Day 1 of Renovations......

We finished clearing out he garage & moved Daniel up stairs over the weekend. The kids are now sharing a room (this should be interesting) We bought our carpet at the Hills flooring sale over the weekend, which was good. we still need lino, tile & a vanity, but we still have time for them. This is the last night my car spent in the Chinese laundry/garage.

So today started fine with the kids & me being ready for work/school early. However when I went to take them to school the garage door spring broke; broke, not came off or anything fixable. The kids walked to school in the rain, but I was stuck! I waited for the builder to come & help me. He had to break the rest of the door to get my car out & I was late for work, but at least I was out We were very lucky that it was today & not last week or anything. The builder wasn't gonna take it off today, but sometime this week, so no biggie. But then I slammed my little finger in the car door, oooooowwwww!!!!! It really hurts. So not really a good start to the day/week.

At the end of day 1 the builders have ripped up the old carpet, taken the garage door off & taken some of the bricks down. Its really exciting!!

busy weekend

Daniel got player of the day on Saturday! They let him keep his raincoat on cos it is team colours & he was goalie, which is his preferred position. He deflected every attempt at goal. I think he got POTD cos they were so shocked compared to last weeks performance (he was sent home 3/4 way through game cos he was just standing there, hehe)

The builder turned up to finish the shower & some subbies came past to give him quotes.

Daniel had his (very late) birthday sleep over with 4 of his best friends. They were pretty good really, played very nicely together. We did have to separate them around midnight cos they talk so loudly we weren't getting any sleep.

We have finished tidying out the garage & laundry, ready for the builder. We also replaced the ensuite shower door & ripped out the old vanity. When we took the vanity out we found that the gib board does not go all the way to the floor & there was a pile of rubble under it, sigh, Tony strikes again. We bought the network cables & bedside lights today. We have been looking at tiles too. It is all getting exciting now......

Time flys when u r having fun :)

Wow a year ago tomorrow we were in hospital waiting for Scott's surgery. We were not allowed to go out for our anniversary & they kicked me out at 9pm :( He is all good now. He has lost heaps of weight & has never been fitter or healthier. 14 years ago we were excited about getting married tomorrow. Wow 14 years! So because last year was a bit of a bust we thought we might do something this year. So he got me just what I wanted, something sparkly & shiny......he got himself, I mean I got him, a new computer monitor.

My Pizza LO got declined from UP2 Scrap so I thought I would share it with you instead. The kids love turning the pizza to reveal the pic & remembering that funny day.

Been at bit stressed lately

whole lot of stuff going on... but the good news is that we have our permit for our alterations & the builder is starting in a few weeks! We have been tidying & sorting. Daniel & Nicola will be sharing a room while they are being done, then the big swapping will begin. We can't wait!!! Nicola & I have even started stripping wallpaper down stairs :)

We found this baby Pixi Pic of Daniel in a box while we were tidying. Yes that is a Prima flower, but I made the pearl swirl thingy myself cos I wanted them that colour. Both of the frame papers are Xmas paper, I am trying to use them in non Xmas ways.

This frame is a SCAL that I made from a scanned pic. It can out really well I think. But I feel like the LO needs something else, if you have any suggestions please tell me. This photo is from Pipins, the girls all made flowers for mothers day :)

Daniel helped me choose the colours for this LO. It is SCAL file from SVG cuts.com, Memory Garden. I bought them awhile ago but hadn't had time to use them. When it was finished Daniel said he likes my LO even better than the original I was copying from :) I have trained him well.

Yes that is me! It was taken in '88 when we went on a family holiday to Surfers paradise in Oz. I was so excited when I got this pic taken. I am proud of myself for making the boarder star SCAL myself from individual stars.

mmmmmmmmm............contented sigh...........

I feel good.......I just got back from seeing Sex & the City 2 at the movies. I was the only one in the whole theatre!!!! I had a bit of cabin fever after being stuck at home with the sick kids. I wanted to be with them, but they drove me crazy at the same time. Nicola is a much easier patient than Daniel. He gets 'man-flu' he groans & moans & has to sit on my lap & have me stroke his forehead, etc. Where as Nicola takes her medicine & goes to bed! So Scott got home early today & I went to the movies all by myself! It was great, I feel so much better having just sat there for over 2 hours watching these ridiculous women on the screen. The fashion was insane, I mean mega high heel in the desert or to sit in your apartment & watch TV?? Some of the outfits were great others hideous, but that is to be expected. I really related to the drunken chat the two mothers had :) I have the best husband in the world!!! ....contented sigh.......

As requested.....

Whilst on holiday in New Plymouth Shona & I managed to get quite a bit of scrapping done. However I didn't take heaps so I got alot of LO's half done. I have done the titles, journalling etc now.

Yes I know he just turned 10, I am only 2 years behind, hehe.Pete & Shona helped me get the font for the title on this LO of my Cabbage Patch Kid when I was about 10.They had things that we had sold out of in the big smoke so I had fun. This LO is mostly from a $5 pack of Christina Re from Warehouse Stationary. Another LO from a $5 Christina Re pack. I really like how this one has come out, it's a bit different for me.

Holiday Time!!!

For those of you that are interested the eyes are good. They still get a little tired & scratchy late in the evenings, but otherwise ok. I have gotten used to not looking for them in the morning, but still often go to take them off at night.

I am very stressed about the new guy at work. He has addmitted to lying about how much experience he has. He doesn't know the latest version of Vector Works like he said he did. Sigh.......It will be interesting to hear how he coped this week without me.

But I don't care I am on holiday!!!!!!

We have come down to New Plymouth to visit Pete, Shona & kids for the first week of the holidays. The kids are all getting on really well (most of the time). Daniel did the holiday programme at the local zoo, Poukai, being a zoo keeper for a day. He really enjoyed it. They got to feed the monkeys & sit in the Tiger Den while the tigers were right outside the gate. His favourite bit was holding the Blue Tongued lizard. They took heaps of photos which I shall upload when we get home.

Nicola & Elizabeth did a mosaic class at Fairy's Britches today. They enjoyed that & made heaps of craft.

Ok, off to have dinner now.....