for a gold coin donation and add them to our wall. So far we are just over 400. If you would like to donate and have a ribbon (or 2) added, please get in contact and I’ll send you my paypal. I’ll send you a photo of me adding your ribbon to our wall.
The finally tally is yet to come in but at the end of the day we had gone over my $2000 target. My donation page is still open if you wish to add to the total 😉
Currently #7
TIME: 8pm 1st March 2016
LOCATION : Our new dining room table
FEELING: stressed.
LOVING : our new (to us) furniture and slowly getting decluttered and more organised
READING : Spark Joy by Marie Kondo
DRINKING : Coke or hot chocolate or water or IrnBru
ANTICIPATING : our Afternoon Teal
LISTENING TO : MUSIC : random tunes PODCAST : nothing at the moment
WATCHING : new X Files, Lucifer, Agent Carter, Super Girl, Ghost Adventures, Supernatural
PLANNING : our Afternoon Teal
LOOKING FORWARD TO : a relaxing day with friends
CREATING : my Awesome Ladies Project (more about that soon on my Scrap blog)
NEED TO FINISH : my 2015 PL albums
WISHING : that children would go to sleep and there were more hours in the day to do things
MAIN GOAL : to get everything ready for our Afternoon Teal
What are you “CURRENTLY” doing?
Teal Ribbon Day
Today (Feb 24th) is Teal Ribbon Day here in Australia.
Each year we wear a teal ribbon to show our support for women living with ovarian cancer, to remember those we’ve lost and to honour the 1480 women who will be diagnosed this year.
Ovarian cancer has the lowest five-year survival rate of all women’s cancers. All funds raised by Ovarian Cancer Australia (OCA) goes towards research, raising awareness, taking action on behalf of women living with ovarian cancer and to help Ovarian Cancer Australia continue to provide the best support possible to everyone in the community who has been affected by the disease.
Do you know the symptoms of Ovarian Cancer?
Women who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer report four types of symptoms most frequently:
- Abdominal or pelvic pain.
- Increased abdominal size or persistent abdominal bloating.
- Needing to urinate often or urgently.
- Feeling full after eating a small amount.
If you have any of these symptoms, they are new for you and you have experienced them multiple times during a 4-week period, go to your GP. To help track these symptoms, download OCA’s Symptom diary now.
You can buy your teal ribbons from your local Chemmart Pharmacy Australia, Black Pepper, and Coles Queensland stores.
Even our pollies (for once) are actually talking about it. Karen Mcnamara MP, Federal Member for Dobell addressed Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and #TealRibbonDay in Parliament in this video.
AND 1480 windmills have been planted on the lawn of Parliament House in Canberra in honour of the women who will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year.
So do your bit and buy a teal ribbon, host an Afternoon Teal, or support one (like mine)
Kunghei fatchoy
Kunghei fatchoy (Happiness and prosperity!) to you all on this Chinese New Year Day.