Howdy peeps just quickly I thought I'd write to say that the weather be crazy in these parts today.
Our beautiful jacaranda tree is now only a 3rd of the size it was yesterday. Luckily it didn't hit the house nor any of the fences which was so lucky. I was talking to MrPt pointing out the small branch that fell, went to have a shower and when I came back this.. (forgive the dodgy iPhone pic)
Note that the tree covers our whole backyard! side to side & back fence to almost the patio... It was also the branch that MrPt tied the hops to, hard times people.
Also lucky is that we rent, to be honest I was relieved to just be able to call the real estate to let them know about the tree and to organise the removal after the weather calms down.
I hope everyone is safe and hit me up if you need any firewood!
xxpt
I've been reading Pip's blog for years, she seems so lovely doesn't she? I'm pretty sure that she is that nice in the outside world too. Anyway she has this great list that is at first look pretty daunting but here we go...
Making : knitted baby cardigans mostly the Gidday from Ravelry all in one go and its super cute too
Cooking : Pork Roasts I'm perfecting the art of crackling
Drinking : G & T with gin I blended myself at Archie Rose Distillery - it is such a great place too great staff, sexy room and amazingly boozy drinks a most excellent date place
Reading: Spanking Watson by Kinky Freidman - I found it on the footpath the other week, its a good bus book I love the way he has slang names for everything
Wanting: the easter eggs to never run out, I am dangerously close to eating the last of mine and everyone else is finished theirs already.
Looking: forward to tomorrow
Playing: with my new laptop :D hopefully this means that I may keep doing this blog thing
Deciding: what to do on my month off Can.Not.Wait
Wishing: that my kid no longer had blue hair cos I would like it back quite frankly
Enjoying: the new series of Game of Thrones!
Waiting: for more episodes of Game of Thrones
Liking: the crisper mornings and cooler nights
Wondering: where I can get all of my candle jars refilled, that must be a thing right? It seems silly to have them as a one time only thing
Loving: That football season is back
Pondering: how some crimes are seen as horrific and others not so much
Considering: still... I'll come back to this
Buying: a new Macbook Air! I need to do more research on how to actually use it but it's a bit sexy. And Cardigans!
Watching: aside from Game of Thrones MrPt and I are loving Bloodline, such great performances and beautifully shot
Hoping: That I wake up rested, I am tired all the time
Marvelling: at the forms & photos my cousin found of my great grandparents when they first came to Australia
Cringing: at the remarks made about Hilary Clinton announcing her run for POTUS Needing: to learn to use this Mac thing Questioning: so many things that are written Smelling: my workmates Marc Jacobs perfume it is so pretty on her
Wearing: Currently? Star wars pj pants and a Kylie tour singlet. Overall though cardigans and pencil skirts with brogues - completely Audrey Horne
Following: Roxanne Gay on twitter, not sure I agree with everything she says but some of it is interesting and she's funny too
Noticing: The change in the leaves inn the park on my way to work
Knowing: That change is a-coming
Thinking: That I need to start working full time hours and I'm not really looking forward to it
Admiring: My brother, facing his challenges & forging a new life, knowing that he is lonely but trying hard to build a life and becoming stronger and clearer everyday
Sorting: out my make up drawer (perhaps that's Should be Sorting as I have not yet technically started?)
Getting: my first ever veggie co-op box I love it and the little group for the people is really sweet, hopefully there will be recipe swaps and tips to come.
Bookmarking: cardigan patterns to knit I really want to make a big snuggly one for myself Coveting: skin with no pimples & large freezers
Disliking: angst at work
Opening: emails from friends who are coming to visit
Giggling: at Mayim Blalik on the Big Bang Theory Amy Fairer Fowler is the greatest! Feeling: twingey in my back again, I think a trip to the Chiro is on the cards
Snacking: on left over easter eggs
Wishing: that the 31 women killed so far this year by their partners were still here Helping: Future Pete! Stocking up on soups and stews and extras in the freezer ready for some very busy weeks ahead.
Hearing: My daughter talk non-stop about her Demi Lovato concert on the weekend. To say that she loved it is such an understatement.
hmm that wasn't so bad after all xxpt
Er so I guess that I really am not a great blog person at all....
I think that perhaps I'm not really even a writer as such. Many things have happened since I was writing 2 years ago..
My kid is now 16!!
We moved house again
There were illnesses and a death in our family
My cat died
We opened a new business born of passion
We got a new cat
We went overseas for the first time is ages and fell in love with Asia
Our new cat escaped and was hit by a car
Within a week there was a new kitten and INDOOR kitten
Work ramped up for both MrPt and I
Kid had a super rough year and changed all of her peer group a couple of times
Many babies were made and borned to people other than myself (WIN)
Kid turned 15 got a nose ring
My brother got clean for the first time since he was 11
As a result I now have a relationship with him for the first time in many years
Kid got hot pink then orange hair
People other than MrPt and I got engaged/married/divorced
Kid got blue then aqua hair
My kid is now 16!!
Kid now has purple/aqua hair
Current cat is still living
Business is thriving both at the proper job and the passion project
There were also many dinners with friends a couple of weekends away, family Christmases that were at least tolerable. Kitchen and balcony dance parties new cocktails made and drunk, food and bars and gigs aplenty and I cannot wait for more of it.
xxpt
