Showing posts with label Zeus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zeus. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Show and Tell...
Ciára was very excited when her daycare teacher asked her if she would like to bring Zeus in for her news!
"Good morning everyone! This is my dog Zeus...". She went on totell them all about what he eats, where he sleeps, that Dr Harry paid us visit because he chases his tail...and the added bonus news was "and my mum has really pretty purple toes and I love those shoes because you can see them. Any questions?"
"Good morning everyone! This is my dog Zeus...". She went on totell them all about what he eats, where he sleeps, that Dr Harry paid us visit because he chases his tail...and the added bonus news was "and my mum has really pretty purple toes and I love those shoes because you can see them. Any questions?"
Friday, November 5, 2010
Better Homes and Gardens
Tonight my beautiful boy Zeus was in a segment on BHG. Sometime ago Dr Harry paid us a house call which you can read about here. We had a fabulous night tonight - beer, pizza and great friends to watch our poor boy on tele. Wow, he might have looked a little bit mad with that tail chasing, but what a magnificent looking boy I have!
Click here to see Zeus and I in action...
Click here to see Zeus and I in action...
Thursday, September 2, 2010
A Joyous Morning!
Nearly every morning I awake somewhere between 5.30 and 6am and go for a walk with my pooch. I love this start to the day, the fresh air, the solitude, it really sets me up for a great day, and I can feel the difference in myself, and the dog, when I don't do it. I was delighted that this morning it was finally warm enough to wear just a long sleeve tee, without a jacket. Spring has well and truly sprung and I love that! We got caught in a massive down pour and got drenched but this morning even that didn't dampen (ha) my spirits.
As I do every morning, I logged into the council website to check the status of our DA. A long 77 days ago, we submitted our plans into council. Imagine my ecstatic whoop of delight when this morning, dripping wet, I logged into the council website and saw that our plans have been approved and a letter is on the way to us!
So soon, our dream home will be a reality. It will be hell on earth to get there as we are living through the build but it will be more than worth it in the end!
As I do every morning, I logged into the council website to check the status of our DA. A long 77 days ago, we submitted our plans into council. Imagine my ecstatic whoop of delight when this morning, dripping wet, I logged into the council website and saw that our plans have been approved and a letter is on the way to us!
So soon, our dream home will be a reality. It will be hell on earth to get there as we are living through the build but it will be more than worth it in the end!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
It's Thursday Lunchtime...
on a cold and windy, but sunny day. Zoe woke with high temp, rosy cheeks and complaining of a headache. I am still under the weather with my cold and cough and Ciára has a cough. Even though it is a day care day for Ciára, at 8am I announced a PJ Day and we were staying in for the day.
So whilst they have been doing this throughout the morning...
I have been doing this...
It is destined for my BIL's son who is due next month. A simple stitch in the ditch and some hand quilting will finish it off.
The rest of the afternoon will be spent giving cuddles, maybe a snooze and hopefully some more time on the buddy's quilt!
So whilst they have been doing this throughout the morning...
I have been doing this...
It is destined for my BIL's son who is due next month. A simple stitch in the ditch and some hand quilting will finish it off.
The rest of the afternoon will be spent giving cuddles, maybe a snooze and hopefully some more time on the buddy's quilt!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Dr Harry 's latest house call.
We adore Zeus, he is an integral part of our family, he is our 3rd child. We have spent many precious moments with him since he joined our family 2 years ago.
When he was about 3-4 months old, he started to chase his tail. Compulsively, obsessively. We thought it was silly puppy behaviour and that he would just grow out of it. He didn't. He has ruined our backyard, the grass is all churned up. It is like he goes into a trance and we can't break it. He only does it in our backyard and a friends backyard. He does not do it when is on a lead, walking, at the dog park, with other dogs.
He gets plenty of exercise and we have a very bushy backyard, he has a huge amount of interaction with the family, and he spends a great deal of time inside. He is a German Shepherd and with all those listed things, he should not get bored.
His tail chasing is not about boredom, it is something in his brain that is now hard wired.
We have tried many things to help Zeus stop. Citrus sprays, more exercise, treasure hunts, professional training, it all got very hard, time consuming and frustrating. In the end we thought it was just something he was always going to do. We are about to do a home renovation and I complained that we would never have a decent backyard whilst we had Zeus. I had a real love/hate relationship with him for weeks. I knew we had to do something.
In the end, I emailed Dr Harry of Better Homes and Gardens.
Yesterday Dr Harry paid us a house call. I was a nervous wreck. The man himself and the whole crew were just a delight. They made it very easy to enjoy the whole process. Zeus didn't get stage fright (or star struck) and went round and round and they were able to get the fottage they needed. I was so relieved to see that Dr Harry was more concerned about Zeus and his behaviour than just making good TV. He gave us much of time off camera, he answered our many questions. He was fabulous with the kids. We all went to the park across the road so they could see and film Zeus' normal behaviour as opposed to his abnormal behaviour.
Sadly Zeus needs to go on drugs for about 6 months to rewire his brain. We were already doing all the right things for him but now we just need to ramp up the intensity. Our boy should be "fixed" in the not too distant future. We look forward to the day that we can utilise our back yard for all of us. We look forward to our beautiful boy having normal behaviour at all times.
Now...the embarassing opart is that we will be on TV in the next 6-8 weeks....
When he was about 3-4 months old, he started to chase his tail. Compulsively, obsessively. We thought it was silly puppy behaviour and that he would just grow out of it. He didn't. He has ruined our backyard, the grass is all churned up. It is like he goes into a trance and we can't break it. He only does it in our backyard and a friends backyard. He does not do it when is on a lead, walking, at the dog park, with other dogs.
He gets plenty of exercise and we have a very bushy backyard, he has a huge amount of interaction with the family, and he spends a great deal of time inside. He is a German Shepherd and with all those listed things, he should not get bored.
His tail chasing is not about boredom, it is something in his brain that is now hard wired.
We have tried many things to help Zeus stop. Citrus sprays, more exercise, treasure hunts, professional training, it all got very hard, time consuming and frustrating. In the end we thought it was just something he was always going to do. We are about to do a home renovation and I complained that we would never have a decent backyard whilst we had Zeus. I had a real love/hate relationship with him for weeks. I knew we had to do something.
In the end, I emailed Dr Harry of Better Homes and Gardens.
Yesterday Dr Harry paid us a house call. I was a nervous wreck. The man himself and the whole crew were just a delight. They made it very easy to enjoy the whole process. Zeus didn't get stage fright (or star struck) and went round and round and they were able to get the fottage they needed. I was so relieved to see that Dr Harry was more concerned about Zeus and his behaviour than just making good TV. He gave us much of time off camera, he answered our many questions. He was fabulous with the kids. We all went to the park across the road so they could see and film Zeus' normal behaviour as opposed to his abnormal behaviour.
Sadly Zeus needs to go on drugs for about 6 months to rewire his brain. We were already doing all the right things for him but now we just need to ramp up the intensity. Our boy should be "fixed" in the not too distant future. We look forward to the day that we can utilise our back yard for all of us. We look forward to our beautiful boy having normal behaviour at all times.
Now...the embarassing opart is that we will be on TV in the next 6-8 weeks....
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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Friday, April 10, 2009
My Family, My Puppy Dog, Books and Quilty Goodness....
..these are a a few of my favourite things....
This is the most recent family photo that was taken a couple of weeks ago. We went to Kirribilli with fish n chips for Earth Hour, though this silly mummy got the hour wrong as I thought it started at 7.30pm but it was actually 8.30pm. The view was fabulous, the fish n chips were great, wonderful company with our dear friend Sally joining us... however the kids were feral by 7.45pm so we packed up and went home and had Earth Hour with a lovely bottle of red, candles and great conversation at home chilling out on the lounge!
Dave and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary through the week. Dave is the most wonderful husband and friend that a girl could wish for. He is so grounding and supportive, loving and giving. Not to mention that he is an amazing Daddy to our 2 princesses. I just love him to bits! He suprised me with a stunning amethyst ring and a night out to my favourite restaurant - Guillaume at Bennelong. It is the restaurant in the Opera House, and it is always a fabulous experience to dine there. Gues what I did, made him a quilt - the Love Nest!!! Unfortunately I had to give it to him half completed as I am having it professionally quilted and the quilter has gone away until after Easter. I was so disappointed but Dave was cool with it! Will blog that one when it is all done, I just love it, and thought it might be a little naff to give Dave as our anniversary gift but he seemed to really appreciate it. Here we are ready to head into town for our yummy degustation ...
Our boy Zeus, is off having some training at the moment, I am missing him like mad! He is home in 3 more sleeps. I took these photos a few days before he went on his little holiday. Such a handsome fellow.
This morning I finished reading book # 11 for the challenge. "The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb. It is a 700+ page book and I have not been able to put it down for the past week. A novel that captured me from the first word and well worth the read. Here is the book descprion from the Harper Collins website.
"Wally Lamb explores the consequences of war and violence on human lives blown irrevocably off course.
When 47−year−old teacher Caelum Quirk and his younger wife Maureen‚ a nurse‚ move to Littleton‚ Colorado‚ they both get jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999‚ Maureen finds herself in the school library‚ cowering in a cabinet and expecting to be killed‚ as two vengeful students go on a carefully premeditated‚ murderous rampage. Miraculously‚ she survives‚ but at a cost: she is unable to recover from the trauma.
While Maureen fights to regain her sanity‚ Caelum discovers a cache of old diaries‚ letters and newspaper clippings in an upstairs bedroom of his family′s house. The intriguing story they recount spans five generations of Quirk ancestors‚ from the time of the Civil War to Caelum′s own troubled childhood. Piece by piece‚ Caelum reconstructs the lives of the women and men whose legacy he bears. Unimaginable secrets emerge; long buried fear‚ anger‚ guilt and grief rise to the surface. As Caelum grapples with unexpected and confounding revelations from the past‚ he also struggles to fashion a future out of the ashes of tragedy.
The Hour I First Believed is a profound and compelling work of fiction. And Wally Lamb proves himself a virtuoso storyteller‚ assembling a variety of voices and an ensemble of characters rich enough to evoke all of humanity."
I am decorating Ciára's room with the lovely Butterfly Fling fabric - this throw is as far as I have gotten with the decorating but my plans are good!!! At the moment we are using this throw as her cot quilt. (Sorry 'bout bad photo!)
Zoe's room is alot further along in the decorating department, though we have yet to put it all together for her. All I need to do now is get my act together and make the bunting for her window... Zoe's room is bright and colourful beacause of the lovely Moda Strawberry Lemonade fabric we decided on. This is the throw...
And drum roll please......
Ta da - Strawberry Lemonade is finally finished after 9 long months. The 40 appliqued circles is really what took me so long. I thought the hand quilting would be alot more time consuming than it was. This quilt is a double bed size and as my first larger quilt I am very happy with the result. I had trouble when I was hand quilting in keeping the stitch length consistent but it got better as I went along. More importantly Miss Zoe just loves it!
Last but not least, Dave is Irish and it seems to have become a bit of a tradition for us to hold the big do to celebrate St Patricks Day. This year there was about 40 of us - family, friends, and neighbours but we were really lucky that both of Dave's brothers were in Sydney. Here is that side of the family... including Zoe's best mate who may as well be a family member....
This is the most recent family photo that was taken a couple of weeks ago. We went to Kirribilli with fish n chips for Earth Hour, though this silly mummy got the hour wrong as I thought it started at 7.30pm but it was actually 8.30pm. The view was fabulous, the fish n chips were great, wonderful company with our dear friend Sally joining us... however the kids were feral by 7.45pm so we packed up and went home and had Earth Hour with a lovely bottle of red, candles and great conversation at home chilling out on the lounge!
Dave and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary through the week. Dave is the most wonderful husband and friend that a girl could wish for. He is so grounding and supportive, loving and giving. Not to mention that he is an amazing Daddy to our 2 princesses. I just love him to bits! He suprised me with a stunning amethyst ring and a night out to my favourite restaurant - Guillaume at Bennelong. It is the restaurant in the Opera House, and it is always a fabulous experience to dine there. Gues what I did, made him a quilt - the Love Nest!!! Unfortunately I had to give it to him half completed as I am having it professionally quilted and the quilter has gone away until after Easter. I was so disappointed but Dave was cool with it! Will blog that one when it is all done, I just love it, and thought it might be a little naff to give Dave as our anniversary gift but he seemed to really appreciate it. Here we are ready to head into town for our yummy degustation ...
Our boy Zeus, is off having some training at the moment, I am missing him like mad! He is home in 3 more sleeps. I took these photos a few days before he went on his little holiday. Such a handsome fellow.
This morning I finished reading book # 11 for the challenge. "The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb. It is a 700+ page book and I have not been able to put it down for the past week. A novel that captured me from the first word and well worth the read. Here is the book descprion from the Harper Collins website.
"Wally Lamb explores the consequences of war and violence on human lives blown irrevocably off course.
When 47−year−old teacher Caelum Quirk and his younger wife Maureen‚ a nurse‚ move to Littleton‚ Colorado‚ they both get jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999‚ Maureen finds herself in the school library‚ cowering in a cabinet and expecting to be killed‚ as two vengeful students go on a carefully premeditated‚ murderous rampage. Miraculously‚ she survives‚ but at a cost: she is unable to recover from the trauma.
While Maureen fights to regain her sanity‚ Caelum discovers a cache of old diaries‚ letters and newspaper clippings in an upstairs bedroom of his family′s house. The intriguing story they recount spans five generations of Quirk ancestors‚ from the time of the Civil War to Caelum′s own troubled childhood. Piece by piece‚ Caelum reconstructs the lives of the women and men whose legacy he bears. Unimaginable secrets emerge; long buried fear‚ anger‚ guilt and grief rise to the surface. As Caelum grapples with unexpected and confounding revelations from the past‚ he also struggles to fashion a future out of the ashes of tragedy.
The Hour I First Believed is a profound and compelling work of fiction. And Wally Lamb proves himself a virtuoso storyteller‚ assembling a variety of voices and an ensemble of characters rich enough to evoke all of humanity."
I am decorating Ciára's room with the lovely Butterfly Fling fabric - this throw is as far as I have gotten with the decorating but my plans are good!!! At the moment we are using this throw as her cot quilt. (Sorry 'bout bad photo!)
Zoe's room is alot further along in the decorating department, though we have yet to put it all together for her. All I need to do now is get my act together and make the bunting for her window... Zoe's room is bright and colourful beacause of the lovely Moda Strawberry Lemonade fabric we decided on. This is the throw...
And drum roll please......
Ta da - Strawberry Lemonade is finally finished after 9 long months. The 40 appliqued circles is really what took me so long. I thought the hand quilting would be alot more time consuming than it was. This quilt is a double bed size and as my first larger quilt I am very happy with the result. I had trouble when I was hand quilting in keeping the stitch length consistent but it got better as I went along. More importantly Miss Zoe just loves it!
Last but not least, Dave is Irish and it seems to have become a bit of a tradition for us to hold the big do to celebrate St Patricks Day. This year there was about 40 of us - family, friends, and neighbours but we were really lucky that both of Dave's brothers were in Sydney. Here is that side of the family... including Zoe's best mate who may as well be a family member....
Sunday, January 25, 2009
What a Busy Week It Has Been...
So with no computer to distract me and Dave in Singapore on business(therefore no husband to distract me), there has been lots of quilty goodness going on in this house! A fine start to the week when a visit to the post office produced a few parcels! Always fun! Firstly a lovely delivery from my favourite online book store
Then a bundle from another favourite shop... I love this range from Lakehouse. I have no idea what to do with it, but I also bought 2 yards of the butterflies and 2 yards of the spot.
This table runner kit is for the coffee table in the back room. It is the Zippity DooDah range from Moda, I also bought some yardage and charm sqares to make new cushions and throws for the lounges. It is gonna be a busy year of sewing.....
Next to arrive was a little envelope filled with a purchase from Ebay. I love this print and hope to make a bed throw with this as a centre panel...funnily enough something similiar is in this months Better Homes and Gardens magazine with exactly the same fabric.
In the evenings after the girls had gone to bed, out would come my little "Brother" and together we pieced this top for Ciára's cot. Thought I should get onto it given she is 20 months old and soon we will be thinking about putting her in a single bed! It is the Butterfly Fling fabric, which I adore. This is a kit I bought but changed it slightly. It is a good size and can be used as a throw when the cot is dismantled (oooh, my baby is growing too quickly, might have to start thinking about a 3rd one!!??) Anyway, as I love it so much and my expertise at actually quilting is non-existant except for in the ditch, I have decided to have this one professionally quilted! It was so relaxing to just sew sew sew, with music on and Zeus curled up at my feet.
All my quilting gear has been organised into storage boxes and moved up to the garage, as it was so extremely hot here in Sydney I could not bear to take myself up to the garage to go fossicking through to work out what my next project would be....and I was on a quilty roll so something needed to be done. I happened upon 2 jelly rolls in my study that had missed my organising so off I chopped and have started another large throw for our bed. All the blocks are pieced, I just have to put all the blocks together now. Another great range of fabric that I love, it is Friends and Flowers by Mary Engelbriet..nice and bright - just as I love fabric to mostly be! Staytuned for photos of the finished product!
Yesterday it was 38 degrees in Sydney, now I love hot weather and summer, but that was just ridiculous, it was like a sauna, even inside where it was supposed to be cool! Poor Zeus was, I am sure, melting so we filled up his bath and he just sat in it for hours! I love this photo of my handsome boy!
And this photo just has to be taken, it is our version of Where's Wally..."Where's Zoe???" There was alot of activity in her bedroom when she was supposed to be sleeping...however now it is clear that she was having a toy party on her bed and that it all got too much for her and she just crashed mid party!!!
Then a bundle from another favourite shop... I love this range from Lakehouse. I have no idea what to do with it, but I also bought 2 yards of the butterflies and 2 yards of the spot.
This table runner kit is for the coffee table in the back room. It is the Zippity DooDah range from Moda, I also bought some yardage and charm sqares to make new cushions and throws for the lounges. It is gonna be a busy year of sewing.....
Next to arrive was a little envelope filled with a purchase from Ebay. I love this print and hope to make a bed throw with this as a centre panel...funnily enough something similiar is in this months Better Homes and Gardens magazine with exactly the same fabric.
In the evenings after the girls had gone to bed, out would come my little "Brother" and together we pieced this top for Ciára's cot. Thought I should get onto it given she is 20 months old and soon we will be thinking about putting her in a single bed! It is the Butterfly Fling fabric, which I adore. This is a kit I bought but changed it slightly. It is a good size and can be used as a throw when the cot is dismantled (oooh, my baby is growing too quickly, might have to start thinking about a 3rd one!!??) Anyway, as I love it so much and my expertise at actually quilting is non-existant except for in the ditch, I have decided to have this one professionally quilted! It was so relaxing to just sew sew sew, with music on and Zeus curled up at my feet.
All my quilting gear has been organised into storage boxes and moved up to the garage, as it was so extremely hot here in Sydney I could not bear to take myself up to the garage to go fossicking through to work out what my next project would be....and I was on a quilty roll so something needed to be done. I happened upon 2 jelly rolls in my study that had missed my organising so off I chopped and have started another large throw for our bed. All the blocks are pieced, I just have to put all the blocks together now. Another great range of fabric that I love, it is Friends and Flowers by Mary Engelbriet..nice and bright - just as I love fabric to mostly be! Staytuned for photos of the finished product!
Yesterday it was 38 degrees in Sydney, now I love hot weather and summer, but that was just ridiculous, it was like a sauna, even inside where it was supposed to be cool! Poor Zeus was, I am sure, melting so we filled up his bath and he just sat in it for hours! I love this photo of my handsome boy!
And this photo just has to be taken, it is our version of Where's Wally..."Where's Zoe???" There was alot of activity in her bedroom when she was supposed to be sleeping...however now it is clear that she was having a toy party on her bed and that it all got too much for her and she just crashed mid party!!!
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