Sewing on a Monday

Twist.

Sewing is usually on a Sunday.

Today however is a public holiday so I got confused

and ended up sewing today instead.

The project I set out to complete today

was a pin cushion worthy of hanging out on my sew table.

Why a pin cushion?

This is why.

Guess what I love?

Whales.

For this project you will need

• a few sheets of felt (whatever colours you fancy)
• stuffing
• needle & thread

This isn't exactly going to be a proper tutorial as I'm feeling lazy.

But first up you need to draw and cut out your whale bits.

Once that is done you can begin to sew the sides and top together.

Then attach the fins to the whales belly.

Cut a 2-3cm slit in the belly so that you can fill it.

Now stuff it.

To cover the belly 'scar' cut out a heart shape

and stitch it over the stuffing hole.

Now your done.

Last step is to pin in all those dangerously loose pins.

Ta-dahhhh!

Long weekend ahead

Friday tomorrow, hoorah!

Calls for a bit of Tegan.

And a bit of Sara.

This song is brand new off there new album

which is yet to be released,

Heartthrob.

The song is called Closer and it grew on me pretty quickly as most of their tunes do.

They haven't released an official clip yet so here is a lyric video I found instead.

I love these girls.

If you haven't seen any of their carpool confessional videos then

do yourself a favour and watch a few.

Here is episode 8, which is a recap.

Yep, I love them.

And as they say, true love lasts a life time.

Enjoy your long weekend lovelies.

Here is a big ol' Happy (pretend) Birthday to the Queen!

♥

Clap your hands... It's friday!

This Friday I'm going to celebrate with a little Sia love.

This week has been a busy one at work.

My shift had 2 people instead of 4 so I got to work at double the speed.

Like a superhero, some might say.

But now that it's the end of the week I'm clapping.

Real hard and loudly.

Care to join me?

Sia is a lot of things.

Strange and interesting things.

Wonderful things.

And having her on my team is an added bonus.

A self confessed Queer Lord.

Happy weekend all!

♥



My Weekend

The best thing about coming off graveyard shift

onto the dreaded afternoon shift is that it's pretty much a long weekend.

It's important to make the most of it.

Plus it's PRIDE weekend.

So when I arrived home from work at 6.30am on Friday

morning I set my alarm for 12pm.

I was gonna get shit done.

Fun stuff.

After waking I devoured breakfast, which consisted of hot tea accompanied by

fresh bread covered in cream cheese,

peppered slices of tomato and a sprinkling of spring onions to boot.

Then came the question of what to do with our afternoon.

Every few weeks my partner reminds me that we bought

and therefore own tennis rackets.

 The conversation goes something like this:

Me - "I'm bored... wanna do something?

Candice - "We could play tennis?"

Me - 'Ummm. Nah. Something else."

For way too long now I have been getting away with that.

So when I asked what we should do with the gloriousness of Friday afternoon

I already knew what was coming.

Candice - "We could play tennis?"

Me - "Gahhh. Fine but only so you shut up about it"

So we did.

You know what?

I absolutely loved it.

It shall be happening on a weekly basis now.

Who would've thought.

After our little sports adventure we were hungry.

For dinner we decided on Indian.

With a  BYO bottle of wine in my hand, the deliciousness that is a

paneer and cream based curry followed.

Next step for our Friday night in - movies.

We chose these little gems.

Both were really great... though I have a soft spot for

Zooey Deschanel and also Paul Rudd

so I suppose 'Our Idiot Brother' wins out of the two.

Effing hilarious.

Next morning I had a sore head.

Like really sore.

Saturday morning we were supposed to be meeting our friend Dena in the Valley.

However due to my poor sore head I couldn't quite get moving.

Candice was still keen but my failure as a person was preventing us from leaving the house.

I mentioned my dilemma/hangover to Dena through text.

She decided to come drive 35 minutes to pick us up.

Ahhhhhh hallelujah.

Bringing with her some KFC chips.

Does this chick know my hang over cure or what.

I swear when I saw her standing at our front door holding out that packet of 

salty goodness there was a giant fucking halo above her head.

By the time we reached the pub I was so thirsty.

It was a gorgeous day and it just seemed the right thing to do.

We beered it up pretty good and the weather stayed perfect for us :-)

However all good things must come to an end.

We decided a mission to find Mexican then home to our puppies was a must.

Sunday morning = PRIDE

Pride day comes but once a year.

I realised today that my first Pride march was 10 years ago.

It got me thinking about where gay rights are at the moment.

Equal rights have come so far over the years.

After watching a speech a few months ago from a speaker who

lived through the last 60 years of homophobic culture it made me feel things.

Angry.

Tearful.

Included.

Frustrated again.

Motivated.

It seems unlikely but it wasn't until I was 19 that it became legal to kiss

a partner of the same sex in public.

I suppose it was one of those out dated qld rules that people forgot existed.

But  technically I could have been arrested for giving my partner a kiss on the lips in public.

It's just out-fucking-rageous.

I will always attend Pride every year it happens.

It's a happy place to be.

My beer speaks for me "Hello BEER".

Oh and where else could I witness a gay dancing koala in a police uniform.

Protected by rainbow flag wielding police back up team.

Aww yeah.

It's been one hell of a weekend and the best thing yet is that

I don't have to start work until 2pm tomorrow afternoon.

Oooooo yeah.

I suppose I'll find a nice shady spot with my book.
>_<

Real Sweet Friday

A slow song to end a slow week.

This one comes off an album that I have been listening to a lot this week.

The song is called Real, Real Sweet.

Since I'm all for spreading the love that is Meiko, I've found a live version of her singing it for you.

This isn't exactly a song to get me all excited for the weekend but I just

 don't really have it in me today.

Feeling very blah.

She does have a few upbeat songs though so if you really need

something to perk you up try this one.

If I could write a song for Candice (and actually had any singing talent) it would probably go something like this.

Except I would fondle way less balls.

I'm hoping to be a lot more excited about the weekend once I finish work tomorrow.

It is Pride Weekend afterall.

Happy weekend.

♥

Springtime goals

In the hope of making the remainder of Spring

a more productive time, I have decided to set a few goals.

Simple goals.

1. I'm going to cut out all the junk takeaway.

I tend to eat a lot of bad foods out of laziness, often making the excuse

that I don't have the time to make/eat anything better.

This of course isn't true as I probably have more time than most people,

considering I don't have any kids or outside of work commitments.

When I'm hungry, I need to eat then and there or people get hurt.

So, to avoid taking the easy way out and grabbing a handful of potato chips

or a vege burger from Mr Hungry Jacks,

I'm going to be prepared.

However, I still have taste buds and refuse to cut out foods I love.

Both cheese and bread are close friends of mine.

I just wanna rid myself of completely lazy eating habits.

Spring is fresh and leading up to summer all those delicious stone fruits come into season.

*drools*

2.   I'm going to exercise *gasp*

That gasp was from me...The lazy side of me is appalled at even the thought of fitness.

I'm so good at reading all about exercise and I'm even better at buying exercise equipment.

Sitting all dusty in our garage at the moment is a

giant treadmill, rowing machine, ab circle pro, weights bar,

dumbbells, step thingo, skip rope and a giant pink exercise ball.

Oh and a nice new pair of expensive runners (still blindingly white) that I bought 3 years ago.

Basically we have ourselves a gym.

I have bargained with my lazy side and we have agreed to start with

15 little minutes a day with the hope of gradually increasing it.

The smaller the goal the more likely I will stick with it.

Mind you, if I turn into a fitness psychopath like this girl below,

 feel free to shoot me.

3.   Walk my dogs Yoshi & Luna

These dogs are still technically puppies which means they

most definitely have a lot of energy.

When my partner first spoke of getting dogs, one of the things

I was most excited about was walking them.

The problem we have faced though is that dogs don't just automatically

know how to be taken for walks.

They think it's them taking you for a walk.

This is the case with our oldest (1 yr old) dog.

She is so strong and I struggle to keep control of her and despite some

training, she never really got the hang of it.

She also barks at other dogs and people.

I know essentially it's our fault as owners for not practising with her enough

so we need to start trying again.

Luna on the other hand isn't strong at all and doesn't bark at people so I think she will be fine.

I could probably take Luna for walks on my own but at this point not Yoshi.

However, that seems really mean to only take one so then neither of them get walked.

My new plan is to walk them 2-3 time a week with my partner.

Hopefully by the end of the month Yoshi & Luna will both be lovely little walking buddies.

Just look at those adorable faces.

How could they not be perfect walking buddies.

4.   Finish reading a book

I have too many books on the go at the moment and I just want to finish at least one!

Springtime is perfect for grabbing a decent book and heading outside to read in the shade.

So I plan on burning through quite a few this Spring :-D

So these are just a few of my goals.

I have many more but I'll focus on these ones to start with.

Love love love on Friday

This Friday the tune I'm going to be humming to is

a cute song called "Love love love".

It's sung by a little folk band that go by the name of Avalanche City.

It even has an adorable clip to match.

Penguins and all.

There is something about a good modern folk song just makes me happy.

These guys hail from Australia's little neighbour island, New Zealand.

I especially enjoy local folk artists... and in the big scheme of things NZ is pretty damn local.

I also love folk festivals.

In fact I'm heading off to a queer folk festival/camping weekend at the end of the month.

But more about that another time.

Happy (almost) weekend!