Oh yeah, a couple of new people have met me/are reading this, so I actually updated the side bar (go look there)!
One thing I often get asked about and regular readers will already know. Why "Giffy"? Giffy is quite different from the name on my birth certificate, but it is the first name I had and it is the name that many of the people who love and and who have loved me for a long time call me. In Thailand (oh yeah, half thai), it is basically the thing to have a nick name. Mine is Giffy, it's not my legal name, but I recently married and acquired a new one of those anyway (not that I use it, but it's there, lurking, watching, waiting and causing comment).
Jexia posted a meme about scars and I want to do it!
Tell the story of a (non-surgical) scar you have somewhere on your body. Answer and tag three other bloggers.
Yeah, can three of you tag yourselves or something?
I have a scar that I am very fond of. It's small and I didn't realise it was a scar for a long time. I just thought it was some kind of dimple.. thing. When I contract my deltoid muscle a little dimple appears. It is found on my left shoulder, just above my deltoid. I was later told that it's a scar from an injection. Possibly immunisation for Polio or TB. I totally don't recall getting it at all. I'm assuming it was before we moved to NZ (ie I was 4 or under). As far as scars go, it's pretty neat.
Also, playing around on the internet today, I came across Soapnut berries! Natures answer to soap and detergents. Apparently you can use them instead of laundry detergent and they work well and are kind on the environment. You can buy them in NZ and a trial pack is like $5 plus postage. This contains enough for 20 washes. Now, I am really interested in these, but I'm not sure if I can find them in a store in Cork. I *can* buy them online, but I would have to use an NZ charge card (can't get an Irish one until we've had our account for 6 months!) and then I'd get extra charges for converting currency etc.
So, the question is, is there one of you willing to try them for me in NZ? I'll pay for it (Hock! Shorror!). You'll have to do a write up and you have to be someone I know (I'm not randomly giving away soapnuts, except for how I sort of am). I've read a bunch of reviews online (there was a mums with baby forum and the cloth nappy advocates had tried both these and ecoballs?) and it seems pretty good. If you like your detergent scented though, they recommend you add a couple of drops of essential oils eg tea tree, lavender. Please tell me if you are interested. Click on the links so you can be educatedly interested.
Hope you all have a good weekend and stuff! *kisses*
Point of Fashion: Munster by accident
Current Obsession: Soapnuts... they're like hypoallergenic and used to treat eczema and psoriasis too!