Sunday Musings on a Monday

Outside my window - it's windy and cool

I am thinking - I am buggered after helping the kids unpack into their new house today

I can't wait - to go to LA only 1 month to go now

I am creating - apricot jam tomorrow - I took 3 buckets off the tree and still left it loaded

I am going - to tidy up my office tomorrow - looks like a bomb hit after after doing 2 calenders for Christmas presents

I am watching - Heart beat - I love it

I  feel like - a hot shower, my back is aching after folding and putting away clothes all day

I don't want -any more trifle - eating it for three days now - I have officially had enough til next year

I am happy - to be home it's peaceful and quiet

A few plans for the week - make jam and shop tomorrow - work Wednesday and Friday, get my tickets to LA on Thursday

A photo to share -  Ty and his new roller blades

Sunday musings

Outside my window - it's dark, wet and cold it's 4am
I am thinking - I need to go to bed
I can't wait -one more shift and I'm off for eight days

I am creating - a couple of desk calenders for Christmas presents

I am going - to take the cat to the vet in the morning - he is due for his post op check up

I am watching - nothing I'm at work

I  feel like - a hot shower
I don't want - to put up the Christmas tree - but the grandkids are nagging

I am happy - only 5 weeks to take off

I am hearing - Kim and Leona doing the roster board
A few plans for the week - do some Christmas shopping  and get ready for Christmas day

Tangling with the wrong things causes chaos ........

We have had a very eventful week. Our cat Tangles got tangled in the hay mower last Sunday and mangled his right back paw. A trip to the vet, several hundred $$ later and he now is a three legged half tailed very lucky cat on his last life. It is amazing how such a random act can tip your world upside down in an instant. Poor hubby is still traumatized and has done the if only thing til it has driven us both nuts.The cat now has a degree of separation anxiety - he has to be beside one of us at all times - even to the point if you roll over in bed he will swap sides, he is also being driven crazy by the cone around his neck, he can't lick himself - of course that is the purpose - so he can't pull out his drain tube or stitches - but to him it is some cruel form of torture. He has however adapted exceptionally well to his missing leg, he can still beat me to the fridge, jump up onto our beds and sit on the back of my arm chair.The top photo was taken the morning of his accident and the bottom yesterday - Day 3 post op

Sunday musings

Outside my window - it's windy overcast and cool

I am thinking - I need a drink

I can't wait -to see the boys Thursday I miss them after spending three wonderful days with them

I am creating - nothing this weekend

I am going - to take the cat to the vet in the morning - he tackled the hay mower and lost - # back leg for sure otherwise seems ok

I am watching - All creatures great and small

I am - thinking I should be putting the clothes away I washed today not be wasting time here

I don't want - to go to work tomorrow

I feel like - mince stew and mash for tea




I am happy - Skip and Chas fixed the air con yesterday - YAY

I am hearing - just the TV and tea cooking on the stove

A few plans for the week - working 8 days straight now but then have eight days off after

A photo to share - My beautiful family

We are home and unpacked after three wonderful nights at Moama on the Murray. The kids were FANTASTIC, they were so well behaved and such fun to be with. Yesterday we spent the morning at Squiggles then the arvo in the pool with Kirsty, Ree and the kids.

Ty had his kinda Christmas party last night so we headed over for it and had tea with Kirsty and Brett

When we got back it was still early so we went for a walk around the park. We saw baby ducklings, kangaroos and tons of birds. Ty grabbed my camera and took some shots - not too bad for a 4 year old.I love the photo of his shadow and the one of Alex he took

It was time to pack up this morning and head home. I am definatly having a granny nap this arvo I've earned it.

Having a ball with the grandies

We arrived to torrential rain which had cleared by the time we had unpacked, so we wandered to Squiggles and played for half an hour then headed to the lagoon pool.

On the way back there were Kangaroos grazing on the lawn and baby ducks nesting at the waters edge the kids were so excited. It was 10pm before they finally crashed but Alex slept til 8 so it wasn't too bad.
After a quick breaky it was off to feed the farm animals. There is a resident pig, goats, sheep and chickens and the kids actually get to pet and feed them as well as take home the eggs laid overnight. I had a hard time convincing Ty that they were for eating and weren't going to become baby chickens.

We headed to Squiggles for a couple of hours then home for a sleep. After that Margie and Harry came to visit and we had a ball at the lagoon pool. There was another family there and they had a blowup crocodile and water blasters which they shared with the boys and played crocodile wars - kidnapping and rescuing the croc and blasting each other.

Then it was home for tea - kids were in bed by 8 tonight yay - some quiet time.

Scrappy tidbits

Some of what I have been up to for the last few weeks using all of the stash I buy from Hobbysew Echuca.

 Kaiser papers, Prima and Websters flowers, ScrapFx swirls, Websters netting, Martha Stewart punch, Prima Transparencies, Kaiser pearl brads.

 Websters pages, old book page, Collections papers, Prima flowers

 7 Gypsies paper, Prima flowers, Pink Paislee journal pad, Artisan Elements, Pink Paislee alphabets

 Pink Paislee Hocus Pocus papers, Prima lace and pearls, Prima roses, Jenni Bolin pin

Webster pages

 DMCW paper, ScrapFx chipboard, Rub and Buff Spanish Copper,

Basic Gray paper, CoreDinations card stock, Pink paislee resist, Prima roses, Kaiser pearls, Tim Holtz Distress ink - Aged Mahogany, Kaiser lace, Artisan Elements

 Kaiser Seaside papers, tickets and fabric tags

 Kaiser English Rose papers coloured rubons and chipboard elements, Prima flowers, Kaiser pearls

 Fancy Pants papers

Prima vines and flowers, Tim Holtz black soot distress ink, Kaiser wooden birds, Scrapware corners, old book page, Prima Printables, Tim Holtz brick embossing pad and hinge die.

More weekend water fun ....

It was so hot and disgusting today inside I packed the kids up, packed some lunch and headed for Squiggles to cool down. I ran into an old friend of Kirsty's with her kids - who I hadn't seen in years - it was fantastic to catch up and meet her kids. It did the trick we all cooled down and had a great afternoon playing in the water.

It's Sunday again and Right now

Outside my window - it's blues sky fluffy white clouds and hot hot hot - about 36 c

I am thinking - I need to put up the pool next weekend, but a cold shower will work for now

I can't wait -for Skip to fix the air conditioner 

I am creating - an advent box from dusty attic using Martha Stewart flocking - yum

I am going - to do the face painting at the work Chrissy party tomorrow night

I am watching - the V8 super-cars - yes I'm a petrol head

I am - blogging and checking mail and thinking about what to make for tea

I don't want - to work tonight - but three more sleeps and I am taking the boys on holidays

I feel like - a slushy 


I am hearing - the birds dive bombing the cat

A few plans for the week - spend three days at a resort, with my boys playing in the cool with the air con on two pools and the water park - cool cool cool

A photo to share -the layout I created last Sunday

It's official

December has begun you can now talk to me about Christmas, play Christmas carols and stock all manner of Christmasy things to tempt me. I have taken my fingers out of my ears and have stopped screaming la la la la. I will even get out the tree tomorrow with the kids.

It's Sunday and right now .......

Outside my window - it's windy and cold, a far cry from last weeks sapping heat and humidity 

I am thinking - about people I have lost contact with - I have tracked a couple down and left messages to try and reconnect and have already had a response - cool

I am loving- my life and my family

I am creating - a gorgeous sunset  lo from our SA trip

I am going - back to work tomorrow after two weeks off sick

I am watching - an old episode of the Rockford files

I am - cleaning all my CD's and jewelery in my new ultrasonic cleaner 

I don't want - to go back to work tomorrow - although I am better I still have no energy

I feel like - an ice cream in a cone 

I am hearing - the wind blowing a gale outside

A few plans for the week - return to work, go to a work Xmas party, finish the layouts for Thursdays scrapbook class, spend some time with my boys on Thursday night

A photo to share - my beautiful grandsons Ty and Alex

water plus kids always equals fun

 Thumbs up to Squiggles at Moama on the Murray Resort. Alex and Ty just loved the outdoor play area with all it's water shoots, dinosaurs and hoses. Grammy didn't object to the banana lounge to recline on while supervising the kids on a hot and horrible day. We enjoyed a picnic lunch and stayed cool. Can't wait until we go there for our three day holiday. This place is awesome!