i’m struggling through the last few days of the school holidays. everything was going pretty well until the end of last week, but right now i’ve had it up to here with children fighting, trying to conjure up creative activities (which usally ends in an ipad/iphone being shoved in their general direction and me shouting “fine“) and my pantry being in limbo thanks to the endless appetite of growing boys. plus raph has been sick (one part proper sickness, three parts man flu), which is just down right annoying (i am quite the heartless cow when it comes to dealing with whimpering grown men). to top it all off, the cats have also been meeewing at me incessantly, wanting food/attention at any given part of the day.
i would say i’m currently feeling a bit like a household slave.
but, apart from that, life has been good. we’ve been enjoying the summer days, and i’ve had some incredibly exciting emails appear in my inbox the past week. i’ve also been treating myself to a few nice things here and there (as a reward for enduring slavery). here are some of them:
from the top:
- a new shelf. my studio has been in desperate need of more storage for a while now, so after an extensive search i fell in love with this one from codename tom (and it was on sale). i’m still in the slow process of re-arranging everything – a quick look of the top few shelves for now.
- pieces from some educational puzzles i brought from the oppy. not sure exactly what i will do with them, just rearranging them in different patterns on my desk is pretty good for the moment.
- vintage pennants: my new obsession. i brought the brunswick one for raph for his birthday (as part of my secret make raph’s-office-awesome plan), and i couldn’t resist anything that says “endless caverns”. from eBay.
- the best postcard in the world. a badly but beautifully hand-painted photo, with script that reads “ollie, age 12, 1913″. i can’t stop looking at it. from eBay again.
- a “room decorator”, i think from peru. the photo doesn’t do the colours justice – fluro pinks, minty greens, sulphury yellows. i have it hanging around my lounge room doorway and it makes me smile pretty much every time i walk under it.
- my new journals: “bear magic” and “lost girl”. i made them with ginkgo press (who made my last journals too). these are just samples for now, but i will have some on my webstore later in feb, and they will be for sale at other places too.
oh, there will still be a giveaway… soon! x
Tags: beci orpin line, family, opp-shop finds, pretty things, shopping, webstore
oh i love the lost girl journal!
Oh sounds like being a Mum is very challenging at times. Good luck with all the demanding boys.
Those journals look pretty cute, I can imagine they would be a good pick-me-up every time you write in them.
Ha! I love this post, so true…I can relate! It’s the good intentions that count
Love the journals too.
…enduring slavery…lol.
It’s a persons prerogative to sometimes have a big whinge when it’s well deserved! (Was going to say woman’s prerogative but that isn’t really in-keeping with my feminist flag waving!)
love that puzzle, it’s the best! but man flu… that is the worst : (
Must be something in the ether, I was feeling a bit that way the last few days too (but now the dogs and I have the place to ourselves so I can be totally selfish for two days!).
Where/how do you always find such amazing things? That postcard is seriously great, and that room decorator is equally ace.
I hear you Beci…but school goes back this Thursday and it’s not a moment too soon! X
ooh yeah i feel ya! i had ‘one of those days’ on monday… i was ready to pack it in, send both kids to kindy full time and ‘get a real job’ and even looked on seek and got more upset! glad it was a passing phase, unfortunately Tyler isn’t over the crappy toddler yelling at me for everything phase! Ugh!
YAY for good things though, love the bookshelf – and your notebooks look gorgeous! xo
Love your treats. As much as I lecture myson that buying things won’t make any difference to your happiness. Sometimes it really works! I think I might have to insert an “unless it inspires creativity ” clause!
This post makes me want to shop!