List of things to think about

Thought i would add some photos for a change:)

Please meet my sweet puppy Lexxie

Check out our Xmas icecream pudding that is Leighs new tradition for our Xmas lunch

Introducing Winnie.....aka winfield, winnifred, winston!

and not at all least my two grown up brats on xmas day...please ignore the bed hair from zoe.....she had just recently dyed it too....from her natural blonde...to this! thankfully it has settled down now and is a lovely auburn colour....actually it suits her:) Oh leigh is approx 180cm tall and zoe at 14 is nearly caught up to her 16.5 yr old bro:)

I popped over to Mardis blog http://mardiwinen.blogspot.com/ today and while reading her list of *things to do* in no order and under no pressure it prompted me to add a few things of my own.

I did pop a few things down in my last post but a few of Mardis have prompted me to remember some things of my own.

And again in no order at all

1 use the camper trailer we have brought.

2 reach out to friends and family more,... invite new people over for BBQs

3 use the speedboat more

4 id like to go photography in some form...even just learn how to use my camera off manual settings

5 drive with my son more often so he can get his hours up

6 spend more time with daz and the kids (hence our trip to mildura on friday)

7 get fitter...currently my level is 48% needs to be at least in the 60's :)

8 take the puppies for walks....cant wait to show them off:)

9 tell my family i love them....more....so that they get sick of me:)

10 learn to make quilts

11 sew more clothes for me

12 read more

13 stop procrastinating!!!!!!

14 keep decluttering...its so liberating....look out ebay!

15 give it a go...dont think why i should or shouldnt do something..

im with you there Mardi....my anxiety doesnt help that one!

16 be extra supportive and show more interest with the kids

17 Listen to my kids and daz more, hear what they are really saying not what i think they are saying

18 dont assume because im thinking of something that my family knows what i want

19 Think positive

20 Act as if i can! .....its a quote i have on my fridge for Leigh and myself:)

21 Decide to be Happy! It is my choice! (another quote)

22 Take more time off work......ive earnt it and my bosses are fantastic dont get me wrong ,,,but i guess i like to feel needed ( i am a cancer after all )

23 use my embriodery machine more...after all it was expensive and sitting in a cupboard is doing it no good

24 cross things off our TO DO LIST we have :)

25 buy some new clothes (or make them) my clothes are like 6 or 7 years old alot of them.....

Mardi we should go to Mildura to shop for material...what do you think?:)

26 Dont feel like im mutton dressed as lamb if id love to try funky trendy clothes on.....

27 ride my pushbike to work sometimes (possible when leigh can drive zoe to school after feb)!

28 dont get on my laptop for 2 weeks if i dont want to:)

29 take more photos...have majorly slacked off this year....too much going on and not a topic condusive to photos....but all is coming together now thank goodness

30 think of something to be grateful for each day ( i write them on my bathroom mirror)

31 dont think about it, just do it

32 teach myself adobe.....ive forgotten!

Well thats it for the minute!

I hope Mardi and i can inspire you to achieve whatever it is you feel you want to this year....who said you had to make resolutions........

A resolution is means to be resolute,,,,which to me doesnt allow for compromise.......so dont beat yourselves up girls get out there and life the life you want......

After all we only have one so why spend time doubting yourself and being unhappy because you dont conform to what others think you should.

Life's too short! (another quote on the fridge after a close friend of darrels died recently!)

and i may or may not get to this blog soon but until then.....cya!

New Day, New Year, New Decade

and as usual i am always all fired up to eat healthily (which we do usually) get more organised, stop procrastinating....thats why last years tax has not been done yet.....but as a rule i dont make new years resolutions because i feel it is just setting myself up for failure.
Dont get me wrong, hey if you would like to give yourself some direction, and boy who of us can never have enough direction LOL then all the better and go for it.

Lots of things have happened in our lives lately and i have not had the strenght or energy to talk about it or share with anyone too much.
I am a quiet soul who shares very little with little few people:) I feel my family is my family and i dont like to bother people about my life...but i do have two girls who know all about us and me and never ever judge and for that i love you guysxx

Well where should i start to fill you in kinda briefly.


Oh by the way this is not a new years resolution to blog more either.....my life has changed and i no longer feel like scrapbooking anymore...i have lots of albums here that really i only look at, and yes i know it is for me and others peoples opinions dont matter but i cannot get past the fact that i have spent so much money on something that is getting hidden in the cupboards.

I am also trying to simplify our lives....have you even been swamped with the realisation that all the shit made to make your life easier just increases the stress at times just when you dont need it......even computers......mine has not been attatched to my hip like it used to be at one stage and for that i am happy because it frees me up to read and sew.

Yes i am going back to where i came from. I have always loved to read and i used to sew the kids clothes all the time and when they chose not to wear what mummy made anymore well i kinda jsut gave it up.

I have decided to start a quilt for myself and it is for a very special reason. I have a really old armchair here that was darrels grannys, she passed away nearly 2 years ago, well i want to restore her chair (or get someone to do it for me) and make a quilt for me in my fave colours so i can have a lamp in the corner of my bedroom and sit and read to my hearts content.
You see, my kids are growing up, life is moving on and i am worried that there will be a big hole in my life where my kids filled and i wont have done anything for myself. Joking......no i am sure you know what i mean:)


Master 16yo has a girlfriend and they have been going out since May 2009. Funnily enough they both have been to kindy and school all through their lives with no interest until May...isnt it funny how that works??

Miz 14yo also has a boyfriend who happens to be born the same day as her brother lives not far from here and she seems madly in hmmmm love, friendship not sure what you call it but it is cute to see. Scary too though!

Our fruit came in about 2 weeks early all round this year which has been fantastic, it means the apricots we usually pick from the 14 january we are currently picking and our season has been alot shorter. Less stressful in a way and we have been able to pace ourselves a little better.

We are taking a day off soon as a family to go for a day trip to Mildura. Leigh needs to get hours up....yes he is driving, he is going for his Ps in Feb and he is currently working on a car to get it up and running for *when he gets his P's* he has a car to drive!

DH and i celebrate 21 years of marriage this April, boy where did that time go!!

He has had a huge year too, apart form running our 17 acres and working fulltime he achieved a "Diploma in Horticulture" this came through the Recognition of Prior Learning studies people are able to do to get certificates and training. Im so proud of him...it makes the 21 years of learning and his knowledge all the more worthwhile, some things you just cannot put a price on.
It was also lovely of his company to recognise his 21 years of service with then. They handed out a list of suppliers where you could choose to get a voucher from as a gift from the company. I talked him into getting one from a clothes store......a trendy surf and street wear shop and it turns out he got a $300 voucher to spend on clothes......some of the others are spewing they chose places like Mitre 10. Not that there is anything wrong with that but when you can go buy what you need when you need it the re is no need to chose from there:) He is so happy he can now go clothes shopping.

In other news, since we have been so busy with our lives we have decided to sell our two boats and just buy one dinghy but a big enough one that we can wakeboard behind as well. It looks like we have sold the small dinghy yeeha!

Oh oh nearly forgot. Leigh was commissioned to help design a mural for the council for the public library. He and the guy who asked him to help designed some filmstrips and they decided which they liked better and have painted them on a wall in the library...it looks freakin awesome...and leigh got his name on it so there is some recognition for his talent as well....he is so fantastic at drawing, i suggested he become a tattoo artist:)
He has had a few blows dealt to him this year...consequently he is undecided about being a graphic artist and did change his focus to diesel mechanic or builder.

His building projects he did at school were bloody brilliant, he made an entertainment unit for himself, a stool and a coffee table for us:)
He is looking to do a school based apprenticeship but he needs to find some one in the fields he is interested in to want to take on somebody for two days per week for the year. The employer will get reimbursed and leigh will get paid so it would be a win win all round so we have to wait and see which way he is going to go i guess.

Well i might stop here...i dont think many people pop by my blog...however i do have a big bag here or scrappy stuff to give away so if anyone is in the mood to receive a RAK of scrap goodies leave a comment and i will send it to the first person who leaves a message with the workRAK in it somewhere:)

Have a fantastic 2010 and i hope that life is good to you...if you had a crappy 2009 well lets hope that the rounding off to 2 10 rounds off your crappy year as well.

Seeya when im looking at ya!

Oh i have a few photos to post but goodness knows when that will happen...it all seems to damn hard sometimes lol.....

Because we have extended our family:)






No.....not babies....well yes but they are fur babies.....

Winnie is a jack russell X male puppy born 13 aug 2009

Lexxii is a (well supposedly) shitzu X jack russell female puppy but looks like Chiuaha (SP????? LOL) she was born on 18th aug 2009. They are from two different bitches but from one friend and so have been together since birth basically......

okay time to goxxxxx

14 today!!!

So where did that 14 years go?
We cant believe that our baby girl is now 14. Its bad enough our boy is 16 and gets around on a little Jog Scooter. But the baby being 14 sheesh.
She is the apple of our eye and we love her to pieces, as we do her big brother.
They haev brought so much joy to our lives but there has also been lots of sadness and anguish, part of the reason i have not blogged in so long being because our lives have been upside down due to alot of ups and downs.

Im not going to promise to blog more or promise to keep in touch. Life has been cruising along quite well without being here in cyber space. Those who know me know what has been going on, and i dont feel i can articulate how our life has been lately to others so i shant be sharing what has been happening. Not that anyone cares anyway cause im sure i have been forgotten LOL.

Anyways, i shall catch you if i do, and wont if i dont:)

Still cant believe my babies are 16 and 14!.....i remember them being 6 and 4, 4 and 2....boohoo:)

Whoo hoo....

Afer much discussion and many hours of doubt.......im finally off to Melbourne in 2 days!!!!
I so cant wait!
Nisey hold on to your horses honey cause here i come.......

i cant wait to come have coffee with you and just hang with out hanging up the phone:)How awesome will that be?????

Im on my way...uh huh uh huh not from misery to hapiness thou...lol Im just on my way!!!!

Im so gonna miss my man and my chickies cause i love them to bits!!!! I have never been apart from them for this long by myself!!! So i am torn about wanting to go and having to leave them
:(xxxxxx but i promise to bring some suprises home:)

So id best go ....
colour my hair
colour the kids hair
pack my bag
put pics onto a cd for Nise
take more pics of the kids to show how much they have grown
get the camera working properly!
pack some mags for the flight
pack my journal and some prompts to keep me occupied
decide which car to take!
wash said car
get car checked over
fill car with petrol

and the MAIN thing...i have to finish sewing at least two handbags.....(maybe 3 if i manage to get enough time, but thats only mineLOL)

whooo hooo im so excited!!!!!
cya when i get back!!!!!

A really sucky day

I cant add any more to this comment.

Here you go.....:)

Couldnt find the proper post......this is three of his artworks...

Hello people in blog land

Hi there...cant be bothered blogging but i have been busy:)

Heres what ive been up too:)

Do you like it Mardi....i may take the flower off yet:)

I still have a rak here to send out from the comments on my other blog.....im going to pick some one from here if you leave a comment to send a rak too,,,,,,,i couldnt contac the girl who i did pick and three other raks got to their new homes happily:)

Im making one for Zoe as well