HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to me...

I'm getting way close to the top of that hill now... !!

I got this lovely red leather purse off the kids and Mark....how did they know that I'd love it so much..... (wink)

Waiting on hearing updates on Mum..
she's now on morphine injections as the pain in her abdo is too much for her to handle...the doctor thinks...that it could be her anurism with a slow leak in it..shes due to be reviewed today....

I think she went and got sick 'cos she knew I was going to invite her over for a roast...just her way of not eating my cooking.. (joking)

I got some $$$ too so I've been looking through the 'stampin up' catalogue...hmm too many to choose from..

Karens cj

this is Karens cj the theme was colours...don't pink and brown go well together... well I think so anyways..

A QUEST

I'm going on a quest !!!!


A friend and I are going forth on Tuesday... traveling miles ....in search of ....this much sought after thing... . yes... we are going to Fountain Gate to bring back...
Krispy Kreme donuts..

When we were out for tea last night we thought up this plan...the guys thought we were insane... actually so did the other women...lol.. I've just been looking at the website.. (drool).. my sister heard on the radio..that there were over 300 people there this morning when it opened... some people camped out over night just to get some of these donuts.... they must be freakin' good huh !!!

alisons list this week

is to list all the modes of transport you have taken..

foot
bus
car
train
taxi
boat
motorbike
ferry
plane
monorail
tram

also I've started reading '52 projects'.... it has 52 projects with more little ones written on the sides of the pages... and even though I'm only up to page 6 I'm doing a mini one on that page...which is to write 6 letters with out getting up..
so far I've done 3 (emails ...they class as letters don't they) ..

Emily's just cooked dim sims for lunch... and I don't have to cook tea tonight 'cos we are going to the sports club with some friends.

I've just sorted out all my bookmarks again... I get it so messy by just adding addys to it... so now its a bit easier to find what I want.. for now anyway.

Tomorrow we are off to the fracture clinic again for Erics wrist..hoping that it's healed and he can get his cast off.

The boys have changed rooms... the room David is in now is a bit bigger...and there will be a bit more room in there once he gets his double bed...

Junes ATCs and new book

Well I have done my June ATC's.. the theme was 'inspired by asia'.. I was going to buy a stamp and some gold embossing powder...but Dani at Rivendell cottage showed me how to do these little kimonos... thankfully I only had to make 6...'cos if it was 10..I don't think I'd have bothered..lol.. yes all the faces are different...and one has a tilty head and their hair may look a bit masculine but they are done.. finished ..packed .and ready to go..

and my book 52 projects finally arrived this morning from Amazon... didn't quiet expect it to be that small but it is thick.. will have to sit and have a look see at it later.

politics and men

Alisons Q's last week were 'whats wrong with men and what lies have the government told you' well.... I don't really understand Politics ... I should pay more attention..but I just can't... IYKWIM...they all f#$@ you up in the end don't they ..

anyways.. if you go here you'll find some good ones on the government lies...also..I will add... that it was said that 'no child shall leave school with out being able to read'.............well...what the hell are they doing about this ????? my child has difficulty in reading ...and has been assessed many times...and misses out on funding by a pissy percentage.... so he misses out ...if he had of been 2% lower...yes he would have got funding !!!! so because he can't keep up with his peers....and he doesn't warrent funding he is in the middle which is no where...something needs to be done to help these kids in the middle...tbese kids are going to fall through..and go into jobs in factories...good on ya JOHNNY ya little weasel.

(he does recieve help at school from an intergration aide that is there for someone else that has funding...she has to spread her self between probably 4 students in a class, this really isn't good enough)

ok now to men..

*they expect you to read their minds

*they can't find their socks....even though they are in their sock drawer or in the sock bag.. ( we have a bag where the socks go ..until Emily sorts them)

*they think you spend all the money on yourself. ( we had this discussion last night )... I'm like..ok.. so those 2 bills were mine.. I used all that gas and water...and all this food in the kitchen is mine..so don't eat it !!

oops

I forgot to post last weeks Arty Nook challange ... which was 'straight lines'

and here's a LO I did on Eric..
bit blurry ...sorry.

I've done 2 cj's and they are ready to go to Sam...2 to go..

and the ATC theme for this month is 'inspired by Asia' not quite sure what I'm going to do for this one.

arty nook

On KSK this week in the Arty Nook the theme was 'buttons'

I didn't put a great deal of effort into this one...but here it is anyways..

Layout

This is our youngest niece Bronwyn, at our place on Christmas day.

Wasn't too sure about this LO at first but the more I look at it the more I like it.

Catch up

I haven't blogged for a bit... not a great deal been happening... we bought Eric a Nintendo DS with 2 games for his birthday.. which is Tuesday..

I forgot to order the bread for the sausage sizzle ... ooops.. !!

Eric had a few mates over today for just a small party.....when one of the mums came (Debbie) she bought a bottle of PINK with her...yummmm.. so we sat and ate brie and crackers and drank champagne while the boys played the xbox... then Dave rings to see if one of his mates can sleep here.. Emily just rang from her friends place ... to see if she can sleep here....so we've gone from 5 to 7 tonight...lol.. although Mark will be at work anyways..

Then tomorrow I'll have to pop out to get some birthday cards.... then we are going to Debbie and Peters for tea and drinks...should be good..
might even get on the singstar..they have all the discs..

art journal- routine

In the arty nook this theme was routine.. I've cut out the soap and the drips from card and painted them.. the soap also is covered in texture paste and then they all have dimesional magic on them...
Love seeing everyones work in this ..it's all so different.

On Alisons blog..she's asked the Q

What is wrong with women?

I think we are too quick to judge ourselves...whether it be in looks, IQ, status, weight.. whatever..

We do tend to put ourselves on the back burner for those we love...and we continue to do so...

Also going to the post office to post the cj's to Ngaire today and the ATCs to Coby... yay...

kitchen....

Here's my old kitchen and my new kitchen...... yay.... we are still waiting on some kick boards and end boards... but couldn't wait to show it off.....

On the black tiles...there are stainless steel square buttons... which match the stove and sink..

circle journals

Ok so here is Kathryns cj... 5 things you can't live without...
Family, internet, laughter, stationary and music.
and also Sallys cj which is on laughter
its all in a little file..and it all fits in a box how cute is that

layouts

The layout to the left I did awhile ago...but have only just scanned it..
it is a lift of Julie Loves who lifted it from Kim Archer.. I'm quite happy with how it turned out.. this is in my BOM.

The layout below is one I was just mucking about with and have scanned it for Wendy. It's Emily and her cousin Caitlin.

cj's and kitchen

well after having 2 cj;s for ages... I have finally done one..!!! and have made a start on the other...so you'll get them soon Ngaire.. I got a bit delayed as its been kind of crazy here.. with the kitchen reno's and then Davids birthday and mum going into hospital..then we all got stupid gastro.. I'm still feeling dehydrated... very headachey and tired.

I just recieved 3 more cj's in the mail from Angie (waving)... so I'd better get a move on.

The kitchen renos are almost complete.. the tiles are all up and down ...the stove is installed we are just waiting on kickboards for under the cupboards now...then I can take pics...

well thats about it in my boring life...