Thursdays are my day off

No extra kids comming to play, no work at night, just me and Jess (Oh and mum and my sister for lunch every week lol). So with the week having been so busy. What did we do today.

1 Hung out the sheets and the towels
2 Did the school run
3 Raced round the grocery shop
4 Came home and unpacked the groceries
5 Raced back to school for 10.30am to find that the caretaker had forgotten it was a sausage sizzle day and nothing was out, and it was my first time as head sausage person lol
6 Cooked 560 odd sausages, organised 50 odd juicies and 300 cans of lemonade. Helped to serve out to 500 odd students in 30 minutes. PHEW but we had a great bunch of ladies helping today so it was a breeze. All except the moment when I though we were going to run out of sausages. Had 10 left over LOL
7 Came home had a drink, something to eat and changed my clothes cause I smelt like a sausage. Can still smell sausages and will probably dream them tonight. LOL
8 Brought in the washing.
9 Made beds
10 Cooked dinner
11 Did homework
12 Bathed kids and read stories and off to bed.

Now I am enjoying a hot chocolate, marshmallow easter egg and surfing the web. Should be scrapping but haven't got the mojo or the energy LOL.

Did I mention that today is my day OFF!!! lol

Saturdays crop

What a fantastic time. I haven't laughed so hard in ages thanks Nic!!!!!!! LOL Great to see so many ladies there for the final 'Lianne' crop. Also Karen I am still blowen away that you came all the way from Tokoroa!!!!!!!!! You win the prize for furtherest distance. Nice to meet you too and I hope that you had fun. We are a quiet bunch LOL except Ruth of course.

Nic you made the most fantastic gift for Lianne and thanks for making the card too. Oh and bringing the rum. We had one for you too Rachel LOL I didn't manage to achieve much (not unusual for those of you that know me LOL) but we made these very very cool little tins from eclipse mint tins. Still not sure what to use mine for but it looks great on my bookcase!!!!!! lol Ain't it cute??? Infact I managed to start 3 layouts, throw 1 away and start a mini album. Oh and I started the cover of my 'all about me' album. I've had the album for a year so have finally made a start. You can't rush these things. LOL I know that I would have been able to create masterpieces had my new Scenic Route arrived LOL Can't believe that I am almost out of patterned paper!! The girls and hubby had a nice day without me too. LOL

Must go finish my layouts.

Michelle I still have the bickkies if you want them. Email me your address and I'll post them to you if you want. Trina, start stalking your postie. LOL

The weather has been very rainy today, which is great for the grass and the garden, and has turned a little cooler. We were expected to get a bit of a cyclone but it has been downgraded to a heavy storm. That should be rolling in in the next couple of days.

Ok so I am going to try again

and upload my page from Monday. aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh yes there it is. Still debating whether I will take of those green flowers. I painted mine instead of outlining them.

I did an online class yesterday

and it was very interesting. I love classes that challenge you to try different things, whether it is a paper that you would never have chosen, a new technique or just a different way of using a product. Great fun. Thanks Evana for running such a cool class. This is the page that I created. I am usually just a plain, subtle kinda gal and stay away from the bright patterened paper, so this in itself was a challenge to me. Also the use of a HS mask. That was actually fun and I will have a play with that again.

On another note, I got my Tarisota order and it is fabulous. If you haven't had a look then you really should. It always comes packed with a wee choc or something sweet to temp you LOL Just love those extra things that make you feel special. The ribbon this month is fabulous and I am looking forward to using the chipboard shapes too. www.tarisota.com.au Go check it out.

Off to a crop this weekend so I should really have some photos organised. Must do that this morning and get my order sent away so that it is back in time. Really looking forward to this crop. It is my day 'off' LOL

sorry I am having problems uploading my page. Will try again later.

I'm a STALKER LOL

of the postie!! Look out postie I am watching for you every day. LOL I love waiting for orders to arrive (anything really lol). Theres a certain amount of anticipation to the day and also good exercise for me as our letterbox is a good 30 metres from the front door. I know it doesn't sound much but when you are checking every hour it all add up right?? enough for another girl guide chocolate biscuit!! LMAO

We did the final biscuit round yesterday and thankfully have sold most of our 14 odd boxes of biscuits. I have to get another 2 full boxes that people have ordered and then that is me for this year. Actually need to sort out alot of pippins stuff for tomorrow. Should do that before bed. Yet more forms to fill in. Same with school. There were forms that came home for parent/teacher interviews. I love these. Its a great time to meet the new teachers for the year. But the form that they send home has some silly questions on it. Like what do you want your child to acheive this year? UM well......... let me see...... shes 6 years old so is there any chance she can finish a BA in the next few months?? Really!!

Had a lovely morning today at Andreas cuddling her beautiful new daughter. She is just gorgeous and mum and dad should be very proud. Almost made me clucky (loved scaring the heck out of hubby on that one too lol) but not quite enough to make me forget how delightful Jess was when she was a newborn with her screaming and being completely unsettled from about 2pm till well into the wee hours of the morning. We used to call it tag team time. Hubby would walk in the door and have this baby thrust at him so that I could go outside for a 5 minute breather. LOL those were the days!!

mmmmmmmmmmmm off to sort out the best spot for stalking the postie in the morning. LOL I know. No life. LMAO

Hello weekend!!!!

Didn't realise it was so long since my last blog LOL

Have a few things to tick off on the 'to do list'.
1 - have booked flights and classes for CC06 - wahoo roll on August!!!!!!!!
2 - have registered for Scrapcamp - wahoo roll on May LOL
3 - have completed the first of my new scrap challenges (well just waiting for the dimensional magic to dry LOL)
4 - Can you see a theme happening here??? lol
5 - have finished one lot of 65 cards for my sister - one lot to go.
6 - have registered for Evanas (wish I knew how to link) online class next Monday
7 - have finally ordered some of the new BG baby girl papers that came out in Vegas (I know, I am a little slow with these things LOL)
8 - now all I have to do is hide the credit card from hubby and convince him that eating 2 minute noodles, mince and mixed veges every night for the next two weeks is absolutely OK!!! LOL
9 - and MOST IMPORTANTLY of all - we spent a lovely day in the sun (yep the sun was finally shining again) with the girls and we all had a bundle of fun. Hardly any arguments, short tempers, harsh words etc. It has truely been a lovely day to look back on as I sit here enjoying my rum.

Oh and for those of you in NZ (not that many people read my blog but just incase) and those of you brought up in the 70s and 80s, my favourite radio station on a Saturday night has to be Classic Hits. STOP no seriously STOP laughing!! LOL They have what they call 'duke box Saturday night' and it is filled with songs that I grew up with, and some a little older LOL But great for scrapping music. They just played the theme from Miami Vice (remember that?? lol) I love music that touches a memory - ok so Miami Vice theme music is probably a bad example but you all know what I mean. LOL so go find and turn it on and listen for yourself.

ENJOY