Down Syndrome Awareness Week October 08

Down Syndrome Awareness Week is coming up soon. Am thinking of things i can do to make people more aware of what DS is and about what it is like for families who have a child with DS and what life is like and can be like for a person with DS.


HMM Shall be pondering this for the next week or two

The hunt begins

We had a clean up in the kitchen a couple of weeks ago. Not long after things were away and spic and span there was a crash. A whole lot of things fell off a shelf. I said "it's ok as long as the tea pot didn't break'. The tea pot survived but the lid was beyond repair. It was an engagement pressie from my Auntie and Uncle. I do love it and so I am still using it. I am however on the hunt for a new teapot. I am in no hurry but am looking for one that will share in many special moments and memories with friends and family. You will be found.

time for a cup of tea

Bought some new tea the other day
Japanese morning dew and a jasmine tea
The morning dew tea is lovely. It was so nice yesterday to sit outside on the picnic rug and drink tea with MIL, SIL, baby niece and my little man (He had the plastic tea set)

Easy peasy lemon squeasy. stick on velcro

stick on velcro will not necessarily make life easier. I bought some thinking 'hey I can just stick it on and sew- no need for pins!' Great idea in theory. I had missed somewhere along the line that the glue on the back of the velcro sticks to teh sewing machine needle and gums up the cotton also.
Wisdom from MIL Eucalyptus oil bottle close by to get rid of glue from needle (mind you I haven't got onto this and it's been almost a week (oops) )

My words of wisdom to others who may have missed this one along the way. Buy the sew on velcro if using a sewing machine. It really is easier in the long run!!!!

this is....

This is how I spend my spare 10 minutes:

a cup of tea
read
sleep-nanna power nap of course
stare at the sky and trees
dream
ponder on things
a shower
lunch or snack
google
email
phone calls to friends
read junk mail
read local paper
download photos
stare at my calendar and wondering how life can be so crazy and remembering what i have on that day
wonder what i was doing and where i was going with that thing in my hand
take a deep breath
just doing nothing of anything much

pic's of little man

just got pic's of my little man in the mail. Photos were taken by Justin Ridler for Down Syndrome Victoria. There are a few in there that I love and may have to frame.

this is...... fav band

Always love to listen to a bit of bebel gilberto. She has such a fresh, breezy, cruisy, dreamy kind of sound. It puts a spring in my step with a pinch of mellow and cruise.

My mid to later teenage weekends were filled with stagediving, moshpits and ringing ears at local gigs at Croydon EV's mostly with local thrashy bands and some other visiting bands I also enjoyed a bit of Jazz (Melbourne pubs and jazz nightspots often situated down dark lanes) and U2 (remember concert at MCG where I was really quite close to the stage- crazy looking around at all the people). Haven't been to any gigs of late but I love listening to my friends bands and supporting them- accoustic, jazz and electro pop. I like variety depending on what mood I am in- whatever gets the batteries going.