Gee the days are flying by at lightning speed.
Miss Liberty will be 5 in less than 2 months! Usually I know exactly what to get, if I don't already have it. The life of a full time 'paid employment' working Mum!

I have spent the last 2 days at a work conference and it was fantastic! Great timing for me as I learnt alot of things that I was just not aware of. Product training was great, but most of all meeting the people that I talk to on the phone and that help me out when I have questions! Always good to put a face to the voice... even if it doesn't match up! lol

When I arrived home these were waiting for me..... mmmmmm



Not the size I ordered and paid for, but hopefully USAfoods.com will fix that up for me! I had a pickle for afternoon tea and I think I will have another one now, in bed with a pepsi chaser! Night x

Dangars Falls

Today was a family day. No where to be, but where we wanted to be (except for the supermarket!) So we look the long way to the grocery store, via Dangars Falls. We have had an amazing amout of rain this month.


So, you can see the full length of the fall, last time we visited, you could barely see the water falling. The other image is taken from the top, looking down. It is a good walk... except when you have a cold. On the way back down I could hardly breathe... I am a vision of health and fitness! :)

Next weekend is Scrap Camp. Usually I am packed and ready to run out the door about this time. I think I have about 3 kits half put together and a pile of boxes to put my gear in. Just not enough hours in the day... and I think my creativity may have headed north for the winter. I hope it returns before camp...

Now, I am off to bed!
x

Today started with this guy... Elliot.


It has been, yet again another busy week. I am feeling slightly, very slightly like I may have a small grip at work. Give me a few days...

This weekend was a busy one. matt had his Basketball presentation night, Saturday was soccer and then I went into work, then we had an afternoon socialising.
Today was Shawns soccer carnival and then home to do some bike riding and getting ready for scrap camp...

We are all battling sore throats and colds and we don't seem to be winning...

Have a great week!

Another weekend over...

Saturday we went to Tamworth.Just out of town we stopped and said hello to our Eee Moo friend.


I had an optometrist appointment at Specsavers (highly recommended!)then I went into the Tamworth Eastmon shop to meet some ladies that I had spoken to over the phone, but not in person. then I found a new pair of boots, $170 down to $14, I figured at that price they are good enough! Then we had lunch at Hogs Breath... it had been years since we have been to one. To fill in some time before Matt's last State League Baskeball game we headed out here.



It is a great place and it is being improved! We never allow enough time, but one day plan on making a lunch event of it. They have shelters and BBQ areas. We love the huge walk through aviary and it looks like more are being built. All of this for the bargain price of a donation!

Today, we got a few things done around home. I wished I was at a birthday party in 34 degree heat. we went back out to see our friend Eee Moo, this time with food. (He eats straight out of our carefully placed fingers).
Big week this week... my first store evaluation is Tuesday...yikes!

Change is as good as a holiday....

Hellllooo!
I had to change my blog background as the people who design them have changed something... so we now have basic grey to get us through the second part of winter, the worst part I think!

Cookies and cream

Today I never left the house. I had one foot in while I reached out to the wheelbarrow to get wood! My first 'home' day in too long!
We started the day with a long distance call to Grandpa, (Thanks Grandpa, Liberty thinks she is going, on her own, tomorrow!) followed by a cooked breakfast. Then we spent most of the day with Spiderman and his sidekick 'Buzz Light'

Those two played so well and I had the chance to go through both of their cupboards and bag 2 HUGE bags of clothes that don't fit or won't fix come the warmer weather.
Then we baked... I don't bake, I just wanted to eat warm choc chip cookies. That warm melted chocolate was prefect for today. Not happy with that I remembered I had some whipped cream in the squirt can...mmmmmmmmm :)

Now, Matt is at basketball training, the kids have just started to fight for the day and I have dinner all but done.
Hope you had a great weekend! x

I do love a great sky!

This was the view from our room last weekend at Port Macquarie. I love a great sky... I find myself wishing I was flying through it, just on take off :)

It has been many months since I have participated in a Sky Watch Friday, if you have a few minutes, click on over and have a look! They are also celebrating a Birthday!

A Whale Of A Time!

Look what we did on the weekend... I love Whales. We took Shawn whale watching when he was still in a stroller, so thought it would be nice to surprise them both and go again.

This shot is one of the last of the day. We had followed these 2 Humpbacks up the coast and they got so close to the shore... I didn't think they would fit, let alone dive down!



This is probably the best shot I got. I missed the big belly slap!

This was earlier in the afternoon when we discovered that we were following not one, but two beautiful creatures!


We had a great weekend at Port Macquarie... Whales, Dolphins and Spas by the pool on Saturday and Basketball on the Sunday. It was nice to get away after working 11 days straight.... that is a huge adjustment for me. It has been 10 years since I have worked full time and I have really only done Saturday mornings for the past 4 years.

Junk bag!

Does anyone have $180 laying around that you would like to use and buy me this bag?
I found it on Etsy at JunkPrints.

Today Matt and I spent the afternoon in at my work having a huge clean-up. I don't like ladders, so Matt had all of the high jobs :) I am going in again tomorrow for a few hours. My helpers tomorrow will be Shawn and Liberty. We rewarded them late today by taking them to Toy Story 3. It was great! Toy Story #1 is still my fave, but #3 was much better than #2.

That folks, is my movie review for the week! Happy weekend and happy 234th birthday America!

Sporting Saturday

Yesterday was a sporting day. Shawn played soccer in the rain, that could not have been much fun for him and it really was not a comfortable experience for us parents watching in the cold and pouring rain. It has been the only game I have been able to catch this season. His team lost by 1 in the last few seconds...
Then in the afternoon/evening Matt had his last home game in town. Now we have a month of away games to try and organise around. Ballina, Port and then Tamworth. Then State League is over for the season. It has been a fantastic experience for Matt, hard on all of us at times, but so worth it overall.
Today is Sunday as we prepare for another very full week ahead... I thought Winter was time to stay home and hibernate?

*edit* I just checked that the post went up OK and noticed that our sporting events are proudly brought to you by Nike! :)

Over a week!

My posts are getting further apart sorry.
Work has been keeping me very busy. I don't start full time until the 5th July, but my hours are so long that I may as well be full time now. I do however, have today off, all day!!! :)
I came across this event on my travels this morning.





Mobile phones are very handy things... They are really playing a fairly large role in the photography world at the moment. Not that I think that is a good thing, or a bad thing...

Happy Birthday Buddy!

Yesterday, Shawn hit double digits. I think he had a great day, even with the school athletics carnival being on the same day. It was meant to be a cool 8 degrees!
So, we started the day with gifts by the fire.


This is the cake we had been working on for 2 days. Shawn wanted an Oreo Icecream cake, just like the one Grandpa got him last year from Dairy Queen. This is what we came up with. Crushed chocolate and plain Oreos mixed in with icecream. We made it in layers with a dark chocolate layer in between. Ice Magic and Whipped cream on top! It really was soooo good :)

After school, the boys walked home with Shawn, we sang and did the cake thing, then headed out for an evening of LazerBlitz. I now want to play LazerBlitz for my birthday...

The groovy kid in the hoodie stayed the night. I think they actually got a few hours sleep!
I am so very proud of you Shawn, you are a fantastic son! I love you xxx

It is official!

I have been keeping a secret... well trying to keep it a secret ;)
Eastmon Digital is where I work casually (very casually) on Saturdays and have for the past 3 something years. It was announced tonight, to the staff, that in a few short (very short) weeks, I will be taking on a full time role as the store manager... I am very excited, but so very nervous.

I will miss my kids, not getting home until at least 6pm, 5 days a week, will be hard. I will miss my husband, he now gets the job of Mr Mom. We are so fortunate that his job has a great deal of flexibility, so I can see the kids to school and preschool and he will be home to pick up Liberty and be home when Shawn arrives home. I will just miss out on more than I ever wanted to and we do so much as a unit of 4... I know it is my choice, I know people do this and I am not the first and will not be the last, it is just a huge leap for me (and since it is my blog I can say what I like!) I don't have to do it forever if it is not working out. I know exactly what I want to gain from working and that is travel money!

Anyway, that is my news for today!

Today!

Today was basketball Sunday for us.
We dropped Matt at the stadium for his warm up and then headed out to the UNE to check out the wildlife. These guys were very friendly and Shawn was thrilled he got to touch one! This guy was busy having a scratch.



So after the UNE visit, it was back to Basketball. We usually run the canteen, very nice job to have as it is the only place with a heater :) The last quarter Miss Lilly came and sat with us and Shawn did a great job keeping both girls occupied.

Unfortunately, Armidale did not win, but it was a fantastic first half! After the game we headed out to Moore Park and sat by the fire for after game drinks and chat. Then it was home for the bike ride we had promised Liberty since Thursday. Thursday was Matt's birthday and we got him a new bike... Both Shawn and Liberty now want new, white bikes just like Daddy!

Not much to report really...

We are so busy, but just with life in general. Shawn with school and sport, Matt with work and sport, Liberty, just being 4! :)
So here is a pic I took a few weeks ago from the Sawtell headland. It was the first weekend the Whale Watch cruise boats started for the season... We spotted the whale, and the boat was not far away.



Promise I will do something exciting to report on, soon - ish :)

When Liberty met her Statue...

12 months ago, today, this is where we were... It was a beautiful day on Liberty Island.



What I would give to be there now....

Sick day!

Such a busy week... I won't bore you with the details, just a few tid bits.
Yesterday Shawn played in the school soccer team for a combined schools gala day...and he scored a goal!!! I had to work yesterday, but I changed my times a little so I could at least catch 10 minutes.

10 days ago Miss Liberty had her 4yrs immunisations, 3 days ago she got a runny nose, last night a sore throat. She is almost text book material with immunisations, where Shawn never showed any signs of being unwell. So today she had the day off Preschool and lazed the day away. We did get in a few games of Big Birds Nest Sticks in. I loved this game! Now she is back on the couch, waiting for her Brov to get home from school.


Psst....Over at Pete's Place she has a scrappy kit to giveaway, it's that one I really liked of yours Pam :)

But wait, there's more... The 123 Challenge is back starting June 1st!!! This has always been one of my favourite challenge sites, YAY!

Scrapping

Last weekend Matt was away with basketball. I took this opportunity to have some girl friend time. Pam came over and we had planned to scrap until the scheduled blackout at 12.01... Country Energy were doing something in our little town. Anyway...we did very little scrapping, but had a great night! Thanks in part to the Doran family for entertainment. I now know what friends have my back in a crisis...Rachel, NOT!
So these are the 2 pages I completed, they are my entries for the monthly comps over at Scrapbooking Top 50. I don't get a lot of time to scrap anymore, but when I do I still enjoy it.
Off to get some choc chip icecream.... night x



* American Honey is one of my favourite songs at the moment, by Lady Antebellum.

Spider Watch Friday

I have had this shot saved away for a few weeks now waiting for Sky Watch Friday...actually, for me to remember that it is Friday and have the time to post it... Fridays are just flying by!
This spider made his home between the outhouse and the shed at Green Oak.


Happy Friday everyone!

New Tatts!

I have been coveting these tattoos online from Pop Delux for almost a year, turns out one of my favourite people ordered some and had her hubby bring them back with him from a recent trip to the USA.




Shawn's hands are just a little to long. Pretty cool huh?