If there’s an opportunity to get in the sea, I’m there! Today I checked out the Disabled Surfers Association. I had a great time, met awesome people and definately had a smile on my dial!
The event even made it into the local press.
Click here to go to the DSA website and check out your local group.
I’ll definately be going to the last surf of the summer next month!
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Brown Tigerstripe 1-UP hair tie
However (and I don’t want to make it sound like they’re rubbish) some of you may find these a little bit of a fiddle to use.
As the bead only has one hole (compared to toggles that have two holes) I’ve created a “loop type knot” to stop the cord coming through the bead. This “loop knot” could become a tangle for some – which is not going to give a handful of independence.
Contact me if you are considering purchasing one – I’ll set you straight.
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Thanks to the PromOTing better living expo’s PR team I’m in this weeks Brisbane News.
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If you’re in Brisbane this week, come by the promOTing better living expo. I’ll be at the expo and for all you 1-UP lovers you can come chat to me, get a custom hair tie or browse through the ready to wear range.
The promOTing better living expo is an opportunity to showcase the leaders of the Occupational Therapy profession as well as equipment manufacturers, service providers, allied health partners, government departments, professional development events, and more. While the expo will prove to be a valuable source of information for all OTs, the event will appeal to the general community who will learn the benefits of using occupational therapists and prescribed equipment to enable them to live their lives to the full.
Entry is free! Click here to register.
28-29 October 2011 (2 days)
9.30am – 4.00pm
MERCURE HOTEL, BRISBANE
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Pigtails with the 1-UP
Last week a potential customer asked me if pigtails could be made with the 1-UP. As things have been a little be hectic around here of late, I only stopped to think about it today.
What seemed like something that might be a lot of faffing around to make possible, is actually quite simple.
As you can see from the photo, it can be done!
I took the photo after my second attempt to do the pigtails, so it’s a little bit messy. I feel like a little girl again, it’s been so long since I wore pigtails.
Instructions and how-to video will follow in the near future.
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What an awesome opportunity!
Thanks to invigorate, the P.R. team for the PromOTing better living expo, I was invited to appear on the Kerri-anne show for a chat about adventure, challenges and the 1-UP hair tie.
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Amputee Awareness Week (4-11 October 2011) is just around the corner. I’m going to be participating this year as a volunteer for the Amputees & Families Support Group Qld Inc.
AFSG is running Sausage Sizzles at 3 Bunnings stores on Saturday 8 October 2011. The sausage sizzles are a chance to raise funds for the purchase wheelchairs, providing limb loss information and give the public an opportunity to ask questions and witness that amputees can be quite productive with “less than 4″.
If you’re in the area, come by and say hi!
For more details on the AFSG and the sausage sizzle click here
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Yay! 19th September is Talk Like A Pirate Day again.
This year Ms. Hook will be spending it with the Amputee and Family Support Group – no costumes for us, we’re pirates already!
Avast, me hearties!
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I finally got my scuba gear on again. After a few months out of the water it was so lovely to get back in the water. And not just any old reef diving – I got to dive with some scary looking sharks!
All that time in the Red Sea and I didn’t see a single shark. Here was my chance to rectify that.
Shark Fest, was a weekend trip with Pro Dive Brisbane which took us out to Stradbroke Island to dive with the Manta Lodge crew.
I’d been diving at Straddie before, but as per the Red Sea, I’d not seen anything scarier than a Wobbegong.
I’m so stoked to have spent time in the water with the Grey Nurse sharks. They had a bad rep for being man eaters, but they seemed quite placid and a little curious to me. Now that they’re a protected species I guess they’re a little calmer around humans.
My fellow divers and I hunted these bronze beauties with our cameras. I was so wishing I could afford or even carry a beastie of a camera with strobes and associated lenses, so many great photo opportunities. As long as you stay still they just swim on past you, back and forth along their little “alleyway”. Mesmerizing! 
I’ll definitely be going back – just when it’s warmer (I was such a wuss over the cold, need to get a dry suit!). Summer brings the big mantas.
Local diving rocks!
Thanks to Pro Dive Brisbane and Manta Lodge for a great weekend.
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Watching ads on TV, you tend to go into zobmbie mode, waiting for the next segment of your show to start. The Lady Gaga, Google Chrome ad brought me out of zombie zone. In amongst all her little monsters in her ad, Benjamin Teacher stood out to me.
Recently there’s been a lot of live music around, leaving me wishing I could play guitar. Who doesn’t want to be a rock star of some kind. I was contemplating slide guitar, however I don’t need to give up on the idea of playing ‘normal’ guitar. Bejamin Teacher is my inspiration for the week. Proof once again that things are possible, if you want them to be.
If you’d not seen him before, here’s his YouTube video.
Enjoy 
27 July 2011 – Just an update to this post. I also came across Jon Jenkins in my search for guitar inspiration. Another talented guy. Now I have two options for playing guitar!
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