tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70933985144246432412024-03-14T16:20:32.073+11:00The True Adventures of EloiseEloisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750919034120118112noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093398514424643241.post-38383116930805048222011-12-04T13:11:00.004+11:002011-12-04T13:18:53.955+11:00Polly Dolly: Navy Stripes<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div style="height: 600px; position: relative; width: 600px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">I'm linking up with</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://www.danimezza.com/" style="color: #ff4d93; text-decoration: none;"><b>Danimezza</b></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">for this week's</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><b><a href="http://www.danimezza.com/category/polly-dolly/" style="color: #ff4d93; text-decoration: none;">Polly Dolly</a> Polyvore challenge</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">This week's inspiration is <b>NAVY STRIPES</b>...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Today Polly Dolly is admiring the view at the Henley on Thames Regatta (and I'm not talking about the scenery...). She's dressed for the occasion in a navy striped blazer, white linen pants and red accessories. You can find her cheering for her crew with a champagne in one hand and waving a cheeky 'God Save McQueen' silk scarf in the other. There's something very fishy about those cufflinks!</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">You can find out exactly what Polly's wearing <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=40329820">here</a>.</span><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/polly_dolly_navy_stripes/set?.embedder=57024&.svc=blogger&id=40329820"><img alt="Polly Dolly: Navy Stripes" border="0" force="1" height="600" src="http://embed.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/40329820/id/Vs2JOR0e4RGv2e02iWRoYw/size/y.jpg" title="Polly Dolly: Navy Stripes" width="600" /></a></div><div style="padding-top: 16px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=40329820">http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=40329820</a><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div></div></div>Eloisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750919034120118112noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093398514424643241.post-77836439897700004032011-12-04T12:31:00.000+11:002011-12-04T12:31:13.212+11:00HiatusHello my dear bloggy followers. You've probably noticed I haven't been posting very much recently. I'm struggling a little with the demands of single motherhood, the emotional rollercoaster of a relationship breakdown and all the every day stuff (work, finances, commitments, etc.) I don't want to give up the blog but at the moment its a struggle to post anything that requires major brain thought. So please bear with me while I'm trying to pull myself together :)<br />
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Love, EloiseEloisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750919034120118112noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093398514424643241.post-33909990946730246782011-11-26T12:23:00.002+11:002011-11-26T12:40:03.112+11:005 Sentence Fiction: Sacrifice<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>I'm joining <a href="http://lilliemcferrin.blogspot.com/p/five-sentence-fiction.html" style="color: #ff4d93; text-decoration: none;">5 Sentence Fiction</a> with Lillie McFerrin Writes today.</i></b></div><div style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In the winter of 1912, Amy Beechey stood in widow's black by the side of her husband's grave. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Alone, with 14 children to raise, sacrifices would have to be made but the family pulled together and with the help of the older children, Amy struggled on. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">After the war, swallowed up in a nation deep in mourning for it's lost generation, Amy Beechey was finally presented to the King and Queen and thanked for her immense sacrifice; at that moment she who had paid the ultimate price looked the Queen in the face and replied, ‘It was no sacrifice, Ma’am, for I did not give them willingly.’<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><i>NB: The full story of the Beechey family can be found <a href="http://www.thelincolnshireregiment.org/beechey.shtml">here</a>.</i></span></div>Eloisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750919034120118112noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093398514424643241.post-45313802526866406362011-11-25T12:01:00.002+11:002011-11-25T17:55:19.697+11:00A Tragic End to a Wonderful Story<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you live in Australia, you have probably heard about the bushfires raging across the beautiful coastline of Margaret River in WA. So far over 30 homes have been destroyed. Although I live in Melbourne now I spent a big portion of my life in and around that area. My sister and her family and my dad and step mum still live there but thankfully they are about 15 minutes further south.</span><br />
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</i></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have been following the news closely from Melbourne and was absolutely shattered to hear that despite the efforts of firefighters and water helicopters, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the terrible winds flaming the fire caused it to jump the Margaret River and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">they were unable to save historic Wallcliffe House.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wallcliffe House, a picturesque homestead built in 1865 by the pioneering Bussell family, was perched on a small ridge overlooking the mouth of the Margaret River. Whenever I would drive down Wallcliffe Road towards the beach I would always look out for its chimneys and shingled roof. I remember my mum taking my sisters and I to visit the house and being amazed at the steepness and skinniness of its staircases. I always wondered how the Bussell women had managed to climb up and down those staircases in their long Victorian dresses. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aside from its character and charm, one of the most interesting things about Wallcliffe House was its association with a famous episode of courage and heroism which generations of Australian school children were taught.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On 1 December 1876, the ship, Georgette, was grounded on rocks at Calgardup Bay just south of Wallcliffe House and began to break up. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The pitiful scene was witnessed by a 30 year old Aboriginal stockman, Sam Yebble Isaacs, who immediately rode to the homestead at Wallcliffe House to get help. The only person at home was Grace Bussell, then just 16 years old. Grace rode her horse to the bay with Isaacs where they met a scene of utter misery with women and children from the boat being thrown into the surf. Without hesitation, Grace Bussell plunged into the surf on her horse. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y8xfjTYqZDg/Ts7oHS9e2vI/AAAAAAAABBQ/22a8tFdMwHQ/s1600/111125+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y8xfjTYqZDg/Ts7oHS9e2vI/AAAAAAAABBQ/22a8tFdMwHQ/s1600/111125+5.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6ntof9u9Y8/Ts7oIJmVGdI/AAAAAAAABBY/FoGGC2THsps/s1600/111125+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6ntof9u9Y8/Ts7oIJmVGdI/AAAAAAAABBY/FoGGC2THsps/s1600/111125+4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Over the course of four hours, Grace and Sam Isaacs fought the waves on horseback and saved the passengers from certain death. Almost all the passengers were saved and taken back to Wallcliffe House to recover. Grace and Sam were later awarded the medal of the Royal Humane Society.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There are two interesting endings to this story….<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The bravery of 16 year old Grace Bussell made her internationally famous. A young man from a well known Perth family, Frederick Drake-Brockman, read of Grace’s exploits in the paper and rode 300 kilometres on horseback just to meet her.</span><span lang="EN-US"> They fell in love and were later married. Grace lived to the ripe old age of 75 and the little house owned by Frederick and Grace in Guildford is only a few doors away from my mum's house.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sam Yebble Isaacs, the son of a Native American Indian whaler who had absconded from his ship in the 1830’s and an Aboriginal woman from the Wardandie tribe near Augusta, was granted a 100 acre block of land of his selection for his heroism. He chose a spot on the Margaret River not far from Wallcliffe House and raised a large family there. Sam Isaacs died in 1920 at the age of 75 (he was tragically killed when a sulky he was travelling in overturned) and is buried in the Busselton Pioneer Cemetery. His descendents still live in the area.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QFqwbKG64z4/Ts7oI5NGCyI/AAAAAAAABBg/mdsPhxRM8o8/s1600/111125+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QFqwbKG64z4/Ts7oI5NGCyI/AAAAAAAABBg/mdsPhxRM8o8/s1600/111125+3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It saddens me to think that Grace Bussell's family home is no more. It's a terrible loss for the generations of families that have lived in the home and especially for its current owners, the Chaney family, who have put so much work into the property and gardens. And it's a terrible loss of history for the wider community. I will always have fond memories of Wallcliffe House.</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Today Polly Dolly is test driving the soon-to-be-released Mercedes electronic sports car on Via Aurelia, the famous curvy road that hugs the coastline of the Italian Riviera. She's fully equipped for speed in a sulphur yellow leather jacket, Prada's streamlined shield sunglasses, a Marc Jacobs sports watch and Cartier's "Panther" ring in platinum, diamonds and onyx. Ohhhh, lucky Polly!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">You can find out exactly what Polly's wearing <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/polly_dolly_gym/set?id=39469076">here</a>.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/polly_dolly_gym/set?.embedder=57024&.svc=blogger&id=39469076"><img alt="Polly Dolly: Gym" border="0" force="1" height="600" src="http://embed.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/39469076/id/AsVqRBoP4RG7wCcgkCUwBg/size/y.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="Polly Dolly: Gym" width="600" /></a></span></span></div><div style="padding-top: 16px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><br style="display: none;" /></small></div></div></div>Eloisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750919034120118112noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093398514424643241.post-11213309361912572982011-11-11T16:37:00.001+11:002011-11-14T10:21:21.102+11:005 Sentence Fiction: Delectable<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>I'm joining <a href="http://lilliemcferrin.blogspot.com/p/five-sentence-fiction.html" style="color: #ff4d93; text-decoration: none;">5 Sentence Fiction</a> with Lillie McFerrin Writes today.</i></b></div><div style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><strong>What it’s all about:</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Five Sentence Fiction is about packing a powerful punch in a tiny fist. Each week I will post a one word inspiration, then anyone wishing to participate will write a five sentence story based on the inspiration word. The word does not have to appear in your five sentences, just take your inspiration from that word.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span></span></i></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A one time convent, insane asylum, boarding school and army headquarters during both wars, the Chateau had been reborn as a luxury hotel and high-end cooking school.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Inside the white marble kitchen with its grand fireplace, copper saucepans and pots of herbs, the cameraman, Guillaume, zoomed in closely as Stefanie swept a piping hot nectarine tart out of the oven and placed it on the marble countertop, her spectacular cleavage perfectly framing the tart.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Stefanie poked a finger into the shiny glazed surface and delicately licked it, ‘"<i>mmmmm, delectable</i>" she pronounced, winking at the camera….Guillaume rather thought so too.</span></div>Eloisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750919034120118112noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093398514424643241.post-64125360710125288352011-11-11T13:08:00.001+11:002011-11-11T13:18:47.810+11:0011/11/11 Who are we remembering?On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the Armistice to end the First World War was officially signed between the Allies and the Germans in a railway carriage near the Compiegne Forest in France.<br />
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In 1919, King George V dedicated the 11th of November as a special Remembrance Day for the members of the armed forces who were killed in World War I.<br />
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The war ended 93 years ago and, for many Australians, relates only to the distant but valiant story of Gallipoli.<br />
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<b>So who are we to remember?</b><br />
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Here are just a few stories of ordinary young Australian men who never came home.<br />
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<b>Alfred Victor Momphlait </b>was a 28 year old clerk from Port Adelaide in South Australia. He enlisted on 17 July 1915 in the 32nd Battalion and was killed 1 year and 3 days later on 20 July 1916 in the Battle of Fromelles (sometimes known as the Battle of Fleurbaix).<br />
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Fromelles was the first major battle the Australians took part in on the Western Front. It was a terrible annihilation with over 5,533 Australian casualties. Two battalions, including Alfred's were effectively destroyed. Out of 887 soldiers in the 60th Battalion, only one officer and 106 men survived.<br />
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The area where the battle took place was retaken by the Germans almost immediately and the Australian dead were buried in mass graves behind German lines. Some of these pits were discovered in the 1920's and the remains re-buried in a war cemetery nearby as unidentified soldiers.<br />
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In 2007 an Australian school teacher, Lamis Englezos located a new burial pit near the village of Fromelles. The remains were exhumed in 2009 and 250 bodies were recovered, 203 of these Australian. Alfred Victor Momphlait was identified by DNA testing.<br />
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RIP.<br />
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<b>Rowland Joseph Hill and Alfred John Hill</b><br />
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Rowland and Alfred Hill were born in Echuca Victoria but the family later moved to Perth. The brothers enlisted in the Army in 1915. Alfred, a dentist, enlisted in June, and was sent to Gallipoli. Following the retreat from Gallipoli in December 1915 he was sent to France in March 1916 as part of the reinforcements for the 28th Battalion, joining his brother Rowland. Rowland, a railway employee, enlisted in September and was sent directly to France as part of the 28th Battalion.<br />
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The 28th Battalion was engaged on the Somme in the Western Front, near the village of Pozieres, the scene of the worst conditions and worst fighting in all of the war. <br />
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Alfred, who had survived Gallipoli, was killed in action on July 29th, 1916. His brother Rowland was killed in action 2 weeks later on August 14th, 1916. The bodies of both boys were recovered but they are buried in separate cemeteries. Their poor mother on receiving the telegrams so close together.<br />
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<b>Felix George Buck (known as Sonny) and Alexander Percy Buck </b><br />
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Sonny Buck was 22 years old when he enlisted in Western Australia in late 1915. Sonny joined the 12th Battalion in France and in August 1916 was severely wounded. Sonny was shot by a machine gun numerous times in the back and was then buried alive after a shell exploded nearly. After 5 days fighting for his life he was evacuated to England. Sonny was permanently discharged from the Army in 1917, before the end of the war, suffering from shell shock.<br />
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In 1920, Sonny died from a gunshot wound while out hunting near his home in WA. It is not known if this injury was self inflicted. He was 27 years old.<br />
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Alexander Buck was 21 years old when he enlisted in Western Australia in 1916. He was sent directly to France. In January 1917 he was wounded in action and sent to hospital in England. He returned to France in July 1917. Three months later, in October 1917 he suffered gunshot wounds to the head and a compound fracture to the skull. He was evacuated to England and sent back to Australia on a hospital ship in May 1918 before the end of the war.<br />
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In 1923, he died from his war injuries at home in Bunbury. H was 27 years old.<br />
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Although these two brothers survived the war, their physical and mental wounds ended up taking both their short lives.<br />
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<b>William Henry Bowman, known as Bill</b><br />
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William Henry Bowman is my great uncle, my grandfather's oldest brother. He enlisted in the AIF in July 1915 at the age of 18 and was sent to France as part of the 52nd Battalion. Bill enlisted because his father and grandmother were German settlers from South Australia. This was not looked upon with favour by the small country town in which he lived and so he enlisted to serve in the Army as soon as he was able to, being the only son old enough to fight.<br />
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The 52nd Battalion were fighting near the village of Pozieres, where Rowland and Alfred Hill were also killed. On September 3rd, 1916, the 52nd took part in the Battle of Mouquet Farm. Bill and over 300 men from his Battalion were killed on that day, he was 19 years old.<br />
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As the Germans took over this ground, Bill's body was never recovered. No one who saw him that day survived the battle and therefore nothing is known of how and when he fell, or where.<br />
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His mother never recovered from the shock of losing her firstborn child in such terrible and unknown circumstances.<br />
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RIP dear Bill.<br />
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These are just some of the stories of the soldiers we remember on this day but there are so many more.<br />
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In WWI, Australia had a population of less than 5 million people. Over 416,000 men (almost all between the ages of 18 and 40) enlisted to serve in WWI. 60,000 were killed in action and 56,000 were wounded, gassed or taken prisoner.<br />
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My great uncle Bill came from a little farming hamlet in WA. Of the 27 men who enlisted to fight, only 18 came home. One third of the young men never returned.<br />
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<b>This is why we should remember.</b>Eloisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750919034120118112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093398514424643241.post-31495347274603605922011-11-11T10:36:00.001+11:002011-11-11T13:27:16.405+11:0010 things in my life right now....<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">1. Listening</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">To be honest, I've been avoiding music like the plague. Have you ever noticed how many songs apply to you when you're in the middle of an emotional crisis? Well, maybe not LMFAO's catchy dance hit "<i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyx6JDQCslE">I'm sexy and I know it</a></i>" - I'm not sure that applies at all hahaha -but all the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><strike>men-hating </strike></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">ballad/love song type ones.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">I've never been one of those people that likes to sit around moping and listening to depressing music when I am down....well, not generally. And if I was going to sit there in my own misery, I would probably choose something classical and stirring, Beethoven's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OeVnJe0rjQ&feature=related">Moonlight Sonata</a> or a Puccini aria (<i>if you have never listened to Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata before do yourself a favour, it will stir your soul</i>).</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">But I had to turn the radio off in the car the other day after a particularly depressing incident during the school run ....Good Charlotte's latest song '<b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMLu1-HmkNw&ob=av3n">1979</a></i></b>' was playing. The chorus lyrics....</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><i>All the decades and the years have passed</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><i>Not every family is built to last,</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><i>No time can take away these memories</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><i>Remember when you said to me</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><i>That we'd be alright</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">And I found myself crying in the car thinking about the broken family I come from and the one I have created. I wasn't crying because it had happened, it was ultimately my decision in the end, but because I/we had failed. The last 3 years have been so full of hurt, bitterness and resentment and I couldn't make it work in the end. Its painful to know that our kids will pay the final price for that. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">So, yes, I've been avoiding music like the plague.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PRuqlZnybGc/TrxY_kPvEdI/AAAAAAAAA1k/GO4arRKrWd8/s1600/111111+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PRuqlZnybGc/TrxY_kPvEdI/AAAAAAAAA1k/GO4arRKrWd8/s1600/111111+1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 28px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">2. Eating</span></b></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">Still not eating properly....unless you can call Vegemite on toast eating properly :) Its about the only thing I can be bothered with these days. I've been cooking for the kids but I find myself sitting down with them at dinner time and either not eating at all or just picking at salad. The upside of that is I've lost a little weight. I think what I need is a really good dinner at a really good restaurant, something that will make me sit up and go '<i>wow! this tastes really good!</i>'. So I will have to save up my pennies for a big splurge. If you have any restaurant recommendations in Melbourne, let me know!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SzPuRuNoXwo/TrxZAj_erlI/AAAAAAAAA1o/vdRnJTE4UR8/s1600/111111+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SzPuRuNoXwo/TrxZAj_erlI/AAAAAAAAA1o/vdRnJTE4UR8/s1600/111111+2.jpg" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">3. Drinking</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">My coffee addiction is being managed quite well, I've been indulging in one or two glasses of wine at night and with the last few days of warmer weather I've even had a beer or two! I've just discovered a great new bar in the city, courtesy of the Melbourne Writers Social Group, where we meet for drinks every Tuesday night. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">The bar is called is <a href="http://wharfhotel.com.au/">The Wharf</a> and is situated at the bottom of the World Trade Centre right on the banks of the Yarra. Its directly across the river from the Melbourne Exhibition building. Its a great place for meeting friends and having a drink - lots of space, awesome river/city views, great prices and close to transport (<i>Southern Cross Station is a short walk up the road and there are trams nearby on Spencer St near Crown Casino</i>). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">Check it out if you get the chance!</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7K2A5b7Yk-Y/TrxZBfiXlMI/AAAAAAAAA10/7gElQgsuW_0/s1600/111111+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7K2A5b7Yk-Y/TrxZBfiXlMI/AAAAAAAAA10/7gElQgsuW_0/s1600/111111+3.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">4. Wearing</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">Spandex and lots of it! What wonderful stuff Spandex is....my warm thanks go out to C.L. Sandquist and Joseph Shivers who invented Spandex in 1959 :) I remember my mother telling me that my grandmother (<i>who was born in 1916 and lived to the age of 94</i>) wore a girdle every day of her life. I'm beginning to think this was a fabulous idea!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">After having 4 kids in 5 years, my body is never going to be the same again. Even if I slogged my ass off at the gym for the next 12 months with a personal trainer, there are some things that have been stretched that cannot be unstretched (<i>lol, actually probably quite a few things hahaha</i>) and this is where Spandex is my friend :)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">Recently I had to perform infront of a television camera crew while wearing a purple satin ballgown (<i>more on this in coming weeks</i>). Now we all know that television adds like 10 kilos or something and let me just tell you that purple satin ballgowns add at least another 10 kilos.....but in my Spandex all-in-one sucker upperer, body slimming, fat trimming, flesh molding, boob holding wonder from Ricki-Lee Coulter's "Hold Me Tight" range (<i>available at Big W nationally and from their <a href="http://www.holdmetight.com.au/">online store</a></i>) I felt fantastic! </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">Okay, so if I'm ever in a situation where Hugh Grant whisks me off my feet for a night of seduction I will have to own up to my Spandex saviour, ala Bridget Jones and her granny knickers, but I think I'll take that calculated risk :)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xNdKYqEkcAo/TrxZCfqmcuI/AAAAAAAAA14/S7BpvZ7i8hU/s1600/111111+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xNdKYqEkcAo/TrxZCfqmcuI/AAAAAAAAA14/S7BpvZ7i8hU/s1600/111111+4.jpg" /></a></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">5. Reading</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">I've just finished reading Evelyn Waugh's "Decline and Fall" for the second, or is it third, time. I do so love reading Waugh and this is a light, amusing read. Decline and Fall was Waugh's first novel, published in 1928.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">I've been lucky to pick up quite a few of Waugh's books at the secondhand Book Fair held every Saturday in the atrium at Federation Square (<i>near the NGV/BMW Edge</i>). Trawling around the Book Fair is my favourite way to spend a Saturday morning in the city. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">I'm desperately seeking the third book in Waugh's trilogy '<i>Sword of Arms</i>' so if you see a copy of '<i>Unconditional Surrender</i>' lying around, please let me know!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">Next on my reading list is "The Book Thief" which was recommended to me by a friend in Glasgow (<i>an English Lit professor who always recommends awesome books that I might not read otherwise</i>). The author, Markus Zusak, is a young Australian guy so I'm very keen to read it.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z5L61smMQ4g/TrxZDHw6fHI/AAAAAAAAA2A/hRfGRvW9wGY/s1600/111111+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z5L61smMQ4g/TrxZDHw6fHI/AAAAAAAAA2A/hRfGRvW9wGY/s1600/111111+5.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">6. Weather</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">Its definitely getting warmer in Melbourne, in fact its been quite humid over the last couple of weeks. A big storm rolled through last night and had my lights flickering but today is all blue skies and fluffy white clouds.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">The other afternoon I sat outside on my front steps while the boys were playing outside and felt the sun on my back and I instantly felt like I was back in WA. Oh how I have missed that warm feeling. I can't wait for summer to get here and stick around for a while! </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vG7c6zV9TkM/TrxZEH2IjtI/AAAAAAAAA2I/aK44bjp6AWU/s1600/111111+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vG7c6zV9TkM/TrxZEH2IjtI/AAAAAAAAA2I/aK44bjp6AWU/s1600/111111+6.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">7. Wanting</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">I really want to take the boys on a holiday - I'd love to do a campervan/motorhome type thing and drive up to Canberra and Sydney or maybe take the ferry over to Tasmania. But Christmas is approaching and single mum budget restraints do not allow for $2,000 holidays.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">So, I figure we will have to stick to camping this Christmas. I am a little bit nervous about it - <i>having never camped on my own with the kids</i> - but then again, their dad was completely hopeless at setting up our tent and I would generally end up doing it on my own anyway while throwing daggers in his direction for his complete lack of tent-setting-up-ability.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">Yep, I think I'm up to the single mum camping challenge :)</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IdDccxQQl9Y/TrxZExVfssI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/8229MLYB8DE/s1600/111111+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IdDccxQQl9Y/TrxZExVfssI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/8229MLYB8DE/s1600/111111+7.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">8. Feeling</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">I am feeling less weighed down these days although I still feel like I'm in limbo - not quite married and not quite single. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"> Its been nearly 3 months and I guess it will take a period of time for things to adjust, calm down and get back some level of equilibrium.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"> It has been a bit of a struggle getting into a routine and sorting out who has the kids when and where but I think we have it sorted now.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">As we are sharing custody I end up on my own a few nights a week and one day every weekend so I've been using that time to get out and about and keep busy instead of moping around missing the boys. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">In between meeting up with the writers group, choir rehearsals and working on the book, I'm keeping myself pretty busy. Keeping myself from feeling, anything.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-li3P8QJ2vuo/TrxZFkHSTBI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/F7eAQG7tFXA/s1600/111111+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-li3P8QJ2vuo/TrxZFkHSTBI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/F7eAQG7tFXA/s1600/111111+8.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">9. Thinking</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">With all this time on my hands, I've been spending a lot of time thinking - </span><br />
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">are relationships fundamentally flawed, </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">are people supposed to be monogamous, </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">does compromising mean conceding, </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">is following your heart to find happiness, at the expense of hurting others, ever okay, </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">did Neitzsche have it right all along, </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">should I get a cat, </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">is it better to protect yourself from being hurt so it can never happen again or allow yourself to be vulnerable, </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">is 'frisson' just a nicer way of explaining dopamine addiction, </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">is independence another word for selfishness, </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">is there any point in dating when you have 4 kids and are not interested in being in another relationship (<i>and are a cynical bitch most of the time</i>)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">is sex with your ex really the VERY BAD idea that I think it is, etc. etc.</span></li>
</ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">Each and any of these could be its own blog post :) So, if I run out of inspiration in the short term, expect to see a blog post titled '<i>Should I get a Cat vs. Old Cat Lady Syndrome</i>'</span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--T7B3F5g-mE/TrxZGVUAZRI/AAAAAAAAA2g/hewfKTK75R0/s1600/111111+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--T7B3F5g-mE/TrxZGVUAZRI/AAAAAAAAA2g/hewfKTK75R0/s1600/111111+9.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">10. Enjoying</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">I've been really enjoying writing again - especially on the book. I've written more words towards the book in the last 6 weeks than I have in the last 18 months and it feels great. Strange coincidence huh.</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">I've been carrying a notebook with me wherever I go and when </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">ideas/character conversations are going through my head but </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">I don't have time to write I quickly note them down so I don't forget. The creative juices are really flowing at the moment and not just on the book but new story ideas and plots and themes are swirling around in my brain. Its been a very long time since that happened.</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">Writing this blog has been a great help, as have the <a href="http://thetrueadventuresofeloise.blogspot.com/2011/11/write-on-wednesday-we-are-learning-to.html">Write on Wednesday</a> and <a href="http://thetrueadventuresofeloise.blogspot.com/2011/11/5-sentence-fiction-bewitched.html">5 Sentence Fiction</a> weekly writing challenges. Probably the biggest motivation and inspiration though has been joining the <a href="http://melbournewriters.wordpress.com/">Melbourne Writers Social Group</a>. The MWSG meets once a week and is a group of new, emerging, published and non-published writers based in Melbourne. Over a few drinks we chat about books, reading, writing, plot, themes, scripts, motivation, achievements, goal setting, etc. This is proper grown up conversation with grown up people and I love it! Its a very informal setting and less structured than most of the literary 'critique' groups that exist in Melbourne.</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;">You can find out more about the Melbourne Writers Social Group here -</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><b>I'm joining <a href="http://inkpaperpen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #ff4d93; text-decoration: none;">Ink, Paper, Pen</a> for Write on Wednesdays! </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><b><i><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are learning to make fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is 117 days since we landed on Callista and our food supplements have run out. Smith caught one of the smaller possum things but none of us are hungry enough to eat it raw, well, not yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ate some of the fruit that looks a bit like a mango for breakfast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It tasted alright but made my lips go tingly.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The fire making has been harder than we thought it would be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The air is thinner here than on earth and the fire sputters with a tiny flame because it needs more oxygen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are struggling too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything we do takes longer than normal and requires more effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are constantly panting for breath but Captain Denholm says we must conserve our oxygen packs until the shuttle arrives so we aren’t allowed to wear our helmets.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Smith overheard Captain Denholm and Lieutenant Hume talking last night and Base Command has told Captain Denholm that a rescue mission will take 280 days to prepare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>280 take 117 is 163.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>163 more days on Callista.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Louisa has gone down to the river bed to bring back water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I might go down and help her while Smith keeps on with the fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The last time I went down there she was washing and I could see everything through her t-shirt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She crossed her arms real quick when she saw me there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think she feels funny being the only girl here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even Captain Denholm was trying to sweet talk her last night but I think she likes me the best because I’m the youngest and have the best abs.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I might take my pack down with me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be a harder walk because I’ll be carrying more weight but I don’t trust Smith to not go through my pack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know how his psych test went back at Base but he’s been acting pretty weird for the last couple of weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once he’s figured out how to keep this fire going I might get him to show me how to start it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the shit hits the fan with Smith I wanna be able to get a fire going at least.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Well, that’s it for now, gotta conserve the batteries in this if we’ve got another 163 days here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I get lucky with Louisa I’ll make another entry tomorrow, haha!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over and out.<o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment-->Eloisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750919034120118112noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093398514424643241.post-19451441777974486952011-11-08T11:08:00.002+11:002011-11-08T11:17:57.529+11:00PROM Movie Review and Giveaway!<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nkgZJTiiDdo/TrhxX7iuOqI/AAAAAAAAA0c/CffSaoULxMI/s1600/111108+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nkgZJTiiDdo/TrhxX7iuOqI/AAAAAAAAA0c/CffSaoULxMI/s1600/111108+1.jpg" /></a></span></b></div><b>Do you remember your high school prom?</b><br />
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I remember mine vividly....I was asked to our big high school dance by a boy who was 2 years older than me. I couldn't believe it when he asked me - it was a big thing back then for a junior high girl to go with a senior high boy - and I had no idea he even knew I existed. I felt like a queen!<br />
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Then, to add to the drama - <i>and what Prom doesn't have its drama</i> - my mother refused to let me go! I was raised in a very strict religious family and school dances were a big no-no. What to do??? So I did what any self respecting teenage girl with a mission on her mind does, I called my dad and asked to stay at his house for the weekend, haha!<br />
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My friend lent me a sky blue strapless dress - the first grown up dress I had ever worn - and my dad dropped me off at the local football club for the big night. It was everything I thought it would be and I can still remember swaying on the dance floor with my date's arms around my waist (<i>although for the life of me I can't remember what his last name was!)</i> and then at the end of the night he bent down and kissed me *<i>sigh</i>*. That was the one and only high school dance I ever went to but I will never forget it.<br />
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So, when Disney asked me to review their new movie "<b>PROM</b>", I could hardly wait! I asked my teenage niece and nephew (aged 12 and 15) to watch the movie with me to get the real opinions of modern day teenagers (<i>it being quite some time since I went to my prom!</i>).<br />
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<b>PROM</b> is a family friendly story that captures all the anticipation, drama and fun of high school - especially in the lead up to Prom.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VGk5jUG0D-c/TrhxaKrjGHI/AAAAAAAAA0s/FIriqVwqA0U/s1600/111108+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VGk5jUG0D-c/TrhxaKrjGHI/AAAAAAAAA0s/FIriqVwqA0U/s1600/111108+2.jpg" /></a></div>The story revolves around senior high school girl Nova Prescott (<i>Aimee Teegarden</i>) whose big dream of the perfect Prom seems to be falling in pieces around her. To make matters worse, she gets stuck organising the Prom with the school's bad boy, Jesse Richter (<i>who is played by the oh-my-goodness-so-good-looking Thomas McDonell</i>).<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8jh9j7ccwrU/TrhxZgNDfTI/AAAAAAAAA0k/54AsTbaAlZY/s1600/111108+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8jh9j7ccwrU/TrhxZgNDfTI/AAAAAAAAA0k/54AsTbaAlZY/s1600/111108+3.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div>But Nova's friends also have their dramas in the lead up to Prom and these stories are interwoven throughout the movie. Steady relationships fail, new romances begin and nothing seems to be going as planned.<br />
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</div>One of the most hilarious characters in the movie is that of Lloyd (<i>played by Nicholas Braun</i>) who is desperate to get a date for the Prom and comes up with some very inventive - but highly unsuccessful - ways to ask girls out.<br />
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You can watch clips from the movie and interviews with the cast about their real life <b>PROM's</b> right here.....<br />
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Soooooo, does Nova get the magic Prom night she's always dreamed of? Does Lloyd end up with a date for the Prom?<br />
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Well you will just have to rush out and get the DVD to find out!<br />
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<b>What was the verdict on the movie?</b><br />
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It was a lighthearted sweet movie aimed at the younger teen audience. My 15 year old nephew thought the story line was a little predictable (<i>what love story isn't!</i>) but I notice he didn't drag himself away from the screen. My 12 year old niece loved the film and spent the next two hours yabbering away about her dream Prom date and of course, her dream dress (<i>although she still has a few years to think about that one</i>).<br />
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My final thought on the movie.....the best bits were when Thomas McDonnel, playing Jesse, was on the screen. Talk about a young Johnny Depp! Mums, its worth watching the movie just for him :)<br />
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<b>PROM</b> <b>is available on DVD from November 2nd as a 2 Disc Blu-Ray Value Pack (Blu-Ray plus DVD) for $49.95 or a 1 Disc DVD for $39.95.</b><br />
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The DVD includes bonus features such as a "<i>Making Of Prom</i>" featurette plus bloopers from the movie. The 2 Disc Value Pack also includes an exclusive short - "<i>Last Chance Lloyd</i>" - which shows all the hilarious ways Lloyd asks girls to the Prom, plus 4 deleted scenes and 7 music videos which is great value.<br />
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But one lucky blog reader will have the chance to win a great PROM prize pack especially from Disney that includes -<br />
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<ul><li>The PROM 2 Disc Value Pack (Blu-Ray & DVD)</li>
<li>A PROM keychain</li>
<li>A PROM sticker set</li>
<li>A PROM notebook</li>
<li>and a PROM t-shirt</li>
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The <b>PROM Prize Pack is valued at $97.95</b> and all you have to do to enter the competition is leave a comment about your magical or disastrous Prom night by midnight, Sunday November 20th. The winner will be the entry that I think is the funniest, most romantic or most tragic Prom night ever!Eloisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750919034120118112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093398514424643241.post-43994357728303184172011-11-07T12:55:00.000+11:002011-11-07T12:55:55.127+11:005 Sentence Fiction: Bewitched<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i>I'm joining <a href="http://lilliemcferrin.blogspot.com/p/five-sentence-fiction.html" style="color: #ff4d93; text-decoration: none;">5 Sentence Fiction</a> with Lillie McFerrin Writes today.</i></b></div><div style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">If you are addicated to Pinterest - and frankly, how could you not be! - join me every Monday for our Pinterest Party to show off your favourite pins.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">All you have to do join the Pinterest Party is:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">1. Follow the True Adventures of Eloise</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">2. Grab the Pinterest Party button from my sidebar and post it on yours or in the post you are linking up</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">3. Link up your Pinterest Party post</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">4. Mingle at the party by visiting other Pinterest Party posts!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">My Pinterest Party theme this week is <b>Lacy Days</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><br />
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</div><div>Not exactly up there with winning an Oscar, but still, its some kind of recognition that out there in Blogland someone else thinks I'm pretty cool - and totally versatile too :)</div><div><br />
</div><div>I'm not 100% sure what the criteria for winning a Versatile Blogging Award is but I've checked out '<i>versatile'</i> in the dictionary and the official definition is -</div><div><br />
</div><div>1. capable of doing many things competently, and</div><div>2. changeable, inconstant</div><div><br />
</div><div>As far as 1) goes I'm somehow managing to raise 4 kids on my own, work 30 hours a week, scrape by with the housework, write a novel, keep up with my blogging, rehearse and perform in a choir and have some form of social life.....whether I am doing <i>any</i> of those things competently is another story!</div><div><br />
</div><div>As far as 2) goes, under the definition for inconstant is a picture of me. I've always been a <i>will-o-the-wisp</i>, blowing wherever the wind takes me. I make crazy, rash, spontaneous decisions and I am liable to completely change my mind in a nano second! This makes me interesting but incredibly difficult to live with :)</div><div><br />
</div><div>So taking the above criteria into consideration, I think I deserve to place my two Versatile Blogging Awards on my virtual mantelpiece to be virtually dusted by my virtual housekeeper :)</div><div><br />
</div><div>Now the rules of the Versatile Blogging Award are -</div><div><br />
</div><div><ul style="background-color: #d9ead3; color: #1b2c63; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Thank the person who gave you this award. That’s common courtesy.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Include a link to their blog. That’s also common courtesy — if you can figure out how to do it.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award — you might include a link to this site.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself</span></li>
</ul></div><div>In line with the rules, in my epic, long winded and later-to-be-regretted acceptance speech, I'd like to thank the lovely Lillie from <a href="http://lilliemcferrin.blogspot.com/">Lillie McFerrin Writes</a> and the scintillating Sarah from <a href="http://peopledonteatenoughfudge.blogspot.com/">People Don't Eat Enough Fudge</a>. Thank you darlings!</div><div><br />
</div><div>The rules do say to nominate 15 others but I like to do things in 7's so here are the lucky 7 -</div><div><br />
</div><div><ul><li>The brilliant B from <a href="http://bbeingcool.blogspot.com/">B Being Cool</a></li>
<li>The wonderful Wendy from <a href="http://lovewendysworld.blogspot.com/">Wendy's World</a></li>
<li>The radical Rebecca from <a href="http://rebecca-musingsofamother.blogspot.com/">Musings of a Mother</a></li>
<li>The clever Kristy from <a href="http://houseofprowse.blogspot.com/">House of Prowse</a></li>
<li>The gorgeous Gil from <a href="http://inkpaperpen.blogspot.com/">Ink, Paper, Pen</a></li>
<li>The splendiferous Sif from <a href="http://www.wherethefairieslive.com/">At the Bottom of the Garden</a></li>
<li>The naughty but very nice Naomi from <a href="http://www.naomihart.blogspot.com/">Naomi Hart</a> (<i>who thinks the same way about trifle as I do and Im sure will find this award completely without point hahahaha</i>)</li>
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</div><div><b>Now for the 7 Things About Me.....</b></div><div><br />
</div><div>I spend quite a lot of time congratulating myself on the fact I have blue eyes - if they had been any other colour I would have been disappointed. I secretly suspect that blue eyed people are much better at finding things than anyone else :)</div><div><br />
</div><div>Like 11% of the population, I am left handed. I can write in cursive with both hands but don't ask me to use a can opener - its impossible! Those things are not designed for left handed people!</div><div><br />
</div><div>As a girl I hated my name and wished I had another one (Sybilla was my favourite for a long time) but now I quite like it. Apart from those awkward and cringeworthy moments when people from my parent's generation decide to burst into song with the epic rock ballad 'Eloise' which was a big hit the year before I was born. In those moments, I wish my name was Sybilla :)</div><div><br />
</div><div>When I was 12, I had a spiky punk haircut which I dyed red and a long rats tail which I dyed purple....I would ride my bike through our small country town with my rats tail flying out behind me and thought I was soooo different. It turns out I'm not that different at all :)</div><div><br />
</div><div>I spend a great deal of my time reading war books and watching war documentaries. My great uncle was killed in WWI in circumstances which are mostly unknown and I have spent the last 5 years or so researching his battalion to find out what happened to him and where he is. I'm also writing a novel about WWI and have written a bunch of short stories and poems about the war....obsessed much?</div><div><br />
</div><div>When I was on holiday in England in 2000 I had a strange experience there that changed my mind about reincarnation.</div><div><br />
</div><div>If I could live anywhere in the world, I would choose Prague - not just because my brother lives there but because its the most beautiful bohemian city filled with books and music and art and I will be in love with Prague forever!</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Thanks for my award Lillie and Sarah!</b></div><div><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Taking inspiration from this gorgeous bright red carriage pram, Polly is masquerading as a 1950's nanny, taking baby out on a stroll to Central Park in Manhattan. Our nanny has saved up all her pocket money to buy a Hermes Kelly bag, Cartier watch and grey South Sea pearls.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">You can find out exactly what Polly's wearing <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/polly_dolly_stroller/set?id=38972754">here</a>.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">He ran and ran, ducking and weaving, bent over double with the weight of the gear on his back, the blood banging in his head and his breath coming in short, gasping pants. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">All around him were explosions and bursts of gunfire and twisting bits of metal tearing through the air.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Then out of the mist he saw the wire looming ahead and panicking, he darted left and right to find a gap but there was none, and then his coat got caught on a razor’s edge and the more he tried to pull himself free, the more he got tangled. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">A machine gun opened up and he felt his body thud and jerk below him, then everything felt warm and wet. He looked down to see his intestines hanging from his body and knew he would die here, hanging on the wire, and the horror of it was too much to bear.</span></div>Eloisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750919034120118112noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093398514424643241.post-7608233397024785852011-11-02T10:20:00.002+11:002011-11-25T18:00:53.014+11:00Polly Dolly: ArtistI'm linking up with <a href="http://www.danimezza.com/"><b>Danimezza</b></a> for this week's <b><a href="http://www.danimezza.com/category/polly-dolly/">Polly Dolly</a> Polyvore challenge</b>!<br />
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This week's inspiration is ARTIST....<br />
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Today Polly has a real job as an acrylic jewellery designer who makes fabulous bracelets, rings and pendants like this awesome tiger necklace! She likes to dress funky in leather pants and t-shirts with lots of colour. She hangs out at vintage markets where she picked up this cute Romanian peasant scarf and draws her inspiration from 1930's French art posters.<br />
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You can find out exactly what Polly's wearing <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/polly_dolly_artist/set?id=38937449">here</a>.<br />
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If you are addicated to Pinterest - and frankly, how could you not be! - join me every Monday for our Pinterest Party to show off your favourite pins.<br />
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All you have to do join the Pinterest Party is:<br />
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1. Follow the True Adventures of Eloise<br />
2. Grab the Pinterest Party button from my sidebar and post it on yours or in the post you are linking up<br />
3. Link up your Pinterest Party post<br />
4. Mingle at the party by visiting other Pinterest Party posts!<br />
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My Pinterest Party theme this week is <b>Blue Monday</b><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Working nearby, old Peters leaned forward on his pitchfork and surveyed Tom thoughtfully with a raised eyebrow, ‘you’ll get yourself thrown out of this place if you keep up those shenanigans.’<o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment-->Eloisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750919034120118112noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093398514424643241.post-88413218491857102322011-10-24T13:16:00.001+11:002011-10-24T13:16:20.787+11:00Marie Antoinette - Magnifique!I have always been drawn to the story of Marie Antoinette. There is something both beautiful and tragic about her life and death. This post is a pictorial look at her life and legacy.....<br />
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"Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna" was not French. She was born in Austria in 1755, the youngest daughter of the Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. She was generally addressed as 'Madame Antoine' at the Austrian court.<br />
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Marie Antoinette came to France in 1770 as a 15 year old to marry the Dauphin of France, Louis-Auguste, later known as Louis XVI of France. Louis-Auguste was unable to consummate the marriage for 7 years.<br />
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Marie Antoinette lived at Versaille, the centre of the French court, also the centre of fashion, music, wit, intrigue and scandal. Back then, everything was big....the hair, the hats and the dresses....<br />
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One of the best biographies I have read about the life of Marie Antoinette is '<b><i>Marie Antoinette, The Journey</i></b>' by Antonia Fraser. It gives a fascinating insight into her marriage, her romances and court life at Versailles.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WuZF4mIYlJ0/TqTFv0i0QnI/AAAAAAAAAuU/REYBc5WYZIo/s1600/111024+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WuZF4mIYlJ0/TqTFv0i0QnI/AAAAAAAAAuU/REYBc5WYZIo/s1600/111024+14.jpg" /></a></div>One of my favourite movies ever is Sofia Coppola's 2006 movie, "<b><i>Marie Antoinette</i></b>", starring Kirsten Dunst. The decadence, lavishness and at times, silliness, of the period are perfectly captured by the sets and costumes in the movie. It's a visual feast for the eyes with a modern twist to the telling.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Over 200 years later, the life of Marie Antoinette and the fashions of the court of Versaille, are still inspiring art and fashion today. Vive` Marie!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o9vERkoR8Qc/TqTFyyUF5YI/AAAAAAAAAu8/edhCsUXss4A/s1600/111024+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o9vERkoR8Qc/TqTFyyUF5YI/AAAAAAAAAu8/edhCsUXss4A/s1600/111024+9.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7LyaLjDCPBE/TqTFxqjsS9I/AAAAAAAAAus/w5oodhWa4m0/s1600/111024+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7LyaLjDCPBE/TqTFxqjsS9I/AAAAAAAAAus/w5oodhWa4m0/s1600/111024+11.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tBKrrXB2etw/TqTFycl9WfI/AAAAAAAAAu0/5jQwiaWP854/s1600/111024+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tBKrrXB2etw/TqTFycl9WfI/AAAAAAAAAu0/5jQwiaWP854/s1600/111024+10.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fLqfbBMtX94/TqTFxLmcM9I/AAAAAAAAAuk/BNzG9s7P1bg/s1600/111024+12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fLqfbBMtX94/TqTFxLmcM9I/AAAAAAAAAuk/BNzG9s7P1bg/s1600/111024+12.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b5nrB9FnLFk/TqTFwkNRyHI/AAAAAAAAAuc/QstQkzShtFg/s1600/111024+13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b5nrB9FnLFk/TqTFwkNRyHI/AAAAAAAAAuc/QstQkzShtFg/s1600/111024+13.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/myla_isabella_french_knickers/thing?id=41731354" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="MYLA Isabella French Knickers" class=" xsrc" height="100" id="xsrc14343fd" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/41731354.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" title="MYLA Isabella French Knickers" trackelement="" width="100" /></a></td><td class="body" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; vertical-align: top;"><ul class="list" style="clear: both; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><br />
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<li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/myla_isabella_french_knickers/thing?id=41731354" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">MYLA Isabella French Knickers</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="price" style="font-weight: bold;">140 AUD</span> - <a class="outbound" href="http://www.harrods.com/product/myla/isabella-french-knickers/000000000002604032?cat1=women&cat2=womens-lingerie-and-nightwear" oid="t:41731354" orighost="harrods.com" paidurl="http://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=Hy3bqNL2jtQ&mid=36666&murl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrods.com%2Fproduct%2Fmyla%2Fisabella-french-knickers%2F000000000002604032%3Fcat1%3Dwomen%26cat2%3Dwomens-lingerie-and-nightwear" style="color: #4fa319; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" trackelement="site">harrods.com</a></li>
<li class="meta" style="color: #888888; margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/myla/shop?brand=Myla" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Myla</a> »</li>
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<tr><td class="image" style="padding-bottom: 8px; vertical-align: top; width: 110px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/wonderbra_ultimate_strapless_lace_bra/thing?id=39445767" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Wonderbra Ultimate strapless lace bra" class=" xsrc" height="100" id="xsrc14353fd" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39445767.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" title="Wonderbra Ultimate strapless lace bra" trackelement="" width="100" /></a></td><td class="body" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; vertical-align: top;"><ul class="list" style="clear: both; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/wonderbra_ultimate_strapless_lace_bra/thing?id=39445767" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Wonderbra Ultimate strapless lace bra</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="price" style="font-weight: bold;">56 AUD</span> - <a class="outbound" href="http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Wonderbra+Ultimate+strapless+lace+bra/129755665,default,pd.html" oid="t:39445767" orighost="houseoffraser.co.uk" paidurl="" showtooltip="1" style="color: #4fa319; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" trackelement="site">houseoffraser.co.uk</a></li>
<li class="meta" style="color: #888888; margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/no_strap_bras/shop?query=no+strap+bras" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">No strap bras</a> »</li>
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<tr><td class="image" style="padding-bottom: 8px; vertical-align: top; width: 110px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/pink_ribbon_cancer_awareness_nude/thing?id=43743384" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Pink Ribbon Cancer Awareness - Nude Platform Shoes - Costumes, 801666" class=" xsrc" height="100" id="xsrc14363fd" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/43743384.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" title="Pink Ribbon Cancer Awareness - Nude Platform Shoes - Costumes, 801666" trackelement="" width="100" /></a></td><td class="body" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; vertical-align: top;"><ul class="list" style="clear: both; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/pink_ribbon_cancer_awareness_nude/thing?id=43743384" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Pink Ribbon Cancer Awareness - Nude Platform Shoes - Costumes, 801666</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="outbound" href="http://www.buycostumes.com/Pink-Ribbon-Cancer-Awareness-Nude-Platform-Shoes/801666/ProductDetail.aspx" oid="t:43743384" orighost="buycostumes.com" paidurl="" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4fa319; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" trackelement="site">buycostumes.com</a></li>
<li class="meta" style="color: #888888; margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/costume_shoes/shop?query=costume+shoes" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Costume shoes</a> »</li>
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<tr><td class="image" style="padding-bottom: 8px; vertical-align: top; width: 110px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/chlo%C3%A9_ballet_slipper/thing?id=42479148" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Chloé Ballet Slipper" class=" xsrc" height="100" id="xsrc14373fd" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/42479148.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" title="Chloé Ballet Slipper" trackelement="" width="100" /></a></td><td class="body" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; vertical-align: top;"><ul class="list" style="clear: both; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/chlo%C3%A9_ballet_slipper/thing?id=42479148" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Chloé Ballet Slipper</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="price" style="font-weight: bold;">420 AUD</span> - <a class="outbound" href="http://www.barneys.com/Ballet-Slipper/501231604,default,pd.html?cgid=W_FLATS" oid="t:42479148" orighost="barneys.com" paidurl="http://gan.doubleclick.net/gan_click?lid=41000000030034435&pid=00505012316090&adurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.barneys.com%2FChlo%2526%2523233%253B%2520Ballet%2520Slipper%2520-%2520Ivory%2520size%25207%2F00505012316090%2Cdefault%2Cpd.html&usg=AFHzDLsU5asJiNdO-FJd-RZvHL8ghdfWjg&pubid=21000000000147466" style="color: #4fa319; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" trackelement="site">barneys.com</a></li>
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<tr><td class="image" style="padding-bottom: 8px; vertical-align: top; width: 110px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/moschino_cheap_chic_pink_suede/thing?id=39911906" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Moschino Cheap And Chic Pink Suede Bow Design Clutch Bag" class=" xsrc" height="100" id="xsrc14383fd" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39911906.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" title="Moschino Cheap And Chic Pink Suede Bow Design Clutch Bag" trackelement="" width="100" /></a></td><td class="body" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; vertical-align: top;"><ul class="list" style="clear: both; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/moschino_cheap_chic_pink_suede/thing?id=39911906" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Moschino Cheap And Chic Pink Suede Bow Design Clutch Bag</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="price" style="font-weight: bold;">385 AUD</span> - <a class="outbound" href="http://www.profilebrighton.co.uk/moschino-cheap-and-chic-pink-suede-bow-design-clutch-bag.html" oid="t:39911906" orighost="profilebrighton.co.uk" paidurl="" style="color: #4fa319; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" trackelement="site">profilebrighton.co.uk</a></li>
<li class="meta" style="color: #888888; margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/clutch_bags/shop?query=clutch+bags" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Clutch bags</a> »</li>
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<tr><td class="image" style="padding-bottom: 8px; vertical-align: top; width: 110px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/gabrielle_sanchez_faceted_pink_topaz/thing?id=34293564" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Gabrielle Sanchez Faceted Pink Topaz Earrings" class=" xsrc" height="100" id="xsrc14393fd" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/34293564.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" title="Gabrielle Sanchez Faceted Pink Topaz Earrings" trackelement="" width="100" /></a></td><td class="body" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; vertical-align: top;"><ul class="list" style="clear: both; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/gabrielle_sanchez_faceted_pink_topaz/thing?id=34293564" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Gabrielle Sanchez Faceted Pink Topaz Earrings</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="price" style="font-weight: bold;">1 035 AUD</span> - <a class="outbound" href="http://www.barneys.com/Faceted-Pink-Topaz-Earrings/00505008467850,default,pd.html?cgid=EARRI01" oid="t:34293564" orighost="barneys.com" paidurl="http://gan.doubleclick.net/gan_click?lid=41000000030034435&pid=00505008467850&adurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.barneys.com%2FGabrielle%2520Sanchez%2520Faceted%2520Pink%2520Topaz%2520Earrings%2F00505008467850%2Cdefault%2Cpd.html&usg=AFHzDLuT6ygWOrpPLHQlKg0bVrldb70PlA&pubid=21000000000147466" style="color: #4fa319; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" trackelement="site">barneys.com</a></li>
<li class="meta" style="color: #888888; margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/18k_jewelry/shop?query=18k+jewelry" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">18k jewelry</a> »</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="outbound" href="http://www.georgianjewelry.com/items/show/13292-classic-georgian-citrine-pearl-ring" oid="t:43488446" orighost="georgianjewelry.com" paidurl="" rel="nofollow" style="color: #4fa319; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" trackelement="site">georgianjewelry.com</a></li>
<li class="meta" style="color: #888888; margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/white_pearl_jewelry/shop?query=white+pearl+jewelry" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">White pearl jewelry</a> »</li>
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<tr><td class="image" style="padding-bottom: 8px; vertical-align: top; width: 110px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/bijoux_heart_ainse_je_24-karat/thing?id=34954995" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Bijoux Heart Ainse Je 24-karat gold-plated Swarovski crystal ring" class=" xsrc" height="100" id="xsrc14413fd" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/34954995.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" title="Bijoux Heart Ainse Je 24-karat gold-plated Swarovski crystal ring" trackelement="" width="100" /></a></td><td class="body" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; vertical-align: top;"><ul class="list" style="clear: both; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/bijoux_heart_ainse_je_24-karat/thing?id=34954995" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Bijoux Heart Ainse Je 24-karat gold-plated Swarovski crystal ring</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="price" style="font-weight: bold;">325 AUD</span> - <a class="outbound" href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/162918" oid="t:34954995" orighost="net-a-porter.com" paidurl="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Hy3bqNL2jtQ&offerid=206135.162918&type=15&subid=0" style="color: #4fa319; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" trackelement="site">net-a-porter.com</a></li>
<li class="meta" style="color: #888888; margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/gold_plated_jewelry/shop?query=gold+plated+jewelry" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Gold plated jewelry</a> »</li>
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<tr><td class="image" style="padding-bottom: 8px; vertical-align: top; width: 110px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/clarins_rouge_prodige_color_definition/thing?id=38292677" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Clarins 'Rouge Prodige' Color Definition Lipstick Miami Pink One Size" class=" xsrc" height="100" id="xsrc14423fd" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38292677.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" title="Clarins 'Rouge Prodige' Color Definition Lipstick Miami Pink One Size" trackelement="" width="100" /></a></td><td class="body" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; vertical-align: top;"><ul class="list" style="clear: both; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/clarins_rouge_prodige_color_definition/thing?id=38292677" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Clarins 'Rouge Prodige' Color Definition Lipstick Miami Pink One Size</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="price" style="font-weight: bold;">24 AUD</span> - <a class="outbound" href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/" oid="t:38292677" orighost="nordstrom.com" paidurl="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Hy3bqNL2jtQ&offerid=194091.52332393&type=15&subid=0" style="color: #4fa319; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" trackelement="site">nordstrom.com</a></li>
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<tr><td class="image" style="padding-bottom: 8px; vertical-align: top; width: 110px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/guerlain_les_parisiennes_lame_dun/thing?id=11740901" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Guerlain Les Parisiennes L'Ame D'Un Heros Eau De Parfum" class=" xsrc" height="100" id="xsrc14433fd" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/11740901.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" title="Guerlain Les Parisiennes L'Ame D'Un Heros Eau De Parfum" trackelement="" width="100" /></a></td><td class="body" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; vertical-align: top;"><ul class="list" style="clear: both; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/guerlain_les_parisiennes_lame_dun/thing?id=11740901" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Guerlain Les Parisiennes L'Ame D'Un Heros Eau De Parfum</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="price" style="font-weight: bold;">245 AUD</span> - <a class="outbound" href="http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=prod98620057&parentId=cat21290731&masterId=cat000310" oid="t:11740901" orighost="neimanmarcus.com" paidurl="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Hy3bqNL2jtQ&offerid=212871.98620057&type=15&subid=0" style="color: #4fa319; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" trackelement="site">neimanmarcus.com</a></li>
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<tr><td class="image" style="padding-bottom: 8px; vertical-align: top; width: 110px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/yves_saint_laurent_paris_perfumed/thing?id=32631161" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Yves Saint Laurent Paris Perfumed Bath & Shower Gel, 4.2 oz." class=" xsrc" height="100" id="xsrc14443fd" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/32631161.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" title="Yves Saint Laurent Paris Perfumed Bath & Shower Gel, 4.2 oz." trackelement="" width="100" /></a></td><td class="body" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; vertical-align: top;"><ul class="list" style="clear: both; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/yves_saint_laurent_paris_perfumed/thing?id=32631161" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Yves Saint Laurent Paris Perfumed Bath & Shower Gel, 4.2 oz.</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="price" style="font-weight: bold;">41 AUD</span> - <a class="outbound" href="http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=361720" oid="t:32631161" orighost="macys.com" paidurl="" style="color: #4fa319; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" trackelement="site">macys.com</a></li>
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<tr><td class="image" style="padding-bottom: 8px; vertical-align: top; width: 110px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/dior_diorlisse_ridge_filler_for/thing?id=38795940" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Dior 'Diorlisse' Ridge Filler for Nails Pink Petal 500 One Size" class=" xsrc" height="100" id="xsrc14453fd" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38795940.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" title="Dior 'Diorlisse' Ridge Filler for Nails Pink Petal 500 One Size" trackelement="" width="100" /></a></td><td class="body" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; vertical-align: top;"><ul class="list" style="clear: both; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><a class="hover_clickable" href="http://www.polyvore.com/dior_diorlisse_ridge_filler_for/thing?id=38795940" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Dior 'Diorlisse' Ridge Filler for Nails Pink Petal 500 One Size</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="price" style="font-weight: bold;">21 AUD</span> - <a class="outbound" href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/" oid="t:38795940" orighost="nordstrom.com" paidurl="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Hy3bqNL2jtQ&offerid=194091.52159680&type=15&subid=0" style="color: #4fa319; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" trackelement="site">nordstrom.com</a></li>
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