The room in which my computer sits is shortly becoming a nursery for my nephew for the holiday season, so this will be my last up date for a while; so Merry ho ho ho, happy hee hee hees and all the best for a safe and peaceful holiday season. Now I need to go and clean off my desk so it can be used as a change table. xxx
Tree’sup
Our tree is up. Amelia J loves it – she looks up at it and says “TA!”, and waves her hands above her head – which is her way of singing “twinkle twinkle little star”. She’s upstairs at the moment, in her cot – and she’s meant to be napping – but I can hear that there is a parrot in the gum tree outside her window snacking on some tasty blossom and it’s squawking and Amelia is saying “Hello! Hello!”. This weekend brings the first wave of family visitors for the first of many christmas celebratory meals. Next week it’s going to be a big ol’ mess of babies, dogs, wrapping paper and champagne corks. Almost all my shopping is done and I am now working on my new years resolutions — first one being to either do all my christmas shopping before December in 2004 or even more ambitiously – make all gifts. Gee, that sounds a little familiar.
Just a mermer
2004 will be all about writing and illustrating a children’s book. Hooray! After saying that I am going to do that for the last four years (and a lot longer before that in a “when I grow up” kind of way), I am now really going to do it. An idea popped into my mind last week and after giving it some more thought I have become completely inspired. Yesterday I started a little bit of an illustration when I really should have been working. Sometimes this is when I get my best work done — as if guilty pleasure fosters creativity.
As you can guess by clicking on the above picture, the story will be about a mermaid… a reworking of an old classic. Of course, I am not 100% settled on this idea, but at least the ideas have started. There is much fun to be had.
Four years??!!
Four years ago today I wrote my first loobylu journal entry. At the time it was in a secret diaryland account which I only shared with a couple of friends and some other folks who stumbled upon it. Little did I know that I was starting something that would change my life. I know that sounds a little dramatic, but keeping this site has lead to so many interesting, exciting and amazing things, people and projects over the last few years. If you are thinking about starting a web site and are wondering if it would be worth the effort I can tell you with much enthusiasm that it definitely is.
Here is what loobylu first looked like when I drew her / me a month or so after starting my site:
Since then she’s grown a little taller and looks a lot happier.
Some things from the past:
A 3D loobylu
The streetlog
20 things
Action figures
Trees and parks and birds!
We’ve decided that in July 2004 we will have enough saved to start looking for a house. Until then we will stay here with Mum and Dad and drive them (and us) completely batty. But it’s all for a good cause.
We now have our sights set on the outer North-Eastern suburbs (full of trees and parks and birds and people who like trees and parks and birds!) such as Eltham and Montmorency. It’s a long way away from life-as-we-know-it but as we have discovered over the last few years, wherever you move to very quickly becomes the centre of life-as-we-know-it. House prices are so much better value for money out there (point of comparison -and unfortunately way out of price range – here is a house out in Eltham and a house for the same price around the corner from here) and did I mention the trees, the parks and the birds? Lovely.
Meanwhile, I have a new design up for Summer and a new list of December treats on my about page. What is December about for you?