25/365 Fat and Frisky Seeks Same...

... for bold and stripey fun and a little bit of straight arming.

It's been a long time and I have some major work to do if I'm going to catch up on my 365 posts in 365 days. I must confess that I haven't been taking a picture every day either. I'd appreciate it if you could just pretend that all photos were taken on separate days.

This photo is from the Mals and The Faths visit way back when in March. Quite a while ago now. The Who was getting down and dirty with his favouritist toy in the world, Diabeetus Mouse, who is a little hard to see in this picture, partially because he is so small and partially because of his superior camouflage skills. Or, as I'm told the kids on the street are saying at the moment, he has great camouflage 'skillage'. 

Let us now all straight arm in unison (see instructions below) as a sign of support for The Who.

General Sumo recommends:

Straight arming

Yes Grant and Gillsy, you know what it's all about. Here are the instructions for the rest of you:

1. Extend both arms straight in front of you at a 45 degree angle, palms facing each other.
   
2. Turn your hands at a 45 degree angle also.
   
3. Move your hands close together (although not touching) as though you were holding a light object.
   
4. Retract your head and focus your eyes intently on the imagined object in your hands. Dilate your pupils if possible.
   
5. Now move your hands rapidly up and down. If you're feeling particularly dextrous, do this in a slightly circular motion, as though you were juggling the aforementioned light object.
   
6. Remember, the less coordinated you look, the better your straight-arming performance will be.

The lazypatch duvet suit ad

As jwood299 writes: Is this for serious? Grant and I thought this was a joke ad. That said, I think it's supposed to be funny because the actual website is a bit a laugh. At first I just looked it up to amuse colleagues but the more I look at it and the more people I show it to, the more of a good idea it seems. I'd like to point out that you get that whole suit for just over AUD100! 

24/365 Hot Air & Love

For a couple of weeks when the mornings were getting darker and daylight saving time hadn't yet kicked in, I could maintain my leisurely 7 a.m. rising hour and still see hot air balloons making tours of the city whilst I had breakfast on the couch. 

Taking a hot air balloon ride is an entry in my 'Tea Box of Fun', although, when I did pick it out, I decided that we didn't have $600 to spare at that time, and so it re-entered the fray. Grant isn't very keen on the idea but I think he's still scarred from when, just after we moved to Melbourne, a hot air balloon got wedged between two buildings outside work. It was a surprising time for all involved.

The last time we were at Sandy Point, a friend of Mr and Mrs Booker's came around to show us her photos from a recent hot air balloon jaunt over the Yarra Valley. It looked very exciting and beautiful. Hopefully, it's made Grant feel more relaxed and conducive to the idea.

General Sumo recommends:

Telling Grant how wonderful a hot air balloon ride would be

Wow, imagine what a great birthday present that would make! I only wish we could take The Who.

Making a Tea Box of Fun

Last year, when we felt like we were just doing the same thing over and over again on weekends, I created the Tea Box of Fun. It is an empty lemon tea box filled with scraps of paper upon which are written things that we'd like to do and that are possible to complete in a weekend. So far, we've only done about three things in there. Wedding planning and, more so, obsessive work tendencies can get in the way of Tea Box of Fun intentions. Now that we're back on more even ground though, the Tea Box is making a comeback, sending us to the movies to see Duplicity recently.

23/365 Feels Like Home

Oh PWC, how I will miss your soothing blue signage when we move. Or if that proposed apartment block behind us gets approval. I can only hope that its residents will keep all of their lights on as irresponsibly as you do to guide me through life.

General Sumo recommends:

Sleeping with the blinds open

If you live in the city at least. It makes me feel connected. It's so comforting to be reminded that I can duck out for an audit or a flutter on the pokies if I need to.