Oh wow can you hear that??

Sorry im being facecious (sp?) and people who know me well say it is sometimes my niddle name...anyway hear what you ask????

The peace and quiet ...YAY!!

The kids have been in bed since about quarter to 7, they have been reading and up until 10 mins ago Leigh was still awake but lights are all off...we have had some really busy days and nights and i really wanted the kids to go to bed early,,,if not to sleep then just to rest......

We have had a lovely weekend over this public holiday weekend.
On Friday we spent the day doing stuff around home...saturday i worked so Daz took the kids to some garage sales,,,i had to laugh at Daz he reckons Zoe is like steptoe...always sniffing out a bargain ...i love it...we love to go to the op shop and have a look around now and again....last time the kids went with their gran leigh got some maxx jeans and some quicksilver ones for only like a few dollars...luckily cause he is a labels kid unfortunately......

Today being sunday we went out the block and scraped about 150 odd trays of apricots......only about ohhh 600 to go LOL!!!!
While daz did water the kids and i went and did 0ur groceries then after tidying the house and having tea i have just sat down after making some banana and yogurt muffins from scratch and just a packet mix of ones called choc hearts going to have one with my coffee.

Im soon off to bed though cause its going be a fun start to the day tommorrow,.,,,,it is Leigh's first day at high school BOO HOO,,,,,i just cant believe it...im going to take lots of photos cause i want to do a layout about growing up and what is ahead of him and maybe our views now on what we would like and maybe what sort of person he is becoming....we have chatted about the peer group pressure and all of that kind of stuff so here's hoping we can all keep the lines of communication open and continue on our merry way thru this labyrinth called life....

The layout above i did as a challenge for my lss...Riverland Scrapbooking Supplies...we had to use three office products..i used graph paper, pen, office tabs and staples.
It was also done using supplies from one of the kits i purchased from Maria at Scrapboxx. Thanks Maria.

on that note my friends..its off for coffee muffin and bed....
to all the little munchkins have a great day back at school and for all those about to start...mummies hold em tight and get lots of photos now....gee i regret not scrapping earlier sometimes......

Megan thankyou for leaving comments...its always nice to read them:) It brings a smile to my face.

Australia Day 2007

Hello there to all my cyber and not so cyber friends...im hoping you are all having a wonderful Australia Day and im hoping you are spending it with your family or friends.

Here is a layout i wanted to share of my friend and i, she lives in Melbourne and we chat just about every Wed..and other days besides....we are each others sounding board and we bounce lots of stuff off each other....this girls knows things about me no one else except my husband knows....

It was done as part of a product challenge for my LSS...i am really happy at how it turned out...I love it actually.

Today has been spent here afixing new gutters to our house....we have recently finished our back verandah after three years and we have many other things planned as well. The verandah looks great,,,it is wonderful having a handy hubby.....luckily cause we would have had to spend so much money renovating our kitchen.

The boys are in the middle of spray paintng Leighs bike. He has chosen the new Ford Arctic Green or some thing for his new bike colour...he thinks they didnt mix it properly but who cares...it is really going to sparkle i can say that much:)

I am nursing a sore finger today...while helping Daz pop rivet the gutter bits together he neglected to mention to me to keep my fingers from between the handles...YEOW!!!! I now have a bruise under my nail nearly the size of my pointer finger nail......

I am planning to go out to my scrap room later and play with some aewsome goodies that i ordered from Scrapboxx...thanks Maria they are gorgeous....i have also done another layout already with some products from another pack i ordered. I will post that later cause i dont know how to add more than one pic and to have it look nice on my page...the others i did last time moved places.

On that note i am going to sign off and go for a surf.....

thankyou Karen for popping into my blog and for you other girls for popping in as well.....its nice to know someone is reading my ramblings....i dont have alot to say usually but its nice to just let loose sometimes....:)

Thanks girls

Mini Tornado hits Renmark!!!

Well this is what remains of our sulphur tent we need to use to sulphur our apricots each year....In the background you can see a big shipping container and all those bins??? Well they were thrown off the top of the container by the strong winds that hit our area on 6th Jan 2007.

What a great start to the new year. In so saying all of this we were SO lucky.......we did not lose our house our car or the roof off our home like some people did in the area.

Most people know most people around the district so it was heartbreaking to see friends houses with no rooves and to hear of blooming horrible looters.....can you believe it some people are the lowest of the low.
As i post i will add another pic or two of photos taken around the area....these trees are on the corner of ettiwanda street and kulkyne street...just to the top right of my sulphur tent...these trees ended up covering the whole road.....

Hmmm that pic didnt go where i wanted it oo....lol just means i have to learn how to use blogger better:)

There has been so many people affected....we also lost some apple trees due to be picked for the first time this year....they snapped off just about at ground level.....our damage is more heartache than physical damage.....but we can recover easily from this...others are not so lucky!

On a brighter note...last night was our first night home alone as a family in over a week.
Im going to switch to bullet points cause im sure im going to get RSI of the hands trying to remember everything that has happened since i last posted a month ago...yeah yeah i know....

* apricot harvest has gone really well....nearly finished

*peach harvest, we decided not to do...the fruit was too small and they dont pay good money for dreid peaches even if they do scream out for them each year....we decided the stress just wasnt worth it.

* Pears and sultanas harvest due to start...thank goodness we are having a week off in feb!

*Hubby dropped a bombshell on me the other night....seems we need to re evalutate our lives and actually talk not assume things...long story but i wont go into it here....

*We had a visit from my auntie and uncle from Qld for 4 days, they brought their 3 grandkids and we all had a blast....weve never met the two little fellers and gee they are so cute! I will put up pics in another post,,,,saves confusion:)

* We ended up going to Brighton last friday with my auntie and uncle and kids to see my great great aunt.....she is 97 and auntie chrissy thinks she may not get down again for a few years....so "just in case" we went to see Auntie Thora.

* While in Brighton we stopped at the beach and the kids had a great time..pics to follow.
Also stopped in to see my sister and two neices auntie hadnt see for 30 years....

*Last Monday Leighs girlfriend came to stay with us for a few days,,,i had to work and zoe was chaperone....she called in reinforcements in the shape of a cousin to help her as she was worried things may happen between them. LOL

*Our long time neighbour has moved away from us,,,boo hoo, weve been here coming up 9 years..she has moved to be with her boyfriend along way away.....hope to visit her one day...but not in the near future.

*As part of Darrles bombshell we have decided to spend time doing things around home to enjoy our house and not wait for the "what if "that may or may not be around the corner.

* This involves new guttering on our home,,,, a new outdoor entertaining area and new outdoor furniture, renovating the bathroom slightly and finishing of our bedroom.... weve been saving in the hopes of buying another property but not sure if its the way to go.....if it is then good if not then so be it.....

Im sure ive forgotten heaps of stuff but as i remember i shall try to post it....

Oh oh Congrats to my cousin Narelle Carl and Caden on the birth of sweet little Alexis Rose.....she was born 9 weeks early and was 2lb 1 oz......doing well last i heard so that is fantastic newsXXXXX

Okay im off catch you on the flipside guys,,,please leave a comment id love for you to say hi and say youve popped in...ive missed you all.....