Gifts from Seattle

Earlier this year, I received a box of presents from my great bloggy buddy, Mrs Tantrum in Seattle. Well, her blog says "Seattle-ish" which I guess means I am "Brisbane-ish."

Mrs Tantrum had sent cool things to my Crazy Sister as well, following my sister sending cool things to Mrs Tantrum. And somehow, in this exchange, I received cool things as well and am yet to send cool things back, making me the Weakest Link.

I have been meaning to blog about these cool things FOR EVER but haven't done so yet because I don't have any camera except for my poxy phone camera which takes dodgy pictures inside and in low-light. But enough waiting is enough, and I post poxy photos of cool gifts right here today.

Do you remember Parasite Pals? In Mrs Tantrum's own words: "These fun accessories feature a fun little line of life's more annoying creatures, in easy to use daily items. The creatures featured are: Dig Dig the head louse, Blinky the eyelash mite, Zzeezz the BED BUG, Tickles the tapeworm and Heidi the adorable host." Well, what gift from Seattle would be complete without a Parasite Pals Address and Memo Book, a Tickles the Tapeworm Pencil Case, and (most horrific of all) a Zzezz the Bed Bug torch-keychain.

Now I have to post a few more poxy photos so you get the full humour of some of these objects:


Wow that's a bad picture. It was the best I could do on a phone whose claim to fame is the Bang & Olufsen audio hardware, not the camera. That's a torch-keychain with Zzezz the bed bug proudly proclaiming "While you are sleeping, I am biting." Which is sorta cute until you've experienced this and know that the real truth is "While you are lying awake scratching til you bleed, I am biting repeatedly and sucking your blood and so are my million friends-and-relations." I guess that text didn't all fit on the keychain.


My highschool French teacher told me that the best translators and interpreters prefer to translate and interpret into their mother tongue, not from it into their acquired language. I don't know if that's true, but I think it's good advice for the poor schmuck who provided the "English" for this pencil case.

"Good Day. Tapeworm of the tickles. The stomach living within is for fun. Likes much the good food. Great friends we are to the extremity. Love me Tapeworm."

Yeah right. Do you think "Great friends are we to the extremity" means ... you know ... the extremity?

Now check this out. I bet you'll all want one:


How cool is that? Oh, what, you couldn't tell what it was because Bang & Olufsen left no room for more than 64 pixels? Pardon me, my mistake. It's a mug. The biggest coffee mug I've ever owned, with a pic of the Space Needle on the front and cool stats about Seattle (or Seattle-ish) on the back.

I love it. Love it love it love it.

And now for my most favourite Cool Seattle-ish Thing of all. I asked my good friend (for whom I am yet to come up with a cool blog-name) to help with the picture for this one, because it deserves a nice picture.



My very own Momma's Tantrum Apron!

I've been working up to ordering one myself, and here is one for absolute-free, for little old me! I am so over the moon! Look at it! How cool are the colours, th prints and the design! At the moment, it usually goes around my ribcage because the baby bump is getting wet as I stand at the sink. That looks weird, but it works for me.

Thankyou Mrs Tantrum! I've loved it all! And I'm trying to get something cool from here "Brisbane-ish" to send to you!! Don't hold your breath, we're packing and moving, but it will come, I promise!