I have moved!!

nah not house LOL but blogs. I am now over here - http://kiwipealucy.wordpress.com/ come visit me some time and say hi and let me know that my site meter works LOL

So I was wrong

the worst part is the dumb painting. Painting painting painting. 3 days of painting!! I am sick of painting LOL Oh and I have now decided that the white around the skirting, door frames and window frames is too bright and I don't like it. LOL Guess tomorrow will bring more painting LOL Well we still have the ceilings to finish and the doors to start. Ho hum. A little bit of advice, if you are planning on decorating PAY FOR A PAINTER!! Truely they are worth every penny. Unfortunately for us there are no pennies left to pay for one LOL

Easter egg hunt was fun this morning. The girls ran around finding their clues and little eggs until they got to the bunny. Always fun to watch their faces. Also Miss 7 has taken a liking to catching bugs and butterflies and along with some other neighbourhood kids has spent the last three afternoons running around catching them. So cool to watch how excited they get when they find something a little different. We had plenty of crickets, cabbage butterflies, grasshoppers, katydids and the odd weird spotted stink bugs. They are then let back to the wild at the end of the afternoon.

Sadly the easter bunny forgot to leave me some cadbury marshmallow eggs. Perhaps the easter bunny needs a bigger hint next year!! lol

the worst part is over lol

Well the bit that I was dreading the most is over. The gib stoppers were sanding yesterday and thanks to the advice of some friends, a huge sheet of plastic taped to the wall and ceiling, and the stoppers handy dandy sandy machine that sucks up most of the dust it wasn't actually too bad. We managed to keep most of the dust to the renovation. And then hubby and I spent a couple of hours cleaning up. Gave up on the very far end as there are no lights down there and it was after Greys started LOL So have that to finish this morning. Also they will be back to put up the coving some time today. But that wont make too much mess. So YAY!! now onto the painting!!!!!

As for the new blogger. I am not sure that I like it. It seems that I have to sign in every time I want to post a message and also I can't seem to go straight here from my blog like I used to. Can someone please tell me if there are shortcuts that I don't know about. thanks

Have a happy easter all and may the easter bunny smother you in chocolate!!!

New blogger and stuff

Well I changed over to the 'new' blogger last time but then it has taken my awhile to remember how to get back in to make another post LOL

So anyway here is the lastest artwork from Miss 4. Yep its gorgeous huh??? Its apparantly a pic of her at the farm. And yes that is the window sill in her bedroom that she has used for her artwork canvas. Needless to say that after hiding the smile on my face as she told me the story, telling her off and then trying to scrub scrub scrub with jiff most of the pic is still there. It would appear that not only did she just draw but she also pushed quite hard with her pen. Gee I am glad we bought that mini sander last year and that her room was going to be repainted. *sigh* The small artwork I found on the hall wallpaper is resisting attempts to come off tho. You see, its kinda my fault right??? I had relaxed in the last month or so and let the girls colour (pencils or crayons only) on the coffee table in the lounge or on the floor instead of always at the table or bench. Guess we are back to the table and bench then LOL

It has been a quiet week actually. Think we needed that. All the visiting family have returned back to their various countries and this weekend we are looking forward to some quite just us time. Last Sunday was spent shifting piles and piles or compacted rocks, hardened concrete (thanks concrete truck man, well my one ab thanks you lol) and shells into the bin to be taken away. We now only have the fine metal (which is comming up very easily) to move but we are going to reuse that on the path. Hubbies 'to do' list for this weekend consists of moving said fine metal, erecting my washing line (PLEASE!!!) and tiling the hearth for the fireplace. Apparently this is very easy to do *snigger* I will reserve judgment.

Hope this lovely sunny weather continues for the weekend. Oh if anyone knows how I can eat those absolutely devine peppermint marshmallow cadbury eggs without gaining any of those nasty calories please feel free to divulge your secret!! YUM

A few bricks, a couple of windows and wahhlaaaaa

Look at this!!!! Isn't it just so cool!!!!!!!!! The inside walls are all framed up too. Awesome!! And all in a week when hubby was sick, Miss 4 was sick and I was sick. OMG that had to be the worst flu bug ever!! Completely flattened us and we are still recovering, still trying to eat and drink. Great for the weight loss tho. Miss 7 has managed to hide from the bug and hopefully it will stay that way. Nasty nasty nasty.

Not much happening on the scrapping front. Infact I NEED paper. Feel like I must go shopping but am waiting for some new cbox and those fancy pants stamps are so cool. Hopefully then I will have the time and some mojo to scrap. Maybe I should pay the builder first LOL

Check this out!!!!

WOW I knew the roof going on was a big deal but it really is a BIG deal!! I am so happy to see it there, absolutely stoaked (sp?) and it looks great, even from underneath. ahhhhhhh a roof!! so cool.

Building update

This happened in a DAY!! OMG these guys are awesome. Now it is really taking shape and we can see how big it actually is. LOL Although I reminded hubby that there is a big storage cupboard on one side and a wardrobe on the other so really the bedroom wont be that big :)

I am busy cleaning and finding baby blankets, cot sheets etc for my SIL and her little man. They arrive from the UK in about 10 days so thought I should get things organised. Next is to actually take the cot out to the inlaws and set it up. Hope I remember how LOL

My Aunt and Uncle are here from Scotland and the girls are really enjoying her stay. We are trying to see them as much as possible and the girls are loving her hugs and cuddles. Although today has been a clean the house day.