Its THAT time of the year again.... 3wks left of the school year and I'm still fumbling around trying to find a gift for my children's teachers. They have been fortunate to have the most amazing teacher's this year, perceptive, hardworking, comical - just all round good people. For the record I don't feel I HAVE TO gift to show my gratitude.... there was a year when not even a Christmas card was given... but I WANT TO - especially this year!
USUALLY I've got this in the bag... my husband's work orders hampers and we get a couple in for the teachers as well... but this year they aren't... bugger!
So, I consulted trusty Pinterest and found this...
It starts by listing things that teacher DON'T WANT - mugs, apples, mugs with apples and other kitchy, desk-clogging items.
Being of American origin, it has some helpful and some over the top suggestions.... like #5 Cold Hard Cash!!! This one may not be that well received here in Australia.... the winning lotto numbers on the other hand may be welcomed with opened arms.
After reading this extensive list, I'm still no further in my quest for the perfect gift to show my gratitude... I may just opt for a great bottle of red (its nice to unWINEd) with a hand written note of appreciation. Afterall it takes special people to dedicate their worklife to educating, molding and nurturing our little ones and its nice to let them know they've done their job well.
Hellloooooooooo... I've been rather absent of late. I've finally finished Apron-Fest 2012 obligations, I've had sick kiddies (what the hell its almost Summer - no one has sniffles in summer!) and I've been trying to Spring Clean around the house!
My darling husband helped with the Spring Clean by purchasing a voucher for a cleaning service. Now before you all gush - its something that he now seriously regrets. Not because he offended me by ordering it (hey if he's paying someone to mop I'm not going to complain), or because it was a one off and he thinks I now expect it to be a regular service... BUT he regrets it because they were 3hrs late, they were rough and heavy handed and there was a creepy guy lingering in my bedroom, walking in circles and polishing the light switches.
TO TOP IT OFF.... they cleaned up my brick letterbox on the way out. Did $1k worth of damage and didn't even come to the door to tell me they had done it (despite a neighbour seeing ALL 3 of them out of the car kicking and pushing at the letterbox to try and get it upright AGAIN).
So the battle has begun trying to get it replace... but lets face it the company is not going out of their way... I even had their office give me a courtesy call 2 days later about the clean and they had no idea that there was any damage even though I reported it to a "manager"
But enough of the drama.... here's a good bit of Spring Cleaning.... I've bundled up some stock that has been sitting around as well as random half yards and will be offering them at $5 per half yard tomorrow (16/11) from 8pm AEDST over at The FabricBUG
I love Pinterest!!! (pls note it is pronounced as it is written.... its NOT Pin-Interest!!)
It is my one-stop, go-to shop for everything from crafty tutes, to witty sayings, to recipes, to inspiration and more! The only trouble is that it is extremely ADDICTIVE!! I usually find myself having a Saturday night Pin-fest... and tonight is no different - in fact I'm thinking of changing my name to Ms Pins-A-LOT!
Here is a snippet of what I'm currently seeing on my Pinterest page:
Sadly - there is a lot of "Non-Diet Days" food on it.... and try as I may to pin other topics, when I return the next wk there is even MORE sweet, irresistible treats waiting for me to drool over. The culprit is this board that I follow.... but I just cannot bring myself to un-follow it.
I have tried to group my pins into boards to ensure I can find pins easily.... but then get a little territorial.... my board that is called Inspiration is really for MY inspiration... not others lol! But what are the options... pin on an easy to find board in pinterest with the risk of others following or go back to archaic bookmarks that you'll never find in that looooooong list made PP (Pre-Pinterest)?
Finally, just to prove that Pinterest is USEFUL here is my son's White Rabbit (from Alice in Wonderland) costume that I made him this year for a school dress up day (PS he WON best dressed.... of course). I used this pin for inspiration and the tute for the hat pinned here.
Do you share my guilty PINing pleasure??????
