day 3

It's been a glorious day here in Adelaide, and what's even better, a public holiday! We started off with delicious pancakes and strawberry sauce, chilling out at home, a beautiful walk to get some vitamin D and now a BBQ at mum and dad's place to finish it off!! AND I really know spring is here now...itchy eyes this morning, nothing an antihistamine didn't fix!
...the recipe for the strawberry sauce is dead easy. cut up at least a punnet of strawberries, add some sugar a dash of water and simmer...give it a taste and if it needs to be sweeter add more sugar! can't be easier than that!

congratulations Mandy and Arthur....day 2 of blogtoberfest!

We have had a massive day!We were in the band at church in the morning...it was daylight savings change over so we had to technically get up an hour earlier! then we were in the band for Mandy and Arthur's wedding this afternoon! Two precious people becoming husband and wife. What a happy day and wonderful occasion to witness two people in love!

Mandy's kids Josh and Kayla were stunning and played in the band with us. They are tops! and now we have been to the party and now I am sneaking in my blogfest post...I almost failed on the 2nd day!

better late then never- blogtoberfest day 1

So I am a day late joining in...for the whole of October the challenge is to blog every day! Let's see if I can do it! This lady is the brains behind the operation, and there are quite a few peeps participating! I think I'm up for the challenge! Wish me luck!

I had fun this week!

I went on a camp this week for high school aged students. I have to admit I wasn't heaps excited to be going. But it was loads of fun! Here are some pics from the week! 

 The biggest pass the parcel EVER!! 

i'm off..

like milk in the sun...
no just kidding!
I'm off on a camp this week to Port Hughes with some lovely highschool students...for a holiday camp called Christian life week!!
Wish me luck, I have packed enough treats to sink a battle ship!

new treats in the shop!

check out the shop!!

an intervention had to be staged...

...on Thursday night, Miss C alerted Jek and I of the cheap wool that was running out the door at spotlight, Miss C works there so she would know! Now mum had knitted C a sort of scarf slash neck warmer slash collar thing...I don't have a photo to show yet but will in time...and Mum offered to knit Jek and I one too! How nice!

so we went and picked out buttons and wool! Mine is going to be blue Jek's will be red...and then I found some other lovely wool to crochet and knit with...perhaps a special scarf for our special trip! But then I went a little crazy...

I started drolling when I saw this fabric, it bothers me slightly that the Christmas things are in the shops...but seriously how lovely is this fabric! There was more...BUT that's when Jek really stepped in, thank goodness! I needed someone who had a clear head, who wasn't being swayed by the bright lights and lure of all the great things that spotlight had to offer us that night. She helped me see reason, and for that I am thankful! 

So back to the saving for our trip and I think it's just best if I stay away from Spotlight for now!

happy 4th birthday!

A while ago when I was reading some of my favourite blogs I came across someone who was celebtrating the first birthday of their blog and I thought wow that's great! How cool, how fun...and then I thought hang on a second how long have I been in bloggy world!?

And the answer is...4 years!!!!...4 years! wowzers!

4 years ago to this date I was sitting in my friends bedroom...well her childhood bedroom she was visiting her parents here in Adelaide...and her husband helped me sign up! I did go back and have a look at some of those earlier posts! It was fun to do that and see how much has changed in the how much hasn't in the past 4 years! What a great way to keep a track of what happens. an online journal! it's been really fun and I have really embraced it in the past year! and I look forward to more years of bloggy goodness!

So Lozalicious...Happy 4th Birthday lady!

modern day jumanji

this was on tv last night...we totally got sucked in...it's totally jumanji...just set in space..it also has dax shepherd in it who you'll also find in parenthood! ha

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I love these photos! We got them taken on my birthday!...which was back in march, they are on our fridge! And I smile when I see them!

Happy Saturday friends I hope you are having a wonderful day! xx

sicko

I've been rather sick since Wednesday, as in lay down all day so not to cause dizziness, keep up with the nurofen every four hours, aching all over and fever, have 3 days off of work type of sick. It's been really sucky, but finally I can see my way out, I have actually been able to do somethings today like walk around and tackle the dishes and dirty clothes. Now Tim has it! The problem with having so many sick days is the work piled up at work...but I am not going to think about that...until tomorrow. I came to realise that TV is really rather crap! BUT on the plus side I did get to watch some great movies!

I hope you are feeling healthy and well today! x 

celebrate with a giveaway!

A very clever lady I know is celebrating her 400th post! pretty cool huh!? AND to celebrate she is having a giveaway! And she wants everyone to be in on the fun! Rachel is a talented photographer....that's one of hers just there! She is very passionate about her art and very clever in the craft area too! So go check out her blog, it's lovely and there is a link to her flickr site and her etsy shop to put an entry in!

The winner will win 2 of her beautiful prints of YOUR choice! What have you got to loose! Go on go over and have a look! :)

we have a...

...woman prime minster...and this time she was elected by the people of Australia...well sort of! It's a pretty interesting time in Australia's history and politics...even if you're not that interested in politics!

generosity

oh wow! when I got home my here comes the sun package was awaiting for me!All wrapped up pretty!

and WOW oh WOW I got totally spoilt!

A beautiful birdy, some body shop loveliness, an amazing button necklace, a hanky and a hair clip!

Not to mention this clever little gift!

If you look in the photo above this one the friend to friend card revealed two tea bags!

Rhiannon you are a generous wonderful woman I feel so lucky to have been your swap partner! Thank you! 

If you want to check out how the other ladies in the swap got spoilt check out the flickr page!

i heart crochet and cupcakes

A few months ago I bought this lovely brooch....but it was only 50% true! Yes I did heart cupcakes...but I have no idea how to crochet....

on Saturday that all changed!

I started using some yellow from a small bag of leftovers I bought from the op shop sometime ago...and so it made a small square!

it's a little wonky but I am pretty stoked for a first effort!

perhaps a coaster set or a little doily for a vase full of flowers? 

spring craftanoon

What an awesome afternoon! Craftanoon day...gosh I love the work Craftanoon! So some really pretty ladies (Jek, Bec, Mumma, Jodi, Kirsten, Janelle, Anisia, Sarah, Alex, Penny and Ruth) came over this afternoon to craft...and eat copious amounts of baked goods!

that cake says craft :)....and Sarah made an amazing caramel mint crisp pie...come to think of it I didn't end up trying it...mmmm

mumma made scones and a scarf, anisia made banana cake

there was plenty of tea and beautiful flowers to pretty up the place!

oh and the scones were heart shaped!

oh my...and I learnt to crochet! Just quietly...Kirsten is ace

THE WEATHER however...rainy windy and cold...BUT it didn't bother us! Hopefully the craftanoon will encourage the spring weather to arrive!

Hope you'e had a wonderful Saturday!

spring....has not sprung!

It's the first of September! A big hip hip Hooray!! We have some really nice days the last few...but today is overcast...gloomy and I think it is definitely going to rain! (which is probably good we do need rain!) BUT I will not be deterred! Spring is so close I am so happy, I am done with winter...for now! I need some vitamin D before we go on our trip over Christmas!

To celebrate I am having a craftanoon on Saturday!

AND I added some new magnets to the etsy store!

I even finished my "here comes the sun" swap treats early and posted them yesterday! Which was good because I was a bit stuck to begin with and then the inspiration came...LIKE I hope spring will!

Happy September! xx

my place or yours....why you live where you do?

Hello! I thought I would play along with my place or your again...it's been a few weeks! This weeks theme is fun! Why do you live where you do! 

well....there's a bit of a back story to this one! At the ends of 2005 I had just finished my uni degree in social work. I was living in beautiful Brisbane. My family were living in Adelaide. After finishing uni I came down to Adelaide for the Christmas holidays and I was looking for a job, not necessarily just in Adelaide. I applied for jobs in Brisbane too. I remember being quite stressed about getting the applications in and receiving a fair few knock back letters. But on Christmas day when I saw a job advertised as a youth worker at a church and school I knew that I should apply. I applied, had an interview and the same night received a call to say I had the job. But I wasn't sure I wanted it...did I want to leave beautiful Brisbane, my friends, the good music scene (which was very important to me!)??? I had applied for a few jobs in Brisbane and did have a couple of interviews. I was offered a job there BUT it was for a small contact of 3 months, this job wad for a year and then possibility to extend. I went back to Brisbane a couple of days later and found it really hard to make the decision. I talked with some trusted, level headed friends and finally made the decision: yes I will move to  Adelaide.

I started early 2006 and it was a really hard year. I was working part time between 2 places and wasn't getting a whole lot of money so tried looking for other part time social work jobs which were hard to come by. I ended up working in a chocolate cafe for about 6 months. There were about 3 times throughout the year that I wanted to pack it in and go back to Brisbane. I missed my friends, the weather, the music. I was pretty lonely. And Adelaide was clicky...and REALLY cold in the winter!But I hung in there and made it through the first year and by mid 1st term 2007 I was full time between Concordia and St Johns.

At the start of 2007 though I met this boy...

He moved from Brisbane to Adelaide to study. The funny thing is I actually knew his older brother AND sister from Brisbane but never met him! We met, fell in love and got married last year in July. We live (and rent) in a  SMALL two bedroom unit in North Adelaide, owned by the place that Tim studies at. It's a fantastic location near a beautiful park, lots of cafes and food areas and very close to the cbd. We will live here for the next couple of years until Tim finishes his study. Then who knows. Tim was (and will hopefully return to study next year) studying to be a minister in the Lutheran church. Once the study is finished we will be placed for Tim's first parish which could be in anywhere in Australia or New Zealand. Which is daunting but exciting at the same time!

So I live where I live because of my work and my love!

Why do you live where you live!? Check out helloowl to see other people's living arrangements! 

Mr David...Mrs Fiona!

 We had the pleasure of attending Fiona and David's wedding yesterday in the beautiful Clare valley. On her families farm to be exact. We drove from Adelaide on Saturday morning (which is about a 2 hour drive) and got to the place we were staying and quickly got ready and went. The rain held off and it was wonderful!This is David waiting.... 

Fiona with her mum and Nana...    

the very happy couple sharing their first kiss as husband and wife! and a little bit of the amazing view...the rain held off!

Fiona was stunning!

cutting the cake

I think I met Fiona sometime in 2003 when I was in Brisbane for uni, we somehow got to be in a small group at a church and so did this lovely lady...the cute little man wasn't! I haven't seen Bec in over a year and is this Amos...who we got to meet yesterday...He is a CUTIE!!! and it is such a delight to see Bec as a mum!

Fiona is crafty and she did a beautiful job with all the extra little bits. This is a fairly crappy photo of her bouquet...but it is made of buttons, and fabric...just gorgeous! The shearing shed on her parents property was decked out beautifully with lovely flowers, fairly lights candles and a little kids area with blackboard and colouring pencils...and even a mattress for when the little ones got tired!

It was an honour to be there to witness these two wonderful people become one! 

Congratulations Fiona and David! xx