9 Moons Ago

$46 MILLION donated from the Australian public (not gov’t aid) to help the victims of the earthquake!!! Australia, you rock!!

Update: 7-1-05: It has now passed the $100 Million mark!! Whoo!!

I’ve been having a think over the last couple of days in ways which I can help, since we haven’t got much to give. So I’ve decided to sew some things to auction on e-bay. Then I’ll donate the proceeds. Anyway, I’ll let you know when I put the items up for auction!

Just a note to say HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone!!
(And Happy Birthday to Janine..hope you get lots of fresents!!)

New and exciting things coming to the site in January!!
The first of which is a new studio name for Cameron and myself! Finally! It’s taken us about 3 years to come up with one we both like! Starting on a non-existant budget, but lots of ideas swirling around, we introduce to you “Moonbright Creative”!! And to celebrate this momentus event, we’re selling calendars, cards, mousepads, etc. which we’ve created from stunning photos taken from our house on the hill.

Just click on the button below or the smaller one (under “The Goods” heading) which will remain on the right-hand side!

My personal favourites of this bunch are the 2005 12-month calendar, mousepad and the pack of postcards. Just take a gander, and perhaps you’ll see something you’ll want to purchase!! Also, feel free to drop an email and let us know if there are any images you’d like to see on future cards, journals, etc.!! We’ll be adding different kinds of products later; books, artwork, t-shirts and more. But we’re starting here for now!!

I will also be putting up my own 9 Moons Ago shop, but it’s still in the works! We thought we’d get the calendars up now so people can start to use them soon!

Anyway..if you have questions or comments, you can contact me through my 9 Moons email!
Have a healthy, happy, creative New Year!!
Lots of Love,
Amy

You can help the relief efforts of the Red Cross for the victims of the South Asia earthquake and tsunami buy donating through Amazon.

Thanks to Penelope for making me aware of this!

There are also some links at Kat’s Paws! Thanks, Kat!

must watch TV: Arrested Development. Too Funny!!

must watch movie: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. GO SEE IT!! You WILL love it!

Asking for prayers and/or positive energy for a friend here in Australia. Her boyfriend was on a diving trip in Thailand and is among the missing people who were victims of the earthquake and tsunami in that region. There’s been encouraging word-of-mouth about his group, but there has been no contact with him, nor specific information about him yet.

Cam and I spent a good portion of today in bed, talking and cuddling, and talking to friends and family on the phone.

I’ll post a few beautiful pictures from the past couple of days. We are dog-sitting Goldie till New Year’s Eve while his family is in Vietnam. So when we went to see our nieces, Ebony, Brooke, and Madison yesterday, Goldie got a whole lotta extra love. As Cameron said, “He has the patience of Job!”
Gus was in the house some of the time, but as he’s older (going on 13!!) and wiser to the chaos factor, he preferred the calm and beauty of the backyard most of the time.
Goldie loved the attention, yet was ready to go home and sleep soundly after all the excitement of the day!:

Madison meets Goldie.

Brooke and Madison opening gifts.

Ebony ..being ..good.

Cam and Eb with her gift from my family. His name evolved from “Tubby” to “Pepi” to “Pepsi” in under 2 minutes.

Eb, Pepsi, Cam, and Britney.

Goldie and his loyal fans.

About his 60th hug that day.

~Wishing you all peace, health and love.~

UPDATE: 29-12-04
Good news!! Marco has been found, alive and well..and unaware of the whole thing, till he came up from diving and someone handed him a phone! Luckily, his group had been in a pocket of calm. There were so many other divers that were not so lucky. We’re all thankful and very relieved!