November 13th, 2009

Well we had a huge weekend at the Sustainability Fair.  It was great to see so many people there and interested in MCN.
tCNS stall

New on the shelf at the shop we have a small selection of soaps from Kelly at Fresh Cut Soap Co.  For around $5.50 each these would make great Christmas presents!
soap

The trade day is coming up and the date has been changed slightly.  We have decided it will be on the first Tuesday in December so on the 1st from 10.30.  It is going to be like a pay it forward - in other words anything that you get from the day we would prefer it if when you are finished using the item, that it was forwarded to someone  else who can use it or donated to charity.  It’s just our way of sharing the love, so to speak.

School holidays are coming up fast (along with Christmas - eek!!)
There will be some changes to opening hours over this time - the shop will be open as per usual up until 18/12/2009 and by appointment only through the Christmas/New Year period. If you need something during this time, please don’t hesitate to contact me about coming down to the shop, either via email or on my mobile (0419 144 689). Orders placed through the website/by email will be processed as normal.
We will be closed from 11/1/2010 through to the end of January, re-opening on 1/2/2010. Orders placed via the website or email during this time will not be processed until February.

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October 6th, 2009

Which is kind of like “Four Seasons in One Day” but not set to music! (although if you’re anything like me, you’ve now got that song stuck in your head, so it might as well be set to music!) (and it’s Crowded House, for those who are racking their brains trying to remember!)

Ok, so we left off midway through May, just after the Gossamer Dreams stocking.
You may remember it was rather wet at that point in time!

The week after that I was a bridesmaid at my sister’s wedding which was awesome, although a little (ok a lot) wet and muddy.  Despite the floods, everyone got there safely and home again and it made for some seriously cool wedding photos!
muddy feet
the bride

Oh, and the family tradition was kept intact, I was sewing Rhiannon’s dress (with the help of a family friend) until the early hours of the morning the night before, and it got finished off on the day! Looked great though! (and who gave my daughter permission to look sooo grown up!!?)

the brats

Skip forward to June, we had Mikey’s birthday (wow 10!), followed by school holidays, and the HAIRCUT!

the cake
the birthday boy
after the haircut

Since then everything seems to have been on fast forward.  Gossamer Dreams stockings have been a little crazy - good, but crazy.

As of July, I’m officially an auntie (bout time, lol!) and my niece is absolutely beautiful! (of course!)

September saw the bi-annual nappy hunt start again with the Cloth Nappy Shop as an extreme site.  For those who are musically challenged, apparantly things will never be the same again! or so I’ve been told by at least one hunter! :)

September was also time for another birthday, with Lukas turning 7. He had a fantastic party, with cupcakes decorated by the party guests! I’m not sure that a corn chip would be my first choice of cupcake decoration, but then again, I did discover back on New Year’s Eve that sausages with icing are surprisingly yummy, so maybe I shouldn’t knock the corn chip cupcake until I try it!
cupcakes

We then headed north to Hervey Bay for my husband’s highschool reunion, and stayed with family up there for a week, much to the joy of the kids who had a great time! 9 kids in one house is pretty full-on though, I think all the adults were ready for another holiday by the end of the week!
holiday
Sadly when we came home, there was still another week of school holidays left to survive…  Ok, so I’m exaggerating slightly, the kids were pretty good on the whole! But with one thing and another, it’s really brought home how hard it can be juggling 4 kids and the shop during the holidays, so there will be some changes happening before the Christmas holidays - stay tuned for more about that later.

So that pretty much takes us up to yesterday, when the kids went back to school (yay!) and supposedly life goes back to ‘normal’! Normal in this instance involves catching up on everything that hasn’t gotten done in the last month or so! Apologies to people who are waiting patiently for nappies - I have my To Do list all typed up officially, and am crossing things off as quickly as I can.

This has ended up much longer than I intended, so I’m going to call it quits for now, and will post again later to tell you all about the exciting new stuff that’s going to be happening!

January 2nd, 2009

Yep, here we are in the New Year, and so far, it’s just been hot hot hot! School holidays are in full swing, the kids are all ‘booored’ and the airconditioning and fans are working overtime! I have to tell you, I can’t wait for our annual beach holiday (only 8 days to go, and counting!)

We have a number of changes that will be taking place over the next couple of weeks, with a new name and new website coming into effect. Hopefully the changeover will happen without any hitches, but we all know that the best laid plans often go astray, so please excuse any glitches that may come up in the process! If at any stage you are having problems contacting me via email, you should be able to reach me on 0419 144 689

Wish me luck! :)

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