@ the zoo

we went to the Melbourne zoo the other week, the weather was great, got some nice pics and the kids enjoyed themselves.

Mark and I went to see 'One night the moon' at the Malthouse theatre in Melbourne and loved it. I bought a copy of the movie there also and watched that on Sunday....it had been years since I'd seen it and I'd forgotten that the story was sung.

David is now working with Mark, a few shifts a week until he finishes school in a few weeks, then hopefully he can get a few more shifts in...

organization and mutterings

Week 344

1. Spinning- Top
2. Impasse- Inagreeable situation
3. Gravy- Who's gonna make it?
4. You are- Nah you are
5. September- Hooray footy finishes
6. Divulge- Tell
7. Training- Learning
8. Crap- HOLY (as it Holy crap Batman)
9. Results- Test
10. Shutting down- windows

Birthdays ..birthdays...birthdays and Fathers day...ok Fathers day isn't till Sunday but that's what's been happening this week. We've been extra sneaky getting Mark a pressie, he has no idea, now we just have to keep him busy on Sunday morning while I set it up....hee hee hee..

If you haven't looked on the Kaisercraft blog you should pop in. (can't get my link working on the side bar)

My scraproom is a little more organized since we bought another shelving unit for it....just need to get a nice box or basket to put my paints in and whack that on the shelf too. ( I did have them all just thrown in a cupboard)..nothing like having your stuff on display ...at least then you know what you have and may even use it... :)

old school friends

Was chatting on the phone to and old school friend the other day, who I'd been thinking alot of lately... must be age creeping up on me.. we are catching up this week...hoping that there is not that awkward silence..IYKWIM

Some yummy cupcakes Emily and I made in the lead up to cupcake day

we made 5 dozen cupcakes the other day and iced and decorated them with some yummy treats.. we'll be making some more this weekend too.

We sold these @ $1.50 each or 3 for $4 .....and the money is going to the RSPCA

I'm enjoying using spices in alot of cooking now, thanks to master chef... :) here's one that I have made a few times

Lamb Curry

cupcake drive

for the RSPCA is on Monday 17th... so Saturday are going to be flat out baking... we'll take some cakes with us to our greyhound walking group and then to the relo's place on Sunday.


what a yummy way to raise money for such a great service don't ya think

I've been doing some more scrapping...I'm working on an acrylic album...(never done one of these before)..it's a friends album..it's not looking too bad ....took me a bit to get the confindence to do it though.

It's been raining every day for the past week ...I know we need the rain but getting the washing dry is a pain in the butt.

I've been knitting squares to sew into a blanket...haven't done too many and tried knitting a picture into one...but that turned into a disaster...lol...if you have any suggestions for patterns for more squares can you leave a link (if anyone even reads this) :)

bloggedy blog blog

We went to the races last week with Marks work..had a great day and a small win..

I've been scrapping....!! yay... I got a bit of mojo after redoing a page for my BoM and then redid this next page and then scrapped 2 new pages

The kids had 2 weeks holidays and are back at school......nothing much else happening really...

went to see the new Harry Potter movie...which was okay..

I want to go and see 'my sisters keeper' I've read the book and enjoyed it..

nothing else to say really

made some yummy cupcakes

PINEAPPLE CUPCAKES WITH CREAM FROSTING


(I've doubled this recipe as it was written to make 12 small cupcakes)

4 slices of tinned pineapple
12 tablespoons of butter
170g S.R flour
170g caster sugar
2 large eggs (beaten)
2 tablespoons of pineapple juice

Finely chop pineapple pieces. Put Sugar and butter into a bowl and mix together until creamy, add the beaten eggs then fold in the flour using a metal spoon. Fold in pineapple pieces and juice.

Spoon mixture into cupcake papers and place into a preheated oven (180c/350f) for 20 minutes.

FROSTING
(the frosting I didn't double ..there was enough )

2 tablespoons butter
100g soft cream cheese
grated lemon or lime rind (I used lime)
100g icing sugar
1 teaspoon lime or lemon juice (again I used lime)

whisk the butter and cream cheese together in a bowl...mix in the rind and juice and sifted icing sugar.

refrigerate ...

a bit partied out

Mark and I celebrated...our 40th birthdays...by having friends and family @ our place for a PINK AND BLACK party... the night was fantastic.. the rain stayed away (well it did for most of the night and then in was only a light rain).

I did get growled at for not warming the mini quiches and the fritters...both of which I think are nice cold... I think even my home made sausage rolls are yummier not warm...but hey it was my party and I'll do what I want to...so there..

Not that I spent the night in the kitchen...my lovely nieces did that for me..thank you thank you thank you.

I made the b'day cake...and Nicole decorated it in pink ganache...and black edible glitter...and other sparkley bits..

I NEVER get up and dance...but did on this night...I was still dancing at 3...with Jimmy and Daves friend Rachael..

We finished up about 4 in the morning..with Mark and Eric going to bed at 4.30am...one 2 of Marks mates didn't get any sleep.. one drove home at 6...and the other just sat up in the chair...lol

vodka jelly shot anyone??

no...ok...more for me..

our photo board

the cake...

thanks to everyone that came and celebrated with us and thanks for all the birthday wishes..and pressies and cards..

so that was May

Mark turned 40....we gave him some aftershave and he was to go and and get himself a new helmet.. (party middle of June)



David turned 18.....on his birthday we had oysters kilpatrick and chicken parmi followed by a yummy birthday cake.



It was my first attempt at cooking oysters...pretty simple and turned out well....you could just keep eating them I think..mmmm

Dave got his first tattoo.....yes it's the common ol' southern cross...but he's been wanting it for awhile...and didn't change his mind once...it's turned out well.. I think

Marks sister Jenny turned 50...and since then has gone down hill because she took a fall at work at chiped the bone in her knee....the doctors are tossing up whether surgery is an option or not I think..

We had a party for Dave at home we had about 80+ people here I'd say... luckily the wind had gone and there was no rain... it was a good night.. we had about 8 of his friends stay the night or should I say morning....

whoo hoo...he blew out the candles...lol...by this time he was plastered well and truely...

this is after he and only he had a go at the pinata... it was the funniest thing to watch..he just kept whacking it... no one else got a look in..

birthday season has begun

Well it's May and the birthdays have begun....Mark has just turned 40.... was a fairly quiet day...his parents came down and one of his mates.....we are getting him a new bike helmet ..he just has to get out and choose it.. but for yesterday I made him some cards and bought a bottle of aftershave.

His sister Jenny turnds 50 in a fortnight...then we have Daves 18th ...then I turn 40.. !!

I've been sick with the flu for the last week..so haven't been going to Curves... went this morning and took it easy but it nearly killed me...lol

Just won a $25 gift voucher from a 'shapes' packet... whoo hoo.

My great niece Shaela

Blue Bazaar mixed media challenge....



photo transfer... I used Sticky tape......cut out a picture from an old calander (greyhound) covered the picture side in sticky tape... soaked the pic in water for about 10 minutes..and scraped the back of the pic of... you can just make out the dotty pp through the greyhound pic. just added some bling and hearts....

Sarahs 30th birthday



cookie cake
using Donna Hays recipe... they turned out to be almost the size
of a dinner plate.

Sandwiched together with cream..but would be so much nicer with a yummy vanilla
ice cream.

camping

We went camping with friends up the Murray River...we'd heard it had blue green algae in it ..I did ring to check and was told it was at Torrumbarry.... we were camping just near Torrumbarry Estate and the water looked fine and there was people in the river already.


We all ened up in the water at some stage and we have no complaints... the dog was desperated to get in she ended up just laying down...although not for too long...because if you stand still the yabbies nip at you.. The next day we had some visitors of the winged variety...we had some ox heart that we'd bought Snowy (she didn't like it)...the Kookaburras loved it.

Across the river were a nest and this is a pic of the home owner...I got another pic of it actually carrying a stick to the nest... and the next day Eric got a pic of 2 sitting together...

our friend, Marks first attempt at damper

Friends of our friends were staying in a houseboat and pulled up where we were staying...and they took us out for a cruise for an afternoon...gee it was nice.

Emily relaxin'

Dave on the biscuit

grumpy thinks he's the captain

Eric checkin' on Snowy

We went for a drive to visit friends at Cohuna (sp) and there was lots of the weird green stuff and water

some ducks

can you see the 2 black swans in the pic?..

no ?

see here...

more water to sit in

back at camp

driftin' away

having a few gins on our last night there

after a few more gins

It was good to get home and have a shower......we were filthy...almost everything

needed washing as it was covered in dust or smelt like smoke from the fire.

ohh and we found some good toasting marshmallows at BigW a huge bag for $2..something

just sfuff and curves

I joined Curves and am enjoying it ATM.

I've been working on this months media challenge at Blue Bazaar...almost finished

Yesterday would have been Dads 82nd birthday

I'm in the middle of sorting and cleaning my scrap room..it's sooooo messy.


This was taken the other month at one of out greyhound walks...can't remember the other 2 dogs names (Snowy's in the middle)

Today Mark (aka ..Grumpy) got this tattooed today...I still need to get a shot of it finished but it has turned out great !! Thanks Jess !!

what a week

geepers...the other morning we get up to find that Sofi (the cat) had been out brawling..and was a bit worse for wear ..well we hoped that it was just that she'd been fighting anyways...then Dave went off to school and shut the sliding glass door to keep the cat in ...and Snowball went running full pelt at the door to catch up with Dave and the noise that followed was not pleasent... there was THUD followed by YELPING ...straight away you could see that she'd cut her head and it was starting to bruise... Emily burst into tears..and this why we were getting ready to go to school....(groan..)..Snowball was in shock so we covered her with a blanket and just sat with her patting and talking to her..

Got the kids to school, phoned the vet who came out later in the day by then I'd put savlon on Snowy's head to keep flys off it while she was outside.. Sofi and Snowy both had injections and ended up with tablets and drops...both are recovering well.. I think I'll need to get some decals to put lower down on the window so snowy can see them.. (greyhounds have trouble with glass)

the vet said lucky it was the toughened glass otherwise she would have went right through it and cut herself to shreds.

Erics been way on camp..he's text me a few times...(shhh ) no phones allowed..

it's been quiet here with out him I might add..but I do miss him

Our friend bought himself a 68 fastback mustang last weekend... it's like an electric blue colour...(not sure what the exact colour is called)..he's been bootin' around in it taking everyone for a drive..he was going to get wheels for it for his birthday I think..which will top it off nicely..

how nice it would be to have a muzzy... a nice red 66, 67 coupe.... ok it doesn't have to be red...but everyone knows red goes faster..

Birthday get togethers this weekend.. and another greyhound get together..

Monday I have an appointment at Curves...just checking out how it all works..and might think of joining..

hey there..

Went out for tea the other day with Mark ...to the Langham in Melbourne....had my fill of oysters Kilpatrick...mmmmmm , crab, prawns, perch, pork, chicken, salad and desserts.....washed it all down with some G & T's..


Got myself another tattoo....a celtic heart and I was going to get the word 'Cynn' (Kin) also but the writing pushed the price a little too high so just go the heart done...well it's drawn , and the centre is coloured..and the bottom half of the heart...but my entire left arm was full of pins and needles and my face went all fuzzy..and I was feeling a little light headed. ..so when it's healed I'll go back and get it finished. Mark says I have no balls.. lol

BB challenges Jan & Feb

February - Using the printout...I coloured in some of them with watercolour pencils.....added some glitter to the blackbirds eye...used 2 triagles for the beak.. the background is sky coloured.. added a song (black bird themed)

January - drew the starfish..pated it over the top of the silver and blue painted background

used dimensional magic to make bubbles.. and added a silly song (sea themed)

The starfish also has a little dimsional magic as well..

slack blogger

haven't really blogged much at all lately.. I've been spending way too much time on an application on facebook...'pet society'... so I gave all my stuff away.. it was almost as bad as runescape..lol
anyways...I haven't done one of these for ages...saw it on Kathryns blog and thought I'd give it a go...


Be mine :: VALENTINE
Ecstatic :: HAPPY
Orderly :: ATTENDANT
Sebastian :: CAT
Sore :: OUCH
Don’t need :: NO MOVIE STARS.. (DUNNO WHAT ELSE TO SAY)
Rockstar :: DRINK
Tinfoil :: SCRUNCHY
Addiction :: NEED
Where? :: WHAT


Mark has started tiling the hallway..it's just been painted cement for a while...
Getting bits and pieces together ready for Daves 18th..
the kids have school photos today...

Caught up with some old school friends on Facebook yesterday... spent the day chatting to them..then was chatting to Joe and Helen.....in the USA..

Got my camera bag in the mail today...it's a nice red one...and its a nicer looking one than the one I was using..

things that make you go aww

found this on the herald sun site today... doesn't it make you go ''awww''

fires suck

What a fucking trail of heartbreaking devestation the fires have left... and at least one of them...the massive one in Bunyip was lit....well I hope you're proud of yourself you fuckwit..

so far there's 108 dead...

It's just so sad...but I am glad that some friends in those fire affected areas are safe ((hugs))

it's too darn hot

don't you just wish the heat would piss off... I don't like summer...I don't like to sweat... esp what it runs down your back and into your pants.......YUCK !!!!


There has been a smalll grass fire just down the road.. today... mustn't have been too bad..didn't see any smoke or smell anything.. saw one fire truck on it's way back to the station..

Hope there are no break outs today..... it's just gonna take one careless/wreckless dickhead ..lets hope they all stay home..

I went' to get pics printed the other day....which I thought I'd saved onto disc... so I deleted them from the comp and the memory card.... only to find the disc was B LANK ........the pics were of Ems b'day, graduation and christmas.... ...what a dick..

mobile pics

Here's a tequila sunrise (this was at Marks nieces hens night) Ems fish bowl...

my tattoo just after it was finished.. you can see it's pufffy..

wedding weekend....

Marks Niece Jody got married on the weekend and even though on the Saturday when we woke it was very overcast, the weather was beautiful. The wedding was at Jody's in-laws home...which has a great view of the bay. Jody's Mother in-law made the bridesmaids dresses and groomsmens ties which were a tangerine colour..

Jody

Jody and Chris

The parents' of the bride

Carolyn and Paul

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our lovely children

(doesn't Em look impressed)

The reception was held at a venue in town, it was great...the meals were pumpkin soup or marrinated chicken strips..followed by roast lamb with vegies...or chicken with vegies...and desert was an assortment of sorbets or baileys cheesecake. ( I had soup, lamb and cheesecake)

On the Sunday we were invited back to Chris' parents place for a bbq again the weather was beatiful... and the scenery made it all the better everyone just sat and drank and ate...until about 6 or 7 I think... Mark , the kids and I went out for tea with some of the family, which ended the weekend off nicely..

What about this hot hot weather we've been having...arrrrgh.... I wish it would stop....!!!

It rained a little late arvo yesterday which did not help in anyway...it just made it humid...

I think it's only spose to get to mid to high 30's today which is a bit cooler but not cool enough..

The kids are all ready to go back to school....