Two of Us- Part 2

Every weekend we get the Sydney Morning Herald, and inside its Good Weekend lift out is a regular article "two of us". As soon as I jump back into the car with the paper I immediately have to read it. When I read there could be an earthquake and I wouldn't care... I become totally oblivious to the rest of the world! My boy hates it...He says I'm rude... That I should be talking to him when he is driving. But I am speed reader, and it only happens once a week! Right?!

So Nicky has already posted her version of the "two of us", and the beauty of this article is that you get to hear from the other person... so here goes!

Tiff: My first impression of Nicky are two things, 1. She had a massive fringe (bangs) and 2. She was going to Europe, traveling at times by herself. I thought that was so cool! The traveling, not the fringe! I have since discovered that traveling is an integral part of Nicky's life! Other than that we were sitting outside a casino at a cafe with our respective partner's school mates and I don't remember much more than that I was feeling a bit grumpy because there are some beautiful coffee places in Sydney and Star City Casino is not one of them!

Well... the next time I heard about Nicky & her partner was when my boy (then fiance) was invited to their wedding and I wasn't! They didn't know that I existed, let alone that we were engaged! I can't remember if someone told them, or if they read the gift card or if they found out when they got the invitation to our wedding a few months later. I love that I didn't get invited to their wedding.. it is a bit of "ammo" when she once again reminds me that I have forgotten something! Heh, Heh!

The details are a bit vague, but over a couple of years we discovered that we both love 1. pattiserie, 2. handbags and trinkets, 3. baking, 4. travelling... and we both hated our jobs! My boy thinks he is a bit of a life coach, he will give anyone who will listen a pep talk. He is also all for getting paid for doing something you love, rather than just dreaming about it on the weekends. Before we knew it Nicky & I were quitting our jobs and starting a T-shirt label for girls called "Art Can Save the World" together.

It still seems a bit weird that we have these jobs, but we have been doing it for two years now! Nicky is very organised. I will sit around and dream up some self titled "brilliant idea" and Nicky will put it on the timeline. I will decide what steps we need to take and she will hound me to take the steps... except if it is baking then she will do everything and I will turn up and stir the chocolate! But if she is hungry then the world has gotta stop! There are these stages to her hunger, first it will start off with "I'm a bit peckish" to "It has just really hit me" which then rapidly progresses to the point she can't possibly concentrate until she eats. I think this process takes, oh, about 5 minutes!

For our label we have to do a bit of research into current events. Which involves us internet surfing about all types of issues from dropping world debt to building of soccer stadiums for kids in Africa. You can find me on any given day yelling at the screen "How can they do this"! My family are all a bit politically aggressive! I think it was a bit of a shock for poor old Nicky to find out that I am a bit of an armchair activist! But she has come along to protests about children refugees in detention with me, now buys enviro friendly toilet paper and switches her T.V off at the power point!

We are still struggling to be good business women and we have lots of projects coming up... which you can be assured, will be timetabled! You can also be assured that we will be either thinking about eating, eating or very full! T