Tuesday, October 20, 2009

October 21st 2009






The whales are here!!! They have been entertaining us for days now, splashing around and leaping right out of the water as they swim north to breed. Sitting down at nippers on Sunday there were at least 4 of them putting on a show. Madi wanted to hire a boat and go play with them, ummm I think not! although a fishing boat was coming in and a whale breached, it looked alarmingly close!!



Madi left at 11pm last night for school camp. They are off to Dubbo and surrounds, an overnight bus trip with 13/14yo's, I shudder to think!!!!! she was very excited though. She is doing her Surf Rescue Certificate at the moment and eventhough I had to drag her there kicking and screaming 3 weeks ago she is having a wonderful time and has gained so much confidence not only in the water but also in herself. She is such a natural at so many things but until she does them she doubts herself, such a waste but you can't live their life for them!








Daz is still working on his laps, how come he can always find the time??? He does 34 a day (it's a 33metre pool) and to do his bronze he needs to do 14 in 9 minutes, he is a sure and steady swimmer and has had to work hard but i think he may have just cracked it!!!








Friday, October 16, 2009

Friday 16th October

Well what a blur these holidays have been!!! We had Birthdays Galore with my Sister-In-Law turning 40yo on the October 11th then her son, my nephew, turned 2 on the 12th, my little man hit double figures turning 10 on the 13th...phew. We took the day off for Davids Birthday and took 10 of them to Big Buzz where they rode the water slides all day, having goes on the toboggin and carts, motorised quad bikes, golf and volleyball in between. I made a gridiron cake????yes he found One HD and is addicted to yet another sport....sigh.....otherwise it has been cleaning, cleaning, cleaning. I have worked 10 hours at the van park (over 3 days), cleaned 16 houses, stripped and remade 25 beds(hate top bunks and putting quilt covers on!!!!), my body is tired, my brain is tired, I need a lie down!!!! But it is my turn to host the speed scrap at Nuts4Digi http://nuts4digi.com tonight and I have been working on a couple of layouts which I will share tomorrow. We start chatting about 8pm, if I start talking jibberish I will ask the girl to tell me to go to bed!!!! I really have to thank some special friends, Kerri and Michael Elliott for taking the kids out on the boat and giving them a fun day when we were so busy, also for taking them to the movies, Sue Organ, who actually rang because she knew I would be busy and whom I really only know through soccer, she took David for a day and a half which kept him occupied and exhausted, he had fun playing at the beach, playing table tennis and going for his first round of golf, she was so laid back and generous about it , words can't express my gratitude. Megan Bailey and Rosemary Hudson for having Madi, amusing her and letting her sleepover. All in all I think the kids ended up having a great holiday, and I'm so happy about that. We are blessed with these people in our lives!!!

Monday, October 5, 2009

holidays

No rest for us, we are flat out cleaning. Thank God for diaries....mine is my brain at the moment and has never been so full!!!! today is our 1 day off and at midday I have just finished emailing, smsing, and quoting on linen and cleans. Now we have to find something to do with the kids, although we have to be at cricket training at 3.30pm and then Daz works from 5 until 8. So maybe a walk down to the beach although it's a bit chilly. madi is sulking because she wants to go shopping to buy lots of stuff for her, eventhough it's David's birthday next week!!!! Anyway off to have some lunch and enjoy the rest of the day....Iif I can fit it in!!!! LOL

Sunday, October 4, 2009











CT Layouts






I was excited to be accepted as part of te Creative Team at Nuts4Digi this week http://www.nuts4digi.com/home/. For someone so new to digital scrapbooking it is a great honour! I am looking forward to taking my digital scrapbooking further and maybe even designing one day. These are my layouts for October, I got to use a kit called Bliss by KDesigns