I Want To Be Everything

Aloha Sprinklerinos,

I'm such a jumble of emotions at this moment and with Matt out to dinner and my friends not answering their phones (how dare they have lives on a Saturday night?), this pastel coloured little slice of the net will be my outlet. 

(All images from my insta)

There is a huge rain storm raging at the moment where I live and as I popped up to Darcy's room to close the window a bit, I found myself crawling into her bed and laying with her whilst she slept. I looked at her mouth and her eyelashes and her eyebrows and tiny finger nails. I noted the way she must always have her comfort blanket a certain way and always holds dolly to her chest and I watched her breath and wondered what innocent dreams were playing out in her little head. I almost cried. I don't know why. 

I wasn't sad or overjoyed or overwhelmed or worried. I just felt sort of sad for the person I'm not. 

I'm not the organic earth mother that provides only wooden Montessori toys and I'm not the power suit career woman who wears red lipstick like a pro. I'm not the wife who asks if her Husband slept well each morning (or ever) and yet I'm not the woman who hold court in a trendy bar whilst people adore her every move. Is anyone any of these things? Can you be all of them at once?

Life is such a frustrating concoction of trying to be happy, trying to make other people happy, trying to succeed, trying to be humble, trying, trying, trying. 

My frustration is that I want to be all things 100% but with only 100 of those pesky per cents to go round, you gotsta spread them out a bit. That's the hard part. How many of those per cents do you give to being the heart warming, open armed mother? And how many do you give to being the witty livewire at a party (NB- I have never been the 'witty livewire', it's on my to-do list and a girl can speculate ok)? Am I sacrificing some of the good wife per cents to be a career woman? But doesn't being a good career woman provide for my family and so enhance the mother percentage slice? You see the frustration?

I don't have the answers. This isn't one of those fabulous posts (that I do oh-so-often har har) that leaves you with a wonderfully upbeat solution to life's unanswerable questions but more a pontification. Something that trickled into my mind this evening as I watched my three year old sleep an easy sleep. I want to give her all of my per cents for always. 

Toodlepip. 

xx

Tumblr Art

Aloha Sprinklerinos,

As a Tumblr addict, I am constantly loosing myself in the abyss of scrolling, gifs, links and info. Ooooh I love it so!

Something I always love to do is check my tags. This means if people have used #SprinkleOfGlitter then it comes up in my search and I can see whatever it is they want to put in front of my eyes. Sometimes it's videos they have made, sometimes funny gifs but sometimes lovely little things they have made me. 

I wanted to showcase some of those masterpieces today. THIS is a link to my Tumblr page and THIS is a link to my Tumblr archive, should you want to track down the talented people who made them.

I absolutely love how creative so many of you are and also rather love how you all make me look so much better than I actually haha, you little minxes!

Not much other than that today, just wanted you to see how much loveliness I get to see on a regular basis. If you have a favourite, let me know in the comments. 

Also, if you are as much of a Tumblr addict as I am, here is a vlog from New York a couple of months back when I was invited to tour Tumblr HQ- It was AMAZING!

If you are struggling to view the embedded link, click HERE to be taken direct to the video. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU WHO TAKE THE TIME SO MAKE ME SUCH SWEET THINGS. YOU ARE CONSTANTLY APPRECIATED. 

Toodlepip!

xx

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Rocket & Zula | Kittens

Aloha Sprinklerinos,

Kittens are the greatest. 

Rocket and Zula are 10 weeks old, brother and sister and frankly, the cutest little things ever to grace the feline world. 

First days are scawee. 

Zzzzzz. 

'What's that!'

Awwweeeee. 

We decided that after a year and four months with no kitty (RIP Mindy), it was time to add to the household and when a cousin's cat had babies, it seemed like the right time.

We've had them six days and so far they are doing great. Zula (the black girl) likes to scamp about, play with toys and sleep on or by your lap. Rocket (the tabby boy) is a little more shy and prefers to fine hidey-holes to sleep or curl up with Zula. They both have crazy moments where they pounce on each other and race around- they're having one as I type!

We plan on making them indoor/outdoor cats but for now, whilst they're getting used to this house, they are living in my office and I'm doing approximately zero hours work and 24 hours kitty watching, it's bliss. 

I'll of course be updating you on them and letting you in on all their adventures, but for now, here are a few snaps of them I took earlier. I tell you, photographing kittens is a lot more challenging than I thought it would be! Sheesh!

If you have any tips for helping kittens settle in or anything you think I should be aware of, let me know. I had kittens as a child, worked in a cattery as a student and have done a fair bit of reading but you can never know too much, yanno?

More snaps coming soon.

Toodlepip!

xx

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