frocktoberfest-the 3rd week!

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 pretty...shame the picture is a bit crummy!

 Sunday 16th- I got this dress from a market in Freo...I really like it. I wore it to Tim's sisters wedding. It's a bit low in the front but I wore a little skivvy underneath which has a v neck too...went well and it was a little cooler this day so worked well!

 Monday 17th- dress from the salvos...it's a tad tighter than when I bought it...but doesn't look too bad! It has cute buttons on the bodice!

 Tuesday 18th- My sister made this skirt! It's super cute apples...This photo has taught me I need to get Tim to photograph me the rest of the month!

 Wednesday 19th- A work mate told me I looked cute today...so I was able to tell all about frocktober!

Thursday 20th- back to a lovely skirt. I got this for a birthday a few years ago. It's reversable and you can style it into 20 different styles...but I lost the instruction leaflet...apparently you can even wear it as a dress/frock!

Friday 21st October- the plain jane black skirt I'd had for years...comfy with tights!

check out the rest of my frocktober journey here and here!

my creative space

 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 and cute little pear pin cushions!

Check out more creative spaces over here!

the little spilsburys...

...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 Sydney spilsburys!

Obviously Belle had a busy day!I can't wait to give these little ladies lots of kisses in January!

My sweet sister in law sent me an email today and said here is some inspiration if I was scrapping the barrell again! Lots of photos of the cutie pies!! thanks Anna!

heart shaped....

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How 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 :)

lynee king

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I 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 house.

Lynee king is what my little sisters called it! they used to say some funny things...they still do come to think of it.

So today on a lovely day off I am going to go see it again! I wonder if I'll cry in all the same places!

Happy Monday Everyone!

etsy crush

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

grateful

for...

 a pretty decent week

a birthday boy

family dinner which had it heated moments but also the laughing so hard you wheeze

input from an interesting conference

an 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 day

getting through another week of frocktoberfest....and blogtoberfest!

Peace in my heart...

and now to put my feet up in front of the tv...we're totally leaving the dishes til tomorrow!

more gratefuls head over to maxabella!

Frocktoberfest week 2

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 like wearing it over jeans because otherwise it is WAY too short!...for me anyway!

Sunday 9th- I bought this skirt recently on a savers trip!

Monday 10th- this dress cost me $5 new...

Tuesday 11th- from the salvos down the road from me, it has cute little cats on it!

Wednesday 12th- I got this dress from a market from a basket marked $5 I think. It is in amazing condition and quite thick material.

Thursday 13th- I bought this dress about a year ago and this may have been the first time I wore it! I can't believe it! It is super fun and so comfortable! I think it'll be great in the summer

Today! 14th October- I've had this dress for donkies of years!

I'm approaching the territory of dresses that I have worn to weddings now...so I am either going to be ULTRA dressed up or more skirts are going to feature! :)

If you want to learn more about frocktober head over here

my creative space

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 other day I got to getting envelopes etc ready! I had fun! 

 I got creative in the kitchen and made some pesto yesterday...it was freakin delicious!

and of course my bunts! they took up most of my creative space...and table space before I posted them off! :)

More creative cats over here!

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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.
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Happy Birthday Timothy
I love you you to the moon and back xxxx

Anne

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 weighed down when reading it. 

I also recently finished the book thief (which is also set during world war 2) and REALLY enjoyed it. You should check it out. What have you read lately?

bunt

my bunt is completed...

they are in the post off to it's new owners

It 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!

it's arrested development

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Have 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 have been hinting at a movie for a LONG time. Well this past week they...I'm not sure who exactly...I just got a text from my sister telling me..so I guess she announced it that they were making a fourth season to lead up the movie...and the movie!!  I'm rather excited about it!

grateful

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. We all have husby's who have started their "pastor prac" we met to see how each of us were going. It was really good. We have all had very different experiences so far. I am the only one out the 6 of us who don't have kids. I am also the only one who works full time (one other lady works close to it). So I have had a really different experience when it comes to that! It was really interesting to listen how most were finding not having their husby's at home as much they realised how much they were missing their home support. Tim's prac has been good so far, a couple of ups and downs but for the most part pretty smooth. We do see each other less but we are getting into a better flow...most of the time...

2. I'm grateful for being able to come and go as we please. We've had a hectic week, dinner here and there, a fabulous concert. Today we laid down for a half hour nap...that turned into 2 hours (hopefully I'll still be able to go to sleep tonight). Although I am REALLY looking forward to having chickadees (kids) one day our time isn't yet but as we wait for that time I am grateful for the time Tim and I have together.

3. Sister act marathons with lovely ladies for birthday celebrations...with hot chocolate and treats...enough said really!

 4. THESE CUTIES

who are growing up SO FAST! And they are even bigger than this...the photos I was looking for...for some reason will not appear on the computer! But you get the point! They are pretty stinking cute!

check out more gratefuls back at home this week at Maxabella's!

frocktober...the first week...

 

 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, deary and misty. And it was a camp for teenagers as if I needed to be wearing a dress! Bit over the top. HA so I settled on a skirt and decided that counted...because heck who owns 31 dresses...and if you do that's incredible! Although after writing that I went and checked how many dresses and  skirts I have...and I'm not going to have to double up too much!

Tim got sick of taking a photo of me every day...pretty quick I'll eventually perfect it by the end of the month! 

Tonight

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.

wednesday

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.

today

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 this year at an Easter service. They were introduced by another guy from church and Don had asked how tall Nikolai was. Apparently he was not to short and not to tall to start learning the organ, just the right height! Nikolai reminisced on their first lesson where Don told him all about the organ, the different parts, how to look after it. Might not sound like a lot of fun to average Joe but for someone who loves music and was so happy to share all his knowledge on somewhat of a dying art form it was a wonderful time shared.

It was a wonderful tribute to his teacher. His teacher for only a short while but one Nikolai learnt a lot from and really valued. It bought a tear to my eye. 

Monday

 Today I cut out my triangles for my bunting

 baked a cake and some cookies 

 enjoyed some sunshine

had a bbq with my family

it was a good public holiday!

chelsea is having a baby

 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 celebrate with her, play some fun games and ooh and ahh over all the presents she got...well most of them were for the baby!

and there were heaps of food! including these REALLY cute little cars! Which would be super easy to make for another party...or heck just because! It was a lovely afternoon.

welcome blogtoberfest!

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!