Back again!

GRRRR!!! seems blogger is just loving giving m a bloomin hard time this morning.

Should be interesting to see what actually gets uploaded where today.....i want broadband..its taking forever.......over an hour already!!!

Okay yay it has found the right page LOL

For those of you who know that i did and album for my boss' grandson/daughter here are some pages that you wanted me to share:) I have smudged the faces for privacy reasons....

The first pic in this post was done from a layout from the http://www.pencillines.com/ site....i had a ball and it came together so easily....

The wonders of living in the country, as i sit here the chooks are sitting at the back door broooooke broookeing at me and there are magpies singing in the trees outside...its days like this that i feel lucky:)

Have a great sunday...im going to put some pages together in my little 6x6 ablum i got as a kit from somewhere....cant remember where:( Ive been printing photos off while wating for blogger....

please leave a comment i love to see who has popped by and if you would like me to add your blog link, please email me and i shall get around to updating it again soon...i love blog surfing from other peoples blogs......

cya charmainexx

Some pics to share

Darn blogger i had a heap of pics to upload and now they have gone...so much for the saving of your posts,,,,,where is it i ask.....

oh and i must say typical...i did the photos in reverse order cause they have changed order before and i thought id be smart and do it in *proper* order yeah right ....so just turn the picking ones around LOL......

any hints on how to get them in the order you do want...

Anyway i wanted to post the photos of the fruit pcking we did the other weekend...so here goes again. There is also a pic of the one and only pic i have of buggalugs with his braces on to date...

I have also changed preferences on my blog so those of you who wanted to post a comment and couldnt before, im hoping you can now:)

Have a great sunday...its raining here this morning YEEHAH so id like to do some scrapping but there is grocery shopping and BAS to do......so im not sure what i will be up to.....im wating to post some more photos too...they will be up shortly,,,stay tuned

Thank god its Friday

YAY,,,its been a busy week this week it was my turn to do the late shifts.....i have one early finish and that is one Tuesdays.

I am very proud of myself this week, i managed teh gym 4 times this week as well as a 1 hour walk i managed to do on Wed. It was such a gorgeous day and i couldnt help myself...i just had to go LOL.

I had a lot of help this week the family took turns cooking tea for me we had a lovely concoction done by Zoe...it was spinach fettucine, topped with chicken wings marinated as well as a round lamb chop (go figure LOL) but it was nice. Daz made a shepherds pie last night and it was so delish!!!!!

Tommorrow we are helping in the canteen for hockey as it is a home game....then i have been roped in to play for B Women ...well that should be a hoot anyway......i did have fun last time i played:)

Not sure what else is planned for the weekend, probably some more block work although we do have to do our BAS and group certificates...eek!

Okay for the time being i am heading off...maybe i will pop in to the chookscraps free online class tonight at 8.30pm, thats if i stay awake that long.....sleep is hard to come by here at the moment...that darn dog across the road along with the feral cats (literally) roaming our yard is making sleep a hard to get thing....grrrr
The joys of living in the country i guess LOL

Have a great weekend and see you later.....
charmainexx

Counting my blessings....

Today has been a happy day. I am posting to share in my good luck, this morning i did not awaken until 10 to 10. I could not believe it....i never sleep that late but im assuming that i needed it lol.

Daz and i went to the block today as we have had to keep going with our pruning. We finished another patch.....with the chainsaw...LOL.
Due to daz breaking his hip last year we didnt get any or very little of the pruning done last year so they are all getting a fantastic haircut this time.

But what makes me the happiest of all is while out we asked the kids to do some tidying up....they have been very unco operative lately in that regard....well they tidyied the whole house, including remaking our bed, folding the washing that was on the couch and rearranged the lounge room. We were so amazed and i was very grateful......its moments like this that make it all worthwhile:)

And while i sit here typing they have just finished a game of chess...zo is learning and loves it and now the boys have just gone outside to have a game of table tennis before we go and grab some food for the kidlets for their school lunches ect.....

Life is great and im happy........now at any rate:)
just wanted to share this with you all LOL.
Im planning on playing with the new computer tonight loading some programs on it and being able to get some photos here to share...im planning to upload all pics on the other hardrive and just bring pics over with my flash drive..free up space on this one....

anyway im off for now.....have a great week y'all
cya charxxx

Happy Birthday to me.....

yes im going to sing the song loud and proud today......

I have been totally spoilt rotten...my dearest darling husband bought me a wonderful present last night and i was able to play with it last night....now to get used to it.

I have never had somethng this special before and i am so totally excited about it......

Have i teased you enough?? Shall i tell you what i was spoilt with....

A brand new LAPTOP.......yes arent i the lucky one.....DH brought one for the business and work a few months ago and i thought it was the coolest thing.....i had never had much to do with them before but gee i liked it.

And to get one all for myself it is bliss....i can see myself sitting here watching tv and chatting or playing out in my scrap room and having all you guys pop in now and again for company via cybercrops and chats......

Oh lucky me:) Cant you tell i am excited...

It has all sorts of cool features that i dont understand.....i love the little finger scanning bizzo thing LOL.....

I shall update while i am here too.....we had a wonderful wekend, very busy with work...on saturday we picked our Tangellos....for the update we managed to pick 3 bins and at approx 425kg in each bin we ended up picking approx 1.2 tonnes of fruit.....that is a small pick...we have picke up to 14 bins off our lemons before....mind you the shoulders were sore and when i work out this computer and things i shall be adding some photos we took especially for you guys:)

On sunday we pruned the front patch of our apricots,,,these are quite tall trees to pick come picking time and they tend to go rotten on the tree due to a beetle that gets in them and makes them yukky,,,anyway we absolutely hav=cked the #$%^ out of them and they now look awesome....!!!! Lots of photos there too.....

We are going out for tea tonight for my birthday with a family of friends and i am sure there will be a few phone calls today ...last birthday was quite a sad one as the frst phone call i got was news that my Nanna had passed away, so that was a sadder birthday,,,Nanna love and miss youXX

We have had a good week here at home, the kids are well and have been behaving themselves....im taking them to grans today and they can walk over to the moves to see Bridge to Terabithia.....Leigh did something on this in English last term and got really good grades for it so im guessing it was interesting.....

Speaking of Leigh his grades for the last term were absolutley bloody awesome.....he picked up very well in all his subjects.....he got three Cs in the first term...we werent too happy mainly because the attitude was not good either but this term he was commended for reaching a high B in one of the subjects he got a C for. His art result was quite a surprise and he is so creative and artistic....he got a C. I think he thinks that we want him to get all As. This of course is not the case...i was only ever a C student with the occasional A and B so i am happy as is Daz that he tries his best at whatever he does and we try to teach him that you cant blame the teacher if you dont like them or the subject cause you arent always ever foing to get on with everyone so it is up to YOU to do the best you can and try harder if there is a difference of opinion:)

Im off to work at my LSS http://riverlandscrapbooking.com.au this Sat, they have big sale on and i am so looking forward to it....i hope the link works...ive never done that before.

Okay i must be off now due to being surprised with this fantastic pressie i ave to pack the dishwasher for last nights dishes....ewwww....got sidetracked:)

Have a fantastic week and catch you all later.....
cya charmainexx

Well i guess i shall sign off for now ooh...no not yet...i have applied to join a DT....fingers crossed however i dont think my work is quite what people want on a DT i think my work is too linear and simple ut who knows.....

Its been a while...

Hi there everyone.....ive not been about cause we dont actually have any internet protection at the moment and i have not beeen surfing *just in case* but i really wanted to pop into a few blogs and do some catching up.

I have a few birthday hellos to pass along... Mardi for the other day,,, i do hope you had a wonderful day i was thinking of you.

Olivia who was 7 happy birthday honey and you did a great job on your cake.
Alanna and Melissa who both share my birthday next week...the 18th July.
Darrel wants to take me out for tea but im so over it already LOL.

I am thinking however more about the one coming next year....the big 40! Im not scared of it at all and im generally not a party person or a really social person so im tossing up whether i should just do it or not LOL.

Now a few things to play catch up. I had to work last weekend and missed the goal Leigh shot in the u/17 hockey match, he was beside himself with excitement......as he is only 13 still.
It is so scary to watch this tall lanky but vunerable 13 year old play with all these hair covered boys/men that swear and are just so grown up. Leigh is definately not out of place in the skills level he is just missing hte extra hair LOL......

Zo has had a friend stay over these holidays...she has recently moved to Victor Harbour and they have missed each other like crazy. It is however i feel a good thing for zo as she has had to reach out to new friends....i think she is a happy child but she tends to flit from group to group....and i sometimes wish for her the closeness of more than one friend. I guess it is just a hangover from my school days where i was the nerd and the one all the kids picked on on the bus and all of that kind of stuff...but as long as she is happy then i cant wish for anything more i guess can i?

Ummm we went pruning on the weekend and i decided there and then that i am going to update my blog with things that we do at the block...i realise that us living in the country on a fruit property gives us a unique opportunity to learn things and do things that poeple in the city cant. It was brought to my attention when i had city rellies from Brisbane come visit in January.

We grow apricots, pears sultanas, apples, oranges, tangellos and lemons oh and cherries and peaches.

Do you guys see the Angas Park and Sunbeam dried fruits in the supermarket? Well our fruit goes into them...there is a process that we do from about the 13 dec thru to New Years...we pick cut and dry the fruit...apricots in this case.

At the end of Jan there are the peaches, Feb/Mar is the pears and they take such a long time to dry.....at this time there is also sultanas to pick, spread on racks and wait for them to dry and we shake them....there is a lot of work in these...we didnt even do our harvest this year because lack of water made the fruit quite small.

Anyways if any one is interested i shall pop up random pics now and again with a little story to say what we are up to.

Couple of questions before i go.....what internet security do you use and do you like it...the reason i ask is Daz was thinking of trying something other than Nortons.

Also who has broad band and is the cost worth it?

The reason i ask this is we just changed our phone plan and instead of getting a $300 or there abouts bill we got one for over $500......aparantly you have to be 3 months in advance....boy was i ropable.....when i rang the girl ( we have had issues before) basically the whole 9 years we have been here we have been charged for a telstra handset and have never had one....when i rang to change the plan over i asked the guy if i can have a new phone and he basically said no.......i spoke to this girl and i asked her if we can have the new phone seeings as i am payng for something that my phone cannot do and thankfully she said yes..she also refunded 12 months handset rental which i thought was great......anyway it is all sorted and we have the new phone but the reason for the question was that would you still have to pay upfront and im not sure that i want to fork out any more money...

On to other matters,,,,,im guessing you are all busy with school holidays...what have you been doing to keep the kiddies occupied?

MIne have visited gran and an auntie and had friends sleep over and visit friends....

Tommorrow nite we are off to the drive in to see Shrek 3 so that should be good although we will have to take lots of doonas or sleeping bags LOL...

I am still going to the gym at least four days a week and apart from the cold starts i am really loving it...i go in the afternoons on a tues as that is my early finish day and i must say that time suits my body better LOL....rather than 6am

I can however see a difference and it keeps me inspired to keep going.....the only thing is i have been rather naughty lately with my fave lollies home brand licorice allsorts and licorice bullets YUMMO!!!! So i am aiming to stop or at least slow down with them....

Okay im guessing i should dash...im waiting on zo to bring me a coffee but i may have to go get it myself....

Oh an update too the album i am working on for someones grandson is going fantastic.....i am really enjoying it...it is only 8x8 and so not fancy......i am using the scenic route range of papers and just doing the paped really basic...if i remember i shall take pics and maybe post a couple before i hand it over...i have done 11 of 20 pages,,,,,

Have a great weekend and see ya later...charmainexx