The New Deck......

It's been rather quiet here on the blogging front in case you hadn't noticed.  First of all there was all kinds of Mookah craziness going on with last minute pre-xmas orders, then it was the whole Santa coming thing, and then it was just us Mookah chicks taking a few days out for oursleves over the Xmas and New Year period.

So what did we do with our 'me' time after stuffing ourselves silly on Xmas day?  Go away with the family for a few days? Lay on the beach and retire to the waves when things got a little warm?  Escape to the family apartment at Coolangatta?  Sleep in 'til late and get up to pancakes for brekky?

Not likely.  In case you hadn't already heard, I got myself a brand new deck for xmas.  And not just any old deck, this is a 'big begucken party deck'!  It is even larger than I first thought, but damn I love it.  The little planter boxes filled with herbs were given to me by my big sis and her family for my birthday a few weeks ago.  How appropriate don't you think?  I love wandering onto the deck to pick a few fresh herbs to cook with dinner.

So I still haven't told you what I've been up to have I?  Not what you think I'm sure.  No I haven't been sipping margurita's on the deck (yet), I've been busy oiling my brand new deck for days on end.  Who would of thought it would take so long to put 2 coats all over this magnificent specimen? 

Well worth the effort though.  I will be drinking fine wine and eating succulent cheeses on this deck for years to come.  In fact, I think I might retire to the deck for a vino now....

Christmas Shopping in October?

It's only early October and I've started my xmas shopping already! Am I okay? Is all right with the world?



How could I pass up this beautiful boxed set of 15 Roald Dahl books for my nearly 2 year old nephew? Can he read? No. But he does love books and so do I, so that's all that counts.

He will grow to love them as he learns to read. I so wished that he would be a little boy that loved reading books.......and so far so good!

Little parcels in the post....

Oh how we all love those little parcels that arrive in the post don't we? The anticipation of what we will find when we cut through the tape, break open the box and slowly extract the contents.....


This little parcel arrived on Wednesday all the way from the US. It is amazing how the internet has changed our lives. We place an order online, transfer some money, and about 5 days later our order has been received, packed, shipped and travelled across the continent to us girls here in Oz.



This is some of the craft fabric that we will be using to make our range of soft toys in preparation for that busy xmas rush!

Neither Nicole or I are what you would call 'pink' people, but we have deliberately made the effort to source a range of pinks in this order, and I've got to say, they look pretty darn nice! What do you think?