Pets

Hi everyone!

I know that I haven't made a post in a while, I've been busy and haven't done much so there isn't much to post about. So, I thought that I'd tell you about the pets we have. 

Obviously you know Charlie because he has been on my blog before (here) and he is just the cutest dog ever. He is just over 1 year old and still loves his mum's cuddles. Charlie is a Schoodle (Shitzhu x Poodle), he is very intelligent and obeys commands pretty well and loves going on walks.

Charlie

Bonnie is our other dog, she is an outside dog and barks if anyone walks past our house. Bonnie is a 8 year old Labrador, she is getting old and our back stairs are becoming a hindrance on her back legs but she is still managing.

Bonnie

Oliver is one of our cats, he was the first cat we got that I can remember getting. We got him years ago, I'm pretty sure he is 9 years old. Oliver is a part Persian Cat. He is super cute and loves attention, food and getting belly rubs. Oliver is an inside cat although he likes to roll in the grass sometimes. We got Oliver from the RSPCA, he is one of the best cats we have ever had.

Oliver 

Tiberius is our other cat, he is about 3 years old now. He is a 'typical' Tabby cat that has short straight hair. He has a very unique pattern on his fur. He has white paws, a white belly and a around his mouth is white with a cute pink nose. Tiberius is an inside cat as well. He loves to lay on top of me when I'm in bed at night, he purrs really loudly.

Tiberius

That's all our pets, all four of them. Surprisingly they all get along nicely despite them being all different ages and a mixture of cats and dogs. I hate to say I have a favourite but I do like Charlie's company because he always wants my attention. 

That's it for today's post, I'd like to say that I will post more regularly but I have a feeling that I won't hold up to my deal.

Thanks for reading,

Sam x

Merry Christmas, Sorry It's Late

Hi Everyone!

Woah! I haven't made a post in almost 3 months! That's bad. I've been really busy finishing school for the year and just being 'normal' again. Christmas has whizzed by on all of us this year yet again. Is it just me or does the anticipation sometimes feel more exciting than the actual day of Christmas?

Christmas was great for my family anyways, we went to the beach because it's never, ever cold in Australia at Christmas time. Camping around this time of year seems to always be a tradition in our family, ever since I can remember we have gone away for the holidays and I've always enjoyed it. The only bad thing about going to the beach for the holidays is the sand in your bed and the awful sunburn, ouch! As I am writing this post, I am red roar and very sore from the unforgiving sun. 

Life's a beach!

So, what did I get for Christmas? Well this year I was particularly spoilt by my parents and of course by Santa Claus. The best thing I got was my camera (thank the lord I've finally got one). I'm not saying I'm a photographer or anything but taking photos has always been hobby of mine and I don't need to be a photographer just to have a nice camera. 

Camera: Canon EOS 1100D

Now for the smaller presents. These presents included, bird shaped  and four leafed clover silver earrings, Real Techniques core collection brushes, Australis make-up finishing spritz, Revlon mascara and eyeshadow, Charlee blue purse, Our Moment One Direction Fragrance, Models Prefer Eyeshadow palette, Midnight Memories Album by One Direction, a 2014 Kikki-k Diary, and lots of clothes. 

Some of my presents I received from my whole family

I have been one spoilt cookie this Christmas! Seeing the look on peoples faces when they open up there present from you is one of my many favourite parts of Christmas. Bring on 2014!

Merry Christmas everyone! x

Thanks for reading!

Sam 

Weekends, Weekends, Weekends!

Hi everyone!

Just a quick post today.

Usually weekends are unproductive in our house (well, for me anyways). So I think I'll share a cute picture of the baby of the house, Charlie after he'd been washed, brushed, dried and cuddled. 

He absolutely loves chewing on the stick thingy in his mouth after Dad doused it with Peanut Butter. It helped keeping his attention on something when you're trying to brush the knots out of him other wise he just runs away if he isn't satisfied with whatever you're doing.

Surely this weekend will be just as productive as the last one. Hopefully I'll get my room finished after clearing it out, getting a new desk and sorting out all my clothes into my cupboard instead of having Chester draws last weekend. We'll see how it goes, I really, really, really hope I can get it all finished. 

Thanks for reading,

Sam xx

Instagram Prints

Hi Everyone!

A while ago I was putting some photos up on my wall. I was thinking about some of my Instagram photos and how I'd like some of them to be on my wall as well as the ones that are already there. So it was then that I decided to research some where that prints out your own Instagram photos. 

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So I did, and with my research I found luck! I ended up coming across an Australian company called Origrami that prints 36 of your photos choice into Polaroid style printed on satin paper for about $20. Which i thought was a bargain as they are double sided photo prints, one side has the photo and the other side has a location map (if you have it enabled on your Instagram account), date taken and how many likes I've received for that particular image.

Front of the packaging

Back of the packaging

I was delighted when I opened the box as I found a little thank you note on the inside from the people who make it. Small things like these please me so much! Small things do in fact amuse small minds.

These are some of the Instagram photos, I think they look pretty darn good.

This is what the plain backed ones look like, fun colours and different images of vintage cameras and old styles cameras.

As you can see on the back of the photo there is your user name, photo, the date and how many likes you received.

And this is the location mapped ones or the geotagged ones, what ever you want to call them. (This one was an accident as I didn't think that the location was avaliable, oops!)

Origrami ships free worldwide which is great and convenient for everyone, all over the world. The company is Sydney based, owned and run by a married couple, they came up the the name of the company as they share a love for craft and Instagram so, Origami + Instagram = Origrami!

A couple of days ago, my photos came and I was delighted at the outcome, it was great! I'm so pleased with them all! Hopefully they will be up on my wall soon. In the mean time, if you'd like to swing by and follow my Instagram that would be a delight.

Sorry I haven't posted in a while (sorry!) I'll try to blog more in the future,

Thanks for reading,

Sam xx

A Small Getaway

Hello Everyone!

My family and I all went on a short holiday on the weekend. It was a nice little escape while it lasted!

We went away as it was my uncles birthday on Saturday and he wanted to go away for his birthday so he suggested that my family, his family and our grandparents all go away to celebrate his 50th. We went to Brunswick Heads in New South Wales. We stayed at a camping site that had cabins and so we stayed in one for two nights along with our grandparents that took their caravan away and stayed in that whilst my uncles family stayed in their own cabin.

We stayed in cabin number 5 which was named 'Starfish'. The view was amazing, our cabin was right on the rivers edge, the river sparkled all day and all night long. 
As it is June and soon to be July so that means that it's winter and it's freezing so it was track pants, jumpers, socks and hot cups of tea all round!

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I took some snaps of the scenery and I'll put them in, Sorry for the crap-ola iPhone shots because I still don't have a good camera *sigh*

This was the first morning we got there. It was freezing! So, a cup of tea snap on the balcony it was!

The tide went down later that day, it went down so fast and so low! You could literally walk in the middle of the river.

Unfortunately the colour of the water was a yucky brown colour at low tide but at high tide the next day it was a lovely clear blue but silly pre-occupied me forgot to take a picture (i know, i know, kudos Sam)

Because i had my iPhone, I decided to take a couple of Panorama shots of the bridge as we walked a long it.

  
Don't mind the back of my sister as we were walking along the bridge.




On the last night we stayed there, my cousin, sister and I all went for a walk to the mouth of the river to watch the sunset, it was lovely. There were a lot of people there but it was still really peaceful and calming to breathe in the salty air.


So, there it is, the holiday we went on for the weekend.
In my opinion it was really cold but worth it. It was literally the longest time I've spent out of the house in a while (oops). It was really great to spend time with my family as we haven't done anything like that in a while. Anyways, that's it from me!

Thanks for reading,

Sam xx

Happy Mother's Day!

Hello Everyone! 

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mummy's out there! 

My sister and i spoiled our mum, well she kinda spoiled herself (ha ha). She got spoiled because she got her present a bit early. She got the puppy i mentioned in my other post, Charlie.

Dressing for the occasion!

That was the big surprise because he was a little on the expensive side but he was well worth it!

My sister and i dressed Charlie up and gave mum a card that i downloaded from Pinterest (that's one great site!). I got the card I gave to my mum here and put some paper from an art book into the printer because that paper is thicker than normal paper and holds ink and isn't as flimsy. 

I also printed out some labels and stuck them on the inside of the card because it was a little blank and i got them here. 

Anyways, that's it from me

Thanks for reading

Sam xx