Sweet Fabric:
NOT making me laugh

Yup - that's Christmas.

We had a lovely lunch with the extended family. Everyone contributed, making it pretty relaxed for all concerned.

We all ate far too much so The Date & I made a pact to eat raw for the next few days. But I've just broken a tooth...nothing'll put you off your food faster than that.

Hope you had a great day & got spoilt by the fat guy.

So fragile!

I've broken 2 already but I'm hoping the finished somethings will be lovely.

In a house that is already seriously technologically challenged at the moment...the circumstances which led to this 2-7 day resting place can only be described as an absolute freaking disaster.

It's new(ish)...under contract...& potentially a pretty expensive Saturday!

I was hoping that we were going to be in the new house.

The house is done but we still don't have power. So today I cracked it & ordered a skip. The 5 of us spent some quality time chucking out a whole lot of rubbish.

I'm feeling a wee bit more zen about the whole thing now.

I picked up this little shelf at the op shop last week...cute eh.

Today was supposed to be the day I officially launched building our future & showed you a pic of the site cut & got all excited & then promised to only bore you on the building blog.

But...we're on hold until Friday.

At around 7:25am my brain threatened to burst out of my temples...so in an attempt to cheer myself up I put on some cherry gear (yep - including cherry undies!) & headed out for coffee. It was just a little too early for a vodka!

exactly what I needed today.
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Poor kid.
Miserable.
Not so perfect end to the school holidays.
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I had to delete the post from yesterday, I tried to edit it & there must have been something wrong with the code. I figured it was the universe telling me not to post that map so I deleted it.

So that freak running in the all together did actually put the wind up me a bit. Today my run took me just about as far away from that park as it is possible to get on foot & without a compass.

I still think it is hilarious that anyone would get their kicks running without pants but now I'm feeling annoyed that I've allowed the idiot to get to me.

I reckon it'll be a good few weeks before I'll be in that neck of the woods again. I'll be spending much time here re-working some of my favourites.
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If you think that I was going to get close enough to a real live chicken then you are crazy!

No...not really...my mother-in-law has chickens & I probably could have summoned the courage but they are on holidays with her at the moment.

I am REALLY scared of chickens. I think it comes from visiting the country cousins & having 20 chickens chased out of the hen house towards me on a daily basis. The country cousins would of course roll around laughing their heads off.

Sweaty palms & racing heart .... I was truly terrified & too scared of my aunt to say I didn't want to go down to the chooks anymore.

The fear is actually for all winged creatures. I'm NOT a bird girl.

Thanks Jodie for this weeks theme.

my true love sent to me:

5 glowing gifts
4 waiting sacks
3 Chrissy trees
2 drinks with bubbles
& a sp...i...i...i...i...ng santa

Yep...that's the kootoyoo tribe. These tealight holders are gifts for someone special this Christmas.

I'm feeling a bit hamstrung by the "brilliance" of the 12 days of Christmas idea. I've got lots of other stuff I want to share & I'm lacking a bit of inspiration for the 12 days at the moment. It's OK at this end of the song but what about when I get to 10, 11 & 12?

Oh well...I'm a finisher that's for sure. If I commit to something I'm going to see it through. So if you nod off over the next few days I'll try to make sure that the wake-up call at the end is nice & loud.

Don't forget to check out the December gift. It really is a beauty. It plugs into the TV & all the games have an educational element. Take a look here.