Very dramatic chipmunk

Oh my lordy. Possibly the funniest thing I've seen for weeks. I still can't stop playing it. Make sure you turn the sound up for this one:

http://www.clipaday.com/videos/very-dramatic-chipmunk

This is pretty funny too:

http://www.clipaday.com/videos/back-to-the-future-metal-version

The unbearable cuteness of being: FO and WIP

It's been raining for yonks now, which is great, not only because I love love love the rain and crazy stormy weather but also coz it means I'm kept inside sewing.

And what have I been obsessively sewing? More little teeny estrogen-inducing dresses. Them's so cute I can't bear it.

I fiddled with the prototype of the flowery one from the other week. There were a few things about it I thought needed polishing. Here's the new version:

And the back:

Now I'm trying a different colourway, one that I think is maybe more what I would pick for my own bub if I had one:

closeup:

back:

I worked out the size is for a one year old, wearable from about 6mths to 18mths.

Shins

Hubby and I just got tickets to see The Shins in August - woohoo! Very excited.

On other shin-related news, here are hubby's shins after going for his morning cycle ride. If you've been watching Aussie news I don't need to tell you how crazy the weather has been round the Sydney area. Massive storms washing away roads near Gosford, trees coming down, beach sand near our place washing up over the streets. Hubby ripped off his sodden socks and discovered he was wearing nice footless tights made of mud.

Please tell me it's a joke

Seriously - this is what I saw at Kikki-K in Chifley Tower. Have Sydney yuppies gone mad?

When I was growing up on the farm you would laugh at the townies who would pay a whole ten bucks for a trailerload of firewood. I never thought I'd see the likes of this: