UPDATE!!!!

It has been way too long since I last posted, over five months, actually. And alot has happened in my little life. Birthdays, weddings, family days out and about, life in general. So here's a (kind of) brief update. In the coming weeks I hope to get time to expand and detail some of these events.  

Coby is loving kindy and playing with all her friends. She invited some of them to her birthday in March and has since been invited to some of their birthday parties. So much fun, and I have started a handmade only gift promise to myself. Each friend of Coby's has so far recieved gists that I have handmade andthey love it. I have made texta rolls, aprons, hair clip holders, fabric memory games, drawstring library bags, and super hero capes for gifts. I love that they get something fun and unique to all the other store bought presents.  I have become good friends with the mums at kindy too. I'm happy my "village" is expanding and they are always there to help me out when I need it.  Here is a couple of photos from the Rainbow party for our big 4 year old.

(and if you think the cake I made is super prize worthy, please head over to this great page and vote for my entry every day, its the exact pic above you nEed to look for! cheers!)

And around the same time Coby celebrated turning four, this happened:

(now you have to pretend that photo is actually a video of my teeny son walking! yes WALKING!)

 At a little over 9 and a half months he got it and has been on the go since. It only took him a few days of pushing chairs and toys around to be able to walk totally unassisted. Everywhere. Oh he's a climber too! We celebrated his birthday with a Jungle themed party. A monkey cake for our cheeky boy!

We attended not one but two weddings of gorgeous friends. Both weddings were different but both just perfect and so much fun. Makes me want to get married again! We are coming up to 5 years in October, so we'll celebrate that for sure!

In between our parties, weddings and making milestones we did some puddle jumping, went on family outings and celebrated friends' birthdays. 

 

It's been a busy five months, guess what else we did?

I've reached the halfway mark already, soon we will be welcoming baby four, another boy. I cant wait to bring him into our family at home.

Hope you all have been well too. I will do my best to post more regularly but I'm not promising anything! Im having too much fun with my family!

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The post I was meant to post on Monday

* Funny how this post is about not finishing things. I started this on Monday.


On my quest to becoming a better (and more organised) Housewife/ Domestic Goddess Woman, my weekend was spent cleaning/ arranging/ sorting/

chucking/ organising. Inspired by a Pinterest photo (from this amazing lady) I cleaned out my pantry and then my linen cupboard. For the linen clean up I put sheet sets into the pillow case, a tip I heard somewhere ages ago, and it seriously rocks. Try it. Go on. You know you want to...

 

My Dad used to call me "the un-finisher" when I lived at home. He said I never finished anything. If my memory serves me right it was because I would always leave my drinks of juice or whatever with an inch left in the glass.

 

These days, I am "the sewing un-finisher".

As if the pantry and linen cupboards weren't enough, I began the mammoth task of organising my sewing and craft space. Again. I stopped counting at 9 unfinished projects and 7 un-started projects (not counting the hundred I've seen on Pinterest!). Today there is no "I made it" because I haven't got a single thing finished to show you this week. Totally my own fault, I start projects then I don't finish them because I stop when something goes wrong, or it take so long I miss the event (ie birthday) for which it was meant, or I get bored with stuff and yeah, I have a short attention span!

So instead of a finished project, I shall share My Sewing Commandments:

Thou shalt complete project thy art sewing upon; begin ye no new projects until then.

Thou shalt measure thrice and cut only once.

Thou shalt not pin. Anymore.

Thou shalt not covert thy friends fabric stash.

Thou shalt spread the sewing love. Do you want some?

Thou shalt not enter such premises as here and here to "just look"

Thou shalt embark on projects more complex than a bunch of straight lines

Thou shalt sew for love not money

(I <3 rainbows!)

Commandments 1 and 7 are strictly being adhered to as I'm now part of a little sewing group. Suzi is good for me! I'm working on finishing the mountain of stuff I have started and this month I'm attempting a zip. Eek! I'm off now to help my big girl choose some fabric for project #6!

Be Happy

M