Playing catch-up

November/December is the treadmill season of the year. Running from one place to the next, events back to back, social 'we must catch up before Christmas!' plans, shopping for the big day... it's all fun and fine but it does not leave a lot of time for this blog.

So, a catch-up:

The book is out!

The book I compiled for Creative Women's Circle, Conversations with Creative Women, is out now, and we had an excellent time at the launch last Friday night. It all went off without a hitch, and even though it was a bit of a blur for me I had a great time, met some great new people, and had some lovely feedback after wards. The raffle went off and we sold a stack of books too. In total I think we have sold almost half of the books so far, which is great. See some photos of the night from Harvest Workroom (the venue where we held the launch) right here and also over at the Kish + Co blog here.

Meet Elroy*!

About 12 months ago when we were shopping for our car, Patrick stumbled upon applications for the Victorian Electric Car Trial (an initiative of the Vic Dept of Transport). He entered the 'lottery' and our numbers came up! We are now babysitting an electric car for three months (we have to fill in surveys and travel logs about our experience driving an electric car around Melbourne), and OMG it's like driving a iPhone. Literally, because you have to plug it in to recharge at night.

Bump-watch

The bump is thumpin' my abdomen daily which is cute & a little ticklish. Also, he is nocturnal (which means not as much sleep for me any more). Health-wise everything is good. Clothing-wise I haven't bought anything particularly bump-friendly yet, though I had a #win at Savers recently, finding a pair of jeans that I can do up the top button on for just $7. However, according to something I read, lil' thumper is supposed to double in size over the next four weeks. So, by Christmas day, I will be unmovable from the couch and in a muu-muu, and not for the usual too-much-Christmas-lunch reasons.

And in short:
Seeing: The Future, Our Idiot Brother, Burning Man. Three very different films, all recommended!
Attending: Fun launches like Microflora's single and Tae Schmeisser's new jewellery line
Talking: About the book and other such things at The Design Files over here today!

*Yes, we are those people who give our appliances human names. Our other car is Wally and will be foster-parented by our friends during Elroy's stay with us.