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My Place & Yours..Where do you blog?

Posted on April 20, 2010 in: Blogging

This weeks theme for My place & yours over at Hello Owl was chosen by Talia and is…Where do you blog?

For me, this is pretty much it. The spaces on either side a generally filled with a meezer or 3.

I don’t really have a desk. Well, technically I do. I really wanted a roll top desk, and I got one. But it is the general dumping ground for all my stuffs, there isn’t really room for anything, let alone be able to sit there. I don’t have a desktop puter, just the laptops, so there is no real need for a desk.

I also blog from bed sometimes, too hard to take a pic of that

So, Where do you blog? Join in at My place & yours

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Oscar the paddle boarding meezer

Posted on April 20, 2010 in: kitteh

Of course, I already knew meezers were awesome, but check out Oscar, the paddle boarding meezer!

Every morning for the last month, 14-year-old Oscar wakes at 6am and follows his dad, Rob Van Wegan, down to the edge of the Noosa Waters canal and makes himself comfortable on the paddle board. Check out the full story and more pics…
How cute is he, and he looks like he is absolutely loving it, check out the possum tail LOL

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Noice-ities

Posted on April 17, 2010 in: internet

Have you checked out our fun new weekly challenge over at That’s Noice! We’d love to get a chance to find out what’s noice in your world each week.

We have been wanting to do this for awhile, but have had trouble coming up with a name. Rah came up with Noice-ities, but we were trying to avoid it…cause, well… it looks like noice tits right…and we love you and all..but we don’t want to see your tits. And then you go sticking the word on our logo, and now it looks like a big nipple. Maybe it’s just me.

Annnyway, back to the challenge. This week rah has asked..

If skill/talent was no object, what do you want to make?

Good to know that skill and talent are no object because I have none of those

I hate crafty bloggers, I really do. They are EVERYWHERE you can’t avoid them, flaunting their fabulous creations and awesome talents all over the interwebs…it’s no fair…SO jealous (no really, I do love you)

Lots of talents I wished I had, but I think sewing would be the main one. I have given it a try, but I hate sucking at stuff, so without any real clue, I have given up pretty quickly.

So if I was awesome with a sewing machine, what would I make. Hmm..way to hard to pick one thing.

I’d love to be able to make softies. I have attempted a sock monkey in the past, but like everything else..never finished it.

I’d also love to make bags, totes, messengers in lots of cute fabric.

Oh, and quilts, blame Fern and all her recent awesome quilts.

The list could do on, I really need a craft talent transplant..anyone know where I can get one? Poor deprived child I am, my mummy ever taught me these things.

Rah and I are looking at attending some of The Craft Room classes that Notebook magazine are running in Sydney. We have already booked in with Liz to do the cupcake decorating, that was a given. But the other ones look really great too.

So what about you, jump on over to That’s Noice and join in!!

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Happy 5th Birthday AFW…

Posted on April 15, 2010 in: internet

…for 2 days ago.

I didn’t forget, just busy with work and stuff. And we did the whole birthday thing back in February.

You see, the site sort of has 2 birthdays.

04.05.2005 was the date the forums were set up. Back then it had a different name, Off Topic Oz…lame no? I had dreams of a offtopic.com ish site…optimistic much *hehe*. But after a few months it became clear they we were pretty much only attracting women. So I decided to purchase a new domain name and rebrand the site.

13.04.2005 the site was officially relaunched on the new domain name.. www.allforwomen.com.au

The lovely Di (or Mad Old Cow as I one day changed her username to, and it has stuck) sent me this beautiful gift and card.

She tells me, repeatedly that owls are suppose to be lucky There was also a lovely apron, but I used it before I took a pic and got sauce all over it…opps!

So thanks Di for being so thoughtful, and thanks to all the girls at AFW

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Most useful/used gadget

Posted on April 5, 2010 in: General

Been waiting for a week that was relevant so I could jump in on My Place & Yours over at hello owl.

This weeks theme is most useful/used gadget, yup….I can easily jump in right here (and this weeks could probably count for last weeks theme, collecting..I am a bit of a gadget junkie)

(maybe cheating with an old pic, but it not much point in taking another that would be the same…right?)

I couldn’t pick between the 2. They are my most useful,used…adored and loved gadgets. You can’t pick a favourite child

When I stop and think about just how much I use them both, it’s a little scary. I’d say I would be using one, or have it on or very close by about 23hrs a day.

Macbook is work and play all rolled into one, from the first check of my sites and RSS in the morning, to one last check and tweet just before bed. It is running pretty much every waking moment. All the 3 jobs I currently have require it, as do all my hobbies and passions. So when you think about it, this silver beauty is pretty important…(must remember to do a backup one day soon )

Then of course there is the iPhone that takes over where the macbook leaves off and then some. More play than work, aside from access to my emails and sites if need be when out and about. It’s more the apps and games that have me hooked. We Rule, Angry Birds, Tweetie and iReply, Mashable, all my stats and the list could go on with the 7 other pages of apps. You name it, there is an app for it..and I honestly cant fathom life without my iPhone.

And of course, I can’t forget…all my friends live them *hehe*

As an aside…do you name your gadgets? I would love to name mine, but I have enough trouble naming kids and cats LOL

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All ears

Posted on April 1, 2010 in: Gemini, kitteh

Gemini went in for desexing last Friday.

(excuse the crappy iPhone pics)

We had planned to breed with her (registered of course) but with losing Stasia, and me starting a new job we decided now wasn’t the best time. I had also been putting it off a little, Alex does NOT cope well with anyone going to the vet and coming home smelling weird. So had to wait till I had a few days at home to keep an eye on her, and to calm him down.
She wasn’t keen on the car trip, my ears were ringing for the rest of the day after the screaming the whole trip.

Dropped her off, signed the forms…made sure to tell them DO NOT TATTOO her. And went home to await the call that she was OK to pick up.

Manpet picked her up on his way home from work. She was quite alert, so we let her straight out of the bag.

And then I saw it..and my heart sank. They had tattooed her.

Yes, it is just an ear…but of course I am superficial and shallow..why else would I spend $450+ on bloody cats.

(I’m not sure what the regulations are with ear tattooing, I tried searching but didn’t find anything. Does anyone know?)

After having my little flip out tantrum, which was not at all helped by manpet saying “there’s not much you can do about it now” I thought maybe I can try and wipe some of the ink out…and it won’t be so dark. So armed with some makeup wipes I went and gently cleaned out her ear.

I was a little surprised with the result, didn’t take much and 99% of the ink had come out. Either the person doing the tattooing sucked, or they realised last minute that they shouldn’t be. What ever..I don’t care. I am just SO relieved I don’t have to look at a dirty great big ugly tattoo in her ear.

She has bounced back fine, and decided to remove her stitches the first say she was left alone on Monday. Thankfully the incision had already fully closed. Amazing how quick they heal, a woman takes a good 6 weeks to heal from a desexing LOL