Motorbike Lessons

Sorry the photo is blurry. Yeehhhh. So much fun. I had my first motorbike lesson today with Michael. In our back yard going around the house. It was surprisingly easy. Michael started it for me then told me how to change gears and off I went. I did a couple of laps of the backyard, which isn't that big, then after I got a bit more confident I started to do laps of the house. Soooooo much fun!!!!!! I can't wait to be able to get upto 2nd gear with a little more space to ride.

See you next time
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Ratty Kids

It is raining again, so much for a drought in Australia, it has rained so much here lately I am having trouble keeping the inside mould under control cause we cant open the house and air it out. The kids have already had two baths each today cause they keep going outside and playing in the mud and rain - which also means more washing for me to try and get dry. Wish we had a drought here for a while I don't care if my plants die (they always do anyway).

The kids wouldn't let me go and scrapbook by myself today even though Michael was home they still insisted on being attached to my side and Seth was just making a huge mess and then Tristan started fighting him for everything and reaching over to get everything from the back that he knows he is not allowed to touch so I gave up and thought I would have a go at digi scrapping again, I havn't done it for ages.




















I took these photos the other night just stuffing around with Seth in the kitchen. I am so lucky that he loves to pose for Mummy. He was so funny he just kept laughing.


The house is quiet now I am going to go and try and scrap before Seth wakes up and Tristan gets sick of watching T.V. with Michael.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Arrrrhhhhh.......

My darling husband is giving up smoking and he is not a very nice person to be around at the moment. He is grumpy...... one minute he is angry and the next he looks like he is going to cry and then he is happy and cuddling and kissing the kids, it is really weird. I hope it doesn't last for too long. I am wondering if the tablets he is taking to quit have anything to do with it or if it is just the quitting, what ever it is I almost wish he would just go and have a smoke.

The boys are feeling much better and are back into mischief. Of course. Seth is so hooked on Scooby Doo #1 at the moment I am so sick of watching it I am regretting buying it. I hired Scooby Doo #2 so that we might be able to watch something different but to no avail he didn't like it (go figure) so we are back to watching #1 all day long.

I went to lunch at my friend Hayleys' place yesterday and got to see a couple of friends that I haven't seen for a while and cuddle their babies, you forget so quickly just how much time a new born takes up - even just having a salad roll for lunch is a huge task - so glad that stage is over for me. It still spins me out that these friends from school are all older than me by a couple of years and they are only just starting their families and I have a 4 and a 2 year old.

Finally got the boys to go to bed at a decent hour last night and I got to stay up and scrap. I got two pages done in just one and a half hours, the first was for the magazine comp. and the other was for Daisychain monthly comp. I just chucked it together and am really happy with how it turned out. The theme is Friendship.

Until next time

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Sick Kids and Fashion Parades

I had been looking forward to going to this fashion show fundraiser for the local kindergarten for months. Then Wednesday night Seth woke up dry reach vomiting. Of course I had a scrapbook class booked for Thursday but we made it through the morning without any vomiting or temperatures thinking everything was going to be ok then about 3pm Seth started to vomit everywhere and just wouldn't stop. I was starting to stress not only because he was sick but also that I was going to miss out on my night with my friend the tickets were prepaid and I didn't want to waste them and was so excited about treating Em to our night out. Plus I never get to dress up and go out very often (high heels and make-up). When Michael got home from work I was able to leave Seth and go to pick up Tristan from daycare. Seth seemed to be ok and Michael hadn't complained at all about being left at home with a sick kid. So knowing that I was only going to be just down the road I got ready, Em picked me up and off we went with only one false start - I forgot the tickets.
THE FASHION PARADE
We got a glass of complimentary wine on arrival then snagged front row seats, watched the band "Rock Kitten" - Who were excellent! - then another glass of wine to start the fashion parade with a few nibbles, intermission, another glass of wine for the second half of fashion parade which was also excellent, all of the clothes were so nice I think I need to do some major gym work before I can wear half of them though. After the fashion parade we just enjoyed sitting and talking to everyone and anyone didn't realise how quick the night went before we knew it, it was midnight and they were kicking us out.
SICK KIDS
Got home about 12.30 just in time for Seth to throw up everywhere..... again! Michael had him in the bath standing there with all of his clothes still on, while he got all of the sheets and pillows into the washing machine. Everyone got clean and went to bed about 1.30am. Me and Seth and Em all slept on the mattresses on the lounge room floor. Tristan slept through the whole thing so of course he woke up nice and early the next morning about 6.30am. After several cups of tea and heaps of food I still felt like crap (don't know how I got a hang over from only 3 glasses of wine). So happy that Michael finished work early so Me and Seth could have a sleep. Couldn't believe it when we woke up at 4pm we managed to get 3 hours sleep. Feeling heaps better got up cooked an early dinner everyone seemed happy...... Tristan started throwing up and Seth started with diarrhea. Another great night of sleeplessness from one end of the house to the other not wanting each of them to upset the other.

It is now Saturday night and everyone seems fine I had a big day of cleaning the boys room from top to bottom, walls, sheets and blankets etc. any surface that could be cleaned got cleaned. So fingers crossed we have a good night.

I think you also had better lay down and have a rest too if you just finished reading all of that you must now be tired. Night Night
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Competions

I have decided to enter the Everyday Moments Comp from the For keeps Magazine and I have been going through the websites of all of the sponsors. I didn't realize that I had so much of the sponsors products in my stash which makes it easier to do the pages considering you have to use 80% of the sponsors products on every page . Still you never seem to have just that one thing that will finish a page!!! LOL

I am so excited I am going to a fashion parade tomorrow night a fund raiser for the local kindergarten. They are having some awesome shops showing their clothes. Em and I always have our Christmas in July thing every year considering our birthdays are 13th Jan and 1st Feb so we have to spread everything out over the year. This year I get to treat Em. Can't Wait!!!

Better go and get my beauty sleep for tomorrow night!
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Scrapbooking

Just finished a workshop with my girls, everyone had fun got lots of pages done. Looking forward to see you again next month. I am getting so excited about entering some scrapbooking competions from the magazines, a little bit overwhelming to think that you layouts that you have spent so much time and effort creating will be judged by people who dont know you.

Everything is going so good at the moment. we are all getting over colds which we tag teamed over the past month or so, one would just get better and then another would get it poor Seth got it twice first and last. (Poor mummy got sleepless nights for everyone. yah!)

I am reading The Da Vinci Code at the moment & I am loving it. I dont normally read anything unless it has something to do with scrapbooking but I got the book on super special and thought I would give it a go. (glad I did) Last night I was supposed to be setting up for my class for today but I started to read and couldn't put it down, needless to say this morning was a mad rush, lucky for me everyone was late.

Well I am going to go and read so more before hubby gets home with the kids.
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Hair cut

My friend Emica is going to be so disappointed that I cut my hair but I couldn't resist. I love doing stuff to my hair and I haven't done anything for my hair for ages so here is the after shots (looks heaps better when it is straightened).

I have to admit my favourite hair cut is still the Rachel cut from "Friends". Though this is close when I style it properly.


Not much else to talk about so see you next time
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

RED

I did it! It took two goes to try and get full coverage. I am now a red head (for a little while anyway). I am getting some very mixed reactions But my Mum and Dad and Hubby and kids love it so that is all that matters to me.




I went to the Caloundra Bullcock Street Markets on Sunday with my parents and kids, always such a huge effort. We were supposed to meet my Aunty and cousin and her son there but we had already been there for a couple of hours before they got there so Dad took the boys to the park and Mum and I walked the markets again with my aunty and cousin and son. Not very big and all of the stalls have knew stuff which was nice but I love junk markets where you can pick up bargins. So after catching up with them for a coffee and a chat we went home all exhausted.

Untill another day
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

I hate feeling sick

I have had the worst headache for the last three days. I don't remember the last time I had a headache like this. Nothing has worked for it herbal, pharmaceutical, caffeine or alcohol. Thought it was almost gone then bang out of nowhere it just started to throb again. I think I need a good massage and 12 hours of uninterrupted sleep.
My Dad's birthday this week (born on the 4th of July) not that that means anything here in Australia, went over to Mum and Dad's for pizza, so yummy!!! even though I only had pizza last Friday still love it.
Got sick of waiting for the hairdressers to ring me so I bought a hair dye today bright red.......My hair is so long I should have gotten 2 boxes, might get another tomorrow and do it again so that it is really red. Hubby loves it.

That's it for now
Love always
Tanya xxxooo

Scrapbooking...

I went to my first Friday night crop till ya drop. Loved it. After going to the retreat in May I have a new found love for workshops. I started off going to Creative Memories workshops about 2 years ago which I loved but they were all paper and stickers (or as I call it circles, triangles and squares) and I got bored pretty quickly. I just love using embellishments and paint and whatever else I can get my hands on. So, with a little coaxing from a friend, I went and found it to be very convenient, everything is there in the shop (so if you need just 1 thing to finish a page you can get it straight away and the page is done) as you can tell I am very happy with the concept. I still love having workshops at my place and teaching classes but to have that time where I get to ask for ideas and just to be left alone to do my thing without any children or husband... (except for the bloody mobile phone).
On to another topic I picked my children up from childcare today to be told that my 2 year old had been very aggressive. Just so happened that I was to attended an emotional and behavioral seminar tonight (how convenient...lol.) which was very interesting but pointed out that it all has to so with myself and my husbands emotional state and attitude and that the children pick up everything from what we are feeling which makes sense but I can only change me how can I get my husband to calm down and relax?!
Anyway if you have any ideas feel free to leave a comment.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo