Clothes shop mirrors

Yep strange topic I know but Clothes Shop mirrors. I have come to the conclusion, after spending the day shopping with Nic, that clothes shop mirrors are a completely different brand of mirror to any other mirror in the world!!! Every single pair of jeans, and I tried on every single pair of jeans lol, made me look fat in every single mirror. LOL I did evenutally find a pair of jeans, completely different style for me but I love love love them. And they looked ok in the mirror in shop and look fantastic in MY mirror at home LOL It is strange tho, even losing two sizes in weight last winter hasn't changed my original thunder thigh issue area. And please, skinny size 6 lady in Jay Jays, who was very helpful and kept bringing me different jeans, please please do not tell me that I look great when your mirrors are telling me otherwise. LOL

I will look great when I am wearing my new jeans, my new cool top and my new multi functional pashmina/scarf thingy which my girls tell me looks 'groovy'. Hubby wants to know where the shoes are?? I want to know if there is room on the mortgage for the liposuction!! LOL

I love scrapping

Did I say what an awesomely fantastical day I had yesterday??? Thanks so much for offering your place as the venue for the swap pins meet Nic. I went with the intention of scrapping full pages and not doing any swap pins at all. Swap pins??? Who needs swap pins??? LOL well apparently I do so I made some. 18 actually but apparently that wasn't enough so I made some more. Now I have 36 swap pins for CC06 and I am really pleased that I did them. They came out great considering I have never made them before and certainly had nothing planned.

Anyway the swap pins are made, my homework for some of my classes is still not done but hey I still have a few more days LOL

Thanks again ladies, you made yesterday a blast!!! I honestly haven't laughed so hard in ages. Makes you feel great!! I am a little bummed tho that Trina didn't decide to pop LOL and that E didn't pop long distance either LOL Come on ladies. Lets make it a race shall we??

Fantastic day. Loved it!! But I will need to diet now for the next two weeks LOL

When things happen they happen fast

You are just crusing along and then all of a sudden you get a phone call from the Solicitor and your house is sold!! yep sold!! unconditional two weeks early and YEP SOLD!! OMG now I need to do some serious shopping LOL Like um buy a house!! or maybe a Ferrari hubby says. um not sure that we can all sleep in the Ferrari honey.

ahhhhhhhh time to sit back and reflect and go phew that part is over. Then all of a sudden realisation hits and now we have four weeks to pack and find somewhere to live LOL Love a good challenge. BEST thing is NO more open homes, NO more agents bringing people thru at any time, NO more having to keep the house spotless. Kids............. get out your toys. Lets make some mess LOL

ahhhhh done

I got Tagged

Thanks Ruth

Four Jobs I’ve Had :
Mother
Senior Receptionist/Cashier Hotels
Customer Services
Onion/Carrot/Spud packer

Four Movies I Can Watch Over And Over :
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensability
Big Chill
Probably a Barbie dvd cause I HAVE to LOL

Four TV Shows I Love To Watch :
Desperate Housewives
Greys Anatomy
CSI - original
Evil Diet Witch - Fat Chance

Four Important things to me :
Family
Friends
Time out
Scrapping

Four Tunes That Play In My Head :
KT Tunsdil - wahoo
whatever is playing on the radio

Favorite Food Dishes :
Butter chicken
chocolate anything
steak, chips and salad
chocolate anything

Four Websites I Visit Daily :
Yahoo group
Blogs - theres about 20 of them LOL
Scrapbooking sites

Four Scrap company's I like :
Chatterbox
Pressed petal
SR
Queen & Co

Four bloggers to tag:
Nic
Rachel
Evana
Trina

Just for you Annie LOL

although life really isn't that exciting and I don't have much to add today. Except thanks thanks to my wonderful awesomely fantastic mate Nic (check out her link over there *pointing down and right), who had my girls this morning so that I could have some 'me time' OMG I had forgotten what that was like LOL Got my mini album for my SIL new baby finished and am happy with it.

Oh and something seems to be happening in our little blog world this Saturday *shrug* very curious and by the way ladies, I really aren't that great with patience or surprises. So just whisper on my blog comments whats going on and all will be forgiven LOL Seriously, Lianne, Yolande, Trina, Racheal, Lesley WHAT THE (**&^&(*( is going on!!!!!!!!! I NEED to know!! lol Someone suggested that Lianne might be going to show us pics of her surfing??? well I think it was naked surfing?? anyway...................... I guess we are just waiting *patiently* for Saturday. Please let it be morning LOL

Oh and yay!! NO open homes this weekend as it is DD birthday this weekend. Didn't seem fair LOL YAY OMG can you believe that she is 7 yep the big 7!! Got the attitude to match LOL all pressies are wrapped and hidden. Must remember to find the overseas pressies that I hid when they arrived. Should be fun.

Also managed to tidy (read move things around, threw away a few things and repacked) my scrap space today. Decided to get rid of the wire cubes that I wasn't using and replaced them with plastic boxes that will be easier when it comes time to move. (cause there is a very distinct chance that we will have less than a week to find somewhere to live, pack and be out of here). Oh the pressure. Love it!!

Might just go scrap

Its been how long??

Since I last blogged??? probably about as long since I last scrapped LOL I am doing an 6x6 album for my SIL and her lovely wee son James. (I am an Aunty for the second time) and have I have to have this album finished by next weekend so that it can hitch a ride on the way to the UK. Sooooooooo what am I doing on here you may ask?? Well its been a busy busy weekend and I feel I just need time to catch up LOL

Anyway, school hols are going ok. I took Jacob, Braden, Isobel and Jess to see Over the Hedge on Wednesday and they all enjoyed it. Although they might just have enjoyed the trip to McDs as much LOL Nic your boys are just gorgeous and so polite. Hope my girls behave as well for you this week. Great idea too BTW to do a swapsie LOL I might just get that album finished yet.

Friday Jess and I went to the new toy shop (the biggest one in NZ apparently) and it was cool. Wondered around for ages and had to take hubby back today so that he could have a good look. So much stuff!! Yesterday was open home again and then out to collect Isobel from mums. This morning we decided to take the girls to cars movie to escape the open home today. Funny thing is our local (20 mins away) cinema is a bit of a dive and after being there on Wednesday I swore that I would not go back again. Well the next day hubby comes home with vouchers for the same cinema!!!!! LOL Couldn't exactly say no to a free movie and popcorn. Anyway, about 20 minutes to go and they turn on the lights, turn off the 'big tv' and evacuate us all out the front. Turns out the popcorn machine that blew up when we were there on Wednesday wasn't fixed and had filled the cinema with smoke. Nothing like being thrown out into a freezing cold wind and bright sunlight after pitch black of the movie LOL Kids coped well and we were allowed back in about 15 minutes later (or we could stand in line for a refund). We figured we would watch the end of the movie then we wouldn't have to go back LOL So on the way out we are handed none other than four free tickets to any movie at the cinema!!!!!!!! OMG they are trying to suck us in again!!!!!!!!!!!

Then it was off to the farm to move the boys (read freekin big steers!!!) into the run to be collected by the steak man truck tomorrow. Imagine them running down a narrow fenced lane and me hiding behind a hedge with a long stick, ready to lift and shut the gate as they go past!! I have to say that big beast are not my thing LOL and the heart was racing when I heard the hooves. LOL But MIL had thought it through perfectly and it all happened without a hitch.

So thats week one of the school hols over. We have a repreive from open homes this weekend and it is DDs birthday so have said NO and please don't ring me on Sunday asking to bring anyone through LOL She has decided that she would like to take 3 friends to the local pools and then we are going to act grown up and take then all out for dinner at the local pizza joint. Should be fun!!

Oh and HUGE WOWSERS!!!!!!!!! to the wonderful Miss E (check out her link to the side). Her pics have been chosed by the one and only Heidi Swapp to scrap a page. (top 3 of 3000) So go to Evanas blog and link to Heidis and vote vote vote for our E. Her pics are awesome and Heidis page, well what can I say. Frame it dude when you get it back!!

happy hols

Day two of the school holidays

and I feel that I am barely coping. I know it shouldn't be like that. Ever feel that way?? The girls are finding everything to argue about, even when they are playing quietly away from each other, one has to go and interupt after a few seconds and I find myself just waiting for the next round. Needless to say it has been a little stressful these last couple of days. And we have been out doing odd jobs and all sorts too. Tomorrow we are off to see Over the Hedge, and I am looking forward to it. Love going to the kids movies. Great reason to have kids LOL nah just kidding.

I am trying to get a mini album made for my SIL who just had her first baby in the UK. Its comming together (when I get the chance to play lol) and I am getting used to the blue and the bright colours of BG oh baby boy! Actually I quite like them for a change. Thanks to Nic who came to my rescue the other night when I realised that the lettering I wanted to use was pink LOL and I didn't have any blue paint either. All done and looking cool.

Up side for today was that my US order arrived and I have some lovely new C/Box papers to play with. I also bought the Rhonna Farrier swirly stamps (cause swirls seem to be in at the moment and I just HAD to have them). Looking forward to having a play with those too. I'm usually buying things at the end of a trend so I am quite pleased with myself that I made this purchase DURING a trend LOL

Hope all those with school hols are having a wonderful time. Our hols will get better I am sure of it. I am going to be more positive tomorrow and not sweat the small stuff LOL

Another weekend

is here which means another round of open homes both Saturday and Sunday. Although we have also had two lots thru this morning as well so not sure if there will be any left for after lunch LOL Ah well the things you do when you have your house on the market. Lunch is over, kitchen is cleaned, house is as it should be. Lucky my kids like watching tv after lunch. They can't make a mess in there LOL

Also have to decide what we are doing for miss I when she turns 7 next week. OMG 7!!!!!! Well shes has the attitude to match anyway LOL So any fun ideas would be great. Those that don't cost too much would be awesome!! lol Oh and can someone come and do my GST?? Nic??

Nothing much to report this week. Just the next round of bugs which this week is thankfully just a cold. Jess is almost over hers and Isobel has just started so plenty of tissues flying around the house TMI??

Right off to do a last minute check and then I guess we are out of here for an hour. Hope people don't mind but the sheets are still on the line. LOL Lollies are out (whats left of them anyway LOL)