An in-between post

Just for posterity, I'm reporting that I'm joining in with pottymouthmama's habit plan -

and the habit I am going to master (and look, it's not a biggie) is to drink 10 glasses of water each day.
In doing so I'll at least have less TIME in my day to stuff my face with other comforting things. And I do like to drink water. I'm just out of the habit - until tomorrow, when I will be back in it. And that's that.

And if you haven't read it already, you should go read this hilarious blog - Make Mine Mid Century.
She's prolific and has a gift with words (and has four kids which contributes to the wierd parallels our lives sometimes seem to have).

And I'm also getting my act together body wise and using Trish to help me. She's turning 40 a month after me, and boy, I've got some work to do. The stupid thing is that I know what I need to do, and yet, am not even close. So the reminders that she's posting, and the 'truthful tuesdays' that she's promising, will surely do more good than harm.

And for a little bit more papercut love, this is from 'thetimeisnow' on etsy. Lovely.

I've got some more papercut ideas that have yet to come to life, so the inspiration is welcome.

And that is it for now, have a great weekend!

A quickie

I've been pretty flat out so far this week with miserable darling babies (and noses that just run and run), washing that once again threatens to block out the sun, and attempting to do my webdesign homework...

But I wanted to share a couple of links:

 

Rob Ryan papercut

This one to the amazing Rob Ryan, a papercutting artist extraordinaire (did you see that Inside Out subscriber cover?) and his team (lucky people) in time lapse. I LOVE papercut art!


And this one, which may help my lovely friends with two kids understand my approach to parenting four. All I can hope to do is maintain my sanity and Kim from allconsuming certainly gets it (although I don't vaccuum hourly - I do think about it every hour, but then I get distracted...).

And that photo at the top - that's my eldest boy on the left. I just LOVE this photo. His team had just won their division of a rugby carnival in Armidale. The joy is palpable. I'm a proud mother.

Love this idea

I just saw this on Remo (which I have loved for years) - The Eco Potmaker - either to give as the gift or get it yourself to make pots, grow plants and then give them as the gift. (You can click on this image and go straight to the page - it's a HUGE site)

The kids did their maths and decided they wanted to get those Simpsons stickon things that The Courier Mail was promoting, so we've had more newspapers than usual around lately, and this seems like a great way to reuse a few. And I THINK you can plant straight into the ground with newspaper - I could be wrong. I'm going to get one anyway, and I'll let you know.

I also love their Tempus Fugit Wall Planner - this is ours, cut in the middle to fit on the pantry doors - it's time for a new one. Next year will be full of my schoolmates' 4oth's and dates are already being mentioned. It looks busy, but it's got weeks that start on Mondays and it really works for us. Just click on this image (below) if you want to have a look.

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They also have some terrific blackboard napkin rings that look good... better put my credit card back in the freezer now.

If you're a Remo newbie, they'll also send you a free t-shirt (they were my 'uniform' for the school run for years), so they're very nice people.