All My Loving - 13/12

Oh my, nearly a year that I've been a wife.
I've never been good with commitment, good with sticking with things, good with seeing things through. That's just me. But look at me go being married. I'm a great wife!
I love, I bake, I shop, I cook.....
What more could a husband want?!

Hmmm......Lets not bother asking Brent.....

Picture by Caren Blair

2009

Cherry Pie - 09/12

I like my life to have drama. I've always been this way. In retrospect I think it may have even stemmed from childhood as a coping mechanism. If I create a drama I don't have to deal with the real issues going on.

The past few weeks have been full of fun-filled drama, I've been busy being mama, wife, friend, , musician, expert coffee drinker and keen beer guzzler. I think I've been doing too much and last weekend I started to crumble. It started with an empathy tear for a friend and quickly turned into a "Woe is me" full blown cry. I sat on her couch and cried and poured my heart out.......And didn't I pour out! I left there feeling so sorry for myself and proceeded to live the next few days in a hazy blur of tears and confusion. Yesterday afternoon I played music with this fabulous woman Katie (be sure to click on her name and go check out her page) and all my worries and drama have disappeared! Amazingly just like that. Because I did what makes me happy! And now I'm riding that wave of delight again. I've fallen in love with Denmark again, I remember why I loved it as soon as we got here all those 7 years ago. The freedom, the music, the liveliness, the food, the smells, the community, the beautiful people (inside and out.....seriously Denmark has a GOOD looking town-folk).

So this weekend we're off to eat, drink, spit, stomp cherries at the the Manjimup Cherry Festival in our caravan. A cute little family holiday before the true madness of Christmas begins......
Cherry Fest

Sunshine, Lollipops, Rainbows 28/11

This summer I have weekends of wants:

I want:
Sunday winery visits
Drives to remote beaches
Swims in the early morning
BBQ's on our deck
Beer with friends in the sun
Music to be all around me

 Not much......

Hopelessly Devoted.....07/11

Wow, a week ago I was talking up how fabulous it was singing in front of 3 friends at Liz's house.
Weeeeeelllll, on Friday I sang in front of my whole class. And it was even more exciting!

First we all sang a slowed down version of 'Your the One that I Want' similar to this

Then I got asked to sing my song.....And of course I said yes. This was it. My moment.
I was super nervous and felt like I was going to vomit, but my teacher asked me and how could I say no?

So yes, lots of fantasies are coming to fruition lately. Lucky me!

Wicked Woman - 03/11

On Monday night I sang in Liz's backyard studio.....
I sang a song that I wrote. The first song I ever wrote, and I sang it for the first time. I loved it. And I am so happy that the ones I sang it to are such talented musicians that they were able to make the song come alive for me.
It's a song about being a lyin', cheatin', heartbreakin' man hater. About being a wicked woman. A woman who (I assume) would wear fishnet stockings in the daytime, drink champagne from the bottle, and dance on table-tops. Certainly not a biographical song!
It was exciting, and nerve-wracking, and fun and just a tad champagne induced.

GIrls on Film - 31/10

So I've never made any claim to be a photographer, of any sort. Though I would love love love a good camera, the list of things I would also love love love is quite long and camera isn't quite at the top.
But I do love taking photos and looking at my photos and looking at other peoples photos.

What a novel idea! 19/10

So I've been thinking about how unimportant the television is in my life. I really don't watch it. Well, look, I do watch Wednesday night ABC, but other than that I just happen to be in the room as B is watching something, or Miss P has her turn.
Don't get me wrong, I think it has it's place and I can't imagine not having the TV, but sometimes I really like the idea of throwing the thing in the back room or throwing a blanket over it as she sometimes does just to hide it away a little......