I've been

ahhhh.... a bit of retail therapy... had a shop on KSK ...went to Scrapology...then to Rivendell Cottage....shhhh don't tell Mark...hee hee hee.

catching up

I fell a bit behind...but here it is... from Alisons list on her blog...

List jobs that you had as a child.

Tidying my room
Dishes
feeding the dog
Ironing tea towels and hankies (to start with)

List all the times you 'knew' something but didn't trust your intuition.
Upon meeting some people... I sometimes get a feeling that they are not good friend material... but then think 'no don't be silly you don't even know this person, give them a go'...only to be proven right in the end.

will have to think on this one a bit more !!

flowers

These flowers are from our Uncle (George) and his family in England...aren't they beautiful !!!

isn't this lovely

My niece Jessyca wrote this and it went into the book we made for Mums service yesterday.


You are the trunk of the tree that we grew from
Your strength holds through high winds that blow
Whipping up through the tall tree branches
Which nestle new twigs sprouting growth
You are the one that binds us together
You are the one who helped us all grow
Now you’ve left us a strong foundation
So as long as no branch is dropped or lets go
So now the branches should all hold together
Shelter each other from the cold winds that blow
And each new branch should know where it came from
The strong trunk from which we all grew.

written by Jessyca

bye mum

Today we say goodbye to our Mum...its nealy 9am and I'm starting to feel quite bleah...I'd really like for time to stand still about now...
I do not want today to happen.

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...

Art Journal

On KSK's Arty Nook with Kass I've completed the first challange. The theme was '5'. I've used acrylic paints, alpha stickers, pens, BG blitzen pp, wooden pegs, twine (which you can't really see) & texture paste.

Must finish my ATCs and get a move on with the cj's I have sitting here..

My new perfume..

Today I went to Wendys and caught up with her and
Kathryn and Coby and met Kathryns hubby... we chatted a little then Coby took Wendy to pick up her car... thats when Kathryn noticed my perfume... yep... when I'm wanting to be noticed,
I wear.... this special little number made especially for me....
'Plastique' pronounced 'plas teek'
Don't be put off by the colour...its F. A .B ....thats fab.

It was great to catch up with you girls and meet Darren.
thanks for a great day and thanks for lunch Wendy.

7 years ago

My Dad passed away.

The time seems to have gone past so quickly but at the same time, it seems like such a long time since I've heard his voice or seen his smile... today is hard... harder than any other anniversary IMO ...not sure why though...

I must pop in to see Mum...might get her some flowers..and better take her pie plate back..I've only had it a week...lol.

Bummer

Was heading to Wendys this morning to hopefully meet Ngaire and catch up with Kathryn and Kass.. I kept having a feeling yesterday afternoon that when I arrived at Wendys no one would be there... had I not finally got the message of Mark that the lovely Wendy had rang, this could have have occured....so I rang Wendy only to be told our day had been cancelled as Kathryn had been rushed to hospital...with gall bladder pain...she has had surgery to have it removed and is doing fine so I've heard..((hugs)) to Kathryn..hope you heal well and are back on your feet again soon.

On the kitchen front... some of the walls have been painted... we just need to find a colour that we like that goes with our 'apples eye' green walls now...it sounds odd...but really it brightens the place up and it looks so fresh.. Mark will hopefully finish the tiling on the walls today...then one day we have to go and find some tiles for the floor...and we are still waiting on the stove..

scrappin'

Just a couple of layouts that I've done recently ...both photos were taken at Kennett River in 2004..must get back up there one day.

challanges

Ok all the talk now is freestyling and art journals... I'm really in awe of people who are doing this.. they look amazing !!! anyways ...I followed some links left by Kass on KSK...and I'm going to have a bit of a go at this.. I've just done challange #1.. I know I'm late..but what the hey..

I've used paints to do the back ground, then a little stamping, some paper and a little pic from designs gallore, some chipboard and brads.

forgot day 11

This was Thursdays visit to the hospital.. Eric got this plaster removed and another one put on.. the new one has to stay on for 6 weeks.. as his arm isn't healing..so there goes footy season..

kitchen reno's and pressies

photo 13 - pressies for mothers day (my mum and MIL) and birthday pressies for Marks sister and nephew. Emily and I decorated the brown paper a little..

photo 12- this is what my stove top now sits on..!

birdies..

photo 10- a Wattle bird at Mums place... I went out to feed the family of magpies as we do...(shhh) today there were no maggies...but a heap of wattle birds.

photo 9- Screeeetch.. (pay attention to me...!!) Bilbo comes up close to say Hello

wet washing..

hanging on the line.... drying very quickly when the weather's fine..

photo 8- washing on my undercover line..which is really handy when its rainy..

more photo of the day

photo 7- habit #2 THE INTERNET... what would we do with out it...!!!


photo 6- sausage sizzle ..for our secondary school.. where we raised $107. ...in 2 hours...pretty good huh.


photo 5- my niece, she shaved her head for 'the worlds greatest shave'


photo 4- habit # 1 COFFEE ...white with one.

photo a day challange

photo 3- my small but growing stamp collection..still have a few to mount on blocks.

photo 2- Eric and his broken wrist,
he's broken his growth plate..so it needs xraying again on Thursday, just to make sure it hasn't moved.










photo 1- toadstools in our front garden
cool huh..

Kitchen reno's

I have my pantry's in..so much space...it's great..
Mark has cut part of the bench away and moved it..so it's like an island bench...I've always wanted an island bench... I was a bit worried that it would take up too much room but it looks great and is very workable.. the dishwasher will be moved and we have ordered a new stainless upright oven... it took a few days to find the right one ..We are getting an Allenzi 139litre gas oven.. it's got cast iron trivets and a wok burner and inside the oven is a rotisserie..not sure how often this will get used...it depends on how much mess it makes..lol.. but its a nice looking oven and the top on it is one piece which will be easy to clean..some of the ovens have little creavices which will make for harder cleaning I think.. this won't be available 'til the end of the month.. they still have to arrive in Australia..

looks very similar to this... with out the glass lid.. with cast iron trivets you can't get the glass lid as they hold they heat longer..and the glass will crack..
http://www.allenzi.com.au/products/allenzi.php3?code=verona


The bench tops are on order and now we have to go tile shopping.. but we are getting there.. will also be taking a trip to IKEA for some shelving etc..

Wedding

Mark and I went to a wedding on Saturday in Ballarat. The couple were married on their property (gum trees all around) it was lovely...they had a handfasting and we were all given bottles of bubble s to blow...it looked great... back at the reception the tables were covered in gum leavves...the smell that kept wafting up ... was amazing.

The bride and her mother cleaned and painted all the little ceramic wombats... (80 of them) and little hats for the guys and shoes for the girls...which took them over 8 months to complete.

The bridesmaids wore blue and silver. the chairs had either a blue or silver ribbon around them... the whole reception looked beautiful.

The food was yummo...we had either vegie or chicken and corn soup, turkey or lamb, cheesecake or chocolate mousse.

don't ya just love a wedding..

Broken Arm

While at footy training yesterday Eric was tackled which is to be expected and as he fell to the ground he put his arm out and snap..

We spent hours in the hospital yesterday... and had it xrayed...and the orthepedic (sp) surgeon looked at it...they were uncertain of what to do with it.. as it is only a small break but it looks as though it is bent.. so we were sent home with a back slab on his arm and have to go back in today to the fracture centre... to have it reset..so we were up at 6.30 so he could eat breakfast...

Picked up a copy of the new scrapbooks etc.. to read while I"m waiting...better grab some lollies too me thinks....

I've started my May ATC's I'm having fun with these ones..and should be finished with them soon..

April ATC's

Just finished my April ATC's ... I think the orange A looks ok.. ..

ok.. one cj and one lot of ATCs down..... 2 cj's to go..

wedding card & Belindas cj

I am getting my butt into gear, I've made a wedding card for Marks 2nd cousins wedding on 29th April.. I'm guessing it's going to be freezing in Ballarat...it's an outdoor wedding...brrrrr.. We're staying down there the night in a motel across from where the reception is... so we can stagger across the road ..hee hee..doubting that we'll make it back in time for Erics footy match at 11am on the Sunday..sorry Ezza.

Also I've done my page in Belindas cj the theme is 'scrapbooking defined'

The photos are of my kids and one of their cousins when we took a day trip down to Apollo Bay and of the fires at the Brisbane Ranges in January..not too far from our place..it's as close to a bush fire as I ever want to get..



the photos are around the wrong way..and I can't cut and paste here...grrr

cj's and more cj's

I finished this in Alisons cj a few days ago..but have only just scanned it ..slack slack slack.. the topic is 'life changing moments' and will be posting this to Raylene today..

I still have Belindas cj to do, and yesterday Kathryns and Sallys turned up...what a great idea Sallys is... fantastic.. I"m not going to say what it is ...incase anyone that hasn't had it reads this..

I so have to pull my finger out... and do something with Belindas cj and this months ATCs with the theme Woman...(see stamp used above) I'll be using this... as far as I know ... I'm the only other person with this stamp appart from the woman that made it... cool huh.. she (the stamp) doesn't have a name... I"ll have to ask Dani what it is called...next time I'm in there.

Hope everyone had a lovely easter break ... ours was busy.. Friday night we had a friend/ex SIL and her kids s tay over... went through a few bottles of pink and started on Marks scotch... big mistake for me...I felt like crap the next day... woke up at 5am with the spins and feeling very very sick... later that morning all the girls jumped into Caz's car and headed to the market, where we bought some last minute cheap but quality easter eggs so the kids could have an egg hunt..I never think to take photos at easter time...why?

Saturday night we caught up with other friends we all aggreed it wouldn't be a late one... but we were still sitting there at 1am ..lol ....we decided to go to a sale that was on in Torquay on the Sunday..what a great sale it was.. jeans $10, skirts , shirts and bags$10, $5 wallets, guys watches $10 girls watches $5 and jackets $30.... came out with a garbage bag full.. they were seconds though I don't think there were many... or samples...no biggie..

Monday we went to Melb for Marks nieces 16th birthday...we were 1 1/2 hours late...lol.. 'cos we stopped at Werribee plaza to get Dave a new phone that he HAD TO HAVE THAT DAY.

what kind of soul are you?

saw this on Elizabeths blog..and had a go

You Are a Visionary Soul

You are a curious person, always in a state of awareness.Connected to all things spiritual, you are very connected to your soul.You are wise and bright: able to reason and be reasonable.Occasionally, you get quite depressed and have dark feelings. You have great vision and can be very insightful.In fact, you are often profound in a way that surprises yourself.Visionary souls like you can be the best type of friend.You are intuitive, understanding, sympathetic, and a good healer. Souls you are most compatible with: Old Soul and Peacemaker Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

Happy Easter

stamping class

Well I went off to a stamping class with Sam the other day... gee it was great we learnt a background technique... I think it was called 'credit card technique'... I've seen this in mags and thought it looked great... and now I can do it yay !!! the class went for 2 hours for $25 and she provided everything so that was good..the stamp shop also has a sale on till the end of May so that is cool.

Erics been sick since Saturday.. sore throat, non stop sleeping (the boy hates to sleep) not eating and a temp...footy registration is tomorrow.. looks like I"ll be going by myself !!

I still can't find that bloody magazine that I have been after and yay the lovely Sam found it for me ..just have to catch up with her to get it off her..lol..

ATC theme for this month is 'women' chosen by Melissa.. hmm I have an idea already but I bet I won't be able to get the thing that I want .. lol..its always the way isn't it.

It seems that people have been popping in... but no comments left?? hello out there in blog scanning land..
come on say g'day..