achooo!

Cara is sick! Too sick to work! Haven't had a cold like this in a while! 

Animated films! Romantic Comedies here I come! Hooray!

Mama Mia!

When Harry Met Sally

While you were Sleeping

The Incredibles

Dr Who

next up...A Room with a View, Practical Magic, The Lake House?...maybe its time for something less fuzzy!

On the net at my old work

http://villaandhutblog.com/2010/01/beautiful/

The shadow of the Eiffel Tower! Wow!

Beauty- love this one

Do you know a Rube Goldberg machine when you see one?

As defined by Merriam-Webster (Who is M-W? A word conscious husband and wife team perhaps? How nerdy and intellectual of them.): "Rube Goldberg"- accomplishing something simple through complex means.

"Professor Butts and the Self-Operating Napkin"

The "Self-Operating Napkin" is activated when the soup spoon (A) is raised to mouth, pulling string (B) and thereby jerking ladle (C) which throws cracker (D) past parrot (E). Parrot jumps after cracker and perch (F) tilts, upsetting seeds (G) into pail (H). Extra weight in pail pulls cord (I), which opens and lights automatic cigar lighter (J), setting off skyrocket (K) which causes sickle (L) to cut string (M) and allow pendulum with attached napkin to swing back and forth, thereby wiping chin.

A metaphor for life perhaps?

Happy Birthday to Jan!

An Amazing Morning of Elegance

A day in the life of 1937

Merry Christmas =)

The setting! 

Jan's new umbrella!

...and to all a good night

Christmas Party! Oh My!

Nice to see old friends again at 

The Red Balloon - candy artisans

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A new family member!!!

Remmy the Rat!

Leading up to Xmas down under!

Hey Hey! 

No posts? No time! 

I am working for 2 jobs in 3 locations and am flat out it seems. No time for anything! Today I juggled the 2 jobs and worked 12 hours. Tomorrow it will be 13 hours! One is in pricey clothing and the other is pricey homewares...oh retail my old friend...how convenient you are at Christmas...and I was worried about getting a job! I turned down cheap jewellery and very pricey accessories last week and for the jobs I am currently at...nice to feel valued in any industry =)

Hearst Castle

This is  a GREAT photo of my Dad...why oh why am I abnormal in this photo.

Back Down Under!

Made it safe and sound to Oz!

Yes, my Mother was surprised! Success!

Day 1:

Arrive in Melbourne after watching movies and sort of successfully sleeping on the spacey new Airbus A380 (even the crew are impressed with it so says the captain). Catch the Airporter bus to my suburb (the driver kindly drops me further along the highway, not at the stop in Mentone), Kevin is there to take me and me' suitcases the 2 blocks to my house. He rings the door bell, I hide behind the car and he says 'Jan, I have something for you in the car but it's too heavy to lift, would you mind giving me a hand' She says sure with open curiosity and then I pop up from behind the car and yell Surprise. She is surprised. 'Cara's home!' she says and continues to say for the next few hours...days. Luggage in, surprise Patrick and then its off to the shop to try all the chocolate, I mean to help package a huge order for a client. I've only been back for 8 hours and I've made $30, wonderful!

Day 2:

Search cupboards for breakfast (it's fun to get forget where things are in 'your own' kitchen), work on resume, print a million copies, get a lift (car is unregistered ahhhh!) to Southland and start distributing resumes: all in all a good trip- ran into 2 acquaintances and have a trial and 3 interviews tomorrow. Try to see status of phone at wrong phone company (ooops! memory fails me...can't even remember who I'm with). Find the right phone company only to learn my phone is fine and dandy. Try to buy credit but left Aussie bank card in American wallet at home...give up on that one. Get a life home (lucky!) and visit family friends on the way (another Surprise- Liz and David. Liz says 'You're home early! With a big grin!' Awww) and bought radish seeds for the garden here! Radish! How wondeful! Best pizza in the world for dinner (Maro's Pizza- Go local). Go for a jog with the dogs, oh how I've missed them, the park and the jogging- Charlotte, the old girl (she is starting to show her age) is out of shape. Watch Castle, another new series for Jan and Patrick. Research jobs seen today and prep for interviews tomorrow. 

The busy life of Cara Bradley hey.

Things I like...

While once again calling Qantas to see my flight options, I once again read out my booking reference number to the operator. I also once again accompanied the letters by my usual unusual words; Y for Yack, E for Eskimo. I said something to the poor operator about how the letters were slightly random and the operator responded "No worries, I've heard it all. Q for Cucumber, Yeah, thats ones of the better ones I heard".

The theory of getting out of anything from a friend:

Admit nothing

Deny Everything

Make counter accusations

Shadows of Natural fibers: 

http://fredvedder.com/

Coming home: LA to Melbourne for Xmas

So...living in SF might be a bit expensive...

And PS. Unemployment in SF is higher then in the rest of the country

Google Doodle

My favourite 'Doodle 4 Google' Finalists

K-3: (don't they do an amazing job?)

Grades 4-6:

Grades 10-12:

There's heaps more, chek them out:

http://www.google.com/doodle4google/winners_region.html

CSing Seattle

It all started with a bike ride...

...and then an invite to play in the park...

...and of course, a troll or two....

...followed by Mexican food in an Elvis room (makes perfect sense really)...

...with a side of hammocked bliss (the hammock later broke by the way)....

....a jaunt up to Kendall's Catwalk...

...oh lovely lovely...

....and then a pool party....

Isn't it grand? =)

Everyone likes...odd graphs =)