And so life goes on...

... So it's been a day now since we buried Friggin. It's not the same without hearing her bark at the cows at night.... or jump around my legs of a morning when I take out the kids uneaten breaky... or be naughty and follow us up to the bus.... she would have done that this morning. Followed us to the bus. And she would have jumped into the pram with B4 on the way home... just to be there with her tail wagging being happy to see me. It's been one day and I miss her so much.

This is her rock J10 found as a headstone for where she is buried.
He has also written her name on it.

RIP Pickle xoxoxo

My beautiful little girl passed away.

RIP "Friggin Dog" 8.2.04 - 7.11.09

Please check your furry family members for ticks EVERY day.

LOL Just 'cause!

Breast Cancer Fundraising

I still have a couple of people to add once I post their parcels, and am still awaiting a couple of payments, but would you like to see our total so far?

Look HERE! With postage taken out we aren't going to quite make it to $1000, so if you would like to donate to help us get there.. donate away! If you don't have a credit card, just drop me a quick email and I'll give you the details for how you can donate via cash :)

Thankyou to all who participated in this effort, you are all so awesomely fabulous!!!

I will post again once I have a grand total :)

One Word Answers....

1. Where is your cell / mobile phone? microwave
2. Your hair? up
3. Your mother? special
4. Your father? dunno
5. Your favourite food? chocolate
6. Your dream last night? weird
7. Your favourite drink? chocolate
8. Your dream/goal? happiness
9. What room are you in? lounge/dining
10. Your hobby? lots
11. Your fear? loss
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? happy
13. Where were you last night? relaxing
14. Something that you aren’t? wealthy
15. Muffins? chocolate
16. Wish list item? photoshop
17. Where did you grow up? Murwillumbah/Newcastle
18. Last thing you did? chocolate
19. What are you wearing? talisman
20. Your TV? on
21. Your pet? lots
22. Friends? awesome
23. Your life? complicated
24. Your mood? proud
25. Missing someone? yes
26. Vehicle? crappy
27. Something you’re not wearing? shoes
28. Your favorite store? markets
29. Your favorite color? purple
30. When was the last time you laughed? tonight
31. Last time you cried? thursday
32. Your best friend? peorge
33. One place that I go to over and over? insanity
34. One person who emails me regularly? kat
35. Favorite place to eat? park

Feel free to steal and add your own answers.. remember only one word :)

Copied from Sarah @ Sarah Bean Blogs... again

WAHP & Cloth Community Breast Cancer Fundraiser

A fabulous group of WAHP have gotten together and donated items to be auctioned off to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness & Research.

We want to make ALL women aware that Breast Cancer can happen to anyone, Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Grandmothers, Friends.

So many of us have someone close to our heart who have been diagnosed with this disease.

We want the word to get out to every woman of every age to check their breasts EVERY month.

We want to show our support to all the women & families affected by Breast Cancer.
We care, we hope, and most of all, give them strength to fight when they need to the most.

*Work At Home Parents

Where: www.murasakimama.com

When:
Previewing - 4.30pm Monday 19th October 2009
Going LIVE - 7.30pm Monday 19th October 2009

Auctions End - 9pm Monday 26th October 2009 - Pink Ribbon Day

Payment: Payment by auction winners is via Direct Deposit ONLY. We apologise for not being able to offer PayPal. But for us to donate every possible cent, we are avoiding fees which can be rather costly through PayPal. Payment is due within 3 days of Auction end.

Postage: Postage is included in the auction total. All winning bidders will have their item/s sent to them via registered post.

How else can you donate: A page has been set up HERE for persons to make donations via credit card if they don't wish to bid on Auctions. If you would like to donate via cash, you can as well. Please contact me for information for this method.

murasakimama AT cinderellas-stash DOT au DOT com

Thankyou to all the WAHP who are involved xo

Breast Cancer Auctions...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Which means the WAHMs about the place are having the odd auction to raise funds for Breast Cancer Awareness. Donating all or part of the auction totals to various organizations.

I'll do my best to add the ones I know about to this post. There are more coming up... so keep your eyes peeled :)

Maz-a-licious Nappy & Singlet set
http://wahmnaps.com/auctions.php?VA=112

There are auctions planned for Murasaki Mama about half way through the month. There are some pretty special items going up for auction... I will update as a date is set for these to preview/go live.

Of washing, and cleaning, and Ogres and stuff

Yes they do all have a connection, and that's me!

You see we 'used' to have "Saturday Morning Ogre Mum"... which in my kids eyes was the day I hounded the crap out of them to get their crap together, clean up their messes, and vacuum their rooms. One day a week Mum would go rank, and for all of afew hours we would have a lovely clean house... sparkling bathroom, no laundry covering the laundry floor... the whole house would be clean.

BUT! Ogre Dad [he's an Ogre just cause he's a grumpy shit] didn't like Saturday Morning Ogre Mum, being Ogre Mum cause I would use brute vocal force to get everyone to pull their weight. AKA yelling my head off to get anybody to move their arse and help! I am but one person, and there are 7 persons under this roof, why should I be the only one to clean up everyone elses mess? As it is I cook their meals, wash their clothes, make their beds.... and all the rest of it.

So awhile back I said "fine". I will go with Ogre Dad's wishes and NOT get up every Saturday morning on a mission, and I would not be Saturday Morning Ogre Mum... we'd see what got done then!

Bloody nothing!

Yep Ogre Mum has been quiet for weeks... and the house has gone to shite. You see I had my things I would do during the week, so Saturdays were easier, but nup I stopped them too. Doing only what needed to be done. Seems Ogre Dad isn't fussed on helping out with house work, and makes that all to clear when he is cursing while cleaning up the bomb site every couple of days.

What can I say? "I told you so"? Nope didn't work when I finally said it this morning. Seems Ogre Dad doesn't remember any conversation about Saturday mornings pissing him off with me turning into a grumpy Ogre.... seems he doesn't remember having that few hours of a clean house.

Men are seiously useless creatures when it comes to housework.. or having conversations about said housework... or about remembering them types of conversations in general!

So as of next Saturday morning, Saturday Morning Ogre Mum is back! My point is made, even if memory lapsed Orge Dad doesn't remember the conversation and me telling him this exact scenario would happen. I remember, and my point is made.

And the lesson learnt.... men have extremely useless memories to anything domestic related.

Minti - An update

Well my favourite furry family member had a bath today. Last weeks dust storms made my white cat brown with a hint of orange... filthy dirty, grotty cat!

THIS is what she should look like.... Nice and white.....


This what she looked like before her bath.... this was afew days ago. You can't see too much icky dirt, but trust me, it's there!! Actually her right side was worse than her left LOL


This is straight after her bath... lovely dripping wet Minti who was NOT impressed by getting her photo taken LOL


And this is how you sleep after your bath cause you want to dry as well! Sorry the pic isn't the best, my camera hates taking pics at night.

Yes she is sitting up with her head rolled under tucked in front of her front paws!

Thankfully the other day when Mr Snake came to visit I grabbed her before she noticed him. She seems to have too much guts with them. Last summer she was facinated by one behind the BBQ.. and because it was just me and the little kids home, I was the one who had to try to pry her away from 'playing' with it *sigh*

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is coming

What are you doing?

Me? I am thinking over, trying to plan in my brain that doesn't work the best these days to possibley organise a fundraising store of WAHM products. Aimed at Mummies, and with the Breast Cancer colour theme of PINK! WDYT?

I'm thinking of contacting WAHMs who make jewellery, dye yarn, make pads, breastpads... all things aimed at Women & Mums.

My gorgeous friend Cath was recently diagnosed and is currently going through her first lot of chemo. She is a young Mum just like me, her kids are alot younger than mine.... her oldest being the age of my youngest.

This has opened my eyes up wide that this isn't just something that happens to strangers, it happens to people we know.

Check your breasts EVERY month. It could save your life.