Wishing and dreaming and planning and sewing

Since my camera is broken and no way of fixing it or getting a new one until we live on porridge for the next 10 years... I have been seeing all these amazing sewing projects that I so want to sew.
The thing is that finding the time at the moment is the problem......well not a problem because I kind of like being busy, but I do want to sew, sew, sew.
SO these are the things that I want to attempt. These I found on a blog called Sugar City Journal. (Calli you may want to link this with all your good computer skills!!!)
OK. I cannot paste pictures in here. So here are some that I found in New Zealand That I LOVE.

This is a felt apron to go over a skirt! How cool is it!This was in felt also. Great over the top of a long sleeve shirt.
Well, I'm off to make some paper cranes with two sickies.
Dreaming of a time when I can stop playing blow your nose and see where I go!!!!
Toodles!

Yipeeee!

Happy, happy Over-100-Blog-Posts to Us!

This is how you make me feel, dear sisters.

Passion in Paris!!!!

Oh la la and all that stuff!!!

It was such a hoot.
Firstly Brooke is a WONDER to travel with- if no sister is free just giver her a call. I had India giggles when I realised I was 9 years older then her (flip me that's old!!).

So our feet hit the ground and we all of a sudden feel like we are part of "Moulin Rouge".I mean what do the men in Paris drink- love juice only... We were total hounded the entire day- did give us a lot of good laughs!!!Starting at the beginning flying in over multicolored fields with the magnificent yellow...
We stumbled across these cute little local markets before we even found out hotel and get rid of our bags... Mmmm fresh foods, flowers, meats, and sun warmed fresh strawberries..heaven!




We then discovered the Tour de Effel and took millions of pictures with the top missing!!!Then some very good ones also!!!



to be continued when more sleep is had- But I am Back!! X

A Spoonful of Sugar

They say a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down......but it sure doesn't help with Olive Leaf extract and garlic tablets, which I am being pumped full of to try and rid my body of this dreaded sore throat and no voice!!!!!
Also I cannot take photo's at the moment because our camera has decided to go all artistic and only takes blurred photo's all the time.....grrrrrrrr.
i love my camera.
I really need to go to bed, but just wanted to make sure everybody still knows I am alive!
So, until next time folk goodnight and goodbye.

Kt Mac

Where are you????

Living, busy, working, entertaining Tracy, planning a costume for a 90's BBQ this sat, helping Jean with the vintage car show, meeting my bosses for resignation meetings, planning my 5 months traveling, paying overseas banks money to study world health, making baby's clothes and monkeys, meeting for one to one bible studies, packing and re-packing boxes, washing uniforms

AND in between all this I eat, sleep, a lot and smile even more!!!

Goody gumdrops.  See you next week!!  And any chance you can bring me some bread soda?  I've started washing my hair with bicarb soda and vinegar, I'm almost good enough to eat.

Winding Down

My study-buddy got married yesterday.  

And it's true, brides the world over are glowing and beautiful.  Floor was beaming and Dave was grinning like a goon, it was wonderful.  The service was held in Dutch which was great, instead of listening to what was going on I could take my time to gaze around the church and not feel guilty about not listening.  I think the service was generally the same as most weddings, as far as I could make out anyway.  The photo is Floor's family.  Her little nice, Puk (no idea of spelling!) was the flower girl, she was so cute and Floor's mum had made both Puk's dress and her own (see Mum, handmade mother-of-the-bride outifts are fashionable!).

After the church service we toodled over to the Ij (the big river/canaly thing here in Amsterdam which separates North Amsterdam from the Centre) in all our wedding finery for a reception on the Odessa, a docked boat.  

It was a cool, chilled out affair and I even saw the bride and groom eat (something Andrew and I missed out on at our wedding!).  

The eating included their wedding cake, photos included due to the un-Australian-ness of a Dutch wedding cake.  So, big congrats Dave and Floor! 

Oh, and this is their super cool wedding invite, clever clogs.

And this is a little something that Andrew and I found on our way home from church this morning.  My fabulous husband lugged it home on the front of his bike and up our billion stairs to get it into our house.  It's a Singer 191B, made in Scotland in 1959.  It still runs, but there's a few stitchery problems.  Oh well, I love it in all it's retro-glory.

Number Three

Andrew and I had a hot date at IKEA on Wednesday night.  We gorged ourselves on hotdogs and ice cream and I snagged this awesome fabric to make my travel bag, number 3 on my list of 26 things to do before I turn 27.  I've cut and snipped and threaded and pinned and sewed throughout the week and here is my little beauty.  It's not quite finished as I want to add some padding/strength to the handles and I need to buy some more webbing to make an over-the-shoulder strap.  But it's useable as it is, I just need somewhere to travel now.  I used the tutorial for the funky travel bag off Craftster.  But I spiced it up a little with an inside pocket and an outside pocket with a zip.  (Take note of my handsome assistant who had just crawled out of bed.)  This was my first-ever zip attempt and of course I had to start tricky, but I'm majorly proud of the end results, huzzah!

Things to Do Places to Go People to See!

Kenzi's Things to Do before She is 6 1. Practise my ballet 2. Write a Dora the Explorer Book 3. Sleep in the Flat 4. Thank God for everything 5. Go swimming with Mummy 6. Tell my friends the flies a story 7. Be hilarious 8. Make a big cubby house 9. Grow my hair long 10. Get a pet rabbit 11. Practise rollerblading 12. Say please and thank you all the time
Connor's things to Do 1. Go surfing with Da 2. Start walking on my hands 3. Go to a dinosaur museum 4. Make a shield and weapon from wood 5. Sleep in the flat with Da 6. Learn to flip in the air 7. Start playing a team sport 8. Write a book 9. Fly in an aeroplane 10. Ride a motorbike 11.Sew something
Brenton's list is a work in progress. He is up to 6 things to do before he is 40!!!! He has got a long list to get to!!!!! 1. Get down to 88kg's 2. Complete my sabbatical reading 3. Build a rabbit hutch for Kenzi 4. Go ten pin bowling with my family 5. Run the length of Nobbies beach 6. Get my marriage celebrants license
My 34 things to do before I turn 35 1. Make my own laundry detergent 2. Plant some vegetables in my patch 3. Go on a bush walk with my family 4. Make all my Christmas gifts 5. Build a sewing room 6. Cook haloumi 7. Lie in a hammock and read a book 8. Run on the beach 9. Sew an overcoat for Kenzi 10. Have a picnic somewhere random 11. Ride my bike 12. Learn how to make button holes on my machine 13. Take my free lessons for my overlocker 14. Camp in a National Park 15. Go to a museum 16. Learn how to sew in a zipper 17. Fly a kite 18. Plant some bulbs 19. Write a cooking book for Kenzi 20. Play football and cricket with Connor 21. Watch Gone with the Wind 22. Read my bible from front to back 23. Establish a housekeeping routine 24. Have a girly day with my girly friends 25. Drink water every day 26. Sleep outside under the stars 27. Take a long walk with Brenton holding hands 28. Make playdough without it going mushy 29. Have an outside movie night in our backyard 30. Sew myself a dress 31. Learn how to do an Audrey Hepburn hairdo 32. Sing in the rain 33. Watch Casablanca 34. Read 'The Shadow Thief" - written by a 15 year old 35. Write a list a 35 things to do before I turn 36

Budgie Smugglers

A few weeks ago Andrew and I were cycling south of Amsterdam when we had to stop to make sure we were headed in the right direction.  We were in the middle of a stack of fields but I could hear a radio.  I had a little scout around and I found this guy.

Just taking a break in the middle of farmland with his radio and his yellow budgie smugglers.  Nice!

A Little Ray of Sunshine

The miracle of birth is ....well......a miracle!
I had the immense pleasure and privilege of surprising my sister

and playing with my 15month old niece

and holding my 3 day old niece!

Wow!

More to follow. Right now I have to hug my husband and my babies!

Soon Back On Air

No Photo's cause I'm in the Land of the Long White Cloud!
Will put photo's up when I am back.
Going to be home tomorrow and totally looking forward to seeing my babies again.
Baby Madi is beautiful and big sister Emi is great. Emi got dressed by me today. She had bunches in her hair and a dress with pants on. She looked way cool and every one said that she looked like a little Trin.
Will post other things we have done and seen when I get back.
It is going on 7:30 and I must go to bed!
I think on my list of things to do before I am 35 is staying up past 8:00!!!!!!

My List of 26

On my birthday Trin suggested that I make a list of 26 things to do before I turn 27.  So today, I hung my legs over the edge of the canal and made my list.  Nothing world or life changing but just little things I want to do.  I got stuck for awhile at number 19 but here is my list:

1. Swim in Holland (brr-cold, and eeew-icky water)
2. Have ice cream from the shop near Hema (there's always a queue of people buying ice cream, even in winter)
3. Make a travel bag
4. Sell something on ebay
5. Watch Casablanca
6. Watch Gone with the Wind
7. Read Pilgrim's Progress
8. Cook Rebecca's mum's apple gebak (great Dutch apple cake)
9. Ride to Nambucca (from Scotts Head along the beach at low tide)
10. Get new glasses
11. Go to Alkmaar cheese markets
12. Grow something (anything)
13. Cycle a bakfiets
14. Do the pedal boat thing in Amsterdam
15. Drink organic milk near Broek in Waterland
16. Learn some embroidery stitches
17. Post a video blog
18. Go to the Anne Frank House
19. Make a Dutch meal (e.g. stempot - a mashed potato thingy)
20. Eat at the Taco Shack
21. Buy pinking shears and use them
22. Go to the antique shop on Nieuwe Spiegel Straat (New Mirror Street)
23. Make a piece of child's clothing (have a French magazine with very cute little girls tops)
24. Make 18 hour bread
25. Read Pigs Might Fly
26. Make a new Christmas ornament

No particular order, just 26 things to do in less than a year.