all by myself . . . . & blogger ate my statistics!!

Greetings all,

Now i love the school holidays so i've found myself in a very quiet (very clean) house today . . . all by myself.  Cue the music.  School has resumed for the final term of this year.  I have a child who will be let loose into the real world in just 4 years time??  Yikes!!  Anyway, i thought i'd play around on my blog & social media platforms.  Oh great, thanks Blogger, you just ate all my statistics.  I am pitching my blog to potential advertisers & gulp, no one has ever viewed my blog apparently!! Good place to start.  Zero!!

So to avoid panic & staring mindlessly at a statistics page saying "no one knows you exist" i headed into the chicken run.  Oh Trombone, i know how you feel honey, "don't want to be, all by myself."  Actually i've always embraced my own company, i think she does too.  

Glorious sunshine.  Time to hire the hedge trimmer.  We just priced them . . . expensive.

How relaxed is Harmonica??  Our ISA Browns have started to lay eggs.

 This was a total time waster . . . watching 3 chickens roll around & 'wash' themselves in lawn clippings.  It was fascinating, i was mesmerised.   

 Here's some scale for you, Oboe our Pekin x Silky bantam (in a little ditch) versus Trombone our Australian x Indian Game bird.  Boy she has some drum sticks on her!! 

Anyone else having Blogger-Ate-My-Statistics issues??  Or am i all by myself??  Love Posie

our creative space . . . 'creative taste buds'

Greetings all,

My studio is really coming together, a huge effort seeing i've halved the size & put all my storage tubs in there too, spreading out was sheer luxury.  So while i'm not crafting, i'm working on other parts of . . . me . . . like my desire to drink tea, but disliking the taste.  I have always loved the idea of organic happy healthy teas (sans caffeine) i sampled some fruity ones iced over Christmas.  Now with Winter fluttering in, i'd like an alternative to hot chocolate (calories) & this week took myself off to T2 for an education on what suits my very inexperienced tea palate.

 This is not a PR post, i paid the $68 for the jug & teas from my hot little pocket, however, every staff member i've ever come across in this shop is so informative & enthusiastic about tea, i'm happy to promote them.  This week i picked up the smaller jug (i have the 2L - it's quite a commitment) & these flavours, which, shock horror, i enjoyed (in store samples) as hot teas.  I was so proud of myself & how creative my taste buds are becoming.

 So this morning, between the school run & errands, i popped home for a cup of toasty nougat & homemade cookies, it was so comforting & dare i say, filling . . . satisfying!!  Tonight i'm going to try the red choc mint, which the T2 girl said is amazing with a splash of milk too.  Mmmm.  I like this pace but i'm never drinking coffee, i like the smell but taste, ick.

If you're into vintage tea sets, check out my friend Heidi from The Polka Dot Petticoat blog in Alaska USA, for some amazing finds, prepare to be jealous - coloured glass to Dutch tin sets!!

 Meanwhile, back at chicken central, check out my little blogging pal.

 I want to get back into screen printing shortly, like my muse??  She'll grow into those feet on day, right now, she's looking a bit scrawny & dare i say, like a rooster, noooo!!

Happy Creative Spaces this week folks, hope to be sewing soon, but right now my head is so giddy with the thought of my husband coming home, nothing else matters, love Posie

PS check out my last post to see if you are a giveaway winner, there are lots of you!!

just because . . .

EDIT: my post-of-the-month with Gifts of Serendipity!!

Greetings all,
Oh we're having so much fun with our chickety chicks . . .

enough said really - what a lovley way to wrap up the last week of school holidays - thunder clouds outside, Winter chill in the air, $2 Monday new release DVD hire, big bowls of homemade soup, hyper happy children raising chicks indoors . . . & inside dolls' houses!!
Now excuse me for a hiccup in transmission while i set up my new computer & practise being smug (a big delivery from Apple is imminent) with seamless technology.  I've never used Apple before, all that swiping & those weird icons, i'll be out in the IT wilderness for a while.  I had to giggle, last week the charger arrived via courier, sans computer, so i enthusiastically plugged it in & cleared space on the 'group desk', ready for the big ticket items.  Just hope the thunder clouds hold off while i construct the chicken coop too!!

My thoughts are with all the families who celebrate & remember loved ones on ANZAC Day.  It's a low key affair for us this year, we'll just attend the school ceremonies when school resumes, going to the War Memorial . . . when my husband is at war . . . too heartbreaking. 
Have lovely weeks everyone, love Posie
PS just let out my first tweet ever, the photo subject was too perfect.  You can follow me on Twitter (i'm @posietweets) - this little chick just went global-mass-social-media-saturation (yep, Facebook too) giggles bok bok bok. 

i'm grateful for . . . 'new beginnings don't get newer than new chickety chicks'

Greetings all,

I'm the master of surprising my children, whether it's Daddy coming home or a trip to the gelato store, i get them ALL the time.  While our children were away on school camp, i was plotting with my pal Emma & her husband Dan (doesn't everyone know a great couple called Emma & Dan??)  Policeman Dan was experimenting with hatching his own chicks, while engineer Emma is pregnant with her 4th baby, yay.  If they had enough new chicks, i could have a couple.  They were successful.  Today our chickens are 4 days old & ready for collection.  Funniest thing was, my plot of needing a hot water bottle for 'tummy ache' & saying Emma 'wanted to borrow a basket' was so good . . . my children STILL didn't realise we were collecting chickens to take home, until Dan asked which ones we were taking!!  Surprise, mother-of-the-year-moment, my reward is simply seeing the happiness & beaming smiles on their faces. 

EDIT: i had informed the high schooler about the chickens, she's horrified you might think she wasn't clued in enough to guess, my other 3 children still believe anything i say!!

 I'll let the photos speak for themselves, they are Speckled Hamburg Bantams.

 While we are keen on eggs, Hamburgs are not the biggest egg layers.

 Meet Ma & Pa, happiest chickens in the city!!

 On the drive home i explained we'd have a roster (hopefully they are hens not roosters) for handling the chickens, mainly to prevent OVER loving them & 2 chickens between 4 children . . . children were paired up & assigned even or odd hours of the day, Mummy has the final word or you're banned for your next hour.  I tell you, works a treat, i need more aces like this up my sleeve for power parenting.

 Talk about time wasters - watching them sleep standing up . . .

 watching them sleep lying down & tipping over. 

 My husband will love this - sleeping with a cushion (family joke, our German Shepherds have all preferred to sleep with heads on pillows!!)

 Speaking of puppies, he's getting a slow & safe introduction to where that chirping is coming from.

 BEST.

SCHOOL HOLIDAY.

 ACTIVITY.

EVER!!

Of course, in my mums-the-word plotting, i forgot to mention it to my husband.  When he rang it flashed before me, my 3rd girl answered the phone saying "can i tell him Mum, can i??"  He said she sounded SO happy, he was all for it & while we chatted he was researching chicken coops, one has been ordered.  For now, the chicks live indoors, very cosy indeed.  I'm so very grateful for this 'new beginning' with Maxabella Loves, also new to this chicken caper.  Love Posie

PS you might notice my high schooler sporting a sling, well there is a reason why teenagers are not allowed in children's play centres!!  She actually said "after i fell, a huge 2 year old landed on top of me, it hurt so much" & i had to refrain from laughing, she was so pale & honestly thought her wrist was broken (her little brother was at a birthday party there.)  Thank goodness we have a bye this week for volleyball.