google let me down :(

i cant believe it, google has actually let me down for the first time! i have searched all night for a pattern for those cute wee paper pieced bird so i can make some out of felt to go on the ribbon box i am decorating and google couldnt find me what i was after…..i feel so let down

i found a lot that are similar. i tried to draw one but i am hopeless, just cant get it just right. so if anyone knows of a site were i can get pleaseeeeeeeeeee let me know.

now i am giving up and playing a few games on pogo before i go to bed. night night

Happy Easter

another easter, and i am feeling down again….for some reason i always do on holiday weekends like this, no real reason except sometimes i just do!

i make the best of it for the sake of the kids, we will go out and have fun. if this fantastic weather holds we will go to the beach tomorrow and maybe to the Mapua Easter Show on Sunday and this year will Katies first easter egg hunt! though i dont think she will get the whole concept and i dont agree with an over indulgence of chocolate at her age but i got her one of the Barbie easter eggs with the tiaras in which she will love being a little princess already lol…. she gets prettier everyday as this photo shows. taken last Sunday when we returned from wee William Busbridge’s 1st birthday party. its so wonderful having Simon back in my life but even better having his family as well. Simon i have know since i was a kid, we have been life long friends since i was about 11 or 12 butnot long after i married he moved to England and only recently returned with his wife Claire and 2 wee sons William and Joesph (3) and Claire like me is right into scrapbooking and she is also a cardmaker. They are an awesome couple and good friends, i really need to make an effort to spend more time with them.

well anyway that went off track lol…..time for bed.

been awhile

i have been trying to get a post done for ages but between computer crashes, vistors and trying to sell this house i don’t seem to have had enough time or energy.

its now been a week since my brother, sister in law and nieces went home and i miss them already. it was so good having them here and we all had a great time. we even made a trip to Golden Bay where Shane and I (and the rest of our siblings) grew up and did a bit of a nostalgic tour, even visited the old primary school that is no longer there except for the swimming pool (that my dad helped build) and the tennis court. it was very strange going there after 20 odd years.

and of course when in Golden Bay you must go to the beach. in our case it was always Ligar Bay and it didn’t let us down, though Katie decided to take a dip clothes, nappy and all….apparently i used to do exactly  the same on that exact same beach when i was her age lol.

in all it was a great couple of weeks and they went home rested and recharged.

then of course there had to be a drama sigh…Jodi found out his girlfriend Char was cheating on him…..and kicked her out, on Monday night! i don’t blame him for being angry so was i, we took her into our home and trusted her and she betrayed not only Jodi’s trust but ours as well. Anyway she has now gone back to her parents in New Plymouth and good riddance. Jodi was a little upset but more relieved that anything else. Now he’s making plans to go over to Aussie to work, and Shane has offered to help him find a job and a place to stay. it will do him the world of good to get away and be 19, just have fun and not be tied down.

another thing, my darling laptop is away at the laptop hospital getting fixed, its so sad, it started overheating and being stupid so i had to take it in to be fixed, i am so glad i got the 5 year warranty when i brought it.

so that’s me this week, i am have been flat out scrapbooking since the only computer i can use is in my scrapbook room so i am in here a few hours a night anyway. i am trying out all sorts of new styles and experimenting a lot, trying to get out of my scrapbooking rut and try new things. when my laptop gets back i will take some photos of my latest layouts and post them mean time tonight’s layout is finished….i think……i feel like it needs something else lol

any night night……i’ll come back to it tomorrow and look with fresh eyes.