Place: bed

Poison: almonds

Favourite things: TiVo

I found a one dollar copy of ‘tuesdays with morrie’ last week and I couldn’t have brought a better bargain.

An adorable memoir of the dying days of a college professor, that has whet my appetite for living a life of inspiration.

In the first chapter he talks about going to a funeral of a work collegue and being bitterly dissappointed that friends and family had not said their thoughts to the deceased while he was alive.

So morris had an idea. I think if an Australian did this they would be shot down as egotistical, but I adore the concept.

Knowing his illness was terminal he held a living funeral, where he got to share stories, thoughts, poetry and love with those closest. A funeral for the living.

Don’t wait till someone passes away to share your thoughts and love freely. We regurally have toasts when we are with friends and family because we are determined to live our life saying what needs to be said.

John Mayers latest song says this ‘say what you need to say’ simple but true.

Morris I am looking forward to spending Tuesdays with you. Maybe I might only read this book on Tuesday evenings. If I can possibly wait each week.

Speak now.

A

Place: the farm

Poison: coffee

Favourite things: like I give a frock! Book…

Kym brought this new book by michi called like I give a frock! And I researched the designer and found a fabulous daily email forecasting fashion trends and weather patterns.

Check it out on www.michigirl.com.au

Weathered…

Place: oma and opa’s farm

Poison: coffee

Favourite things: hot coconut macaroons and the tease of country op shops after lunch.

After escaping the city last night post an eventful working week, we settled into some farmstyle love.

Kym’s oma and opa have been married 60 years and have lived here on this farm for so many years of it.

We ate hot biscuits for morning tea and I just had to ask for the recipe.

1 cup of coconut

1/2 cup sugar

1 tablespoon cornflour

1 egg

Pinch of salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine coconut, sugar and cornflour in bowl. Beat together egg, salt and vanilla, stir into dry ingrediants, mix well. Place heaped teaspoonfuls of mixture onto greased and lightly cornfloured oven trays, press mixture lightly into peaked shapes. Bake for 15 mins, remove and loosen. Oven at 180, make sure it’s hot before bikkies go in.

Ahhhh, what farmer wants a wife? I’m ready to hightale it to the bush.

Amps

Place: In Bed

Poison: Samboy chips

Favourite Things: My nephew Jackson

I have been feeling the post Easter slump, over these last few days, so I went and spent an evening with my family. Nothing beats a five year olds laugh, late in the night, as his Aunty (me) reads him a bedtime story…

Ahh, the romance of it all.

Speaking of romance, a great friend of mine Gaylene, affectionately called GT, emailed the most unusual of requests to me yesterday and I just had to post on it.

Creatively, funding a love affair, Im in!!

Read about it all here and buy the fabulous clothing range they have designed for the occasion.  You’ll see me wearing one of these tee’s sometime soon.

http://www.frustone.com/wof

http://www.frustone.com/store/wof

Keep love alive, check out these frustone’s…

A