Boulevard of Bumps

"My skin feels bumpy", "I'm ITCHY", "My Eye Hurts"! These words leave me cold.  Over the last couple of months Smiley has woken with an array of washing blues inducing bumps, lumps and rashes. The local doctors diagnose Scabies, even if the entire family aren't itching in the night, alternatively the diagnosis will be flea bites! "Oh no not again", yep sorry cuddle toys you're going for another joy ride in Smeg. Nibbles can hardly bear another day of harsh sunlight. The indignity of it all Dee Dee. Even Bunnies' cuddle toy are doused in pine O clean and baked in the sun.  Hospital Care Bear is probably accustomed to this treatment.   Is there light at the end of the tunnel?  Will Smeg keep up with the pace? What if the water pump fails again? Could Timu and Ave' be the culprits? Lucky they're cute!

When my boys exclaimed they needed lunch boxes which reflected their more "grown up" status.  I embarked on what I thought was going to be a funny and somewhat frustrating journey. Only to be a little disappointed and yet relieved to discover functional, quality consumer goods in Samoa. Then the other day I popped into Chan Mow Supermarket and Department Sore and this is what I found........ Gimicky Hamburger Lunch boxes with four separate compartments Jewel-like vessels for special lunchtime delicacies. Tooth shaped storage containers, handy for my youngest who is about to lose the first tooth. A little babyish, however both shared a positive school lunch break message. The message on this one is intriguing. I hope I am living a relaxedly Homio life in Samoa. These were frankly a little disturbing. Accurate Affluenct! What's that about?  Drink bottle wonderland. I went home with the four tiered burger and the terrorising rabbit for my carrot ...