Wednesday 30 January 2008

Getting ready for school & ....things


Just Bits

Getting ready for school



Gorgeous flowers from my sister



Rearranging


Making - thanks to Ali

Ironing


Gorgeous sign made by Natasha

Baby Priya


My Chevy





Just some snap shots today.



By the way, this is my 100th post. Wow!

Tuesday 22 January 2008

Help!

Here I go again wanting to switch things around in my home, but am sooooo undecided.

I have 2 particular rooms that I cannot decide which should be which ie. playroom/office or Cruise's bedroom.

One of the rooms is little (really should be an office) and is off the family room. Currently it is Cruises room. The room looks great and fits everything well but it has always bugged me for it's overall size and position in the house! While he goes to bed fine and sleeps through everything, he rises early as everyone wakes him.

Then the other room I have is next to our bedroom. Its quite big and I currently use this as the playroom. The kids do use this room for all their toys, mess, dvd watching and xbox. However, I have had this as Cruises room once before. I then used the other room as the office. While this worked well I was struggling with all the toys, mess and no where for them to go and 'do their thing'. I also liked the idea that the kids weren't sleeping right next to us at night as Andrew and I like to hang out in our room watching tv and talking.

So the question is, which is the best option....?

Points to consider:
Little room for Cruise - then I big room for the kids to hang out in all day?
Bigger room for Cruise and find alternatives for toys and play area?
Do I leave the tv and xbox in the current playroom which will then become Cruise's room, or does the kids tv become extinct?
The small room that becomes the office - can this have a tv in it for the xbox and kids dvd watching? Or will 3 kids and I all be hanging out in a tiny room as they play games and I blog?
Where will I put all the kids toys and where will I encourage the play?

OMG this is turning into something ridiculous isn't it??? Haha. I have swapped these rooms so many times but can never decide so I switch them back again!

If you have any ideas I would love to hear them!!

Tagged

I have been tagged by the lovely Alison with a 5 things meme.
Here are the rules. Link to the tagger and post these rules on your blog. Share 5 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

1. I have a crazy obsession with Britney Spears and watch ET online and Hollywood TV daily for updates (this really really annoys my husband haha)

2. I ring or text my husband up to 10 times a day to tell him how we are or just for fun! Sounds stalker like doesn't it?? Haha. He loves to know what we are up to! This is the beauty of working for yourself as no one questions him talking to me!

3. I truly believe in The Secret

4. I love bed linen

5. I have to have fresh painted toenails

Ok, I tag....
Ali
Mel
Mandii
Sue
Peta

Monday 21 January 2008

New Bits

Ooh I am spoilt rotten. Here are some new bits I got last week...



New table centerpiece (love this!).


New Birdcage.


New Outdoor Table and Chairs.


New Chairs.



Alison has tagged me too! I will be back with that later. Thanks Alison!!


PS. Quick update... Baby Lucy is still very sick - one day at a time. I will pass on all your lovely comments. Thank you.

Saturday 19 January 2008

Not good


My sister-in-law's brother and his wife have had a critically ill baby this week. Things are very touch and go. Baby Lucy is very tiny and very very sick. A battle begins and emotions are overwhelming. Telstra Child Flight have taken the little one to Sydney for the best possible care.

Thursday 10 January 2008

Too much to catch up on

Well this could be a long one! I have been away from blogging for weeks so now I feel like there is so much to catch up on...


Christmas Time.
This is what I got....



And this is what my husband got!!! He is pretty happy with it and so he should be (it cost too much money just to camp in hahaha).


My boys on Christmas morning...


Very happy here..


This is the aftermath..


Going on holidays! I am still working this new camera out, so forgive my unfocused photos!!










This is the view from out beach house!





Some running races...



Feeding time!


Look at what the boys kept themselves occupied with while the Mummy's and Daddy's rocked the whole neighbourhood with our SingStar addiction hahaha!!


Smiling faces





At the beach (and what is the go with all these photos being on their side?? Sorry about that!).





At the Zoo

What a bad mother! The toilets were too far away and no one was looking... HAHA








On the warf


Mini Golf


More food...


And look at what we saw on the side of the road near our house! The kids thought it was fabulous!!



And now look at was IN our car when we pulled up for petrol! I went inside to pay and my husband said very calmly when I got back in, "look at what we found". I absolutely pooped myself as it was on the dash in front of me!! The kids were not frightened at all.



My boys






I have been so busy lately and I have so much to do at home. Kids are on holidays, swimming lessons, my eldest is starting school this year, the list goes on!!

I really hope to have a better year this year than last. I might be scarce for the next few weeks but I will be back when school resumes to catch up on everyone!! I have about 200 blog posts that I haven't even read yet from everyone.

Take care xx