Busy Busy Me

Its been one of those weeks, I have been flat out doing…well stuff…finalising things for our trip to Oz next month (only 23 days to go!) Booking motels in Christchurch for the return trip, and finding a place to leave the car (we decided to drive down after working out it was going to cost over $600 for the 5 of us to fly from Nelson to Christchurch, nearly the same amount it cost to fly to Oz) Booked the hotel in Sydney for the night we arrive (No pool!, bugga) and making sure all was in place here for while we are away, paper cancelled, postie told, and brother staying to look after the animals…he better be nice to my cat lol.

So scarily enough we are all (fingers crossed) organised (touch wood) except I still have to organise travel insurance and my meds. That’s next weeks mission.

I just cant wait to go, I have been showing Katie the video we took last time we went over, when I was preggie with her, it has our trip to the Reptile Park and hanging out with these people. this photo was taken last time we were there, how young were the kids then. Katie wouldn’t believe it was Steve in the video because back then he barely came up to my shoulder lol, now I barely come up to his!

She’s so excited too, telling everyone at preschool she is going on a big plane to see her Uncle Shame lol. and her Totty, which is Tori (the one in the black top) she has called him Totty since she was tiny and he stayed with us, she was only just over a year old then and still remembers him. He made an impression lol.

Besides the planning and organising I have been busy making a special Christmas pressie for Shane and Tray. I will share photos at a later date, dont want to ruin the surprise but for once something came out exactly to plan…dont you just love it when that happens?

anyway, dinner wont cook its self, Mum is up in Wellington with Uncle George who is very very sick. She wanted to see him before we went just in case, if you know what I mean. He’s 84 and has terminal cancer so it doesnt look good.

anyway I better run

hugz

V xx

Been Lazy

I have been as a lazy blogger as I have been a scrapbooker lately. I have done very little of both. There just isn’t much to write about. I have been very quiet and not a 100% well, though I have been ignoring the fact for the last few weeks but today its sort of caught up on me so I am couched up feeling like throwing up or sleeping, or both! not a good day and Mum and Dad are due home tomorrow and I wanted to get organised today…not going to happen but my home help lady has just been so at least the house is tidy. And if I rest today I will feel better tomorrow right? well that’s the theory anyway.

I have done a couple of layouts for the SBO Christmas Challenge which has been great, I enjoyed going back in time for the first one though it was hard to find a photo. (yes that’s me, sitting on the ground, all of 15 years old!

I took these photos at the beginning of Spring, I just love taking photos of these two, they are both so cute! (don’t tell Steve I said that, its not cool to be cute at 17 lol)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this weeks should be fun, making Christmas decorations! I love making Christmas decorations!!!

I have finished all the mini books for the neices and nephews and decided to do a clock for my brother and s.i.l which I ordered from trademe, it hasn’t arrived yet but I have a few ideas already.

but right now, I am going to have a rest and try and concentrate on getting better.

be good

hugz

V xx

Exciting News!!!!!!!!!!

I am going to be a grandmother!!!!! how exciting is that? Tracey is due in June and I couldn’t be happier though it was not planned and they are so young, no younger than I was when I had Jodi I suppose.

And of course my darling son is in a real panic, he now has to get a better job RIGHT NOW! lol, he’s been happy being a baker but it doesn’t pay that well and he wants only the best for his family. he’s so sweet and so excited but also scared. I am so glad that he feels he can call me and talk when he needs to. And they have just brought a laptop with a web cam so now we talk on web cam a couple of times a week as well.

but most importantly I am going to be a NAN!!! And I get to spoil this wee person rotten lol….cant wait.

anyway right now I am still a Mum and this Mum has to take her wee Auntie-to-be to bed lol.

Good Night all

hugz

V xx

A couple of things to share

I have to share this wee video I took of Katie last night. she was trying to avoid going to bed by hiding under it. She can be so cute! I might note that it took another hour before she was in bed asleep lol.

the other thing is for all those that have Quickutz Silhouettes or Cricut’s this will be very handy and save you a lot of money on cutting mats.

I found a website that shows you how to make cutting mats for your electronic cutter, at the Quilling Patch there is an excellent tutorial on how to do it. Since I don’t really like using spray adhesive and it is kind of hard to get repositionable spray on adhesive  in my part of the country anyway, I found some glue at Spotlight that does the trick fantastically, its called Craft Smart Off “N On Glue and its so easy to use. I use a foam brush and simply brush it over the mat, leave it to dry for about 10 minutes and the mat is all sticky again. I am still looking for somewhere to get thin enough plastic sheets from so I can make a couple of mats so if anyone knows where I can get some please let me know.

I also used a thicker sheet of plastic, off an old clear file folder, and made a sticky mat that I use to hold small bits that I have cut using the Silhouette when I want to put glue on them or don’t want to use them straight away but don’t want to lose all the little bits. Its so handy!

give it a go and let me know how you get on. Now I have a mini book and a layout to finish so have a great weekend all. Hope the sun is shining at your place, it is here…but its still cold! Thanks for stopping by

hugz

V xx

Sir Howard

So I am sitting here watching Good Morning and its all about Sir Howard Morrison, wow ok I am behind the times I didn’t even know he had passed. Such a lovely man and did so much for New Zealand. He will be missed. and he had such a lovely smile. My parents, as teenagers, use to go to parties with him when he was just starting out. So sad he’s gone.

Daylight savings has started again, cant work out why its a month early but it has upset my routine as it always does, but on the upside, Katie has slept in 2 mornings in a row.

so if with daylight savings comes summer why is it raining? I am over this spring rain. and I have to go out in it today, I have jobs to do in town, school holidays, the mall and rain, a mix I really don’t like!!! and while I am out today I have to get Katie some washable markers, she used one of my slick writers to colour in this morning, while sitting on my bed, on my white duvet cover and pillow. do I need to describe the result? I like purple, I really do, but not scribbled over my favourite bed set. I was half asleep at the time so didn’t really realise what she was doing until it was to late. Definitely need washable markers, shes made on colouring and drawing and there is no stopping her drawing anywhere and everywhere, so might as well do it with something I can wash away afterwards.

So I am loving my new Silhouette SD, I have spent the weekend collecting new cut files and playing. It is amazing, I can cut anything and some very funky files are out there. I am still working on how to make some manish embellishments, Jodi has been helping. He’s always been an artist and has come up with some great ideas. Its so good having him home.

When I haven’t been playing we have been out and about showing Tracey all around Nelson. Its been fun. and on Saturday Katie and I went to Chipmunks to my cousins wee girls birthday party. it was fun, I have never been there before and Katie had a ball. She was one tired wee girl by the time we got home, after a quick trip to the beach to show Tracey. Just as well I got Katie some shorts and a tshirt before we went to the beach, I would have hated her purple fairy dress she wore to the party to get all wet and sandy. of course she had to play in the waves lol.

anyway time I was moving. things to do before I brave town. have a good and hopefully dry day where you are

hugz

V xx