MC Hammer Returns

"Can't Touch This"
Bronte is a part of her school Junior Dance Troupe and after auditioning won a place in the great area dance festival along with many other local primary and high school. They performed at The Hills Centre on Wed night and Thursday evening. I was lucky enough to get a front row seat and when Bronte's group came out to dance Bronte spent most of the dance directly in front of me - it was spectacular and the 80's return was well produced by the group of 30 5-9 year olds.

Cats in Paris

I have been busy sewing over the last few weeks and have a number of projects which are in need of some photo shoots (I need some photography lessons) and postings. Here are 2 completed outfits ready for wear by the long and short - using the Ruffled Skirts Tutorial generously posted by Grand Revival Design Bronte has a new and very original outfit to wear to her Australian Girls Choir Winter showcase next week and Miranda will be wearing hers to her cousins 3rd Birthday tomorrow.The Skirts were very simple to make - I made a few adjustments/additions (just need to remember when sewing 2 different sizes to keep them apart - my unpicker was used to tear apart 1 roll of cotton as top 1 got sewn to top 2 as it was mistaken for ruffle 1). I love the way the appliqued tops turned out using the fabric picture and my own Eiffel Tower Silhouette.

This is......My Favourite Travel Memories

I have many travel memories spanning my life most have involved high adrenalin fast paced rides.

So these are some of my most recent holiday memories -

On my last trip to New Zealand (Jan 07) I took Bronte (7yrs) on the Jet Boat ride travelling at high speeds along a river very close to large rocks had me hanging on to Bronte for dear life (you can just see her in the picture below-3rd row). The luge which was much tamer was great fun and provided liots of laughs all while being able to take in the magnificent views of Queenstown

In July of 07 we got to experience the thrill of The Gold Coast attractions of Dreamworld
-going on rides like The Tower of Terror (A family affair), The Claw and Wipeout (Yes Bronte came on all these rides too) and Movie World - Superman (going from 0-100kms in 2 seconds), Leathal Weapon and Scooby-Doo (A roller coaster in the dark)

An anniversary dinner to Dracula's" Cabaret Restaurant during this trip will never be forgotten.

Of course our Honeymoon to Vanuatu and my first trip overseas to Bali were also very memorable.

Thanks to Hila who has chosen the topic for this is.... meme initiated by three buttons

This Is.....Our Pet

I am back on track with my This is meme - Our Pet.This is Jessie, he was bought for Bronte for her 4th Birthday present but has really become Bruce's/everyones cat. He is a monster of a cat weighing in at 8kg's and is always instructed to go on a diet by his Dr. But since Miranda has found out how to feed him a diet is a hopeless cause. Jessie was heavier than Miranda for 2 years and when she was a little baby I was very nervous about him being near her bed.

He loves to lie in the sun or curl up on the bed and sleep - and of course He LOVES to EAT!

Up until a few months ago we also had a pet Cockaroach but the pest man killed him :( He was very low maintenance but great to watch.

Blog Hibernation

Hiding away where nobody sees.....

OK well I have been here, reading not writing.

If you haven't read, I joined the gym 3 weeks ago now and have managed to get there 4 times each week, and whilst I am able to drag myself there I am finding the rest of the day is spent racing around catching up on the 2 hours lost walking on the spot.

SO my days goes something like Wake, eat, dress x3, race Bronte to school, race to the gym, drop Miranda at Creche do about 1 1/2 hours exercise, drive 15mins to Miranda's activity, feed her the remaining lunch, maybe race around the shop, cook dinner, pick up Bronte/wait till she gets home, feed the kids, race to drop Bronte to her activities and then come home and do the night thing with Miranda, get Bronte settled when she gets in and the sit down.

On the sewing front I have finished a few projects.

1st Summer Sassy Apron Swap

I really love how this apron has turned out so here is the finished product heading off over the oceans far away.

2nd Birthday Gifts

My niece is turning 3 in a few weeks and she loves dolls but has way too many so here are some doll accessories I have made

A wonky log cabin doll quilt, matching pillow, some fitted cloth nappies and I plan to make a sleeping bag as both her and her sister sleep in these.

The pillow is my favourite - I quilted each log and it really stands out.

Home Amongst the Gum Trees.

Some of Australia's nature relaxing in the midst of the rat race called Sydney. A visit to Sydney Aquarium and Sydney Wildlife World allowed us to take in some nature in the city.
I love this pic of Bronte
And Miranda

Much ado about craft.

My little hand have been very busy this week creating many little projects.

Bias Tape

First there was the need to obtain 7 yard of bias tape for my apron - I decided on the make your own approach as I had bought the coordinating fabric and just could not bring myself to using that pre packaged stuff (I'm on a polyester diet) so after trying to work out how to do it a number of ways I found a great tutorial (I have lost the link but will post when I find it) I practiced on some red, and seeing that work make my pink here it is 25 metres of Bias in less than 24hours

Flower Dotee

A flower dotee for a flower dotee swap on swap-bot

Bookmarks

Some handcrafted bookmarks using golden books for an anything goes bookmark swap over at swap-bot

Apron Progress and Bias in use.

Gym

Oh and I joined the gym on Monday morning with my mother's day gift certificate and am now paying someone so that I can WALK - I am baffled as to why I need to pay gym fees to walk when I could do the walking in the time that it would take me to drive there and back. But hey so far 2 days out of 2, (and it means I do not have to listen to Miranda cry and complain about sitting in a stroller or for that matter push a stroller at all) It was an effort to make myself exercise today as my body was a little sore but I have managed 2 days in a row to walk 2.3km, cycle 5km and cross train 2.?km - does that mean I get more ice cream tonight :) Now I have to decide weather to have a break tomorrow or just push myself and see if I can make it to the gym 4-5 days on my first week HHMMM would that create burnout??? I will decide how I feel in the morning and let fate decide by weather or not I can obtain a creche spot.

I will spare you photos on me walking on the tread mill but watch out because If I can manage to refrain from the ice cream I will surely be posting pics.