Hard at Work

I know I haven't written in a while, but I've been hard at work in Hawaii. Life is rough I know.

Here I am hard at work on the beautiful Island of Oahu.






On the plane ride over, I developed a weirdness in my belly area. Naturally I had to get it sorted out to enjoy myself in any way, shape or form. I had to go to this dodgy looking Wellness Center where I was checked out by a doctor in a Hawaiian print shirt and Bermuda shorts. What a trip. Here I am celebrating making it out alive with my prescription.

More Pillows

This post is more for me to remember this site than for anybody possibly reading my blog.

Fabulous Little Things

So I was reading my Daily Candy e-mails and came across the Foxy Originals site full of fabulous little bits and pieces of unique jewelery.

These are a few of my favourites:

Not a Bad Idea

I kind of like the idea of these stencils - I just don't know if I would have the nerve to do something like this though.

I Love These

I absolutely love throw pillows. Poor Mack laughs everytime I come home with a new bag full of pillows.

For some women its shoes - for me, Pillows.

Here are some I found that are just too cool.

Comfy Looking Shoes

Have a look at these really comfy looking shoes, for each pair that you buy, the shoemaker donates a pair to an underpriviledged child.

I want to be like that when I grow up, but for now I'm content just buying a cute pair of shoes - these were my favourites.

It Came, It Came

So the new addition to our family finally arrived. We are so excited.

Please say "Hello" to our new toy:

A 20 inch imac with a dual 2.33 gHz processor, 2gb ram, a 500gb HD and a video card with 256 mb ram. WOOHOO!

All the Best Things

I've said this before and I'll say it again, all the best things in my life are Mac.

My Husband (the very best),


My make-up (makes me look my best),


and my computer (I only work on the best).

Allowed to Change my Mind

So I revamped my blog. What do you think? I like it.

I Made a Child Puke

Its true, and the best thing is that I'm really proud of it. Now don't go judging me till you've heard the story.

One of our photographers was doing a shoot where he wanted me to put fake scrapes and scabs on two little boys. They needed to look like they had scuffed their elbows. I put the fake blood on the first little boy. He seemed fine and off he went. The second little boy couldn't look while I was applying the make-up cause he was traumatized by the look of the first wound I had applied. Anyway the next thing we know, the first little boy is as pale as a ghost and is hurling into the toilet. He had taken one look at his fake wound and just gotten sick.

Isn't that amazing. I'm just that good that my fake blood makes people puke.

I think I'm going to write that on my resume - "Made child puke".

This is a proud moment for me.

Here's how the wound on the second child looked.

Smelliness we can all Love

This is the beauty of genius. Recycled pencils made out of newspaper and then given a delicious scent. I personally am throwing out all other writing utensils and dedicating myself whole heartedly to the smencil.

Also available in the UK, Aus, NZ and Canada (Go Commonwealth.)

Pretty Ballerina

A few days ago my boss decided that he wanted to shoot a really large man in a ballet tutu. Well guess what? It is practically impossible to find a XXXL tutu and size 10 wide ballet slipper in one short day - my solution - I made the tutu and the slippers. Yip its true I'm amazing. I didn't have a pattern for either one and just kind of made them up as I went. Here's how they turned out. Don't judge.

Round and Whirring

I have been having the weirdest abdominal pain lately and the doctors I went to didn't know what the matter with me was. To rule out any serious - like needing surgery - abdominal problems, I was sent for a cat scan.

Now this was my very first cat scan and it seemed all very futuristic to me. I had to lie down on this platform that moved in and out of a doughnut shaped machine. Inside the machine had spinning and whirring things that were taking the pictures of my insides. Well As you move through the picture taking process the machine tells you to breathe in and hold your breath. It then takes the picture and lets you know when to take another breath. The first couple of times I didn't take a deep enough breath and so about half way through the picture I thought I wa going to explode. I became savvy to the breath taking thing and the rest of the cat scan went just fine.

This is how the machine I went into looked. I went in feet first cause my scan was abdominal.

All In a Days Work

So this is what I do for work. Looks fun doesn't it? It really is fun ... sometimes.

You can check out alternate images at the Rubberball website. Just click on the image.

These pictures really crack me up.

Total Addiction

I must confess I am totally addicted to Grey's Anatomy. I decided to watch the first season to see what all the hype was about, and I don't know if its my fascination with hospitals and the human body that has me salivating for more, or just the fact that Patrick Dempsey has turned into one luscious older gentleman, but I can't stop watching it.


I Netflixed the first season. Watched the first episode and was hooked. I had to watch every episode on the disc, despite the fact that it was 11:00pm and I was tired.

Last night I watched the first disc of Season 2 while making my curtains. Now I have to wait for the second disc to arrive - I don't have the patience - I need it all now!

Its a good thing I only get one disc at a time. I would most probably call in sick if I could watch them all together.



I need help. I just don't have the power on my own.

An Accent for my Lounge

I'm really excited. I found this cool picture on the Domino Magazine website that gave me an idea for my lounge. Check it out. I think I'm going to paint the one wall a lighter colour and then give it a frame/border with the same mustard as the other walls. Hmmmm - Its worth a try.



Also I absolutely love the wall paper in this room - wish they had fab stuff like that here.

All Warm and Glowing

I like colour. I'm going through a colour phase right now. So, I decided that my lounge was a little bland and definitely too dark. To brighten it up a little and make it feel all warm a glowy I decided to paint my walls a honey colour. I settled on Behr Gold Bluff 310D-4.

I must admit that I did have a slight pang of painters remorese after seeing how bright the walls were, but being too tired after all the work, I decided to sleep on my remorse and decided wether I liked the colour or not in the morning. The sun was shining brightly when I awoke and as I walked into my lounge I could hear the angels serenade me with a gentle aaaah. The room was warm and inviting and exactly how I pictured it.

I went shopping on Saturday for curtain fabric. I wanted something fun, bright and young. I found the most delightful Liz Clairborne Print. Who would have thought she had delved into a little creative decorating. I bought six yards of the fabric and will now proceed to sew my own curtains. I'm still looking for an accent colour or fabric to break up the almost monochromatic yellows and oranges in the room though - If anybody has a fabulous idea I'm open to suggestions.

My New Thing

I have decided to redecorate my home. We barely moved in about two months ago, but I am not really liking what I've done. So, I've decided to rearrange a few things, throw some paint on the walls and lighten and brighten. I will take before and after pictures for all to see.

To the bottom of things

So I figured out what the pain was - I was pregnant and having a miscarriage. Lovely! Let me tell you - if you are ever in this situation (Heaven Forbid) and the doctor asks you if you want to let your body take care of things or if you want medical help - NEVER EVER let your body take care of things - it's way of taking care of things includes large amounts of extreme pain and trauma. As if the situation isn't traumatic enough as it is. It isn't a pleasant situation, but at least you do get over it. I'm on my way to recovery.

Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow Bloody pain!

So I've been having the worst abdominal pains. Not really sure what they are - neither does the bloody doctor. What use is a degree in medicine when all he could tell me was to take some ibuprofen. Time to research WebMD on my own. I'll get to the bottom of this - I wasn't Time Magazines person of the year for nothing.