blogtober day 5 - the joke post

Thank you for putting up with yesterday's sad and sorry post (when Cam of Curlypops was my first commenter, it put things immediately in perspective - my ailments have been of the "spend a few days resting, then take it easy" kind, rather than the "requires admission to hospital" kind...).

Anyway, today I'm starting to feel a bit better, and thought I should say thank you with a fun post - some jokes courtesy of a very funny 3 year old I know - because as they say, laughter is the best medicine (unless it makes you laugh so hard you cough uncontrollably and end up with breathing problems... just saying).

Q. What's brown and sticky?



A. A stick!

Q. What's black and white and red all over?


A. A newspaper (OK, so not entirely accurate these days...)

Q. What kind of bees make milk?


A. Boobies!

Q. Who has golden curly hair?


A. Me !!! (when I pointed out this was more of a statement than a joke, she replied " I made a statement, ha ha ha!")

Hope you have a great day today!

PS : excuse the green paint spots - she was painting that day!

blogtober day 4 - the lazy post

Ok, so I'm only 4 days in, and feeling lazy. I have an excuse - even a doctor's certificate (surely that works in blog land too?) - I'm sick, again.

The word on the street (well, mainly in the doctor's surgery) is that it's been a really bad year for colds / flus / assorted illnesses, and that's certainly how it feels.

I know that it's not entirely in my control, but I'd like to get better and stay better this time, so I'd like some ideas - what are the things that work for you when you get sick, or that you find help you to stay healthy?

Thank you...

flea market finds

My find this week is from a few weeks ago - I'm trying to keep myself out of op-shops for a few weeks while I clean up a bit, so I'll be showing off the things I never got around to posting before...

This bag is not what I went out looking for that Saturday a few weeks ago. I'd gone out early (under the guise of "grocery shopping", I'll admit) in the hope of picking up a vintage board game I'd seen in the op shop window the day before when I couldn't go in. At the time, I'd thought, "cute, but I don't really need it", but overnight it somehow turned into "something I must have". So there I was, back at the op shop, to find it gone. In my desolation, I rummaged through 3 (yes, 3) op shops to find something to assuage my non-buyers remorse.


This is it - cheaper than the vintage board game, prettier and probably heaps less dusty, and, well, you can't wear a board game, can you?


Well, maybe you could if you really wanted to, but you'd probably lose all the pieces...

Note also the fabulous retro scrap fabric dress made by one of her awesome aunties

To see more lovely finds (including another gorgeous dress!) visit Sophie's.

reverse finds - low hanging fruit

I would like to say something.

Even though I decided to start a weekly reverse finds post, I am NOT very good at decluttering / organising / giving things away. Almost every time I attempt to look through our place to get rid of things, I get sidetracked in a pile of memories, or decide it's all too hard and do something else instead. So this post and I have an uncomfortable relationship - I'm so grateful to have it around as a way to force me to face up to my clutter, but I do kind of resent it sometimes too.

I would like to take the organised approach Susan has taken, of going through one cupboard at a time - and I WILL next week, I think - but I ran out of time again, so this week I took the approach of randomly looking through cupboards and drawers and looking for the first things I could see that I can easily part with - minimal thought, probably not a great deal of efficiency, but in the end, a pile of things that can leave our place right now... the low hanging fruit.


Some tealight candle holders, a terracotta wine cooler we've only used once, some christmas spreading knives, shoes thatI can't even remember wearing (maybe bridesmaid shoes? maybe they belonged to one of my sisters?), long retired bags, and a little pile of clothes and pillowcases.

If you'd like to join with a reverse find of your own (and as you can see, the standards do not have to be high!), add your link in below.

(PS Susan - it was great to meet you too! and I'm already dreaming up a vintage sheet softie to make for Mirabel!)

Blogtoberfest - day 1

I've decided to join in the "Blogtoberfest" festivities this year - even though I'm terrified about getting through 31 days of consecutive blogging, I'm hoping that being stretched out of my comfort zone will be a good thing...

If you haven't heard about Blogtoberfest, pop over and see Tinniegirl to get the facts (having just met her in real life, I can tell you she's definitely someone you want to visit!). There are already plenty of giveaways too (Curlypops has a list here to make it really easy to find them...).

OK, one down, thirty to go! Wish me luck!