...in May.


I added some pages to my pregnancy/baby journal.



Tintin became a lot friendlier and cuddlier and is now a big part of the family.


We went to the open house inspection of a house we'd love to buy - this is what the walls in the kitchen look like. The thought of someone else buying it and ripping out that wallpaper makes me cry!


My sweet friend Holly came over for tea and cake and I purchased a little bundle of her lovely buttons. Lots of the things in her shop are on sale at the moment.



C and I took several walks at dusk. Launceston is so lovely at any time of day.


I made some little paintings while watching TV.








Tintin and Atticus spent a lot of time cuddling and play fighting. It makes my heart hurt every time I see them curled up together (which is usually), it's so cute.




Atticus insisted on cuddling up on my chest every night.




I painted my nails about a dozen times.




I took a LOT of photos of my cats! Cold weather is good for cat photo taking opportunities.


Marguerite sent me this fantastic coat and bonnet set.


...and last but not least, I didn't have a baby this month (well, I am scheduling this post from the 29th, so I'm just assuming he won't have emerged by the end of the month)! June baby it is!?

Watching | Firefly (again), Call The Midwife, The Checkout, Searching For Silverman.
Reading | I finally finished Silver Linings Playbook. It is an exceptional book. I really want to watch the film again soon. I think I'm going to try to read the 3rd Game of Thrones book next.
Consuming | Homemade cranberry and oat biscuits, lemon syrup cake and red velvet cupcakes. So nesty!
Listening | Rodriguez (we have almost listened to 'Cold Fact' once every day for the past two weeks!), They Might Be Giants, Feist, Jefferson Airplane & Bull Moose Jackson (a bit of a mix!).
Visiting | Hobart.
Making | Little paintings while I watch TV.
Looking forward to | Wanna guess?!
In June I'd like to | take time to soak up and enjoy every little moment of my first month of parenthood.

Over the weekend C and I took a drive to the Evandale Markets and yesterday we visited four opshops. It has been good to plan something for each day so that it isn't spent sitting around twiddling our thumbs waiting. These are some of our secondhand finds from the past few days.


+ Pretty vintage pillow cases and sheets. Can never pass these up when opshopping.


+ A cute abacus (I'd like to start an abacus collection) and a little cat alphabet book.


+ A full set of vintage wooden alphabet blocks for $4. I felt so lucky finding these and would have paid a lot more for them!


+ C found this cat embroidery and had to buy it.


+ Japanese paper coasters.


+ Two sweet dolls. The one on the right has a cute little cameo necklace and leather shoes.


+ Another cat piece C couldn't pass up. I love how grumpy and unphotogenic the picture is.

I have a doctors appointment on Thursday where we'll talk about when/whether to induce. That's also the day my parents arrive (I think my mum had been hoping to not be around for the birth, haha). I have already tried most of the old wives tales about bringing on labour (e.g. eating pineapple, sitting on a fit ball constantly, walking lots, etc) - of course, I don't want to stray into the realm of things that could potentially be harmful. I am not hugely impatient about it (every time I feel a tiny bit of pain I think "no, I'm not ready!") but sleeping is really difficult so I'd rather that it was sooner than later. My Autumnal baby is quickly turning into a Winter one. C thinks we should have him induced on his birthday (so that it negates his birthday and he doesn't have to have one anymore) on June 3rd. That date feels so far away!

Today I've been baking and cleaning the house and we had some friends over for a cup of tea and went for a little bike ride. Tomorrow maybe we'll go see The Great Gatsby. What else to do?!

Today's the day!

But I have a feeling this boy will be late to the party. No signs yet. I just really hope not to have to be induced. Today we went into town to have lunch at Milkbar, pay our rent, buy some fabric and some groceries and we took these photos in the park. Women at the shops and at our real estate asked me how long I had to go and when I said "today!" they looked at me like I was insane for being out of the house.  But I feel good!



I made myself a moby wrap tonight using some cute fabric that C picked out (cats with umbrellas!). It was the last thing I was hoping to get before having the baby and I'd been looking at the (really boring) ones online and thought they'd be easy to make. If you're considering making one - it is literally just a long strip of fabric that doesn't have too much stretch - 5m by 60cm. The slightly stretchy cotton I bought doesn't fray so I didn't need to hem it. It cost a quarter of the price of branded ones (thanks to sales at Spotlight) and much cuter fabric! With 5m off a bolt the width is about double the amount you need so you can make two per 5m of fabric. Try this tutorial if you're keen. I tried it on and put Atticus in it to test it out and he loved it and is still in there two hours later! Nice and warm too!

Well, I think I'm going to play some GeoGuessr (latest obsession) and have some tea!

I thought I'd share some photos of a couple of items of mail I've posted recently. I don't send much mail any more, so I'm trying to concentrate on quality over quantity; writing to a couple of established penpals once every couple of months.



A little letter for lovely Adeline. For the envelope, I cut the letters of her name out of cardboard and put different coloured paper behind each letter. The card was a fun, quick collage.




I sent Ann-Marie a very overdue letter, some mix CDs, a paper pack that she kindly purchased from my shop and a painted canvas square sent as a makeshift postcard.



Two hand painted canvas postcards for two ridiculously generous bloggers that sent me little packages over the last few weeks - I am so grateful. I am still obsessed with these little canvases!