Off to Cairns

Hi there everyone......Well we are off to Cairns / Port Douglas tomorrow for a couple of weeks

Firstly we fly in and pick up our car from the rental people then it is off to the Pink Flamingo in Port Douglas - haven't been there before .... sounds like fun!!!

Then a few days (5 I think) at Chambers Wildlife Lodge for a bit of relaxing reading and maybe painting

After that a couple of nights in a B&B before a fantastic scrapping retreat - conducted by Scrap Therapy where I will have fun with the girls, teach a mixed media class and generally drink and laugh a lot!!!!!

While I am scrapping Phil will pop in to see his mum in Brissie and I will be coming back with Kristin on the 31st May......I will be back for work on the 1st June.

Looking forward to the break - that is for sure!

See you when I return
Love
C

Happy Mothers Day

To all those mothers out there..... for my friends who make my heart sing, for my Mum who is sadly getting very old and frail, for those Mums who are now angels and we remember them with fondness, to those Mums who gave us life and nurture, who made us the women we are....

My Mum and her Mum

Happy Mothers Day to you all. You are loved.

C

Uplift calls again - please help

I am asking you a small favour – I hope you won’t think me too cheeky ......

I volunteer for Uplift – a small Melbourne community based organisation which sends bras overseas to women who cannot afford them (always free). I became involved because I wanted to give something back but because I have a huge job I needed something I could coordinate rather than give time to....... I also was a nurse and thought that helping these women was a great idea, practical and very much needed

Over the years we have sent hundreds of thousands of bras to overseas countries and we also gave thousands to the women of the Victorian bushfires who lost everything.

Here is what I wrote on a couple of scrapping sites today (Scrap Therapy, LSBS, Chook Scraps)

Hi everyone

We are needing bras to send to Fiji we only need 32000!!!!! I am the representative for Uplift which sends bras to developing countries...... we have finally got sponsorship for a shipping container to go to Fiji!

The women in Fiji cannot afford bras and because of the heat and humidity this causes infections and abscesses on the chest wall.

One bra in Fiji is worth around 6 weeks of a full time wage - hopeless money to find for these women

We really appreciate your support please pass it around....collect from work, childcare etc - if you feel so inclined

The Uplift site is http://www.upliftbras.org/ for more info

All sizes and any condition.... but big sizes and maternity bras would be very excellent. If you have smaller bras though these are used for teenagers ....so send them too!!

Please send to
Uplift
c/o Liz Baker
9 Steven Street
Hurstbridge VIC 3099

Thanks girls time to clean out your bra closet (and those of your daughters!) and send them on

With grateful thanks

Carol