Sixth in the Sixth

I was tagged by Buttons By Lou Lou earlier in the week for the sixth in the sixth tag.

I decided to go with the 6th photo in the 6th folder from 2005 (I file all of my photos in date order, starting with year). This photo was afternoon tea at the Windsor Hotel in Melbourne on February 27th 2005. If you haven't been, then I highly recommend it.... just try not to eat lunch before you go, and leave enough room for the desserts (after the sandwiches and scones).

I was lucky enough to meet Lou a couple of weeks ago at a meeting for the Made'n'Thornbury Market. It was one of those things where you introduce yourself (with your real name), and then ask the normal crafty question, "So, do you have a craft blog?", and all of a sudden realise that you've been communicating with other in cyberspace/blogland.... it's all quite amusing!

If you're really quick, Lou has a fab giveaway ending today for a pair of her gorgeous button earrings. You can enter here....

Tag-ging and Shop-ping

I've been tagged by SewFunky to take on The Book Tag....

Here's how it works:

Go to the closest book to you, not necessarily the book you have just read, or your favourite, but the closest. Turn to page 56 and copy out the 5th line, followed by the next 2 to 5 lines.

The book closest to me just happens to be the one that I'm half way through at the moment; No I Don't Want To Join a Bookclub, by Virginia Ironside.

Page 56
....Not even $50.00....You are going to receive the entire life changing course for only $29.95.
For this you will receive:
1. 8-inch by 10-inch certificate in colour, with gold seal (Certificate professionally printed by an ink press).
2. Proof of Minister Certification in your name
3. Shipping is free

How about getting a certificate and then, during the christening of the little person, suddenly bursting out with: 'Welcome to the World! I am your minister and grandmother!'
Perhaps not.

This book is rather amusing so far and I'm really enjoying reading it.
Thanks for the tag Dione!

I've added the bookmarks in the mosaic above to The CurlyPops Shop.

Random Fours

I've been tagged by the lovely Melanie from Kimono Reincarnate. She has a fabulous blog with lots of Japanese inspiration as she is living over there at the moment. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't already!

I'm going with the random fours tag:

Four jobs I've had

Waitress

Quality Co-ordinator

Office Manager

Systems Administration Manager

Four movies I can watch over and over

The Breakfast Club

Steel Magnolias

The Sound of Music

The Man from Snowy River

Four places I have lived

Penshurst

Dunkeld

Maryborough

Bendigo

Four TV shows I love

Brothers and Sisters

Moar Gardening / Dry Spell Gardening

Project Runway

Property Ladder (UK version with Sarah Beeny)

Four places I have been on holiday

Torquay

Caloundra

Tasmania

Port Macquarie

Four of my favourite dishes

Spaghetti Bolognese

Beef & Black Bean with cashews

Chicken and Bacon lasagne

Porterhouse Steak (medium rare)

Four websites I visit daily

Ebay

Herald Sun

Realestate.com.au

Lots and lots of blogs!

Four places I would rather be now

At the beach

In a cafe drinking nice coffee

With Mr CurlyPops

Back at Uni

Tagged

1. I've been tagged by the lovely Christine from Chocolate and Steel.
   
   Here are the rules:
   
   1. Link to the person that tagged you.
   
   2. Post the rules on your blog.
   
   3. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
   
   4. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
   
   5. Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
   
   

1. I don't like silence while I'm awake. I always either have the tv on, or music playing in the background.
2. I have a weird knack for remembering number sequences. I'm the walking telephone book of my household. Same rule applies for bank account numbers, pin numbers etc but I'm terrible at remembering names. It would be much easier if I was male so I could just call everyone 'mate'.
3. I always buy too much of certain things. I always have multiple packets of toilet paper and toothpaste in the cupboard just to make sure that we don't run out.
4. My favourite cordial is Cottees Apple and Raspberry flavour.
5. I like washing dishes. I hate putting them away.
6. I have much more fun searching for second-hand bargains than buying things new.

I'm going to tag some great blogs that I've just recently found:

Big Cat's Emporium
August Street
Joychell
Skye Rocket Sews
Samaprilmay
Leni & Rose

Play along if you like!