Autumn, Fall, call it what you will & win

It’s that time of year again, my favourite season, Autumn.
What a relief after the horrendous heat of Summer, a brief respite before the Winters’ frosts arrive.

This is our first Autumn in our new home, and it’s so lovely to see the changes in the area:
Late-blooming crepe myrtles all along the street in all different colours, the end of our first tomato crop, neighbours venturing out with the lovely weather.

Even the cat is loving it, sunning himself near the vegie patch as I write.

It also means I have more energy, which is great.
~Apparently the tiredness of CFS is exacerbated by high temperatures, which also includes hot baths, showers and overheating generally.

Explains why I’ve been able to catch up with my blogging & photography, doesn’t it? So hopefully we can all expect great things from me in the months to come.

Just let me win lotto, so that we can spend Summers in Tasmania, okay?

Which season is your favourite, and why?

The best answer wins a free blog button made by moi!

Digi~Scrapbooking Giveaway Winner

Well, it’s been a busy, interesting week here at the UpsideDownHouse.

We’ve had hosting nightmares, a blog makeover going on in the background, a little visitor (who was a pain in the hooha), the June Kraft for Kidz blog carnival, and some freaky parenting photos in my inbox.

Hopefully, our hosting nightmares are over for now.
Although due to the lack of support we got from our current hosts, we are definitely on the lookout for new ‘premises’.

If you can heartily recommend a hosting service with A1 support, please drop me an email…

And now to the reason you’ve all tuned in today…

The drawing of the digi~scrapbooking giveaway winner, who will also be the subject of a devoted and loving linkfest blog review from yours truly later on this week.

Firstly, thank you to everyone who got involved and sent in a snap and made this such a fun event for the kidz!

Wren and Mr Bump quite enjoyed the judging event. I’ll have to get them some special judging hats for next time. Unfortunately I didn’t have the camera charged and ready to catch their expressions, but I promise to be much better prepared next time.

Choosing a winner for the competition was a tough pick for our distinguished judges, but in the end it was this picture that had them in fits of giggles…

Little Bethany here is learning the hard way about why we don’t eat sand. This is, of course, a very familiar sight to just about every parent on the planet.

Her mother Tracey says that “For a few weeks we tried desperately to keep up with her and stop her from putting it in her mouth. She finally wore us out.”

So now Tracey, you have a task:
You need to visit Designs by Krista to make your choice from the many beautiful digital scrapbooking kits she has available!

Good luck, because it will be tough choosing I think…

Carnival Update & Other Bloggy News

Okay, I’ve been a while getting to this, so please forgive the tardiness.
I said tardiness. With a ‘d’.

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Your Freaky Fotos Could Win You My Love

You know you want it…

So here are the details for my first ever bloggy giveaway.

Between now and the end of next week, you will have the chance to win a beautiful digital scrapbooking kit and a fabtastic linklove flamenco from yours truly.
Translation: I will do a song and dance about your blog.

All you need to do is email me with a photo of your weirdest parenting moment.

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Celebrations and a giveaway…

Howdy y’all!

The Kidz have been watching SpongeBob (the Texas is Stupid episode), and I’ve gotten caught up in the phraseology. But Texans, please don’t get offended ’cause I don’t have an opinion either way about Texas.

So I believe I mentioned a celebratation? Well we’ve got plenty of reasons here in the UpsideDownHouse. No Carrie, I am not carrying your namesake in my blessed womb.

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