Tam and I have made a pact to update our blog every day for 2 weeks. The first person to miss a day has to take the other person out for coffee (or Earl Grey Tea for some LOL!) so...wish me luck! I think it was meant to start 2 days ago, but I thought I'd start with a fresh new week (well thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it!!)
Well I just watched Sex and the City Movie and loved it. The end was a little sappy but as Steve said "It's a chick flick, what did you expect". But it really got me thinking about my friends and our little group of 4....Elle, Ange, Vicki and I! I was watching it and thinking who would be who.
Would Ange be Miranda, the non-nonsense, sensible, practical one? Would Vicki be Samantha? All be it a little more toned down but non-the less with the same zest for life and love for fun? Would Elle be Charlotte? The positive, always look on the bright side, life is peachy one? And does that make me Carrie? Hmmm...not sure....I wouldn't know my Manolo Blahnik's from my Tar-get specials! LOL!
I don't know but I do know that I treasure these girls so much. We've been friends now for around 20 years (Can you believe that?!?!) and they know me better than anyone in the world! They have seen me admire my first crush from a distance, catch my crush and lose him again, they laughed with me through many classes at school, in fact they made accounting with Mrs West and Maths with Mrs Stillman bearable, they wiped away many tears when my heart was broken, they rejoiced in true love with me, they shared my grief when Dad died, they've celebrated my successes with me, they held my hair back while I threw up from too much alcohol, they have shared my deepest hopes, dreams, desires and secrets, they welcomed Stephen into their lives and gave him the nod of approval (to quote Elle "we like you much better than that other one"), they shared my awe of entering motherhood when Matthew was born then again when Emily and Sarah were born, they listened to me when I was really struggling with Emily, they've helped me talk through my problems and helped me see solutions I hadn't thought of and of course......boy have we laughed, uncontrollably at times!
We are all so much busier with our lives these days so thankfully when we do get together, we slip right back into that comfortable "comfortableness" that is "us". Love these girls to death and I am so grateful to have them in my life!
Now for a scary blast from the past..... taken approx 1998/1999.
And the same gang, taken Jan this year! (Excuse the bad edit job)
Sorry, got a little sentimental, but watching Sex and the City just made me realise how lucky I am to have these girls in my life!
Just went to update my blog and found this in my drafts so I'll post it here, obviously I got preoccupied before posting it.....
I was just sitting here chatting with Emily and decided to ask her some questions so I've recorded them here.
What is your favourite food: Prawns, tuna (cans of smoked tuna), Lollipops, chocolates, apple, wraps with ham, cheese, carrot and lettuce,
What is something you say all the time? I love you
What is your favourite colour? "You know what that is" so I assume she still loves Pink!!
What do you want to be when you grow up? a horse rider. Up until recently it was a doctor and an artist so I just asked if she was over that and she says No, I'll still do that too! She's gunna be busy LOL!
Does anything scare you? Thought about it for a while then..Nup!
What is something that makes you really happy? Hugs and kisses from you and Dad.
How much do you think bread costs? ummm...I don't know, is it a lot? like $20? (hmmm close....I currently pay $1.29 for one brand from our local petrol station or $2.09 from Aldi)
What is something that you think is amazing? Art, sport, gymnastics,
What is something that makes you sad? Nothing, because everything is happy.
What is something that you would like to do that you have never done before? Cartwheels and handstands (she's working on it though!!!)
If I was a genie and could give you anything you wanted what would you want? ummm...that's a stupid question sorry mum! LOL...um....OK!
Who is your best friend? I've got lots of best friends but I'd have to say my best friends are Brookie, Paige, Josh Toohey, Marco and Dominic...oh and Sarah
What is your favourite TV Show: Spongebob, Lazy Town, Simpsons, Peppa Pig
What do you think of Matthew and Sarah? I love Sarah and I love Matthew. Why? 'cause they are beautiful and handsome and fun to play with. Sassy is my best mate though, Matthew's not very fun because every time we play with him, he plays with me then he says he doesn't want to play anymore so that's not very fun but he's still my best brother. Sassy always plays with me.
Do you have any secrets? I do but I don't want to tell anyone. Is it a good secret or a bad secret? A good one, its a funny secret! :) Then she very cheekily added, "I might tell Daddy I think"
What is the best present you have ever got? My art stuff. Which ones? Ahh, all of it! LOL! (Well derr Mum)
Tell me 3 of the best things about you? I'm gorgeous, I'm loving and I'm kind.
What is your favourite thing about school? I like my teachers and friends.
Is there anything that you don't like about school? Nothing, I love everything! (Wouldn't it be nice to keep this enthusiasm all the way through school!)
What is your favourite song? The Father's Day song we sang at school for Dad's Father's Day celebration yesterday and Hannah Montana (ie "See you again" by Miley Cyrus)
Hey Mum, do you want to know who my favourite teacher at school is? Mrs Selese, she is really nice and funny.
What is your favourite piece of clothing? My Hannah Montana shirt (yep she conned Dad when they went shopping!!)
Do you know any funny jokes? Knock knock, who's there? Sarah, Haha, you laughed (and of course Sarah did laugh at that!!)
and of course....if Emily is doing Sarah wants a turn too "you ask me some questions too Mum!"
What is your favourite food: Teddy bear biscuits (ie tiny teddies), ham sandwich, chocolate, pasta (not sauce though), mashed motato (potato)
What is something you say all the time? Emily is my buddy
What is your favourite colour? Green, and I do like pink too
What do you want to be when you grow up? Do painting
What is something that makes you really happy? Playing with Emily,
How much do you think bread costs? ummm 5 cents
What is something that you think is amazing? Hair bands. Huh?? :)
What is something that makes you sad? Sometimes when Emily hurts me, when you and Daddy put me on the thinking step, when Matthew doesn't play with Emily and me, when Matthew doesn't give me cuddles,
Yep that little baby on the left is now the babe on the right! My little sister is 30!! Unbelievable!!!
But of course she shares her birthday with her twin brother...he however has decided that he is turning 27 this year...(until the house settles then he will allow himself to be 30). LOL! He wanted to have 3 things achieved before he turned 30, 2 are done (boat and work promotion) but the 3rd is still pending (buying a house). I don't have a baby photo of Mikey though :( but here's one with Milly (who adores her Uncle Mikey!!)
I really can't believe that you guys are 30! I was about to turn 4 when you guys came and crashed my world LOL! and I remember you guys being little so vividly!
Some quick memories ...
...Michael wearing thongs everywhere, including into our little above ground pool.
...Tammie playing with Barbie's....in fact Tammie having every Barbie thing ever made - caravans, horses, townhouses, cars, Ken, Barbie, Barbie's sister/daughter, furniture...etc etc etc (I on the other hand had 1 Barbie and can remember biting its foot for some strange reason!)
...Michael pulling everything apart to find out how it worked, including a pen in Marnie's bathroom and splattering it all over her white curtains.
...Tammie reading Babysitter Club books
...playing Softball and/or teeball in the front yard. There was a mound of dirt that had been delivered on the footpath and never got used so grass grew over it so we used to use that as home base, the water manhole as the pitchers plate and then we'd dodge the persimmons as we ran the bases!
... jumping the fence to run over to the Robsons, Heinrichs or 'Jameseses' house
... many many camping trips - yabbie pumping, walks on the beach, icecreams of our choice
... Thursday night Dad's cooking - homebrand pizzas "Dad style", homebrand burgers "Dad style"... plus our choice of chocolate bars or Tam's standard Chomp!
... Honey patrol for each other when the mustard came out LOL!
... hiding the rulers!!
... sneaking Mikey into our room at night to play. He'd get down low and crawl along the floor into our room and we could never work out how Mum and Dad knew...derr, where Mum and Dad used to sit in the lounge room was about 2m from where Michael was crawling!
... Staying up late and giggling then getting into trouble but putting pillows in our PJ pants in case we got a smack (and thinking we were getting away with it!) LOL! Now that I have my own kids I have to laugh - 1st I now realise how frustrating it is when you just want your kids to GO TO SLEEP! and 2nd - how Mum and Dad kept a straight face when telling us off!!
... Tammie's "goth" stage...ewww!
... Watching the Sound of Music - EVERY TIME it was on! LOL!
We had a lot of fun growing up. We also had some not so great times but their were definitely more good times!
You have both achieved so much. You've grown into amazing people and I love you both! So Happy Birthday to my little brother and sister. Hope you have a wonderful 30th birthday and that the next 30 are just as great as the last 30!
Happy Birthday to my amazing little man Matthew for yesterday. I cannot believe that 8 years ago you came into my life and I became a mum! Last night Stephen and I were talking and it is so hard to remember life without Matthew in it. You changed our lives in ways that I can't even begin to explain.
I remember when I was pregnant with you...I was pregnant and working in town and Dad used to pick me up in the afternoons. I got in the car one afternoon and burst into tears. I had always wanted to be a mum but as it got closer and closer I started to worry, really worry. I didn't know anything about babies and now I was going to have another little life that was my responsibility, what if I was a bad mum? what if I didn't know what to do? what if? what if? what if?
So I was starting to panic and worry about all of the bad things that may happen....but what I never stopped to think was:
what if this baby is the most amazing baby in the world? What if your newborn has an adorable squeaky cry rather than an earpiercing one? What if it all comes naturally for both you and your baby? What if the baby is a really easy baby? What if he loves snuggling in? What if he is so adorable that people stop you to tell you how gorgeous he is? What if he grows into a really smart little toddler? What if he is easy going and a joy to be with? What if he learns to talk early and is easy to communicate with? What is he has the most infectious little giggle? What if he loves playing outside and loves having fun? What if he welcomes his new little sister without any problems and adores her? What if he never gets into all of the things he shouldn't? What if he is well behaved and polite? What if he rarely chucks a tantrum? What if he is one of the best things you have ever done in your life? What if he makes you so proud that you could explode?
Matthew, I am so glad you came into our lives. I don't know what I was so worried about. Right from the start you have been such a joy. You were such an easy going baby and toddler and you are growing into such a wonderful person that I am so proud of. You have had your obsessions (Blue's Clues, The Wiggles, Stargate, now AFL and sport) and it has been amazing seeing you enjoying something with so much passion. You are so smart and I truly believe that you will be anything you want to do, just believe in yourself. You are handsome and even though you hate your freckles, I think they are gorgeous. You sometimes get upset that your aren't as tall as some kids in your grade but Matthew you are fit, funny, smart and incredible. You have had some rough times but you always handle life's hurdles with maturity beyond your years.
Matty, I can't even begin to say how proud Dad and I are of you or how much we love you. Before you came into my life I didn't realise that it was possible to love THIS much! I hope you had a great birthday and enjoy your party this weekend.
It's Book Week at school this week and Emily's grade are having a dress up day. They had to dress as their favourite character. Emily's current favourite book is Uno's Garden (which is an absolutely divine book!!) so it was no-brainer that she would want to go as a character from this book. Originally she thought she might like to go as Uno but then changed her mind as "well, he's a little boring and he's a boy and he's bald" so she decided that she wanted to be a Feathered Frinklepod (the red bird looking character on the left side of the cover).
So on Sunday I went and got everything we'd need - feather boas, a red outfit, pom poms, pipe cleaners, headbands, some elastic.... then Sunday afternoon we made the beak (I was going to try to buy something but Emily came up with the idea to make it like you would make a party hat and then she could wear it on her nose instead of her head). Sunday night I finished it off and had it all ready for her Monday morning.
She got up Monday morning and excitedly got dressed and kept thanking me for being the best Mum ever (awww!) I took a few quick photos and Steve dropped her off.
She was so happy and excited and I couldn't wait to hear all about the day when she got home. Steve picked them up from school and she gets out of the car. She was in her uniform (which we had packed so she would be able to change for lunch time play). I asked her how she went and she said "Not good".....why I asked, thinking that she must have ripped her costume or something. "Because it's tomorrow not today....I was so embarrassed!"
OMG! Poor little thing. The world's worst mum had put it on the wrong day of the calendar! She said that as she walked in to the school ground and towards her playground she realised that no-one else had their costume on and then remembered that dress up day was going to be a Tuesday. So she put her bag in the racks and then looked at the kids in her class and quickly grabbed her uniform from her bag and ran to the toilets to get changed.
I felt sooooo bad, how embarrassing for her. But I am so incredibly proud of how she dealt with it so maturely. She's only just turned 6....I know that if it had of been me at her age I probably would have burst into tears. She amazes me at how mature she is. She said she was a bit sad and embarrassed but she knew that she could fix it so "no need to worry!" LOL!
Anyway, we had a giggle over it last night and I told her that at least she knows that it stays together! (I'm not a terribly good costume maker!)
So here is my Feathered Frinklepod.....
I am so proud of her and how she handled this. Once again she proved how truly amazing she is.
So if you are having a bad day, remember it could be worse, you could be wearing a bird suit a day too early ;)
Hmmm....let me think???? Anyone who knows me, knows that this is a no-brainer
SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I lurve sweet foods and have the hips, tummy and butt to prove it!
I love chocolate, lollies, cakes, icecream, apple pie, custard, biscuits, .........anything sweet. I don't mind savoury foods but sweet will always win!
Keep smiling, I'm off to hunt down sweet stuff!! Trish xx
OK my handbag...probably has a lifeboat, a fire extinguisher...OK, maybe not really but the things in my handbag always amaze me LOL!
Here's what is in my handbag right now.... Purse - my pink, impractical purse - that's another story...must record that on here one day! Impulse deoderant - been wearing it for years and no cute guy has popped out of nowhere and given me flowers so I think that ad is a lie! Small zip wallet that contains most of my 'rewards' style cards (or as Steve calls them...my beggers guide to brisbane cards LOL!) Dextrose tablets - for Matthew when he has a hypo! Dental floss - strange I know but I hate having stuf caught in my back teeth. Hand cream Lipstick 4 pens, actually make that 5 pens 1 pencil 2 pencil erasers - yep I dunno on this one...strange! A shopping list Layby receipt - Santa sent it to me to look after ;) Brush Mini Tape measure keyring Small torch keyring approx 10 hair bands Tissues - all clean!! I haven't yet graduated to storing them in my bra like someone I know LOL! Red Rooster wipe unopened - strange thing is I can't remember the last time I had Red Rooster?!?! Fuel voucher for coles Lip gloss Random bits of paper and receipts - just a few?!?!? Another dental floss *blush* told you I hate stuff in my teeth!!
I think that is it.... when I go out I also stuff in Matthew's blood sugar tester Insulin pens camera Mobile phone Various little bits and pieces that Sarah wants to take with us Wipes and then sometimes Steve will ask me to hold his wallet, keys and/or mobile in there too.
Suprisingly it's not a very big bag but it is like the black hole!!
.... Challenge #3 from Terri on Scrapbook City - When I was a Little Girl I couldn't wait to grow up so I could...
* Drink wine - I remember my first taste of red wine at a cellar door tasting when I was young and I loved it! A lush from an early age??? * Be a teacher - working on it...*sigh* * Have children - I used to dream of having a child/children and snuggling up to them on the lounge and as luck would have it my kids love snuggling on the lounge :D * Be kissed - My mum used to tape Days of Our Lives everyday and I used to watch it and dream of one day being as sophisticated as the women on DOOL and finding the perfect man to kiss...now I look at that show and think how tragic they all are!! LOL! * Drive - couldn't wait to grow up to drive and be able to take off when I wanted to. * Be as happy as I was in my childhood...and you know what - so far so good!!!
* Steve still stay at home Dad...we're still all loving it! He's started playing ....shhh....lawn bowls!! shhh...stop laughing!!! He seems to really be enjoying it. Of course being Mr Competitive, he's frustrated that he hasn't perfected it yet but I'm sure he'll get there. He has also commented that he has never seen so many hearing aides in the one place and that he has to use his outside voice when he's inside!! Quite a lot of young people play though, so I don't think it is all oldies!!
* Kids bathroom renovation - Emily came downstairs one morning a couple of months ago and asked Steve why the shower was falling apart. We had no idea but when Steve looked at it, a tile was coming loose. So he got out what he need to fix that one little tile and when he pulled it off, it peeled away a little too easily....as did about 25 other tiles so we made the decision to bite the bullet and renovate it. Steve decided to take on the challenge of renovating it for under $1000. I didn't think he had a hope of sticking to that budget but I should have known better.....so it's done, just needs to be painted. I love it, kids love it and the bank balance loves it too...total was just over $1000 - he was a little extravagent with the tapware and I didn't even notice them oops...LOL! Will have to take a pic of it all.
* We've all been struck down with the dreaded flu that most of Brisbane currently has. I'm still trying to shake it off and have had it now for about 5 weeks!!! Over it!!! Spent nearly all of last week sleeping all day...not good! I'm hoping we've almost got rid of it. Matthew has been home from school this week, hopefully he's on the mend. By the way have you seen this??
Oh too funny, "got a man with a hurty knee" and "haven't you ever heard of Lemsip?" Hahaha!...I love it! Not that it's like this in our house when the man of the house isn't feeling so well...*roll eyes* LOL! Matthew seems to be suffering from "Boy Cold"...a slightly gentler version of the Man Flu...yes he's dying LOL!
* Uni has been crazy - I opted to do 2 of my subjects in an intensive 6 week period. Nearly finished them but OMG 13 weeks of work in 5 weeks...not fun!!! But at least it means 2 subjects down for the semester!
* Talking of uni - Brad finished his degree and graduated recently! Congratulations Brad (have I mentioned I hate you?!!!) Serously though, we're all so proud of you. I know how hard it is to balance everything and you did so well balancing it all, so a huge congratulations to you!
* Sarah turned 3 in May. 3?!!! 3!!!!!! Yes I am having issues! I can't believe she is 3 and goes to school year after next. She's a clever little thing and very very funny. She copies everything that Emily does which Em both loves and hates! Right now Sarah loves: TV - Dora the Explorer, Wonderpets, Fairies, Lazy Town, Playschool. She loves Kindy and hates the days she has to stay home. Loves books and will often grab a book and 'read' it. She talks to herself ALL OF THE TIME! Actually she just talks all of the time!!! At Kindy, at sleep time, they have to put her to the side of the room, by herself as she doesn't sleep but talks to herself the entire time! She loves to eat all day long but doesn't eat a lot as such, she nibbles all day long. She often sings to herself and cracks us up when she starts singing regular radio songs - some not so appropriate for a 3 year old "I kissed a girl and I liked it" for example!!! She is a shit-stirrer though and constantly stirs the older 2. She loves shoes...seriously LOVES shoes - mine, hers, Emily's, doesn't matter...she loves them. At the beginning of Winter I bought Emily some long brown boots. A few weeks later she was at the shops with Mum and she tells her "Mama, these shoes are hurting my feet, I think they are too small." Derr...we'd had an arguement about them being too small before she left the house, but she insisted that she loved them and they were fine!! So Mum goes to buy her some shoes...any guesses what type of shoes she just had to have? Yep Long brown boots!! They do look pretty cute on, she loves them - THANKS Mum!! :)
Here's a pic of her going to Bella's birthday party back in July. She was so excited to be going to a birthday party by herself without the other kids!
* Emily - is growing up WAAAAAY too quickly! She turned 6 last week. I can't believe how fast it has gone. I also can't believe that this child is the same person as the one who was here 2 years ago! I could have given that little girl away....we fought CONSTANTLY, she didn't do anything she was told, argued with everyone, didn't seem to care who she upset...but she has grown into the most amazingly loving, kind hearted young lady and I canot even begin to say how proud I am of her. She still has that determined streak in her that I admire so much but she doesn't argue all of the time. She still stands up for what she believes in and won't be walked over but generally tries to keep the peace and is just so, so sweet and kind. Obviously she just needed to find out who she was and realise how important she was but she is seriously a different child these days! She's also 6 going on 16!!! Very concerned about looking pretty/cool/trendy etc. She still adores Luke (her boyfriend...remember the one she "married" ion Preschool?). She doesn't get to see him as often but when they do see each other they have so much fun and it's like no time has passed at all.
She loves - ART! Oh and art and anything remotely artistic and all things arty! Yep...loves art! LOL! Paint, glitter, cutting stuff up, glue, drawing, crayons, anything creative and she is in her element! She reminds me so much of Tammie as a young kid. Tammie was always cutting stuff up, creating something, (aka making a mess!!!), we'd all be watching TV and Tam would have disappeared and would be out in the garage making something. Emily is exactly the same. She is always leaving little notes and pictures around the place for us. Unfortunately she has limited things that she can write so we often find "Mum/Dad, I {heart} u" around the place. lots of drawings of flowers, suns, butterflies and always colourful. Back in July at school her class had an art gallery and they spent weeks creating lots of different types of artwork to display in the gallery (pencil drawings, colourful paintings, paper bag puppets, wet chalk drawings, black and white drawings, photography, charcoal drawings....heaps of things!!) It was fabulous and Emily loved being a part of it. She has started gymnastics and seems to love it or as she would say "this is SO me!!" With the Olympics recently on, I think she has set herself some serious goals, I'm not sure if she realises how many years those athletes have trained to be able to do all of that! With her determination, I am sure she'll be doing it in no time!
Here's a photo of her taken earlier this year that I just love....
and another couple of photos taken on the day of the school Walkathon a few weeks ago. They had to have crazy hair/socks/hat for the day, so she had crazy hair and crazy socks!
And of course, as I said earlier...someone likes to copy her big sister so Sarah also went to Kindy with Crazy hair!!!
* Matthew - turns 8 in about 2 weeks. Now that is seriously scary! 8!! We were talking the other day about the Olympics and he pointed out that he will be 12 when the next Olympics is on.....then of course he had to point out that he'll be 16 at the Olympics after that!!! 16!!!!! The bizarre thing is, the Sydney Olympics were on when he was a newborn and they don't seem that long ago. When you look at it that way...is he going to be 16 before I know it??
He's still completely football obsessed! He's just finished his first season of Aussie Rules (Aspley U8 Pies) and absolutely LOVED it! He did really well and amazed everyone with the way he could bounce that silly shaped ball while running (hours and hours and hours of practice in the back yard probably helped!!). Every time he got the ball, a few of the parents would yell out "Bounce it Browny". He idolises Jonothan Brown and on the field he walks like him, tucks his shirt in like him, has his socks pulled up like him, goes through the same motions before he kicks the ball etc etc. Steve was the coach (he did such a great job too!!) It was funny at the start of the season Matthew had no idea what to call him "Do I call you Coach, Dad, Steve or what?"
Matthew really listened to everything Steve told him...in fact sometimes too literally! Steve told him after one game that his kicking was great but he should start looking to handball more. He explained that sometimes a better option is handballing so he should start handballing more in the game. Matthew took it all in, nodded and said that he would definitely try next game. Next game Matthew did nothing but handball. Steve had to explain afterwards that he had done a great job but the idea was to mix it up a little and try handballing AND kicking and part of being a great footballer was knowing when to do what! He laughed at himself though and found a good mix in the next game. Sadly the season has finished now but he's looking forward to next year and playing Under 9's. He's madly trying to convince Steve to coach again. Actually all of the boys and parents are too. Matthew told him a few days ago that it was really cool having Dad as the coach so I think he may have convinced him to coach again next year. I hope he does because he did such a great job and the boys all improved so much over the season. It seems most will be back and are hoping to all be together again. The parents are all really lovely too so I hope so.
Matthew made some great friendships with the boys in his team. I think it was really refreshing for him to be around boys who shared his passion. The kids at school play rugby league and soccer and don't particularly like or play aussie rules which disappoints Matty greatly. He had one of the boys, Bailey, over for a sleep over a few weeks ago and they had a ball. VERY little sleep mind you. Steve fell asleep on the lounge and woke up around 11.30pm and could hear them still chatting, giggling (and I think playing Playstation) then Matthew said Bailey woke him at 5am because they hadn't finished their game the night before. LOL!
As well as footy he also currently loves - High School Musical (movie), Hannah Montana (TV), Miniclip and Club Penguin on the computer, Aussie Nibble/Aussie Bites, Harry Potter and Specky McGee books - he reads every night when he goes to bed. He reads until he gets tired and turns his lamp off when he has had enough. He's currently reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and is nearly finished...just in time for his birthday ;) He also loves "inventing" things...he's recently invented a sport and spent every night for a few weeks designing the sport and rules etc, he has invented a pretend country (along with a flag, a map of what it looks like - named all of the states and everything), and he's always thinking of things that he could invent or proposing 'what if' questions. Yes he's a funny little man at times! LOL!
Here's a few pics of Matthew and his team mates:
First game of the season.
Last game of the season.
At a night game in full club jersey's.
Secrets between mates (photo a little dark, will have to lighten it)
Matthew in action.
Actually funny story here...this team had a girl on the team (you can see her in the photo. When the boys got there they saw there was a girl and started laughing at the girl on the other team. I turned to Matthew and said "I wouldn't laugh if I was you, if she's in the team she's probably pretty good" All the boys laughed at me and I could tell they were thinking "as if!" Well...... girl power at it's best!!! She killed them! She was amazing and at the end of the 1st quarter they were all coming off saying "Did you see how good she is" She ended up winning her teams best player for the season award. And our boys learnt a good lesson too! LOL!
* As far as scrapping goes....I haven't done much at all this year :( :( I keep trying to find the time but then feel guilty that I should be studying so don't scrap. I was going to enter Scrapbooking Memories Masters but didn't get one of the items finished in time. Here are the 3 I did get done:
- Single layout had to be in a shape other than traditional square/rectangle so I chose to do mine in the shape of a crown: "Mum to a Princess"
- Double layout - had to be about your hopes and dreams and I chose to take mine from a slightly different angle. I based it around this beautiful song:
"Cherish Now"
The journalling reads: "Dear Matthew, Emily and Sarah, I heard this song recently and it has made me think and I realised that so many of my dreams at the moment focus on you all being a bit older and not so needy of me. I've been dreaming of the days when I'll be able to have a hot cup of coffee or talk uninterrupted on the phone, when I've finished my degree, when we'll have the house paid off and therefore have more money, when you'll all be old enough to travel with, to do your own seatbelts up, stay home without a babysitter while we go out, drive your own cars wherever you want to go. but then I realised what I already know deep down - that time will come all too soon and I'll miss these days. So I'm going to Cherish now and stop dreaming life away. Love Mum."
- BTP - Keepsake gift for someone special - Sarah is forever collecting little bits and pieces and carrying them around in her pockets or in a handbag so I made this little tin for her "Sarah's Treasures"
Some of the other scrapping I have done this year: These were done for the Scrapbook Savvy Cybercrop a few months ago:
Harry Potter: Book Week last year, Matthew went as Harry Potter.
Sarah at 2.
A layout about our fears: My greatest fear is something happening to my children.
Nov 18th?!?! Oh my goodness, 4 months since I have blogged..whoah! Obviously a lot has happened in that time, a LOT! - end of school year, holidays, lots of scrapping, Christmas, New Year, Emily started Prep, Matthew started Year 3, I'm back to uni, Steve's become a home Dad (and we're all loving it! and he's doing a great job too but shhh! don't tell him I said that ;) LOL!) then Easter ...so....where do I start?!!
Well Terri from Scrapbook City has been running blog challenges and they're up to week 5 so I thought I'd get the blog ball rolling with the challenges. I'm back to uni again and lots to do so if I get a chance I'll upload some photos, layouts and put down what's been happening before my sieve of a brain forgets :)
OK so the challenges: Challenge 1 - My Favourite Things Well I recently did a layout for the Scrapbook Savvy cyber crop about my favourite things so maybe I'll cheat and upload that......
Journalling reads: I love.....BRIBIE ISLAND retire there one day?, CHOCOLATE any type, COFFEE all kinds but at the moment I love Caramel Lattes, PINK the colour and the singer, MUSIC most types, SCRAPBOOKING and all of the yummy products, HOT SHOWERS, EASTER and our annual family picnic, MY HOUSE and all of the renovations we have done, HOGS BREATH STEAK "LiteCut" with Calamari, cooked Medium, with vegies and curly tail fries, MY CAR Gold Ford Falcon Forte, ME TIME especially late at night when no-one else is around, CHRISTMAS the lead up, Christmas Day with family, the look on the kids faces, FRESH SHEETS, BEING HAPPY and being surrounded by happiness BUT there is NOTHING in the world that I LOVE more than my FAMILY.
OK so that was pretty easy...next!!
Challenge 2 - What Makes You Laugh
What Makes me laugh? Hmm... well definitely Stephen...all of the time. We share a bizarre sense of humour and often I know what he is going to say, what joke he will crack and sometimes if we are around other people, I get what he means and laugh but others just look at us like "Huh?" LOL! Sue always says that Steve and I live on love but I think we live on laughter (and love of course!)
The kids make me laugh...Living in this house they couldn't help but have a good (warped) sense of humour. Steve and I are always doing silly things with them, acting like idiots, there is a lot of laughs and giggles in this house and they are very funny kids! They all know when they are being funny and love trying to make us laugh.
Movies - one in particular comes to mind - Hercules Returns, still cracks me up. If you haven't ever seen it, do yourself a favour and find a video/DVD shop that has it and give yourself a good giggle. Stupid stupid humour but...well just my kind of humour...you'll probably hate it LOL!
Other people laughing...I love those emails that people send through that have a pic of a baby and this incredibly annoying laughter...makes me laugh though...I love laughing and laughter!
OK so yet another entry that I never posted. Yes it is months later and has been sitting in draft form, so I am going to post it and then go chase up the other blog topics...they are probably up to prompt 200 by now :)
Saw this on someone's blog this morning and thought it would be fun to recap 2007 with:
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before? Held a snake at Alma Park zoo as part of a TV commercial.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Gee, I don't remember....ummm.....Oh yes I do...this year was going to be the year of "High Maintenance" LOL! Just so you don't think I have tickets on myself, in 2006 Matthew had a girl in his class who's Mum is stunning, so we nicknamed her "Hottie" because Steve could never remember her name. Anyway, we were chatting about her one day and I commented that she always looked amazing but I'd never seen her in the same outfit (ie always new clothes) and that I wondered how she could be so perfectly made up and hair etc to drop her daughter to school. I mentioned that I thought she would be a very high maintenance wife (which I am now about 99% sure is the case) I went on to explain that she seems to spend a heck of a lot on clothes and manicures and hair and makeup and kids clothes etc etc. Anyway, Stephen commented that if I looked like that, I could be as high maintenance as I wanted to be LOL! Anyway, I can't be high maintenance, it's not me. I do plan to get my hair done more regularly and start looking after myself better this year but I don't think I'll ever look like "Hottie" and you know what, I don't really want to. I've got to know her better and she's actually annoying, so concerned about appearance and what people think and that's not me. I am more interested in people remembering me as someone friendly and happy than the lady who always looks good and obviously spends a lot of money on herself. So no I didn't really keep 2006/7's NY resolution! LOL!
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Tarsh, Glen and Ena welcomed Owen to their family. Gayle and Tim had their daughter, Isla, making Russ and Penny grandparents and Ange and Steve an Aunt and Uncle. Congratulations to them!!!
4. Did anyone close to you die? My grandmother passed away 28th August 2007. I think about her all of the time. I know Mum is missing her so much. Nothing like a Mum to talk to. I love you Mum xx
5. What countries did you visit? *sigh* one day!!
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007? Less procrastination, more energy, more drive and determination to get through my uni work, more organisation.
7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? 28th August - Marnie passed away. 30th November - Emily's pre-school graduation. I looked at her that night and it took my breath away that she is really going to school, that I have 2 school aged kids and only 1 baby left at home, that she is so mature and confident and individual and kind and sweet and beautiful and I am so proud of her. I mean I always know these things but seeing her graduating and then on 'stage' singing with her class and being one of the older, bigger kids, I just realised what an incredible young lady she is!
OK Say there were about 30 questions and this was as far as I got, I'm going to post this now (months and months later *roll eyes*)
