GOOD LORDY

where has the time gone?? don't you just hate it when life gets in the way?? ok where to begin..

• Dad's burial went ok, Pat scattered some of his ashes where he wanted to be buried, took him into the bar, some of him went on the bar where he belongs!!! Dad got his ride on Pat's harley FINALLY lol. It's all over now so not dwelling. I have pics but dont feel like sharing them.
• SWIG has come and gone. It was great fun, i even participated in the dress up. I went as Darth Vadar. My friend Chris, was Kermit, (yes, i had an asthma attack underneath my helmet when she came out of bathroom, NO she didn't assist me, because everytime she came near me, i laughed and laughed). Mother (heather) came as Jack Sparrow, 2 Ninja Turtles (aka bev and sue) Mrs Mac from HP (christine) Mary, from something about Mary (beryl) The ever so lovely mother from Hairspray (who was FANTASTIC..that would be virginia) National Lampooner (deb b) 2 naughty girls from hairspray (chrissie and sue) the Cowardly Lion (Lucy) and Annie Oakley (bronwyn). Had a fantastic time, lots of laughs. Loved catching up with my swig buddy Ginny!!!! (i have tried to upload pics but it came up with an error asking me to tell them what i was doing when the error occurred, should I have told them that i was putting the veges in the steamer whilst the upload was doing it's thing? WELL, that's what i was doing LOL what a stupid question mr blogger)
• I HAVE SOLD ALL THE PUPPIES...ohhhhhhh woe....little kostas went about an hour ago, off to Tewantin he has gone! his new owner is a 13 yr old girl, whose daddy bought the puppy as a surprise for her, he's surely going to be very spoilt indeed. She has wanted a boxer since she was 7 her father said. I'm so pleased that both pups went to good homes and will be spoilt rotten! Obah went west somewhere Gary dealt with that sale and forgot to ask all important questions for me! but his new owners have an 8 yr old boxer so i know he will be ok too!
• ONLY 7 MORE SLEEPS til we get the keys...omg i am now filled with dread that something is going to happen and i am refusing to pack until i have the keys in my hot little hand...i'm full of dread LOL such a pessimist I am.
• I have to go to docs tomorrow to have my blood pressure taken again, apparently it's very high! little wonder with the drama's here! I also have to have lots of tests done to see if i am ok because my dear doc seems to think i am not! i felt fine until he told me that! Also have to see about my operation on my eyelids to remove a lump from each of them, nothing serious, I just want them OFF. so I'm kind of a bit worried about the doc visit tomorrow because for sure he's going to tell me something nasty That's the way this week seems to be going LOL...see, i told you i was pessimistic, think the worse then it wont happen!!! thats my logic.

Well i think that's all, more drama's naturally happening, but i'm sure in time they'll be resolved. well i hope they will be. Let's just say, I've been dreadfully hurt by a certain young lady, who has broken mine and her father's heart today. and if she's reading this, i hope she realizes JUST what she has done to HER family..

For goodness sake!!

As you all know, my dear father passed away in June, Slowly getting back on track, have a few ups and downs BUT yes, as well you can imagine, it has turned into quite a saga! My darling brother (wave, wave to you kiss kiss) rang me, He has been quite busy arranging poor old Dad's burial. Let me start from the beginning...OK, not quite the beginning, but tell you the story LOL.... Dad's wish was to be cremated and his ashes placed in the wall near the RSL, (yes his beloved RSL) no, not inside the RSL but outside, across the road, they have a memorial wall. My brother looked into this (no not into the wall *sigh* but into having it all done when the time came) anyway all was ok, it could be done. Dad passes away, is cremated, then we get a letter from the RSL, Dad can't be placed in wall, he's not Australian (for heaven's sake, he is a naturalized citizen or whatever you call it, have a piece of paper to show that) BUT no, he didn't serve for 'the country' so he cant be placed in the wall.. OK I have a beef with the RSL anyway, so this just confirms what i think of them (ok no emails about that it's my beef)..SO how come the RSL will have Dad on committees?? take his money every year on membership??? blah blah bloody bull well you know the rest! OK..we'll put him in the memorial garden in the local cemetery no probs, cant fight bureaucracy. WELL..... My brother arranges it all (because I am here and he is there), but I support him with any decision he makes because he makes the best decisions!.. The proof for Dads plaque is sent to my brother for his approval (oh my here is where i start to giggle)..There on the proof is words to the effect of...Here lies Patrick McLoughlin....ROFL...my poor brother nearly had a cardiac, you see, Dad is Peter, my brother is Patrick...mistake mr council man ..ok..mistake rectified and correct name put on plaque! THEN Pat, rings the council to see when they are allowing us to put Dad in the ground. UM well you see says same stupid council man, It's all been done!!! plaque and plot all done, ready for us to view...BECAUSE the stupid man, cant read and thinks that dad has been scattered!! SCATTERED for heaven's sake (no offence to anyone who has been scattered, or wants to be scattered, i have no views on this..but my dad is not scattered..I however am scatter-brained at the moment)... NO..Dad is with me says a rather angry brother!! oh um ok..says SCM. well bring him down here and I'll see to it...WELL my brother hits the roof, tells SCM that in no circumstances is he leaving poor old Dad with him, he'll probably end up in the bin or something. He wants to witness dad going into the ground! cant be done. pigs bum it cant! So at the expense of the council the plaque has been taken up (or should have been we will see). and Dad (hopefully)will be respectfully placed under his plaque. THIS is all happening TOMORROW (friday) Morning 10.30 am Tassie time. 9.30 Qld time. I cant be there, I even tried to get a flight but everything was booked out for today (it was meant to be). SO my brother is texting me as he gets to the cemetary, with Dad in hand, and I will stop work for a little while and say a little prayer. I think i may even take a candle to work with me. SO friends, at 9.30am tomorrow morning, could you all just say a little prayer or just think of us. It's just me and my brother, he's doing it alone down there and i'm doing it alone up here! Sometimes I wonder if we have other siblings!!!!!

sneak peak

Here are some pics of the outside of the new house, cant show the inside as it would be rude of me to showcase the occupants household items LOL..the carport is coming down! deemed unsafe by the building inspector but thats ok..also the big bat (shut up lol) is GOING! I'm sure that a witch owned the house, she had witch things everywhere inside!!! I get to go through it next Saturday to take measurements etc and to see if it has a dishwasher OMG i cant remember and if it doesn't have space for one A SPACE WILL BE MADE BEFORE I MOVE IN!!!! then, fingers crossed we may have the keys on the 23rd instead of the 31st!!! but not to worried if we dont!! Gary is itching to get at the garden and he finally has a shed that doesn't leak!!!!!

still to busy!

It's october already and i'm seriously lacking in blogging updates lately. Still busy packing and organising ready for the garage sale which is now only 2 days away THANK GOD! Puppies went in the paper to sell today too (very sad!).

• yesterday, I spent all day pricing and sorting stuff, had on my oldest most revolting pink skirt (which once upon a time was lovely LOL) it's one of those flaired ones with like sections (is it called a ra-ra? who knows i got it in England LOL) anyway, it's god ugly but good for sorting in the garage.
• Miss Emily came for the day (again) and gasped when she saw me, I knew i looked revolting but a gasp??
• OH NANNA...you look gorgeous, (child is blind), i love it, oh Nanna, can you spin around (why yes i can! nearly passing out in the process) OH Nanna, it's a lovely dancing skirt, can you dance (why i think i can!) OH NANNA you look so lovely..just like Dorothy the Dinosaur!!!!!
• NOW i'm wondering, does Dorothy own a pink skirt?? or am i FAT AND GREEN WITH YELLOW SPOTS???
• Today she asked me why i wasn't wearing HER pretty skirt...i'm thinking of giving it to her for dressups!!!

*ETA*...there will be no photo's ladies LOL the skirt is not the best photo taking material LOL and well you all know i'm fat like dorothy!!!....and now i have the damn dorothy the dinosaur song stuck in my head

to busy to blog!

What a hectic few weeks!! The news is...we are moving..sooner than expected...the contract on our new house went unconditional TODAY so..*insert big scream here* we are busy organising and decluttering...the garage sale is next week and we should find out by the end of next week (if not this week) when hand-over is. To say I'm excited is a little understatement. BUT I'm also a little sad about leaving this house. We've lived here for nearly 16 years, I gave birth to Cameron, just over there <---------*pointing to the lounge lol*, raised 5 kids and countless animals (and that's just their friends lol)...but it's time for us to open up a new chapter in our lives and that is exciting!.. Had a little giggle listening to the boys (who are very upset that our new house doesn't have stairs! they have always wanted to live in a house with stairs!! oops, too bad)...anyway, they were talking about moving and Aaryn was very concerned that we wouldn't take the dogs, Cameron re-assured him that yes we would take them, but not the puppies, we move after they are sold..that problem solved..Aaryn then asked him if perhaps we could take Bruce..Cam said he couldn't see why not and not to worry about that either, there are 2 shovels, they could both move him together...OK..OK...worried now...I had to intervene...before they got the shovels!!..I told them that although we loved Bruce, he couldn't come with us. Why not??? well, he isnt' there anymore...Where is he??? oh i dont know...ask Dad!!! problem solved!!..Who is Bruce?? well, he's our dog who died in August 2005..oh yes indeed, the little darling were all set to dig the poor animal up and put him in a box to bring with us!! They had me worried for a while there...I saw Aaryn down the backyard earlier, explaining to Bruce that although we still love him, he is just 'goop' now and so we cant take him with us..(gee thanks DAD for that great explanation of why the dog can't come!) but we will take his cross with us so they wont forget him... I dont know when I'll be back to update..although I do find the time to update Scrap the Stuff everyday...SO, keep sending me those layouts, i'm really enjoying looking at them...This month's competition is nearly finished, The voting starts on Monday..THEN I shall be announcing Octobers monthly competition (a great Idea from Sharon!!! thanks sharon) and the prize is looking to be a good one too!!!!

slack I am!

I am so slack, just haven't had time to update what with cleaning out stuff ready for the garage sale (which will be in 2 weeks!). ANYWAY.. Last night, the boys went to the school disco SO, Gary and I decided we'd grab a takeaway and have it at the beach, Got to a little Thai restaurant, went inside to order, it looked so damn cute and comfortable in there, we ended up eating in, something we certainly haven't done for a very long time! The meal was delish and the price was even better! I certainly thought it would have been dreadfully expensive especially since Gary insisted on buying a bottle of wine which as you know after 2 glasses i'm usually legless, but last night i wasn't! It actually took 4 glasses LOL..We had money bags for starters, very delish, just a fancy name for fancy wontons and then we had Pad Thai, i had prawns and G had pork, YUM (but Cafe de Orient at Palmwoods still wins for most delish pad thai)..Authentic Thai, have non-english speaking Thai's as waiters/waitress (i mean that nicely LOL it was nice to be bowed at every few minutes), anyway, Gary has trouble understanding people who dont speak English very well so I had to order WHAT a laugh, i couldn't get my tongue around, Pork and Prawn and kept laughing (only had 1 glass of wine then lol) I kept saying to the guy, yes yes, PRORK and Pawn he then thought i was taking the piss out of him i'm sure and was getting upset, so in the end i just flashed him a smile and winked (much to gary's amusement) and said, hang on I'll start again, so finally managed to say to him one Pork Pad Thai and one Prawn Pad Thai, to which he replied ahhh yes, one prork and one pawn...that made me lose it..anyway the meal was superb and definately going back there again AND we were out with plenty of time to pick the kids up at 9! Picked the boys up and they were hyped up...Aaryn was very excited, he said..Mum I think I have a girlfriend!! poor child, only thinks he does..apparently his little friend danced with him all night, showed him a few 'kewl' moves (like kicking back your leg, while holding hand up in air with finger pointed, it's called break dancing you know!) and then he gave her all his spending money but she went 'psycho' because she drank too much soft drink and then wanted to kiss him! (my goodness!!)..I'm sure the child never drew breath until we got to the car. Then Cam started, I couldn't even look at Gary on the way home for fear of laughing too loud!..Cam said he couldn't wait for the last day of year seven because everyone is going to expose who they really like etc, but he doesn't need to because ALL the girls just love him, and why he has even kissed one (ewwww), Aaryn told him that kissing his mother didn't count (awww)!!! Cam has decided that when he goes to highschool he can go to blue light disco's every friday night and he can PASH yes PASH any girl he wants too, he also explained to us what Pash meant..yes it involves tongues (aaryn goes...EWWWWW) Gary says..KEWL can I take mum and Pash her?? and Cam replies...No dad, you will cramp my style and i dont want you watching me pash! By this time i was nearly purple from holding in laughter! Couldn't help myself when Aaryn whispered over to Cameron, "old people sex"...where do they get all this from????? GOD they think we are old!!!!

how exciting

a few exciting things happening today, I can share one thing..I have been chosen to take over scrap the stuff blog! bit nervous about that but i'm sure i'll be ok. SO come on ladies, please send me some layouts to put in!! (Mary has decided to throw me in the deep end and wants me to start immediately OUCH). She will be helping me until the end of Sept!! The email will stay the same etc and the competition is in full swing SO if you want to win about $30 or more in products AND have your layout be banner of the month, send in your entries!! BUGGA now I cant enter the competition LOL poooh!!!

something for Sunday

Nothing much to blog about, been very busy organising and sorting through the whole house in preparation for the garage sale and impending move to new house if it ever happens! the way gary is cleaning out you would think we were moving tomorrow, we haven't even started to look for a house to buy yet LOL..but at least we'll be prepared when it all happens! Tina came over, hijacked my camera and took some 'baby' photos. She's biased, she only took pics of one puppy! this is Obah, or is his name Mika? or is it George? everyone has a different name for him, lol, the other pup is plain brown with a black face, looks just like his mum. This one looks exactly like his dad..ANYONE want to buy a boxer puppy?? or 2? lol...shall take pics of Kostas, or mika or george (whatever his name is) later, too tired right now and he's asleep!

amazing home remedies

1. If you are choking on an ice cube simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat. Presto! The blockage will instantly remove itself
2. Avoid cutting yourself slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold while you chop.
3. Avoid arguments with your wife about lifting the toilet seat by using the sink.
4. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.
5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, after which you will be afraid to cough.
7. You only need two tools in life - WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move you should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.
8. Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know themAnd one last thought for the day -

And remember

Some people are like slinkies - not really good for anything, but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs.

White Picket Fences & other myths!

This poem, was written for me i'm sure! Sally Meyers has an autistic son and writes inspiring Poetry. I love her writing. It helps me when i'm down and having a bad "asperger's day" and as i've had quite a few these last few week, i felt it time to drag out her book of poems to get me through this week.. I'm going to be sharing her work a little bit this week so watch out! This is my Aspie boy! Cameron...nearly 12, going into highschool next year, full on, drives me mental BUT he's my Aspie boy and I loves him and his little eccentricities, without them, he wouldn't be HIM and now i feel a layout coming on OH BOY lol...

There are days when I feel alone

when life is so different

than I imagined.

Of course I wanted thewhite picket fence,

the two kids,and the dog.Who doesnt?

But dreams are like that,

they disapear in the morning of life,

and we wake to reality.

with a thumpas we fall

out of ourbed of roses.

Is it silly to still dream?

is it naiveto ponder?

I sit sometimes on my porch

when the house is still, reflecting on these last few years,

when that little boywandered into our lives.

Oh how he wanders!l

ike a pixie, an elf,

a wonderful little creature

who fascinates andterrifies us all.

Who can know him?

does he know himself?

Who is he, and where is the key

to unlock,

to discover,

to hold,

and to find?

Oh yes, I wanted it all back then,

before he came,

I didn't realize that his coming would change me so,

that a small boy could work his way into my heart,

twisting it somewhat tearing it sometimes,

but finding his place, nonetheless.

And I still can dream,

despite the sadness,

in spite of the pain,

I dream in color now,

back then it was all

blackand whitepicket fences.

Asperger's is not the end of the World. . . .

just the beginning of a new one.

(copyright. 1999. Sally Meyer)

as promised....

a Before Photo:

This pic of me and Chris, taken exactly a year ago last week! I'm the fatty in pink!

an After Photo: Taken this morning! That would be me in the black dress i vowed i WOULD fit back into one day and lo and behold..picture proof...(do those legs belong to me?? lol). Hayley's eyes nearly bogged out of her head when i walked out in it, she said she knew i had lost weight but hadn't realized how much because i was still wearing most of my 'fat clothes'!!!! I know i still have a lot to lose and i'm still rather big but it's just terribly so uplifting LOL...thank you all so much for your positive comments, every time i go to eat a choccie or something naughty, i think of you all, and how weak i am so i stop at one LOL (ah you thought i was going to say i dont eat it didn't you lol)

Meet the new me!

Here I am,

the true me! Bad MUMMA! LOL.

susan had the link to make your own south park character as predicted the boys love it. They made this character and called her bad mumma. Dont you just love my whip and corset LMAO Aaryn said they gave me blue knickers cos that's my fave colour. Bless him..and the cut above my eye? oh that's because i'm clumsy you see!

This is Aaryn...he's a terminator

And this is Cameron, the warrior...

WHY are boys so gorey?? lol they've made heaps of them and played nicely together all afternoon making them THANKS SUSAN!!!!

Oh yes, to find the south park site, click on the bad mumma pic and you will be transported there. I AM SO CLEVER..betcha didn't know i could do that did you!!!

girlish giggle!

imagine me sitting here, giggling away...I AM NEARLY THERE!! Nearly into the 70's...what is she babbling on about i hear you all saying LOL.....just 2 YES 2 more kilo's to go and I'm into the 70's!! OH YES..down to 81 kg today.

Now Ive never disclosed my starting weight LOL because there are 2 things a woman must keep secret, her weight and who she is sleeping with LOL..ok..secret one disclosed......i was 98.27kg to start with when i was weighed by Sure slim they set a target weight at 20kg, i told them NO it was too much 15 would be sufficient. I then didn't bother to go to them when i saw the price ($880 faint),

THIS i have done all on my own, no diet, no gym, just cut down on a lot of stuff but mostly because i don't feel like eating. (stress and illness helped kickstart me!)

Back at work helps, i get a good workout 3 mornings a week and get paid for the privilege!! nothing like 2 hours of vaccuuming and mopping to work those upper arms and running up and down flights of 16 stairs up to 6 times in 4 hours! great for the legs i must admit!!!

SO if i lose 3 more kilo's I'm down to what Sure Slim wanted me down to and I had a thought that if I did get there and was to ever go in that place again, they would tell me I need to lose MORE! Because that's their job!

So tomorrow, if it is still raining I'm off to the shops to do a BIG clothing shop (well layby lol) all in a new size ready for summer!!!!!

AND i will try to get someone to take a decent photo of me minus my pirate costume!!!!!

And yet another

Puppy, passes away. I got home from work to find Milly..I rang Gary and told him "I think Milly is a little bit dead"...his reply.."how can she be a little bit dead? she either is or she isn't!" hmmm I hadn't realised i said that. anyway, she's now a lot dead and i cant bring myself to dig a hole and bury her, so have wrapped her beautifully and placed her in a special tin and she is now waiting for Gary to do that unsavoury job! I was fine when Molly died, I was ok when Mika died but now that Milly has gone i feel a little teary. I knew I shouldn't have gone to work, I should have stayed home and looked after her. But the sensible me, knows that she was tiny and not as strong as the 2 pigs AKA her brothers...Mother nature is strange..last week there were 5 today there are 2..Thank Goodness the vet had already reassured me that Boxer litters dont usually have 100% rate the first time around. (and I should have known that anyway because we used to have a boxer when tina was a baby, had her for 10 years, aww she was beautiful our Tara, anyway, she had puppies and only half of them survived!)...

I think thats all for today...

my i shouldn't have gone to work, i've come home in dreadful pain so i'm going to throw some panadeine forte down my throat, crawl into bed with my scrapbooking memories that was delivered yesterday and that i've not even looked past the cover of. One always knows your sick when you dont read your magazines straight away (well with me anyway lol) and i've also had my Stampin up party order delivered, can you believe i've had a huge box of stamps and inks etc sitting in the middle of the table since yesterday morning AND i've not even felt like looking at it! took out 1 persons order and that's it...*sigh**sigh* it's just all a bit much this week..so off i go with my SM and gloomy mood to the doona of recovery and hope i get up feeling a little bit better!!!!

OH....SM...LOOKIE WHOSE LAYOUT IS ON THE COVER!!!!! The one and only.....TADA drumroll puhlease..

BEV WATT

Well done Bev!! A little birdie tells me she's as pleased as punch!!!

WOWOWOW

Found this on youtube. watch Simon (HOTHOTHOT) Cowells face when Paul tells him he's singing Opera, in fact, watch all the judges faces. THEN watch their faces as he sings! it's really worth watching to the end! This guy is fantastic (oh and he's Welsh so that makes all the difference ROFL) he went on to win the series too! He has really done justice to this song and made me break out in goosebumps!

I couldn't find the original with Luciano Pavorotti, but this is the next best thing. RIP...i thought Pav was the only person who could put goosebumps on my goosebumps and tears to my eyes with this song...

what a week

I've been layed up in bed since Monday, but sick since Friday with a blasted kidney infection that in all honesty is more painful than childbirth (and i should know i have had 5 of them lol). I remember being taken to the doctors on Tuesday morning, I dont remember passing out at the reception desk, i sort of remember speaking to the doctor and swearing at him (see just like childbirth), when he asked me if i felt i should have a morphine injection. (he gave me one lol). I dont remember coming home at all, but i do remember all the dogs dressed up as doctors, quite bizarre really, that morphine is one great trip LOL NOW if someone could tell me, just how i got this bandaid on my bum??? Gary laughed, he said it was from the injection, i've been so out of it with the pain-killers, quite high really, this is my first day out of bed and i've been back and had a 3 hour sleep already and going to head back again soon! I've not eaten since monday SO i had better have lost some weight when i have weigh in at work tomorrow (that is if i go i probably will).

Hayley and the kidlings came over for a visit this morning, all was going well, until a blood curdling scream came from the bedroom and Brayden came in clutching his chest, came straight to me and was sobbing.

• Nanna...stop crying i cant understand you
• Brayden..*sob* emily hurted me
• N....what did she do
• B....she hurted me i told you
• N..lifts up his jumper to see a small scratch and large red mark "did she punch you??"
• B...NO she hurted me (getting nowhere fast here)
• N..Calls in the divine miss Emily (who isn't so divine!)
• N...What did you do to Bray?
• E....Ohhhh I I I stabbed him with the scissors (imagine voice going up and down in a sing song fashion)
• N...YOU DID WHAT
• E...I stabbed him with the scissors
• Hayley now paying attention...SCISSORS, WHAT BLOODY SCISSORS?
• N...now dont panic they are probably just paper cutting scissors..Go and get them for nanna Em.
• E...here they are Nanna (emphasise nanna and look at her mother with a look of disgust)
• N....OMG my scrapping scissors? where did you get those?? you are a very naughty girl.
• E....with that look on her face! "i just got them and brayden weellll he's not allowed to have them so i stabbed him"
• N...you could have killed him
• E...NOooo nanna, look, (lifts his jumper) it didn't come out the back you silly. (to much tv perhaps?)
• N...*gobsmacked for an answer*
• H... Finally gets up and deals with daughter while Nanna comforts brayden which Emily hates!
• AFTER A LITTLE WHILE....
• Nanna....that was a bit naughty wasn't it
• Emily....yes nanna it was
• N......you wont do it again will you
• E.....No nanna i wont stab brayden again ever
• N...and you wont play with nanna's special scissors anymore either will you.
• E....Looks up, with THAT look again....OH yes i probably will
• N....I dont think so, because if i ever see you with them I will smack your bottom...
• E.....sigh....ok then...followed by a whisper of...but i will play with them again.......
• she always has to have the last word!
• .........................................................................................................................
• Puppy update:
• Molly passed away on Tuesday morning and Mika died this morning, Molly, milly's twin doesn't look too bad, she's still very small, but the vet said she's holding her own, as for Kostas and Obah, well, they are not puppies but PIGS, huge little fat piggies, it's no wonder the others had to be comp fed! but i still loves them

Fathers day and more

• We had a quiet Father's day, well as quiet as you can expect with 4 grandies running around, 5 puppies and 1 mother, 2 boys, and 5 grownups, all in the one room LOL
• Naturally, I forgot to buy a father's day present and fell asleep last night before making cards, BUT you get that, but Gary forgave me LOL it's the first time ever and i told him i would buy him something this week, He told me he would like some rod holders from BCF (or is it BFC? i can never remember). He has described to me what it is he want's, they are like pipes that stick up and you put the rods in them. Of course, i wasn't really listening, in fact, I have no idea what the hell they are BUT rest assured, I shall make an idiot of myself going in there to buy them. I think I'll get him a voucher and he can buy them himself.
• The last time i went in there, the salesman, well, he was just downright rude! Looking at me like i didn't know what i was talking about LOL
• I wanted to buy a fish-finder for Gary for Christmas, so in i went, to the fish-finder part of the store. Found what i was looking for, but the salesman was having none of that..
• Him....Can I help you?
• Me.....Yes, I'd like to buy that fish-finder
• Him....Hmm, are you sure you want that one??
• Me.....YES
• Him...OK...what sort of boat does your husband have?
• Me....AHH a yellow one
• Him...sigh...what is it made of
• Me....UMMM hang on..(phones G)...it's fibreglass!!
• Him...ok...where does he go fishing..
• Me....on the water (thinking this man is so stupid)
• Him...WHERE?
• Me...OH..on the river? he doesn't go into the ocean the boat isn't that big!
• Him...great, that's what i wanted to know
• Me...well why didn't you just ask me if he goes in the ocean??
• Him...SIGH
• Him...what does he want to use the fish-finder for?
• Me.....TO FIND FISH (absolutely stupid man)
• Him....gives up, sells me the fish-finder that i wanted
• I mean, who in their right mind asks you what your going to use a fish-finder for?
• Took a couple of pics of Keiran with the pups today. Now, this little man, has been terrified of Bonnie and Tyson since we got them, BUT since they've had the pups, he's become fearless, even going outside with his mum to pat Tyson and sitting next to the box to pat Bonnie on the head. So today, as a treat, Nanna let him help her feed Milly, he was ever so proud.
• The pups are all doing really well now, and today only had to be bottle fed a few times, preferring to stay with mum, I'm still comp feeding them to keep up their fluids, but only Molly and Milly are getting comped.. YES they have names..Gary relented and said i could name them because I have been through so much with them LOL and then told me NOT to get attached...too late!!!

isn't the close up of milly just so cute (thank's Tina for taking the pic!)

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• Rules are: copy and paste this into your blog and tag 3 bloggers to put it on their blog.
• You've been TAGGED, now you have to go to scrap the stuff leave a comment AND submit a page or OTP.
• Tag 3 friends and leave comment on their blog to let them know they've been tagged
• I tag....Mrs Frizz (michelle), Nicole, Debbie
• GO FORTH and advertise

so far so good

What a night and day! The twins had gone into metabolic shock, (they were severely dehydrated and very cold) that's why we thought they had died, if we hadn't taken them to vet they wouldn't have survived the night at all, but, the vet gave them a glucose injection, told gary to tell me (why me?? lol) to formula feed them and if they survived last night there was a 50% chance they would survive today. Not only did they survive, but i also have them suckling again as well as bottle feeding. Had to buy an electric blanket, what a drama that was LOL no shops have them now because it's spring, luckily Big W had 2 left, but we only needed 1 lol. So far, so good, I've just fed them again and now they are all snuggled up under mum, the hours sure go fast when your feeding babies LOL i had forgotten! the only difference is that these babies dont have smelly nappies! ****************************************************************** Cameron had his semi-finals for Tennis today, they missed out on going to the grand finals by 1 point, he seems ok with it NOW lol but earlier, you would have thought it the end of the world! OK, babies are asleep, will try to get Miss Emily into bed, she's having a sleep over at Nanna's, she came running through the front door earlier, shouting "I'm here, and I will be good, i promise"...and she has been quite good she even helped me feed the babies and wanted to know why nanna wasn't using her booby! I told her i would tell her later, hopefully she has forgotten LOL

I have been chosen!!!!

2 of my layouts have been showcased on scrap the pets AND I am the first person to have a layout shown on scrap the stuff. A new blog that i found that is for all the other sort of scrapping we do, AND also on inspire me a blog to inspire you to scrap! (never thought I would inspire anyone to scrap but there you go!) go check them out, submit even!!! Scrap the stuff is offering 2 prizes, one for comment and one for submitters!!!

Trouble Oh NO!

Gary has just taken Bonnie and the babies up to the vet. The twins haven't been feeding at all today and i've been trying to manually put them on and squeeze milk etc, etc. Rang the vet who said I'm doing all the right things BUT, to take them up for a check and she will see if they need bitchmilk suppliment .... Just after we hung up the phone I had a right shock because one of the twins, made a very loud squeak and went stiff in my hands, . I made Gary take them all to the vets just incase... Poor Aaryn has been crying up a storm since they left AND NOW, Gary has just rung from the vets, to let us know that, SHE IS ALIVE!!! well for the time being, the vet is getting her warm and getting some milk into her, apparently, had we left it she would have died for sure but she only had some sort of little seizure PHEW, not out of the woods yet, but it's reasuring that she's in good hands.

have you??

I have LOL i got brave and emailed a couple of layouts to the new blog they are uploading first lot of layouts on Saturday 1st. As requested I'm linking! lol

WHAT DO YOU THINK???

of my new look blogger template??

WHAT A MANIC 24 hours!!

BE WARNED......VERY LONG POST.......YOU MAY NEED REFRESHMENTS ..........LOL

• Well, where to begin! started at midnight finished at 3.30 this afternoon LOL i am knackered!! really need a nanna nap but that isn't going to happen, so thought i'd update blog now while boys are watching Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix...yup lucky us got a copy and it's still at the pictures (thanks V).
• Hmm what else has happened WELL...this....

• how bloody cute...5 of them...one set of identical twins..NOW it's not common for dogs to have twins but it's not rare (work that out lol) i guess more are born twins but unless witnessed you cant prove it. I however saw the last 3 pups being born, I thought BLIMEY when i saw the last one come out, it's bloody huge! when the sac burst, there were 2 tiny little girl puppies in it, WOWZERS!! and they are identical! I want to keep them..I also want to call them Molly and Milly, I also want to call one Mika, and Obah (after darren obah) and I also want to call one Kostas...after all, they are boxers, they should have a boxers name like their daddy Tyson LOL..Bonnie our beautiful girl is their mummy so it's 100% profit for us LOL anyone want to buy one?? will get better pics when they are a bit bigger, but one boy looks just like his dad and the other 4 have their mother's looks and colouring! anyway, getting back to names, Gary said, I have to call them 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, because it's up to their new owners to name them, he reminded me just how i hated it when the breeder named Tyson (i wanted to call him Obah or Kostas but he was already used to Tyson, didn't want to play with his head lol)..BUT blah blah blah, that was different, these babies are MINE lol anyway Milly and Molly are cute names for twins dont you think..maybe i'll just name them in my head! I'm afraid they are going to be 5 very spoilt fur babies!! We didn't tell the girls, when Hayley arrived at 8.15 i took Emily to the laundry to show her, She screamed (as you do when confronted with cuteness) and ran screaming PUPPIES through the house, the neighbours now know we have puppies!! Big surprise for that little family. Tina wasn't coming over until 10 so i rang her and said, check your emails..NOW! something you NEED to see, i wouldn't tell her what it was...she screamed (proved that theory about cuteness, thank god you don't do that in maternity hospitals or while out shopping!! or when confronted with that ever so hunky doctor in emergency dept at hospital....OOPS I digress LOL)
• RIGHT so after the excitement of the night and after just 2 hours sleep, i had my Stampin-up Party..What a great day we had! Kimberley arrived at 9.30, house was clean, lunch prepared, morning tea ready, everything spic and span but i just knew i had forgotten something..Her and Hayley laughed ah yes...i should get showered and dressed perhaps??. I had 9 ladies turn up...Debbie Y, Monika, Audrey, Heather, Heather (my mommy) Miss Maree (aka farting lady! dont ask LOL), Tina, Hayley oh and MOI. We made 3 cute little things, will share later!
• I did try very hard to alert, but bare in mind I WAS TIRED! no sleep (my excuse i'm sticking to it) was it my fault, that when Kimberley said, 'score here' i did, oh yes, i stuffed up the totally foolproof card..not once but TWICE lol, the 2nd time i scored i did it in the right place BUT used the blade instead of scorer and totally cut off the corner LOL..that caused quite a giggle around the table! (ust as well i am thick skinned otherwise i would have thought they were laughing at MOI lol)..
• we had a yummy lunch, caesar salad and quiche (my secret recipe dead easy lol) and sandwiches, and cheese platter, followed by MUD CAKE...OOOOOPS...ever so sorry ladies, LOL after just about everyone had gone home, Mum remembered the cake so Tina, Monika, Maree, Kimberley, and Hayley ate it..UNFORTUNATELY someone (NOT ME!) gave the kids a piece and OMG they went hyper, (well more hyper lol) i couldn't hear myself think and i needed to think, it was FREEBIE TIME lol...
• I ended up with 3 sets of stamps, and 2 jumbo roller stamps for FREEEEEEEE dont you just love that (oh Debbie, i got the Scribble roller and stamp set FREEEE, get ready for Mondays LOL)..
• OK..i think that is all for today's news...CONGRATULATIONS on getting this far...and if you did, leave a comment (waving to those i know are here, but dont leave footprints LOL) so i know you've been!!!! yes, YOU know who YOU are lol...

Lots of things!

Can't think of a specific title so lots of things will do!

• Firstly....BIG THANK YOU to the ever so lovely LIS for my little pay it forward RAK that arrived in mail today. A gorgeous pincushion. I am always looking for pins, now i have no excuse! Thanks Lisa LOVE IT!!!
• Secondly.....another BIG THANK YOU, to the gorgeous Heike for the lovely autumn leaves stamps that I was lucky enough to win on her blog! LOVE THEM heaps and have used them already!!!!! (see layout below! wedding present one)
• And Thirdly ...yet another BIG THANK YOU, to Nicole, for my lovely Secret Santa gift, a fold out album, and lots of bits and pieces!!!
• I will take a pic of all my little pressies later
• Lovely Lee has asked her blogging friends (stalked perhaps?? ROFL only joking !!) to advertise her new little venture, so here I am, doing as I'm told LOL..ok..exerpt from her email:
• I have been asked to be on the team of a new challenge blog called Category Stories (to say I am beside myself with excitement is a total understatement!!). The blog address is: http://categorystories.blogspot.com/ and there is not much there at the moment but there will be on September 1st USA time (so 2nd September NZ / Aussie time) when the first challenge goes up. The blog is an international one, and each fortnight (or so) we will post a category for people to do a layout/creation on. It hopefully will be a bit fun and different with some prompts for pages/journals that people may not have thought of before. We are just issuing Categories every fortnight or so for people who might like to play along, and there will be a prize for a layout chosen from each category..
• Sounds like it might be fun hey!! so come on, go take a squizz on Sunday!! I think I will!!!
• Another couple of new blogs i have found scrap the pets (i've had 2 layouts on there!!) and also whilst running through blogland i found this new site that is yelling out for submissions (so i got brave and emailed them too LOL) SCRAP THE STUFF looks like everything is covered now, boys, girls, teenz, pets and stuff LOL...
• HMM what else.....I have posted the RAKS to Leanne, Chrissy and Deb, you should get them soon!!!
• I'm having a stampin-up party/workshop on Thursday, should be fun! I have about 10 lovely ladies coming (MUD CAKE!! amazing how that word brings people out of hibernation LOL), really looking forward to the day.
• I'm bored! LOL i have nothing exciting to write about. The kids haven't been obliging by coming out with funny things, I've not fallen down, or done anything strange (surprised aren't you lol)....went shopping...bought Wild Hogs, but wont let the kids watch it, it's for Father's day!! lol...so they are watching Norbet in the bedroom, it must be funny, all I can hear is Aaryn in fits of laughter. I've not seen it or Wild Hogs before (i hate going to the cinema, i always fall asleep when the movie starts lol), but Gary and the boys assure me that I will laugh...We'll see, their sense of humor and mine are totally different...but then again..I have laughed watching the previews!
• I had Master Keiran (he's nearly 5 wowzers!) in the car with me today, Tina told him to put his seatbelt on and he sighed very loudly and said..."I can't, it's way too IMPOSSIBLE" i nearly run into a pole with laughter!...he also had me in fits in Kmart, Tina told him off for being silly, he grabbed my hand and took me to one side and whispered "she's cranky Nanna, she is always cranky, we better stay away from her ok"..When we were at the park, he gave a big sigh, looked at me and said.."Did you hear that Nanna, that was me, my body made that noise" I told him it was called a sigh, so we both sighed and sighed, just to get the hang of it. He sighed really loud and said " I love to sigh Nanna" and then went on to say "My mum, WELLLLLLLL she sighs at Daddy all the time, when daddy just doesn't listen to her" I sighed and said "oh dear, Mummy's do that I guess"...his answer..."yes, nanna's do it to poppy's too!!" oopps!!! best not sigh anymore!
• Right...I'm off now! congrats on staying this far! LOL..i'll leave you with a couple of layouts I've only got 2 to do before 31st and i'll have finished the monthly challenges on Aussies!! YEEHAH...wonder if i'll get them done LOL...
• WOW......the moon is turning RED, off to take some pics of the Lunar Eclipse, it's a beautiful night out, i hope my camera behaves LOL
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• just took this pic, it's not the best but it's the best my camera can do tonight, because i dont remember how to put it on slow speed blah blah blah LOL...
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• THE LUNAR ECLIPSE.... OK..so i went back outside after putting the last pic up, played around with the settings on my camera and lo and behold, i am clever after all!! it took me ages to get the right picture though and guess what?? TODAY i cant remember how i did it, i guess i should practise some more
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who would believe

After all the wild weather we've had this week, wind, rain, floods etc, that today would be a beautiful Queensland day, no sign of rain, flooding all but subsided (a few areas still damp). it's gorgeous!! We took the boys for a picnic at Wappa Dam, what a site to behold. The noise of water running over the dam was deafening but oh so worth it. We didn't end up going to the falls as the path there was too muddy and far to treacherous for a little old lady who tends to fall over just by saying the word fall LOL...no, I mean ME lol, i tripped up 3 times at the dam, Heaven only knows what damage i could have done to myself at the falls!! (oh LOL i just realized..falls...LOL see, i would have fallen for sure). Nothing to exciting happened on our excursion, the boys were well behaved and even asked me to take their photo near some very impressive golden bamboo. Naturally, being the loving mother I am (choke) I obliged, Even Gary obliged by not looking gormless in some photo's and to top it all off Cameron offered to take a photo of Gary, Aaryn and Me, i had to check it before he took off though as the terror usually pretends to take a photo and you stand there looking like a plonker as he takes a photo of a tree or something like that, but today he took a not to bad photo!...

Wappa dam, How impressive!!!

Under the bamboo

flood pics

Blogger wouldn't let me upload all the pics so i had to collage them, but you get the idea!! the 2nd last row is not a lake BUT the football grounds at Palmwoods. Just about every road that leads into Maroochydore was closed at one stage today, Hayley and I braved the rain for the sake of scrapbooking to get some pics, The river apparently completely broke the banks at high tide approx 6pm tonight but it was too dark to go get pics plus the fact that on the news they told people to stay inside unless really necessary, i dont think the police would class my scrapbooking as necessary (well I know one who would, but i dont think she's on duty tonight LOL)..things are quite soggy here, but dams are filling..IF it stops as promised tomorrow, I've promised to take the boys to Wappa dam on Sunday as it's filled to capacity and roaring (should get some good pics!!) also have promised them a hike to Buderim Falls, we've only ever seen them running once (lived her near 20 years!) and as they are just up the road from us (and round the corner!) it's not to far to go and once again..great photo's to be had!!!

I hear thunder!!

• It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring!! oh yes, i think the drought has broken!! well it feels like it. Steady, hard rain since Tuesday night, and earlier on Thunder and lightening..the park across the road is totally underwater, you can just see the skatebowl. It looks like a nice little lake..talking of lakes, the lake around the corner has flooded too!! and not to mention the back yard, it's well above our ankles and the dogs will be needing little rafts soon LOL..Apparently Baroon Pocket dam (our main water supply) is full and has enough water in it to last SC 2 years (so they said on the news tonight). Hopefully Wivenhoe is getting filled up too!! Mr You Know Who, might keep his mitts off Traveston if this rain keeps up!!!...ok enough about wet, rain,(give us a few more day's we'll be praying for sunshine again LOL)..
• I SCRAPPED...indeed I did, i started off by just organising all my scrapping gear the last couple of days in preparation for the new dining suite, I have no desk so had to scrap at the dining table BUT it felt good!! Probably because i knew exactly where everything was! I didn't mean to scrap, I was just going to put packs together ready for the crop at TSH on Saturday, needless to say, no packs were put together but i did throw this layout. It's the Adorable Aussle pack and have to say, LOVED THE PAPERS!!! I also used one of Nicole's sketches.
• It's a bit of a tribute to my Dad, it wasn't going to be, but then the journalling kind of took over. It was hard to write down, but very therapeutic! it says:
• Since Dad died, I often wonder where he is now and is there really such a place as Heaven. Sitting on the beach late one afternoon, I was thinking about dad, when the sun came out from behind a dark storm cloud. In that moment I knew Dad was telling me he is ok. I didn’t have my camera so I used my phone to capture a photo, so I could never forget the day I had a glimpse of HEAVEN....
• It was a clever woman who invented the phone with built in camera dont you think LOL

another calendar page!

making 12 pages exactly the same, sounds easy but GAWD it's dead boring after about 4 LOL..i've finally finished all the pages for the calendar swap now, January and July...+ the actual page with the calendar on it!! so 48 pages soon winging their way to SA to Nicole!!! Here's my effort for July page..

Back later to blog properly

what do you think

OF the clip LOL my boys found it on youtube and have giggled all evening...They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard,!!!!...ever so clever!!!

Pay it forward Ladies

3 lovely ladies to receive a RAK...TD, Leanne and miss Chrissy!!! I have TD and Chrissy's addresses. Leanne could you be a love and email me your snail mail i cant seem to find it and I know I had it LOL.. NOW LADIES, dont forget, you now need to pay it forward on your blog, just copy and paste the bit from previous post..ta muchly...

BIG THANKS & pay it forward.......

To my friend across the ditch Michelle aka mrs frizz for these absolutely beautiful creations that she did for me in a recent photo swap!! Mind you, we had a few small heart-attacks in thinking that the postie may have decided to keep them for himself, but after a little detour, the parcel arrived this morning!! Absolutely amazed at all the little beads, patiently stuck down and perfectly placed by Michelle. I surely would have thrown the beads with temper! what patience she has!!

• Thanks heaps Michelle, i really love them to bits!!!

and while i'm handing out thanks, i would like to thank

Heike for being so generous with her EDM win!!! I was lucky enough to win the Autumn leaves stamps...

and also Lis for a RAK on her blog for the Pay it Forward thingy on her blog!!!

So now it's my turn to pay it forward.The first 3 people to comment on this post will recieve a handmade gift from me! But you have to keep it going forward, so you will need to post it on your blog too! (that is if you want a gift from me lol you might not!!!)

RGB....that's me! lol

Nicole thinks I'm a Rocking Girl Blogger, Bless her little heart..so now i have to choose 5 of you my friends to be one too HMMMMM....but first the rules...

• Apparently the rules are: place the badge on your blog -give credit to Roberta (She started the rockin’ blogger awards) -check out the latest list she has on her site -pick 5 rockin’ girls of your choice and tag em’
• ok....so now i choose

• Debbie
• Tina
• Sharryn
• Bev
• Susan C

There now go forth and nominate!!!!! LOL..... (will be back later with an update etc)

just a sneak peak

I have been working on these calendar pages all afternoon! I had to make 12 identical pages for a swap I am in for one of my yahoo groups :). I have no idea why I decided stamping and cutting all those flowers would be a good idea, but I'm glad I did it now (with callouses on fingers too lol). I have also put a little glass bead in the middle of each flower and also the A.s I wanted to use pearl beads but i didn't have any

I used the Robo to make the January title and will use the word on the actual calendar side (so double use!!). All in all I stamped and cut 72 large flowers and 96 small ones. I love this stamp set from Stampin-up it was a special earlier this year. Delight in life..

I used pink bazzil and java bazzil but somehow my scanner decided it would look better bright pink (i assure you it is a very nice pink!). I do hope it will be ok..It's my first big swap with this group and for some unknown reason, i put my name down for 2 pages so now I have to do July's page (but I do have an idea so will get to them tomorrow!!)

better day today

Having a better day today after my little vent yesterday, although Cam is still out of sorts apparently he doesn't like cleaning and it's all my fault that his room is too clean! oh well, you get that! We've had a huge clean up today! I've had my carpets cleaned, lounge suite, even my computer chair. It's so much easier when you have your own carpet cleaning machine. Floors are all mopped, house smells ever so clean!! I've even dyed my hair as a bit of a reward. I usually spend a fortune and never really happy with the colour i get, so this time i just bought a do it yourself job and have to admit I love the colour!! (and there is no grey!) Had a huge shock about 10 minutes ago, well not so much as a shock but a sort of OMG my babies are growing up far to fast and I should really pay attention to the songs they listen too! Music Max is on, I told Cam that Black Eyed Peas were on and his fave song was playing, Him and Aaryn sat and sang along to it..My Humps, My Humps..they knew every single word. I was impressed until i started to really listen. I mean, I hear this song nearly every day, I even sing My Humps along with it and then lalalala the words I don't know BUT NOT ANYMORE!!!!..OMG (i have to admit that Gary is in fits of laughter, because he knew the words of the song and what it was about) Watching the clip, all the bits fell into place..OMG they are NOT singing about speed humps or camel humps,..but lady lumps!! (i must admit, i do find it a little amusing that I've been singing a song about my lovely lady lumps and not knowing it)..so..in future, I'm going to Google any song, get the right lyrics and start to veto what they listen too, although I'm beginning to think it's a little late for that LOL..that's what happens when you have Older children and then younger children..YES i blame the 3 older ones ROFL...

just FED up today!

Today has been just 'one of those days'. You know the ones, that seem to go on and on and nothing is achieved?? SO if you dont want to hear me vent, just dont read on any further!!!

Cam spent the night at Hayley's, he sat up for most of the night playing the XBox, then was up well before 6.30am to play it again. They rocked home about 9 and he's been in fine bloody form all day. I hate it when he has what I call 'true Asperger days'. These are the days, I so wish he was back on his medication. He doesn't listen, is extremely rude and cheeky, eats everything in sight (which is a good thing not a bad thing so something good comes of these days) and is just so damn tiring, that I dont know which way is up. He's finally managed to calm down a bit and I have relented and let him watch cartoons until bedtime WHICH if i have my way will be 7pm!! lol.. He gets a sort of glazed look on days like today, i feel sorry for him but yet I also feel sorry for anyone who gets in his way. I told him earlier, it is like having a perpetual 2 yr old in the house, he doesn't seem to accept reason and does the silliest of things, like tipping all of the dogs water over the top of the dogs and then playing in the mud it makes (just like a 2yr old!!). Very Tiring day indeed!!! I'm tired of cleaning up after him today!

I also had a menopausel moment, which really hasn't helped my mood much at all, in fact, since having it, i've been downright depressed. I felt i needed to talk to my dad today after all, it's saturday, i used to ring him on Saturdays, only thing was. I sort of forgot that my Dad had died, I rang the nursing home and felt a right absolute idiot, when the nurse informed me that he was no longer with us, she must be used to it though, because i just stammered and she said, it happens a lot. I cried for ages after that. I feel I'm not allowed to be depressed or upset about my dad's passing because when i do, if I'm asked what's wrong, i get eye rolling and oh is that all, when i say what's up with me. It seem's it is not acceptable for ME to grieve but it's ok for others. This comes from friends as well as family. Sometimes i just want to yell at them and tell them that believe it or not, I am human too. (surprise!!!!)

On days like today, I feel totally alone, no friends, nothing (*SIGH* insert Mr Lonely song here!!! Lonely, I'm so lonely, I have no-body...to call....myyyyy owwwwnnnnn).

Husband has gone to play poker AGAIN..seem's he has found his calling LOL...so I'm home alone with 2 naughty boys who if i have to speak to them to stop hitting each other with my new cushions just one more time, will be going to bed with very red bottoms!!! NOW where did I hide that vodka bottle??? LOL....think I might try to get a few calendars finished for the calendar swap I'm in. REMIND ME?? why do I do these things?? not drink LOL but do swaps?? I might learn to say no one day!!!

Curls, curls and more curls!

This cheeky monkey came for dinner tonight and a bath too! just love how her curls go into ringlets after a wash and condition!! shame they dont stay that tidy though!! I asked her to smile nicely for Nanna, so she did! she mucked up a bit too! I was lucky enough to get some new scrapping material LOL.check out those curls, hard to believe I used to have hair just like that and so did her mother (hayley)......

she watched the wiggles with me this arvie, red wiggle was making a spell, "what is that magic word?" he said..."why yes, it's abracadabra, thank you for telling me"...

THEN cheeky little miss says..."stupid murray, i never even said a word, did i nanna"

I guess she's growing up LOL...

oh and for the record...I am a good girl!!! I took miss to the toilet (she's in the process of being trained and doing very well) and naturally, nanna had to 'go wee's too!" It's been quite a while since I got a resounding round of applause and jumps and claps and naturally Poppy was told that nanna was a good girl!!! I'm feeling quite proud of myself ROFL.........

Monday!! ahh

I love Mondays, my day off!! i do nothing on Mondays, I get the boys off to school and usually sneak back to bed for an hour, then when I hear Gary come home from work, I jump up, pretend I'm making beds (doesn't everyone??) and then when he goes back to work at 10 I sometimes sneak back to bed OR just veg around the house. BUT not this morning, OMG look at me, I'm dressed and have been out and about (begrudgingly mind you!). I had to drop my car over to the panel beaters by 9am then came home so Gary could eat his breakfast, then back into town to pick up the hire car. What a kaffuffle that turned into, Gary forgot to transfer the $$ onto his other card , so, over to the bank to do so *sigh MEN*, back to the car hire, they upgraded the car for free, (so they said lol) all the did was give me an automatic with 4 doors instead of a 3 door manual,!! but, it's silver who's complaining LOL. Checked the car over, have you driven one of these before?? oh yes I have, I've had a few when i've been in Tassie..so in I get and turn on the car, PMSL it was already turned on, (I promise I have driven one before, only it is so quiet i didn't hear the engine)..OK forgot they are touchy on the accelerator too LOL..nearly run over Gary, (without even trying ROFL) I have also finished one of my challenge layouts and 2 calendar pages. I forgot to scan TD's (sorry) but did scan Danielles. I have decided I like Danielle's page so much I'm going to do 12 the same, for another calendar swap i'm in with a different group! the baby is ME!! i was about 10 months old, it's one of the only pics I have of me with my Nanna!

OOPS

forgot to say YES PLEASE Kathryn..the link would be Fab... thanks also to everyone for leaving comments...it's nice to know whose been in to visit!!!

Not a lot

Happening to report, it's a tad boring here LOL..Went scrapping at LSS last night, bit quiet, i only did 2 layouts and 2 calendar pages, so much for trying to get a heap done!!

It's far to distracting at the shop, i scrap better at Tina's! and dont spend as much money there!!

I bought 4 more albums, BARGAIN $20 each, and perfect!! so have ordered some more!!

As we were leaving I noticed a Kaiser wooden dragon kit, Aaryn is studying dragons at school so thought perhaps i might buy it, but it was a tad expensive. SO, Barb struck a deal with me, she said I could have the castle kit (which was marked at $46) for half price if i bought the dragon. I ended up getting both kits for half price LOL and then i used my discount which bought the whole set down to $20.

Needless to say the boys were well impressed with their score this morning and we spent the afternoon, building and painting.

Then tonight, they've played with it all. i was impressed at how big it was!! It was funny listening to the boys talking while they painted. Aaryn asked me what colour were dragons, i said, Green i think, Cameron said they were black.

Aaryn looked at him and said " Mum should know, she used to have a dragon when she was a kid and she lived in Wales, all kids in Wales had dragons instead of dogs in the olden days, didn't you mum!".. Now this little bit of information came from my cousin 2 years ago when he was here on holiday and Aaryn has never forgotten. I could hardly keep a straight face! He is a bit gullible. I must think of a name for 'my pet dragon'

I took photo's of the building and painting, will share them tomorrow.

Hayley came over just before dinner and asked me if i would like to go out with her tonight, I looked at her with horror when she went on to say...Come play poker at the RSL...I told her i was too tired and would rather stay home and stick needles in my eyes that suffer at Poker! (i'm not good at it, when i bluff, people know i'm bluffing because i get the giggles and start to jiggle in my seat!)..Gary has gone with her, BUT he was very upset with me because i said i prefered needles in eyes! He demanded an explanation, so the easiest way was this.."Well, lets put it this way, How would you feel if i asked you to come scrapbooking with me??" Point taken!! as he left the house, he handed me a knitting needle ROFLMAO!!! stupid man...

I went back to Good Guys today..still no singing!! bought a new fax machine it's very high tech lol, it even prints photo's, what a clever phone!! naturally, it's in the office so i'm not allowed to play with it, but i will HEHEHE, the software that came with it looks pretty good i think i might have to 'do up some invoices' as an excuse to get on the office computer LOL.. We also got a set top box. WHAT FUN that was to set up (NOT)...but rest assured, i worked it all out and it works perfectly now!!

I love to shop LOL..i think i was born to do it..i even like grocery shopping..sad, but true!!

I took Gary out to look at the new dining suite, He was impressed that I found such a bargain.

Yesterday I also bought a new coffee table, when i got it home, OH DEAR, they had given me the wrong one, right style, only it was the bigger one (and much dearer lol), so, i got the table i wanted in the first place at the price i was willing to pay for it LOL...WELL it wasn't my fault, the men in the delivery dock were how should i put it.... a few cents short of a dollar?? lol, all they did was look at the name of the table, not the size..i guess, had it been the other way around i'd be complaining BUT i'm not LOL...so now i'm going back to get the matching entertainment unit!!! Then all my furniture shopping is finished *sigh*.... We'll have bought all our new furniture ready for the move to the new house later this year..then i'll have to start all over again LOL..

I'm having a garage sale soon, I have heaps of stuff to get rid off...2 x study bunks the boys needed them, so we bought them, then they didn't want them anymore so back to normal beds... i miss those bunks, such a great space saver and their roooms always looked clean.

I'm also selling ALL my christmas lights and toys etc. NO more house decorating for us..so if anyone want's any outside christmas decs you know where to go LOL..

ok..your eyes are probably bleeding now so I'll finish here and go and put all my layouts into their new albums..but first...i'll take a pic of the huge pile, stacked up on my NEW coffee table LOL..

here i am again!

• so far so good LOL this daily blogging is easy peasy!! but what to talk about lol..
• Yesterday, was a great day, I had some much needed retail therapy, boy it felt good! I went to The Scrap Heap, spent a small fortune there (probably could feed a small 3rd world country with the proceeds from my PP alone)
• Went to Amart, found the perfect dining set, i've been wanting a new one for ages, SO bought it LOL large square dining table, 8 chairs, carved!! oh joy, we'll all be able to sit at the table together instead of doing it in shifts. Dont think Gary liked that idea though LOL he likes to sit on the lounge, balancing his tray and drink LOL..only downside is..i have to re-arrange the room to fit it in when it arrives in 2 weeks BUT i am no to upset about losing my scrapping area, the table is so big, i can scrap on one side and there is still room to eat!!!
• Walked into the Good Guys, was a bit upset there, no singing, no dancing like on the advert, i even complained to the salesman about it, he has promised to do something special for me on my next visit, i'm a little scared! lol..bought a dryer!! even paid for it there and then, it gets delivered this arvie and wouldn't you know, no rain forcast now for about a year!! I like the good guys, they give you good discounts for cash and then that pays for delivery. The salesman as i was about to leave, yelled out, We love you..(insert die of embarrassment here).. You are our best customer, see you next time..I guess, i spend far too much money in there!!!
• Last night, i remembered i needed to get something from camera house, Gary drove me over there, i stood outside the door, the man looked at me and smiled..I couldn't walk in there, OH MY LORDY it was the same man the one who thinks i'm strange and weird.. I had to pretend I'd been in the shop and they didn't have what i wanted. I cant go in there when 'that' man is there and why???
• A while ago (quite a while ago, but the memory lingers like a very bad smell) i wanted to buy a digi-dock, for travelling, so i could remove my photos safely from memory card without using a computer, oh yes, sounds easy enough, just walk into shop and ask for it. which is what i did!!
• I confidently walked up to the man mentioned above...smiled very nicely (i find this gets you discounts sometimes) looked him in the eye..and asked in my very important I have some money to spend voice..Good afternoon, do you have a dodgy-dick??...his reply, complete with smirk, "it wasn't last time i checked". I looked at him mortified, saw my daughter in fits of laughter, he cracked, ..i turned tail and fled and have never been back into the store and will NEVER go back into the store until the day that man retires...I have heard, he's the manager, he will never retire, I can never buy a new camera!!
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• Onto this morning, life is never dull here!
• The boys have just handed me invoices from school, more extra activities (groan) oh this one they can do, Sex Ed.. Aaryn is mortified, he just knows he's too young to have sex. Have reassured him he doesn't have to have sex, just learn about it etc, (ykwim)
• Cameron on the otherhand, says he doesn't need it as he knows everything about sex and it's just a waste of money he's 11, he'll tell Aaryn all about it, ok then, off you go...I just heard him telling Aaryn, He's doing the class!!!! he really knows nothing (sigh of relief)
• OH and for the record..."it's not called sex-ed mum it's HRE" I stand corrected!!!
• I think that will do for today, i have to go to work and now i'm running late..this daily blogging could get me into trouble with the boss!! oh..i am the boss, must speak severely to myself and put me on a warning!! I'm far too good to sack though, so a warning will have to do ROFL...

A new day dawns!

Well here we are day 2 of August, no more dreary's, in fact i feel GREAT today. (had a giggle at Susan's comment, my dad's fave food was BEER, i hate beer LOL). I have a few things to share today

1. I signed up for daily bloggers over at kathryn's blog. I've been meaning to do it every month but never do (because i lurk there and just love reading her adventures) so this month i jumped in head first!!
2. ok this one is FANTASTIC... My very talented daughter is now one of Di Hickman's sketch girls!!!! SO very proud of her I am. You can find her on her own blog and also on Di's blog. GOOD ONYA TINA!!! (gets her talent from her mother I'm sure LOL)
3. My baby was a bit worried about his mummy last night so he wrote this poem for me! (it made me thankful for what I have and how he obviously see's me LOL

A Poem about Tess

When you smill (smile) your room lites up

without a piese of darkness.

when you brush them

your brush them with delite

when you are scared at night, you smile

so you will lighten up your room

Then you go back to sleep and fill your mind

with delitefull dreams.

I love you Mum

Aaryn

Your little baby Aaryn.

NOW isn't that just adorable LOL obviously, he loves my teeth! And i always knew i lit up a room when i walked into it *wink * lol.. Here's the pic of his poem.. just have to scrap it!!

A new month!

August the 1st~ a special day in our house, it is my Dad's birthday! well, it used to be a special day Today it's a very down and depressing day. Do you have birthday's in heaven? I like to think you do, complete with whatever sort of cake is your favorite, (perhaps angel cake?). Today is the first birthday i've not been able to ring my Dad to wish him health and happiness. I found his birthday present yesterday, all wrapped, card signed, even in it's parcel, just waiting to be posted. This year I thought I would be super organised and have his present all ready to be posted so it would get to him in plenty of time. Needless to say, I will never be organised again! I shed a couple of tears when i found his parcel, for goodness sake, it's only a pair of Y-front old man undies (too much info?? going to have nightmares now??), 2 pairs of pj's and a nice pair of warm socks, BUT that's what he needed, I think I will take them to the nursing home down the road, still wrapped and ask if there is a little old man (dad was really little about the size of an 11yr old boy at the end) who could use a little present. I could take them back to the shop but I just cant bring myself to do that. The same as I cant just simply cant bring myself to remove dad's mobile number from my phone, in doing that, i'm accepting the fact that Dad is gone and to be honest, I'm not ready to do that yet. I'm trying to cheer myself up a bit with a little memory thing happening in my head. Dad's twin brother, died a couple of months before their 4th birthday, This birthday is the first one they are sharing together for 75yrs! I like to think of the 2 of them up there, with their parents, finally all together having a huge party!!! My Dad had a theory, that if you lived to see another birthday, you should live another year, so not to waste it! I guess that's why he died, when he did 5 weeks before his birthday, so the year wasn't wasted. he probably thought OMG if i have another birthday, I'll be bloody stuck here for another year!!! That's the logic of the Irish LOL..I like his logic!! SO..Happy Birthday Dad and also to Patrick his twin!!! 79 years!!!! I love you and miss you so very much!!