I have a confession I love doilies, I know, I know, how Little old lady of me. Mostly I just look at them, take them for a little walk around the shop then put them back.

Around about this time (sorry never been very good with dates) marks a momentous occasion. It was nowish last year that I gave up on living the life of a non practicing reclusive art freak and became a non practicing not so reclusive addicted to the internet art freak. You see, I just transitioned from [...]

Glenn being the super nerd that he is is often on the computer for a long time, me on the other hand, I am more used to old fangled technology and can on more than one occasion be found with, wait for it, Oh My goodness, paper and pencil in hand, Glenn calls me the [...]

Here is Lani’s weekend snaps. They are all inside because we didn’t do anything this weekend because I stuffed up fathers day by being ill.  Poor Glenn I really am very sorry It’s probably the worst fathers day he’s ever had. I did manage to stay upright long enough to do the jump on daddy [...]

   Oh yes she has, well baby talk anyway. She said her first word on Sunday but we held off declaring it until we were sure it wasn’t just a one off. You see we have a habit of calling every one up to celebrate our youngest’s achievements like the time she rolled over. Only [...]

…well, sort of. You may notice a wedding band in the photo, yes I am married to Glenn and no this isn’t a make up new engagement thing. This is because I stuffed up. The first time we got engaged was 8 years ago now. We had been best friends for a while, he was [...]

If your kids are like mine, and LOVE having their faces painted, doing it yourself can save a lots of time and heartache. The stalls that offer face painting also offer very long queues full of hot impatient kids. Not really how I’d like to spend my time. I truly believe one of the best [...]