tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348861512012-02-15T14:26:37.214+10:30Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.comBlogger5081100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-67948035091319568412012-02-11T15:20:00.000+10:302012-02-11T15:20:13.928+10:30

 I took a bunch of photos for last weeks theme outside...and then never got around to sharing them...maybe some other time! these are some of what is on our walls here at unit 6! if you want to have a sticky at some other walls head over to Vic's at Punky and me!

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there is so much to be grateful for this week...a dear friend had her baby on Wednesday. Welcome to this world little Harley! We CAN NOT wait to meet you little one!Tim's sister (who's got a bun in the oven!) and brother in law moved in right down the road... literally! They used to live in QLD so is it VERY nice to have them as new neighbours!...and new jobs...well I talked enough about that

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Sometime last year I decided it was time for a change in my work. I thought about it a lot, got stressed and worried about it for a lot of reasons but finally decided to resign from both parts of my job as youth worker (at school and church) at the end of 2011...without having another job to go to. Before I resigned I started looking for work and things were very slow...I think I am still waiting

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1. The lovely Sarah and her baby belly2. Proud parents Brad and Di with little Remi 3. The Groom as he saw his Bride for the first time 4 and 5 old friends 6. Mr Rosemary Moustache 7. Our room 8. lots of balloons 9. Uncle Tim and Isabelle 10. THAT CAKE! 11. Happy birthday! 12. Dessert Bar 13. hands down creamiest most delicious triple brie I tried on our holiday!

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 "the spilsburys"my summer holiday has drawn to a close.I have had a wonderful time.I finished one job and tomorrow I start a brand new one...little nervous...and excited,,,I had the chance to relax, idle the time away, complete some projects and spend some quality time with both sides of the family.This last week and a bit has been ace...I saw my very pregnant best buddymet a brand new little

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we're all going on a summer holiday, no more working for a week or...2!I'm outty people, off to the Gold Coast to hang with these beloveds...plus a couple of extra cuties who have been born since this holiday back in January 2010!See ya in a couple of weeks!

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I'm not sure how I originally came across this but when I read it I thought that is totally what I am getting Tim for Christmas. So the idea is to plan a date for every month of the year, each month has an envelope with the date details, some have vouchers in, some have pictures of where/what we will be doing (eg. restaurant, walking in a national park). It was lots of fun to put together and Tim

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There are so many good things about holidays...one very good one is there are lots of opportunity's AND time to go op shopping! This is what I found in my travels this week!Found a beautiful mismatched cup and saucer at a lovely collective in Hahndorf.  I took a trip to savers with a couple of lovelies and found some great work pants, and lovely doilies and wool! The doilies I have in mind for

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It only took me a year but that's OK! :)Yesterday to the date Tim and I arrived back from overseas. It was a ripper trip one we'll probably never get to do again and I have thought back to that trip many times over the last 12 months and thought...that was so good! While on that trip I made a list of some goals/tasks I wanted to complete in the time I was 27. You can see the list here. Some

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 We had a lovely New Years Eve. Last year we were sipping Cosmo's in Hamberg. this year we were having a few quiet drinks at home with 2 of my sisters, playing games and eating delicious food. Have you ever seen the movie Four Holidays? There is a scene in it where they play Taboo and one couple just keep getting it right one after the other it's very funny...well Bec was describing this and it

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How did this year go by so fast? This time last year we were travelling to Hamberg from Berlin, almost on the last leg of our big trip. We also received this text a year ago to say these darling little ones had arrived into the world! And now they are 1! (sorry Luke hope you don't mind me nabbing your photo!)Unfortunately we don't live in the same state so we haven't had a lot of physical contact

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This is so lovely!Happy New Years Eve!

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We had a fantastic day yesterday! We went to church then headed over to Mum and Dad's place for lunch...which turned into afternoon tea and then dinner too!some seriously silly people... :)   Nana really had the moves for Bocce! Bocce was a present for Jek from her secret santa...who was me! There were a lot of laughs! It was insane how many times Jek got ridiculously close to the jack! I think

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When I sew I usually stick to the things I know, I make things up and usually follow VERY SIMPLE patterns. I always need pictures to show me what it is supposed to look like so I know I am on the right track! I started making this table runner the other night...I bought the fabric, washed it and then it sat there for a few days....I had the pattern but no picture, my mum had the original pattern

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We have this calendar that was given to us for our wedding...or engagement...I've been more diligent lately in flipping it over each day...except for this week when I flipped this over a couple of days lateAnd it was exactly the encouragement I needed to hear that day...It's sort of serendipitous like thatxx

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image creditI'm about to finish up the job I have been doing for the past 6 years. There's a tinge of sadness and some excitement about what will be next. But the last few weeks have been a little crazy, what with end of year school wrapping up, Christmas dinners, carols nights, end of year youth break ups, advent evenings, secret santa presents etc etc etc. Tonight I can honestly see the light

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I have... walked a labyrinth...several times organised a really cute children's address about sheep talked to teenagers, one on one, in groups...and in front of the whole school TRIED to go Christmas shopping written some Christmas cards seen an old friend applied for many jobs went to the doctor tried to blog... cooked many cookies and cupcakes for a bake sale went to a baby shower went to a job

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I've been meaning to post this for yonks...but with my blog hangover and leaving my camera in several places I never got around to it! My final bunts have arrived...one went waylaid but I got 19 in the end and I love them all. These final ones are from the lovely Yaga, Christina, Cyndy, and Julie. Thank you all!It was a great swap to be involved in! It's definitely made me think about giving

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it's these little ladies birthday today! 19...obviously this photo is a little old...circa 1993...or sowe missed their 18th last year because we flew overseas the day before...see them when they were 17 hereit has been a real joy to see them grow from these cute (and at the time I sometimes thought annoying) bubbas to the beautiful ladies they are today.Rebecca Maree is a thoughtful and sensitive

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imagebut unlike the picture suggests, they were good surprises! Some of which I outlined on Tuesday!We had a visit from some special friends passing through back to WA, they popped in one night and then we got have breakfast with them and their little bub. It was lovely.A lovely friend is pregnant. It's very ace news! That takes it up to about 8 ladies I know who are for shiz up the spout and

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...I think I have a bit of a hang over from Blogtoberfest...and Frocktoberfest...and perhaps life I can't seem to get on the bloggy band wagon again,. Over the weekend I went to blog but couldn't find my camera...but I remembered that I had had it in my office earlier that day, so though oh well I'll just do that post another time. When I went to work this morning...my camera wasn't where I

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There is a super cute cafe in our suburb, just opened 8 weeks ago! I went and visited yesterday and bought a birthday present for my sissys. It is a lovely space with gifts and coffee. And the owner is super lovely! Like the kind of lady and cafe you want to be first name basis with! :) So if you are in the Adelaide area...go and visit E for Ethel on Melbourne Street. 

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 Thursday 27th- this is one of my favourite skirts...I can wear it with the blue at the front...or the brown at the front! Bit fun! Bought from Irving baby Friday 28th- I have had this dress for so long I forget when I got it...but it's definitely from the Op shop! Saturday 29th- I got this dress from a clothes swap...I felt a bit overdressed at the camp I was at to begin with.... Sunday 30th-

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...stumbling at the last hurdle again with this blogtoberfest caper! First the internet decided to stop working Then I was at a camp with no net access Then it was the internet still being stoooopid when I got home! So today marks the end of a VERY busy month with blogging AND frocking it up! I'll be back to share my last installment of frocktober and other such tales when I have recovered! :)

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Week 4 I'm in fine form! :) this little purple, pink and white number got another feature! (Saturday 22nd)Sunday 23rd October- I love this dress, a very dear friend found it for me at a Childers op shop a number of years ago...for like $2 or something crazy like that! It's lovely! Monday 24th October... I can't actually remember when and where I got this dress...probably in Bundy sometime! I am

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 It has been so lovely over the last few weeks to go to the letter box and find something fun to open...you know something OTHER than a BILL! Rachel over at squiggly rainbow organised the bunting swap! And it was so enjoyable to be apart of! Thanks Rachel!, I have received bunts from (in no particular order): Rachel, Kirsty, Bronwyn, Faith, Sam, Lionesslady, Nicole, Lea, Leah, Sophie, Amy,

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photo taken a few days ago...today was infact their last day! before exams!how did this year go by so quick?It doesn't feel like very long ago since I farewelled the class of 2010!I've known some of these students since they started school in 2006...as little year 7's. I once was taller than them...now...well they have left me for dead. I've come to know many ace young men and woman. Some are

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 My sister is a little bit clever, sometimes annoyingly so! :) Just kidding! She's very clever with the crochet hook. After the weekend and the market, I had a few little brooches left over...I have been a bit slack with the Lozalicious etsy shop. So thought I would get into gear and put some new treats in the shop! Perhaps you'd like to do some early Christmas shopping? Or perhaps you have some

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Vic at Punky and me has bought back the delightful my place or yours! This week we're sharing our pincushions! I received this lovely pin cushion in a swap...a little while ago perhaps as long as 18 months ago from the talented Myrtle and Eunice! You can actually get the pattern off her blog...and get the tattoo done! I'm seriously considering it!more pincushions over...here

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It was a beautiful day for a market. I'm glad Fiona bought an umbrella otherwise we would have got very hot!Tonight I put my feet up!xx

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Far out how quickly is October going!? I'm in the full swing of these frocks/skirts! although there have been more skirts than frocks this week! Saturday 15th October- this beautiful green and black patterned skirt I got from the OP shop while visiting Bundy in September. I found it in the costume area...it had a big chunky gold thing on the front which I took off. It is super comfy and flowy and

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 my creative space this week is a bit of a mess!it's also taken the kitchen table hostage! It;s all because this weekend a lovely friend and I are having a stall at this market! I had one there last year and it was so much fun! A great place to do your first market! My mumma will be coming along too to help out and drink cups of tea with us! So I've been busy finishing badges, magnets, brooches

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...are seriously cute! I mean come on! Look at this face!  this little Belle is a cheeky monkey. She is also very smart and loving! it was really cute last time we saw her in may...it had just been easter and she had learnt the word egg... These little munchkins are growing up so quick! this little Ava has found her voice! I often hear her squealing in the background when on the phone to the 

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image creditHow cool would it have been to grow this potato! I probably wouldn't have wanted to cut it up!Have you ever seen a vegetable that was a shape that it wouldn't "usually" be?...scrapping the barrel today a bit :)

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image creditI remember when this movie was released the first time round...in 1994. We (my sister Jek and I) went to the movies with a good family friend. My little sisters were only very small. It was a special outing for just the big girls! I remember getting the Video...yes NOT the DVD for Christmas one year and we watched it and watched it and watched it...that video is still at mum and dad's

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check out this ladies etsy shop...lots of cute prints!

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for... a pretty decent weeka birthday boyfamily dinner which had it heated moments but also the laughing so hard you wheezeinput from an interesting conferencean inspiring, interesting and engaging strategic planning day (I must note here this was today and I was not doing so well this morning when I woke up...but it was a really great, positive and moving forward type of daygetting through

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Another week in the life of Frocktober! It has been a fun week trying to think of which dress I'll wear next! Although I'm a little bit conscious of feeling overdressed all the time! AND the weather is being REALLY temperamental here in Adelaide...so it's more dress over jeans weather! But it is nice to don a frock each day!Saturday 8th- I got this dress from Miss Shop a few years ago...I really

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I've been having fun this week with a couple of extra days off during the week cause of School holidays! I saw this idea a few weeks ago. Pre-planned dates for a whole year. I got very excited instantly and thought that was a really fun idea. We can get a bit lazy in the date department and tend to do the same things...maybe we'll branch out a bit with this! So after I finished my bunt's the

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It's my beloveds birthday today.He likes playing games with Zombies in them...and so I thought this card was an appropriate choice!He's a bit blog shy...I took a photo of him before with his new Weber (a birthday gift purchased with birthday money!) and he said...that's not for your blog is it...knows me too well. :0 Happy Birthday Timothy I love you you to the moon and back xxxx

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The diary of Anne Frank...have you read it?I made myself a challenge to read it this year I finally found it at the library and read it.When we were in Amsterdam last year we visited the house in which the Frank and Van Daan families hid during world war 2.I enjoyed reading the story of these families from the eyes of Anne, it was also very sad. But I also found it quite hard to read, like I felt

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my bunt is completed...they are in the post off to it's new ownersIt was lots of fun to make and I will probably make more!I used fabric from my stash and crocheted a flower for each with wool I already had. There was almost no 2 that were the same!Thanks Rachael from Squiggly Rainbow for hosting! I've already received many of my "bunts" I'll share them all once they have arrived!

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image creditHave you ever seen this show? Arrested Development? I hated it the first few times I watched it. The characters irritated me big time. But for some reason I got sucked in...I think because my sisters were watching it and I couldn't escape. I ended up really enjoying it and there are some great quotes we pull out every now and then. It only had 3 seasons between 2003 and 2006 and they

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It's been a few weeks since I have played along with gratefuls. I have so missed it...I had a couple of weeks when on Saturday I just couldn't get to the computer...and now we are in blogtoberfest...well I'm challenging myself to get to the computer! :)Amongst a lot of things I am grateful for this week I am going to tell you about the following four!1. The ladies I met with yesterday afternoon.

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  Wow. SO this first week of Frocktober I have learnt I am a bit of a lazy dresser! By lazy I mean I go to the same things in my cupboard day after day, week after week...there is something probably deeper and psychological about that but I'm not going to go into that! :) I first noticed this on Wednesday when I was heading up to a camp for the day. The weather outside SUCKED! It was miserable,

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Tonight I'm going out with some lady friends to listen to the musical talents of this...well talented and let's be honest... handsome man. I've been very much looking forward to it. Especially after hearing this song a while back.

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I've been at a camp the past couple of days supporting a young person as they lead an art elective.It was a lot of fun! And the finished product was really beautiful and was able to be admired and appreciated by many people.

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I went to a funeral today, of a man who has lovingly played the organ at the church I work at for the last...63 years. Incredible right. It was a bit of a shock to find out he'd passed away. But the story I want to tell is about the young boy he was teaching the organ to. Nikolai got up at the service today...I'm going to try and remember a little of what he shared. Nikolai and Don met at Easter

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-51975027364618611662011-10-03T21:45:00.000+10:302011-10-03T21:45:09.354+10:30

 Today I cut out my triangles for my bunting baked a cake and some cookies  enjoyed some sunshinehad a bbq with my familyit was a good public holiday!

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 A lovely lady I met a number of years ago. She lived in the same apartment block I did. We've been in touch on and off over the last little while. In January Chelsea and Finn got married...and now they are expecting their  first little bubba...in 6 weeks. As it happens we have quite a number of mutual friends (as in I know a number of her cousins who were there today! :) It was wonderful to

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let the fun and games begin!head over here to join in the fun!This month I'll be joining in at TinnyGirl and blogging each day for this month...I'll also be giving frocktober a go too...I made a goal back in march....and I'm doing a lame job at it! :)So I'll be here all month!

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We got the CD with all our photos from our family photo session with Sonya. There's some real crackers! I'm sure I'll be sharing more with you over blogtoberfest!  

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bunting from this swap...was awaiting me when I arrived home from peer support camp!hurray! I'll update you when it all arrives....and when I finish mine...better get cracking!

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image creditThis little blog turns 5 today! what the?It feels like I was wishing it a happy 4th birthday just the other week!I started off as a pretty dodgy blogger...but heck 5 years ago I didn't know about half the blogs I read today! It has become something I really enjoy. I've been involved in swaps, seen what my mates and friends who live far away are up to and in a way kept a semi regular

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I've just been to Bundaberg. It's been 3 years since I was last there and gosh it was good to visit. (my family and I lived there, I finished high school there) Perhaps it was so good because of the reason I was going! We were invited to a wedding of some very dear friends. 5 years ago I was in the groom's older sister's wedding. That was a bit of a mouthful! I had been hearing about the lovely

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-70696422611425627272011-09-14T19:27:00.000+09:302011-09-14T19:27:58.724+09:30

A few more from the weekend family photo shoot!    This last one captures my mum so well!

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from the weekend! :)

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-26592190850309069662011-09-11T21:32:00.001+09:302011-09-11T21:34:17.385+09:30

 So back in August Mum and Dad had their 35th wedding anniversary and we decided it was time to get some family photos done...other than our wedding photos we haven't had family photos in a really long time, I think when Bec and Courtney were still little bubbas...I think mum had to pull Courtney's dumming out of her mouth right before the photos were taken!  The very talented and ever lovely

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-57708810424088996292011-09-08T18:55:00.000+09:302011-09-08T18:55:01.324+09:30

yeah you're seeing right...that pig is diving into a pool!

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I ran 9kms this afternoon...and now I am in a world of pain.It all started about 3 or so months ago when one of the PE teachers at school said hey let's put a team in the city to bay fun run....which is 12 kms. I saw the email and thought, gosh I've NEVER run 12 km's in my life, I don't think I could go the distance...so I said I'll give the 6km run a go!I kept missing the training sessions

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 Good food good friends...and familycraft and some good conversation to welcome in spring...even though Saturday wasn't that sunny. It was a wonderful day for a craftanoon!

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...where August went...I'd appreciate you letting me know where it went! :)

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 I think I must be a little addicted to swaps at the moment! Cushions...postcards...now there is a fun bunting swap happening! HECK YES! Count me in!I've already emailed the lovely Rachel over at Squiggly rainbow! and I am set!who doesn't love a bit of bunting!!? No really I am asking! :)head over and say hi to Rachel and join in the fun! (pictures are from bunting made by a lovely friend for our

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-6108935703443958362011-08-25T18:24:00.000+09:302011-08-25T18:24:08.843+09:30

 A few weeks ago...or months I can't remember, I sent a friend an email. I didn't hear back from her for a while, a week or so which was odd, she's usually pretty quick to email back. I thought she's busy, no biggy! But when she emailed back she told me she had been trying to get off the computer a bit and do some crafty projects.It got me thinking. I had been feeling like the creativity was

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-38333744219139827032011-08-22T11:57:00.000+09:302011-08-22T11:57:51.481+09:30

 At the start of each school year my mum used to take a photo me and my sisters ready to go to school. It was a bit of a tradition! As a side note I think I might carry on the tradition when we have kids...and they eventually go to school!Today it's Tim's first day of his 8-9month pastor prac...mostly known as vicarage.He went off happily today looking forward to his meeting with his supervising

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-21762903869067634012011-08-20T21:05:00.000+09:302011-08-20T21:05:31.356+09:30

 It's not until you can't sleep in your bed that you really think...man I am grateful for my bed! Above is my makeshift bed for this weekend...on the carpet/ground in our loungeand our usual comfy bed!I'm doing the 40 hour famine this weekend. But instead of giving up food I have given up furniture. I've been at a conference all day and had to sit on the floor! It's pretty uncomfortable but it's

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-65812871697871200802011-08-18T21:41:00.000+09:302011-08-18T21:41:17.259+09:30

...would have been 30 todayHappy Birthday Stuart x

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Last year I learnt how to crochet...I quite enjoy it, but I'm still a bit dodgy at it, you know when you learn how to knit and you drop a stitch or split the wool? I'm still learning a simple stitch but I'm hanging in there and determined to try some different things. I thought I would give crocheting some flowers for this swap with the theme "bloom"assembling the postcard... My sister is a bit

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I watched this film/documentary last night on ABC 2 by Melbourne filmmaker Anna Brownfield. Gosh it was interesting and inspiring, challenging and thought provoking. There were many crafty ladies who spoke about why they craft. One was the delightful Pip. I've read Pip's blog for a couple of years now and love it. She is one creative and inspiring lady. Another one of the ladies was Casey who is

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-17192334863350226962011-08-14T17:42:00.000+09:302011-08-14T17:42:11.756+09:30

These are my parents the day they got married....35 years ago todaythey were 21It was a VERY wet day...pouring in fact...so I have been told...many times! :)Apparently when I was little I was playing with my sister and I said"Do you know what, we weren't even invited to Mummy and Daddy's wedding!"Happy Wedding Anniversary Ma and Pa may there be many more years of you doing life together and being

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-77113277262807107542011-08-14T14:04:00.000+09:302011-08-14T14:04:29.570+09:30

Have you ever been with someone on their first EVER visit to an OP shop? Yesterday I did! The lovely Alex announced to us when we had arrived at savers that it was her first time OP shopping! We've been planning this trip for weeks because it's new in SA and it's a fair way from where any of us live. Zoe was the one that had told us about! We were all so excited! And we ALL came away with some

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-12323907242076810772011-08-06T09:15:00.000+09:302011-08-06T09:15:51.838+09:30

I'm not sure where this story started. Whether it was when we had a few snafoo's with money (eg turning up to the airport the day after we actually meant to fly and having to pay for a new flight...and an expensive one!, or our car being on the blink...I won't go any further) or whether it was our mate asked us to go to the foo fighters and we had to say no because there was so much to pay on the

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-90159190333185602432011-08-03T22:06:00.000+09:302011-08-03T22:06:24.564+09:30

 it was 25 degrees in Adelaide...I mean Radalaide :) IN AUGUST...what the!I got zealous and wore sandles. It was a funny day for comments on what I was wearing. Someone said I looked lovely, someone (a student...I have known for a long time...) said I looked like I was going to a funeral...I had a lot of black on and then someone said it wasn't hot enough for sandles and then someone else said it

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-54350743585149617042011-08-01T14:45:00.000+09:302011-08-01T14:45:11.645+09:30

I'm listening to some of my old fave's today! The sun is shining...I sort of feel like cleaning...good thing too cause we have a guest later this week and I am totally going for a walk soon to get some vitamin d! it is a glorious day here in Radalaide!

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Hi Friends! I hope you are all having a wonderful Monday. I've been quite productive today, washing, dishes, doctors, birthday present for brother in law...and getting my tax done...slowly!I have a question for you, and a thank you! I love all your comments. I get so excited when people say a little hello at the end of my posts, it's wonderful! but I like to return the favour and especially if

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We got there in one piece...and decided to do a ceremonial photo by the welcome sign...I thought I had a bit of a double chin in this one...so took anotherIJek thought that was pretty hilarious...  We stocked up...and yes there are some vegetables in there somewhere under all the treats!the sun was out so we enjoyed lunch on our little outdoor setting before starting a GG marathon...only stopping

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How cool would it be to be one of those sophisticated looking ladies in the back singing with none other than Jonny Farnham. Thanks to Rach for the inspiration! Totally turned the frown upside down!

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-88217263960322252122011-07-19T10:15:00.001+09:302011-07-19T10:15:35.658+09:30

Image creditMy sisters and I are heading down to Goolwa for a couple of nights for our first (possible annual?...we'll see how well or not well this one goes!) sister trip! If you are familiar with South Australia it's down South near Victor Harbour, which is also close to Hindmarsh Island where cute little fairy penguins live!We've got plenty of DVD's, knitting needles...and wool, crochet hooks,

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It was around this time last year I had a crack at my first sewn postcard...it was fun...and I'm doing it again!...I've missed a couple in between but have some cracking ideas for this theme! Might involved some crochet fun! It'll also help me out with my 27 @ 27 challenge!head over here if you'd like to join in the swap!

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-61307279630526268182011-07-15T20:57:00.000+09:302011-07-15T20:57:37.418+09:30

skype is the bomb! it means I can talk to my beloved friend who lives in the UK for free...we don't do it nearly enough and even if the internet is deciding to be crap and cuts in and out...it's still great to hear her voice and catch up with what is going on in her part of the world!So I'm grateful for the genius who invented skype!for more grateful action head over to the lovely maxabella loves

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 This is what happens when we wear the same 2 pairs of jeans for 6 whole weeks walking around Europe... bugger...the holes are worth it cause we had a great trip...but the budget is pretty tight since coming back so I gotta make do and mend, and if they last til the end of the winter I will be stoked!So mum had some iron on hole fixer stuff...it has a name, you know what I mean! I just put it on.

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-6574615167005944242011-07-09T17:44:00.000+09:302011-07-09T17:44:36.318+09:30

the little bubba in this photo...is my sister...I'm the one in the middle.today is her birthday...she is 25  I went on a bit of a baking frenzy this morning for afternoon tea. I invited some of her lady friends to join us...there was enough food for about 30...but I we were about a third of that! :) There she is on the right enjoying one of her favourite pass times...drinking tea!She is such a

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I've spoken about my friend Kara here a couple of times...she was the friend with the baby shower a few weeks ago...She gave birth to this little bundle of joy yesterday...what a cool day to be born :)Welcome to this world Felix Jakobi, it was wonderful to meet you tonight and I hope we get to see you again soon, you are very cute and handsome. Seriously his nose SO sweet...I hope you will grow

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It's been a fun, enjoyable, challenging, sometimes down right hard, crazy, changing, adventurous, at times frustrating, stable and unstable at the same time, a time for learning, exciting and rewarding 2 years. Probably a couple of the best and most challenging years of my life so far. And he's the only one I could do it with.I love you my beloved, Happy Anniversary...I hope we have many more

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-58988264922961996272011-07-03T19:42:00.000+09:302011-07-03T19:42:19.837+09:30

 We had a lovely lady called Sonya take our photos for our wedding. Most of the photos used for all these wedding week posts have been by her (except for a few like my shoes and the teapots and truffles). Sonya is a graphic designer and when she shot out wedding she was working full time in that profession and doing wedding photography on the side.   (some photos of the handsome men...they have

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 I'm blessed with 3 younger sisters...so it was pretty easy to work out who my bridesmaids were going to be. I have been bridesmaid for a couple of my close friends but they helped out in other special ways for the day.They spoilt me with a wonderful hens night. Including a body shop party at my parents place, delicious dinner...where pretty much everyone bought mini quiche! ha so funny... B and

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This week has been a bit of a struggle.  Last week my mum lost her dad and so this week my immediate family, Mumma bear, Papa Bear and myself and 3 sisters all made our way over to Western Australia from South Australia, some by plane some by car. It  has been a really emotionally draining week. It was almost impossible to get out of bed this morning because I was so physically, mentally and

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-79267530331466433372011-07-01T12:53:00.000+09:302011-07-01T12:53:26.990+09:30

We went to Tasmania for our honeymoon! It was fantastic! We saw snow, ate LOTS of really yummy food. Stayed in some really nice places...it was great. staying in doors a fair bit too! ;0...The only down side was that Tim was really sick! :(We threw snow balls at each other on the top of Mt WellingtonEnjoyed Hobart and the Salamaca MarketsWe took a chair lift in the Botanical Gardens...I nearly

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-71738340398640974502011-06-30T10:01:00.000+09:302011-06-30T10:01:54.720+09:30

stockings and shoes the beautiful flowersThe delicious food...and the lovely people who served it!  our invitations...and order of service made by this talented lady...she also did the power point too...

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It's not secret I love badges...so I wanted to share the badge love on our wedding day. I hired a badge maker for a day and went to town. I have a lot of fun...so much so I ended up buying a machine to keep...forever! We decided we would get some delicious truffles from this lady, she did us a good deal because I worked there for about 6 months when I moved to Adelaide in 2006. They are really

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-21273348742724109872011-06-28T15:31:00.000+09:302011-06-28T15:31:04.943+09:30

I pretty much covered this one all in one little hanky... My Nana had this handkerchief at her wedding...60+ years ago...so it was REALLY old! It was also borrowed...and in the middle of the hanky was a beautiful little square piece of blue fabric...and of course it was new to me!  My dress was new....I did a post just completely dedicated to my wedding dress a while back...I loved it. The lady

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-49791532418212119272011-06-27T11:34:00.000+09:302011-06-27T11:34:12.122+09:30

It's almost 2 years since Mr Spilsbury and I tied the knot! We've been loving each other...and driving each other crazy ever since! This lovely ladyrecently got married and she had a wedding week to show some of the lovely features of her and her husbands wedding. So I am taking a trip down memory lane and re living some of my favourite moments and memories. I hope you enjoy along with me! :)

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I went op shopping with a couple of my sisters...quite a few weeks ago, but never got a chance to share all the treats we found! I showed them a few op shops they hadn't been to before in the eastern burbs of Adelaide....actually it was the same day I found these treats..These beautiful canisters were out on the discount table at this wonderful shop... I was pretty stoked!check out some more

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-69390035178650875902011-06-25T16:30:00.001+09:302011-06-25T16:30:38.432+09:30

 You know when you get together with a group of friends and you have such a nice time...4 hours go by without even realising it... My sister decided to surprise a friend for her birthday and do high tea for her at her house...we slept through alarms this morning so there wasn't any cucumber and egg sandwiches but there were scones... and delicious cupcakes and PLENTY of delectable tea.So today I

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I got a call early yesterday morning from my mumma to say that her papa had died. He's been in hospital for a couple of weeks after getting sick, with a chest infection. It's been a pretty sad time.  Mumma went to Perth to visit because he didn't recognise one of mum's sisters and so she thought she better go. We thought there was going to be recovery and rehab but on Monday he went downhill.I'll

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It has been an intense week. Good intense though! I went to a conference about self care. The church I work for had it's national lay workers (people who aren't ordained as ministers) conference held at the beautiful sunshine coast. It was perfect timing, I totally needed to get out of my work space and have a good hard think about where I am with what I am doing, why I have been a bit of a crazy

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-80622875299135805402011-06-13T21:06:00.001+09:302011-06-13T21:07:31.552+09:30

For some reason I really enjoy this show.It's a bit of a chance to just sit and go into a pretend world for an hour. The world of Nina and her pretty crazy family and their sometimes pretty crazy world. The things that happen can be a bit far fetched...but hey it's nice to escape every now and then.We're here in Qld this week, I'm going on a conference and Tim is hanging out with his folks. It's

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-23146724250006817312011-06-12T09:58:00.000+09:302011-06-12T09:58:53.353+09:30

Wow this is exciting! I mean I was only reminiscing of our trip just over a week ago. And I was just checking out this wonderful blog...and what did I find! Oh Gosh!The lovely Jordan, her husband and kidlets moved to Paris around 4 months ago and now they hosting a give-away for 2 people, flights paid to Paris for 7 nights!we were in Paris in December. It was wonderful How cool would it be to win

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886151.post-81112028476700864692011-06-11T17:21:00.000+09:302011-06-11T17:21:59.779+09:30

There are a few parts to this story. The first part I am taking a course at the moment for some professional development and personal development too I guess. When the course started we had to set a few goals about what we wanted to achieve during the course. One of mine was being assertive in my work and the people I work with (and in my personal life too, but the course is more about your work)

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imageI really enjoy blogging ...but at the moment I feel like I'm in a bit of a blogging rut...or maybe it's I don't have time to blog when events and interesting things happen...or maybe winter is setting in and I need a dose of can be botheredIt could also be that our Internet has been major temperamental...Whatever it is hopefully my blogging mojo will be back soon! 

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