Catching up.

Howdy doody to everyone! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Pics included show sunset & sunrise at Murray Bridge the other week. I'm not sure that they're real good quality photos though. I think I may have to talk to Susy girl about that - yeah!! lol

Flowers are from one of the beautiful trees outside of Sports Med in Adelaide. Pretty hey?

This week has been a bit of a funny one - we have had a teacher's strike on Thursday but I still worked catching up on things. Then I had such a busy day today - I think everyone was making up for not being open Wednesday & Thursday this week!!! Good for business though.

It was World Teacher's Day today & I did up a morning tea for them which they all enjoyed. I even made some vanilla slice thanks to Sue giving me the confidence to give it a go. Everyone said it was nice!! Thanks Sue.

The big news of the week was that I played basketball on Wednesday night. OMG!!!! It is amazing how quickly it all comes back!! I was conned into filling in for the teachers side as they were short on players this week. I did enjoy myself though & made a fool of myself by doing the big 'fall over my own shadow'!!!! never mind - someone has to provide the entertainment!! lol

hee hee!! I haven't played for about 4 years but looks like I may be back !!!!! I was a little stiff & sore today though finding muscles I forgot I had!!!!

I actually have a free weekend this weekend - nothing booked in at all - YIPEE!!!! First time for ages - what can I do??????? Well you know it will end up being washing & dusting & dishes & vacuuming and........and......... and..... ho hum - never mind it's got to be done!!

Ok that's it for the mo. Stay safe & enjoy.

luv me xxooxx

Buttons!!!

G'day! I thought that I would share with you my lastest creation. It features BUTTONS!! How I love buttons. I finding a real thing for them in my work at the mo.

I bought the manikin at Mount Barker & decided to add my own flair to it. I have covered it with blue & clear & white buttons. Added some ribbon bling & feathers at the bottom/ Topped off with flowers & ribbon on the side.

Look TAN, I have used that hesion ribbon already!! Very nice!!!!

It now sits proudly on my dresser in my bedroom. I like it. Hope you do too!! I thinking that I may make the girls one as it has turned out so well??!!

OK peoples, cheerio for now.

luv me xxooxx

Buttons!!!

Hello friends, here I am. It's been a busy time for me. Simon has had a shoulder reconstruction done in Adelaide. We are home now & he is doing really well. He still has a long road ahead of him but is determined to do all the right things. He is actually going along at this stage better than I thought he might be. The staff at Sports Med were just fabulous & his stay there was very pleasant - (apart from the surgery - hee hee). The weather was lovely while we were there. Photos have actually loaded in the reverse order!!! Go figure!! Anyway we have before, getting ready, heading off to theatre and then resting after. Isn't he cute!!????!!

So now things will return to normal for me next week as I go back to work. I'll have to play catch up now!! At least I've been able to get all the washing done, house cleaned up & things organised for Simon while he's home & I'm at work.

I think it's going to get quite hot over the next week. Driving throught the hills this week - it has gotten soooooooo dry!! It's amazing how quickly it has changed!!

OK - I'm signing off for now.

luv me xxooxx

She's so talented, our COCO!!

Hi everyone!

This morning was spent at S & P doing a 'Christina' workshop.

WOW what fantastic cards were made by us. Christina was the fabulous creator (of course) & we had sooooooooooo much fun doing all these different techniques!!!

Christina made a simpler card with flowers (which is not really her) but it turned out REALLY GOOD as I knew it would. Christina surprised herself & did really like it in the end. It's nice to see the 'teachers' challenging themselves too.

It was a great group & we had so many laughs & so much fun. (Tan had to pull us into line a couple of times as we got a little 'off task' - hee hee)

It's good when you can use Coco's finished design as a template to put your own spin on it. Coco is very caring & attentive to make sure that we are all feeling good & keeping up.

Thank you Christina for your talent & your friendship & for letting us share in the creative world of COCO!!

I luv ya princess!!!

luv me xxooxx

Chillin'

Hello there again. This is Jamie's dog - Chloe. She is just chillin on the chair as she had such a HUGE weekend & is soooooooooooooooo puffed out!! She went to the in-laws & played with their puppy dog on Sunday & Monday. On Sunday I took her for a walk too (or maybe that was - she took me ha ha!!). So she is just resting today in the very big comfy chair. Half her luck!!

I'm actually very pleased with myself as I have now dusted the whole house!! Yes & it looks good even if I do say so myself!! It's nice to have things nice & clean & fresh. mmmmmmmmmm

I've been to the shop too & just took over AGAIN & rearranged some cards & things. Nice.

ok bye for now & just make sure that you keep scrolling down, down, down, yes that's it - keep on going!!! (that's cos I've talked so much!!)

luv me xxooxx

Bees, Dandellions, & things.

Sorry for going overboard with the blogs today!! How can so much happen in one day that you want to share with everyone??

Anyway - here I go again -

I was taking clothes off my clothes line & all of a sudden I thought - wouldn't these little dandellions make a great shot!! I took some last year & actually have one hanging in my bedroom on canvas. It looks great. So out I went to take some shots & heard a buzz buzz of a little bee. As you can see in the first pic - Itried to get a good shot of him but he just wouldn't stay still long enough & as I'm allergic to bees - didn't want to upset him too much. OUCH!! So I let him go on his merry way & just took some random shots. Why is it that the simple little things in life are so often the nicest?? Here is this flower that most would consider a PEST but it takes the greatest pics/ Go figure hey!

OK I think that's all from me today although this day is only half done - you never know I may find something else o share yet! hee hee

Bye for now & until next time - farewell.

luv me xxooxx