Time to update

We had a nice quiet weekend this weekend. Didn't do much at all just hung around home , did the house work (YUK!!) and veged out on the puter. I am really looking forward to getting away this Friday to the Paper Crafts Festival with Gail. Be good to catch up with some of the girls I met at the lighthouse and meet some new faces as well.

I really need to get started on my christmas shopping. I have done my list up of what I want to get does that count? I just don't know when I will have time to actually go and buy.

I'm a proud mum

Today I was met at the door when I got home from work by a very happy beaming boy! Kyle decided to try out for the school chess team (with no prompting from us we didnt even realise he was trying) and he has been chosen to represent his school at the St Georges Basin country club next week. I am so proud of him. He is not very confident and I hope this will give him a bit of a boost. Tasha tends to be the boss around the house so it is good for him to know he can try things and he loves playing chess.

I have been in a bit of a black mood lately. Life is so not what I planned but I guess what can someone like me expect. I should lower my expectations and accept that I should be grateful for what I have. I do get tired sometimes of pretending that everything is fine and just smiling.

But Kyle put a smile on my face today and made me very proud.

What an afternoon

What a shocker. It is now about 8pm on Sunday evening and this afternoon has been an absolute horror! First I kicked my toe on the exercise bike and split my toe open - gee they bleed a lot! and then the boys (Kyle had his cousin Paul over) come in to say Tasha has fallen out of the boat.

She did fall out of the boat, which was fine but she fell onto the old rusty shovel and cut the top of her foot really deeply and couldn't weightbear and screamed when you touched her foot so we spent the last 3 1/2 hours in casualty getting it looked at. No broken bones which was good (that was my main concern) and they didn't end up stitching it - just cleaned it up, dressed it and eventually we could come home. With a dressing that has to be taken down in two days time and instructions not to get it wet - yeah right.

Lunch at Berry

It was Mum's brithday on Friday so yesterday we took her out for lunch in Berry. It was a lovely lunch we went to the secret kitchen and the meals were great - Tasha thought hers was great as she got 2 mini pizzas which were put at the top of her plate like eyes and then there was a big tomato sauce mouth drawn on her plate. she giggled and giggled all lunch.

The meals were reasonably priced and very large.

We gave mum a big bunch of flowers and a clock which I had altered and she seemed very happy with her gifts.

all in all it was a lovely day - and we finished of at the ice creamery for dessert!!

Amanda's birthday

Tonight we had a lovely dinner for Amanda (starlight)'s birthday. It was actually yesterday but tonight instead of scrapping we had a bbq at Gails place because Amanda loves bbq's. We got to meet Steve (her bf) and had a lovely time. It was a nice relaxed casual fun evening.

update time

Well nothing much has happened lately but it has been 2 weeks since I last updated my blog so I thought I'd better do something about it.

The scrap day at Gails was great. A nice relaxed day with scrapping, chatting and good food - what more could you ask for? I got to catch up with my good friend Tracy and loved the opportunity to sit and chat.

Nothing else seems to change much - work is still the same. The kids go back to school tomorrow. These school holidays have been particularly tough because Tony has been working ridiculous hours and there is no way we would have got through these holidays without the help of his family. I wish I could have spent more time with them but I am looking forward to having three weeks off at christmas time and spending a week in Brissy with them.

Today we went to Georgia

Today was a lovely day -we went and had lunch with mum and John at Georgia. After lunch Tony tried to fix their DVD player which a friend of theirs had fiddled with and then we installed their broadband internet for them. They are still learning how to use a computer so the internet should be a bit of a challenge for them!

Anyway whilst Tony was busy with John and Mum in the study with the computer the kids and I had fun outside playing. We found a family of skinks resting in the sun and the skin that had been shed from a snake.

Looking forward to tomorrow - a whole day scrapping at Gail's place. Should be great!

Here are some photos I took in Mum and Johns garden. It is lovely, there are so many beautiful flowers and colours.

Seacliff Bridge

WE went for a drive up to Austinmer and Thirroul today and went for a drive and a walk along the Seacliff Bridge. I loved it. I have been wanting to do it for sooo long and it was just gorgeous. Today wasnt the best day for it, it was windy and cold but we had fun anyway, Tasha and I ran and skipped and basically acted like fools but we laughed a lot and had a ball! Tony dropped Tasha and I at one end and then drove and parked at the other end and Kyle and Tony walked in and met us in the middle

Life goes on the same

Well, we didnt win the lotto so it was back to work this week! Have to remember to buy that ticket one day!

Have been back four days and it already feels like I havent had a holiday.

Had a good day today - we went to the Illaroo school fete and then out to Davinas for lunch. It was a gorgeous day and so we ended up down at the beach where the kids went to "just get their feet wet". Yeah right. By the time they came back Tasha was a little bit wet but Kyle was soaked! Anyway they had a good time so all in all not too bad.

We were hoping to get back for the local school production of Aladdin as we heard it was great but we didn't make it in time :(

All dressed up!

Here is a photo of my kids all dressed up for David's wedding


They are growing up way too quickly

Busy weekend

Well what a busy couple of days! On Friday we drove to Cowra via Gunning and Dalton and lots of dirt roads! Got to see the rural areas we normally miss by taking the highway. The kids saw dogs rounding up sheep and it was fascinating.

Saturday was David and Amandas wedding and it was beautiful. cowra was very cold and we were worried it might rain but the service was just lovely. It was very family oriented and very sweet. It was great to catch up with family members, its sad that we only see each other for weddings or funerals.

Sunday we all met up for a picnic lunch and then we drove on to Dubbo and on Monday we hired an electric cart and drove around Western Plains Zoo. Another lovely family day

and then today Tuesday we spent all day in the car driving home apart from a short stop at the telescope at Parkes to check it out.

Very tired now, cant wait to sleep in my own bed. Will update with photos soon.

Had a busy week

I have had a great week so far. Spent Tuesday afternoon with Simone scrapping for the christmas ABC book swap then Tuesday night was our usual scrapping night (2 hours just isn't long enough for scrapping!) and then Wednesday I spent all day with Gail scrapping.

Still have stacks to do and I'm going to be away this weekend for David's wedding in Cowra but next weekend we have a scrap day for 10 hours so should get everything finished then.

I am actually feeling quite relaxed and wish I didn't have to go back to work. But the bills keep coming so I guess I better!

My baby is growing up

Well firstly I have to say YAY the SM forum is back up. It is so sad how much it affected us. But those girls really are my friends now and not being able to contact them was so stressful.

Anyway thursday my baby girl turned 8. We went out to dinner for her birthday but today (sat) she had a party with all her friends from school at the local gymnastics club. It was great! They play games with them and get them running around and then they show them the equipment and let them do all the gym things like balance beam , trampoline, rolls, uneven bars, rings etc.

Kyle did well. He is very non confident but once he starts and gives it a go he did really well.

Will post some piccies during the week.

Oh oh and the really exciting news. I am now on holidays! It is the first time in about two years I have been on holidays from both jobs at the same time.

major problems

today has been a shocker. The SM forum is having problems and I can't log in. I can see what is going on but cant join in. It is sooo frustrating like sitting behind a window watching all your friends play. It is sad to think how addicted we are, some people can log on but others cant. There was a page up earlier today saying someone had hacked in. I wish they could get a life!

MY tash

I just had to add this piccy of my little girl. I just adore this photo. She is such a poser and when the camera comes out so does all her model poses and looks but I managed to capture this one naturally and I just love it.

What a bad blogger am I!

Weill I havent updated my blog for such a long time. Life has actually been busy. I have had some good weekends lately. About three weeks ago Gail and I went to Canberra for the craft and quilt show and had a wonderful weekend. We got to meet Flutters and Bubblefrog from the SM forum and we shopped till we dropped!

We then took ourselves out to dinner at a posh restaurant for a seafood buffet and wine buffet!

Tomorrow is my baby's 8 year old birthday. So scary. We are having a party for her on saturday at the local gymnastics club. She is getting soooo excited

Just thought I would show off some of scrapping. Its fairly basic cause Im only new but I much prefer a basic page to some of the really OTT pages you see where you wonder what happended to the photo because the page is soooo busy. To each their own

shopping aaaargggh

Had a frustrating day today - drove to Warrawong. Needed to get a new winter jacket, preferably long line and black.

Didnt get anything like what I wanted. Did however get an entire new outfit for girls weekend in a couple of weeks so wasnt a total loss. also got some makeup I had been needing so all in all not too bad but still no jacket

things to do

one of the things on the scrapbooking memories forum tonight was to write a list of things you would like to acheive in your life. Here was my first 25

1. See where my mum grew up in England
2. Write a book about my teen years.
3. get a personal trainer
4. Catch a fish
5. go to university
6. Be confident in who I am
7. Take a holiday by myself
8. Volunteer for a camp quality camp
9. Get a job I love
10. Go back to Tasmania
11. Lose kgs
12. see a live football game
13. take singing lessons
14. go splunking (caving)
15. Catch up with old friends from school
16. Start dancing again
17. Swim with a dolphin
18. Do a photography course
19. Write a soppy romance novel
20. Learn to belly dance
21. Learn to like the person I am
22. Grow my own vegetables
23. Get something published in a magazine
24. Take my DH back to new zealand
25. See my kids get married


will add on from here later

My Blog

Well after much nagging I have started my own blog. I don't know that I have anything interesting enough to write about. Most days I fell quite flat and blah but we'll have to see if I have something to tell anyone.

My favourite things are scrapbooking, reading and listening to music.