Unleash the inner seamstress - Must Have This.

I am a sporadic seamstress. In truth, I am sporadic with many things - knitting, cleaning, keeping in touch with friends - but particularly sewing.

Movin' Right Along - Kermit and Fozzie

Well, I have been remiss! A couple of very busy weeks have passed and I just have not had time to put fingertip to keyboard.

In honesty, I have also been very tired, which can get you down after a while. Which is why Fozzie and Kermit seemed so appealing right now. I like their mantra: "Movin' right aaaloooooong....movin' right aaaaloooong..."

Enjoy.

Lachlan Bryan - Whistle & Waltz (featuring Kasey Chambers) AUDIO ONLY.m4v

A few nights ago I was idly listening to ABC 774 in my usual style when this song was introduced as a new release.

Baby Nellie turns 1 - and we eat good food.

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By now you may know that my daughter Nellie turned one a few weeks ago (in case you missed it, I've posted here and here on Nellie's party). In this final installment of the goings-on I thought I'd let you know what we ate.

My new heroes (and why Melbourne needs to get real about it's architectural heritage).

I have just two devoted periods in the week of television watching now. Mandatory, Green-Guide-highlighted, kids-in-bed-and-dishes-done, steaming-cup-of-tea-in-hand-and-pass-me-the-gingernuts idiotbox viewing. I refer, of course, to my Melbourne television heroes, Phryne Fisher and Frank Woodley.

Dear February - 9 good things you brought me (and why I love you).

My dear February,

You're a funny little month, aren't you? Always a bit of a tricker with your fickle number of days (can we ladies propose to our fellas this year or not? Yes? Yes!).

You're the toughest of the summer months, having a stronger constitution than all-party-no-discipline December, what with his boozy Christmas breakups, puerile muck-up days and wanton schoolies week. And don't talk to me about that slovenly January, with her too-busy-with-my-New-Year-hangover and you-kids-don't-go-too-far-while-Mummy-works-on-her-tan haziness.

Nellie's first birthday party (for which I make pretty things to look at).

As posted previously, we celebrated Nellie's first birthday a couple of weeks ago. I posted a couple of updates on some of the decorations I made in preparations but thought I'd post a round up of what decorations I used for the day.

Our baby is 1.

I've had a bit of a hiatus from blogging this month. February was always going to be busy, so I decided to delay my next course of French until March when it had all blown over. And thank goodness I did!