Saturday was a blast!!!

Wahoo!!!!!!!!!!! The first crop of the year and it was so much fun. Great bunch of ladies and we had so many laughs. I even got a few pages done. Ruth I think you won that challenge tho LOL.

The weather has turned a little cold over the last week and I desperately need a new sweatshirt. The plus side of loosing so much weight is that you feel so much better about yourself and more comfortable in yourself. The down side to downsizing 14kgs is that nothing (and I mean nothing) fits anymore. Even the jeans that I bought during the winter last year, don't fit anymore. *sigh* not complaining but its a pain when you go to the drawers on a cold morning, looking for a sweatshirt (NOPE) and some long pants (NOPE again lol) and you have to settle for the longest pair of 3/4 pants, a long sleeved shirt and a pair of thermal socks LMAO I must have looked a treat!!!!! So off to the shops went my youngest dd and I. We had a really good morning (except for the fact that we could not find a sweatshirt - just a plain sweatshirt!!). But she enjoyed trying on clothes at P Patch and I even bought her a tracksuit. Finally found a sweatshirt in the last shop that we looked in (Murphys law or something), although it is a polarfleese but it will keep me warm until I can find another one. LOL

I thought it was a good chance to update my blog whilst I am waiting for the hair dye to develop (5 more mins to go). I am trying out the new dye and highlight kit (the dye bit is the easy part). Should be very interesting when I get to the highlight bit LOL So I will either be showing a pic tomorrow of my fabulous new 'do' or running for the nearest hairdresser to fix a horrendous mistake. LOL

Right off to wash this out and then put the highlights in. I asked hubby to help - used the 'if you loved me you would' line but that hasn't produced any help yet LOL I guess he is just needing a good laugh later on.

I did it!!!!!! I did it!!!!!!!!!

I put a very bright pink clock on my blog!!!!!!! Go me LOL mmmmmmmmmmm not sure how long the pink will stay there but enjoy it while it lasts. I need reminding of things more and more these days. Especially dates LOL Ho hum....... age seems to be creeping up faster than I ever expected. LOL

Right - 'tick' - another thing off the 'list of things to do' LOL I even managed to finish my 10 pic layout for the challenge and make two birthday cards and one anniversary card. One more to go and then I am caught up LOL

I have spent the afternoon checking the girls clothes to make sure that they are all set for this winter. Thanks to JK and P Patch for sending out their brochures this weekend LOL So thats another 'tick'.

Oh and the fish survived their first night and we visited the local pet shop this morning and got them a sunken boat thingy, which seems to have made them remarkedly more happy. Do fish smile???????? lol

Well this week has just past in a rush

With two extra kids three days of the week and something on the other two days, I think that I have only just now (thanks to my rum lol) caught my breath!!!!!! LOL

We went to the Pet Expo in town today and the girls just loved it. We walked around and saw all the dogs and a cats (lost count of how many dogs they petted), NZ dragons, rats (shudder), soft toys of all description and lots and lots of farm animals. Oh and also the largest BULL in the southern hemisphere. Let me tell you that thing was HUGE!!!!!!!! lol He weighed over 2 tonne and was 6ft 4 or something equally as tall. We fell in love with the Mancone cats and the Bengal tiger cats. WOW they are so cute!! Not so sure about the price tag tho LOL Also hubby found the dog that he has been wanting for years and years. A Leonberger!! They are about the same, if not bigger, than a St Bernard and are just huge but very very cute. Maybe one day when the kids are bigger. Even the puppies (like 1 year olds) were huge. Can't imagine having to pay their food bill!! So we decided to buy a couple of gold fish instead LOL a - the cat will be quite happy with that and not have his nose out of joint cause he wont be fighting for any attention, and b - the girls have been wanting a fish for a long time. So - show deals and all that - we are now the proud owners of a lovely wee fish tank and two little fish. I tried taking a pic of them but the little suckers wouldn't stay still and smile so it is attached but blurry. LOL Am going to get a decent one of them yet!!!!! lol Something else to scrap - when I find the time. And welcome to the family little fish. I hope you will be happy here. There names are Rosie and Goldie, just incase you wanted to know. LOL

Right off to fold the washing and have another look at that layout on my desk that has been there since last Sunday. I am going to fail the last week of your challenges Julie (just incase you read this LOL) but thanks for the motivation. It really got me going the other three weeks.

What is it about 30???

That your body decides its time to crap out!!!!! Ok so I can cope with the saggy bits and the stretchmarks (afterall they arrived with my beautiful children), and the bits heading south. But what is going on with the TEETH thing. Not a year after a molar root canal and now I am due another!!!!!!! If you are wondering what that rattling sloshy sound is, then its me moving around. I am living on mushed stuff, custard, chocolate (there has to be some perk to the pain lol) and yoghurt. What I would do to munch into a nice crunchy apple or carrot!!!!!! Or even a cracker or pringle. I am living on two different lots of antibugs and painkillers. I have had to start writing down when my next dose is and what I need to take!!!!!!!!!!!!! How sad. The perk is that I can suck on chocolate to my hearts content and no-one is gonna tell me not too LOL Not even those bathroom scales!!!!!!!!!! Fingers crossed that these antibugs start working soon or otherwise this tooth will be going to the tooth fairy (although she probably wont want it LOL). Oh and who needs botox - the swelling is perfect for ironing out the wrinkles. LOL

Anyhooooooo - hubby being the darling that he is, took the girls out this morning to the beach for a swim and lunch and left me alone to scrap to my hearts content (inbetween swollowing pills) and I managed to complete 2 layout challenges and 1 photo challenge. Wonderful. Watch out you other ladies on the challenge. I am catching you fast LOL

Hope everyones weekends have gone well. I saw that they are advertising for the ski season on telly this afternoon. WHAT is that all about!!!!!!!!!! Does that mean that summer is nearly finished????? Please NO!!!!!!!!! We need more sun.

School is back

And it seems like such a long time ago that we were soaking up the sun at the beach. *sigh* Back into that school and after school activities routine. Isobel was so happy to be going to see her friends that she almost bounced all the way there. LOL very cute and I am very grateful that she enjoys school so much that she is so excited about it.

It is another scorching hot day here and my temp thingy says 25 degrees. Lovely!!!!!!! All the jobs are done, the washing is out, dinner made (YEP its made lol) and number 2 is watching Hi5. The weatherman got it right yesterday. They said hot and sunny with the chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Heres a pic of us outside enjoying some water play (hubby and I were sitting under the umbrella enjoying something cool and refreshing LOL when out of the blue blue sky these huge raindrops started falling and then we heard the rolls of thunder. We only got just the very edge of the thunderstorm. Hubby suggested to the girls that they would be able to catch the raindrops on their tongues. This is the result. LOL

ooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh stink!!!!!

LOL this is my 3 year olds latest saying and it is just the cutest when she says it. The facial expressions go with it too.

Anyhooo I have decided over the last couple of days that I think I have taken on more than I can chew (as the saying goes). mmmmmmmmm so I have some thinking to do, and some re-evaluating before I make any decisions. I now have 3 kids that I look after (plus my own 2) and it is now over 3 days of the week. Oh plus 1 more after school two nights of the week. Plus my dictatyping job in the evenings. The worst thing is that there is no ME time!! And no ME time means no scrapping time!!!!!!!! LOL

Ah well. Have to grocery shop at some stage today and then my eldest is off to her grandparents for a few nights of freedom (for her - no nagging mum will be bliss I am sure lol).

Oh and Nic - come back - all is forgiven LOL I know you are having an absolute ball in the States drooling over all that new product. We need the goss!!!!!!! LOL