I heart Panda's

today I've been watching Panda Cam

It's totally addictive, they're such happy creatures. These pictures are from Panda Cam 1 and feature toddlers Yaoman and Shenbing at the Bifengxia Panda Reserve in Ya'an China.

 

it would have to be one of the cutest things I've seen in a long time. You have to check it out for yourself. 

I heart Panda's and Panda Cam xxx

 

A Little Excited

I have to say, today I am a little excited. I've spent most of the day photographing and listing items in my very own web shop hosted on Big Cartel. And.... I now have my own domain name www.iheartcharlie.com.au

I've only listed a few items but I'm so excited that I have to share it with you

yet another step towards the iheartcharlie empire.
and now I'm off to list some more items :0)

A Year of Good Things 5/366

Well so far I haven't been doing such a great job of posting everyday and maybe  I need to let myself a little bit off the hook on that one. As long as I keep you updated then it's ok to be a day late with a post. So every now and again you'll get a double whammy of 'good' on one day, that is as long as you don't miss me too much if I miss a day...... but I'm sure you'll be fine! 

5/366

"what no photo" you say in utter astonishment, "not even a dodgy one!" Well day 5's good thing is a little different, it's quite simply that after a long day at work I turned the computer off and gave my best friend my full attention last night. Normally I sit on the sofa with my laptop beside me scanning the internet and my emails. On the nights I'm not sewing I'll check on facebook countless times, hang out in the etsy forums, check my email, and in the last week update my blog. That's fantastic when I'm home alone cause with all my online friends I'm never lonely, but not so great when my best friend is home and he's trying to talk and I'm trying to type!! So last night, I sensed that my friend needed a little more than my attention in between forum comments and websites, so I briefly checked cyberspace when I got home and then I turned the computer off and spent some quality time with my friend.

I cooked us a really tasty meal and then we watched a documentary on SBS and had a lively but agreeable discussion about it.

So not only was this a good thing for my friend but it was also a good thing for me.

Berry Smoothie

Can't say that I managed to achieve much today, it was too hot but in an attempt to cool down I created this delicious Berry Mango smoothie.

Here's what's in it: frozen mango cheek, frozen mixed berries, orange and passion fruit juice, coconut water and a dash of sparkling mineral water. All thrown into a jug and whizzed up with a stick mixer. It did the trick it cooled us down, but now writing this I'm fantasizing about it and may have to head to the kitchen to make another one.

A Year of Good Things 4/366

Day 4: 4/366

Eggs and Cheese, what's good about these?? Well today's good thing was my trip to the local farmers market this morning where I purchased this farm fresh tray of eggs from the local egg farm and 2 delicious pieces of locally produced cheese. I also purchased some amazing lemon tea from a local herbalist. Its always a good thing to support local producers.

A Year of Good Things 3/366

Day 3 : 3/366

This post is a little late, last night when I was feeling inspired and ready to post the internet went down! Perhaps it was the universe telling me that 11.45pm at night was way too late to be contemplating being online. But it as a hot and humid night and as sleep wasn't going to come easily I might as well have been doing something constructive! Anyway what was my good thing for day 3 you ask?

I did a good thing for my puppy...... seeing as it was hot and humid Charlie was feeling rather uncomfortable in her long coat... so she had a late night bath

this is charlie happily rolling about drying her face on the towel

looking slightly damp but somewhat happy with the cool down

A Year of Good Things

I've decided to be a 'Do-Gooder' and join Pip Lincolne from Meet Me at Mikes in  her 'Year of Good Things' project.

Here's what it's all about

"Every day of this year, do a Good Thing. It might be something good for yourself. It might be something good for your pet. It might be something good for a stranger, or your boyfriend or your wife or your child. It might be something good for your friend or the mailman or a neighbour or the lady at the bank. It's up to YOU.

The great thing about this project is that you already do a Good Thing every day for someone. I know that you do! We're just trying to slow things up a bit and take notice of the things you do."

You can even do a good thing for your local community or even the environment. Once you've noted your good thing you can document it on your blog, facebook page, your iphone, or even just your personal journal it's up to you. Pip explains it a bit better here

Pip is 11 days up on me on this project, but better late than never ... I'll start today.

I remembered that I did something good yesterday so today will be more than one Good Thing

Day 1: 1/366

Wednesday 11th January

After the recent fires in my town the Local Shire and SouthWest Catchments Group put together a brochure to educate people how to help our coastal vegetation recover form the fire. I work at a local resort and after discovering the brochure at the Shire Offices I thought it would be a great to have it available to help educate the tourists at this busy time of year. My sister kindly acquired some for me and yesterday I put them on display at the front of our brochure stand. so although a small thing it's a good thing as it's my part towards helping with recovery

So day 1 was good for the environment


Day 2: 2/366

Thursday 12th January 

When I got home from work I made my best friend and myself a yummy Nespresso 

That one was good for our taste buds and our tummies, and my friend really enjoyed it. We sat on the front porch pondering life while enjoying the wonders of Nespresso


and as a bonus good thing for the day........


Good thing 2.5/366

Today I left the lights off........ all day!!

It was a quiet day in the office so no one was ever really going to notice and it's actually quite light in there. It was my contribution to reducing our carbon foot print for the day...... and that's definitely a good thing

Mmmm wonder what 'Good Thing' I'll do tomorrow