Sad face

I'm going to China this week.

I'm packing my bags and heading off for 2 1/2 weeks. It's a business trip, shopping for my new homewares store. That's right, 1 1/2 weeks of shopping.

Everyone keeps saying things like 'Half your luck!' and 'Oh you poor thing!' and I know I'm lucky to get to do this sort of thing, but I'm so not excited this time! I'm leaving my kids home with my husband. I can't bear thinking about leaving them! It makes me so sad!

The last trip was so exciting as we all went as a family, and we will probably do that every couple of years, but every trip in between will be just my parents and I. I'm trying to look at the positives - like I get my own hotel room! And of course I'll be in another country. It's a country that I love so that's a bonus. But still...

And then this happened last week:

Yes we did have a massive hailstorm which resulted in our streets looking snow covered, but that's not what I'm talking about.

Jesse broke his collarbone. I'm slightly worried about leaving him in this condition, but so grateful it didn't happen while I was away. 

The poor boy, but he has handled it so well! Thankfully it was a clean break and the bone didn't move so it should be quick to heal. He got to have the day off school and see all this hail so he was happy!

This is seriously getting me down! I havn't even felt like reading or writing blogs lately. Now that's sad when that happens!

I don't think I'll have time to post before I leave on Friday, so this is farewell for a while.

Blogger is banned in China, and while I can use a proxy site to get around the ban, I can't post photos. I tried last time and they didn't work. Will give it another go next time, but don't like my chances! I'll have lots of things to post when I get back I'm sure! 

Chow for now!

Oh, and by the way, this was my 100th post! Seems like a milestone so thought I'd share! Woot woot!

Grateful for gig night

I went to my first music festival when I was 15 and have loved the live music scene ever since. These days I don't get out to see as many gigs as I would like, but I do make an effort when someone special comes to town. When I saw that Stonefield were booked to play at The Karova Lounge, my friend Zoe and I decided we had to go! We thought we were going to see them at the recent Groovin the Moo festival. I'd been telling Zoe all about this awesome girl band but boy did I feel like an old loser when 4 young boys started playing on stage instead. They were called Goldfields, not Stonefield. I immediately felt like my father when he used to call bands 'The Silver Pumpkins' Ugh!

Anyhoo, we rocked up unfashionably early, enjoyed a couple of ridiculously priced beverages, then settled in to watch the support bands.

The first band on were called Animaux. They rocked the stage with some seriously strong female vocals (which was coming from the mouth of a very young looking girl, unexpected!) and a trumpet and a couple of saxamaphones. Nice.

Next was a group of interesting lads called King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Definitely an eye opener! Let's just say there was 7 guys on a very small stage, high as kites, all doing their own thing as vigorously as possible. Very funny, I quite liked the tunes, and the vacant stares in their eyes as they swayed and shook on stage!

Then the girls came on. They are all so tiny!  And they look exactly the same.

Let me tell you, they rocked! I loved every minute.

Did you know the bassist is only 13 years old? Crazy! Watching her I kept thinking 'she's only 2 years older than Jess!' She is a natural rock chick! How cool would it be to have 4 rocking daughters! (and that's what the 19 year old boy next to me said too! Wha..?)

If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend you go and see these girls.

Linking up with Em from The Beetle Shack for I'm grateful for... She's helping Maxabella loves for the day. You're moving on up in the blogging world Em, don't forget the little people when you're famous!

Rockin' new shoes

Look what I got in the mail today!

I won these ace shoes from A giveaway Em had on her blog The Beetle Shack. I LOVE them! Pop over here to read about the rad people who make them and the cool things they do for kids.

Thanks Em, and thanks Twins for Peace! You guys rock!