birthday girl...

Well, considering i almost forgot it was my birthday, i have to say i was considerably surprised with how awesome the weekend was. I spent most of Saturday shopping in town and finished the afternoon with a brand-spanking-new iPhone! You have no idea how obsessed i am with this thing - i spent an hour in bed before sleeping playing plants vs. zombies and the first thing i do when i sit down at the end of the school day is play with the crazy features. I'm still learning how to use it - but i definitely don't regret it as a purchase. One of the coolest things i have found (which Rob actually suggested i download) was Hipstamatic. It's an application which basically put an old-school camera on your iPhone, so that when you turn on the camera you can change 'old films', change 'lenses' and pick different 'flashes'. Considering my current obsession with old cameras, Rob thought i would love it - and he was definitely right! I've been snapping shots all day with it and fiddling around with the different lenses and flash options. I think the catch phrase suits it well; digital photography never looked so analog. But - whilst i love the look of old style photos, i love the real deal even more... that's where my most recent birthday presents come in!Mum bought me the COOLEST old cameras (apparently found whilst digging around in an antique store near my sister's house). They're both Kodak - one even still has the instructions. I haven't had the time to look up exactly how old they are - that will be a task for the weekend i think. I'm giving myself this time tonight to write a blog whilst Home & Away is on, and it will finish soon so i don't have a lot of time, then it's back to planning. As well as these two fantastic cameras, i was completely spoiled by various other presents like cupcake note cards, socks, a pink, fluffy night gown which feels like i'm wearing a cloud, and some cute little frilly knickers and purple pyjamas. I was also gifted with some jewellery - silver and purple heart earrings and BEYOND beautiful dragonfly pendant which is adorned with marcasite. It will match the ring that my great grandma gave me, which LOTS of people have commented on. My mum always says that dragonflies remind her of grandpa - i can't exactly remember why, but now everytime i see them i not only think of grandpa but also my mum, so i have been wearing the pendant at school - a place where lately i have needed to gather up a lot of strength from within in order to keep on pushing through.

My grandma gave me a pocket size vegetarian cookbook- and although at first i thought 'oh great, another vegetarian cookbook' - once i flipped through the pages i was quite excited because it has some amazing (and simple) recipes; vegetable soup with pesto, sweet potato, mint, and feta patties, thai tofu cakes with chilli dip, spanish caramel custard... is your mouth watering? I know mine is. From my sister i was given a 'Heaps Good' aussie hoodie from decibel - a nice addition to the winter hoodie collection (lord know i need them up here in the freezing cold at Meningie). From Michael i received a pair of lace up (and i mean RIGHT up) converse shoes - purple with a funky little pattern painted on the side by the artist himself, Mr. Noodles (aka my lovely boyfriend). Rob and Van gave me the sweeeetest little necklace - a silver heart which breaks apart and then magnets itself back together. I was absolutely and thoroughly spoiled - not to mention that i went out on Saturday with my friends and was purchased copious amounts of alcohol, and then taken out for lunch on Sunday with my fabulous family (though i think they could tell i'd had a big night...hehehe).


All in all, a pretty amazing birthday! I think the best thing is just to not expect anything at all, and then everything tends to supersede your expectations. Well - this blog was really just me bragging about how awesome my birthday weekend was - but hopefully it puts a smile on your face. I'll end with a recommendation... everyone should get an iPhone.... they are truly awesome.

^.^

I just had a flash from the past thinking about the movie "babes in toyland" (1986). There are TWO versions of this movie, both just as awesome as each other in the sense that they are totally weird and horribly made - but this one in particular i love because not only does it have a young keanu reeves but it also has a young drew barrymore!! lol... Anyway - i looked up a review for it on 'badmovies.org' or something similar, and i liked what they wrote and thought i would share it... anyone that has seen it will laugh ;-)

What did i learn from this movie?

• If an electric pole is knocked down it only takes out the phones.
• Mean people live in bowling balls.
• Everyone who works in a bakery wears roller skates.
• If you can't pay the rent in cash the bank will take kids.
• Not being able to blink is a serious problem when you only have one eye.
• People from Cincinnati are immune to poison gas.
• Concentrated evil should be stored in an appropriate container, specifically not something glass.
• Teddy bears are not cut out for riot control.
• Wedding vows should include the phrase "Give him a lot of fun." on general principle.
• Santa is a little Japanese man.

lol!!
xo

Scene: Driving down Poltalloch Rd towards the Narrung ferry, on our way to Murray Bridge on a school excursion. In the car: Miss Michelle, Miss Bonnie, Cameron (age 5) and Adam (age 6).

Cameron (pointing out the window): "That's the scary house"
Miss Michelle: "What house? Why is that a scary house?"
Cameron: "Because a scary old man lives there..."
Miss Bonnie: "Why is the old man scary... he's just an old man"
Cameron: "'cos he's an old man!"
Miss Bonnie: "Well, you're going to grow up to be a man one day you know... are YOU going to be scary?"
Cameron: "Nahhh.... when i grow up, i'm gonna be a BUTTERFLY!"


...lol

I should really be planning - because i just got back from Adelaide and i have school tomorrow and NAPLAN is this week... so i KNOW i shouldn't be posting a blog, or talking on MSN, or watching masterchef, or eating left over kwik stix, or anything like that... but i am... SO THERE. I really just wanted to update for my mummy... because today is mother's day, and she told me this weekend that she still sometimes checks my blog, just in case i have updated... and i thought that was really sweet. SO - this post is specially dedicated to the most awesome person in the entire world; my mum.

Went to Hahndorf on Saturday and had the most amazing time :-) Mum and i looked in shops, had lunch at a cute little cake shop, and even went to visit a little fairy cave! That was slightly embarrassing, because i think the average age of 'cave dwellers' is below 6 yrs... and whilst we were the only two in there for a while, we were closely followed by a two yr old and her family (including two boys around my age) who definitely would have thought mum and i were a bit suspect lurking around near the fairy pond, pointing at mushroom houses. However, blushing aside, i'm glad we went in, because it was very pretty and made me remember how huge children's imaginations are. They don't see the tacky plastic flowers, dangerous wooden railings, and slightly suspicious looking power chords lying scarily close to the water's edge. They see faeries, s neaky elves, twinkling lights, mysterious tunnels, and gardens filled with magic. I miss seeing those things.

Anyway, there was a new shop (the name alludes me for the moment but i think it's 'something emporium') which i KNEW i would spend money in... mum and i were lucky to leave alive - and we only looked at half of the store!! It had a LOT of cool stuff - so the retail therapy was definitely at a high. After that, we went out to dinner with Michael and Brian at Kwik Stix, which is always delicious.

By the way - here is a picture of little Patches, the stray cat who turned up on my window ledge one night. I have sort of adopted her, although she's still a bit skittish around people. This is an old photo actually, because now not only is there Ponyo and Patches (who as you can see are madly in love) but there is also a third wheel - Cloud. Cloud, i believe, is Patches' brother. He is grey and white and very cute, but he's a lot more scared of people than Patches is. Either way - they both come in for a feed while Ponyo sits beside them, and then the three of them run off to cause havoc in the streets of Meningie. They ridiculously cute, the way they all play together, and as soon as i find my camera charger, i will upload some photos of them all together. ^.^

I think i have decided that i really need to focus this blog a little more - it needs a theme. Any ideas? I was PLANNING on making this blog all about my sculpey, but unfortunately that little hobby of mine has taken a back seat while school is in. Then i thought i would write about being a new teacher, and then pass on any little jems to anyone who needed them - but honestly, the last thing i want to talk about when i'm sitting at home is teaching... which sounds bad, but it's true - sometimes you just need to leave some things alone and let your mind relax. Well - anyway, if there are any ideas, email me or send me a little message or a comment or something. I should probably get on with my planning.... *sigh* It's very hard being up here alone. I LOVE Meningie, its a beautiful little town, and everyone is very friendly, but it's so hard to drive up here when i'm leaving all my family and friends behind. Maybe Mother's Day made it that little bit harder.

Okay - signing out for now.
xoxo