Tuesday, 26 February 2013

I’m still here

Hi everyone

I know I’ve been M.I.A but unfortunately there has been a very good reason.  You might remember that Richard was admitted to hospital a couple of weeks ago and I went to see him and got this photo of him and Mum during my visit:

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It seemed silly at the time to take this photo because Richard was only going to be in the hospital for a few days but something made me do it.

I’m so pleased that I did because life has sent our family on a roller coaster ride of the worst kind and it’s really hard to bear right now.

Richard won’t be coming home again and Mum is devastated beyond words. 

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The past four days have been horrendous watching a strong and active man deteriorate before our eyes.  We are now praying for a gentle and peaceful release for Richard.

Your thoughts and prayers would be very much appreciated xx

Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Project Life February

Hi everyone :)

This month the topic for Project Life is to create a vision board.  Vision boards have been around for quite a while and they’ve been really popular in the last few years.  If you’re not sure what a vision board is it’s basically a collection of words, photos and other things you’d like to invite into your life.

As you know I like to do things a little differently and my vision board is very much a ‘work in progress’.  I’m hoping to get lots done on it this weekend!

Since I’m creating a mini album dedicated to Project Life I decided to use a selection of my photos to create three ‘mini’ boards.  Each boards measures 6 x 8 inches and they look really great in my album.

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When I started my vision board I began by going online and downloading all the pictures that ‘screamed’ out to me.  I didn’t think about what I was downloading I just went off on what ever tangent the internet took me. 

The surprising thing was that when I’d finished everything really went together.  There was loads of white… a little bit of lavender along with some neutral tones.  There was also quite a lot of flowers and candles and lots of organisational ideas. 

I’m having a blast creating my vision board and hopefully I’ll be able to share it with you all soon xx

Sunday, 17 February 2013

Project Life: Week 7 and a BIG event!

Hi everyone :)

So much has happened this week and to be honest I could have filled three double layouts quite easily with all the photos I have taken since Monday.  Quite a while ago Mum nicknamed Toby ‘The Weasel’ when he appeared in the blog… and this week he seems to have weaseled his way into quite a lot of the photos!

Here’s an overview of the week:Full copy_1

On Sunday night Krystal arrived home for a few days.  Toby came with me to pick her up from the bus and he was super excited when he saw her.

Toby spent most of the week following Krystal around and he never missed an opportunity to snuggle up with her… including hopping into bed with her on Monday morning!

One thing that Toby is not particularly enjoying at the moment is the afternoon heat.  We’ve been turning the fan on in the afternoon and Toby makes a beeline for where it’s blowing and stretches out for an afternoon nap.

Here’s a close-up of the start of the week:Left copy_1

While Krystal was home she gave me a LOT of help at school… she worked as a Teacher-Aide, supervised children who needed to get caught up on tests and she also helped me organise and decorate my classroom… including us working through to 9pm on Tuesday night!

Since we were working so many hours we had both KFC and Moroccan iskender for dinner.  Toby was thrilled to bits when Krystal shared and left-over potato and gravy with him!

Mikayla hasn’t gone back to polytech yet (apparently her course doesn’t start again until March 11th) but she hasn’t completely forgotten about it because this week three new corsets turned up on the courier.  Corsets are something that Mikayla really loves!

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Toby LOVES the camera!  He actually knows the sound of the camera bag opening… he also knows the sound of the camera taking a photo!  I was trying to get a photo of Krystal while she was here and the minute Toby heard the camera he came running out to the lounge to ‘sit’ for a photo.

On Thursday night we had our first night class for 2013 and it was a fun night playing with ink sprays.  Sue knows to bring her gloves just in case we do messy things and she does get a bit of a hard time from all of us but by the end of the night she’s always the only one with lovely clean hands.

In Room 4 we’re doing a statistical investigation in our math lessons and the kids were working solidly and with great team work so I grabbed some photos while they were busy.

You might have noticed my colourful cupcakes… I was super proud of them because I’ve never done multi-coloured icing before but look at these babies:IMG_6286_1

I can’t quite believe it but my youngest nephew celebrated his 5th birthday on Friday.  He had a wonderful party with his day care friends and then a family and friends party yesterday.  Of course we took HEAPS of photos so I’ve put them together into a 6 x 12 insert.

Here’s the front of the insert which has the bouncy castle and present opening:

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Not surprisingly the rest of the insert is all about FOOD!  My sister created a wonderful afternoon tea for all the kids and their parents and she also made an amazing birthday cake which Reece was completely stoked with!

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Tomorrow is going to be a huge day for Reece!  He’ll actually be going to the same school his older brother and sister attend so hopefully he’ll have an awesome day… and I bet he sleeps well tomorrow night!

Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead xx

Friday, 15 February 2013

Friday Feel Good

Hi everyone :)

Well I’m finally home from school and I just took another look at my Friday Feel Good layout and it really did work… it made me smile :)

Since ‘love is in the air’ with Valentines Day I decided to put my own spin on it.

As most of you already know I don’t actually have a ‘someone special’ but I still find lots of things to love about my life.  I have a really deep feeling that ‘Mr Right-for-me’ is out there somewhere but it’s just not the ‘right’ time for us to meet yet.

To be honest… I might be ‘alone’ but I very rarely feel ‘lonely’ thanks to all the wonderful people I have in my life…. so here’s to love:

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I hope you all have a really wonderful Friday and a great weekend xx