Oh I have had one of those "tired" days today. I was supposed to meet my friends for an early ride this morning, but I was just too tired to get up .... and I have struggled all day! So early to bed for me I think! The middle of the night soccer game on Monday night is catching up on me. This photo here was taken at 2am, when after 2 hours sleep we got up and went to Park Road with 20 000 other people to watch Italy vs Australia in the World Cup soccer. Such a great game, still can't believe how it ended. This is a friend who came with us .... we got home about 3.30am .... hilarious!
Its been a busy week - even tho its school hols! Today has been crazy ........ some of it is self inflicted - I was at Target at 8.30am because they had sheets on SALE! and I knew the chocolate ones would sell out asap. then stumbled over this really cool chocolate bean bag (the fake fur type) and thought that would be a great idea ... it was half price too. Got a few more good bargains - man I love Target! Got home and decided we needed another bean bag to match, and after much discussion with the girl at Target she allowed me to put it on hold for an hour so I could go after dropping the girls are dancing and get it. So hubby has to get a heap of beans to go in them now - he loved them too, as they will be perfect for when we get the big screen upstairs!!!!
this picture was taken yesterday, hubby got the girls some clay to make some creative things ... which they have loved doing. well ... nighty night from me .....

Nearly bedtime for me .... its been another wonderful weekend - highlight was the ColdPlay concert which was incredible. They are so good live, and it was worth every penny - I would definitely see them again! We had a friend's Lawn Bowls Party today, it was such fun - as they threw in the twist of wearing a funny hat - when I get some pics I'll post them - very humourous! A friend of mine asked me to try Bikrim Yoga - my philosiphy is "don't knock it until you try it" so I went along and gave it a go. It was much harder than what I thought, and the room is so totally hot .... which at times I didn't like - as I sweat alot and was saturated, but I must say I feel so very very relaxed and chilled out, and the stretching side of it really is needed for my unflexible body! Its probably not something I would do alot - i guess because it takes 11/2 hours, but maybe once in a while would be good. I will go next weekend as I have this special I can use within 10 days, so maybe after the next go I'll reevaluate. Was a good experience tho. We had dinner at our friend's restaurant afterwards, and I must say it was one of those nights where it just would have been easier to be at home, maybe its because of Gianna's age - as she is on the go, and has such a short attention span. Anyway, the food was delicious. well I am stinking and need a shower before going to sleep! holidays for us now ... yay, keeping fingers crossed that the kids will sleep in .... wonder how much of a chance that will happen?

I am so TOTALLY excited ... tonight we are going to see COLDPLAY! Yahoo ... I love love love them .. they are such a great band and their music just totally does it for me - gets under my skin! I just saw an interview on TV and am going to go and play all three CDs back to back now and get in the spirit .....
Have just finished this LO of my nephews. I took this photo out of a frame as my sister just sent me a lovely black and white photo of all of them - so I decided to scrap this photo of the boys straight away - they are so cute, and of course really big now, not little like in the picture. Wish we could catch up more as our girls love playing with them. They will chat on the phone later, but that is not the same ....
Hubby has taken our little princesses to dancing this morning ... nice to have a bit of piece and quiet to myself. I always use this time to do something creative ....
do have to go and hang out the washing now tho & rock on to ColdPlay for the rest of the day ....

as promised the finished product from some bead creations that have been happening in this house over the past 24 hours! The girls are enjoying making this cute things, hopefully it will carry over onto the holidays!!!! (it does take some time to do ..... fingers crossed - ha!)
Another good day here, after waking to rain this morning I did manage to find some motivation and go swimming. We did quiet a big set, so after having lunch with a friend, I did have to have a nana nap ... next thing I know the afternoon has gone and its time to pick up from school .....
Prison break is on tonight .... yay! bye for now

Its great to see rain here in QLD .... water is a real problem at the moment, and now we have a water tank its good to know we are saving some for the future!!!!
Its a real "stay inside, cosy - drinking soup" kinda day. Actually I think I feel like a roast for dinner! The littlest one is having a sleep, and the 2nd daughter is watching The Sound of Music. We bought it the other day (I got a bit sentimental - as it was the first movie I ever saw) the girls LOVE it. Its really really cute.

This photo was taken under pressure (as you can see the littlest girl wasn't co-operating, and the battery was going flat on the camera) so its out of focus and not the best, but it was Yani's 9th birthday yesterday and the girl's were giving her a hug. She shares her birthday we dear JJ who is in heaven, so we think that is pretty special. We've had a fun day today, I was going to ride with the boys this morning, but it was showery - and actually I was just too tired from not enough sleep last night, so was happy to get another 2 hrs sleep this morning. We went to Playgroup (a friend of mine runs) was fun and the girls really enjoyed it, so will do that again in the future. Went to a couple of cool toy shops, got the girls these cool beads they make creations with and then you iron them and they become groovy shapes. Here is an action photo - will post the finished product!

At the Brisbane Scrapbooking Convention I picked up these cool MM oversized letters, one for each of the girls, I have did this one on the weekend.

Ok so I'm a bit behind with my blogging ... this was taken on Monday the holiday we had nearly a week ago! I went for a ride with a friend and we came back and met our families at Sandgate for a play. The kids had their bikes and wanted us to ride around with them. It was fun.
How is it the weekend goes so fast? I can't believe its Sunday night again ....
We did have a fun weekend. The school had a bush dance on Friday night, which was really fun. Unfortunately I didn't get any really great photos, its hard to get good bush dancing photos - lots of movement and not enough light!
We had our good friends son's Christening today. It was a lovely day - Hubby is the Godfather ... and did a great job. Food was awesome at the lunch ... very very nice day! Well, it is time for me to get some sleep .... before I take on another week.

Today I went back to swimming after having 2 weeks off being sick. I do love being in the water - even tho it was alarming evident how much fitness I had lost in a mere two weeks! Today has been a gorgeous day ... absolutely beautiful.
I decided to make a lamb curry from a Delicious magazine, so at lunch time decided to get a jump on that - glad I did cause I am so organised now - I LOVE THAT! Time to play with my girls .... cherio!

What a lovely Monday holiday .... it started with Bills hotcakes - absolutely delish! I finished cleaning and organising my desk ... what a job that was! Feel a lot more in control tho! YAY!
And then, I did the canvas with paua shell I got when we were in NZ. I must confess I did see the idea at the Ohope Markets, but I do like my style of heart better. Have to make another bigger one for our bedroom next! Am loving the new camera!!!!

I am excited!!!! Today we purchased a new digital camera, I have been using my mobile phone up until now, which does have quiet a good camera but only 2 mp and not good enough for the amount of photos I take or the type of things I want to be doing. So this image here is the first one I have uploaded and is a wee photo album I have just scrapped for my aunty's upcoming birthday. the photos will be much better quality from now on ... yay yay yay!
I went to a Scrapbooking Expo here in Brisbane yesterday with my friend, it was really great. Got some cool new products, so now we both have heaps of things to keep us busy (you know in my spare time .... cause I have so much of it - ha!)
Had such a great cruizy day today, starting with a sleep in ... oh, don't you love a sleep in - especially when its cold and windy outside. Hubby made his signature ommeletes for breaky - delish, and then we just mozzied around reading, drinking coffee - very nice!
Hubby is watching the rugby and yelling at the TV at the moment ... funny how blokes get so passionate about footy! So I am going to do some more creating before I head to bed ... which may be sooner than later, am feeling a bit jaded! sleep well

I love the weekends. Its so great to be able to meander around ... enjoy a nice breaky and coffee - have time with the girls. At last we have rain too ... much much needed, as we go onto level 3 water restrictions next week. Luckily we have installed a new water tank, and hubby - being the clever thing he is, has hooked it up to the sprinkler system so now we will be able to irrigate again - YAY!
I am just about to go to a scrapbooking expo with my friend - it will be nice to do something different this afternoon and check out some cool stuff (hopefully)
I made Bill's (bill granger) ricotta hotcakes AGAIN for breaky this morning, everyone in our house LOVES them and they are so much quicker for me to cook than our old pancake recipe, so everyone wins! In case you didn't know pancakes are a bit of a weekly thing in our house - yum!
finished this LO for the littlest one's album - she is so cute

at last I get a chance to sit at the computer and blog! It hasn't worked for me lately, either too tired or other people are at the computer ..... next thing you know a week has passed. It has been an eventful one however!
My biggest girl made her first communion on Sunday! Very proud of her and she had a lovely time. We had a small morning tea to celebrate afterwards and this is her cutting the white chocolate cake I made for the occassion.

I was under pressure to make her a card a great deal of my time last week was spent doing the calligraphy for 22 certificates - phew! I was a touch stressed by Saturday .... but happy to help out none the less.
I did get a bit run down last week, and have ended up with a bit of a sinus infection - bummer! I hate the "being tired" bit that goes with it .... I just don't like being zapped of my usual energy load - it frustrates me. I think I'm getting on top of it now. well ... it will be early to bed for me tonight as I am fading! here is a page I did for E's first day of Pre-school, I am finally getting into gear and catching up on the scrapbooking I have to do for this year already.