Life goes on but No ManFlu for me

Well that dreaded ManFlu that was squatting in our house tried it's very best to infect me.  NO WAY was I going down without a fight and I didn't.  Couple of nights of hitting the Vitamin C and Echinacea Boost Bombs before bed and I was tickety boo.   

Bloody Man Bugs can't get me!!

I made this Health Pack up for the Heir, as he had a rather nasty strain of ManFlu happening and he is flatting, and it is what a good mum does, she gets the good shit for her boys.  You never stop looking after your kids.

My feathered pets are content to share their garden with the natives, and we have plenty of them.  I personally think they are hanging around listening to the Canaries singing on the deck.  

UPDATE:   

The Canaries have been renamed again, 

Cheech and Chong now!

 Just a good old fashioned 'Sparrow' tree.

Oscar got a new Manly Camo Jersey.

He had a lot to say about it too.

My outfits have been multi coloured this week due to some new to me things.  I have not worn the spotted scarf yet but there is rugby tomorrow, and the necklace arrived in the mail today (trade me).

I found this over dress at Habitat this week as I happened to be passing by.  Ok so I lie, I was picking up something that they were selling on Trade Me and I won.  

The Spares gorgeous girlfriend has just got back from a wee overseas holiday and she got me this fabulous large shawl/scarf.  I knew I could work an outfit around it easy peasy.  She knows me well, colourful, SPOTS and a Mandela print.

This wicked top I slipped under my blue dress today, but it didn't get much air time as it was a dam cold wet miserable day.

So this is what I won on auction from Habitat, a vintage dolls pram.  Oscar thinks it is his and quite enjoyed being pushed around the house in it.

Meanwhile outdoors I uncovered things in the garden that made me smile.  I love how the pottery house hill as aged over time.

Big follows me in the garden, wanders on the roof of the girls house and then sits on the fence.  He hasn't shown the slightest bit of interest in the girls, I obviously feed him well.

We had a couple of lovely afternoons outside, that is me and the pets, so we spent most of it on the deck in sheltered sunshine.  Me reading and them snoozing.

Sushi had a grand time even was relaxed enough to stretch out and break into a big yawn next to Oscar.  She has one more week left with us.

These boys are getting on famously, but poor old Sheba is still giving Big a wide berth after too many claws to her chops.  I believe in letting them work it out for themselves, a bit like kids.  Don't get involved unless you see the entire situation as it usually takes two!!

I finally got around to visiting my lovely hairdresser and getting a tidy up.  I don't like straightened hair, it is far to tidy for me so I gave it a bit of Wave Envy when I got home, much more messy me.

Judging by the above sleeping positions anyone might think it was COLD today.

Says the Heater Hogger!!

With our changeable weather we get some really cool skies, I love clouds.  It is blowing like a bugger outside now and raining, I am so glad it is the evening and I am tucked up inside.  Hopefully it will be all good tomorrow.

Happy Weekend!! 

Six days on......

...and I am still here.  Hey thanks for wishing me well, I was actually only crook for  a few days (poohs and spews) but I am back to fighting fit, well not fit really, to be honest, quite unfit, but WELL again.  Now this house is overflowing with Man Flu!!!  Of course I cannot catch it as I am not a man!!  But to be on the safe side cut onions are being strategically placed around the house and I am drinking Vitamin C and Echinacia boost bombs.

We are down to one foster kitten now as dear Mr Dylz went in for his op on Monday.  Little Miss Sushi is such a shy little thing so a lot of handling has been happening this week.  She is well now but still loves being wrapped and snuggled and I don't mind it one bit.

I wore my new to me $4 shoes that I found last week on Monday and let me tell you, they are so comfortable, but then again, they are Hispanitas, a Spanish brand.  Kind of a reddish pink colour that just went well with all the other  colours I threw on that morning.

Turns out that Big is a lap cat after all and you so know he is on your lap, especially when he starts to prod.  He has been spending more time indoors these last few days as it has been cooler, with a few favourite spots to snooze in having been selected personally by himself.

Two of my favourite things in the garden are in abundance, my Daphne and Lemons.  I love taking a bunch of Daphne to work to go on my desk.  Oh and the lemons are so good in hot water and honey to soothe sore throats.

Our old Peach Tree is covered in Lichen and Moss, such magical stuff, I keep looking for the Fairies that I am sure are living in the garden.

Of course we have had a few more wet days, well it is supposed to be Winter and Rain is a byproduct of the Season.  I am constantly fascinated with water droplets that get left behind and wet cobwebs, the one above was in a bucket full of water.

Orange, Black and White with Spots happened for me on Wednesday, a cold, wet, down right miserable arse sort of day.  I was thankful to be at work inside with a heater on.

Oscar was on the whiffy side of things so I gave him a hair cut and a bath.  Poor little dude was rather cold after his little poof and pamper session so I went and bought him a jersey.  He isn't overly excited about my choice but he is warm.

"I am a DOG not a doll!!"

Sheba has found her inner mother and has taken a shine to Sushi.  I think it is because she is so quiet where all the other kittens have been full on and quite confusing to Sheba.  All I know is it is real cute to watch.

Thursday was bloody cold thank you very much.  Lucky I have nice long coats to slap on over what ever I end up wearing.  Coats and Boots are my Winter Jam!  I haven't been to the op shops much of late, there hasn't been much on offer that has made me go wow.  But on Friday I did call into the SPCA shop en route to Sue Ws place, as I was being her rural delivery mail person.

This sweet little, and I mean little, apron was only $2.  I did also find and buy a merino long cardy/jacket and a nana coat.  I call it a nana coat because it is taupe, a colour I associate with being a nana, that and powder blue.  Apart from being Taupe, it was only $8, brand new and perfect for cold afternoons on the sideline at rugby.  In fact I wore it today and it did the job perfectly, nana coat or not I was warm!

Speaking of rugby, that is the spare getting his face pushed into the earth.  Another good game sadly resulting with a loss to his team.  They were coming second in their division but after today this won't be the case.  Never mind, there is always next season.  Glass half full, that's me.

This is what I ended up wearing today and to his game.  I am not the traditionally dressed rugby mum on the sideline, but today I tried my best and wore a pair of jeans.  I am not really a jeans person these days, when I was a couple of dress sizes smaller I occasionally wore them.  These are nana jeans!!  Elasticated top!!  HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!  Seriously comfy for the job required, and far too long in the leg.  For some reason manufacturers think that the wider a lady is the taller she is too.  WRONG!!!  I just hacked off a couple of inches and left them raw, they aren't going to be worn that often so they don't warrant hemming.

Anyway, here is something to make you smile.

Okay then,

I am off to decorate!!

 

 

Sometimes life drifts slowly by when in fact it has zoomed past me.

I swear if I blink another week will pass me by.  And then I discover that it is now July?  How did that happen?  The weather has been decidedly shite of late, lots of the wet stuff, warm, but RAIN! 

The other week, not last week, but the one before, little George and Wayne left us.  Both lads were booked in for their de sexing ops so we said our goodbyes and had our last cuddles.

Then I got a call saying "can you take Wayne back", the vet couldn't find one of his nuts!!  This meant having to have a bigger op the following week, so while picking him back up I was given a brother and sister, Sushi (girl) on the left and Dylz  (boy) on the right.  They moved in to the kitty condo and the three of them just got on with it.

Pretty cute but I have to admit that three kittens are a lot of work and make an awful amount of poo.  The kitten season is nearing an end so these may well be the last babies for a while.

For some odd reason I seemed to wear black and white more than once, which isn't like me when the weather is dull.  The rain was starting to get to me, which is also not like me.  I was brewing a bug but didn't know it.

A dear friend of mine, Vicki turned 50 on the Friday of that week which meant good fun pressies were a must.  I had arranged with her hubby to just drop in on the day with out her knowing.  What they both didn't know is I had managed to get another of our friends down from Auckland!!

Denise, Vicki and I have know each other since our youngest kids went to kindergarten together, and those little ones are all turning 21 this year.  We had such a great afternoon/evening with Vicki and her family, there was family out from Canada that we got to meet as well.  Yay for good friends I say.

The weekend passed by with me unwell, but I figure it was natures way of telling me to get my shit together and chill.  The weather was wet so it was a good chance to stay under a blanket and catch up on recorded tv programs.

This week we said goodbye again to Wayne, he had his surgery and recovered well, thanks to his surrogate mother Oscar.  I even found Wayne trying to feed off Oscar much to his disbelief and shock at the entire experience. Them nipples are as dry as!! These two really did love each other.

Meanwhile, Big has completely taken over the house and lays on the floor like this in the evening.  Little Sushi got sick so I have been giving her antibiotics daily.  As for Dylz, he just wants to be cuddled now that his full on playmate has left.  Dylz goes this Monday and Sushi will be on her own until she is well and gets her op.

This week was incredibly busy for me at work so I only got to visit a couple of Op shops on Friday.  The Hispanita Shoes were $4 and the magazines were free.  That was all I walked away with.  My op shopping mojo just wasn't with me, or maybe there just wasn't much on offer to excite me.  

From there I went country.

It was time for a catch up with Dawn and see what she had been up to on the creative side of things.  I also had some stuff of my own that I had made ages ago to under glaze.  All will be revealed when finished.  These Cat bird feeders are brilliant.  I think they would look amazing hanging along a fence.

Most of this was in the process of being made last time I visited so it was wicked to see them all finished and ready to be sold.  

The tiny Shadow Windows are super cute.

I fell in love with the Planted Totem, was it the spots, the stripes, or just the entire look?

The Dr Seuss style wall hanging is just so cool.

I love the bright coloured houses, these are an oldie but a goodie, she just hasn't made them for a while. 

BUT OMG!!  These Shadow Boxes are the best, and I get the feeling they are going to sell out fast.  The detail is amazing.

In fact, I bought a second off her!!

Yesterday and today the sun finally came back.  So nice to finally get some washing line dried and hopefully the ground will dry out a bit too.  The garden still has fat sparrows, falling leaves and the odd bit of colour sneaking through.

The Spares rugby was in town today and right next to one of the older cemeteries in Hamilton. There was a flock of birds in there that took flight to the larger trees that border the rugby ground.

Such a distraction from the game for me.

The good news is, his team won their game, the sun continued to shine for the rest of the day.  The temperature sure did drop of this evening and I am guess a bloody good frost will happen over night.  Makes everything look pretty magical and it should kill off a few dirty bugs going around.

Have a good weekend everyone, and remember this: