2008

ready or not here it comes, vb and s are off to thursday island. what a pack up job t is coming back to the coast...j has a new girlfriend, it is our 29th wedding anniversary and the 8th wonders birthday, no wonder i am tired, and we have put in a hectic christmas, but wouldn't change a thing, happy new year

chrissy cake..

on of my clients made me the most fantastic home made christmas cake ever... can't beleive it , i have such a passion for fruit cake well good ones that is and this is a beauty. and it is iced how cool is that..
i have spent the day on the computer and haven't see a person all day, the paper work is just unreal and really i didn't achieve much..
not many sleep till christmas and i see my boys. that is really what it is all about i can't wait for the big lugs to walk through the door, i am so excited about seeing them that i feel sick.. i think this is the next stage of having sons.. waiting for them to return to the nest.. and i wait..

car ride

last week lee and i went on a little car trip to see the margaret olley exhibiton at the philip bacon gallery in brisbane, what an adventure, i felt so emotional seeing all those olley's in one place it makes my heart skip a beat.. such colour, if i win alot of money what would you buy, i would buy an olley...

christmas

i love christmas every thing about it, my husband on the other hand doesn't he never has but that doesn't stop me from being over jolly. you can never have enough tinsel i love the christmas cards shops paper bells you name it, i bought a simple tree from ikea i have a single red bird on it, soon my sons will be coming home, that really is what it is all about seeing them walk through the door, tall beautiful boys, i hope you all have a wonderful christmas

wet washing every where

yep the trusty mini max has blown up.... never to be repaired again what a wonderful life we have had together.. but... the time has come for the 8th wonder to load her up and throw her out... for the new model. bet it doesn't last as long as the last one... it has rained most mornings and ..........just before i get home from work down it comes again... oh well that.s life..

kids

why didn't someone tell me that kids were the optional extra in your life that you didn't have to have them.... ok now i have them i love them with my life.... now that is the problem...with my life..
it is hard and it gets harder... not with all the kids so i guess it is good to have a few so while one is a complete and utter ...... you have the others to purr over...but that is life...

ticket booked or nearly

yes after alot of looking and looking and talking we have booked the tickets to europe the celebrate the 30 years of marriage... gosh only old people have been married that long .. couldn't be me. but tell my body that. not going to next year so you will hear alot about this all between now and the time we leave... months away... can't wait...

hitting the curb

yep after 26 years of letter writing and ringing our councilors and feeling rather left out around here we.... are getting as i speak curb and channelling yep you can believe it and will see it when you come for a visit..we have dust and machinery and council men by the dozen all doing our curb and channel, just can't believe it.. there will be no more falling in the gutter when you come to visit me , like the lovely helen and pat... known as the gutter girls. oh yah can't believe it.
also
jordan is coming home today from noumea, yes my boy has built a house in noumea, can't believe that my last born is old enough to do this or can... i can't wait to pick him up off that plane. so i will put on the jug and wait patiently ... can't do much else really as they have dug up my drive way and i can't get out..
but it is worth is.... happy days

life goes on

and the rain comes down tears from heavan, it has been a long road trying to come to terms with aarons death, one of our children is gone from us, what ever your thoughts are on this, gone from us never having to grow up get old or sick, just gone, all those education years stressful years of what are we all going to do when we grow up, makes us all think about life in a differnet light,
d and r are coming up today before she flies out to canada tomorrow tears from heavan, and the days roll by and the months roll by.
gosh that sounds sad but that is just how i am feeling at the moment. so will try to lift my act and put on my big girls pants and move one....
we are planning a trip to europe for next year now that is exciting deciding how many years i will have to work to go to the places i want.... and the rain comes down....

one day at a time sweet jesus.....

yep one day at a time, life goes on. the sun comes up and i am off to poona tomorrow i am on holidays, had better not forget that as they will be gone so fast.. and then it is back to the kaos... today morning tea with anj watson and lee how cool is that. yesterday morning tea with roz who is off to nepal soon. and a stamp party at the boss's at night... the days are full which is great, i start the day thinking about a's family and end it the same way.. but life goes on....

a light gone out

21st oct aaron died.... life as we all know it particularly his family will always be different than it was ment to be... nearly 26... a passion for speed.. with his dad riding together on his bike.. in one short minute it was all over..
and today the sun came up again, and the day started again and we all tried to get on with life, a new life with out aaron big blonde and blue eyed.. what a week

toes in the sand..

spent the day walking with my dear friend on the beach solving the problems of the world. great to have the comfort of a friend who has know you from your youth i don't have many of those as i was shifted around a fair bit as a kid.. some one who you have an emotional connection with one that has been thru alot of growing up stuff... bad and horrid ... and looking back we both survived... what a great day...
now i am packing my beach bag, i am off

a blast from the past....

how life never seems to be dull... i have a friend staying with me from canada.. who has met up with a former love.. and is once again with this partner after 35years..and most probably should have been with him all her life the decisions we make in our youth that make our life what it is, to love someone to let them go and then find them again.. it is a beautiful story... i am off to herron island for a few days cant wait i am so tired my bones ache... i will be back in a week..

holidays..

this is the last days work before i have 3 weeks holidays, i can't remember the last time i had 3 weeks off all at once with no particular reason, just to take a road trip with the 8th wonder, only 8 hours of work and 100 hours of paper work to go... yer i can do it...

wedding cake..

when i work out why i can't seem to get a photo onto this space.... i will put a picture of the latest wedding cake by the fantastic .... peagreenboat.... cake company.. that was make for amanda and steve... a beautiful woman inside and out.. what a fantastic wedding we had a hoot.. and the 170 cup cakes and two teir cutter ... that kept us up most of friday night was really wonderful. now i need to sleep.... ready for work tomorrow..

day one.....

oh what font will i use... first big decision.... i am nervous...
day one in becoming not just a reader of blogs but a real blogger... one who people send mail too... i have the day off... so can spend an hour not just reading blogs but writing one.. i got a wonderful packet from kirsty from 2lime leaves yesterday thought i would jump through the computer,, a beautiful bag heart and strawberry and when i know how to attach picky's you'll all be able to see it.... oh but that is it for today i am off to lunch ... i am exhausted coffee with a good friend should perk me up happy days m