Fruit and Flowers

Look what I found at my local chemist. A chemist for you Americans is our version of a drugstore. Is it just plastic fruit and flowers???

You can flip open the tops for lip balm.

They are by an Australian cosmetics company Miki. Check out their very cute website: http://www.mikicosmetics.com/main.html .

Yummy Mummy

One of the Australian fashion magazines, Madison, included a free Butter London nailpolish with the December 2011 magazine. I snagged the one with Yummy Mummy. It has the color of ashes of roses, which is an old color name for a pink taupe color. It reminded me of the color my new hybrid rosebush (yes I am a dork) named Julia. For those who are a bit older..ahem...it also reminded me of the dress that Maggie wore in the Thornbirds movie.

Butter London Yummy Mummy Nail Polish

Julia Hybrid Tea Rose



Thornbirds

A New Habit

" When Aunt Elizabeth Murray permitted Emily to drink real tea - as a matter of course and not as an occasional concession -  she thereby tactility consented to let Emily grow up."

 - Emily's Quest by LM Montgomery

I have been having trouble sleeping at night. Of course it could be the gallons of Diet Coke I consume all day to keep up with a three year old. So here is a new goal and habit for me that I have started tonight. No more Diet Coke after 1pm. Herbal non caffeinated tea will be my drink of choice before bedtime. I have to admit though, I still want my Diet Coke.

My new over and over and over and over song.....

I haven't found a song that I love hit the repeat button on for a long time.

Eet by Regina Spektor

It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song
You can't believe it
You were always singing along
It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can't remember
You try to feel the beat

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, eet, eet, eet
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeteeet, eet, eet, eet

You spent half of your life trying to fall behind
You're using your headphones to drown out your mind
It was so easy, and the words so sweet
You can't remember
You try to move your feet
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, eet, eet, eet
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeteeet, eet, eet, eet
[From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/r/regina-spektor-lyrics/eet-lyrics.html ]

Someone's deciding whether or not to steal
He opens the window just to feel the chill
He hears that outside a small boy just starting to cry
'Cause it's his turn but his brother won't let him try

It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song
You can't believe it
You were always singing along
It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can't remember
You try to move your feet

It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can't remember, you try to feel the beat

Sunday Safe Nail Polish

While all of the Northern Hemisphere is cozying up to the dark and ruby colored nail polishes, here in Australia the summer colors are revving up. I call this OPI Butterflies nail polish, Sunday safe because it won't shock the grey hair ladies on Sunday.

Sunday Drive

                                              MY COUNTRY
                                             A poem by Dorothea Mackellar

The love of field and coppice,
Of green and shaded lanes,
Of ordered woods and gardens
Is running in your veins,
Strong love of grey-blue distance,
Brown streams and soft dim skies,
I know but cannot share it,
My love is otherwise.

Boo was sick for several days and was tired of being cooped up in the house. I didn't want to inflict him on the general public, so I strapped him in his carseat. As I was driving, I was reminded why I love Australia so much.

The Someday Shoes

    Someday

          By Author Unknown

Someday I'll jump through puddles,
Take a stroll or run a race.
Someday I'll walk across the street
Or maybe walk in space.
Someday I'll scale a mountain
Or I'll join a nature corps.
Someday I'll walk a tightrope
Or explore the ocean floor.
Someday these feet will do some things
That only heaven knows,
BUT
For today they're happy
Just to wiggle all their toes.

                                                                                   

These are the most romantic, impractical shoes I own. The picture does not do it justice. They are made of a beautiful green and gold tapestry. I cannot remember the last time I wore them. Wait, I dimly remember a time before I was pregnant or chasing a toddler. These days it is about comfort and ease. Unfortunately, I am embarrassed to admit that crocs grace my very big feet. At least they can be sprayed off with a hose.

A Highland Hour

"Scottish by birth, British by law, Highlander by the grace of God."
- Anonymous

A few weeks ago I took Boo Boo to the Scottish Highland Festival in Australia. Good times were had for all and my son left loving the bag pipes.

Nailpolishes inspired by the plaid.

I snagged a piece a jewelry as a souvenir.

Food we avoided.