SHOP 
We are back from holiday! The weather in Christchurch was so much nicer than Auckland that coming home was slightly bittersweet, but it’s still nice to be back in our house, even if we are melttttttting in the heat. Roll on autumn…
01) I love the idea of a meal planner and grocery list in one. I try to have some idea of what I will cook each week, but it usually involves lots of printouts and bits of notepaper and isn’t very organised! This DIY tutorial includes downloadable/printable PDFs.
02) Lovely art process videos from Geninne D. Zlatkis. To see the whole piece watch Watercolours 1, 2 and 3; then White Ink 1, 2 and 3.
03) Three remixes/covers of the Mr. Plow song from The Simpsons by Moby. Hee!
04) Baby porcupines are pretty high up my all-time-cutest list after seeing these photos.
05) More Lego! (I’ll stop soon.) This time it’s an awesome Howl’s Moving Castle.
06) I made a little squeak of glee when JSR sent me the link to this upcoming Professor Layton action figure. I adore the DS games, and he looks just perfect. Plus, it is hilarious to me that his “action” is to sit down and have a cup of tea!
07) Scott Teplin’s Alphabet City is a set of 26 meticulously drawn fantasy houses in the shape of the letters of the alphabet. The more you look, the more there is to see.
08) Luxirare’s food/art yoghurt parfaits featuring spheres of juice are mindblowing.
09) My new favourite word game for the iPhone is Moxie. It is very soothing; I play a couple of rounds before bed each night.
10) Slow motion Maru. Wait until he shakes after his bath about halfway through. It is the BEST.
What fun is that Maru video. !!! :-D
Posted by Risa on January 20th, 2010
I love your lists, it is always like you are in my head picking out the things I love yet I almost never have seen any of them before! The meal planner is especially pertinent, we have been trying to cook every night and it’s new for us, and very confusing. It helps so much to see what other people are doing.
Posted by gwen on January 20th, 2010
Man those porcupines are adorable! Thanks for the links :)
Posted by Sus on January 21st, 2010
I loved Alphabet City! How do you find these things? I get online and get immediately overwhelmed and don’t know what to look for – you always find such interesting sites!
Ps how are you doing? Baby bean is coming soon. I’m always interested in what moms are planning for the birth, nursery, etc.
Posted by Lunamarysol on January 21st, 2010
@Lunamarysol I read lots of and lots of blogs :) Using RSS feeds and Google Reader makes it easy, as if I have a few busy days it just queues up the content for me to read when I have time.
The bean and I are doing well, I’m in good health though starting to get tired very easily. We honestly don’t have much planned for the nursery; we’re not as big on interior decorating as people seem to assume! So far we’ve just put all the baby’s stuff in the spare room, which we need to clean out a bit…
Posted by Annette / Nut and Bee on January 22nd, 2010