" Moving House Is Stressful "

Especially when you are doing it yourselves !

" Listen To Your Heart "

I am covered in cobwebs ! We have had 2 full days of cleaning our new place. Honestly, it's funny. The owner said she'd cleaned it, hahahaa, I don't think so. Either that or her standards are super low. Layers of filth, black filth on the shelves, greasy stuff in the kitchen, mouse poo in cupboards...and so on...it looks so good. We have even seen our first snake too, well Farmer boy did.

We sat and watched the election last night. I must be getting old, because I really enjoyed it. I didn't entirely agree with it all, but it was enjoyable. So was the chocolate we ate with it too. I even had a tear in my eye at John Howard's parting speech. I never supported his way but I admired his humble speech.

I LOVE BOB BROWN ! I love listening to him talk. He seems so passionate and jocular. He is my hero.

' Better Late '

I know I am late, and I know I am not American, but I like the idea of Thanksgiving in general, for everything good on our world !

So let today be a day of Thanks for everything good in our life.

My top five are :- My man and my girl, my parents and family extended, a cool haircut, a new and glorious house and lots of great books to read !

" You've Gone Wrong In Your Mind Tank "

Ok, this just gets better and better...we found a waterfall at our new house today, damnit I am lucky !

We settle the purchase and move on Tuesday and I am rather excited. We will however be taking up our real estate agent's offer of having cleaners in as it is filthy ! Hasn't been lived in for three years and the spiders are rampant !

We have a new agent selling our house. The one we had before appeared to lose interest, no really. She was ringing us on a weekly basis keeping us up to speed and then nothing, for six weeks...no explanation or anything. I feel confident with the new estate agent, she's already had someone through. My feelings about selling the house we live in now ( the one we're moving out of on Tuesday ) is that as soon as we're out of here, the universe will find a nice couple to live in it. I release all anxiety about it selling and I know it will go at the price we want for it. Have a great night, and thank you Becky for your suggestion. Great blog and pictures !

" Cheese Is a Kind Of Meat "

This is a call for assistance from anyone out there, and in particular the Rose Cottage Baebes.

I am on the lookout for a simple ( and I mean simple ) pattern to make rag dolls, or at least quirky little dolls. I am not after the kind of doll that is like Jemima on Playschool ( or the one pictured above, way too normal looking ), more the type of doll that is made up of scraps of material and may have a very simple face, nothing too professional. I am also looking for any patterns or instructions for other types of fabric dolls/creations.

Please bear in mind that I am very basic in this area, my sewing skills are very limited. I just fancied getting a bit creative. Last week I bought Ifan a soft toy for Christmas made out of black socks, it's so weird that I thought I would love to do something kind of quirky too.

If anyone knows of any websites or patterns, I would be willing to send postage et al to cover a mail out.

Thanks and love....

" Here's To You Rosey Cottage Baebes "

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" It's Me, Bobby, Bob-bob "

Our very first podcast will be coming out within the next month. Ifan and I have decided to do our very own Midwyche Farm podcast, and he is currently designing the music and layout for it. I hope all you wonderful people out there will download us from itunes at least once to listen to us and maybe subscribe if you think we are worth listening to.

We will take on board any of your suggestions for topics too... Watch this space for the links and so on...

The Birdhouse Chronicles

I absolutely endorse this book for anyone who wants to, or does move out to the country. There is so much I could relate to even though the author is in Pennsylvania and I in Tasmania. A timely read for me as we are 9 days from moving to our 35 acres…10/10

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" Thought For The Day "

"Each one of us matters, has a role to play and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for all living things around us, especially each other. Together we must reestablish our connections with the natural world and with the Spiritual Power that is around us. And then we can move, triumphantly, joyously, into the final stage of human evolution--spiritual evolution.” --Dr. Jane Goodall

' Tasmania Police '

After communicating with the police it seems I have a case with the heinous e-mails, so I will give it some thought. However, I don't know if I can be bothered. She talked about how " karma would get me ", but it occurred to me that in saying what she did, she herself was creating her karma, far more hideously, and negatively than me working with the police could ever create. No-one that wishes shit like that on another can be very happy and content, or have a life full of love. So we'll see what Detective Sergeant JG advises tomorrow..and then I'll take it from there...

" I don't have a shred of decency "

The weird woman's last e-mail to me read :- That is ok, you have now been reported to the ebay trust and safety department, i will let them deal with it as you obviously havent a shred of decency. i will also be informing my fellow metaphysical collectors org, paranormal investigators society, and friends and collegues just how fraudulent you truely are so they can no longer be sucked in by you and your kinds. i decided to give you the benefit of the doubt over my instincts and spirits promptings, but you proved the spirits around me & my instincts right in your actions. good day.

I query here who doesn't have a shred of decency. I didn't send her an item, because she didn't pay me, and then received threats from her and " I am the one with no decency ?" ..pray tell how is this so ?

She said she sent a Money order ( a form of payment I don't accept ), she didn't have my full mailing address, she had Severina, Gravelly Beach, she wouldn't tell me the MO id, and yet I am the charlatan ? It's laughable I know, but has really upset me.

I didn't think people in this day and age claimed to be spiritual beings and then cursed others in the same breath.

I have her full name and address however, and am wondering if I should do anything with this, I mean in relation to the Police...any ideas or thoughts would be gratefully received. the fact that she is going to " dob on me " to all her mates seems kind of pathetic really. a) there's nothing to tell and b) it reflects on her and not me..after all she did not pay and called me a fake before she even offered to pay. If she thought I wasn't to be trusted in the first place, it's highly unlikely she'd then actually pay me.

After all I have 4500 feedbacks, 2 of which are negative, she has 5, one of which is negative and she didn't respond to the non paying bidder alert, so go figure....I don't know why I am giving it any energy at all. It's the cancer thing I think that got me, decent people simply don't say that utter shit do they ?

" Charmed, I am sure ! "

Today I received this e-mail from an Ebay buyer I had to neg, because she didn't pay....ironically she was telling me earlier how spiritual she was ....

SO NOW WHO IS THE LIER? IF YOU WERE A REAL SELLER OF SPIRIT ITEMS< YOU WOULD KNOW THE TRUTH... YET YOU ACCUSED ME, AND PROVED YOURSELF TO BE A FALSE SELLER OF HAUNTED ITEMS, AND CONFIRMED MY INSTINCTS AS SUCH!!! YOU SHALL SURELY GET YOUR KARMA< NOT EVEN ANY AMOUNT OF KARMIC REMOVAL SPELLS WILL HELP YOU, YOU HAVE IT COMING, IT WILL FIND YOU, AND IF YOU CONTINUE USING THE SPIRITS LIKE THIS YOU WILL SURELY PAY THE TOLL!!! THEY DONT LET THOSE LIKE YOU GET AWAY WITH IT, I HAVE WITNESSED SEVERAL LIKE YOU COME DOWN WITH CANCER OR TUMOURS OR OTHER DEADLY THINGS, YOU WILL SURELY FEEL THIER WRAITH!!! GOOD LUCK< YOU WILL NEED IT!!! AND DONT THINK THE SPIRITS WILL HELP, NOT AS LONG AS YOU CONTINUE USING THEM IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY DESPISE!!!

Prior to all this she accused me of fakery and said she had travelled the world collecting spiritual haunted items...having done this, one might assume she would be beyond trying to inspire me to having cancer.

I totally objected to this, because to me it seemed most mean and inconsiderate to those people who have had cancer or are living with it. If you need to know her name to block her, please contact me privately : >)

I Have Lived A Thousand Years !

OMG ! Breathtaking. A young girl’s story of her life through the holocaust ! Livia Bitton-Jackson writes so well. This is actually a book for teens, but also for adults.

WARNING !

Get the tissues, it got me right at the end when a child in a cattle truck says ” mummy ’ and then dies. Shi* that’s some strong imagery and truth there,10 out of 10.

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"Lordess of the Manor "

Ok, so how weird is this ? 

We settle our house purchase in around 2 weeks and our job today was to walk the fence line to check the plans. So we did. What we discovered is that the land we are buying was actually TWICE as big as we originally thought. Not only is there a kilometre  road that we own and didn't know about, but a rain forest, (ok not as big as the Amazon...but stunning nonetheless ) and it took us about 45 minutes to walk around. I was worrying about where I would take my evening walk....but now, it seems as if my prayers are answered. I feel incredibly lucky and blessed that we will live somewhere so gorgeous.

Not only this but we also discovered other stained glass windows we hadn't previously seen and the air, oh lawky, the air tasted so clean....can't wait to move...yeah !

PS Don't know why I can't get rid of the underlining. The usual way won't work !

" Piggy Ninin "

I worked for 1.5 hours today at school, and it was very pleasant indeed. Began at 1.30 ansd left a 3.00. Very civilised. Tomorrow I don't begin until 10.30...I like that, this is why I made changes to my teaching load.

I am having a new lease of life with my spell work, they are pouring out of me like, water from a tap....it's like my spell button has been switched on. I don't mind this at all.

I now have three Ebay piles on the office floor, I can't shut the door, but every day, I am visiting out PO with armfuls of packages that are OUTGOING !!! Yippeee, perhaps there is a dent being made in all the clothing and the money I have wasted. I know I go on about it a lot, I am not a mercenary person, at least I don't think I am, so I don't know how I have ended up with so much stuff !

Anyway, I have stiff shoulders so am off to read my book in bed !

" You People Are Everywhere "

Today Ifan and I manned the stall at the local market in Exeter for http://tapvision.info or in long Tasmanians Against the Pulp Mill. Ify went up early whilst I got Morgaine ready to go to Grannie's place.

When I got there, he said most had been nice, though he had been called a " fucking idiot with no soul " and also had had said to him " you obviously don't have children ". I found this rather illogical and typical of the usual pro-pulp mill yob. They insinuate that without this damn mill there will be no future, no jobs..blah blah...the bloody mill if built will provide less than 300 jobs...if Tasmania's economy lays in the 300 jobs a pulp mill might create then we really are in dire straits.....thus the assumption we are childless, not in a million years would I ever want my baby working at a mill when she got older OR going out with the ill bred, non-reading Tasmanian redneck that would work in one. The truth be known is that WITH this pulp mill we have less of a future and certainly not a safe one. I know that because I love my child, I don't want a mill with pollutants from a-z and back again...

The most exciting part of the day was the main passion behind TAP, Mr Bob McMahon turing up with a crew from the BBC to talk to us !!! Yes the BBC, not the ABC...I went all tongue tied and blundered about like a drugged elephant, but Ify was eloquent enough. We sold a lot of raffle tickets, bought a few myself and got sunburnt despite SPF and aviators...

" Please Donate To http://www.junglefriends.org "

THOSE OF YOU IN AUSTRALIA OR WORLDWIDE WHO HAVE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT...PLEASE DONATE....EVEN $1 WILL HELP....

Please visit http://www.junglefriends.org to see the great work they do there saving monkeys from terror and abuse...I send a few dollars each month and this really helps. Check out their website, tell all your friends and let us support our friends in Florida who help save these animals from being tortured and hurt. What is the price of a cup of coffee to you ? To this wonderful not for profit organisation it can mean the difference between life and death...

" Washing Up...? "

I can't explain it, but I feel like Ifan and I have outgrown Gravelly Beach, and as such, I really can't wait to move. I know it sounds antisocial, but I don't like it when I go for a walk around our village and I have to speak to everyone I see, because I know them. Now, I am not an unfriendly person, far from it, but I like to lose myself in myself and my podcasts when I go for a walk, without having to turn it off to talk to people every two seconds. I feel hemmed in here. We live on 3 acres, on an internal block, that is relatively private, BUT I still feel surrounded.

The graffiti and hooning in our village has increased and I simply want to get out. I think if I had to go back and live in town again, I would do myself in....

I am pleased to report my Ebay selling is going well. I almost have rsi from all the listing I have done of late. A lot here, a few there, and the listings happen. I have the same amount at least to list as what I have already listed, so will keep pushing on.

I do have to stop checking the bid amounts every two seconds though ( part of my obsessive personality ).

Heard from an old friend last night, so good to know they are alright...come back again soon...like a will 'o the wisp he comes and goes....

" I'll Go Up To Carnaby Street, Find A Flat, Get A Modelling Job..."

I need to write more, so am going to trial using a few prompts over the next few months or so to see what comes out...

I have discovered " The Mighty Boosh ". OMG, this is the funniest show from the BBC I have ever seen, dare I say it, but it shi** all over " The Office " and " The League of Gentlemen ". Damn it, funny men are so hot ! Well I don't know if it shi** all over the aforementioned shows, they are damn good after all, but it really is the best thing I have watched in ages.

What is is about weird looking funny men ? I am instantly attracted to them. I can be quite a sullen cove at the best of times, but love having a laugh about stupid stuff. The Mighty Boosh, at first glimpse, seems very silly, but it is actually genius. Especially for those of us growing up in the 70s and 80s, there will be a lot that really hits the mark. It's so off-centre. Just for today, I will place dear Naboo on my posting, for all to gaze upon. Aaah....

Do yourself a favour readers....

" Where the hell is everything ? "

Today I have a day off. So have been listing madly on Ebay, I think so far today I have done about fifty things....does my pile look any smaller ? No, but I keep plugging away. The more I plug away, the more ashamed I become....how did my clothing amounts come to this ? What hole or gap have I been trying to fill in order that I had to keep buying. I sure as hell have no idea, but perhaps there is one. I guess I have always been prone to excess...started drinking coffee again.....have had two this week and felt guilty each time. I must be pretty pathetic to get the guilts over coffee. I did however find a new health shop in Trevallyn called healthtonic.

Please visit them online at www.healthtonic.com.au

In this shop they have all the good things I still need, aluminium free deodorants, good and proper tea, ( think chocolate chai ) and many other amazing things..they even gave away free lemons.

The owner also gave Ifan some free cream for his face too, this is the second time in one week that an impressive owner in a fantastic store has given us free things....damnit we're lucky ! More later, have stiff shoulders...