tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52400464371831294572012-02-11T13:33:14.317+10:00Belindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224799238247671980noreply@blogger.comBlogger4231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240046437183129457.post-91230846657000984912012-02-09T15:18:00.001+10:002012-02-09T15:18:21.883+10:00

If only the majority of my craft stuff wasn't still in storage!! ARG! So another housing flop today. I'm really starting to get annoyed at this market, and the fact that houses that probably would be suitable are just out of my price range, but even if I wanted them, i wouldn't get them cause I don't have enough income. I have, however, found a friend to stay with that lives in the same

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Yay! It's finished And I've caught up on a season Big Bang Theory.. and my washing is done. Hooary for today!

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I had great plans for this weekend! And then I piked on all of them cause I am a wussy wuss bag LOL. Saturday I spent my day trying to decide whether I would be brave and hit the town for the night on my own, or sit at home with a Toblorone and a bottle of kahula and knit while watching trashy tv.. The later won eventually, even though I got dressed and ready to go out. Today I had a great

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Today I did something I've been procrastinating about for months. I went and go my legs and bikini line waxed. Ouchy yes? Nah, not really. I think I finally found a beauty therapist that I am comfortable going back to for other things. She was absolutely lovely and we had a great natter while she ripped hair out of my legs and crotch. So I've decided that this is one of the things I'm going to

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So the other day I posted bout my friend who's grandfather died. Since then I've been thinking about making a bucket list, and keeping track of all the stuff I want to do. This evening I started my list on pinterest. My Bucket List!  I'll be adding it to it over the coming weeks.. and hopefully crossing some off. Also, up there ^^ I started the #febphotoaday challenge from Fat Mum Slim..

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I heard this one the radio this morning and thought I'd share! (I hope its available in countries other than Australia, let me know if its not) So there is still nothing coming up on the real estate front. I'm waiting for calls about inspections on a few properties, I've been knocked back for 2 in the last 2 days, and I have 2 inspections set up for next week. I've organised to stay with a

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I'm trying to get back into the positive mindset. I can feel myself falling again, and I need to stay strong and, more importantly, stay AWESOME! Might be time to call in back up.. and by back up I mean Busty McJiggles. hehee makes me laugh every time

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Well I've got news for you! This whole housing thing is pissing me off. All I want is a safe place to live for my girl and I. But I keep coming up against road blocks, such as houses that are dangerous, unfenced (when the listing says 'fully fenced') and agents/owners who don't consider Neek and I a family. We are 2 people who need a house to live in, so we need at least 2 rooms. I'm applying

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Image Source Universe, Well, what can I say. I'm not sure about the direction you are leading me in, or what lesson I'm failing to learn here, but I'm feeling frustrated and slightly anxious. I've always believed that if you do the right thing by yourself and by others, you will always end up where you  need to be, even if you encounter a storm or two. But this past 7-8 months I have been

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Well my birthday has come and gone.. It was pretty good! I only had 2 wishes for my birthday, neither of which happened (sad) but oh well, we can't always get what we want right? Anyways, I shall now bore you to tears with photos. I headed into Brisbane and went to the Lifeline book festival. For the first time ever, I walked out with nothing. After, a friend and I went to a swanky sushi bar..

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Looking forward to my day in Brisbane city, and dinner with friends tonight. Bring on the dirty 30's!

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Image Source 1 MORE SLEEP!

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Not the best picture of my vest, but all I have at the moment. I took pics of me in it, but as I've put on a lil bit of weight since I started it, I'm going to wait till I get that weight back off before I take nice pics of me in it. So proud of myself though. When its on, the rippling and dimples disappear. It looks pretty awesome on. Bring on winter!

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I'm having a day on contradicting emotions. The house-hunting is well in swing an it's frustrating as all hell. The market is slow and in my price range it's especially slow. If I could afford a lil bit more I'd have more options, but alas. I even asked a few friends if they wanted to share house, but they were happy where they are.. Today I went to see a place just near where I used to live,

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Due to unforeseen circumstances, Neek and I came home early from Armidale. But I still got a chance to do everything I wanted to do there, revisit the uni (the pic above is the street that leads upto the uni. I've always loved it). The drive back was relaxed and trouble free (except Neek asking for lollies every 5 minutes and being annoyed when I handed her fruit). I drove 1350km in 12 days

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Tomorrow we head off on leg 2 of our trip! I gotta say, coming down here has been enlightening to say the least. Playing in the water with Great Nanny Back home, I deal with a lot of judgement about Neek's issues, from strangers, and unfortunately from family. People who want to put in their two bobs worth with comments like 'she's just lazy' and 'you're obviously not parenting her

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So I survived the first leg of driving on our road trip. We left at 7.30am and drove 591km, arriving at 3pm. Perfect day for a road trip It's hard taking photos while driving I discovered. I was anxious about this drive, I've done it many times before, but never on my own. I was worried how Neek would be, having to sit in the car for so long. We stopped every hour to stretch our legs, but

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Image Source Take as much as you need. (Longer post coming in a few days).

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Image Source Well, my whole life is currently stored in a 3 metre square shed, keys for the old place are handed back and I'm hanging with my friends till Neek and i drive off into the sunset for 3 weeks. I've sprained my ankle very badly and am hobbling round like an old lady. I'm hoping it settles down a bit before Monday. So tomorrow is the start of a new year. While it's not anything like

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Christmas time always makes me think of loved ones that are passed on (and some that aren't). This song came on the radio this morning which was kinda weird because I had a dream about a passed on love one this morning. My aunt passed away when I was 11. She was in her early 30's and had a cool job and would send me post cards from all over the world. We didn't see her very often, but

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Well, it's technically boxing day here in Queensland. Abbie and I playing round with the webcam special effects I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas with their friends and family. I had a great morning with my family, and then came home and watched Miranda dvds on the couch with a bottle of champers. It was a great time to reflect on the year that has been, and think about the year that

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I forgot how fun this was! So, almost everything is ready to go. Just over a week till we drive off into the sunset (well, sunrise actually). Today I spent a fortune getting ready for our lil trip. I had the car serviced (and would you believe it, as I was driving to the mechanic this morning, something went wrong with my engine leads. Glad that happened now and not 5 hours into a 9  hour drive!)

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Kindness makes the world go round! Don't forget this Christmas season.

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Image Source After talking to several people, asking for advice and bouncing ideas around, I've made a decision. I'm going to stick with my plan of moving in late January/early February. Neek and I are gonna go on a holiday. Start 2012 with a trip to see family and friends for just under 3 weeks, then come back to celebrate my 30th birthday with the people I love. A few friends have offered us

Belindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224799238247671980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240046437183129457.post-2166217996141688852011-12-10T10:38:00.001+10:002011-12-10T10:38:57.140+10:00

I know I said no post til the new year, but I thought I'd put in a little update. Things haven't improved. I got to a week before my old lease was up and had nowhere to live. A friend organised me some temp accommodation that was sposed to be good til the beginning of Feb. I moved in Friday before last, then on Thursday it all fell through and I'm back at square one. Monday I'm back into stressy

Belindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224799238247671980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240046437183129457.post-84493105097264532902011-11-22T11:17:00.001+10:002011-11-23T12:19:41.553+10:00

Image source  Hey blog world. I've decided that due to all the shit stuff that has been going on in my life at the moment, I'm going to take a holiday from blogging to get things back into check here on the home front. The kingdom of Belicious is in revolt and disarray. My stress levels are high and my sense of humour and desire to craft/cook is missing presumed dead. I hope everyone has a

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Sooo today I started packing what I could. I realised that the several purging of crap sessions I've had in the last 5 months have been AWESOME and there isn't really that much to pack up anymore! Although, I do have 4 bags of stuff to give to charity, so I'm still finding stuff I dont need. Now that I've started, and thanks to ex husb taking neek for the night, I've gotten more than a few hours

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This is pretty much how I feel all the time. Househunting is not going well. I'm making plan b, c, d and e just in case I don't get a place in time (and that's looking likely right now). I had thought about moving away. Finding where the nearest education unit like the one neek is in now and just moving there. However, I had a meeting with disability services yesterday, and despite me

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I know I know, another somewhat emotional post from the somewhat muddled brain of Belinda. I bet you've already closed the window and moved on to the next blog with the picture of the gooey chocolate cake and ganache Hmmm, chocolate cake and ganacccchhhheeeeeee *droooooool* Picture source: Taste.com.au (from recipe above) Focus! Eyes forward! No cake for you. Stick with me if ya can.

Belindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224799238247671980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240046437183129457.post-8313062845059105942011-11-14T19:48:00.001+10:002011-11-14T20:01:42.980+10:00

I had other ideas for a post tonight.. but Neek's inclusion support teacher posted this on on facebook for me to see, and, well, I'm crying.. A lot. I literally can't stop the tears. Let me just say, Neeky is nowhere near this bad, her ASD is mild (and they think she has dyspraxia on top of ASD), but I feel so terrible that she might feel like this, that she is trapped, and I can't help

Belindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224799238247671980noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240046437183129457.post-53709785689817237382011-11-13T13:34:00.001+10:002011-11-13T13:43:38.706+10:00

It's been  very hot here in Queensland lately, so really I really haven't picked up the wooly vest very often for obvious reasons, but here is a photo of it's progress I usually just pick it up and do a row or 2 and put it back down. It's not like I'm going to be able to wear it until at least April/May next year anyway, so I'm not that worried on the slow progress. And because the weather

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Most people I know, know that I am completely fashion ignorant, and I am not ashamed of this fact. I really don't care for fashion and just wear what I like (read: jeans and t-shirts). But, at the moment, I have decisions to make about clothes, and I no likey. Firstly.. I'm still not sure if I'm going to go ahead with the birthday party in January, but I have to decide soon cause I need to find

Belindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224799238247671980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240046437183129457.post-41547382907890809772011-11-09T11:46:00.002+10:002011-11-09T11:47:05.579+10:00

At the wheelchair basketball, watching shows on mama's phone. Finally I can write this update on my crazy child! I was actually waiting till today for a reason. Sooooooo.... Yesterday we went to see the paediatritian about the testing we had done in July (yeah, July.. would have been nice to have these results back in JULY). Annnnyyhooooooo.. The cognition test came back as A-OK. They think

Belindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224799238247671980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240046437183129457.post-53030468827690183212011-11-05T12:49:00.003+10:002011-11-09T11:47:50.138+10:00

I love mexican food and I really should eat it heap heaps more. One thing I hate is buying canned refried beans. They always cost a fortune and they taste overly salty and bland. Over the last few months I've been trying out different refried bean recipes, and this is the winning recipe that I made up from what I learned from all the other recipes. Homemade Refried Beans Ingredients 2 tbsp

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I was going to write a long winded post about Neek today, but then I saw this post by Lori and had to share Internet Dating 105 - What NOT to do Enjoy! ETA: I also love this quote from her in a previous post The awesome Oldie asked me the other day... do I really need to be looking to date? Aren't I a whole person, just the way I am...? Damn straight I am. And that's why, I think, I'd

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 I am full of the first world problems rage today (good stuff at the end). Dear radio station - two Nickelback songs in one hour? Really? I'm pretty sure that's considered torture by the United Nations Dear Staff at the Bra Shop (they sell "n' things" too) - I realise that I'm scary, and my chesticles are as big as your head, and that they may attack you if you approach me (they have attacked

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I am sooper dooper organised today! BOOYAH! Neek slept in, thank goodness. I was up till late last night worrying my little (ok big) head about moving. I'm hoping it not going to see us potentially living in the car again like it did last time Neek and I tried to find a place (if you remember, I got a place with days to spare thanks to kind RE agent). Fingers crossed for a stress free move.

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This is me (with the sun in my eyes, how sexy). I am an Australian size 18, 108kg and nearly 6ft tall. My hair is my natural colour and is long and straight. I live in jeans and t-shirts cause I'm just that awesome.  You know what?  I love my body. I do. Sometimes we fight, but that doesn't mean I love it any less. I'm curvy, I'm healthy, and yeah, I'm covered in scars and stretch

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On Saturday a friend had a morning tea type party with which required us to bring a plate. This was awesome because I miss cooking for a crowd sooooo much. I've been dying to try this pizza bites recipe from Pennies on a Platter, and this was the perfect opportunity. *Bitches, I seriously didn't expect them to be as fabulous and adored as they were. OMG they were like little piece of pillowy

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So now I can post the gifties I have been making! Beautiful Jane! I just wanted to hug her and never ever let go. She came over from the land of the long white cloud and met up for brunch with our little tribe of rainbow goddesses. Last year she sent me a pressie and since then I have been trying to find something to knit for her (because she is totally knitworthy). When I found out she

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I'm a big girl. Always have been, always will be. And I've always hear the "you are beautiful/kind/loving.. but...." Yeah, that but. But you are a bigger girl. It doesn't change who I am, what I have to offer, how much love I have to give. Your judgement tells me who YOU are, not me buddy. I started following a blog recently called "Curvy Girl Revolution", which is full of beautiful,

Belindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224799238247671980noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240046437183129457.post-26286538579017328792011-10-20T19:38:00.002+10:002011-10-20T19:38:54.964+10:00

I heard this on the radio this morning and couldn't help but fall in love with the song all over again Affirmation by Savage Garden (a lot of the vids I found on youtube were dodgy, so I posted a lyrics one). Oh how I loved those boys in the 90's!! They actually grew up a few suburbs from me.

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I'm not a girly girl.. Never have been, probably never will be.. But today I had a kinda girly day, because I was shopping for shoes and a handbag. Initially the shoe shopping was for the short1, as her casual shoes fell apart last week and she's been wearing a pair that are a size too small for a week. But then I saw all the pretties and started looking for birthday party shoes for me. I only

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I know Sunday isn't over yet, but I'm winding it up now LOL. Last night I went to a friends place and got rolling, gigglin' like an idiot drunk. Lucky for me I don't get hangovers, and today I'm just back to housework and knitting. I started my vest, but I think I've been doing my make 1 stitches wrong, EEP so there might be some tearing back (and hair tearing). Also wanted to share this video

Belindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09224799238247671980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5240046437183129457.post-65602836436064442202011-10-14T08:20:00.001+10:002011-10-14T08:21:46.968+10:00

First of all, some must read blog posts. The Right Question written by Dani at Being Queen. This post resonates with me so so much. For years I was at the mercy of someone who controlled me with emotional (and physical) manipulation and for years after I hated myself so so much and fell into the doormat trap. When nothing you ever do is right. Perfect grades, good behaviour, clean house,

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Oh yes, I have come down with the some sort of head cold thing that has knocked me round a bit, and given that I have low immunity due to my medication, who knows how long I'm gonna feel like a zombie. BLAH! Despite my zombie status and my desire to curl up in a ball and sleep all day, there is no-one here to  look after poor ol' Bel *insert violins here*. I've still managed to vacuum and mop

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I made this video of the short1 using her PODD so that people could see how she does it Tonight she made me cry again. She was standing beside me, doing what I thought was the sign for 'tv show'. I said, You have a show, and she did the sign at me again, but more enthusiastically. I said I don't know what you're asking for? and she kinda did the half eye roll and pointed at the open page in her

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I didn't want to jump on the Steve Jobs blogging bandwagon, but I couldn't help but share this YouTube clip from Phillip DeFranco, who I subscribe to. <p><br><br>I'</p> I have never owned any Apple hardware (I have iTunes on my computer but don't use it) but you can't help but think about the huge impact this man has had on

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I got this quote in my email today, and thought I would share it. I have always believed, and still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it a meaning and transform it into something of value - Hermman Hesse There is nothing much to report from the kingdom of Belicious, apart from me buying another small art journal to start tracking the last few

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I made this animation about 6 years ago. Bow down to my awesomeness :P Kim put this up on her blog yesterday so I thought I'd join in the fun and post my own (cause I'm a sheep.. Baa).  A=Age: 29. Turn 30 in January! Bring on my epic birthday party! B=Bed: Queen Bed. I need to get the frame fixed, but that requires effort.  C=Chore that you hate: Washing Dishes.. Urg! D=Dogs: I

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Wow, the last couple of days have just been made of epic awesome! Wednesday night my guest arrived... My 14yo Sister who is basically my twin born 15 years late. It's bad enough the world has one Belinda, let alone a Belinda Jnr.!! Seriously. My family are on holidays and BJ had a singing workshop to attend in the city, so she booked a room at the Hotel Belicious. This has involved us staying up

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this one makes me laugh out loud every single time

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I've had a busy weekend of doing nothing much at all! Relaxing and taking some me time, and thinking about stuff. I worked on my little knitted gifts, read a book that a friend recommended to me (and cried while reading it), played with my new toy and sewed the new baby a case (I'm still working on it, so when  has buttons I'll post a pic). I was bored out of my MIND by Sunday, and the short1 was

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Yep, me in all my stupid glory. Behold the wonder that is an overtired and overexcited Belinda! Photos that I promised

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Of the Queen and Princess of the land of Belicious. I was awoken at 15 to 6 this morning, which would normally mean me starting the day in a pissy mood, but I went to bed early last night so I actually got a fair bit of sleep, so hooray for happy Belinda! We did our normal routine of toilet, show, and breakfast. I sit on my computer while I eat breakfast and catch up on my youtube subscriptions

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 Yesterday morning I had another go at sourdough english muffins, this time with my hi tech english muffin cutter (a fruit tin with the bottom and top cut off). This seemed to be the perfect size for the muffins and this time it was a complete success! Next time I'm going to use wholemeal flour. Berries! I got a whole heap off the tree before the evil birds got them. There is more to pick today.

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I FINALLY got some mulberries off the tree before the birds ate them. I actually picked them yesterday when they were slightly underripe and left them sitting on the bench. I decided to make a mulberry cake that is based on a blueberry cake by Annette Sym. Kinda Healthy Tangy Mulberry Cake. 200g Fresh mulberries (or whatever berries you like really!) 1/2 cup sugar 1 extra large egg 1/2 cup

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Ohhhh yeeeaaahhhhh These are SO DAMN GOOD!! Dangerous dangerous baking. I don't know what I expected they would taste like, but I got them out of the oven, ate one of the 'donut holes' and exclaimed out loud "OMG they taste like donuts". My friend who came over for lunch was quite amused by this exclamation that donuts taste like donuts. The recipe is from Krissy's Creations and is made of

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First of all I wanna share this song that I am totally loving at the moment by Avalanche City Today I had a quiet one, just doing boring housework stuff and some more sorting. A few weeks back I found 2 cereal containers while cleaning out the shed. Inspired by something I saw on Pinterest, I turned it into a little rubbish bin for my car, and made a cover for the outside. I didn't

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You know, most kid free weekends I have nothing on and I sit at home playing games, knitting, and dancing round the house in my underwear (overshare!!!!!). Of course, the one weekend I have something on, everyone wants a piece of Belinda pie. Lol. Last night I hung out with my bestest girlfriends and caused havoc and laughed our asses off. This morning I was sposed to do something really

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Image Source and that's the fair dinkum truth! Ok, Australians don't really talk like that, but i couldn't resist. The last few days have been great. I feel awesome and healthy,  mentally and physically. I feel like myself again, and I feel happy! Yesterday I ordered my new bench mixer, and will be here in a week, yay! I got home form picking up the Short1 up from school and there was a

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So the routine board. I bought this magnetic whiteboard and some magnetic tape to put the picture symbols on. I was originally going to use a decorated baking tray as my board but I had trouble finding one that wasn't teflon-ed, and this board was only $10. And here is the finished product stuck up in the TV unit where she can see it. This morning when she got up I showed her and talked

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Another busy day! Let's start with the knitting projects. Here we have a pair of yoga socks I am working on using Ixchel Bunny sock yarn! So lush and delicious and the colours are FABULOUS! It is sitting on top of a purple piece of a cardigan that I'm also working on, but it didn't show so well in the photo. So this morning I started my usually Saturday morning bread making session, and

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Today was just a perfect day to open Spring! The mulberry tree is back from the dead again. Seriously, everytime I think that thing is dead and gone, it springs back to life again with a vengeance. I could bore you with a metaphor about how that could relate to my own life and how everytime I think I'm beaten I just come back more strong and... umm fruity? but I won't bore you with the

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to say I intended to post today, with photos and all, til I went to load them and the cable has decided not to work! Tomorrow I am off to find a new one *urg!* Oh, and my mixmaster blew up yesterday. Yay?

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You are bored.. and you think "hey, I have a big ass bag of buttons and a glue gun" I've had this whiteboard since forever and it has been bumped, scratched and used to death. I decided to give it a makeover. And this is what happened when you run out of biscuits/cookies and you're still feeling especially creative... The jam drops didn't turn out as neat as I planned, but the swirl biscuits

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I mean, I post regularly, but not as often as I plan. I take photos of things I cook and create, and never ever load them. On the weekend I did a couple of big batches of cooking, including a 'rubber chicken' and caramel popcorn, that I took detailed photos of (most of which looked crap cause my flash is so damn bright and it was too dark not to use it), and then never loaded them up. I write

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I must say, making Baxter was the best idea ever. I am loving making my own bread (as you can possibly tell from the couple of posts I've made about it previously). This week I have made bread 3 times, once to take to a friends for dinner, during the week to experiment with some ideas, and I just pulled another batch out of the oven. From this week though I will probably start weekly bread making

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I am like a little worker ant! ok, not really lol. Had my follow up appointment at the doctors yesterday. Turns out my liver is the culprit in all this mess. I'm on medication for another 2 weeks and then need to go have retesting. If it's not getting better, then I'm looking at hospital time till they find out what's going on. My energy levels are practically nil, added to the fact that my

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It measures 2 metres (6.5ft) by 1.6 metres (5.25ft). 25 balls of yarn, 50ish hours work, and a gorgeous blanket at the end. This thing has kept me sane and mostly de-stressed the last 6 weeks. It is awesome, and I love it and what it represents for me.  Sorry bout the washed out pics. Flash on my camera is full on  Until about 5 mins ago, this had 18 likes before I even put it as a

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Today was an absolutely perfect winters day and a great day to head to the beach (a lot of people seemed to agree because there was a heap more people on the beach then I expected!) I walked up and down the beach for what seemed like hours, stopping every once and a while to kick around in the water (and getting my pants wet) and feel the sand mooshing between my toes. I sat and listened to

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Yesterday we were supposed to have the cognition assessment for the Short1, to try and get some sort of therapy guidance/a formal diagnosis, and find out how much of her brain is putting information together (and perhaps what it isn't so we can work on that). This appointment did not go as planned and I ended up in a teary mess at my besties house, blubbering like a baby over a cup of coffee. She

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Ex husb offered to take the Short1 for 2 extra nights so I could have some relax time to get over this crap.. she's been gone an hour and I'm bored already. I've been sitting here watching my new fav Tv show Miranda and sewing together the blanket (I'm nearly upto sewing it into strips!). Speaking of Miranda, I have a new celebrity crush. Tom Ellis. I don't often get celebrity crushes.. but

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I called this morning to make an appointment for friday and started bawling my eyes out down the phone (pain and sleep deprivation will do that to you).  The receptionist told me to come in NOW so I grabbed my stuff and went. I am now on steroids and a couple of other tablets for the next week. I got half a dozen blood tests done today and he will call me with the results if they are super

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Urg, I'm so tired. I'm dealing with some medical issues that are effecting my sleep patterns and my overall health (mental and physical). I'm hoping to get back to the doctor on Friday and find out whats going to happen because it's getting worse as the days go on and the pain is not subsiding. On top of this the Short1 got a virus this week and is still recovering from it. It meant her waking me

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Most of this morning was spent cleaning and decluttering the piles of crap I have been hoarding for years. I am slowly getting through it and I think apart from the short1's room, I am just about done. Today I took 2 carloads of crap to the donation bins and I have a pile of stuff to list on freecycle in the next couple of days. I had to feed baxter, and decided to try making breadrolls with '

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For years I really wasn't into getting flowers. I thought they were a waste of money and time, and usually I only got them when ex-husb did something wrong, so I associated them with negative events. Even when I got married, I just told the florist to pick whatever, I couldn't be bothered looking at and picking out flowers. However, in 2009 I got flowers from some friends for my birthday. They

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Hey hey! I've had a busy couple of days doing home type stuff, as well as crocheting and painting. I've set the wheels in motion for a couple of big things and I'm really excited and can't wait for the next few months to bring it on. I'm close to completing the crochet part of the realta rug, my weight loss is back on track and I'm starting to feel physically healthy again. Yesterday

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Just a quick post. Picnic today was awesome. so much food and fun and laughter. and me making a tool of myself (which quite frankly, I am an expert at. if there was an olympic event for tooliness, I think I would get the gold. this is the awesomeness of my toolness) I have pics, but I will post them tomorrow when I am a little bit less intoxicated. ETA: Pics So much FOOD! Yum Yum. Meg

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Hey hey! Been a busy week here in the kingdom of Belicious, doing mummy stuff and also some things to fill my bucket. I've been working hard on the blanket, and I *think* I have finished the main pieces (this may change when I lay it out today to see he big it is). I have some social butterfly duties to attend this weekend. Tonight (Friday) I am going out to dinner with a friend, and tomorrow I

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This post is completely self indulgent, selfish, and may contain triggers for some people. You have fair warning. I've been thinking about this since Sunday, and I have been trying to figure out a way to talk about it without sounding like a completely selfish and idiotic asshole, but I've come up with nothing so I'm going to post it anyway in the hope that someone might relate. I had to

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This morning I was bored.. Bored Bored Bored. I told my friend this. KARLY I'M BORED! So she said hey, come to the wheelchair basketball with me. So I did. I used to go to every national wheelchair basketball league game as the Ex was once a player and had a lot of mates in the team. Karly used to play socially so she goes too. I've just been lazy or not known games have been on because I'm

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Have you ever had one of those days where you wake up just feeling fresh, rejuvenated, happy and full of energy? Today is one of those days for me. I feel absolutely great, and despite not stopping this morning, I still feel like I could run a marathon and then wrestle a shark. Today I have: Made a cooked breakfast for me and the short1's usual toast, 3 loads of washing, folded 1 load of washing

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A few days back I got a letter from the real estate saying that are doing their routine inspection to make sure I'm not trashing the place. This is all good because I'm not trashing the place, but I decided to clean the lawns up a bit because even though it's winter, and they have barely grown since the last mow, it's nice to have it looking all schmick and lovely like. Now back in time of

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This was what my pile of Realta pieces looked like last night. I ran out of black! ARG! So last night and today I tied in ALL THE ENDS of all these pieces. Today I thought, yeah, the Short1 is driving me bonkers, we'll go out on a shopping adventure today. We headed to the evil big chain craft store to go buy more black yarn and walked around for a bit. Ikea is pretty much next door so I figure

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Urg, I'm so over cake and junk food. My poor body did not handle that well after a few weeks of good eating. I ate a lot more than I planned. I've felt really  happy and on top of the world for the last 2ish weeks. There's been a couple of niggly things, but stuff that is to be expected, but for the majority of the time I've felt like my normal old weird ass self. However on Friday night I

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Dearest A, Happy birthday my beautiful girl. You are now 4 and turning into a little girl, growing taller and costing mummy a fortune in clothes. Every year I make a list of promises that I can't meet, and I feel like sometimes I have failed you so badly, despite always fighting for what is best for both of us, and trying to build a life to help you grow and develop. But it always falls through

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So I spent most of my day making cake.. And here is the results. The Short1 is really into watching Dorothy the Dinosaur at the moment, so that's why I made her this. The cupcakes are going to school with her tomorrow and the number 4 was devoured by my friends and family this afternoon. I can't believe my gorgeous little girl turns 4 tomorrow. We've had a rough couple of years, but we've made

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Got bored and did my first art journal page in a while Today was a quiet relaxing day. I did some crochet, ok, a lot of crochet, housework, watched DVDs, played video games (GLaDOS's ass is gonna by mine... again!), art journaling, and just general bumming round the house. My camera flash washes everything out so badly! I have a new addition to the sourdough family. I was reading the

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Well I thought I ruined him, but he's fine. YAY! So the instructions I am using say that by this point he should be doubling in size every 12 hours. He wasn't doubling, just growing a little bit so I was a bit bummed. I took some photos this morning. Before I took half the mix out and 'fed' him After being fed I put Baxter in his usual daytime spot (out in the backyard in the winter sun on

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After all the things I've posted on here in the last couple of weeks, I think it's so timely that Kate at Your Courageous Life made a beautiful and awesome post called "You’re nobody’s victim–not even your own" (click for link). I encourage everyone to go read it! This is the sort of thing I have been battling most of my life. Defining who I am by my childhood and they way other people treated

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Yesterday was interesting! The pediatrics appointment actually went really well. I'm not sure if she was intimidated by my mum being there (we are a scary pair), or the fact that I went in confident and handed her a bunch of letters from the Short1's various caregivers and ended with "and all these services want to know why she hasn't been tested for XYZ?" She spoke TO me not down to me. I

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As I sit here sipping piping hot white tea with vanilla, I can't help by reflect on the fact that my life is full of special and inspiring people, from all walks of life, real life and online. A couple of years ago I was heavily involved in a very very supportive forum, and these women supported me, online and those that lived close, in real life, dealing with the aftermath of self destruction

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Baxter is the name I have given to my sourdough starter :) I started him this morning and he had his first "feed" tonight. There isn't anything to report yet, it just looks like a lump of dough. I look forward to seeing him grow up :) I should be able to bake my first loaf of bread in a week, fingers crossed. So, weigh in this morning and... I lost 2.2kg (4.8lbs)! So happy! This is the

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Well I think my little episode of sick was just a 24 hour bug. Yesterday afternoon I was fine again and had a normal healthy dinner and been all ok since then. Phew! I don't do sick very well. Today I crocheted a lot in between playing with the Short1. There was many instances of spontaneous dance which always makes me smile (plus it's great exercise). I've nearly completed one 'round' of the

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Missed posting last night because I am sick. Nasty nausea and such, on top of sleep deprivation. I'm not sure whether I've picked up a virus or ate something funky yesterday but it sucks and I can't stand up for a few minutes without feeling the need to throw up. My brain is going a million miles an hour, so I'm trying to find things to distract myself (video games, crochet, and some intensive

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So instead of spending money on buying new yarn, I decided to embrace making my stash smaller and am using the 8ply acrylic I already have. I have lots of little half balls in various shades of each colout and I figured this might be a good oppurtunity to use up those odds and ends. I've set everything out on the floor in the colour wheel and amd working clockwise around it. As one a ball

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