I'M OFF FOR 2 WEEKS

I'll be off to Italy for 2 weeks. Unfortunately my mum isn't well and I'm going home to help and keep her company.
I'm going to bring my camera and I might be posting from Milan, if I find a bit of time.
Although this time I won't be around, I'd like to invite everyone to go down to the Truman Brewery from 20th until 23rd for the very famous and traditional annual Stussy/G5 warehouse sale. In spite of my absence, it is going to be great! (MJ you are going to need those Ugg!)

The other day I was very surprised to receive my very first postcard from Mongolia! My friend Simo is travelling from Europe to Asia by rail and thought of me while she was living with the nomads in Mongolia. Sweet. If you want to follow Simo's adventures here is the link to her travel blog http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/chibisimo/2/1225834200/tpod.html

Here is Simo with a lovely puppy in Mongolia :) Cute!

She should have left Mongolia for China by now.

MORE RAIN

It is raining so badly today! I ventured out to buy some strawberry jam and I came back soaked. It is rather windy, too. I curled up on the couch with my blanket and watched "The Witches", based on Roald Dahl's novel. I've seen it many times before, but I have never noticed that the first part of the film takes place in Bergen, Norway. The opening scene shows a very picturesque street, which looks exactly like the street my friend Eirik lives on!!! Could it be the same?

I decided to bake some scones to cheer myself up. I love my heart-shaped cutter.

Baking cakes isn't my favourite, but I don't mind making scones. They are easy and fast to prepare. All you need is some strawberry conserve and clotted cream to go with them.

I received a lovely present from Japan. It was from Koko, who recently went back to Osaka. It took a while to work out what the pandas were for... After a few wrong guesses on my behalf, Tommy read the back of the packet and found out that they were... chopstick rests!!! So cute!!! Thank you very much!!!

Lately Torakiki has been acting funny. Very naughty and noisy. I suspected that something was wrong with her. Last time she was like that she had a toothache. We decided to check her mouth just in case. We discovered that she's been eating her litter! Some grains were stuck between her teeth and her gum was all swallen and sore. I really hope she hasn't eaten a lot of it. It is a special one and absorbs a large amount of liquids. I can't imagine the effect in her stomac! This is why she was drinking a lot these days. We'll have to take her to the vet. Silly cat!