Happy Mothers Day! I hope all the mums out there have a lovely day. This year Mothers day seems to be a little bitter-sweet for me. I live in a different state to my mum and so will not be seeing her tomorrow. For the last couple of years that I've been living in Melbourne it hasn't bothered me too much that I haven't seen my mum on mother's day, as I have visited alot throughout the year. However, this year I have a full time job, which means no more spontaneous, or lengthy trips to Adelaide! I haven't been home since my niece was born in February, and I realise that's only three months but I really love my family, so it has been very hard for me. My mum is pretty amazing, and I am so lucky to have her. And I hope she has a great day!
My beautiful mum on her wedding day.
I will be celebrating Mothers day with my furbaby, celebrating his birthday (which was yesterday), with a bunch of his Boston Terrier buddies!!!!
Monday, 23 April 2012
Hi there blog world! Life lately has been both crazy and uneventful. Stress over the trip we are planning has rendered me incapable of thinking about anything else! Also, working 7-3 every day does not leave much time for anything else, except walking the dog and cooking dinner!
However, I did just get instagram and have been having a lot of fun taking pictures of mostly the dog being cute! Here's a sample, plus some other pictures I've taken. Please note though, my partner is the photograper, and my pictures are not quite up to scratch!
That's Hugo with his Grandma when she came to visit! He adores her.
I know it looks like I'm obsessed, but he's just so darn cute how can I not be?!
The weather has been a little moody lately so I've been enjoying taking pictures of the fallen leaves:
And waking up to morning fog outside my kitchen window:
I hope to get some time soon to complete a couple of projects I've been meaning to and upload them! Bye for now.
Yesterday the girlie, the pup and I went and watched a nudey rudey bike ride! Highlighting a list of issues such as the dangers that cyclists face on the road, alternative forms of transport - especially low or no carbon transport, as well as positive body image and many other things, the ride was a sure fire way to get noticed! It was a bit of fun, a bit of shock factor, and a whole lot of cheeky and made me love this crazy city even more!
Last weekend I went home to Adelaide to meet my brand new niece. My brother and his wife now have two beautiful girls and I couldn't be a prouder Aunty! My older niece Scarlett (who's nearly 2) had a sleepover with my mum on Sunday, where I was also staying, so we got to spend some time together just us three, which was so lovely. I'm missing out living in another state and Scarlett doesn't really know me, so it was so nice by the end of the night when she wouldn't let me out of her sight! And Alice is just so precious, and placid. I'm so impressed with the way my brother and sister in law are so comfortable as parents. They are going to be such well mannered and beautiful girls.
On Saturday evening my stepsister and her fiancee had their 21st birthday, so Saturday was spent organising for that and then partying the night away! (But not really, Chelle and I are Nanna's so we were in bed by 11!).
I arrived back on Tuessday, and on Wednesday morning I recieved a phone call to say that I was sucessful in getting the job I had been for an interview for the previous week! However the excitement of starting a new job was shut down by discovering that Hugo pup had come up with a rash all over his belly. I panicked and whisked him off to the vet only to be told that it was just an allergic reaction to grass! I started my new job on Thursday and so far am loving it. I'm especially loving getting to play dress up in my business clothes!
The week ended with a playdate this morning with the Boston Tea Party & Associates! It was raining and grizzly today but the pups didn't seem to mind as they still played for hours! We followed the date with lunch at a delicious new cafe! After coming home and cleaning the house I am looking forward to spending the rest of the weekend relaxing, before starting my first full week of work next week! (That's our handsome fella sitting in the front like a good boy!)
So as a result of some nasty womens problems, I am holed up on the couch at 2am with a hot water bottle watching Rent. I just want to take a moment to express my love for this musical.
When I first watched Rent (the movie version, I haven't seen it live although I'm itching to), when it came out in 2005, I was 15 and I didn't like it. I'm not sure why but I remember not being able to follow it easily as there is not much dialogue and there were probably just too many issues my white, middle classed, healthy, 15 year old self couldn't understand. I decided to give it another try last year after reading about it on Autostraddle. My 21 year old self loved it to the point of tears.
Set in 1989 in Alphabet City on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the musical explores the lives of several people. Some gay, some fighting AIDS and some battling addiction. According to Wikipedia the musical is based on Giacomo Puccini's Opera La Boheme.
I was going to write a full review of this movie, but then I realised I don't really know how to write a review, so instead I'm just going to state the three best things about it, and urge everyone to go and watch it (or re-watch it) right now.
1. This song, that makes me cy every time, and which I had to pause in the middle of so that I could stop crying to write this post!
2. This song, which is my life anthem.
3. The marriage of Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs, my two favourite people in the world, after Richelle and Hugo of course.
I got these for my Darling for Valentines Day! I'm a bit mushy. We celebrated Valentines by going to an information session about fostering children. Some time in the future we may be temporary or long term mummies!
I know that my blog is very young and that it may not be appropriate to go on a ranting rampage so soon after I started it but I just need to get this off my chest.
Chris Brown being invited to perform at the grammys? Not ok. Chris Brown being welcomed with open arms and recieving a standing ovation at the grammys? NOT OK. This reaction to Chris Brown at the grammys? WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON WITH THE WORLD???
If you don't feel like clicking the link, that's ok, I understand. However I'm just going to give a couple of examples of what it is. The article is titled, 25 extremely Upsetting Reactions to Chris Brown at the Grammys, they are tweets from young women, and they generally look like this: "I don't know why Rhianna complained. Chris Brown could beat me anytime he wanted to." and "I'd let Chris Brown beat me any day."
This makes me want to cry with anger at how thoroughly society has failed these girls, that they think it is ok to have so little respect for not only themselves, but for any woman who has been a victim of domestic violence. Chris Brown did this to Rhianna. He beat his partner. Why on earth is the music industry condoning this behaviour by acting like it never happened, and not only that, but by welcoming him back like the prodigal son? What kind of message is that sending to women, whether victims of violence or not? To me that says, it's ok if he hit you, we will pretend it didn't happen, we don't respect you enough to kick up a fuss, to send out the message that it is not ok to use violence, whether in a moment of anger or otherwise, it is ok to hit women, as long as you make good (or sub-par) music.
How do we get the message across that domestic violence is not ok, when this shit is happening? I am so disappointed in humanity right now. And I am so sorry to anyone, man or woman who has ever experienced domestic violence. It is not ok, and it should not happen.
I just discovered that HelloGiggles have a really good article on this topic if you want to read more
Thanks for reading, Melissa.
P.S. I hope everyone had a lovely Valentines Day!
Update: R just alerted me to this video I like it! At least someone in the media realised how ridiculous the whole thing is.
Hi Strangers! This picture is irrelevant but this post needed a picture so, meet my pup Hugo! My very talented girlfriend took this picture.
So something pretty cool happened today. I have this friend who's a brilliant floristry student, and she needed some help today with a top secret project. So my partner (I'm going to call her R from now on) and I went to her work to help her out, and I came out of it with a job! I've got friends in high places! It's only a few days a week, and it's ironing chair sashes and helping with event set up, but it's a job! From which I will earn money! Yay! The only downside is that R and I will both be out all day and Hugo pup is not going to like that at all.
Hope you had a good day! Melissa.
P.S. I was so tired when I got home I made dinner from a packet mix. I feel like a fraud.
P.P.S. My mum got me a new set of pots and pans for christmas and they're the best thing ever which made it not so bad.
My friend Genevieve made a documentary. I went to see said documentary last night and was blown away by it. I left the screening feeling uplifted, hopeful, thankful and amazed that, 1. there are such beautiful and intelligent children in the world, and 2. that there is someone in the world like Genevieve who took the time to let us know. Genevieve won and IF award for it last year and she really deserved it. I don't want to give too much away, but I hope that everyone gets a chance to see this film because it made me view the world in a different light. Just watch the trailer and you'll understand:
Hi Blogland! I have made a temporary design. It is not what the finished product will look like, but I like it for a temp job! I will get started on my final design when my partner can help me photograph it.
Whilst I'm not exactly sure what I want to put on this blog yet, I know that I want to use it to interact with people, to share DIY, recipes, thoughts and anything else I come across, or come up with! I hope that from this blog I can meet some amazing people, and stop talking my girlfriend's ears off about all the projects I want to do and just post them for other people to read instead! Melissa.
Hi, Welcome to my blog! My name is Melissa, and I have started this blog to attempt to curb my obsession with reading blogs! I'm clueless as to how to use blogger so it may take me a while to make this blog as pretty as I'd like. So please bear with me while I learn. I will write an about me some time soon, but i'd like to decide how much of myself I want to give away here first! I hope that if people happen to stumble across this blog they will enjoy their time here. Thanks for reading! Melissa.
