It's weekend again....

Is it me or do the weeks seem to be flying? In 4 weeks I will be in Perth, updating from there. I had better get my sewing finished or Bec will have nothing to compete in.

This week I have been working on my layout for Battle of the Scrappers on 3 Angels.
Heike is setting fortnightly challenges and luckily I have survived the first round.

Next week we start So You Think You Can Scrap I wonder what tricky scrap-eography will be set. This weekend Scraptac is having a cyber crop so if anyone has some spare inspiration please pass it my way!

This weekend is the final league competition before the National Championships but as Bec has a serious foot injury she will only skate in the team event and hopefully with heaps of physio she will be right before we leave for Perth. It has really disrupted her training at the wrong time.

Emily has had her first sleepover with friends - and didn't get home until after lunch the next day - a huge step for her. She came home wearing make-up, multi coloured nails, a big grin - can't ask for much more than that.

I have fractured my foot again - I felt it "go" a couple of weeks ago and now have to have the bone scans again to confirm it. Its the second stress fracture in this foot. The timing is lousy - I have just bought new boots and shoes with heels. I won't be wearing them for a few weeks.

Catch you soon...

Today is.....

Daffodil Day.

I usually buy my daffodil each year and this year could not resist the bling. The day is a great fundraiser for the Cancer Council and as I have too many friends and family who have been touched by this it is one I always support.

Did you know that you can post a message of hope on the online Field of Hope.

And the bump is....

SEAN!

Who is now 19 and almost 6 ft tall and was the smallest of my three babies. The photo of Siobhan (a family friend) and me was taken at my MIL's at John's 35th birthday.

John's grandson James had his 2nd birthday party on Sunday - I don't think he stopped laughing and running all day.

Sneak preview.....

I have done something this week....now guess who is hiding in the bump!

Where have I been......

Working! My little mid year break is finished and now I am back to a huge pile of BAS's, tax returns and demanding clients. Only 5 phone calls from my boss last Friday - my day off.


Last Thursday was first day of the garage sale at Fiskars in Port Melbourne. Got done there are realised that the cash I had to spend there was back in my office in St Kilda and didn't have time to race back. Picked up a heap of bargains - rubons for 50c, paper packs 50c, brilliant embroidery scissors $2. Look at what I bought for $15!

I would have loved some of the gardening tools - but I will have to get them next sale.

I am trying to get some layouts done but my head still isn't in a really good place right now. It is really time I started to put some priority on my needs and get to meetings and do some daily reading. It is way to easy to put everyone else's needs first. My new plates should be ordered this week and I can get back to skating and my four legged personal trainer is ready and waiting for me.

Christmas Show rehearsals start next week - I haven't decided whether I will skate in it this year - it's our coach's 20th show and he is doing a "best of" show so it could be fun. This will be Bec's last one - she doesn't want to do any more and Em may join in the items she was in a few years back. Bec is training hard for Nationals - I wish some of the others in her team were putting in the same amount of effort.

I am trying to get used to being a passenger in my car again - Bec is driving whenever she can as she needs to get 120 hours on her L's. I must relax....I must relax...I must relax......lol. Actually after a shakey start I organised lessons for her and she is doing really well.

A few friends could do with some extra prayers right now, Connie has just had her first chemo and moved house, Jen is waiting on MRI results, Toni is about to have her last chemo, Lidija is finally NED, Os is having family issues and Fay is unwell. Thinking of you all (((hugs))))

My baby is 15!

Seems hard to believe that my little girl is now 15. We spent the morning at the hairdressers having a cut and red foils, did a little shopping and then just hung out at home.

Its been a strange couple of weeks - I am supposed to be on holidays but as yet have not had any time to myself apart from time for a quick lunch with Wendy last Monday. I feel like I am going back to work as tired as when I left. I did not need extra furniture brought into the house that has resulted in major rearrangements in other rooms, boxes of videos/dvds with no homes and a mess for the two weeks I have off. Not happy Jan.

I managed to actually scrap a layout - I haven't done one in ages. Felt good to be cutting and pasting again.

My MIL has flown to Belfast - her first trip there in over 25 years - and a big journey for an almost 89 year old. She will have her birthday while she is there and apparently they are organising a big party for her. She is staying with relatives of her first husband (who died when she was about 30) in the house that she grew up in. I packed her case for her and just happened to hide a birthday card and some scratchie tickets in it.

I think I am going back to work for a rest........

We are off to Perth.....

Bec has just finished skating in the State Championships over the weekend. A top 3 placing was required to be invited to skate in the Victorian team at Nationals in Perth during September/October and Bec won Bronze in her figure event. There are seven in her group- which is open age and she is the second youngest - so it was an awesome placing (1st and 2nd placing went to women who have been selected previously). We were very proud of her effort and it was lovely to have other skaters from her club (and their parents) so happy for her.

Her precision team skated in the International grade this year - a 5 minute routine rather than the 3 minute one from last year. They automatically gained selection for Nationals. After sewing 180 buttons I am happy that they looked OK on the new costume s. A friend of one mum is a makeup artist and did the dramatic silver and black faces. Bec drove through the Macca's drive through on the way home(the joys of L plates!)then suddenly wondered why the girls serving were looking at her in a strange way - must have been the heavily made up eyes and the black lips.

I am still exhausted from all the last minuted costume making and finishing Bec's leo. Time now to file, finish time sheets and niggly things at work, clean up my office and HAVE 2 WEEKS OFF!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to see if my mising mojo returns.

I am off to celebrate New Year's Eve with a coffee and early night. See you next year.