The itsy bitsy spider

Meet the newest addition to our laundry. Usually anything remotely resembling this shape in our household meets the can of Mortein in under 60 seconds, but this time it's different. About a fortnight ago I was bringing in the clothes from the clothesline, and a rather larger specimen than this greeted me as I closed the laundry door. It's fate - read the previous statement about Mortein! Then, two days later this little critter appeared out of nowhere. Feeling a sense of guilt for executing what I can only assume to have been 'Mum' I haven't been able to send him the same way.
He's been hanging around for a little while now, and we have become quite used to him - I am not particularly partial to spiders, but neither do they send me packing for the hills. The girls have named him "Crawly" - the generic name for anything around here that is bug/spider/small animal like in form.
To be fair, this photo does not give you a sense of scale, this guy is only a couple of centimetres across, but I have two questions that continually plague me;
One - what will I do when he grows as big as his dearly departed mother, and
Two - where the HELL are the rest of his brothers and sisters???????

Soundtrack Saturday

A friend of mine has been 'facebooking' (is that a proper term?) songs that had a special place in his life, so must thank him for the inspiration for Soundtrack Saturday - an homage to the music that means something to me.

I am going to start with a jump back to my high school days......... I can't say I had the best taste in music back then but hey - at least I had fun.

AAhh, the early '90's - it gave rise to some of the best one hit wonders ever. I use the term best very lightly! Imagine if you will two 15 year olds doing the "Ice Ice Baby" dance on the front lawn, and listening to NKOTB. (I will not name my partner in crime on here but she knows who she is!!!!)

This song brings back some great memories from that time, this is such a fun song to 'groove' along with. I hope you enjoy!

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday - how does your garden grow?

October 2010

May 2011

What a difference seven months make! I would describe myself as a 'black thumb' , but these Australian natives have all flourished. We paid a hell of a lot of money to fully re-landscape our front garden last year, and I must admit - it has been well spent!
I'm playing Wordless Wednesday with My Little Drummer Boys . Come and join in the fun!

Good on ya Mum!

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I would love to say that the picture on the right is what greeted me this morning - but given my recent sugar ban would have been very mad at myself for devouring the lot!
No breakfast in bed for me either, in fact I was out the door before the kids were up today - and for a very special reason.
My two girlfriends and I braved the chilly Melbourne morning air to join the 40,000 (yes that's fourty THOUSAND) others taking part in the Mother's Day Classic. We heard tales of both loss and hope, and then took to the TAN for our 4K walk to raise funds and awareness for Breast Cancer Research. It was a wonderful way to start the day, and I hope to be able to join in again next year.
I am lucky enough to have my Mum just a stone's throw away from us, and I cannot thank her enough for what she does for our family. She is almost like my anchor, I rely on her guidance and opinion a lot, (even if I don't always agree with it!) - and I hate to imagine how we would cope if we lost her.
So I send a huge hug to all the mums out there, and to all those who cannot hug theirs today.

Oh my God I can't believe I just DID that!

I am a creature of habit. The same sames sit just fine with me. A few weeks ago I wrote about this lack of change in my life (see time for a change ).
Today was different. My hubby unexpectedly ended up with a day off work, so completely on a whim called up my hairdresser to ask if she was free in the afternoon - she was.
Got to her place at 2pm. Got home at 7pm. As you can imagine, the change is extreme. It is going to take a while to get used to, the kids looked at me strangely when I returned, like some woman who kinda looks familiar but not quite sure who she is has just walked through the door.
I won't post a photo yet (cos I haven't taken one!!) but to give you an idea, I HAD long dark brown hair no fringe which was progressively getting greyer, the standard issue style for me was scraped back in a pony tail.
I now HAVE hair that is too short to put into a pony tail, a full fringe and it is strawberry blonde with lighter blonde highlights. Therefore the name of this post is entirely apt -

" OH MY GOD I CAN"T BELIEVE I JUST DID THAT!!"

Wordless Wednesday

GONE!!

GONE!!

GONE!!

                 Want to know why? Read my page 'Kicking it.'
I'm playing Wordless Wednesday with My Little Drummer Boys - are you?


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These are a few of my favourite things

 

My Beautiful Butterfly!

My Groovy Bunny!

*First 6 images courtesy of http://weheartit.com