HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIV

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A GORGEOUS GIRL HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TESS

 

It just occured to me that my blog has just turned one year old as I started it not long before Tess’ birthday last year.

I hope you had a great day Tess .  Tess, Hayley,Tina,me and the babies went to the Woombye Hotel for lunch today it was very nice.  Thankfully the pub was air conditioned and it worked really well as it was about 38 degrees outside.  Welcome to summer, yuk.  Went for my first swim yesterday and then today when I got home.  The water was freezing but refreshing.

Arent they cute. 

Still havent been to any garage sales, last weekend I had to have Tess (daughter not friend Tess lol) at Chermside shopping centre in Brisbane by 8.30 we left home at 6.30 after a late night.  Tess had to walk around the shopping centre dressed as a present with another girl who was dressed as a snowman lol.  She worked for three hours starting at 10am and got paid $90.  While she may have earn’t money I spent money.  At least I started my christmas shopping and went to the movies.  Lucy, Bryce and I went and saw 2012.   The last adult movie I saw was Speed and the last movie I saw was either the first Rugrats movie or the Wild Thornberry’s so it’s been a while.  I did enjoy the movie but it was too long  and there was some gaping holes in the storyline which really annoyed me and still is annoying me rofl.  We eventually got home about 3.30 lets hope next job she gets is in Maroochydore.  I think she enjoyed it except when a guy who she thought was about 16 kicked her in the bottom and shoved the snowman over and they both fell flat on their faces.   It was a very heavy costume and she found it very difficult to walk in lol.

I finally got some scrapping done this weekend I will share next time as I have a huge basket of ironing to do so  I had better go and do that

Bye for now

Jackie

Another Weekend Gone

They are just flying by .  Didn't go to any garage sales this weekend I needed a sleep in and apparently I missed a good one.  Oh well it wasn't meant to be this weekend.

I did have a very relaxing weekend and got a heap of craft stuff sorted out.  It was a job I had been putting off for ages and a job that needed to be done.  Still have heaps more to do but I'm glad I made a start on it.

Had a house full of kids again this weekend they arrive Friday after school and end up staying all weekend.  I think I will have to start charging some of them rent lol.  Its nice that they want to stay here I guess, at least I know what they are up to.

Saturday they asked if I would take some photo’s of them, of course I'm not going to say no am I lol.

Madddy and Tess

Maddy, Tess and Bryce

 

 

 

It was hot enough for the kids to go swimming .

Lucy, Maddy and Cassidy

Too cold for Tess.

That night we had a get together with our neighbours.  We haven't done this since Christmas last year.  They are a great bunch of people and we always have a really good night.  I didn't take any photo’s except this one.

This is the very well behaved Brian and he loves to cuddle lol.

Although we let Tess have friends over on the weekend, only because they had a stack of assignments for school to work on as punishment for skipping school she wasn't allowed to leave the house and she had to mow the lawn.  She was really cranky on Sunday from lack of sleep and she had already stormed off when she saw me taking photo’s of her.  That’s why these aren't the best lol.

 

Be a bit enthusiastic Tess rofl. Note the phone in her hand. She actually did a good job we told her that she could do it every weekend.  As you can imagine that went down well lol.  Tony and I thought it was funny.

Bye for now

Jackie

MID LIFE CRISIS

I swear Tony is going through one he’s almost at that age.  Firstly I go away and when I come home I find that he has bought a new ute.  Now he and his navigator have decided they would like a new race car.  One of these.

 

They feel they cant go much faster in the old one, mind you every event this year they haven't finished any lower than third in their class and  have been in the top 15 outright.  Only problem is this little baby is built in South Africa, Gary’s all ready to go Tony is deciding if he will go with him.  I tell you if he thinks he’s getting something for Christmas he will be very disappointed lol.  I told him next he will be trading me in for a young skinny blonde,  He said no a young skinny blonde wouldn't want to go racing lol.  Well I used to go racing when I was a young skinny brunette.

BUSTED

We always said to Tess you would be mad to wag school as all her friends live on the other side of town and Dad always drives through town several times a day.

So yesterday Tony is driving through town and spots a group of school kids, he always checks it out in case Tess is with them.  First he spotted Tess’ best friend Maddy, then he spotted Tess’ hair lol.  Meanwhile she saw him and her friend was trying to shield her.  So Tony does what any good father would do he pulled the truck over and yelled out for her to get over here.  Wished I had seen the look on her face.  She told Tony that it was okay that I said she could go down town at lunch time.  Tony goes on his merry way.

Tess phones me saying Hi Mum I just saw dad, Now I wasn't happy  that she was in town and the fact that she needs a note and I did not say it was okay.  Does she not think Tony and I talk to each other.  So I phoned him and as I was talking to him I glanced at the clock on the computer and realised that it wasn't even lunch time yet.  So I phone her back demanding to know how long she had been away from school and that she was to get herself back to school and that Dad would be waiting in the truck at the front gate at the school .  The truck causes her no end of embarrassment   so she was mortified and begged Tony not to wait  for her and not to ring the school.  Tony said he would leave providing she went straight back to school.

I decided to have the last say in things and phoned the school telling them she was wagging and that she was going to sneak back in at lunchtime.  I have no idea if they caught her and she hasn't said anything rofl.  For her efforts she is going to have a very boring weekend because apart from dancing she isn't leaving the house. 

If  you are going to do something then do it properly lol or at least don't get caught.

A FUN WEEKEND

I had a fun weekend , it never lasts long enough.  I didn't get as much done as I had hoped but there is always tomorrow.

Friday night I ended up at Tess’ as our good friend Chris had come to visit for the weekend.  I was intending to scrap Friday and Saturday nights as I haven't scrapped in ages .  We went to our local scrapping shop  and stayed a couple of hours then decided to go and get some take away for dinner.  Mind you it was only 9pm and all the take away shops in Nambour were shut.  What to do we were all starving lol.  The only place that was open apart from Maccas and KFC was the RSL’s cafe it was either that or a drive to the coast which we really didn't want to do .  We did end up having a lovely dinner and got back to Tess’ quite late.  I didn't end up scrapping as I was pretty tired and was home by 11.30, although I didn't get to bed until much later lol. 

Up at 5 and had a big list of garage sales that I wanted to go to.  Lucky Tony, as the girls had slept over at friends places I insisted he come with me, only to grab stuff that I want to look at and don't want other people snatching it out from under me and to help me carry goodies.  He’s not good at the helping  me carry goodies bit once he realises that there is nothing he must stand guard over he tends to wander off lol.  Anyway as I tell him we are getting to spend quality time together .  I know he would rather be anywhere else than going to garage sales lol but bless his heart he does it to  please me.  I really hate it when he asks me “ and where are you going to put that” I now ignore him.  Lucy’s a real enabler she says “buy it mum”

The first two we went to were great they had some fantastic stuff but the furniture was so expensive.  The second house we went to I sort of knew what to expect as it had been up for sale and I saw it on a real estate agents site. So if you have over one million dollars to spend I know of a gorgeous house for sale lol.

I live on the Blackall range  which runs from Mapleton to Maleny, we have a local paper that comes out on Thursdays that lists all the garage sales for the weekend in our area which is great because we can plan our attack.  Do I dare admit that Friday nights after I've looked up Google maps for directions I street view the houses if I can so I know what I'm looking for.  That sounds awful doesn't it lol.   Anyway heres what I got this weekend.

 

My favourite buy was the cake, biscuit and pastry tins at the back.  My back door steps look awful but they are only temporary we are building a deck here soon.

I scored this pile of music sheets I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them but I thought they cool.'

I ended up back at Tess’ Saturday night and actually got three layouts done haven't quite finished them yet but they are almost done.

We always have a really great time and they make me laugh so much.  I forgot to get my camera out until midnight.  Poor Tess was trying to teach Chris how to make a card but Chris just couldn't get it and kept cutting things wrong it was so funny.

One word, Frustration rofl.  I left at about this stage I hope she got it finished.  We are having morning tea at Tess’ in the morning to say goodbye to Chris. 

Today I had planned to paint some of my things and get them out of the shed I managed to paint until lunchtime and that was it, drove to Nambour several times this afternoon to pick the girls up.  I'm not sure what to do tonight, have an early night or do the huge pile of ironing.  I think bed is looking pretty good. 

Bye for now

LOVELY MORNING

This wasnt the plan today but I ended up at the beach for a  couple of hours and I enjoyed every minute of it.  I really should do it more often

 Cotton Tree Beach .

I dont have many photo’s of Lucy these days but I found this one in her photo’s lol