CAR BOOT SALE + BABY & KIDS MARKET

A picture of my little 1 year old niece. She will be the face for our advertising for this fundraiser for sending disadvantaged kids on camp.

It's coming along well. Getting advertising happening. Have a few stalls booked. Need to get the momentum going ASAP.

Bellarine Weekend

Another quick but refreshing weekender down at Port.

Although the weather was a tad wet, it was far from dreary. There was much beautiful light to be found. Grey clouds, sunshine reflecting on green fields. Ibis flying in the sky, pelicans following not too far behind.

Needless to say the weather was a great excuse for heading into the township for a coffee or two. Bellarine bowl was visited teh first day. Must say I did like the blend we had and the coffee has improved over the time we have been frequenting there. Did remember to order the mug as the cups are a tad too small.

The next day, after a drive along to indented head and back, we sheltered from the rain at the ol'duke. A scrumptious hot chocolate was enjoyed before heading home for a cook up.

Day three we took a trip to Barwon Heads. Usually we stop at Annie's providore but this time we enjoyed pies from the Peppercorn. Tried a sweet potato cake from the fish and chip shop. It was nice but way too greasy. I did wonder what deep fried eggplant would be like. Apparently it may mess up the oil according to the shop owner.

Buddy Walk

45 in Nathan's team now. Will be a great day. Am looking forward to it. Just need to find out how sponsorship is being set up.

Resort in the hills of Bali

Buddy Walk

Am getting stuck into getting organised for Down syndrome Victoria's Buddy Walk being held October 11 2009.

So far we have about 20 people on our team. Would love 200. Need to get out and about to let people know it's on.

Plan to make an invite today. See how we go. Illustrator got wiped of our computer when we changed it over recently. Need to install it again.

Buddy Walk

July. Garage Sale

We held a garage sale to pass on our preloved goods to others who may love them more than we currently do. As there was an auction next to my in laws we thought it would be a good day to hold the sale. Absolute minimal advertising was done (signs on street posts on the day and a 3AW ad), we hadn't priced anything and it was all a bit last minute really.

We made some cash and still had quite a bit left. The auction idea hadn't worked as well as we had thought. A few people cam e and looked and bought prior to the auction but most were preoccupied. After the auction everyone left withing about 2 minutes. Apart from the new house owner! I guess they were all disappointed and didn't want to hang around. Anotehr thing that I only really thought of in the morning was that if they were really looking to move they probably wouldn't want to buy things from a garage sale.

As we had many things left and my FIL was not overly impressed about all the items left, it was decided we would hold a car boot sale and a baby and kids market. So there is now about 7 weeks to go until the event.

It will be a fundraising event for disadvantaged kids to go on camp. All we need to do is sell stalls, advertise and a whole bunch of other stuff. Have researched and found out all the things we did wrong last time. Hoping this one goes a whole lot better.

Three Months

It is now winter. Autumn has passed without more than one post. Oh well I guess that happens. Much has been happening for me as my son had surgery so we spent a week living in the hospital. Then May was eventful to say the least. June saw my mum's 60th birthday and resting/regrouping from the prior two months.

That brings me to July.