so that was christmas......

For christmas I bought this perfume myself to put under the tree and this book

Mark and the kids bought me the 'Horn of plenty' the Hunters and Collectors collction..

then Mark walks in with another pressie....beautifully wrapped with a bow... and inside the box was this..

I've been wanting one of these for like 2 yrs now.....I had no idea that he was getting this ....it was a complete surprise...and it made me cry.....haven't uploaded any pics as yet...as I'm cleaning the comp up..to make room for new software...

Hope your Christmas was wonderful...ours was...it was a long day but loved it..

As a family we got wii fit...which is great fun... I love the step aerobics... and the headbutting the soccer ball is fun too but I suck at it...lol... love ski-ing and jogging is so funny...if you run too fast you can trip over.. just not too keen on how your weight and height adjusts your mii character...lol.

I't's getting closer

Christmas that is...

We've been a little busy... we were suppose to get pay tv connected the other day... and waited home half the day for the guy to come and connect it ...but some how it was cancelled a 'computer error' I guess (rather than someone pressing the wrong button). ...no one can say how it was cancelled

Anyway ...after Mark throwing the biggest wobbly I've ever seen him throw... while I was on the phone to FT....they are suppose to be coming this week... we'll see..it's funny how they take your money straight away but it takes a week for it to be refunded isn't it....I don't want to be screwed around again... Mark will more than likely go and do a burn out on someones freakin head..

We had Ems graduation on Thursday night which was also her 12th b'day... they sang songs from 'Hairspray' it was great... It was the music teachers last day also which was a bit emotional...he's a really great teacher, the kids love him....Ems teacher played the part of the mother and did it so well..

Had a nephews 18th last night Happy birthday Michael... and going for brunch at a friends today...chicken, champagne, french toast, bacon, eggs and muffins...mmmm.

Christmasy stuff

We had Marks work Christmas do on Friday night at Moonee Valley, it was a great night....placed my first bet (ever) on a horse in the first race and it won !! had a few other bets though the night but didn't leave there with less money than I started with so that was good. :)

We had a 3 course dinner... I had... salmon on cucumber with caviar ( I think the caviar was coated in honey) gee it was nice. Followed by chicken with tartare sugared sauce on a bed of asparagus, and desert was Apple and walnut turnover with cream and strawberries.

We each got a little silver desk clock with Christmas greetings engraved on it...these were in neat little boxes, on our tables. We were seated at the front near the window and had a great view of the field as well as having little flat screen monitor on the table.

The company sponsored a race and Ian, Greg and Mark went and had their pics taken with the owner of the horse, this was while the main course was being served. But a waitress organized for their meals to be taken back to the kitchen and reserved once they returned.

We did take a few pics...of ourselves before we left home...Mark wore a suit which he hasn't done since we were married 17 yrs ago..!!..and I wore a dress..!!.thanks to Karen for the loan...and for straightening my hair.

cards and more cards

The cropper thing on PS is still dodgy... not sure what's going on with it..

a few b'day cards

A few Chrissy Cards

some chrissy tags I made....I forgot I bought this cute owl stamp.

Eric has been nagging and nagging us for an Xbox 360 for about 12 months I guess....and hasn't let up at all... he drove Mark crazy the other day so he did this ....

with a texta...needless to say Eric did not see the humor in it.....but we thought it was hilarious

Davo

Miss Em

My first page on Snowball

December

ok heres my attempt at an album for Christmas...
the cropping tool on PS decided to play up...so excuse the shoddy pics
Have been taking photos to fill up the pages...

oops I deleted 19

check out these crazy little felt critters

lost pressies...

I was sorting through the pressies I'd already bought yesterday and realised I've lost 2....we're hoping they are in the house somewhere.. who knows where I've put them...I had such a headache yesterday thinking about it... and if I have lost them I hope someone that deserved them found them IYKWIM. ( it was just a small part of Ems pressies) I have this feeling that I put them into a cloth shopping bag that was sitting in the kitchen...and then some things were taken to the opp shop.... so hoping that it wasn't put in there.

Just reading about how the Government want Melbourne water users to cut down on their water usage...to 155 litres a day, they say that cutting shower back from 7 mins to 4 mins will save around 42 litres.....we've been doing this for ages...!!! I'm pretty sure that we were already on stage 4 before they went to stage 3...so it's about time they went to stage 4 anyway.. we hardly water our garden, (we have natives) and if we do...it's with tank water.. even though we have been given certain days we can use tap water to do so.. and what the heck is with all the swimming pools and slip and slide things still selling in the shops..don't you think it rather selfish to fill a swimming pool, for personal use.
The Government need to toughen up on this I think rather than pussyfooting about .

The weekends are starting to fill up fast now...I think this coming weekend is the only spare one...best I make the most of it huh

so

who else is addicted to 'guess the sketch' on facebook...? I was on there one day and this person drew a dog with a muzzle on...we all guessing 'muzzle' and trying to spell it different ways... I think one person got it... but the word wasn't MUZZLE it was MUFFLER....lol

I've been busy Christmas shopping...got alot of it done...but still a bit to go too.
Also have been looking for a dress to wear to a function in a few weeks... and wasn't that a depressing thing to do.... there are some gorgeous dresses out there...(and I don't do dresses, I"m the wrong shape and height) lol... spent a day looking...came home very very sad and tired....but.....a friend (Karen) had a dress she said I could borrow...and it firts perfectly.. just need to get a new bra to wear under it.. and some new fancy shoes...

Headed to Highpoint yesterday to find a dress for Karen for a function she has next weekend....found some that were ok...but not the perfect one...she did find shoes and a bag...and I got my bra and no shoes... OMG we were there for the whole freaking day..

so after my horrid dress shopping experience I have decided I REALLY NEED TO WATCH WHAT I EAT.

((HUGS)) to a dear friend Kathy who has just lost her baby sister Rita aged 34, so very sad indeed. Will catch up with you soon.

almost.......

I've got 1/2 a day left of classes.... and tonight we have our Food Handling Assessment to do...tomorrow we're having morning tea and then I have to shoot off for an appointment at 12 noon. ...and that will be it...no more classes....I do like going to class..and it's been a fabulous group to be part of. I'm going to miss going in.

Feeling heaps better, still a little swelling so still on anti's...will get to the dentist next week ....

I've started Christmas shopping at last... I swear I start later and later every year... and I've been scrapping .....I"ve done two pages...and am working on a 3rd !!!!

Better go get stuck into my homework ....

more pics of snowball

Here she is doing what she does best... layin' about..

She reminds me of a polar bear in this one...

photo fun

I found this on Wendy's blog and did these..

Just had another donation for our pink ribbon fund...so that brings our total up to $1286.90

We pinked it up

Karyn and I held our pink ribbon afternoon tea on Saturday and even though it was quite warm people came and played games, bought raffle tickets and cakes and the pink ribbon merchandise...and we raised $1256.90...and we had only set our goal at $200.

The dog's doing well..had one injury so far...from where the cat scared her and she hit her head and took some fur off.. and she doesn't like being left outside...whether we are here or not...while outside she like to chew on the back door... which reminds me I need to get her a bone..she has 2 soft toys and a rubber bone...which I don't think she's touched.

We ordered a lounge suite through a store that has some lovely furniture.....we were told 4 - 6 weeks..we waited 4 weeks...Mark rang to see how much longer it would be...the guy ummed and arred...alot..and said 'oh another 2 weeks...come and get it on Thursday 23rd' . So Mark finished work early... borrowed a friends trailer...went and emptied it... went to the store to pick it up and it was the wrong colour... we had ordered FERN they had a FAWN one sitting there... Mark was soooo peeved by this time and ripped through them... 10 minutes later someone else was loading it onto their trailer...so it obviously wasn't ours anyway.....They said they could get the lounge suite to us by Saturday...which was no good to me...as we had the pink ribbon arvo on.. so they offered to deliver it to us on Friday...at their cost (of course)..well Mark had work, and I had class so Dave stayed home ...it wasn't delivered til about 2.30pm anyway...I think I missed the guy by about 5 mins... I got home and it was the wrong fucking colour again.... this time it was CHOCOLATE BROWN....!!!!!! don't ask me how you get fucking FERN and CHOC BROWN mixed up ..and we are not alone people ..it happened to someone else... just recently ...they ordered the same colour as us...and got the same colour as us.. so someone at the factory is not doing their job properly..or maybe the fabrics should be marked with not just a colour code but the name of the colour also... that is...if you want to keep your customers happy...good old ....'F in abundance'...thanks alot for your great service.

I'm slighty addicted to a game on Facebook at the moment, you enter a room and play with other Facebookers...it's called 'guess the sketch' .. love it..you take turns in drawing a word that you are given randomly.. and the others try to guess it...you get points for getting it right and the drawer gets points too.. I need to go play it now... :)

introducing 'Snowy'

Her actual name is Snowball but that sounds a bit odd so we are going with Snowy. She's very friendly and quiet... not keen on the cat...nor is that cat keen on her...hopefully with time..

She lay on the back seat of the car all the way home with her head on Emily's lap... with the occasional fluff ...(smelly dog).

I hate it when I can't think of a title for a post

A group of us went to see Mark Seymour on Sunday at the Waterfront Cafe, it's a great place for a Sunday afternoon.... had a great time. Unfortunately they didn't sell many tickets this time so it'll be awhile till Mark comes back...me sad.

We soooo need a decent camera...


In a few weeks we are going to an Eagles tribute at the waterfront cafe also, it's good because you can take your own nibblies in...and just have to buy your drinks.

Tomorrow we are going to G.A.P. to see about a dog they have matched us up with...her name is Snowball....she looks cute.

We have some great items to use as prizes for our pink ribbon afternoon on Saturday, just have to organize the food now.

Our little visitor

A card I made for my niece for her baby shower which was on Sunday.
She got some gorgeous things, and we ate some yummy food.


Sunday while Em and I were at the baby shower, Eric went to his mates place and bought this home....they found it on the school oval. Em became so attached to it over night...I didn't think it was a great idea to keep it...we have a cat, a bird and are on the waiting list for a dog...that to me is PLENTY.
So I took it to the vet and they were going to send it off to the pound but assured me someone would taker her home, cos she is just sooooo damn cute.


While she was here Em called her Tinker.. look ...isn't she gorgeous !!

Got a phone call this morning and don't have to go to class Thursday or Friday which works out well... cos Friday I'm going to Paperific, Saturday got to catch up with Karyn and go over everything for next weekend, Sunday we are going to see Mark Seymour and Monday Jess and Jarrod move house....hoping it ain't hot.

30 years

It's been 30 years since Mad Max was filmed and this morning we went to have a look at some replica cars and bikes ...there were bus tours...t-shirts, stubbie holders, stickers and posters to purchase... There were a few actors there also....no Mel Gibson wasn't there...but I believe his stuntman was.

Mark got his poster signed by Emil Minty who played the feral kid in Mad Max 2.

The one above must have just had some paint work done on it...you could still smell it and it looked quite fresh.

Not sure whether this was in MM..was it...does anyone know?

nice paint job though....ohhhh and Kathryn... there was a Mustang in the carpark too... :)

Loads of bikes and hotted up cars everywhere...it was worth the visit.