Time Flies

I have just been reading my blog and I am shocked to see that is 2 months since I last posted. Good thing no-one seems to read it! What have I been up to? I have been making cards for DD's kindy. I have made over 80 of them. Here are a few of them.






I have also made 11 photo albums for kindy. I cut 12 inch scrap paper in half and then glued two pages together. I then sewed 5 pages into a book and decorated the covers. I am a little cranky with myself because I didn't take any photos of them. But Kindy was very pleased with them.

My latest project for the kindy Christmas Stall is making post-it note holders out of drinks coasters. I have made 21 for kindy and 5 for friends and family. They are so easy to make and every one is unique. Here are a few I have made:







I think that I have made all that I can for kindy. It has cost me quite a bit in materials and I think I have given my fair share.

Tomorrow I am getting my hair permed. I haven't had it permed in nearly 2 years. My friend Tara is going to be doing it for me. And the best thing about it is... I don't have to pay for it. I am going to make her some cards in exchange. We are yet to work out how many and which ones... but it will give a new project to work on.

Hopefully it won't be too long before I post again. If anyone is reading my blog... please leave a comment so I know you are out there.

Cheers,
Chrissie

Long time no hear....

Ok... I know that I am a bad blogger!!
So much has happened since my last post.
I went to Mackay to attend Des's funeral. It was a lovely tribute to a fantastic man and I was pleased I was able to attend. My two sisters also came with me and we had a few days afterwards to catch up with old friends ad reminisce in the town that we grew up in. I really enjoyed the time away from my DH and kids as was the first time I had left my DS since he was born nearly two years ago. It was good to be just me and not Mummy.
I came home and had a few days to catch up on the household chores before we flew to Melbourne for 4 days. DH had a course to attend to so the kids and I went to the Melbourne Aquarium and the Victoria Markets. I had never been there befoe so it was agreat adventure to catch the trams and see the different fashions. We all went to the Melbourne Zoo. DS was very excited to see the animals and made noises everywhere we went. Our trip home was filled with a minor hitch when the airline sent our bag with the car seats in it to Adelaide instead of home. Luckily they had some spare seats and arranged for our bag to be returned the next morning.
Not satisfied at being home for a week while DH was on a week off, we packed up the van and went to visit friends in Hervey Bay and Childers for a night and then went camping at Rainbow Beach. The weather was beautiful and we took long walks on the beach and swims in the sea. On one occaision, small fish in the water came and nibbled on my toes. Very Cool!!!
So that's about it. We are back to our normal routine of going to kindy and playgroup .
Cheers,
Chrissie

Sad News

Last night I recieved sad news that a close family friend passed away. When my twin sister and I were born, we were very small and sickly children. We had an alergy to milk and it took about 9 months for doctors to discover this. Our next door neighbours, Des and Barb, and their 5 children, were great help to Mum when she was ready to "jump out of the window". As we grew up, Barb and Des became our adopted grandparents and after leaving Mackay to return to Brisbane, we kept in contact with our friends. Des had been sick for quite a while and finally lost his battle on Monday morning. I will remember Pa as a kind man who loved to fish, play darts and have a beer and a barbie with family and friends. The last time I saw them was to introduce my son James to them.


I am flying to Mackay on Thursday to attend his funeral and my DH will be staying home to look after the kids. As I cannot get a cheap flight home until Saturday afternoon, I will have a few days in Mackay with my two sisters.
Although I am going off for a sad reason, i am looking forward to having some quiet time away from my family- some thing I have not done since before my DS was born nearly 2 years ago.

A Quiet Afternoon......

Well it is Sunday afternoon and DH and the kids are having a little "Nana Nap" in front of the telly. I am quite slack with this blog in that I haven't posted in nearly 3 weeks. It has been Easter after all!!!!
Well we have finally done all the major work on the caravan. By we, I mean, Kim my DH. He has worked long and hard to put new water tanks under the van and set up the pump system to make it work. He has also finished the solar panel frame for the roof and organised all the "bits" to run the van on solar. I know what all the bits are but I am not so good at really understanding everything and how it works. Needless to say, it all works very well and we can now take the van off to places far and wide and be completely self sufficient. We do still have no hot water or a shower but these are minor technicalities.
We had a good time camping over Easter in the van at Boyds Bay. WE went with some friends and their two kids. We did get the chance to relax a little but it was a little "busy" being in a caravan park. The pool had a water slide and James really took to it. He would run up the hill and push his way into the line and come down all by himself- with Daddy waiting at the bottom. He didn't care how cold it was, he just kept on going up.

A little bit of this and a little bit of that.....

Wow, I can't believe that another 2 weeks have gone by and I haven't made a post. It has been a hectic time getting ready for DD's 4th birthday. It is really hard to buy for a 4 year old. After many shopping trips, we finally decided on a princess scooter. She is really quite good on it. I think that it helps that it has 3 wheels and not just 2. Her little brother is keen to use it too but he does not know what to do with it just yet.


Hayley's birthday seemed to last for days and days. On Tuesday when she went to Kindy, I sent along little cakes to share with the class. They all sang Happy Birthday and she was very excited about her upcoming birthday. On Wednesday, the day before her birthday, we had a party with my sisters, Dad and their families.(They were unable to come on Thursday due to work committments). There was lots of presents to open, cake to be cut and fun to be had with her cousins.


Then on Thursday, THE BIRTHDAY DAY, we had a morning tea with 7 of her little friends. More cake, more presents, more fun!! The day ended with a trip to the doctors to get her 4 year old needles. Yes I know! How cruel of me to take my DD to the doctors on her birthday to get needles but it was the only time I would have!!
She wasn't very brave but a few jellybeans helped to take the pain away.


On Friday, I went to the first Christmas Craft Stall meeting for the kindy. I know it is a long time until Christmas but if we start on the projects now, it won't seem too much at Christmas time. I am going to make cards, tags, photo frames and photo albums for the stall. I have made my first album but it needs a little refining before I am happy with it.
Have to go now. The starving hoards are yelling for tea and it is nearly ready.

Ta-ta
Chrissie

Went to the Paper Craft Festival today. It was pretty good and there was lots of great stuff there. Was a bit hard to see all that I wanted to because I had the 2 kids with me. I must say though, they were really well behaved while we were there. I know it must have been very boring for them just sitting in the pram not being able to touch anything. I bought lots of stamps this time. Have already made a very simple card using one of the stamps. I have also ordered a set of stamps that make patterns that look like bought paper. They use two stamps on top of each other to give a 3D effect. Can't wait for them to arrrive in mail next week.

Have finally finished Hayley's other quilt for her bunk beds. I am very pleased with how it turned out and Hayley thinks it is very pretty. I am not sure I want to make another shaggy quilt for quite a while yet. But am pleased that the kids both have two quilts for their bunk beds.

March Already

Where are the days gong? Another week is finished and I do not seem to have done anything! My DH has been home all week as this is his week off. Next week he will travel away again. I have been working on my Goddaughter's quilt for her birthday in early April. Unfortunately I am 4 fat quarters short. I have asked Spotlight to order me some more but so far I have not heard back from them. I don't know what I will do if I can't get them. I am also working on Hayley's second quilt. I am halfway through the 40 picture blocks- only 20 to go.