Back to Routine

Well the School Holidays are finished and the kids are back to school and it is time to get back into routine again.

On Saturday I went to Scrap 'n Chat and met some of the lovely ladies from Bon's, it was a great day and so nice to put faces to people I have been chatting with. I didn't do much scrapping, I got 2 pages done...and also was pretty good and didn't spend to much money....lol

Then Sunday was spent getting the last few things for Josh to go on Camp. He left Monday morning for Sovereign Hill and will be back Wednesday night. They must all be freezing up there - we knew it was going to be cold but when I listened to the weather this morning it said it had snowed in Ballarat.

So only one more week and we will be a bit warmer in the QLD sun, can't wait for that.

Well this is going to be short and sweet as my fingers are like ice, the wind is freezing here this morning, so I will leave you with a LO that I did at Scrap 'n Chat for the challenge.

Bye :)

2 Fire Trucks

WOW firstly I can't believe that this is post 200!!!!

OK so the 2 fire trucks...well on Monday night we were getting ready to sit down for our Monday night roast and Mum couldn't work out why the carrots were burnt. When she looked int he oven it was glowing amber, it was on fire behind the fan. Dad grabbed both of the fire extinguishers only to find that they were both not working (he bought a new one home tonightt) and my sister called the Fire Dept. We were really concerned that it was in the roof as the smoke alarm at the front door kept going off, but not the one closest to the kitchen. Well I took Josh and Teagan out the front to wait for the fire truck and I could tell Josh was really quite freaked out by the whole situation...plus not knowing if it was in the roof I thought it was safer having them outside. Mind you the whole time I am thinking that I should grab my albums...lol...Well a couple of minutes after calling the Fire Truck the 1st one turned up and they saw that it was all contained in the oven and then another fire truck turned up..they all wanted to stay and have Roast as it was sitting on the bench ready to be served.

So we had 2 fire trucks, 6 firemen in the house, 2 firemen with the trucks and no fire...lol...but we felt better knowing that they checked everything out...they went up into the roof and made sure everything was safe...so now Mum and Dad have to either see if the oven can be fixed or buy a new one!

So what an interesting start to the school holidays!

Well John was away and missed all the action...lol...and he thought I was pulling his leg when he called and asked how my day had been...but he will be back tomorrow night.

The kids are excited as they are going with Mum to see Shrek 3 tomorrow and taking a friend and then she is coming back here for a play. It is great to see that they get along so well considering they only met in January and have seen each other 3 times since then, but Josh and Teagan are very excited about seeing her tomorrow.

Well I will leave you with some scrapping I have do for some of the Challenges at Bon's.

This one was a real challenge, I struggle with white spaces but the challenge was to scrap in a section 6 x 6 and have strip journalling - but I am happy with the outcome.


This one is for the Book of? Challenge - I am doing an 8 x 8 album of the building process.
I am also doing a mini journal for July..using a quote and a journal entry (mine is kind of like a diary) Charm set the challenge and so far I am loving it...I am sure it will be fun to look back on.

Thanks for dropping by :)

Hate the 1st

I really dislike the first of the month - as today is 10 months since we lost our precious little angel and I was very emotional last night, well into the wee hours of this morning. I still feel so robbed and should be out looking for presents for her 2nd birthday rather than getting ready to mourn the 1 year anniversary 6 days after her birthday.

I still can't believe that it is July, this year has just disappeared so quickly, it will be Christmas before we know it. Josh and Teagan are very excited as we go away this month...lol

What else..oh yeah, my sister and her boyfriend bought a house yesterday...their first home. They have a quick settlement and move in 30 days.

My other sister is coming home for a couple of weeks in August. It will be great to see her again. She is coming for her Best Friends Wedding, which she is a bridesmaid in. It will also be good to have her home for Rani's birthday and Anniversary for even more closure. I am also glad she will be with family as it would be difficult being all the way over in London dealing with the emotions and no one really able to understand.

I really hope the weather clears up a bit for the school holidays or the kids are going to go crazy...also John goes away tomorrow so it will just be me and the kids and Mum and Dad...lol

Also look at the book my Aunt bought me. I had never seen the book but had seen the fairy costume as the name Rani jumped out at me one day while we were shopping. So just a little more proof that my baby is a fairy. There are some beautiful saying in the book, one of my favourites is "when a baby laughs for the first time in the human world it flies to Never Land and turns into a fairy. Also Rani fairy is special as she is a Water Fairy...Rani loved the water! and she sacrificed her wings to save others in the story...it is a great little book, if only the fairy had black hair it would be perfect :)

John's Tattoo

This is John's latest tattoo...i did a LO about it a couple of weeks ago, but you can't see it properly.

This tattoo is very special to him, it is a memorial tattoo to Rani. The top symbol is Rani in Chinese and the bottom one says Wood Rooster - which was the Chinese year that she was born.

I think that it turned out beautiful and really is something that only we understand, so special to all of us.

Been a While...

Life got hectic again...lol

Not a lot of excitement has been happening here...lets see...

Well we were meant to settle on the land on Monday - but instead we changed banks for the Mortgage...lol...because our broker found us a better deal, so we will settle hopefully next week as the bank has already approved our mortgage...but we have put our plans into Council, so hopefully they will be approved in a couple of weeks and fingers crossed the builders will start a little earlier as they are building 2 other houses in our estate.

John started a new job on Monday...he is loving it and one week in, is already going away...I will have to get used to that again...it has been 2 years since he travelled with work...lol...although it is funny having him home during the day drove me insane...but I miss him a little bit while I am home alone...lol..I'm sure I'll get over it....We are also adjusting to sharing the bed again...lol...we worked out it has been 7 months since we had slept next to each other every night...lol...except for Saturday nights...so i am also used to his snoring again....lol

So much for a drug free month this month...lol...I set myself one condition for the drugs and if that happened I would take them....so what does my body do, makes that one thing happen. ...grrrr. Well at least it is only 5 days and I think my body is adjusting to the drugs, as i had no major side effects this time and I shouldn't have to do it again until after we get back from QLD so I can enjoy our holiday.

Today was the last school day for this term, so the kids are on holidays for 2 weeks. I really hope the weather improves so we can go out. Loving the rain, as we really need it, but it is so cold and horrible and the kids will go stir crazy if they are stuck inside all the time. Mum is taking them to the Movies on Wednesday to see Shrek 3...so they are both looking forward to that.

Well it is just under 4 weeks until we leave for QLD and I can't wait. Looking forward to seeing friends that we haven't seen for years and also catching up with family. Everything is now booked and organised, so we are just waiting for the month to tick on by...lol

I wll leave you with some scrapping I have done. 2 of the LO's are of John's best friends daughter...she is so cute...they live in QLD and I haven't met her (John has on a business trip) - so it will be great to finally see her face to face.
and my two little one....love my new sprites :)
Thanks for visiting.

Hello!

Yes I am still here...lol..thanks to those people that sent me emails to see if all is ok.

I have been having a bit of ME time...got a little depressed and have been failing blood tests...lol...so i have taken a break from Meds and other down stuff until after our holiday so I can enjoy that....it is coming up so quickly.

So we are now organised for our trip to QLD...have all the passes to the Theme Parks, have booked our accomodation and I think I have managed to find the cheapest deal with Car Hire so will probably book that this week and we are ready to go.

Mum and Dad just spent a week in Port Douglas...I am sure they loved the time away from us all and of course have come back to Melbournes freezing mornings and our lovely 11 degree days...lol

Not a lot else has been happening with us. Josh has had 2 lots of talks for school and we have all learned things about people we never knew about...lol... Teagan is doing swimming this term, 9 straight days of swimming, she is liking it but she seems to be coughing lots at night...I plait her hair but swimming and winter just don't mix.

Other than that I have been scrapping just for me lately...no DT stuff, no challenges just pages for the fun of it and I really enjoyed...so I will leave you with my latest pages.

Thanks for dropping by

OK so this one was for the 123 monthly challenge
and this one was for Bon's Monthly Challenge...it is John's latest tattoo in memory of Rani

Sharing

Thought I would share some pages that I have done recently.

Firstly my DT for this month as the newsletter is out...I am going to add more - but I don't think I was ready to scrap Rani yet...it took me ages to finish it :(


Here are some of the pages I have done for the Book of? Challenge at Bon's Scrap and other Challenges



Hope you all have a lovely long weekend :) and thanks for visiting

Good and Bad

So I have had an up and down week since my last post. So I am just going to ramble stuff in no order!

Bit miserable today I hate the 1st of the month as it is the monthly anniversary of Rani's passing - so today is 9 months and still not easier in the least bit.

On Sunday we took Josh and Teagan out to see Rani as neither of them have been there since December - it was very sad for them both - Josh really doesn't like being there at all and we don't push them - it was there idea to go and we took them...

Also getting excited as we settle on the land at the end of the month and then hopefully things will start happening on our block - none of us can wait to see the house being started...

Also busy redeeming points from credit card/ fly buys for tickets into Theme Parks when we come up to QLD next month...now it is just accommodation and car hire and everything is organised..but I guess they are the 2 biggest things that haven't been done..lol

On Wednesday night I had a girls night out and went to a Girlfriends house for a yummy roast and catch up with other girlfriends - it was a great night, lots of laughs and yummy food - thanks girls :)

I am still in shock that it is June already - this year has just flown before you know it, it will be Christmas...this year need to slow down just a bit...lol

Well not a lot else has been happening...been freezing down here lately..but the rain has been great as we really need it but the ducted heating is working overtime to try and keep us all warm, hopefully Dad will put the fire on soon and lucky us it is downstairs where we are so we should be toasty warm...

Well thanks for reading my ramblings :)

Exciting News

I decided to send one of my LO's to the Basic Grey Gallery and then to my suprise this morning there was an email saying that it had been accepted into their gallery

So here it is

Had a Great Day

Firstly thank you to everyone that left comments here, emailed and called me about my last post...they were all truly appreciated and I love that if I am feeling down I can put it down here...it is somewhat cleansing to vent it all out. So thank you to everyone.

Well today I have had a great day and felt more like me than I have in a long time. I went shopping with my 2 best friends to try on a bridesmaid dress. It was perfect as the dress had already been picked out, so one shop, one dress - fits perfectly - looks good what more can you ask for.

So then we went and had lunch together and a great chat before we all had to go our seperate ways...

So thanks girls I really enjoyed today.

Plus look what I got in the mail today.

It is from all the money that we raised for Steven running in the "run 4 the kids fun run"...so thank you everyone and your official reciepts should be in the mail.

In Limbo

Seriously how much crap can one family have flung at them...I really think that both John and I stepped on an ant that was the re-incarnation of Mother Theresa...last week we had another bombshell dropped on our laps...one completely out of left field, so in no way were we prepared for it...don't we deserve some happiness...for the first time in a long time I was starting to feel secure in our future...not worried about what was around the corner...no stress, just enjoying the process of picking everythng for the house and generally getting on with life and then BANG!!! I think we are entitled to a little bit of happiness...as some of you may know we have had a hard time of things for the last 5 years or so (last year just made our life one hundered times worse) and just as there was light at the end of the tunnel, again we are knocked down...there is only so much of this that you can take and this got me to thinking...

I have been feeling kind of blah for weeks...first it was due to the flu and then Medications not reacting with my body and making me feel worse but there was also something hanging over my head and after spending all of last week pretty much in bed I realised.....

My life is in Limbo...

Now I know that I am never going to be 'that' person I was before having Rani and the almost last 2 years of my life have changed me forever - well my whole family - none of us will ever be the same - you are not meant to outlive your child - plain and simple!...but I am not liking the person I am becoming. So I am making some changes.

I feel that I lost my identity, to some people this has come my identity - I am Rani's Mum and not Mel - I have lost a number of friendships because of this as some people just didn't know what to say and still to this day some people still don't know what to say. This used to get me really down, but after being sick, depressed and lost I have decided it is not worth wasting my energy on. I have a lovely group of close friends that are there when I need them and that is enough for me.

Also I think not having a place of our own is making me feel in Limbo..We have no real base of our own...Don't get me wrong living with Mum and Dad has been a life saver, their support and understanding throughout the last almost 2 years has been invaluable...but I don't have a place of my own / our own...we will be getting this hopefully by December/January and this will definately help us move on with our lives.


But since I have decided to focus on Me - becoming somewhat the person I was and liked I have managed to catch the scrapping bug again and it feels so good. So thanks for listening to my rambles.

So here are a couple of LO's that I have comepleted for some Challenges for Bon's Scraps and 123 Challenges





















































and also the latest newsletter is out for S4L and here is my DT creation for May

WOW!!!

I was reading my emails tonight - well trying to catch up and I found one that said that my photo had one the photo comp at Scrappit.

Check it out here

I am so excited :)...just had to share

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all...I hope you all have had a fantastic day and all got spoilt rotten.

I know I certainly did..check out my haul....lol


Ok lets see...like last year alot of the presents that Josh and Teagan bought at the School Mothers Day Stall are to do with Rani. Last year Rani was still in Hospital and Josh and Teagan bought me angels and buddha's. This year as much as I loved my Mothers Day it would have been perfect having Rani here with us...so i have been a bit emotional today. Just like our Wedding Anniversary last year spent in the Hospital and also Mothers Day last year we were in there...I would have given anything today to have even been at the Hospital celebrating Mothers Day if it meant that my whole family were together today...well anyday.

Back to the gifts.

Josh got from School an angel figurine, some soap and a necklace. Teagan bought me a cow salt and pepper shaker, a dolphin figurine for my desk and a heart on a stick...plus in class she also made me a mini album...cool having one of the Grade 4 teachers being a scrapper :)

Also they both went shopping with Daddy and bought me "frank" my british bulldog...I love these dogs and have wanted one forever...so I got one today..shame he is a figurine..but one step closer to the real thing...lol...also they bought me this fantastic jade and wood wall hanging both the jade and the wood have buddha's carved into them. This is for Rani...she is our little buddha and we have lots of buddha things in memory of our little girl, so in the new house this hanging will take pride in the entry.

So after I opened all of my presents we headed upstairs to give Mum her presents and then Dad made everyone breakfast. Mum and Dad headed down to see her Mother and we all did our own things.

So all in all I have had a beautiful Mothers Day and I hope that everyone else enjoyed theres as well.

Our Weekend

Well Sunday was our Wedding Anniversary so John and I spent Saturday night in the City.

We arrived at the Stamford Plaza at about 2pm, put our bags in our room and headed down for some retail therapy. We thought we would check out the new DFO at Spenser Street Station - or whatever it is called now!!! Picked up lots of clothes for the 2 of us and even some stuff for the new kitchen that was to marked down not to get now...lol....then had to lug it all back to the Hotel. The walk down wasn't so bad as we had no shopping and it was all down hill...the walk back was a bit longer...lol

As John had worked Friday night he decided to have a little sleep before having dinner, so i took advantage of having a Spa in the bathroom and had a relaxing 1 hour bath. It was bliss, no interuptions, no little kiddies walking in, peace and quiet and did I mention relaxing!.

We had a lovely dinner and then had room service dessert and watched an in room movie...lol...such big party animals. But it was nice just spending time together and alone.

Sunday after sleeping in and then having our overly priced Hotel Breakfast...lol...we headed out shopping (window shopping this time) searching for furniture for the new house again without kiddies that don't want to be there...lol...have lots of ideas and now really want the house to play with all the stuff I want...lol
Pretty horrible piccy of us in our room....

Then we came home and saw Josh and Teagan - who got spoilt themselves by Nana and Grandpa - Macca's for dinner, trip to the Park and treat while doing the food shopping...so all in all everyone had a lovely weekend.

Celebrity Look Alikes

OK I took your challenge Connie...it was a bit of fun...here it is

HOLIDAY

We are coming up to Queensland.

John and I had been talking about taking the kiddies up to Queensland for the long awaited trip we have been promising them since Jan 2006 (when we were going to go and then as Rani was sick we weren't allowed to be more than 100km from the Hospital)...so anyway we decided that July would be good after the School Holidays and Josh's Camp.

So thanks to the price wars with the Airlines we are booked and paid to come up at the end of July..Josh and Teagan are so excited about this holiday - partly because they get out of 10 days of school...lol...and of course the theme parks...plus we get to catch up with family and friends.

Then we will be back at Christmas time again to have a whole family Christmas with Johns family. ...but this trip will be just relaxing and family time :)

Well I better get back to getting organised. It is our Wedding Anniversary on Sunday and John and I are staying in the City on Saturday night.

See Ya!

Been A While...

WOW has it really been that long since my last post...well grab a cuppa as I guess it will be a long one..lol

Well I guess I have been a bit slack as I have had this stupid flu for months - it is the most annoying flu...one day I wake and feel like rubbish and think YAY the flu is going to break today and then the next day I am fine. It finally did break a couple of weeks ago but it just keeps hanging around. I don't think the weather is helping much - I mean good old Melbourne weather is unpredictable at the best of times - but my poor body doesn't know what it is in for when I wake up...one minute it is hot, the next it is freezing and raining (which is good we need the rain) and then we have a mix of it all in one day...lol

OK so what have we been up to...I'll start with the kiddies

Teagan has been and gone on her School Camp - they went the first week back to school after the hoidays - she was very excited about it as it was her first camp by herself...not her actual first camp that was last year...but the Camps are Years 3 and 4 and then Years 5 and 6 go together...so last year Teagan was in Year 3 and Josh in Year 4 so they both went on Camp together...this year they are both excited as they don't have to see each other on Camp...lol...but next year I am looking forward to the peace and quiet with both of them on Camp together again..lol...anyway she had a great time, even if they did make her eat vegetables with dinner every night, she shared her Cabin with all of her best friends and they crammed lots of activities into the 3 days. She had hardly any voice left when I picked her up from School - so I definately knew she had a ball before even asking her. :)

Both Josh and Teagan also had their School Cross Country which the top 10 went to the District Cross Country. Josh suprised me when he told me he was hoping to get to District...not that I didn't think he could do it - but my little boy isn't much into any sports and most years whinges about how far it is to run when they do it at School and usually walks with his friends. i truly think he was a bit inspired by Steven and how far he ran in the RCH Fun Run and he has asked to do the 3km Run next year....again I go off track...lol... I told him this year to run for himself, that he doesn't have to stay with his friends and again it was great to have an example - as Steven ran with a friend at the Fun Run - but then went out on his own. Well I was very proud of both of them when they came home and told me where they came. You are put in the age group that you will turn this year - so Josh was put into the 11 year olds, even though he turns 11 Xmas Eve...well he held his own and came 18th out of 35 boys and Teagan came 35th out of 57 girls...a vast improvement from last year and although Josh was disappointed he didn't get to District he was very excited that he came 18th - so maybe next year.

OK HOUSE

Well we have picked all of our colours, floor coverings, bench tops, tiles, everything...today we have our final tender meeting to finalise any changes we want to make, or extras we want and then it is all put to Council. I am excited but at the same time over it all as I know from now until September when they start building will drag. John and I have also been out furniture shopping trying to get ideas for of course the most important room in the house "my scrapping room". I haven't managed to find the perfect furniture yet! Any ideas would be appreciated...and of course looking for new lounge suite, a new bedroom setting for Josh as he is a big boy now and refuses to sleep in his racing car bed when we move (althoug our agreement was always upgrading his bed when he was 10) and lots of other things. We went out to the display home the other weekend for more ideas, as I found it easier to visualise sizes and layout of furniture by actually being able to see the walls and windows...lol

ME

Well apart from having the flu I have been fine...haven't done any major scrapping except for DT stuff which I can't share yet!. Also really been a bit down...I really don't like April anymore...as it was when Rani went back to Hospital April 19th and never came home. I can't believe that it was over a year ago that she was only meant to stay for 10 days and ended up being there for 5 months. I went out the other day to see my girl...it was very noisy as they are expanding the memorial garden and there was a lot of diggers and trucks, so it was only a quick visit...although I don't feel the need to go down regularily....I talk to her whenever I feel like it. Also 1st May was 8 months since the worst day of our lives.

OTHER STUFF

John and Josh went to the taping of the Grand Final of Australia's Got Talent as John Cousin Al (the human knot) made it through. He didn't win the Grand Final but John said it was great to catch up with him and also his Uncle and Wife...I sadly didn't get to go...stupid flu, I didn't think they would like me coughing up a lung while they were recording...lol Here is pic from back stage of Al, Uncle Grim (Al's Dad), John and Josh.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Danielle for 26th April - the big 3-0...lucky thing flew to New York to celebrate.

Dad 1st May - we actually went out for Chinese last night for his birthday

and TD for TD.

Well that is it...well all I can be bothered typing...thanks for reading this far if you got all the way. :)

Its Official

We are now in debt...lol

We had the tender meeting today - which John went to - signed all the paperwork, found out how much all the extras would cost and put down our first official payment on our house...

SCARY!!!

In a couple of weeks we have to go and pick out all of our colours, flooring, carpet, bricks, ect..which we have pretty much decided on and then we sit and wait!!! until September when they finally start to build.

While John was out paying money...lol....

The kids and I had a lovely afternoon - I simply went to my best friends to drop Teagan off for a sleep over and come home and 3+ hours later Josh and I came home to our dinner in foil...lol... The kids were having a ball playing different games and Sal and I were having a great chat - we don't usually get to see each other during the week as she is at work - so the time just flew by...but it was really nice.

So just Josh and I tonight...we have eaten some lollies together and about to go and watch Foxtel together...enjoy your night.

Oh yeah and I actually scrapped the other night - the first time in months and I am actually in the picture...lol...TFL

Good Friday

Well after having yummy Chocolate and also plain Hot Cross Buns for lunch today I sat down and totalled the final amount for the sponsorship and raffle for Steven running the 15.2km Run for the Kids Fun Run and was shocked to see that we had raised $3065.00, add that to the money raised from Scrapbooking 4 Less of $1415.00 and the Royal Childrens Hospital is getting $4480.00. Thank you everyone for your support.

We have been watching the Good Friday Appeal and rang in our total this afternoon and saw our names pop up on screen but haven't heard our donation read out :(

Well I am about to sit down and watch the end of the appeal and rest my full belly as we just finished yummy Fish and Chips for dinner.

I hope everyone has a lovely Easter.

The Run!!!

We had a fabulous day at the Run and Steven did really well completing the 15.2km run in 1hour and 9 minutes.

To see more on the day and some photos visit run4rani.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to my girl TEAGAN

I can't believe that my little girl is 9 years old today..the time has gone so quickly.
My Birthday Girl having the Yummy Freddo Ice Cream Cake.

Bits and Bobs

Well here is a pic of our land. Thank youeveryone for your well wishes. I am starting to get excited about it all now. Today we went out to the builders display showroom and picked our colours for the walls and outside, bricks, roof tiles, stone bench top, glass splash back...the list goes on and on..it was so much easier having it all in one place and being that this is the 3rd house we are building we kind of know exactly what we are after and makes the decision alot easier...now all that is left is carpet and floor tiles...lol

Well this is our big of land. I have used Josh, Teagan, John and the car as the markers for the post. I don't know why the pic makes the block look wonky as it is a perfect rectangle!


A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BROTHER STEVEN...well it was on Friday...he broke his diet for his training for the run for some Freddo Ice Ceam Cake!

Also sadly Scrap Yourself Silly is closing down...I have thoroughly enjoyed my time as a Member of their CT Team. :(

Well Mum seems to be getting better with her broken leg and crutches...she is not driving me insane to much yet...lol..but everything must be done her way...lol..thankfully family and friends have been dropping in to relieve her boredom, as she is going stir crazy sitting on the couch with her leg raised. Next week she gets her proper cast put on and should be able to move around more...I hope!!!

Oh yeah...did anyone see Australia's Got Talent a couple of weeks ago...the one with the guy that put his whole body through the tennis racquet...well that is John's cousin Al..amazing but freaky at the same time...you can see more here.

Well that is about it around here...thanks for popping in and leaving messages I really do appreciate it :)

Our Big News!!!!

On Monday we.....





















finally bought a piece of land...we have had some dramas and got mucked around on a different block but after searching around we found another Estate that I finally liked and Monday (yesterday) we signed the doco's and put in an offer and the Vendor accepted it today....I am pretty happy...it is a brand new estate, no houses have even started yet, so hopefully lots of families with kiddies Josh and Teagan's ages...plus it is only 15 minutes down the road from the kiddies Primary School, so they can finish School there.

We have chosen a lovely house and thanks to Connie ;) were put onto the builders we picked...lol...we had our hearts set on another house but that was the house that we picked with Rani and the design that we put on hold while Rani was admitted back in April until she came home, so it just didn't feel right anymore, even though we had planned this house for nearly 2 years...but we all love the house design that we are getting built and it will be exciting to have our own house again.

The only down side is that our house won't be started to be built until Aug/Sept, so we won't be moving in until December...poor Mum...lol

Speaking of Mum...what a fun long weekend we had with her...On Friday she went down to see her Mother and help her with some shopping and as she was walking back to the car she tripped in a pot hole and hurt her ankle. Well what she thought was a sprain, after a trip to emergency turned out to be a broken ankle.

So she was admitted to Hospital on Friday night, operated on Saturday (she broke her ankle on both sides (2 places) so has a plate on one side and pins on the other) and was discharged on Monday afternoon. She has to rest her leg for one week and today being her first full day at home is already going stir crazy...then she is in plaster for 6 weeks and so hopefully in 8 weeks will be fully mobile again...but no driving for 8 weeks is going to make her crazy. I suppose it is good that we are living at home and can do a lot of things for her...but I have a feeling that she is going to be a horrible patient...lol...we will see how I feel about her in a week...lol

Hellloooooooo

Long time no chat...although not a lot has been happening here, so not a lot to share.

John and I did just get back from a night in the City staying at the Stamford Plaza...we went into the Casino for some dinner and gambling...lol...nice to walk out with a win - well John anyway...lol...but the trip was ruined when we got in the car to find out that we had a flat tyre...more annoying was the fact that the Valet had driven the car around the block to us and didn't tell us and that we were in the car for about 10 metres before we realised something was wrong...

Plus of course pretty much all of my spare time is being taken up with Run 4 Rani...the support for this has been amazing and we have had pledges of over $1000 already and Steven isn't running until April 1st...so still time to sponser or grab a raffle ticket :)...just click on the link in the post below...

Been cleaning out my scrapping area...trying to create some sort of storage / access area in my shelves so I can see exactly what I have so I have put a heap of my stuff up for auction...check them out here.

Hopefully once this Run is done and things have settled down a bit I will be back into the swing of things...I haven't even been scrapping!!! and should hopefully have some exciting news to share :)

See Ya!

New Store

OK we have set up a store to save emails back and forth ect and to ease some of the confussion on how to donate to make it easier for those that have emailed us.... :)

It is only new and we are still learning the set up ect, but it is ready to take orders...so we have set it up with Raffle Tickets and Sponsership..

Visit Run4Rani Store

Thanks everyone for your support and those that have sponsered and bought Raffle Tickets

What a Day!!!

I have had a fabulous day today...

Firstly I spent the day scrapping with a girlfriend...although I only did one page...lol...but I am happy with the way it turned out and amazingly I am in the photo...



Then one of my best friends (actually in the photo above) came over tonight and asked me to be one of her bridesmaids in her wedding next year...I am so excited to be part of her wedding...

So top that off with John and I going away and I will have had a pretty fabulous week...

Don't forget to check out my other blog Run 4 Rani .... Steven is training pretty hard for his big run...bike riding tonight, running tomorrow night and then a combination of running, biking and swimming everyday until the race. I am so proud of the effort he is putting into this - as he said "Rani fought hard through the hard times, so he is going to work hard to do the run".

New Blog

Hi Guys...

I have set up a blog for sponsership for my brothers run for Rani...

Check it out

Run 4 Rani

STAY TUNED....

for more information...

as I said a couple of posts ago my brother is running 15.2km run on April 1st in Rani's honour and we are trying to get sponsers for him to raise money for the Hospital...all the money we raise will go in Rani's name and go to the Liver Dept for research into her disease to try and prevent this from happening to other families...

if you are interested in sponsering him, you can send me an email...

but what this space more info to come...hopefully soon...

Not being rude!!!

I have got my computer back from it being updated (Thanks Trev :) love my new fast puter) but unfortunately i have lost all my emails and contacts addresses etc....(I am sure there is probably a way to find them, but I haven't worked it out...lol...or am I just to lazy to write everyones emails again..hehe) so if you have emailed me recently I am not being rude I just don't have your email or your address to email you....so if you have time can you please pop an email to me, so i can have your addy again.

Thanks

5 months

Well today is 5 months since the worst day of my life!!!

I am in a funny mood feeling somewhat distant to people, but wanting company....but not really contacting anyone but then again not being contacted by many either...i guess that makes no sense...told you i was in a funny mood...

The other night we found out a family member is pregnant..it seems that lots of people we know are pregnant atm...and believe me I am happy for every single one of them and wish them a happy healthy baby...but then that envy twinge hits me, then the angry one...the one that just wants the last years events erased and me to be home playing with my daughter...why can't I just pinch myself and wake up from this nightmare...

On a happy note my brother rang me this morning and asked me to search the internet for a Fun Run that the money was going to the Royal Childrens Hospital - as he put it "I'll run for the kid, even though I hate running"

I searched and found what he was looking for and saw that there were 2 runs a 3.4km run and a 15.2km run...thinking he would do the 3.4km I rang him with the details and he is doing the 15.2km run in honor of Rani, which i think is just amazing of him.

Here are the details - Run for the Kids
We will get more details in the mail next week - so we are trying to work out how to sponser him!

Well I may not Blog for a little while - i am taking a step back and re-assessing a few things, doing a bit of soul searching and trying to make up for lost time with Josh and Teagan as I feel guilty for the way they were hand balled around while Rani was in Hospital...plus we have some other things on our plates that are taking up a lot of our time...so chat sometime later :)

although if you want to send me an email I will be checking that from time to time - just cutting back the amount of time I spend sitting here.

Back to School!!!!

Peace and quiet today...the house is so quiet already...lol

Josh and Teagan quite happily headed off to school this morning excited to be seeing their friends again.

Josh is in Grade 5 this year and Teagan is in Grade 4. I can't believe that next year will be Josh's last year of Primary School...the time is going way to fast!!

An Update

Well it has been a while since I have blogged!!!

Lets see from my last post we have been to Sally and Kevin's Engagement Party, it was a great night of catching up with friends and their families. It was a shame about the weather as it rained off and on, so was majorly muggy...but everyone had a great time, especially the kids who were loving jumping in puddles and in the mud...I know my 2 came home filthy....lol

Then we have just got back from a little trip away. Our first little holiday in a year. It was kind of bittersweet as this time last year was our last holiday and we took Rani on her one and only holiday. It was nice to spend time - just the 4 of us and have John awake during the day!... We headed up to Ballarat for a couple of day and just had a nice relaxing trip, kicking back in the heated and enclosed swimming pool at the Motel - thank goodness it was enclosed as it was cold! We were in walking distance to Soveriegn Hill so we spent a day there and ate and ate...lol...I don't think I need to eat for a month. But all in all it was lovely to spend time as a family having lots of laughs.

Well the monsters are back at school on Wednesday - so today they had their hair cut and got new school shoes and tomorrow Nana is taking them to the movies while I get to label all their books. They are both excited about going back to School and seeing their friends - and just quietly I am happy for them to go....lol

silly things :)

Ok check this out...

Chinese Lunar Calender

This started with a conversation with a girlfriend who knew she was having a girl but joked that she used the chart to make sure she got a girl after having 2 boys...of course she later told me that she found it after she was pregnant but looked up all her dates and they matched her kiddies...so we checked out mine and all 3 of mine matched...

just for fun check it out and let me know if yours match as well.....

Slow Week!!!

This week has dragged on so long that it is only Wednesday night and I feel like it should be Friday.

Perhaps it is the hot weather and that I am like a sloth on the couch and not moving...or the almost 20 hours I seem to be awake during the day no matter how much I try to sleep...but this has been the slowest week.

At least the next couple of day I will be moving so they may faster...lol....Got to go out tomorrow and buy an engagement present for Sal and Kevs Engagement Party on Saturday night..if I was smart I would have done it while I had a kiddie free afternoon on Tuesday when Mum took Josh and Teagan to see Happy Feet...oh well.

On Friday Josh and Teagan are going for a play and stay at friends that have got back from overseas...they have 2 children about the same ages of Josh and Teagan - one of them is in Josh's class and their help was amazing while Rani was in Hospital taking the kids at a seconds notice and keeping them for days, it was a great relief to know the kids were safe and happy - they love having sleep overs there...although Teagan was a bit scared the first time after Rani passed away as she was scared that something bad was going to happen...but once we guaranteed her it was a fun sleep over she was happy...

Then next weekend we are off to Ballarat for 2 nights of fun and relaxation as a family...i am really looking forward to going..it will be so nice just to get away for a couple of days...then before you know it the kids will be back at school again.

Also have started the dreaded "d' word...DIET...lol well not really a diet, more just trying to get fitter as I still weigh the same as I did when I had Rani. So I have been walking for at least 20 minutes a day on my treadmill...but learnt a valuable lesson...lol..my body was craving chocolate so I gave in and had a chocolate bar then about 20 minutes later went on a power walk on the treadmill and felt so sick all night...so i won't be giving into urges..or if i do I will make it up later...lol

I am so JEALOUS reading blogs of everyone that is off to Kiwi Scraps...so wish I was going as well...hopefully the next one...

Stupid Computers

I think my computer is getting ready to go bye byes (as the lids say...lol)...it is making horrible noises, being really slow and not letting me comment on peoples blogs....and I am missing emails but I am guessing that is probably our server...grrr...so if I haven't replied to an email I may not have got it!

So yesterday I spent most of the day saving my photos and treasure things from this computer on to an external hard drive....I feel so much better having done it now and I am going to hope on Johns computer and burn everything onto DVD as well just to be on the safe side...I have nightmares about losing pics...especially of my precious Rani...i am even to scared to delete them of the memory card in my cameras. So I guess I will have to start looking for a new puter soon...they just don't last long enough anymore...it is only 5 years old...

Well yesterday Mum went and picked up our family photos we had done at Christmas time...I am happy with most of them except for the all in photo as it is a very dark background and with us having dark hair we just kind of blend into the background...but once it is framed I am sure we won't notice it....this is my favourite photo.

and this is cute as well :)


Well nothing else exciting to share....

I actually....

slept next to my husband last night...lol..he got called in early to work and so he was home at 11.30pm...rather than getting ready to walk out the door. It was funny to start with as usually I lay right on the edge of my side of the bed...but with the last couple of months having the bed all to myself I have been spreading right across the bed and last night I had to share...lol....and to make matters worse it was the worst night sleep I have had in months...as John was way over tired as soon as his head hit the pillow he was snoring and LOUD....so I went out and watched TV until 3am when I finally started to feel tired again and thankfully he stopped snoring long enough for me to fall asleep...but then he got up at 7am and I slept soundly all by myself in our big bed until I was woken up for lunch...lol...so I guess when he stops working nights it will take alot of adjusting to get used to having 2 people in bed again...lol

OK thought I would share...not really that exciting but John and I thought it was funny...lol

Thank You

everyone for your comments on my last post...it was great to vent it out and I actually feel somewhat better today...perhaps it is because we booked our weekend away and in a couple of weeks we will have 3 days of just family time..I can't wait.

Well I even scrapped today...not majorly happy with the final outcome...you know how it is when you picture it in your head and then when it goes onto the paper it doesn't work...but hey i will play with embellishments tomorrow...i am just happy I scrapped.


Thank you again my friends for your invaluable support :)

I need sleep!!!!

Just for you Sal, an update...lol..although it is not a happy one.

I feel myself slipping further and further into some kind of a depression. I hardly talk, sleep, do anything really...although get me with friends and I have a good time...it is getting there. With John working 7 days a week and night shifts...I am pretty much alone day and night as he sleeps days and we cross each others paths as I am attempting to go to bed and sleep and he is leaving for work. I just want my baby girl home with me...perhaps i am truly grieving now...although the anger and resentment over a system that doesn't work is still well and truly there....perhaps it is because I sat down and wrote a letter about my frustration of the donor rules, regulations explaining my disappointment in the system...I mean it seriously has to change...how many others families have to go through what we have before it changes...we all live in Australia so in my opinion if a child/adult is to sick to go home they should automatically be placed Australia Wide for donation...not just the state you live in. I get so angry when I see the amount of livers that were transplanted in the months that Rani was waiting and that is just in Victoria...my blood boils when you see the total for australia...I am sure one of them would have been perfect for Rani but not with the stupid out of date rules....well I guess my anger hasn't gone!!!

Well what else...

my sister is back in London..her trip was way to short but she may be coming home in September for a Wedding....

i guess I am also stressed by the fact that we are looking into the whole buying another house thing...initially we were going to build again...but we would have to go out to Berwick (although it would have been fun to go through it with you Connie :) )...and no offence to Berwick I just don't want to live there....I love the school the kids are at (and I don't want to uproot them, I think they had a stressful enough year last year, without a huge move this year), my friends are here and it adds way to much travel time onto Johns drives...plus to me it is going backwards as when we sold our last house it was in the suburb before Berwick....lol....so instead we are now looking at buying a smaller house and just getting on our feet and then either building or buying a bigger house in a couple of years...the biggest problem is the price of land in this area is so expensive as it is so rare!!!...now just waiting to find out exactly what we can borrow and the searching will seriously start....

also I really want to scrap...but when i hop on the puter to get photos...or go through my existing pile I see pics of Rani and just get upset...i still can not scrap her and my mood doesn't make scrapping fun...so i am just not doing it

add that to other stresses in my life and I guess even I can understand why I am sinking...

so I am trying to see some positives...

We are looking forward to Sal and Kevs engagement party next weekend and then over the Australia Day Weekend we are going away so it will be nice to spend some time as a family as we haven't done it in a long time...

Well if you got this far you are a legend and I hope my ramblings made sense and I have a feeling my brain was going quicker than my fingers....

but finally I just want to say that I have certainly found out who my true friends are over this roller coaster last year and it has been suprising...i have the few that have been true for years and years and then others that I thought were close friends disappear out of my life and others that I thought I wasn't that close to become some of my closest friends....so thank you all for you support and valuable friendship...you know who you are :)

So its the New Year

and I am not saying anything for this year....as i think I cursed myself by saying 2006 was going to be my year, everything was going to go my way....well...that certainly didn't pan out the way I had hoped...so nothing is being said this year...i don't need another 2006.

We had a lovely New Years we spent it at my friends new house and I got to spend New Years with 2 of my best friends from High school. It was so relaxing we sat out the back and had a few drinks not to many as I had to drive home) a bbq dinner and I didn't see josh and teagan until it was time to go home. it was fantastic, there were other kiddies there around there age and although they had never met before they all got along so well together and played all night. But naughty me took my camera and didn't take one photo.

I am a bit sad as my sisters trip is almost over...we had a BBQ dinner tonight as she wanted one before she went back home and then tomorrow night she is on the plane and heading back to cold London.

We also had some family photos taken on Saturday as part of Mum and Dads Christmas Present...we thought we would take advantage of having Danielle home...it has also been 23 years since we have had any professional photos taken of the 6 of us. Plus we also got some of my family......so now Mum has heaps of pics of us.

We ended up getting as our freebie one of Mums 4 kids together...one of Mum and Dad... one of the 6 of us...and one with 4 individual photos on the same sheet of each of my siblings...and one of Nana and Grandpa with Josh and Teagan and one with all 9 of us together then for me we got one of John and I, one of Josh and Teagan, one of the 4 of us...so I will have a more up to date family photo.

We have decided to try and keep it more up to date perhaps getting more shots when the rest of my sisters and brother get married and start having their own little ones.

I went out to Lilydale again today to say Hello to my girl and clear all the dead roses from her plaque. It is still not real and I don't feel that she is there when I go out there...even though I know it is where her ashes lay. I do believe that she is in my heart and not out there...so i will go to Lilydale every now and then but if I want to talk to her I will just do so...as i know that she can hear me from where ever I am as she is with me always.

Well not much else happening..John didn't get any time off over and is working 7 days a week at the moment...so it is making it hard with the holidays...so we are trying to plan a weekend trip away just so the kids can say they went somewhere over the holidays...lol

Sad Day!!!!

Today was the day that we put Rani's ashes into the ground...our final good bye...

We went down to Lilydale at4.45pm and picked up rani's ashes from the office then met mum, Dad, my 2 sisters and brother at Rani's plaque.

The people at llydale had lready dug a hole in front of her plaque, so we said our goodbyes and Teagan placed rani into the hole and we all placed some dirt in and then put the grass back on top. Then early in the day Mum had got some roses and gave us two each to place in the vases. I also placed a buddah above her plaque to watch over her.

It was kind of sad, but to me she lives on in my heart and not at Lilydale, if that make sense.

Then we all went out to dinner and some drinks to celebrate Mum's birthday as we were at Teagan's Dancing Concert on the night of her birthday.

12 hours later it is over

Well it is all over so quickly, considering how stressful the build up to christmas is...lol

The kiddies actually slept in this year and I was woken by an SMS from TD...Josh and Teagan awoke at 7.30am, well I actually woke Teagan and they came downstairs to see what Santa had bought them...once again spoilt....then of course back upstairs for more presents from Nana and Grandpa, Aunties Nelle and Becca and Uncle Stevie....I think we need another house to house all the toys.

Christmas lunch and dinner was at Mum and Dads this year...nice as we didn't have to drive anywhere. first Mums side of the family for lunch (32 people) and then Dads side for Dinner (12 people) and by 8.30 pm everyone had left and Christmas was over for another year.

Of course we ate way to much and have been eating chicken and ham for breakfast, lunch and tea....lol....

Hope everyone else had a lovely christmas...thanks for the christmas SMS's :)

My Baby is 10

HAPPY BiRTHDAY JOSHUA

My little boy is so excited to make it to double digits today...lol...the big 1-0

He has been very spoilt today and with Santa tomorrow I am sure will have more than enough to keep him entertained over the School Holidays!

We did the trip to McDonalds for dinner and came home for cake and then finished setting up for Christmas Lunch and Dinner and watched some Carol and now the kiddies are tucked up in bed awaiting Santas arrival.

Mum has all her kids and Grandkiddies under the one roof tonight, with my sister home from London, us living here, my brother decided to stay the night as well, so we will all be together Christmas morning.

once again everyone have a Lovely Christmas.

I think!!!!

I am finally organised...lol

I thought having the kiddies finishing School on Thursday would make getting all my Christmas shopping easy and quick...lol...but with a trip with John last night to Know at midnight (for the 24 hour trading) I picked up the last couple of things needed for Christmas Day and those we are not seeing until after Christmas I will get later.

We got caught in the rain yesterday...but we didn't mind, it really poured down last night but we need it...so it doesn't look like it will be a very warm Christmas Day, but if the rain helps with the areas where all the fires are, we don't mind the rain.

Well I would like to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS and Fabulous NEW YEAR and thank everyone for their support this year - it has been truly appreciated....I am not asking for a better 2007 as i think I cursed myself by saying that 2006 was going to be my year - but i am sure 2007 can't be any worse than this year...lol
I can't believe the tomorrow my little boy will be double digits - the big 10 - he is so excited reminding everyone that tomorrow is his birthday and making sure that everyone has bought him a present and of course a Christmas present for the following day as well...lol

So I guess that is about it...I don't think I will on much from now until the New Year...with spending time with Danielle before she goes back to London, to Rani's service and catching up with friends and family I think next week will be a big blur.

So enjoy your time with your family or whoever you spend it with at Christmas...we are having Christmas lunch and dinner here this year, so it will be great to catch up with some of my relos you only see once a year.

OK here is a pic of teagan ready to dance the other night and once again the deepest thanks to everyone for your support this year.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY and she's Home!!

Firstly a huge

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to my Mum

what a way to spend your birthday at the airport picking my sister up at 2am this morning...

SO yes Danielle has landed and is home for Christmas...haven't seen a lot of her today as she is sleeping as we are off to Teagan's Dancing Concert tonight...share pics later

WHY!!!!

why do I do silly things...lol

OK so John works nights and instead of going to bed for an hour and then getting woken up at midnight I stay up until he leaves. We the other night there was nothing on TV and I stopped on a show about a family that runs a Funeral Home...well I have seen it before and think that it is funny...the bickering that is...but this nights show was a little baby that they were arranging the funeral for...i was in tears but decided that I had to be strong and watch it rather than turn the channel...even telling John not to watch...John eventually turned the channel...but I don't know why I couldn't / wouldn't change the channel. Was I finding some relief in being able to relate to the families pain...understanding what the people behind the scenes did and seeing their emotions to it all...I don't know all I know that it has put me down in the dumps even more...that today I didn't even get out of my PJ's.

Well on to other stuff...enough depressing stuff.

Being the bad mummy that I am I forgot to take photos of the kiddies on Friday when they had their 'crazy dress' day at school. they had to take a tin of food for the Salvation Army. Josh wore his t-shirt and pants backwards, had odd socks on and his jacket was inside out. Teagan on the other hand wore her clothes normally except for the odd socks and also wore a purple cape and footy hat. Some of the other kiddies at school went really crazy, with undies on the outside of their pants, fancy dress costumes...it really was a sight to see.

So I dropped Josh and Teagan off at School and went straight to the shops...9.15am and the car park was already 1/2 full. I was shopping for me...lol...I found myself a pair of earrings that are from my sister for our KK and also a pair of shoes that is for our cousins KK - as my brother was buying for me it was easier for me to just buy them andhim give me the money...then I also found a cute pair of shoes to go with the dress that I bought for Christmas Day.

So I think I am almst ready...after finally sorting out the kiddies...I just have Mum and Dad (but we are all going in for that), Johns parents, John present from the kiddies and my Nana so not to much more...I am hitting the shops first thing Monday morning and not leaving until it is all done.

I am getting very excited as Danielle arrives the wee hours of tuesday morning...i am guessing that everyone will be having nana naps during the day as that night is teagan dancing concert - plus it is also Mums birthday.

Well I guess that is about it...still no scrapping, hopefully once the madness of Christmas and Rani's Memorial is over...iwill feel a little less stressed, a little more human and in the mood to scrap.

EVERYONE give your kiddies an extra cuddle tonight and tell them how much you love them... while I was in the jewellery store I was listening to a mother telling her maybe 4 year old daughter that she could go and live somewhere else that she had had enough...the poor little thing was already in tears as she lost her mum when she came into the shop and then to be told that. i wanted to shake the woman and tell her to love her as one day she could be gone. I didn't say a thing although I did give her a look...lol...yep Chrsitmas time is a frustrating time to be at the shops but I really don't like hearing that stuff out of mothers mouths...ok off my soap box now.

Thanks everyone for their lovely comments here and on email :)

I hate Liars!!!!

Well I took the kids out shopping tonight and on the way home from the shops we go past where we used to live...you remember the place that we were asked to move out of because the owners had decided that they wanted to move back in...the place that the owners tried to sue us for renovations of the house...like painting, re-carpeting and the list goes on...the place that we were also told just before we moved out (in the worst time of our lives) that we could extend the lease until December...well we now know why as there is a huge For Sale sign out the front. I did a quick search of realestate.com.au and found the house. i guess they thought they were going to try and get money for the feature walls, the new carpet, well that was all I could see from the photos. Mind you they got nothing from us...the small bond is all they got for some petty bits and pieces and we couldn't be bothered fighting them for it...as our lives were in turmoil without more crap.

Now i understand that at times you need to sell investment properties...we have done it with our house in QlD and we told the tenant that is what we were doing...but to lie and say that they were moving in and it was such a rush for us to get out...but then to try and extend it and our friends tolds us that it has been empty since we moved out....it just makes me so angry that people come out with these petty plans rather than just speaking the truth...we wouldn't have minded moving out if they told us they were selling up...I mean the last place we rented while we were building told us they were selling and even asked us if we wanted to buy it...lol...

OK end of rant just needed to get it off my chest

Crazy Times

Is it January yet!!!

I would really like this year to be over and done with...I am not feeling in the least bit Christmassy...I am stressed out, haven't finished shopping, have a mountain of things to do and feel depressed that i don't have my baby at home with me for Christmas and of course this would be the first Christmas that she really would get some idea of what was going on.

Well I don't feel as though I am getting anything done, yet I haven't stopped. I seem to be spending most days at shopping centres looking for that something and most days coming home empty handed.

Teagans dancing concert is coming up this Tuesday so they have been having extra practises Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night...

PLUS my sister also arrives in the wee hours tuesday morning, spoke to her last night and am starting to get excited over her visit.

Also got a call yesterday from Lilydale and they have got the correct plaque in and were changing it over today, so we are going to have our Memorial Service on 28th December, as a family event when we place Rani's ashes in the ground and say our final goodbyes....so not looking forward to that.

2006 has just been a horrible year for us and I want it to end. I don't think 2007 is going to hold any miracles but it can't be anywhere near as bad as this year.

It is so hard some days and I can honestly see how couples don't make it after the death of a child. NO John and I are not seperating, we are fine....of course we have had some tense times as we are both at different stages of grieving and of course snappy and you take it out on the person closest to you...of course my punching bag would be John. It has been somewhat of a blessing being at home with Mum and Dad as they understand what we are all going through. But asI said things are fine and we can only take things day by day and try to understand our emotions and deal with our grieving inour own ways.


Well it is still so smoky outside...there is a constant haze everywhere...i should have grabbed my camera and taken a pic of the sun yesterday morning...it was glowing red....today isn't as bad, but it is alot warmer and the wind has picked up, so i hope it doesn't effect the fires...hopefully we will get the much needed rain that is forecast for tomorrow.

Well I had better get organised...have to do some little things to Teagans dancing costume, finish making presents for the teachers and work out what the kiddies are going to wear to school tomorrow for Crazy Dress Day...thankfully they still have another wek left of school so i can become a little more organised...lol