Sickness is really not fun

So for the last week, I have had a horrible cold, mixed with hayfever, which equals a very unwell Aimee Owl.
It really just made me lie in bed all day and go off and on dozing and then coughing and not being able to breathe properly. I know. Just lovely indeed. I did manage to do a lot of things that I needed to do around the house and that was great!
But I was back at work yesterday, despite still feeling bad, and survived!

So here are a few pictures of what I have been really doing the last few days, while not very exciting, it certainly was a nice break for me! I finally got things I needed to get done...well, done!

My boyfriend and I bought little glass bottles and filled them with water and food coloring. It looks great when the sun hits it!! I want to eventually hang them up somewhere where the sun can hit it all the time, but that is not a very probable solution at the moment, so they just sit at the back of the desk, until we pick them up and put them directly in the way of the sun.

Our new water dispenser

We also bought a new water dispenser in the hopes that we will drink more water. And it's working! The dispenser is 8.3 litres and is so handy to have just sitting around in the corner.

You can also see my Cyclamen plant sitting next to it there. I originally had it outside because we have cats and they eat plants, but it was dying (as it was going to) outside, so I moved it to my boyfriends house! Now the leaves have stopped shielding the plant and 2 flowers have opened! There is now a third almost opened and I see 2 tiny little buds at the bottom. Here is another picture. 

I have also moved my microscope to Tom's. This way I can actually use it without wading through lots of stuff to get to it (as is the case with my house). I am set to sew a microscope cover, so I can leave it set up without worrying about dust. I currently take out all the lenses and put the case on the eyepiece in an effort to stop it from getting too dusty.

I got a decent amount of painting and drawing done while sick. Always a good benefit of being off work! 

I also started making a few new things for my soon to be opened shop, which I will be posting later. 

Anyway, that is pretty much what i have been doing the last 2 weeks. I have to put in a full week of work (compared to my normal 3 days a week!) to make up for it, so that is less than fun!

I really hope you are all having a great day/night!
Thanks for checking in!

Thank you!

Just hit my first 1,000 views! So thank you to whoever has viewed my blog, as well as liked me on all the social media and extra things like that!
So I am celebrating my 1,000 views with some banana bread and a hot chocolate and doing some research for my next 1,000 views! :D

I just took a lot of photos for my some book reviews, looking forward to posting all of those, but first letting myself take a nice long sip of my hot chocolate and allow myself to relax for just a tiny bit, before heading back out into the difficult world of 2 jobs!

Wherever you are, have a great day/night and thanks for viewing my little blog!!

Sea&Vines Festival

So Adelaide has a lot of wineries. I'm not an expert, in fact I dont even like wine all that much, but we have a lot.
Over this long weekend, McLaren Vale had their Sea & Vines Festival. Pretty much, all of the dozen or so wineries in McLaren Vale have an open day and have all their cellar doors open, invite food shops to sell,live bands and to just show how the vineyards are.
It was my Granny's birthday today, so my whole family decided to head down to one of the wineries and have an afternoon out. We went to Leconfield Winery and the band was Sam Brittain. What a perfect afternoon for it!

Well, I hope that you all had a great public holiday, for those who had it. I'm back at work tomorrow (which I am not looking forward to) and I am really behind on my painting, so I wont be posting tomorrow, but I'll see you soon!

101 in 1001!

So I finally completed writing my 101 in 1001 list!! If you don't know what that is, go to www.dayzeroproject.com. Its pretty much a mix between a to-do list and a bucket list. In 2.75 years, 101 things is not so hard! But I am so excited to start this (especially now that I can stop worrying about the list and start doing things on it!). I'm sure lots of these activities will lead to further blog posts, so I hope you can look forward to reading about each of the events.

Start: May 27th, 2013
End: February 22nd, 2016

1

Learn a new word each day and add it to conversation for 101 days (19/101)

2

Do one of Emma and Elsie's e-courses

3

Make five new friends (5/5)

4

Mail a surprise package to someone

5

Write a letter to myself to be opened when the 1001 days is over

6

Write letters to my friends

7

Take a road trip

8

Start spanish classes

9

Attend 4 other classes (0/4)

10

Open my Etsy business

11

Write a letter to my future husband

12

Write and illustrate a children's book

13

Read one book every month (21/33)

14

Try 25 new recipes (12/25)

15

Go skydiving

16

Make 10 sales in MissOwlB (10/10)

17

Save $12,000 ($1,200/$12,000)

18

Put $5 into savings for every goal completed 

19

Knit a scarf

20

Knit a hat

21

Write a book of poems

22

Write a book or 5 short stories of 2,000 words or more. 

23

Learn to crochet

24

Eat fruit/vegetables every day for 6 months

25

Go to 10 markets (6/10)

26

go to 10 concerts/plays (4/10)

27

Do yoga every day for a month 

28

Eat breakfast every day for 6 months 

29

Move out of home

30

Take a picture for each letter of the alphabet (0/26)

31

Gain 5 kilos (0/5)

32

Paint 6 canvases (6/6)

33

Make 10 things off Pinterest (6/10)

34

Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all (14/20)

35

Host a themed party

36

Make a video about a typical day of my life

37

Learn about the constellations

38

Write a letter to three people who have made a difference in my life (0/3)

39

Document my music taste over a year

40

Quit Facebook for a month

41

Buy an art projector

42

Have a studio

43

Write a list of everything bad in my life then burn the list

44

Write a list of 100 things that make me happy

45

Write a list of all the books I own

46

Watch/Listen to 15 TED talks and 10 RadioLab (25/25)

47

Keep a “My Day in Six Words” journal for 6 months

48

Visit the snow

49

Have something published

50

Learn the ukulele

51

Find a personally inspirational quote and work it into a piece of art or home decor

52

Buy something from Etsy

53

Write a personal mission statement

54

Wear nothing black for a week

55

Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the Alphabet (5/26)

56

Write at least 20 full songs (0/20)

57

Listen to a new album each week for one month

58

Make a stop animation movie

59

Do 25 things from the 365 book (9/25)

60

Take 4 free online courses (3/4)

61

Keep a spending diary

62

Build a second stream of income

63

Sell something on eBay

64

Buy a baseball bat

65

Do a Couch to 5k running plan

66

Take a Young Me Now Me picture http://www.zefrank.com/youngmenowme/

67

re-create 10 photos (0/10)

68

Try and finish 5 ideas from Instructables (3/5)

69

make 10 driving cds (5/10)

70

Write a different 101 in 1001 list for the next one

71

Actually send Christmas cards

72

Learn calligraphy

73

Buy a bicycle

74

Change 3 pieces of furniture (2/3)

75

Fill all of my photo albums with photos

76

Plant my birth tree (Ash)

77

Donate blood

78

Have a real Christmas tree

79

Learn how to play chess

80

Answer at least one of the "50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind" every week. (50/50)

81

Visit my grandparents every year (2/9)

82

Have a stall at a craft market

83

Go skinny dipping

84

Make smores

85

Get to level 15 on Duolingo

86

Conquer my fear of heights

87

Organize my music collection

88

organize my books

89

go to 12 attractions in/around Adelaide (8/12)

90

Take a sketch book to a public place to draw

91

Make a book on Blurb

92

Make a time lapse video

93

Visit Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra (1/3)

94

Go to Tasmania

95

Journal for a month using the journal prompts

96

Join a book club

97

Start a book club

98

Film and publish 5 YouTube videos (2/5)

99

Guest post on 5 blogs (0/5)

100

Hit 1,000 Facebook followers with MissOwlB

101

Read 5 books on money saving/budgeting (5/5)

So there we are! My 101 in 1001. You could help with number 100 and also number 34! Go like Miss Owl B on Facebook (links are in the side bar) and recommend some books to read! go go go! 

p.s. Link your 101 in 1001 posts! I would love to read them! 

Blog Design Break

Hello, my pretties!
I will be taking a few days off writing for design purposes. As you may have noticed (or maybe not!) my blog is putting on his winter coat and settling down, so I am changing the whole design for us Australians who are heading into winter! I am pretty excited to do this, so while of you who are Americans are wanting summery stuff, I'm heading into hibernation and getting keen to read the 10 books that I have been stockpiling.

I just got back from a freezing cold fun camping trip and ready to get back into things!

So much design happiness coming through my brain right now!!

See you soon in the winter land!!!