Today’s Post….

My blog post is over here today…. in a special little spot reserved for reviews and give aways only.

I’ve only just ventured into the world of review posts and give aways and I’m not planning to do many of them, just the odd one or two that really appeal to me and hopefully to some of you too. If you look to the far right of my blog (if you are reading in a feed reader you’ll have to come actually visit!), under the eco toy’s ad you’ll see a new little link list which will show the latest review and give away posts as I do them.

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Honest Scrap

And I thought I had avoided this me me that has been going around.

I’ve actually really enjoyed reading this one. Wonderful bloggers I read have shared amazing things, from the scary to the amusing and everything in between. And it’s not that I don’t want to share with all you lovely readers, it’s just that I don’t think I have ten interesting things to share. I think I must just be a boring person!

Anyway, you all know the idea…I’m supposed to share ten ‘honest’ revelatory things about myself and then pass it on.

Um… er… um…. well lets see.

1. I sang the lead in my grade 6 play – I was the Pied Piper of Hamlin and I thought I was ace, though according to the video I wasn’t that hot.

2. I support every women’s right to birth her baby at home, and I was even there at my lovely friend’s second homebirth which was amazing… but I’ve decided I don’t actually want to have a home birth myself.

3. I often wish our twins had been born separately.

4. I’m kind of pissed about being pregnant. Not because I don’t want to have another baby but because it isn’t the perfect time for us to have another baby. This baby will probably be born when we have half a house, no kitchen, and possibly no bathrooms, let alone enough bedrooms. And yet I know there are so many people out there who would love to be pregnant right now, who fight so hard to get and stay pregnant – some of these people are people who I dearly love…. so I feel horrible that I’m not really thrilled about this baby purely because of timing.

5. I’m lazy. Really Lazy. Lazy like ‘do I have to actually get out of bed to feed, change, comfort that child… surely they can manage for another hour or so’.

6. I am socially inept. I suck, truly ruley suck at meeting new people. I always think people won’t like me (even people who I’ve know for ages) so I tend to either embellish little bits about myself or hide bits, trying to be the most likeable person in any given situation.

7. I am a fabulous liar.. or maybe I just think I am.

8. um…. er…. um….see now I start to get stuck.

Lets just leave it there shall we? Before I am tempted to make up something…

Now people to tag… people to tag…bloggers who haven’t done this yet… um…. er…

I’m going to go with the following bloggers, but if you’ve already done it, or don’t feel like it, then I won’t be offended… blog well and prosper! And those reading, go check out these bloggers – they are good whether they do the Me Me or not!

Farmers Wife – have you seen the HUGE gorgeous deck on the house they are building?? Man I am soooo jealous!

Childhood 101 – check out her round up of 2009 for a great list of her top posts and ideas for the year!

Inner Pickle – because it’s always good to share with another gorgeous pickle

Two Little Banshees – She sews, and knits and crafts and has twins (plus one more) go take a peek!

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Things I know… and some I don’t know.

My friend at Yay for Home knows a lot….
I, on the other hand, only know a few things, like….

- If your kids do four year old kinder twice be prepared to gush over the same kid made christmas presents two years in a row.

- If there is a two year old learning to use the toilet in your house there will be lost of puddles and the occasional ‘poop-splat’.

- It took me six years to learn to just not put the breakable decorations on the Christmas tree.

But there are many things I don’t know, like…

- Why does time always fly when you have so much to do?

- Why is there never ink in the printer when you really need to print?

- Where are the mosquitoes coming from and how are they getting in?

- Who ate all the strawberries?

- Why did my girls stand up and dance in front of hundreds of people on Sunday then refuse to join in at their kinder concert on Tuesday?

- why don’t they make little undies? Size 2-3 is not big enough for my bumless children.

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Weekend Blog Trails….

A little bit of Linky Love for a Saturday afternoon…

The Parenting Passageway – I’m trying to keep up with this wonderful series of posts on becoming a more mindful parent. Even though I don’t home school or Steiner educating my kids I am still learning so much for this wonderful blog.

The Daily Digi – I’ve got a hundred and one design projects I should be doing at the moment despite the fact I am not supposed to sit for long periods… but I try to keep up with a little bit of digi scrapping at the Daily Digi, and of course the PBP blog too!

The Lark – it’s on my to do list… to visit Lark’s new shop up the road in Daylesford, but until I find some time to squeeze in that little trip I read the blog instead for lots of crafty eye candy goodness.

I’m also enjoying these random blogs – Lola Nova Whatever (crafty goodness), The Sometimes Crafter (more crafty goodness and loads of lovely quilting things), Shannon Fricke (lovely country living, house stuff) and Mommycoddle (that one’s just a good read).

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I’m a finalist!

Sorry, I had to pop in a little extra post today because….

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Picklebums has been nominated as a finalist in the Business Mums Network Blog Awards! What a nice surprise!

If you have a spare moment, do pop over and vote for me, or one of the other awesome blogs in each category. If you enter your contact details when you vote, you go into a draw for weekly prizes and will be added to their email list so you will be notified who the winners are. Choose carefully as you can only vote once.

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