Time for a life update.

Things are trucking along in the Cupcake Factory. We’ve had a couple of good weeks of sales which is promising. These are a few of the new designs, I’ll be showing you a few more on Friday for the competition! (or you could just go check out the shop)

My 101 in 1001 list is going sloooowly. Subscriber numbers are climbing steadily (yay, Hi!) and I should reach my goal of 200 soon.
I made ambrosia for the first time but didn’t take any photos. Woops.
Tattoo planning is under way, a book is being read, and I’ve tried a few new recipes.
The list of things I have not done however is longer.

The Boy has had some big projects on at work. He also made a model using cardboard and the laser cutter. That was a very long night for him followed by a full day of work. I forgive him for spending his spare time doing work though because he wears awesome paisley ties on occasion.

Chickie Little’s baby shower was on the 13th. It was lots of fun and very exciting to know that in 9 weeks (give or take) a brand new baby girl will be coming into the world.

All in a day in Wellington. The iceberg that was placed in the harbour last month was instead sitting in town at Queens Wharf.

And Gravity coffee bragging about how they’re not as discriminatory as all the other corporate fuckheads.

What would my life be without food? I got more free food from Wagamama. Learnt how to turn tortillas and garlic into delicious garlic tortilla things. Learnt that the breadmaker is great for making frittatas. And received a delicious gift of candy from my friend who had just visited USA, Canada, and Sweden. The orangey looking ones are maple syrup, so good. The NY squares are chocolate. The black box is “moose poo”, it’s a mix of liquorice and salt and tastes like ass.

I’ve been saving up all my photos from the last 6 weeks so I could do an A to Z recap. :D

A is for All In – I had a game of poker with The Boy and a friend and I wooped their asses. I think the shiny shiny cupcakes and hearts we used as chips gave me special powers.

B if for Baking – Chickie Little has been at it again. She’s made a few new things this month, one of them being lemon meringue pie (one of my absolute favourites!).
C is for Cherry Coke – The supermarket closest to us is one of the biggest and best in the country. They have a few UK imports now and cherry coke is one of them. It was my first time trying it. Quite nice but I’m not sure that I’d regularly spend $2 on a can.

D is for Deer – Remember those shoes? The store I bought them from had a big display honouring Babycham and the Babycham deer. Too cool!
E is for Entourage – I watched all 6 seasons this month. 0_0
F is for Flowers – My friend Shonali gave birth to a beautiful little boy. I gave her these flowers on a visit to the hospital.
G is for Grass Car – Spotted when we attended Craft 2.0 at the New Dowse.

H is for Hangover Cure – Whenever I feel sick, hungover or otherwise, I can count on an e2 to get me perky again.
I is for Iceberg – As a publicity stunt an “iceberg” was placed in the Wellington harbour to bring attention to global warming.
J is for Jewellery – Lots of new stuff added this month. My favourite of the moment is the little ghost.
K is for Kitty – That crazy crazy downstairs cat has been stealing our attention all month!

L is for Large Insects – This one being a Weta. The Boy looked over at me from the kitchen and said “Kim, don’t freak out, but there’s a weta”. 0_0 Weta have a reputation for being huge scary insects, thankfully this one was a baby, and The Boy thought it was dead. It was only playing though. I’m so glad I have a boy around to deal with this type of thing (and by deal with I mean put outside, not squish).
M is for Maranui – This much beloved cafe (and surf club) of Wellington caught on fire and was gutted. It will be back in about a year, but until then Wellingtonians mourn. The Boy’s sister is a manager and world class barista at this cafe so we’re hoping for it to be back ASAP.
N is for the New Dowse – I saw it for the first time with the girls this month while attending Craft 2.0.

O is for Oddities of Nature – These funny cluster things are strange looking.
P is for Photographs – Sometimes the blurry shit ones are my favourites.

Q is for Quirky Street Art – While driving to breakfast we noticed another fence that had been covered in art. I love it when installations like this go up. The fence is going to be there regardless because it will soon be turning into a construction site, so you might as well use the space wisely.

R is for Recipes – I’ve been trying out a few new ones. This mushroom and courgette bread was pretty damn delicious.

S is for Spring – I think it’s making a comeback. I’ll just ignore the torrential rain which forced its way under our front door a couple of nights ago.

T is for Tui – These beautiful birds love the kowhai that’s flowering right outside our house.
U is for Urban Wetlands – I took a walk down to Waitangi park after a doctors visit and snapped some photos of the urban wetland they have going. I really love what they did with the area, even if it cost a shitload.
V is for View – This is what I can see from my blogging chair. Usually the blinds are down because I lounge around in my robe all day. But when I take photos inside I pull it up like this to get more light.
W is for WordCamp – I blogged about the fun.

X is for X rays – I had a bone scan about 5 years ago. It checks the density of your bones, and because I had been on steroids for a while my first scan showed I was at the low end of the acceptable scale for bone density at my age. This time around I’ve been off steroids for over a year and my bones are looking a bit stronger and developing as they should be. Yay.

Y is for Year End – Or so The Warehouse would have you believe. Who actually buys christmas wrapping paper on the first of August?!
Z is for Zero – Which is how much I’ll be paying for my next meal at Wagamama. This photo was taken at my last meal at Wagamama. We had received vouchers from the Entertainment Book to say sorry for the crappy meal we had a Cafe Pica. Wagamama then held a competition for the best photo taken while eating at one of their restaturants and I got second prize. :D Another $40 worth of vouchers for me. Sweet.

OK, not really. But I am off to Oz.

All going well I’m there right now, basking in the plastic, beaches, and “culture” of the Gold Coast. Don’t be too jealous.

I’ll be back in a week but I’ve got a couple of posts to go live while I’m gone. Comments and emails and purchases will all be dealt with when I’m home. xx

1. Gold Coast, Australia, 2. Tracks to Surfers, 3. Morning at Broadbeach, 4. cimg0531, 5. Steel rails, chasing sunshine round the bend, 6. cimg0646, 7. Sunset Surfers Paradise Australia, 8. Smile for the Camera, 9. cimg0524, 10. cimg0490, 11. Gold Coast, 12. Gold Coast Burleigh Heads 09, 13. Cutest Koala

22 April 2009 – It’s the boys mums birthday and I think this bracelet I made suits her style a bit more than the cupcake necklaces.

24 April 2009 – The Boy and his friend led me on some crazy tiki tour to get to the I’m On A Boat party. We ended up not lost, and with some good photos. Choice. This is Wellington Harbour.

24 April 2009 – And this is the view of Petone from Oriental Parade.

24 April 2009 – Some crazy hippies spitting fire at the party.

25 April 2009 – The Boy’s dad is in town and takes us to Lone Star for dinner. This steak is absolutely humongous.

25 April 2009 – My plate of Lone Star mussels, and my other plate with potatoes and salad. Too. Much. Food!!

26 April 2009 – And then the weather turned to shit and it’s been raining pretty much ever since.

27 April 2009 – It’s that time of year when everyone remembers that they didn’t fix the leaks from last year, and they still haven’t gotten around to resealing the doors.

25 March 2009 – How a finished package from my shop looks. Pink and black, my favourites!

26 March 2009 – Chickie Little’s computer has been crashing a lot lately.

27 March 2009 – Another one of those days where I just grab something close to take a photo. This is Barry, my uber cute cell phone holder.

28 March 2009 – Chickie Little’s hubby created an arcade machine with one of his friends. It’s huge and awesome!

29 March 2009 – One of my first Etsy purchases. I don’t usually wear gold tones but this necklace was too adorable, lots of pink beads and a flying robot!!

30 March 2009 – I’m meant to get a blood test once a month to make sure my medication isn’t killing me or something, but I’m pretty slack. Finally went for one on Monday (only a month overdue!).

31 March 2009 – Amy men, tanks and guns. Love you laser cutter xx

18 March 2009 – Box of packaging. Screeds of ribbons, organza bags, confetti and pillow boxes!

19 March 2009 – A birthday present for my friend Amy. The blue organza I ordered is so sparkly!

20 March 2009 – Mmm green cake. We had a leprechaun lunch to celebrate St Patricks day and pretty much all of the food was green. These cupcakes (made by a boy even) were delicious. I think I had 3 0_O

21 March 2009 – Congratulations to Bridey and Gem who won prizes in my jewellery draw. Your goodies will be with you shortly.

22 March 2009 – After brunch with friends we wandered to the Italian Festival in the freezing weather. Too full to eat anything we walked home and I remembered a heart I’d seen months ago when I didn’t have my camera with me. I’m glad I had my camera this time :]

23 March 2009 – Siamese gummy bears. Delicious siamese gummy bears.

24 March 2009 – A dragonfly necklace to match the dragonfly earrings in my store. They’ll be added to the shop soon.

11 March 2009 – Laser cut acrylic rings for my Etsy shop. They’re so cute. My black and red ones have been on rotate every day.

12 March 2009 – My life is all about decadence. lol. Felt lemon cake, cream puffs, and donut from fellow NZ Etsyer LisaJHoney. + Black forest chocolate, cupcake necklaces, soft netting and ribbons. :D

13 March 2009 – Bowling again! Kids can be so funny, Mo obviously couldn’t decide which was more important – his hot chips or trying to bowl without the kids guide.

14 March 2009 – Mmmm delicious.

15 March 2009 – The Boy played in his first Ultimate Frisbee tournament on Sunday and I got to see him play for the first time. The day was absolutely stunning.

16 March 2009 – An exciting day for me. My first ever Etsy sale. I can’t wait till I can do this for a job!

17 March 2009 – Bowling ball looks like a planetary nebula something or other.

25 February 2009 – While walking home from another delicious meal at Arashi we saw a little monarch butterfly crawling along the gutter. The boy picked it up to move it out of harms way. Such a sweetie.

26 February 2009 – We discovered another place for cheap drinks. It’s called Shooters, on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights it’s a student meat market, but on Thursdays it’s beers for $3 and cocktails for $5!

27 February 2009 – While hanging out at the boys works on Friday night I noticed a pretty little silver cup taped to his computer screen, wondering WTF it was for, he told me it was the fail cup. He got it when he commented on an industry chat, someone asked for a phone umber, someone else replied with the wrong phone number, and the boy corrected the mistake with the same incorrect phone number. He gets confused sometimes.

28 February 2009 – One of my jewellery pieces being modelled by a baby tree :p

1 March 2009 – Finally got my hoop home! It’s awesome. I was worried, due to my lack of skill in using the light childrens hoop, that I would suck with this one. I was so wrong.

2 March 2009 – Martin tries to distract me from reading my computer screen for hugs.

3 March 2009 – Bowling is becoming a fortnightly event. The shoes are so disgustingly hot and non breathing!

18 February 2009 – Off northwards to visit the family for a couple of days…and to see Iron Maiden! All the essentials are packed, handbag, laptop, cute mini suitcase rescued from a dumpster.

19 February 2009 – Waipa Primary School, the last of the 6 primary schools I went to, and the one I was at longest. We picked up my brother from school while I was home.

20 February 2009 – Iron Maiden!! No cameras allowed, so this is the best memento I could get. We were a bit far away for photos anyway but it was still great.

21 February 2009 -Cuba Street Carnival night! I made sure to fly back home in time for the parade. The parade ended up being over 2 hours long, and was a bit disjointed but still fun. It’s a pity that by the time the best floats came around everyone was over it.
My camera wouldn’t take photos properly in the dark so I took a whole bunch of videos instead. I was going to take a screenshot, but I’ve opted to introduce you to the Real Hot Bitches instead. They’re an equal opportunity dance group, that like to do their thing in the tightest lycra available. They’re amazing.

Now that you’ve watched that I’ll bet you’re intrigued as to how you can become a Real Hot Bitch too. Just follow these instructions.

22 February 2009 – I spent all day today sitting on the couch in a slip, watching downloaded TV and creating a bracelet.

23 February 2009 – I thought these cricket posters were pretty cool done in the say way as iPod advertisements

24 February 2009 – A few of the things important to me at the moment – Atheism/evolution/science/scepticism/truth/reality, cupcakes, and jewellery