Things I learnt today

I hate painting. Worked that out about half way around Isobels room LOL Also that there are so many different types of white it is hard to choose the right one and don't just settle for the white in the can. It will have to go back to be tinted *sigh*

Small amounts of chocolate are good, cream in the pasta sauce is not so good.

Walking is good, running up a hill is not so good.

Opening the dishwasher door while it is in cycle is not such a good idea.

The colour wallpaper I want does not exist but I can buy a special textured wallpaper and just paint over it with the colour I want. (after todays effort?? not likely to happen)

It was such a gorgeous day today that I really should have been outside enjoying the sunshine and saving up to pay for a professional painter.

And yes I will be sanding tomorrow to get rid of the mess that I painted today *sigh*

And last but not least!! DON'T waste my precious one day off 'me' time getting peeved off with a paintbrush in my hand. Does absoulately nothing for my mood LOL

Sending sunshine vibes to everyone for tomorrow.

blossom pics

so I did promise you pics of the blossom trees outside my lounge window and I have taken them but I forgot to download them LOL Instead I downloaded these ones which I took today on the way out to the inlaws to drop off Miss 7 who is having a few nights holiday LOL This is a little side road and it is just gorgeous. It would make an awesome shot too when the blossoms start to blow off the trees. ahhhhhhhhhhh spring!! love it

And yes the weather was even warm enough for me to break out the 3/4 pants today. Still had three layers on the top but hey!! I was wearing shorts lol

Hope you are all enjoying some lovely spring weather.

Blossom trees

Yep I will attach a pic when I take one LOL but just wanted to say that I LOVE blossom trees. And thankfully the very kind people who built the house across the road from us put in three beautiful trees so that when I am in my lounge, walk out my front door etc there they are. Beautiful pale pink blossoms. Absolutely full!!! Love it. Anyway I get a txt from hubby this morning to say that the blossom tree we planted in the old house (and only got a small showing last year) is full and gorgeous when he drove past this morning. Well guess I will be doing a drive by shortly LOL So glad that it is blooming nicely for the new owners. Blossom tree, kowhai and magnolia tree are on my list of things to plant. Not sure where we are going to fit them but I will make room. They each have a special meaning to our family and we plant them in every garden we have owned LOL

Thanks mr courier man for my photos that arrived this morning. WOW didn't realise how much of a difference to the garden we have made until you look back at the before pics and see what has been cleared away and how much room is now out there.

One last request to xtra - please please sort your *&()*&^% out today!!!!!!!!!! I NEED my link to the outside world, its my link to work, its my link to friends and its my link to life outside of home. I would really appreciate it if you could fix the problem. Thanks

Have a good day all

Karen tagged me

thanks Karen. Nice to learn some interesting things about ya LOL Apparantly I have to highlight the ones I have done etc. OK so here goes

1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
2. Swam with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain - very big hill lol
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula - ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said “I love you” and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped - on my list of things to do
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game - do the commonwealth games count?
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa - no but walked all the way to the top of the William Wallace monument!!
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon - another on my list of things to do
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne - champagne, vodka, rum, wine.....
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight - well I thru them at hubby and he just stood there - does that count LOL
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can - every day lol
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen an eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking - regularly
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
42. Had amazing friends - have amazing friends!!!!!
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love - I am sure if you asked me that when I was a teenager the answer would have been YES!! lol
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow harder than it looks
56. Alphabetized your CDs - sad I know
57. Pretended to be a superhero - I'm a mum........
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played DVD for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie - home movie?????
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an expert
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage - school productions … always in the chorus
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Eaten fugu (pufferfish)
89. Had a one-night stand
90. Gone to Thailand
91. Bought a house
92. Been in a combat zone - Ireland lol
93. Buried one/both of your parents
94. Been on a cruise ship
95. Spoken more than one language fluently
96. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show
97. Raised children - RAISING children, whoever said that was gonna be easy
98. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds - lost 14kg..... whats that in pounds lol
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Ridden a bike
112. Won money on a T.V. game show - won $100 on the radio about 20 years ago LOL
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed - another on my list of things to do
132. Petted a cockroach - killed plenty but petted...... no
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language - worked in hotels...... nuff said
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life - tried and failed.

Right so I tag Ruth cause she has plenty of time on her hands LMAO

lucy

come on courier man!!

I'll be nice I promise. LOL Ok so I only ordered some scrapping stuff on Thursday and it has to come all the way from the states AND I haven't had confirmation of shipping, but hey Mr Courier. Come to my house next LOL Just had to order the new Crate paper twirl collection. YUMMO can't wait.

Jobs to do this weekend. Finish stripping the wallpaper in Isobels room (tick), sort out the water feature which is broken thanks to Miss 7 standing on it LOL, waterblast the house (lightly) so that I can call the de-spider man next week to come around and spray!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *shiver*, mow the lawns (far out they are just growing so fast at the moment anyone would think it was spring, and decide on which carpet sample we like the best (just colour really) so that we can sort out wallpaper for her room. phew Note that all carpets are not the same and do not look the same. Who knew there are like 1 million different colours and textures of carpet. And thats just at one shop!!!

This week just flew past in a blurr. Aparently it is only one more week till the school hols. How did 10 weeks of term go so fast!!!!!!!! Work is getting busier and just when I thought it might be nice to have some time just for me (selfish I know) when Jess starts afternoon kindy next term I put up my hand to take on more work. I am looking forward to it tho. Might just pay for someone to do the wallpapering instead of me LOL we shall see.

right hubby!!!!! which room can I start on next????????

cleaning!! I am over it!!

So over it. Ran out of exit mould on Sunday LOL There always seems to be something that I see that needs to be done. This afternoon the sun was shining brightly into the front door area that I could see all the marks on the walls and the black marks on the skirting, so that got done. I blame the sun shining LOL I also blame Ruth cause her house is so spotless and uncluttered. Had a coffee there today and had to come home and clean. Felt so guilty LOL So I am over it now!!!

Isobels floor rug arrived today so I tidied her room (wouldn't have found room on the floor for it if I hadn't) and laid out the rug. Her face was a study when she got home and found it there. I think she is pleased LOL Thanks to flybuys I am loving a subscription to NZ home and garden mag and getting some good ideas.

Nothing much else happening at the mo, oh except next year looks to be a big one for family visiting from the UK. My aunt and uncle (YAY they met Isobel when she was 3 and haven't met Jess) in January, my SIL and the new baby (YAY!! lots of cuddles) in March ish?? and then my brother his wife and my neice (YAY never met her and need cuddles!) lol Can't wait!!!!!!!!!

Best go check if I have work today instead of hanging out here LOL

Hello waving

Hi Ruth!! lol Thanks so much ladies for a wonderful crop today. Haven't laughed so hard in ages. Think my pizza nearly shot out my nose at one point. TMI?? sorry lol

Any way, life......well it is spring and I have been spring cleaning. I actually like Ruths way of working room by room so might just do them all again next week LOL I really want to get the windows exit moulded tomorrow (don't you just love that stuff??) and then I can relax a little bit. Oh and have to wash one of the curtains in the lounge. Seems that the neighbours cats have been comming in the garage and for the first time ever my cat decided to spray in the house. Unfortunately (and for reasons only he can tell you) he decided that the lounge curtain was a great place to do this. So it got washed (and shrunk about an ince), hench the fact that I now need to wash the other one LOL.

Reno news is well not much really. Still waiting on the draftsman to come by. Will give him a ring next week. Oh and have to get the sparkie round again. Tomorrows jobs include the windows, cleaning the water feature thingy, putting up a blind in the ensuite and maybe scapping a little??

Had a few drinks at the neighbours this afternoon. Really nice couple with gorgeous kids. Oh and they have a fireplace!!!!! OMG I almost didn't leave. Come on draftsman......do you not realise that I need these plans approved so that I can get my fireplace LOL

And what is up with the world that Steve Irwin and Peter Brock are killed in accidents within a week. Very sad!!

sending happy spring weather thoughts to you all