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Pre-Valentines Day!

Guess what Hubby brought home today? Yum! 😀

He dropped in to Di..licious down the road, where the specialty is cupcakes. This is a full sized one, although not as big as it probably looks – that’s a teensy little saucer that I found somewhere ages ago.. I don’t get to use it often..

This is the box it came in… and this is what was also in the box 😀

I’m thinking that’s a brownie, and a bite size Lemon..licious cupcake. I’ll know when we eat them.. the big one was coconut ice.

Tomorrow is another day..
I have a nice dessert planned, and we’ll have steak for dinner.. I’m off for a cuppa and cupcakes!

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Tags: cupcakes, di..licious, valentines day

Balance

Nearly the end of another Sunday…
I’ve been trying to balance my study time with my rest-of-life time. It’s not too bad, but if I’m not careful, I end up reading/taking notes pretty much every waking moment – which are more than they should be, because I stay up longer. I haven’t studied for many years, so I’m still finding my parameters..

One thing I’ve decided is that I’m taking Sundays off. It’s hard to switch my brain off.. but I’ve managed.. except I’ve been finding I seem to be working just as hard to “relax”! When there’s only one day to fit the leisure stuff in, it seems to go too quickly.. it even feels like a waste of time to sleep, even when I’m so tired it’s hard to focus..

It’ll get better. I’ll find my balance. I’ll probably even go to bed soonish 😀
.. and pretty soon I’ll find a rhythm that encompasses everything that’s necessary..

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on February 11, 2013 at 12:08 am Leave a Comment
Tags: day off, rest, work/life balance

Keep Reading…

I went to the Brisbane Lifeline Bookfest yesterday, and picked up a backpack full of books… there’s still time to make it there for a look (although the rain might dampen things a bit..)

There’s something wonderful about reading a good book on a rainy day, with a cup of coffee by your side…

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Yayy! 😀

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Yep…

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… grab a book. Sip a coffee. Escape into another world.. 😀

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on January 26, 2013 at 11:31 am Leave a Comment
Tags: Lifeline bookfest, Pinterest Images, rainy days, reading

Meeting The Neighbours

Had a lovely afternoon yesterday, meeting the neighbours in our complex – the agents/managers (not sure what they are..) put on a barbeque so we could get to know everyone else.. we have a great neighbourhood! 😀 Stayed talking for most of the afternoon, while the kids went swimming..

We supplied a gingerbread house, which we made with the boys, from a kit given to us by a lovely friend… here it is –

We have been so blessed – with a beautiful house to live in, and neighbours we will enjoy getting to know… this will be a good Christmas season 😀

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Milkwood: permaculture farming and living

Interesting…..

About us « Milkwood: permaculture farming and living.

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Sweet Music

Seeing treasure in the trash…
This is a teaser for a full length film – watch, and pass it on! 😀

Landfill Harmonic film teaser from Landfill Harmonic on Vimeo.

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Tags: finding treasure, landfillharmonic orchestra, placing value on humanity, recycling

Gingerbread!

Went to a Women’s event at church last Friday, where we made gingerbread houses… the object seemed to be to see how many sweets we could cram on to one small house. It was lots of fun! The general consensus seemed to be that if your house stayed up, it was a success 😀

Here’s the front – with path. And snow 😀

The back – a cross and heart… candy canes are so versatile…

All wrapped up, and a space made for it to live in for a while..

… and two little gingerbread men
(who were eaten the next day.. 😀 )

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Turn On The Lights….

It’s that time of year again!

I waited till December 1st, but now the tree is up and the Christmas decorations are distributed around the house. There’s less space here than I had to work with last year, but I like the new combinations I’ve come up with…

Tree!!

Last year these were on my treadle sewing machine – that’s got a computer on it at the moment…
I like the bookshelf look..
Some of the decorations will probably stay up after Christmas..
I got this string of lights in last year’s sales… they’re battery operated, and I have yet to get some batteries… I think they look OK as they are..
Snowmen, reindeer, and a bear on top of the world!
TV angels… they’ll also stay permanently…
… and here’s the outside display – something pretty to look at while I’m having my morning cup of coffee 😀

How’s your December going?

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on December 4, 2012 at 10:44 pm Comments (2)
Tags: angels, Christmas, decorating, new house, snowmen

Out On The Front Verandah..

So we’ve just had our third move in about nine months, with another coming up in two-three weeks… I’m a bit over it 😀 Thankfully, in every place we’ve been, there’s been a verandah, or it’s closest equivalent… Somewhere to take a cup of coffee and talk over the day…
Here is a post in honour of verandahs..

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Have a peace-filled afternoon, with coffee, and a rocking chair or two! 😀

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9

It was my sweetest not-so-little bean’s birthday yesterday… he turned nine. How did he get so tall? 😀 We had the birthday party on Saturday at Joseph Brady Park, at Barellan Point… obviously shaping up to be a popular party spot, since we shared the space with three other parties…

We sort of had a plan… I don’t know what happened to it.. The boys played happily on the play equipment, then spent time sliding down the steep hill, then ate, then back to playing. Simple, and fun…

Here’s the hill… you can’t quite see the extent of it.. someone kindly left some cardboard, which was well used… 😀

The largest piece of play equipment. I was wearing a skirt on Saturday, but next time I might wear jeans, and have a go..

Candles can be hard to light when you’re at a windy park by the river.. got there in the end!
*note to self – when making buttercream icing, caster sugar does not equal icing sugar.. adding milk to try and smooth it out may not be the best solution… still tasted good, though!

Happy birthday, Sweet Boy, to whom the whole world consists of friends waiting to be met, and who can’t get himself a biscuit at his party without counting to make sure all his friends will get one as well…. You have a beautiful and loving heart..