celestial magic ....

so tonight the moon turned red ... very cool to see! i tried to capture it on my camera ... near impossible without a tripod. all of us were sitting out on the balcony together (should have been bed time for the girls) watching the moon transform ... it was classic!

so i finally finished a LO tonight i started last week ... hello! my scrapbooking hasn't been happening lately! i guess there has been too many things going on .. so it was good to get this one finished. i also worked on some DT stuff that is due in (so can't show you that)

this cracked me up this morning ... in my hurry to get everyone organised, and get out the door with all my stuff for the Freestyle Designs card class today - Gianna came out with Emra's school uniform on .. too funny!

and finally ... i did do this yesterday, but ended up in bed super early last night ... .long story won't bore you with the details now!

so here is my Deck of Me card this week ... week 34. the prompt is Laugh! which we do alot in this house ... there is always funny stuff going on! (smile)

super excited ....

look who's joining our family ... she is so super cute! today we found our new puppy ... we've named her Daisy! we get her in 2 weeks!

we are so excited we can't wait .....

about two weeks ago Jessi passed on this to me (thanks dear) you are supposed to pass it on ... but i would like to pass it to all the cool people who stop by my blog! you all rock! thanks!

i'm back .....

I'll be honest, its been a hard couple of weeks! seems like life can do that to you sometimes .... good news is, that i am feeling happier and more positive again! I really under-estimated how much loosing yani would knock me around ... i really found it tough! we are still sad!

Gianna turned 3 on wed... i can hardly believe its been 3 years since my baby was born ... how fast this time has gone. she's such a little girl now ... it blows me away, it doesn't seem that long ago she was brand new! actually right now 3 years ago she would have been only 3 hours old (i wrote this on the day ... and didn't get around to posting) ... i remember it so vividly (i guess cause it was so damn painful! i will never forget that - lol)

so we had a mermaid party today .. it was SUPER cute! and the little kids that came were so so good ... it was so enjoyable! just a note that the birthday cake is a sandcastle ice-cream cake ... super easy but so cute! the cupcakes are "octopus" and "starfish"

i have my parents here so we have been busy doing lots of things ... we went to SeaWorld on Friday ... so fun (i guess you will work out the pics) we also had a family lunch here on Sunday with some of mum's family (she is 1 of 6 kids) always good to see the relly's ...

Super special having them here for Gi's birthday ... dad was so funny with all the little kids, had them all organised for pass the parcel and musical statues ... and was in charge of the treasure hunt! he did make it a bit hard for the 3 year olds ... lol! its always nice company having mum here, we always enjoy a good chat .... i love seeing them with the girls ... its priceless!

Deck of Me - week 33 ... this weeks prompt is - 10 mins. The challenge was to give yourself 10mins to create your card. here is what i did! enjoy your weekend!~

Yani .... 19/06/97 ~ 15/08/07

grief is such a hard, hard thing! We are so so so sad ... this was a special dog ... our companion, and our first baby (we had her before we had the girls) she would always bring us something when we came home without fail! our yard is empty! She was the start of our family .... she will be sadly missed!

where do i start .....

its tuesday ... my computer is running so slow its making me want to cry! i am not very patient i guess!

lots to update on ... our dog is still in the hospital! its still day by day ... but i am confident she will come back home to us. We have been visiting her every day ... so can't wait to bring her home again soon. i am hoping by the end of this week ....

our black and white dinner party was SO fun. i was so busy on sat pulling it all together, Jane organised these fantastic balloons ... which made it look awesome! and the food came together nicely (except for the desert ... i overcooked it ever so slightly) still was yum tho! It was a late night, didn't get to bed till 1am ... and paid the price for that the next morning!

we had an emergency visit to the hospital with gianna on sunday morning when she coped a deep gash in her head! luckilye she was super brave and the hospital were awesome ... it was really not a major at all. We did run into our good friends there, and more of our friends ended up there also ... i guess one of those days!

The girls have their Sports Day yesterday and today, Katya got 7th in the long distance, and Emra 2nd. Then Emra won her heat, then 2nd in the semi-final to go thru to the "grand final" this afternoon. Katya has her sprints this morning ..... so much fun for them! I got some great photos yesterday - however might have to upload them tomorrow when our internet hours renew as its taking so so so long (its painful!)

Deck of Me - week 32 the prompt this week is "quiet"! i found this quiet easy to do ... as honestly over the past year i have been finding myself relishing "quiet" time whenever i can get it. I guess i'm getting old .... i have always loved having music playing all the time ... but some days now, when the house is quiet, and gianna is alseep or no one is here ... the peace and quiet is just GOLDEN!

this week we have a public holiday tomorrow for Exhibition Day, and the girls have thurs off school too. My parents arrive on thurs to stay for a week .... so its all go! (will post all my pics tomorrow)

hard week ....

life is tough sometimes! our dog is sick ... really sick! she is in the pet hospital and had to have a blood transfusion! I have been really emotional this week about it ... and i realise that i take for granted that she is around ALL the time, and is constant company! We are staying positive about it ... and praying alot that she will recover! I took the girls to visit her after school today ... they are ok, its good for them to realise we have to go thru this in life sometimes!

On a cheerier note, one of my friends who is just about to get into scrapbooking came over, and i showed her how to alter a clock! i did one for my father for his birthday! so that was fun!

i am glad its friday ....

i love fridays.

gary and i are going on a date night tonight ... and then tomorrow night we have a dinner party going on! of course i am breaking my neck trying to do my black and white theme ... honestly! the things i do! will take pics to post (of course!)

ok ... time to get the kids some dinner! enjoy your weekend! and keep my doggie in your prayers!

bridge to brisbane ...

i will be honest ... i am still tired after running in the 12km bridge to brisbane fun run on sunday morning! check out the crowd .... 30 000 people! it was pretty wikid ... such a cool thing to be apart of - even tho all the way up and then down the bridge i was totally dodging people .... i guess you have to expect that! I was happy with the run ... i couldn't have run any faster, i was totally spent by the end of it! luckily i paced off this girl and that took my mind off things for a while ... and she was doing a pretty good pace, so that pushed me along a bit! there is a 10km run coming up in Sept so i think i might look at doing that ... it was a good feeling to finish, and it certainly makes you train with purpose having events to look forward to! then i can start building up to some longer ones!

my legs are pretty stiff ... so i am going have a good stretch after i finish this post! then go to bed ... and try and wake up "refreshed" tomorrow ... as i have been draggin myself around today!

I guess yesterday thru a spanner in the works with Yani being rushed to the vet. Our golden retreiver didn't seem herself ... and i happen to notice she had blood in her eye ... after spending about 2 hours at the vet, then taking her for a scan .... they have confirmed she has an immunity disease which is attacking her blood. I am so thankful i picked it up ... as it would have been fatal! we have to manage it for now with medication ... she has another blood test on friday ... it may take 6 - 8 mths for her to get on top of it. Poor dear ... i feel so bad for her - she is such a lovely dog!

i have just finished doing invites for gianna's mermaid party in 2 weeks time ... its going to be so cute! she is super excited .... and even more special is that my parents will be here! i am so looking forward to it!

This weeks Deck of Me Challenge (#31) is No Regrets ....

i used a windsurfining photo for this card, as when we were younger we were competitive windsurfers ... our dream was to race, especially in maui, hawaii! when we moved to australia we were still going to do it .. .then gary sort of fell into the business we have now ... its a long story, but the short end is ... we decided not to keep travelling with it, and grew the business. A tiny part of me wonders just how far i could have gone, and how much fun it would have been ... but 99% of me is so SUPER glad we did stay here as we have a fabulous lifestyle which we wouldn't have if we hadn't had made the decision! so ... there are No Regrets for me! i love my life!

happiness ....

you know today has been a happy kinda day for me! i have not done much ... maybe that is why! i mean i did a few things, like get the washing out, clean up the kitchen, cook dinner ... usual stuff, but apart from that it was pretty much .... enjoy! It was a stunning day here in Brisbane .... seriously gorgeous - 28 degrees! It made me want summer to come back!

I had to take katya to the doctor today, she has the flu again and its gone to her chest ... i had a funny thing happen, i have to tell you cause it is pretty funny ... i rang a couple of doctors and they were both full up, so i was looking thru the phone book trying to get the number of a medical centre that i have been to before, so i dial the number and kindly ask the lady who answered if i could get an appointment for my daughter, she asked me if i'd been there before ... and i said no, but my other daughter had. then she asked me the name of the "deceased" and said "what did you say?????" she repeated what she had said .... "oh i'm sorry ... i've called the wrong number" hello, in my hast i had picked the wrong number and dialled the cemetry! i must say ... even as i was telling a freind this afternoon and she was totally bursting out laughing so hard .... it did make me feel blessed that i didn't need to be calling that place! holy smokes ... how funny!

you know ... i did actually do something pretty great ... i vacummed out my car! i will get total brownie points from gary - cause he hates a messy car! while i was doing this ... i could hear yani (our golden retriever dog) eating her dog food ... this was like 12.30 ... i told gianna not to feed yani! she proceeded in telling me that it was "just lunch time mum" ... so cute! it made me smile for a long time! she didn't get it that yani didn't eat lunch!

so i am happy ... i went for a run again tonight, ready for my fun run on sunday ... i always get on a high after a run! i guess the endorphins kick in! gary is getting us a movie to watch and Cold Rock ... so so so yum! and my fav flavour ... mint choc chip with a peppermint freddo mushed in! sensational ... i am so looking forward to it!

I have been a bit creative this week too ... that makes me happy! Last night my homework for heidi's class came thru ... i always love the art challenge, and i do it the night it comes thru! i just love having the calender page completed to use for the whole month ... this month is about "smiling" this photo makes me smile. these girls love to be together ... that makes me so happy!

i did add a bling heart later on ... you will see it in the close up photo.

AUTOMATIC friends ....

i haven't done any challenges for ages (apart from the deck of me ... which are little cards) so i am overdue to just have some "fun" scrapbooking .... the house was quiet ... and i couldn't resist. this photo my friend angela gave me last week was sitting on my desk ... it was taken on my birthday ...

so this is for the One Little Word challenge ... this week is "automatic".

thanks girls ... it was fun!