The Mind Won't Rest

Yesterday started out as an ok sort of day... had the glass guy coming in the afternoon to repair our window and so I had planned to do some cleaning and general house stuff. Well that was all about to change in a hurry when I finished putting on a load of washing and thought hmmm kids are quiet... sure enough they were up to mischief :( They had gotten into my bedroom for the 2nd time (after already getting into trouble earlier for being in there!!) I once again told them off and sent them out of the room, that is when I realised my pill packet had been opened and was lying on the floor, my heart leapt into my mouth when I realised there were a heap of tablets missing!! Racing out to ask Brad wether he had eaten them he said... No I just got them out.... Sian did though... Far out!! I rang the doctor who talked to me for 5 minutes and explained the side effects and that she would be ok, nothing too extreme apart from some nausea and diarrhea and possibly vomiting, They won't need to pump her stomach but because she is only 2 take her to the hospital so they can monitor her for awhile. So after a panicked call to Gareth off we went to the hospital. Well after seeing the nurse and then sitting to wait I knew Sian had filled her nappy, so I went off to change her to find out the Doc had certainly been right about the diarrhea *ewwwwwwwwwww* sorry - We got her a gown to put on as everything else was covered. About an hour later the doc from paediatrics came in to tell us we could go home and the same thing that my doctor had told me. It was a huge relief, but a very scary day. We made a trip to the hardware store and now have a LOCK on the bedroom door, so if they get in again now I will start calling them houdini!! I am just thankful that all our medicinal stuff (apart from my pill :( ) is up very high. So that was my dramatic Wednesday, I am just glad today was a better one.

Please join me in sending lots of positive vibes and good thoughts toRachie's DD who had a bit of a heart scare yesterday :( Hope they get to the bottom of it really soon.

and a big *Get Well Soon* to Kerryn who has been really sick for the last week. Take Care and talk to you soon. Been really strange not talking to you this week :(

The Craft Attic have a Cyber Crop on this weekend, so I hope to get some scrapping done. My boys (DH & DS) are off to watch Melbourne Victory (soccer) play on Sunday evening. DH is so excited as this will be the first game he has been to here in Aus and the very first one he gets to take his son to. Very proud moment for him :-D

I hope everyone has a good weekend!!

Brad and Sian had their friends sleep over last night :) it all went fairly well, until Brad went into burnout mode and then it got a little bit stressful, but not for long as it was then we decides bed time was on the cards. They had us out of bed at 6am this morning *eek* but never mind, that the joys... only problem with it though is we had 4 tired and slightly moody kids (and a couple adults LOL) The biggest drama of the morning is when Brad decided for the 2nd time in a week that he was going to bite David... I really lost my temper and made him go to bed (where he stayed for 20 mins or so) The thing I don't understand is Brad has only ever really bitten once in 4 years and that was Gareth... so why he has decided biting David is a form of communication I don't know, but I am certainly not happy about it :(

anyway a couple photos to share

The Girls


The Boys


All 4

I took some photos of the boys playing soccer and basketball in the yard. Brad had a
fantastic time, Sian joined in from time to time but was more happy to do her thing :)

I had sooo much fun doing this!!!

Ok 1st one taken with camera and the 2nd is a scan.... I am not really happy with the colours in the photo :o( - Is it normal for photos?? Or is there something I need to do different with my camera I wonder.... Photo was taken outside in the natural sunlight. anyways here they are




left to right (on bottom picture)

Family/Generations/Heritage colours, Pink & Green, Blue is for Boys, Dogs, Nature, Brown & Pink, Pink is for Girls, Black & White, The Outback, Girly Purple, Sugar and Spice, Snips and Snails, Passion for Purple, Spring Flowers, Floral Fantastia and Pink is girly - Hope everyone likes theirs :)

Happy Birthday to my mum! It was yesterday, but I am only blogging today so had to mention it anyway!!!

Gareth and I went to the movies last night and really enjoyed the time out, mind you the movie (Lady in the Water) wasn't fantastic. I was expecting it to be alot different to what it was. At one point I jumped outta my chair almost. I really don't know why as I saw it coming LOL. Not as scary as what I thought but then it is rated pg after all, which I don't think is quite right either, but oh well just my opinion. Big thanks to my dear friend Kerryn for watching the kids :-D

Another friend of mine is waiting on news of her sister today. She has been on the donor list for 2 years and early hours of this morning was told they had found her a kidney. She went into surgery around 1030 and were expecting her to come out around 530. So far no news, but I have them in my thoughts, in hope that all goes really well and the kidney doesn't reject.

The last week has been fantastic weather wise and has been great for the kids being able to play outside and I feel a bit more sane these days too. Yesterday was fantastic for washing too, I got 4 loads out and dried in about 5 hours :-D

Had CC over at
LC'S
last weekend and I got 2 challenges done and a couple tags from the make and take with Vicki
Hope you all are having a wonderful week!



I watched the Steve Irwin memorial today and was in tears the whole way through. When True Blue was sung I was really bad ... these words got me
Hey True Blue, don't say you've gone
Say you've knocked off for a smoko
And you'll be back later on
Hey True Blue, Hey True Blue
RIP Steve

I won a LO competition today and I am so stoked as I am also going to be featured scrapper for October :) at OSS
I submitted this LO also and was rejected by SM, but I don't care really :) It won me a prize and that is special to me.

Just thought I would share a LO and some photos from swimming today.
Sian was hilarious, she had decide she wanted to have a slide today into the water. There was no stopping her, she even swam over to it LOL.
When it finally came time for the slide she pushed right on in to the front!! She now has 2 weeks off during school holidays, goodness knows how excited she will be by the time we get back there :D

5 years on and still very fresh in my mind.

I still remember exactly where I was and exactly what I was doing when the news came through. We thought it was a joke, but then the reality hit that the guy who told us was not joking.
I think it was the day it brought the world to a standstill for at least a moment.

My thoughts today are with all that lost their lives, all the victims and their families and to all the heros that worked tirelessly.

May there never be another day like this

Ok I have pinched this from Kerryn's blog, It looked like some fun :)

I saw this on Mistras BLOG.
Copy and paste the list and bold what you have done....Just bold the things you have accomplished in your life:
1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
2. Swam with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said "I love you" and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking I was a little under the weather though *blush*
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers *topless, but covered for photos*
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie - does a year 7 play that is taped count
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an expert
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Eaten fugu (pufferfish)
89. Had a one-night stand
90. Gone to Thailand
91. Bought a house
92. Been in a combat zone
93. Buried one/both of your parents
94. Been on a cruise ship paddle steamer on the murray with 120 passengers
95. Spoken more than one language fluently
96. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show
97. Raised children - raising
98. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111.Riden a bike
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - makes me cringe now, but I guess being a country kid it wasn't weird to me at the time
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life

54/150

List 5 weird things about yourself or your pets. Tag 5 friends and list them. Then, those people need to write on their blogs about 5 weird things, and state the rules, and tag 5 more people. Dont forget to let the people you tag know by posting a comment on their blog!

Firstly to tag 5 others: Sharryn, Kylie, Kerryn, Crissy and Rachie.

Ok, here goes with my 5 .....

1. I like bananas and Salt & Vinegar chips (together)

2. I always make sure my dishes are packed away in a certain way and if someone else does it different I change it (might be more pedantic than weird!!)

3. I can't wiggle my ears, or curl my tongue or touch my nose with my tongue - so maybe I am weird as I don't have a weird 'thing' I can do

4. I can't stand harmless large spiders and freak out, but the small (probably more poisionous ones I can catch without too much stress

5. I think I enjoy some of the kids programs more than they do LOL

This was a hard one... I am sure I have loads of 'weird' things, but couldn't think of many when I need to haha :)

Been tagged by Crissy!

1. Which famous person would you most like to learn that you are descended from? Kerry Packer (for the inheritance) or maybe someone like Victor Chang (Would be good to caryy on his work)to be honest I am not really sure .... I know!! Robin Hood LOL

2. Which famous person would you hate to learn that you are descended from?
Hitler or Osama Bin Laden

3. If you could be ancestor to any living famous person, who would it be and why?
Whoopie Goldberg... Think she is great :)

4. If you could go back in time and meet any known ancestor(s) of yours, who would it be?
I would like to meet my great grandparents on both sides of the family.

5. Tag five others.
I tag Kerryn Jaki Tammy VickiB Ann


Very interesting tag this one :)

It has been a fantastic week :) The weather has been fantastic spring weather and I am loving it! Brad got a place at the kinder we want him to go to next year YAY!! I have been out for coffee with 2 of my very best friends tonight and had a ball! I picked up a pair of very cute summer pj's for Sian for $3.86 he he :D
I am going to go to the Target that is closer to me tomorrow and see if there are more bargains to be had! (After going to the gym with a friend) Sigh - It's really good to be happy again after feeling like I was in a slump for so long :)

I am really loving my new camera :) took some photos at the park of the kids playing in the leaves and had a play with the shutter speed and really was happy with the photos I got! Here are just 2 that I have cropped down to remove my friends daughter from them so I could put them on my blog




Have a great and happy week everyone.... and Happy Birthday to Kylie for Saturday!