Sally Carrera (one hot looking porsche)
We met Sally Carrera yesterday morning on her 2008 Road Trip. The kids were so excited. Xavier dressed up as Sally’s boyfriend. The latest sensation and hot new rookie race car Lightning McQueen. Matching undies and shoes too. He’s a big fan - lol. And Xanthe went all out in a matching blue gown, ready for any red carpet affair.
The kids were a little star struck though. But kudos to the guys at Porsche NZ who had a stash of lollipops on hand.
Lollipops help make for calm, well adjusted kids.
And here you go mum. I know you’re hanging out to see me. I accidently got snapped in that photo (which has been heavily cropped by the way).
Warning: photo overload
My “studio-space” (and I use that term very loosely) take’s up part of our sunroom. I got the half by the back door where people come and go …. so it’s not surprising that over the Christmas break it started to look like this:
Especially given that the last couple of weeks I’ve been sharing my space with our manic doodle (apparently *people* call labradoodle’s ‘doodles’, go figure):
I got sick of having to work at the breakfast bar. It’s also very uninspiring if one can’t sit down and play with their sparklies when feeling a creative urge. But thankfully underneath all the junk, I found my work bench:
I sat down last night and hammered out this for my sister’s birthday. I stunk the house out turning it black …. my antiquing process produces a smell that reminds me of rotten eggs and child-hood visits to Rotorua. Then I hammered it to within an inch of it’s life. I sure hope my sister appreciates it’s weathered vintage look – lol.
It says “circa 1986” on the back – because hey, that’s when she came into circulation … and what a cute little sister she was.
And while I had my photo tent out I snapped a shot of a necklace I made last year for a lovely local lady whose just had bubba number three (her precious wee heart baby).
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Also, I just want to say a big thanks to Hay, she gave me another award (*gushes*). I think it may take me awhile to pass this one on though, I don’t know that many people in blogland. If you haven’t done so, then go check out Hay. Also, if you have a spare 10 hours and a nice comfy seat, she’s got an awesome list of fun blogs in her sidebar.
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Here’s one for my mum. The kids earlier today in the sandpit “say cheese for nana” …
Unclaimed Money
Did you know that IRD have a list of unclaimed money, and you’re name could be on it? It’s not unclaimed tax returns or anything as exciting (or unexciting) as that. But things like unpresented cheques and wages that have been sitting in financial institutes for the last six years untouched.
So go forth ye and check it out. Your name could be sitting on that list.
Yummo
Guess what we had for dinner last night?
Still not sure? Does this help?
What about this one?
The cat sure loves the aroma - mmm, don’t think I’ll be feeding him any though.
Umm, um, yum. I spy me some Falafels.
