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52Q - 13

i may be playing catch up for the next few weeks with my cards...but i want to post the questions anyway!

Q - what was my worst (or best?!) hairstyle experience to date?

(come on, we want a good laugh!)

can't wait to see these! and i promise to share stories of my purple-streaked hair soon!

italian love :)

we are feeling the love here, and loving right back :) one of my favourite italian girls and her man massimo! i have a feeling he may not love my gift to him as much as lory does...hehe!

 

PACS was so much fun. the girls who put it on do the most amazing job of making it fun and happy and full of yummies! those who came to my classes...thankyou, you were so full of creative goodness and creative shiney-ness :) taty, you know i adore you...and your cool taty-style!

it's amazing a photo was taken before this pizza was devoured...i have never seen such a huge pizza before! and it was quite delicious...

mick and the girls went off to the market while i was teaching and came back with this pretty crate of berries...i love all the beautiful fresh and simple food here, and the village style of shopping locally!

some sightseeing tomorrow then off to england the next day...ivy is counting down the sleeps to see her granni...

sending you lots of italian love and kisses! xx

here we are!

hiya! i haven't had the chance to get online since we arrived in italy 5 days ago - too many pretty things to see, sleep to be had, pizza to eat (only one so far, a bizarre change from last years daily habit) and workshops to have fun in! it's lovely to be back here with all my italian friends :)

(the girls hunting for precious sea glass on the beach on positano)

it's beautiful and humbling to experience a different part of the world, i'm so glad i get to share this with my children. we are loving every minute. i'll try to post again soon! xo

52Q - 12

Q - what are you grateful for right now?

on my list is mick (yes, he's being very helpful!), sleep, good friends who have us over for dinner, ugg boots and chocolate cake!

how about you?

i like to bury my face in this neck

i was about to remove this photo from my desktop where it was sitting ready to be printed for a layout...and i couldn't help but share it. taken 10 months ago but still a delicious little neck to nuzzle. easier to access nowadays actually - as i can trick her with that whole 'whats that up there' routine - did your parents do that to you when you were little? my dad would say there was a spider behind me as he tucked me into bed and i would be DYING from the tickles but as he thought it was laughter (not screams of mercy), no mercy was had. now that i am a parent i get it. i give no mercy - those little necks are just too yummy to resist :)

last call!

i'm closing up my etsy shop tonight and it will re-open mid april. anything bought today will be shipped off by the weekend. thanks lovely people!

gathering of the tribe...

last weekend a magical little reunion happened! mic, one of the gals from our thailand group was flying down from canada and the stars aligned to gather most of our group right here in san diego for hugging on the beach, good thai food and catch up time...

(kimberly, doña, kari, tara, mic, maren, april, moi, tami)

sadly we were missing our 2 favourite aussies - clare and jo, amy who was off jetsetting, and sabrina who is training like a crazylady in colorado for this years race season. we missed you girlies! but, we did gain one - our beloved kimberly (who many of you so wonderfully supported last year). she was meant to be coming on the trip but tragically her husband passed away just 2 weeks before. we love her to bits and it was so so awesome to finally meet her and hug her like we have wanted to all these months.

this picture makes my heart happy...

as does this clever little creation of miss t's...done while waiting for everyone outside a shop!

i love this mix of crazy different women! each amazing in her own beautiful way :)

and...while i neglected to make an official badge as promised (it will come, AND be laminated at that)...i must give a shout out to my personal-assistant-extraordinairre-for-the-day, the lovely miss kari!! she bagged buttons and flowers and felt and other italy kit goodness like nobodies business!

(at hotel de falconbridge, we make guests earn their keep)

girls, i love ya! thanks for the good times...it was like warm sunshine on my back! australia reunion next, right?!

and the winners are...

the copy of 'Canvas Remix' goes to...

Unfortunately I have nothing planned this weekend. Normally we do something but hubby is busy studying for his masters so is away all weekend. I guess the kids and I will go for a walk and feed the ducks or pick some flowers.

Lee

Posted by: Leanne Love | March 13, 2009 at 08:24 PM

the 'mermaid warriors' spot goes to...

We are getting ready for my four children's birthday party next weekend. So much to do, good thing they all share March/April birthdays so we can do it all at once.

Posted by: Donna | March 14, 2009 at 02:22 PM

the spot in 'garlands and banners' goes to

Oh yesssssssssssss! I'd love to have one of these pretties on my doorstep. Count me in. Thanks a ton for your generosity!

Posted by: SuZeQ | March 15, 2009 at 05:54 AM

and the simply fresh signature kit goes to...

wow-what a giveaway! I'd love to be a lucky one! This week...hmmm..I've been doing laundry, baked a ginger bundt cake, and make some little projects....
xo natalea

Posted by: NATALEA | March 15, 2009 at 03:02 PM

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congrats to you four! please email me (emilyfalconbridge{at}hotmail{dot}com) so i can get your winnings sent to you...and thanks to everyone who entered and shared your weekend fun!

if you are interested in being a blog sponsor for april and hosting a giveaway please email me!

52Q - 11

Q - what keeps me awake at night?

do tell us!

and then share...

:)

getting ready for italy, OR...running around like a rabid dog

preparations are in full swing for our trip beginning next week. a week in italy where i will be teaching at the PACS (and adding to my list of gelato flavours tasted), and then another week in england visiting my grandma and searching for fairies in the woods with ivy.  my mum is meeting us there and i cannot wait! 

please note that all of this means *i* will be packing and planning and doing all of the stressing during the next 10 days...while children run gleefully through the backyard pulling clean washing off the line and trampling it in the dirt, and husband blissfully breezes through the week waiting to be told which flight he will hop on to take him on our adventure! bitter?? not me! stress is the ugy truth of my life this week and i hope you 52Q-ers can be patient with me during this time! i hope to have the new prompt up tonight.

aside from making kits and gifts and finding clothes that fit (and are clean, quite a treasure hunt indeed!) we have been preparing in other ways...such as eating pizza. falconbridge family favourite is veggie pizza with bbq sauce. don't judge till you've tried!
and deciding what to do on our days off on the amalfi coast...i'm in favour of sitting on the beach gelato in hand (did i already mention gelato?) while watching the girls learn how to skim rocks with daddy.

stay tuned! and take some deep cleansing breaths with me!