calling all sleuths

it was a day like any other day, house hold chores completed, stitching started and coffee drunk. time to pick up the eldest child from school, mailbox checked as usual... squeals of delight as middle child finds a little package.

out of habit my first reaction is to turn it over to see who the sender is and this is what i found.

ok a little bit more investigation... look at stamps to find

so now i know it is someone here in my homeland. i scrutinize the writing and think that i can recognise the writing but it could be any number of people i know... aarrggg.

at this stage my curiosity level is off the chart and so is Mia's as she opens it up to find..

THE SWEETEST re-purposed wooden scrabble tile pendant with a babushka on the front!!

isn't she sweet??? even better in real life let me tell you.

who could have sent this to me?? and why???

when i get home i search the net for these pendants and find the exact one on a site for the pendant factory in Melbourne. my search is tightening... but i am useless at this sort of stuff so i need your help.

if you sent this to me please tell me, i really would like to repay you for your friendship, kindness and generosity. if anyone else out there knows anything about it please tell me!!

i really am the luckiest little chicken around!

smooches rosey

creative sicky bums

unfortunately our household has been under the siege of 'sicky bum' (bonser speak for diarrhoea) since Monday night. on Tuesday morning i was called home from work to pick up poor old lili as she had soiled herself and needed to be at home. poor old mick came home from work and spent that night and the next day on the toilet then last night Mia had her turn... she has been home today and seems to be on the mend already. the funny thing about this bug is that everyone seems to be in good health other than racing to the toilet every time a rumble begins. so what to do when you get to stay home from school?? you get crafty...

lili painted this wooden bear

and Mia begged to stitch something.

she asked me to draw a mouse, the problem is that i am not very good at drawing so here is her guide.

almost done not sure what to do with it...

the baby is almost awake and i have more stitching to do, fingers crossed that she doesn't catch THE BUG.

mmwwaaahh rosey

p.s. the luck keeps rolling... remember our visit to daybro day?? the girls entered a competition when we visited daybro the other day and mia and claudia won a $25 gift voucher each to a local book store! we are one lucky family

a post on a tuesday?

hello, i would not ordinarily be writing on my blog at 10:30am on a Tuesday morning but a little accident has brought me home... this morning 3 out of 5 people in this household felt ill... 3 out of 5 had toilet issues and 1 out of 5 'sharted' as she so eloquently put it. my eldest did have a slight accident in her knickers, but i didn't really give it much thought. 3 out of 5 decided to just keep soldiering on and headed off to before school care and work. 5 minutes after i got to work i got the call from before school care to say that the eldest had soiled her knickers and would need to go home. my profession does not respond well to this sort of conundrum at 8am in the morning. our blessed secretary rang a list of relief teachers and finally found someone to relieve me. i picked up a solitary lili from before school care and as soon as we reached home the toilet was in use... and has been frequented many times in the past 3 hours :( when i rang mister moo to tell him of the situation he was... you guessed it on the toilet!! yes he is one of the 3 that is under the weather. i wouldnt be surprised if he came home too. so that is the reason i am here and not at work.

onto nicer news...i discovered this blog coloured buttons a few weeks ago (cant remember who recommended her blog, might have been christy from sweet tidings) and have been totally blown away by her creativity. you really should check out her matchbox Monday posts... really creative. anyhow, a while ago Trixie found a toy rabbit who needed a name. Mia decided that the bunny should be called Minty and that is exactly what Trixie called the rabbit. in gratitude for finding a name, Trixie sent the girls a gift each!! yes my little girls are winners too.

Trixie sent them a little poseable worm, each one is different and oh so cute. Minty had also included some shells that she had gathered while in the sea ( you have to read the post on this toy to understand, just scroll down till you find it) and we have added them to our collection of miniature shells. thanks Minty! each worm came with a tag and from memory... lili called hers ~Megan~ Mia called hers ~minty~ (she really likes that name) and Claudia called hers ~Olivia~

i had to hunt them down in order to photograph them, i found one wrapped around a tea pot, another around a mini vase and another in the arms of my wooden art doll. and when they aren't hanging around on the hutch they are....

cuddling fairies or hanging round with lions or nibbling on our strawberries!

thanks a bunch Trixie, you really brightened their day! i just love them, they make me smile and i like it when they get moved around the house.

now don't hit me through the screen but... i have won another giveaway!! i didn't mean to honest. i entered a few giveaways from sew mama sews may giveaway and i won a gorgeous tissue case and some buttons, i am overjoyed. do your self a favour and head over to sew funky and scroll through her posts. her vintage fabrics are to die for! thanks Dione you are a gem.

ok off to feed the sick one some bland toast and hope that vomiting doesn't accompany this bout of 'sicky bum' as we like to call it round here.

mmwwaahhh rosey

Bonser Day Out

no photos to show... but we had a wonderful day at Daybro Day. i went to sleep on saturday night with the best intentions of going to mass to celebrate Pentecost Sunday at 9am however i just couldn't get myself showered and ready in time :) after feeling rather guilty with myself, i decided that we would do SOMETHING for a change. too many weekends go by where we spend the day cleaning and pottering and listen to the children bicker. so while i showered, mick and the girls got dressed and ready for trip to the Daybro. what a great day we had, the street closed to traffic and stalls all over the place and to top it off an antiques and collectibles fair! the weather was amazing and we really enjoyed strolling aimlessly all day. rides, trash and treasure, shows, cakes and good old fashioned church stall prices... boy what a day!!! i would like to add that is seems to be harder to find a bargain these days!! have a great week mmmwwwwaaahhh rosey

gotta love a good fete

i get all excited when i see a sign for a school fete, i have visions of wonderful trash and treasure stalls, book stalls, homemade treats and goodies and of course rides. one of the local state schools had their fete, but due to the unbelievable amount of rain Brisbane has had, instead of being spread out on an enormous field the stalls were all squished up near classrooms under cover. although this was the logical and appropriate place for the fete it meant that at least 1000 people were all pushing up against each other trying to get the best bargain or the SAME item. after a bit of pushing and shoving and $25 for 6 rides we headed home with these extremely cute hair clips. yes, swoon, those are tiny crocheted flowers attached to clips. even i have worn these to work this week!!

i must say that i have a wonderful husband but he really, really hates crowds and shopping. so after watching steam coming out of his ears as he negotiated the pram through the throng of young and old fete goers, we headed off to put Claudia to bed. the girls and i headed back to the fete and grabbed these little bargains at the trash and treasure stall.

this one was snatched by Mia...

and lili clutched onto this one. the lady charged them $5 for both which i thought was bit steep for a trash and treasure but it put a smile on my girls faces so it was worth it.

and i grabbed this little fella for myself! made in japan, this salt shaker was just calling me to take him home... and at 50cents i couldn't refuse.

and i bought this frame for $1.50 and couldn't wait to put this stitchery idea into it.

babalisme has posted this as a free download and has asked for people to embroider it. i had it lying around and voila look how sweet it is in this frame. at least i know it is in a safe place until i get the time to stitch it. you have to visit her blog cause it is full of great original designs of sweetness.

before i go i received an award a little while ago from rebecca over at edward and lilly. it is the lemonade award and i would like to thank rebecca for thinking of me. if you would like this award grab it and consider yourself SQUEEZED :)

head over to edward and lilly to check out rebeccas blog. i love going there as it always looks so neat just like a freshly cleaned house. she posts the best Saturday shopping list and creative spaces weekly and i just love it.

i feel like there is more to say but i will just sign off now and pop back in when i think of what it is.

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the queen of procrastination

oh yes my dear friends that title suits me very well, right now i have 11 reports waiting to be written but instead i am here in front of this puter (kids speak for computer) typing about my new promise. i want to relinquish the crown and am sure that i will have many of you gorgeous gals vying for the title of Queen Procrastinator. i wont be giving it up easily, oh no you have to earn it by telling me what you do to put off doing what you really have to? when i was at college i would even CLEAN THE CUPBOARDS instead of writing the 2000 word essay due the next day!!! that is desperate i know!

does anyone remember this guy??

i started him, oooooohhh maybe a year ago???? i named him pablo and i am hoping to turn him into a pillow!! i am sure the lovely linda will help me when i get to that stage :) *fluttering my eyelashes while begging* well to get out of this rut and lose the title, i am promising to finish a feather a night (bit like a granny a day)( no not finishing a granny but a granny square! crocheting that is)

i had just learnt how to blanket stitch, still learning really....

i will only be stitching on the nights i don't have to work so for you mathematicians out there i have 17 left so in under a month this baby should be ready to stuff!!

and to prove my procrastination... i made these two last night instead of reports or feather stitching!! ( lucky i have a very understanding teaching partner)

and if you want to see a bit more about these sweet brooches head over to my other blog. and the other thing i think i might start is 'the wiggles diet'... what is the wiggles diet i hear you ask? well after watching those very thin men jump around on stage and my 3 year old making me join in... i just might lose the 3 kgs i am desperate to shift! now i just better listen to the blue wiggy and just eat fruit :) smooches and best wishes for a fantastic weekend.

kindness surrounds me!

all my life i have been surrounded by kind and generous people. i am sure that these people have shaped me as a person and i continue to be inspired by people who shower me and my girls with unexpected gifts. a few weeks ago one of my husbands friends mother made each of my girls a poncho and scarf for the winter months. i haven't got a photo of each of them but here is the knitted beauty that lili has claimed for herself. she looks so nice in it.

the photos don't do the colours justice. it really is brilliant and she just loves its functionality.

a few days ago my gorgeous across the road neighbour called out to me and gave me a bag of 'something' for the girls. when we got inside the bag contained a pair of winter pyjamas for the girls! so very generous, she has two young children of her own and is studying while working 3 jobs to keep her family afloat. in no way could she really afford to do this but she is just so nice. here is a photo of Mia and Claudia with their pj's.

here is clauds in her new pj's. they didn't come off all day!

and Mia in her pair. she chose the cutest designs and the colours really suited the girls. lilis pair were too small but the pair i exchanged them for are the cutest purple owls you have ever seen.

they are so lucky to have such generous people in their lives. i think that because of all of this generosity my girls will grow up to be givers :)

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