Moons

Listening to my husband reading Elizabeth Moon aloud while I wear my galaxy leggings, obsessing over my purple hair.  I put in heaps of purple foils today.

Writing desk

I love my writing desk.  I have a few things on it that make me happy.  Today I'm showing you my little tin houses and my polished stones.

Sweet aren't they?

Next is my write-o-fax and my current note book.  I love the Smiggle keyring attached to the Filofax.

There we go - a quick little tour of my desk - more to come at a later date!

Holidays at the races

I have just come back from a trip to Townsville.  I went there to watch the V8 racing and see my family.

Can you believe that I didn't edit the colours of the above photo?  Something weird happened with the colours there...

I wore the Holden fascinator that I made last year.  Lots of complements.  Even better was that I got it signed by the Holden Racing Team drivers, Tander and Courtney.

I was almost last in the line so I was pretty lucky that the drivers agreed to stay a little longer.

Of course I did a bit of shopping while I was in a city!  But I'm at home now, almost finished unpacking.  My family has come home with me so I won't be able to do much work or writing.

Today - feeling warm

Today didn't start out great - but by the afternoon it was!

I did have company during the day...

It was so cold!

No wonder she snuggled in so close.

And then this came in the mail!

I also got a box full of stickers and washi tape too!

On a final note:

I'm grateful for my husband,

He puts up with my whimsy and my frivolity,

We've grown up together,

We've been through tough times together,

We'll grow old together,

I'm still in love with him.

Long weekends

We had a nice weekend.  Got in and did a fair bit of craft actually.  C got some tie dyeing in,  I have almost finished the squares for a blanket for my brother.  I even made some paper beads.

We also went to the show and looked at the pavilion work - photos, art work, plants, craft, cooking.  We also checked out the bird competitions.  We ate pizza and watched dogs hearing cattle under the minimum time, and then bought fairy floss.

How do I feel about me?

I wrote this on the 1st of Aug, but haven't really felt like sharing.

I guess with this week's Aussie Curve's theme being 'vulnerable' I thought it was about time.

We have also been quite rocked at school because a new teacher has joined us with a PhD about food.  Everyone has been really putting their best 'diet' on show, and there has been so much self body dissing.  But as I said to someone today, 'You are an intelligent women, you don't have to justify your food choices' or something like that.  I wish they would get over trying to impress someone who really shouldn't matter in the big scheme of things.

So anyhooo...

I have a fat belly and heart shaped hips that stand out like the genitals of this squirrel; plus teacher wings and I have boob-alicious huges* as well.

I know all this and I don't think the people that I know and work with think any worse of me because them.

But as soon as I have lost weight (because I've managed to remember that I exercise at 5:30 in the afternoons and not because I cut out yummy food from my diet, OR I happen to have coordinated an amazingly flattering outfit that has made me magically lose weight) I get the comments.

Have you lost weight?

What have you been doing?

You're looking good!  (The most awful backhanded compliment ever)

I'm sure people have all heard them before.  I'm not covering new ground here.

I have fad dieters and fitness afficanados and fad dieters turn fitness aficionados at my workplace. I hate the idea that I sometimes feel like I have to boast to people that are talking about their daily run that I too exercise - I don't think they'd believe it anyway.  I bite my tongue or eat my lunch instead.

I studied nutrition at Uni - I found the subject boring because of the lecturer and not because of the content. I'm interested in health and would at some stage actually like to do more at that uni level (no not more study! Ek!) I know that when people start to talk about their 'diets' that half the time they are quoting something they read in Women's Fortnightly** or on Facebook or something their mum told them twenty years ago. I know that I really want to correct them, but I also know that they would look at me and my figure and think, 'What would you know.'

So although I am at the moment the most accepting of my body I have ever been I'm still facing confidence hurdles.

And just because I started with a list of what are my perceived shortcoming here is a list of some of the things I love about my bod:

Tiny ankles, killer calves and outer thighs that could kick a man senseless. Pouty lips and soft, feathery hair. Shoulders a swimmer would be jealous of if they didn't already have them, strong fast growing nails and a butt my husband loves.

 * my new name for my boobs
** not a real magazine

Boys and toys

My husband and brother are geeking out today with some old school gaming.

Sunday Pretties

Colored hair - thinking about cutting in a fringe again.

Caught up of Grimm, started watching Beauty and the Best, printed out stuff for work, washed towels, got some crochet done, bought new plates from Target online, hugged by a cat.

Don't you love the pencil case? It's from Typo and it holds my crochet hooks and stuff.

Being creative

This weekend I really wanted to 'do' something.

I crocheted, I drew, I gave my painting clear coats.

Feeling pretty happy with myself right about now,,, and I still have half a day to go.