Cassie's Cuddles

Godwilling. I’ll give you a clue.England! Jared will be studying for two weeks at Oxford, England, and I’ll be his travelling buddy 😀

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Oh man! I can’t believe that January has nearly finished. Where did the holidays go? Oh yeah, I remember…We enjoyed a week at Torguay, in a lovely two storey home, within walking distance to the beach.I love the beach…I love seeing little footprints next to daddy.Now, I know that there are some crazy sewers out there, but really, who wants sand in the material?Go figure!I just had to take a photo of a card that I saw recently, it made me have a little laugh.Look at these pretty plates. I found them in an op shop in Geelong. They were $1 each, bargain. I really like pretty cups, saucers and plates (even though I never drink tea or coffee).In every town we visited, I had to check out the local op shop, a great amusement for Jared.

I even sewed up an apron for my swap buddy while I was there on holiday. The downer of the holiday was that I forgot the huge suitcase that all of the linen for all seven of us, ugh! Jared was very kind and calm, he said “Don’t panic, lets go the Kmart and buy some new linen, we need some anyway”, what  nice husband I have.look at my grey hair! Jared said I need to hit the bottle. He took me down to Kmart ( we go there alot, lol) and he wanted me to buy black hair dye. Jared has always believed that I had black hair, but now that he dyed my hair black, he can clearly see that I never did. Now I look like a…..well, I look different.ok, so I guess if I brushed it, I might look a little better 😀

For Australia Day we had a lovely family over for lunch, they have five little boys. We also had their grandparents over, it was a lovely day.That’s a Ginger beer bottle in the back ground in case you are wondering.We had a few discussions about our Australian history, and I think that we all realised that we all know American history better than Australian history, opps. Have you noticed that the adds telling people to eat lamb on Australia day, has actually worked? Take a look at Coles, Boronia.

I love your name by the way. I don’t have your email to contact you. I hope that you remember my blog, and bidding. Please contact me 😀

We have three winning bids.

For the Mini Doll House Furniture $45 to Amanda Jane. Free postage if you live in Australia, $10 if overseas.

For the Kiddy Coolness $30 Rachael. Free Postage if you live in Australia, $10 if overseas.

For the Mamma Goodies $65 to Narelle. Ah, I know where you live, I shall hand it to you eh?

Now all you need to do is donate the money, email me the receipt number and then your address, and I’ll pop the goodies into the post.

Thanks for taking part.

I just came across this great site. Any of you handy making softies? This generous lady will be dropping any softies that you make personally to children that have lost everything in the floods.http://monpetitpoppet.blogspot.com/2011/01/hope-softies.html

Only two hours left until the auction finishes. I know you are looking, so come on, don’t be shy. (I can be pushy, because the money is not for me :D). While I wait, I am watching T.V.

Do you believe that I have signed up for four different Valentine Swaps? I have never celebrated Valentine’s Day before, so this is a bit silly of me, but who can resist hearts eh? This is what happens when I stay up until midnight!! I really must go to bed earlier!

I have joined in a Tilda heart swaphttp://lydiastreasures.blogspot.com/2010/12/signed-up-now-valentines-tilda-heart.html

cookies and cream swaphttp://www.cookiesandcreamcraft.com.au/blog/category/2011-valentine-swap

an Apron Swap http://countrypleasures.blogspot.com/2010/12/valentines-apron-swap.html

and strumpetscrumpets Valentine swap.http://strumpetscrumpets.blogspot.com/2011/01/valentine-craft-swap.html

Can you imagine not having a home? In Australia, this seems to be so far from our minds.  We had fires a couple of years ago, and I know of someone who lost everything, and now there are floods. As women we often de-clutter, but to lose everything? Well, that would be absolutely traumatic. I have three auctions up at the moment, with all money raised going straight to the QLD Flood Appeal, so I’m asking you to dig deep, and bid. Even if you don’t want the items yourself, I’m sure you could find someone to give the items to, as they are all new. This way, you could do a double blessing 😀

At the moment I am in Torquay, I am surrounded by beauty. I love the water, the fresh breeze, and the sounds of the birds that live near the sea.

ugh! Computers on holidays, who’d have em? I am using my mobile phone as my internet connection, it’s not working the best, so I can’t put up any photos just now…

see you, happy bidding.

A collection of  unused doll house furniture. All the money made through the auction will go to the QLD Flood Appeal. Free postage within Australia, and $10 for international. Happy Bidding. Bidding starts at $15.