A few photos to share....

Here are afew pics of what we have been up to lately. The first two is leigh and his two of his youngest cousins playing at the block.....the next is me and two neices...the shadow is in a bad spot but oh well cant help that LOL....

The next three are layouts i have done recently.......you know the trouble about printing 200 pics off at once is that you get so sick of looking at them......any one else find this,....i also like to use one pic per page and even if i plan more than one 10 to 1 i forget to use the others anyway...somehow i need to get more organised.....

Now im my last post i made a mistake....i know that no one else knows or cares but i do....hence the correction...we have been to the hockey championships at Port Lincoln and Berri, NOT Mount Gambier as i said...this was beacause Daz broke his hip and we didnt want to travel so this year it is at Port Pirie as i said but i dont know if we are going or not yet...

Happy Birthday to my honey Daz, he has caught up to me now and is finally 39 heehee.....we had rather a nasty start to the day,,,,we were travelling into the gym at quarter to 6 this morning and unfortunatley we hit a kangaroo....im glad it wasnt in my little daewoo as it may not have made it home but bad luck for the kanga that it was the toyota ute...:(

We felt really sad for it because it is only coming in for the water,,,i have seen quite a few rather close to home lately and the other day i saw an emu running thru the block at the end of my street......

Well this is a quick post as i should be doing other stuff.....have to get the man a pressie, drop zoes hbike helmet off at school, leighs hockey bag to grans and run a few errands as well....i would love to stay home today...i am thinking of seeing if Daz can take next tues off so we can get stuck into jobs around the house,,,he has spent alot of time at the block lately and they house and yard are beginning to look like no one lives here......i also want to organise getting a huge tankstand pulled down.....so we can put up a shed and we also want to build an entertaining area outside with bbq and the like....not sure when that will happen LOL

anyway have a great wed everyone and see ya about...
take care charxxx

Happy Birthday our sweet boy!

Happy birthday to the Matt man for tommorrow the 26th August. Our baby will be 14 years old. Where does the time go and i must ask where do they find that thing called *attitude*,,,grrr.

Seriously he is a very good honest and caring boy who we are very proud of but some days we could really give him away.....LOL. Im just not coping with the selfish and demanding side of this child of mine...many people have said it is a phase and im going to try to make a point of not sweating the small stuff! WIsh me luck hey :)

I also have birthday wishes to a niece on the 27th my darling hubby on the 29th, a friend with whom we are going out to tea with on Tuesday night to celebrate all three boys birthdays he has his also on the 29th.
I have another niece on the 31st august and then the one who was on the 27th her sister also has a birthday.......so there will be two 14 year olds a 11 year old and a 13 year old...HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIDS.......LUV YAS ALL

Today we had an awesome day at hockey, the weather was absolutley stunning and we had a fab time.....Leigh shot a goal in the u17s...he played u15s as well and zoe played u13 and u15.
I played B women and had a good game...i played centre and inner...not sure what i was supposed to be doing but i had fun,.....until i pulled a hammy....LOL well the muscle in your butt hat goes down your leg is that hammy????? I was running and it pulled something bad,,,,,so i sit here with the deep heat (OUCH) on it and i happen to be munching on licorice allsorts (YUMMY)

So i guess thats an okay trade off haha.
The kids are in leighs room playing xbox. A friend of leighs loaned him his as leighs is broken at the moment. Im guessing at some stage we will pay the 250 bucks to fix it...it will be cheaper than buying a PS2 when you take into account the buying of new games...does anyone know if you an play xbox games on a ps2??

We have been quite busy ltely what with one thing and another. We did some irrigation at the block on the weekend......daz and zoe have been plugging away with it all this week and there isnt a lot left to do now,,,,YAY

I worked at my LSS last weekend and had the chance to see a cricut in action, as well as a book binding thingo...sorry...i cannot remember what it was called but i want to buy the cutter one and the binder maker......i was quite impressed with the cricut but i kept seeing in my mind my embroidery sewing machine that just sits in my scrap room......im thinking thats how the cricut would end up...it was very interesting and i was very impressed with it...but i doubt i will buy one....

On to other news......i have not been doing alot of blogging due to early nights and the excuse that it takes forever to surf but i have some congrats to hand out......Janine congrats on your little sweetie Kaitlyn, Steph and to you on the birth of (Lulu) and to Nic who is expecting another precious bub congrats to you as well.......

Kathie, Mardi, Megan, Belinda, Bek and anyone i usually visit...i hope life is treating you well and sorry ive not left comments on your blogs......and Allie....hellp (waves)

My Mattman is off to Adelaide on Monday for a Hockey tournament through the school....none of us is going with him so we hope he has a fun day,,,,,,

He has expressed interest in going to Port Pirie for the State Juniour Chapionships on the Oct Long weekend. We went to Mt Gambier a few years ago then it was held locally and last year we didnt go as Daz brke his hip and we didnt think he could manage the trip.

This year we had decided to go to visit a friend at Crystal Brook so we may be able to kill two birds with one stone.......we had planned to go to Victor Harbour later in Oct so im not sure what we will actually do...maybe say bugger it and do both....i hope so anyway:) It will be nice to get away before our season stars......

Work is good for both of us and it is keeping us busy....sometimes i wish the world would stop just for a while so i can breathe,,,,,,but i know i am not the only one who feels this..........
i dont know we have all these things to help make our life easy but im sure that it doesnt always work that way....

Well im sure i have forgotten heaps of stuff to share with you but thems the breaks hey.....i always think i should jot down things as we go but im not that organised...and even if i was i would probably forget where i put it anyway.......

Take care and i will catch you later....

have a great one cya charmaine.....

few delayed layouts to share

I am uploading these layouts but a few of them are actually a couple of months old.....ive had them sitting in my scrap room, i needed to get some more album pages and besides not having the time to photo or scan the LO i ahve just let them go.

Ihave applied for a DT position so i decided i had better post some of my work here,,,,,i tend not to add too many lo pics......Hope you enjoye them......i am also hoping that at least one person is kind enough to leave a comment, im feeling quite neglected lately......although i realise it does take time to leave a comment on peoples blogs.....anyways have a great thursday......

cya charmaine

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

Here i sit...

all dressed in our Hockey club team colours...i never thought i would....LOL.

My two kids have played for about 4 or 5 years and i have thought about it but i am a real sook and i think of what might happen rather than what wont. Yep im negative,,, anyway today the B Women team was short and they asked some of the younger players to fill in and Zoe has done it before so i decided i would too.

I was put on the wing...that means i run along the outside line in front of the ball or i run back and pay in the goal circle...i think...LOL...anyway i cannot believe i had a BALL and i even wanted the game to go on longer......

SO here i sit waiting for Leigh to get out of the shower so i can warm my bones....

I really need to get stuck into my housework but as im planning to put my warm pjs and mokkies on im thinking not much house work will get done.

Tommorrow i think the plan was to pick our tangelos...im not sure what daz has planned cause he is busy with work and the water situation...here in Sth Aust we have been allocated only 4% of our 100% water alocation so there are going to be lots of changes. He is doing something at work but in the short term for us it means we have to prune our apricots really quite small so they dont use too much water. Also with our new patch of trial apricots we planted last year we are going to have to put them on drip irrigation which means alot of time effort and money (as we then have to have a pump to run them) however although we only have 10 acres of mixed fruit and we both also work full time we are not as hard hit as alot of other people so that is something to be grateful for i guess. :)

This last week has shot by so quickly, i did 10 1/2 hours at work friday then went to watch Zoe play in the U15 girls team. It began to rain halfway thru the A mens Match and by the time we were ready to go home it was absolutely POURING down, i had my wipers on flat strap and was doing 80km on the main highway home...i just couldnt see....Zoe was panicking abit cause then we got a truck up our bum.....he ended up turning off where we turned off twice and made me nervous until he overtook me. And you know the suckiest thing.....the rain stopped like about 3km from our house...get home dry as a bone couldnt believe it.

Ive been very tired lately...i havent even made it to the gym since tues....i was in bed at 1/4 past 8 on tues wed and thurs nites...im thinking vitamins might be the go....i have absolutely NO ENERGY and most things seem too hard.
I went shopping last sunday and i made the kids clean the house as i couldnt bare to do it all by myself :)
Lets hope the magic pills help.......they are only womens vitamins:)

Umm what else can i rave on about to keep you reading....oh i took the day off on Monday so i could spend the day with Zoe. She had a pupil free so we did girly things all day...Leigh wasnt happy cause he had a pupil free on friday and i did nothing with him....didnt help that i only found out about his on the wed before....grrr kids gotta love em.

Now last time i posted i was going to add a frost pic...i shall see now if i can post it...stay tuned...okay they are there these are like only trees apart as we have tangelos in with the apricots so the bare tree is the apricot and the other obviously tangelos.

Okay Leigh is out the shower and im off to get warm......probably need to wash away any aches that might pop up LOL

cya stay happy and take care thanks for popping in too......

Dilemma, Help wanted Please

Hiya girls a quick question...

I have offered to make an album for someone grandson, he was premmie and she wants to have pics from birth until now, he is four...

Now my question is should i chose a certain number of printed papers in different patterns ect but make sure they all blend or should i go with the flow and chose papers to match the pics....

my figuring of the same blend (different colours) so that i can repeat the themes thru the whole album with the least amount of fuss and bother...if i use chipboard shapes, ribbons, alphas and rubons i should get a decent album...

What are the thoughts from you girls...i am open to any suggestions as i want it to be fantastic....

Please leave comments or email me with your suggestions...thanks so much in advance:)

While im here i may as well make a quick post...

I am so proud of my daughter...she doesnt like her hockey coach as he doesnt speak nicely to the kids and she basically told him she wasnt playing hockey for him because she didnt like the way he spoke to her and the other kids...

now i dont condone this usually, i believe that the kids should respect the person trying to teach them something however i let her go because at training on Wed night for one he wouldnt give her ball back to her,,,,she had to chase him and then her and her brother wrestled him to get the bag of balls away from him, after which as she went to run off he stuck his foot out and just about make her fall on he face...he must be nearly 17 and she is 11. Not very fitting behaviour for a coach i didnt think! He then went on to tell some of the other kids at hockey on saturday that he is doing his best and that all they do is muck around and dont listen to him...he makes them run laps and yells at them for this....i feel it is the age and that he needs the maturity to understand that kids especially girls are like this....i also feel he may be better off teaching a higher grade of hockey if he feels they dont listen to him...

Am i naughty to encourage my daughter do you think? LOL i dont cause i was never confident to stand up for myself and am only now learning to so i say GO GERT!!!

We had a meeting with her teacher the other day and basically Zoe has come along way, she is more confident and has the ability to focus on her work now whereas last year she was a total blonde LOL...we are so proud of her. Partly i feel it is because she has to organise herself alot more this year as my hours have changed and i am not home to get the kids ready every single day....i also feel her confidence and ability has come from the fact that her brother is no longer at the same school...maybe???

Okay im trying to post a photo of some icicles but the comp is being a pain so i shall come back to that....

I want to thank all of you girls who visit my blog and leave comments, it is lovely to read them...there are some girls for whom i cannot leave comments but know that i do pop in and read your blogs...thanks for sharing your news:)

Take care stay warm on this darn cold sunday :)

A coupla things....

Well hi there long time no chat...things have been very busy here lately and ive not had time to scratch myself....LOL.

You know how it is when you have a million things to do and you keep putting them off trying to fit them into suit you and things just keep piling up??? You do?? Great cause thats where ive been...dont worry its nothing major or even very exciting but as of last night i finally got it all together and covered about ohhh 10 things on my list.

Ive needed to make a drs appoint for over 12 months..naughty yes i know well i finally did it.
Ive needed to make a dentist appointment and ive finally done it.....
ive needed to ring my step mum for her 60th (for Sat) and i finally did it....I
chatted to Dad about his bday ....
I rang my cousin about something that i ddidnt want to hold her up from....
I ranf my uncle to see how they survived the weather in Newcastle....they live at Heddon Greta...theyre fine...
I rang my auntie in Qld to see how the house moving went....great
I rang my brother in Mildura just because...

So i am finally happy and settled...now the most pressing things are...register the car....sort the hospital fund stuff out so we can claim back some money for Leighs braces and that shall do it for the time being.

Bec i havent checked in with you yet....im hoping all is welll with you after all the rain.....for everyone else affected i hope all is okay as it can be and that you are all safe...

On to other matters now...in no particular order....LOL

Zoe was part of a music beginners day the other week...see attatched pic...she made the paper....

Leigh now has his braces on...it took no time at all and he is getting used to them....they look nice actually not how i expected them to look....

We went to Adelaide on thurs nite and stayed with a friend, we went via Sedan cause she lives in the Hills and on the way we stopped and saw a wombat...what a hoot that was imagine these two crazy people running thru the scrub with a camera in the air trying to get a photo...needless to say we only got the scrub..i think LOL...about 20 mtrs down the road Daz slammed on the brakes and i thought he was being funny doing skiddies but no there was a gorgoeus grey kangaroo hopping alongside the car (thank god for Toyota Utes LOL) then we saw a bunny.....it certainly slowed that trip down but we got there safe in the end.

On Fri we took my friends daughter into town with us and we went to IKEA....

i could have quite easily smacked this lady with an ikea bag or something.......(and im not violent but she made me very angry)

she had a bag of (glasses) im assuming on her arm, the kids were playing with some of the kitchen items near where she was...and she says to her friend....*oh wouldnt it be funny if *someone* bumped into my bag and broke my glasses?? Her friend replied....oh yes wouldnt it...then the snotty nosed bitch turned around and said to her friend *you would think these children would be in school wouldnt you??* ( now the kids werent THAT close to her)

WELL!!!!!!! as she walked past me i gave her the glare of death and said....these are my children and i can decide whether or not they should be in school.....i dont think it is anyone elses business.....

AND im hoping none of you reading this was that lady LOL.......as she walked off leigh goes mum can i get her with these...brandishing a fancy set of knives LOL...luckily i did say no........

On sat we decided to head home but we needed to go to IKEA first as we had decided to buy some new wardrobes...we got it all sorted paid for it all and had been trying to get a transport company to deliver home but no one was answering their phones so there was nothing else for it but to pack it in the ute ( thank god again for Toyota Utes) and take it home ourselves......

I thought we had absolutely no blooming hope but after shoving doonas under the kids bums, sleeping bags at their feet and pillows between them we did managed to get it all in....two little suitcases, two huge long packages and 8 huge wire drawers later...i wish i had taken a photo now...

Sunday we decided to put the wardrobes together only 6 hrs for the first one and about 1.5 for the second...probably had something to do with all the coffee breaks and chokkie frogs we were eating.....friends daughter is going to Melb and was fundraising so we brought $40 worth of froggies....all i can say is thank god we are sharing them and going to the gym LOL.

Anyway by Monday nite we had all the wardrobes installed and filled oh bliss...i shall post pics later on.

What other news...oh after hockey the other weekend we popped into see my cousin and her family...Narelle and Carl had a premmie baby born in Jan and the kids hadnt seem her yet so we popped in to see them for a couple of hours,,,it was a lovely visit and Lexi christened me with a upchuck LOL....

Work is going good and im enjoying it......ive not done alot of scrapping lately....i brought the latest mags but i was actually quite disappointed in them......

Well if you have mananged to read to the end of this i thankyou and hope that youenjoyed my dribble LOL,,,,,im off to make a coffee and then im going to check out a few blogs and tidy up before i have to go to drop leigh hockey bag off for training this arvo then go to work,,,then go pick him and his ssister up at prob 6pm....gotta love it dontcha..

Id love to know you have popped in please leave a comment

Hi all...

Boring Boring Post ahead....nothing to reprt whatsoever

Not much been happening in my world...its been busy with a lot of different stuff...work mainly and running after the kids....

Leigh got his other molar pulled out on thursday and we are off to adelaide in two weeks for the braces to be fitted.....we are going to be staying with a friend in woodside:)

The kids played some good games of hockey today...we have not been home long but i have a load of washing in and a pot of pea and ham soup on the stove for tea...yummo.....

So what have you all been up too lately?? I need to do some blog hopping...ive not been on the net much lately and i haven t been scrapping either,,,too tired and in bed early....

We have had a dog over the road bark every single night and solidly since last sunday nite...we didnt hear it even over the fan last night hope fully some one has done something with it...i dont care what, moved it away gone on holidays or whatever...im just glad it shut up!LOL

Well i might go surfing and see whats happening in blog land

Take care and have ahappy saturday!
Charmaine

Missing Post

Not sure where the last post went of zoes near goal went so here it is again.

Post 2 for Sunday!

Okay so it has posted as two different posts....this is DD after being SO close to scoring a hockey goal on the weeeknd. The goalie was just too good. See the photo in the previous post to see how close Zoe was to being successful and the look on her face says it all!

Poor baby...
She ended up playing 3 games yesterday and leigh played 2...he wanted to play u17 but his name wasnt on the card so he's not allowed to for that game.

We got home from Loxton at about 3.30 and i just crashed... i went to bed for a nanna nap i was so tired....i got up again at 5 feeling a bit better.
I think im going to take my multivitamins again as at the moment im just feeling a bit run down....prob a combination of the early morning gym starts and the late week at work this week but if i dont go to the gym then i know i wont go any other time.

I dont know about anyone else but once im home i hate going out again.

Speaking of going out...we are having tea at the renovated hotel tonight with some friends....we we supposed to go to their anniversary tea but didnt didnt make it so tonights the night...i wonder how expensive its going to be???

Not done any scrapping this weekend..i was planning to join in the chook scraps cyber crop as i had so much fun last month but time has not permitted this weekend....oh well:(

We have to drop one of the kids friends home before we go out for tea so im guessing id best sort the kids out to have showers and stuff..

Oh Leigh did really well with his teeth being pulled out apparantly...he does have to go back on thurs to get the other one pulled out....not sure why they didnt do the three at the same time like they were going too....*fang* was about 2 cms long!!!!!! I could not believe a tooth could be so long....he also got a haircut for the first time in ages so i have this gorgeous creature back again that i can actually see his eyes and his *wicked* eyebrows...family joke....:)

Zoe has to miss hockey training this week as she has put her hand up to be in a music thingo...not sure what its for but they will be performing at a later date with kids from other schools...it is auditions..i will be suprised if she gets in cause she never practises....but she may be like Leigh how has a good ear and can play naturally....(grrr) wish i did LOL

I gotta go.....have a great week and keep smilin...charmaine

Fang is going....

Who is fang you ask?? Well see that peggy hiding behind the other one...he is quite a tall tooth and he is getting taken out tommorrow....so is one behind the third tooth at the top on the left.....why...??

Well on the 8th of June Leigh is getting braces and there is no room in his mouth for all of his teeth. He also already has four wisdom teeth growing forward (or is that out?) Im not sure...i am concerned about the fact he is getting teeth pulled but after seeing the xrays i can see why this is to be so.

He is absolutely crapping himself and so am i! That is why i am not taking him to get his teeth taken out...i am such a woos and i feel nauseaous at the thought!! Dad is doing it for him.

On a lighter note the above creation is Zoe playing with her food...now i know we shouldnt encourage our children playing with their food but Zo is so good at it isnt she LOL.....this girl has us in stitches all the time she is so darn funny and i absolutley love her to pieces.

The little guy looks like Rocko form *Rocko's Modern Life cartoon* any one remember that????

Umm i was going to tell you something else but i cant remember.....

Oh yes i can......

i subbed to For Keeps on the weekend...they were asking for boy pages and i have loved the ones i am doing at the moment (yeah yeah brag brag) so i sent them in...ive not heard anything but i have no idea what the process is anyway so i will just wait. You may remember i subbed (some of you) a while again and sent my LO away but never heard back so i am guessing they didnt want that LO LOL......

To my friend Bec from Rebecca Marree Photography, hun i shall ring you again...i tried this morning but you werent home:)

Bec and i *met* when our girls were 3 months old.....we used to penpal.......we did lose touch for a couple of years but im so glad she found me......at one stage she moved to Mildura so we got to meet in person twice but they then moved back to NSW......

Ummm not sure what else to dribble on about so i guess i shall go.....i am starting late today so im planning to go scrap for a bit before work.....oh i SO wish my scrap room was inside the house now.......or that i had a comp that works in my scrap room.....i spend far too much time on here when i could be playing elsewhere hahaha...hope everyone had a good mothers day......

I didnt not really....very low key...i went for a 4km walk thou and i hit the gym so i felt good:)

My little baby brought me a tiny beanie kid bride bear and a beanie bear grizzly toy...no guesses who the grizzly was on mothers day LOL.......(oh no it wasnt me!!!)

Have a happy wednesday and see you around....charxx

Weekend Half gone already.....

Hmmm another week gone...where?
i am sure i dont know.
It is already quarter past 6 on Sat nite......im heading out to my scrap room soon...i have itchy fingers to create LOL

It already has been a busy weekend. Zoe played her first hockey match for u15 last night...it was quite chilly and we stayed to watch the A grade men, A grade women and the U17 girls play. we got home at about 10pm.....boy i was enjoying the sleepin this morning...no such luck tommorrow, im off to the gym, i didnt manage to get there friday...

Today i was working so missed the U13 match of Zoes and Leighs U15 match.
He is going to also play the U17's and the younger girls have asked Zoe to join the U17's to make up numbers.....

Im keen because she has gotten on really well with the girls, they have made her feel so welcome and they seem more tolerant of her where her peers dont seem to feel the same way....hmmm dunno but i dont care she is happy and i am happy.

I have posted a lo of each of my kids from last year in the uniforms of the sport i am talking about........

Have a happy and safe weekend and a great week......

Id love a comment about my new blog.....tell me what you think....if you cant post one feel free to email:) address is in my banner

Cya Charmainexx

OH AND TO MY DARLING FRIEND ANGELINE IN THE USA........CONGRATS ON YOUR WEDDING AND THANKYOU FOR THE INVITATION....TO JAMAICA!!!!!! MONTEGO BAY NO LESS........ i definately have to scrap that invitation:)

BUGGER!!!!

I had this huge long winded informative post ready to go and the damn computer froze and ive lost it all....ggggrrrrrr!!!!!!
I am going to pop up a few layouts i have done and emailed to Sharryn from Scrap the Boys...see my side bar and if you havent already checked them out you better go and have a look...there is some awesome talent there.

Im in the middle of updating my blog so that is why it currently looks like Megan is my only inspiration...LOL...im hoping to get back and update soon as i have lots more people i am hanging to add to my blog

Oh and if you cant leave a comment for whatever reason....i know im having trouble feel free to email me...shamzscrapz@mail2australia.com

Ive run out of time today...what was going to be a quick post has turned into a marathon one so im going to nick of.....im off to pick apples...oh for joy but it is a gorgeous day here today and it will be a pleaseure to be out in the sunshine and fresh air spending time with my family...

until next time bye

Just checking...

and posting one or two layouts...back with a real post later on.....

First Cyber Crop!!! What fun!

I had my first cyber crop last night and today at chookscraps....i dont know how to add a link but there is one in my side bar.

I completed 3 challenges with one more to go.
I have uploaded the photos for you to have a squiz at.

They have come up in reverse order.....

Some advice challenge number 1 LO had to include a frame with either circles or squares on it. Two or more paper clips and two or more photos...im happy with how it turned out :)

Time to get wet was challenge number 2. I had to use either transparency or vellum with a combination of two or more primary colours. Eg red/blue, yellow/red ect.
My SR paper had all the primary colours in it.

Challenge 3 was a scraplift and it had to either have the number in included on the LO or be a scraplift of a celebration.

Challenge 4 is make a birthday card...i have yet to do this challenge but i have a nephew turning 11 on Monday so i will do it before them.

Just a quick update tonight so until next time.....stay happy and keep safe and i hope you Adelaide girls had a fun Saturday Scrap Session... i was wishingi could have been there :)

Cya Charmaine