ARRR you ready LOL

couldn't resist showing you this pic of Evan in his SUIT!!

yes, he put on the top, took a lot of fighting and screaming but he got it on..had it on for 15 minutes then took it off! I'm hoping he will get used to it and wear it..AND tomorrow is the pirate party, he is going to be so traumatized at all of us pirates in our costumes!

I was there today, and kept saying to him, oh it's a lovely suit, you will look so smart, he just kept saying NO, NO NANNA...NO NO...Keiran in his infinite wisdom, just looks and shakes his head at me (he's 4 and knows everything)..and says...."WEEEEELLLLLLL Nanna, you could put it on BUT you are to big and OLD"

He is going to be gobsmacked tomorrow when Nanna fronts up in her Jack Sparrow hair, Bandana and eyepatch complete with cutlass isn't he!!! I hope i terrify the little snots..That'll teach em...ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR (i love pirates lol)

Happy birthday boys!!

Well it's here FINALLY!! Luke's 21st and Evan's 3rd.

I've not seen Luke at all today, but have spoken to him on the phone, he wont be up here until Saturday evening, it's dreadful when work gets in the way of a social life isn't it..WELCOME TO ADULTHOOD lol....Have finished the album (sort of, still have 3 or 4 pages to put in, but the bulk is done!) and if you look closely you will see his birthday present in there too!! yes, scrapped it already..i've put it in to see if he 'really' looks at the album or just skips through it, if he doesn't notice the page, then he doesn't get his presents until he looks properly..yes..i'm a tease LOL....

Saw the littlest man today, WELL what a drama, i was ever so excited about his present..he opened it..smiled, face dropped..NOOOOOOOOO he wailed, burst into tears, and ran out of the house screaming. I was mortified, Tina took off after him, he was shaking, I wanted to take the present back, but she assures me he will like it when Keiran is around..What was it?? a Cptn Feathersword costume...apparently, he was fine until Keiran pushed it into his face and traumatized the poor child..Then to add insult to injury, Keiran, hands on hips looks at me and say..WELL NANNA, now you need to go and buy a PROPER present dont you..then adds..Can i have the suit??..needless to say, i'm still fragile over the whole ordeal and have overcompensated all day..Bought him a happy meal for lunch, took him to toyworld where he could choose whatever he wanted and he chose some little people toys (bargain 1/2 price) and a little spiderman football..I'm going to buy him some more stuff tomorrow to take to his party...Poppy met us for lunch, Evan i'm pleased to say, was very excited to have a happy meal (i can do some things properly) and ate all his burger and fries and even some of Pop's! Then it was back to Nanna's for an imprompu birthday cake with one candle, which he blew and blew and blew!!

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*father update*

it's a morbid free zone at our house, but i just wanted to say a huge thank you to EVERYONE who commented here, sent emails via the groups (yes all 2 groups lol), privately emailed me, sms'd, rang and even popped in, You have no idea how your thoughts have just helped me focus through all of this! It's going to get tougher, but I'm ready now thanks to all of you!

there is no new news to report, but dad is 'as comfortable' as he can be and is dare i say..a cranky old bugger!!!!

new look!

i got brave! new look!!! still working on putting links in etc as i lost those, but i'll get there!! now although TJ is old enough to be my father, (dare i admit, my father owes him money??) the little welsh girl in me (lol) just loves him to bits and when i found this clip of him, singing at Cardiff Castle, i just had to have it on the blog if only for a little while!! I have photo's of me at Cardiff Castle..*sigh* cant wait to take my boyo's there!!

another post!

I had to get this down right away before i forgot!!!

• Aaryn has been upset all day because he isn't going to the show this year.. his last words to me as he got out of the car this morning were..."oh i am the poorest child in school, not going to the show"
• and when he walked in the door after school, his first words to me were " I am being tormented, by seeing thousands (yes thousands!) of small children walking around with showbags in their hands!" {where these children have come from is beyond me as there are only about 500 kids in the whole school and only the grade 4's went to the show today, so he must have seen about 50 kids if he was lucky lol}.

Just now he came up to me and said

• "you know, if you got pregnant when i was 1 and i wasn't the runt of the family, then, i would be very happy because then my younger brother or sister would be in grade 4 and i would have had someone to buy me a showbag today at the show!"

if he's trying to make me feel guilty, it isn't working!!! and he want's to be careful being the 'runt' of the family LOL where do they get these things from..Runt..lmao i can see a title being made out of that!!

what a giggle

I happened to mention to Gary that the Dalai Lama was at Australia Zoo yesterday and how exciting it must have been for those people lucky enough to see him. Aaryn pipes up..I love Llama's, it's about time the zoo got some in, can we buy a llama..he wasn't impressed when i told him who Dalai Lama was!

I heard a little yappy dog about half hour ago, out near our front gate, yapping at our 2 big boxers, how brave that little thing was just because there was a gate between them all LOL, i opened the front door to shoosh him home when a big boxer the dead spit for Tyson came around the side of the house, I couldn't believe my eyes, he was so playful and just adorable, i had to go check to make sure it wasn't my dog LOL..i bought him and old yapper inside and rang the number on his collar, his owners have just left, they had been missing since early this morning and had travelled quite a way to get to here.. The lady told me i was right in not going near old yapper as he is quite spiteful and nasty (i dont like little hairy dogs lol and this one looked just like hairy mclary from donaldson's dairy) where'as Kosta (what a cute name for a boxer lol) was a big sookie just like my Tyson lol..we got brave (because her husband was there) and let the 3 boxers have a play together, i'm just cranky that i forgot to take a photo of them all!! I am going to get our number put on our baby's collars now... the lady said she only got the numbers engraved 2 days ago!! just as well i would think LOL (although our dogs are microchipped!). .. she also asked if she could breed Bonnie and Kosta... I shall have think about that lol because Tyson might not like his 'wife' mating with strange men no matter how handsome they are!!!!

BLAH

I have not bitten my fingernails since April 13th (for obvious reasons lol it's nigh impossible) so for the first time in my life, my nails look lovely or did...yesterday, i broke my thumbnail right to the edge of my thumb ouch indeed and today i hit my middle finger on the same hand (yes the rudey finger) and the nail broke, just sort of under where it joins onto the finger, it only tore sort of half way through and i had to carefully pull it (took me about 15 minutes because i'm a sook) completely off, then it bled for a while, so now, my nice nails look dreadful again...i guess they will grow back LOL.......

AND my bread maker blew up...yes..so much for yummy hot bread smells every day...The stupid machine worked fine through the mixing process, fine for the rising process and then, when it came time to cook..it blew out the power, so i turned it off, cooked bread in oven, tried again..same thing..so Gary threw it in the bin, without so much as a backward glance at me! He has promised to buy a new one, so i can see me going to the shops next week to buy one..It wasn't that old really, i bought it when Aaryn was 2 and for heaven's sake, he's not 10 for another 3 weeks!!! Nothing is built to last these days..

I'm starting to get the hang of my new toy now..OOPS forgot to blog about my new toy!! I've had it since just after SWIG..yes...i'm the proud owner of a Craft Robo..and i've made quite a few little things with it, even getting clever and making corners and lattice etc. I made an Ahoy Matey title for Tina yesterday complete with parrot!! for Evan's birthday page (he's having a pirate party next week, but that is a drama unfolding in itself lol) and i've done quite a few titles for Luke's album..nearly finished that too, have about 15 more pages to do, it's coming along nicely, hidden in tina's 'studio' at the moment, incase toad comes home and finds it...he keeps looking at my scrap table asking what i'm up to and i just say..oh nothing...i love surprises LOL

Talking of surprises..some of you have had your Rak's posted out already, I've not posted 3, only because i went to the PO with envelopes in hand, posted them all, got home, and cleaned (yes cleaned) my desk, only to find..um...3 envelopes under the cardstock...so slap on the wrist for me and I shall post them on Monday when i go to the PO again!

YET another long weekend here for us..this time we have Friday off, making it a 3 day week YUK i totally hate show week..it's only a holiday in our shire, so, if i drive in the opposite direction, everything is open BUT i dont want to drive in that direction lol..We aren't taking the kids to the show this year..I'm going to the Convention at Kawana instead (*note to self*- better tell Gary LOL)

I think that's all, except perhaps that i've been pricing tickets to the UK for me and the 2 boys!! hoping to go in March/April, but have to save lots of pennies first! Was going to go in Oct, then realized that i would miss SWIG so changed my mind pronto LOL...unfortunately i have to pay adult fare for Cam after Dec, because he will be 12, absolutely ridiculous, so that bumped the fare up heaps more $$$$$, but..oh well, you get that..

ok..if you've managed to keep up this far, with my ramblings your doing pretty good LOL..

shall try to think of something interesting to tell you in my next post....

Tease

WHAT? another post? lol i must be bored..so bored in fact that i have been cooking..*faint*

..i just love wintery smells, it's so cold i had to wear my coat up to the supermarket..unheard of so early into winter LOL

..anyway back to my wintery smells.

.i dug out my old bread maker that has not been used for quite a while, and i have as we speak (or read lol) hot bread smells going through the house, YUMMY..gary and the boys will be dead impressed with me when they all come home! Combine that smell with the almost as yummy smell of beef stroganoff in the slow cooker!!! and the blueberry teacake!! oh yes indeed, winter brings out the 'mother' in me lol (and i've been to work today too, is there no stopping me??).

I have to pick the boys up from school, but as it's pouring STILL and hasn't let up for ages, i'm going to leave in about 10 minutes (yes, 1 hour early) it's the only way i'm going to get a decent park outside the school gates AND i've a new mag dying to be read, so I'm going to tear myself away from delish smells in the house and take my scrap-mag, glasses (mustn't forget those), blankie..oh how i love my blankie, it's coffee coloured and ever so soft lol and head to the school..ooh i might even take a coffee with me...NOW that sounds like total relax bliss in the car doesn't it..self indulgence at the school LOL i do hope no one see's me!!!

rain rain and more rain

not a lot happening in our house the last week, except rain, rain and more rain. the back yard resembles a swamp (watch out there goes shrek!!) I've had enough now, it can stop until at least i get my washing dry..Yes, i have no dryer, it's on my list to buy, but so are lots more things i guess lol..........................

Kids say the darndest things lol (this is one for my booklet for sure!!)..

i'm known for always saying "Is the pope a Catholic" instead of yes, yesterday I asked Aaryn something expecting a 'yes' answer..his reply was "is the Pope a Cat-licker?" oh i nearly pmslauging at that one..in fact, i'm still giggling over it

As most of you know, #1 son is turning 21 in exactly 15 days! (he's counting lol). for once i am all organised or so i thought, presents ordered and should be here next week (personalized number plates and a racing car drive for 5 laps at the speedway, cost us an arm and a leg, but he didn't want a party plus he's a spoilt so and so lol). Last night, his girlfriend sent me through about 20 photos of him for his album..HIS ALBUM...i had totally forgotten i was making it and have only done 3 pages..so now i'm a woman on a mission, have to do his whole life in 15 days LOL..i will do it..just as well it's 9x9!! (and he's a boy, less is more!! lol). it will be my luck i do it all and he will hate it (being a boy!)..

Grandson #2 is also having a 3rd birthay in 15 more sleeps.. We have been given strict orders from Luke that Evan is NOT to spoil his 21st nor is he to be the centre of attention on that day..Luke feels that Evan took the spotlight off him on his 18th by being born and taking all day to do so! Secretely, Luke is chuffed that his nephew was born on the same day, but like all males, doesn't like sharing much LOL i have told him his cake will be bigger with MORE candles..his reply.."rightly so!!".. they also share a birthday with Prince William, but Luke will tell you, he is better looking than Will's..(in his dreams perhaps lol)..And to be totally duped, it's the shortest day of the year LOL..(unless you live on the opposite side of the world where it is the longest)..It's going to be a very long 2 weeks in our house, thank goodness he has moved to Brisbane although, that doesn't stop the daily texts reminding us how many days are left LOL..

AND..now Aaryn is getting in on the action by telling us it's his birthday in 34 more sleeps and dont you forget it, he's going to be DOUBLE DIGITS..oh my!! the last one..double digits...time for me to take my pills now LOL..i feel so old!!

had to share this pic, isn't he just beautiful LOL..so in touch with his feminine side my son LOL..

Tagged!!

I laughed when i saw that Bev had started her own Tag..soon had that smile wiped off my mug when i saw that she had tagged ME...damnation LOL..so here it is

1. Name three things that scare you. Mice, dentists and husbands who find out you've spent more than you say you have lol
2. The daggiest thing in your music collection. *blush* ABBA
3. Your three favourite clothing items. I'm so glad it's winter I can wear my cargo's that i bought to wear in the UK and also 2 jumpers that i bought over there, they are probably my faves (unless of course you count the new jeans, jumper cardi and undies that i ordered today, but they aren't here yet lol)
4. Your partners most annoying habit. would have to be how he ALWAYS tells me how to use the washing machine, dishwasher EVEN how to mop the floor..honestly if he's so damn perfect, he should do it all!!!!!
5. What stresses you out. going to the dentist lol..seriously..driving the car with husband in the passenger seat..i cant do it..i end up pulling over and letting him drive..he treats me like i'm still on my L plates..i hate it
6. If I could change the world I would hmmmmm...make it out of chocolate??
7. Your favourite household chore…. would have to be oh shoot, i hate doing my own housework, i do it every day for other people and oh yes...i enjoy BEING PAID..yes, that will do lol!
8. If you had fifty bucks to spend at Target which section would you head straight for…. Jumpers..i have an addiction to jumpers..cant help myself
9. In my next life I would like to come back as …..Me, I'd like to start with a new mother LOL
10. Your least favourite celebrity…I have so many but really cant stand..Jeannie Little..she gets right up my nose.(she'd probably fit too Dahling!!)

Ok i have to tag someone now heheheheh who shall it be...let me see.....ok..Tassie Deb....Raechel.....Heike... and Mish.... if i have to suffer...then you do too!!!!