Reading Lessons

Funny how you take things for granted and you forget just how hard new things are to learn. Tristan is starting "Learn to read" books at Prep and the parents have been asked to attend group meetings to learn "how to teach" them to read. I am so happy with Tristan's teacher, she is very much into getting the parents involved with everything. This is going to be new for me too cause I am more of a numbers girl and have never really gotten into reading and writing. (Hence my really bad spelling and grammar) Growing up I would go through stages and still now, if I start a really good book I find it hard to put down but if it takes too long to get into it I lose interest very quickly. (So much easier just to hire the movie!!!)

Silly me volunteered to sew some mystery bags for the the class the other day (instead of show and tell the children take the bag home, put something special in it, then they pass it around and the other children have to guess what is in the bag by asking lots of questions) Now I am sewing 30 hessian name tags together. But I have to admit it was a great excuse to get my sewing machines out of the cupboard and put them into the Horn sewing cabinet I got last week second hand for $50 it even has the lifter shelf. I have taken photos but my batteries just went flat so I will post photos next time.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Week 2 Photo

Instead of the photo a day challenge I am doing a photo a week challenge for myself. So here is a photo of me at 11pm sitting in front of the computer and just realizing I was due to update my blog.

Once again I forgot my camera. Tristan had a teddy bear picnic on this morning and all of the kids had a ball. Tristan ate so much sugar today he was beaming all afternoon. I am so lucky the teacher's aide is doing a photo disk for each of the kids this year cause otherwise I would have missed out on some fantastic photos.

Thanks to Gigi for tagging me AGAIN.... lol that's ok I don't know if I have 8 random & interesting??? facts about me today. Lets see if my brain is switched on.

1. I wear ugg boots permanently during winter & thongs all summer, when I studied at TAFE (2005) I had to buy a pair of shoes that covered my toes for work place health and safety cause I didn't own any other than my high heel boots.

2. I have changed all of the washers in all of the taps in my house, and replaced the toilet cistern, and pulled out and put in a new laundry basin. Domestic / Renovator goddess!!

3. I have a black cat named SWEET

4. I met my husband and started dating when I was only 16. We got married when I was 20 and had our first baby when I was 24.

5. I am the vice-president of the Pacific Paradise State School P&C. (and have no idea what I am doing)

6. My favourite colour is purple.

7. I wear a size 10 shoe.

8. I love to drive.

There you go not very exciting. I am not going to tag anyone cause I have seen this tag on every one's blogs that I visit.

Have a great weekend

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Back to school

Tristan's first day back at school after the holidays and I got called up to pick him up early because he tripped over a chair while trying to jump it and landed on his head on the concrete. This photo doesn't do the massive lump any justice, it is very impressive!!! Poor baby he was so good about it and hasn't complained all afternoon. I think I will sleep with him tonight to make sure he is OK.
The rest of the photos are from our trip to the Remote-control plane show we went to on the week end. I am still amazed at how much control these guys have over the planes and how much money they spend (us scrappers have nothing to worry about compared to these guys) one of the planes cost $40 000!!!! Can you believe it?
My hair is starting to settle down, I am still not happy but another couple of weeks and it would have grown enough to go and get it done properly.
Only 17 more sleeps until my retreat. Very exciting!! :)

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Bad Haircuts and no car

Sorry I didn't realize that it had been so long since I had blogged, I have been reading everyone else's blogs and commenting but didn't even think of visiting my own. Thanks for the nudge Bec!!

Well for the last two weeks I have been CAR-less. I was supposed to get it back Tuesday / Wednesday but I didn't get it back until 4pm Thursday. Although it has been good, having an excuse to stay at home for once, but very difficult being school holidays. One good thing is that if you cant go anywhere it limits your spending, something I should be working on anyway. We still managed a couple of ventures out, and a bus ride that Tristan thought was just dandy.

Plus Wednesday we had an interesting visit from Gigi and her two boys Mackinley and Rainer, lets just say I think Gigi and I needed a bottle of wine each at the end of that day!! How can two boys get along so beautifully and then instantly NOT??? (Tristan and Mackinley) Age old question ARE BOYS REALLY FROM MARS???

As for the Haircut........ OMG!!! I am so disappointed I LOVED my last haircut and agonised over staying short or growing it out and finally I decided on getting it cut again. Now this is the stupid part!! instead of going back to the hairdresser (1/2 hour drive away) who did the beautiful cut I went to the local hairdresser who only does cuts and you don't need an appointment. Easy hey. Well I took in photos and everything but ended up with a cut that looks nothing like my last one. The one thing I kept stressing to her is I don't want it to look like someone stuck a bowl on my head and cut around it!! But alas it does. Luckily my hair grows fast. One good thing is that I have finally gotten rid of all of the Red from when I dyed it last year. Horrible photo this was taken just after I walked out of the salon. NOT HAPPY JAN!! I'm sure in a couple of months I will look back on this and laugh.

So there you go Bec this is my DAY 1 photo (Yuk) but I think instead of doing a photo a day I might do a photo a week at least until my hair grows enough to go and get it styled properly.

LOVE ALWAYS

Tanya xxxooo

School Holidays

Well it is Saturday night and Michael and the boys have just got home from watching the Transformers Movie at the cinema and they are all very excited so I have retreated to the computer because I can not get a normal word out of them.





Can you believe it is school holidays and I have NO CAR. I put it in on Monday for an insurance approval (just some old body work) and they rang me and said do you mind if we start it now I OK'ed it thinking it would be a couple of days but I am not getting it back until next wednesday!!! Lucky everyone has been willing to come and visit us or come and pick us up.





Tomorrow, middle of the school holidays and a Sunday at that and I have a P&C meeting. Then on Monday I have a Fundraising meeting I thought on school holidays I wouldn't have to worry about any of this stuff, like I have a life anyway?!? LOL





Today I went to a "Scrapbook wholesalers closing down sale" (they have been closing down for about 6 months now) I got heaps of albums!! 8x8 $4 and 12x12 $7 and $10 nice albums too not just plain vinal ones. So now I have no excuse but to put all of my finished pages into their albums. PMSL like that will ever happen.

I leave you with this beautiful photo of my boys. Tristan grabbed Seth the other day and said mum quick take a photo of us. Poor Seth had no choise in the matter. Just love them to bits!!!

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

P.S. The count down is on until the Scrapbook City Retreat only 4 weeks to go. Very excited!!!

My week in review

Monday :- School drop off for Tristan then daycare for Sethy, in tears not wanting to go. By the time I got home did some housework it was time to go the fundraising meeting which really wasn't a hassle cause we had lunch and then the meeting.

Tuesday :- Michael made so much noise getting ready for work and packing the truck for the week away (I don't know why he cant do it the day before) that I couldn't get back to sleep so I don't know how I managed to be late for school again. Big day of Housework!! lots done, feels really good to have a big clean day. Then Tristan's last day of Aus Kick AFL training after 7weeks I finally remembered to take my camera. That's him in the #10 jersey. Home for dinner then dropped the boys off at Nan and Pop's so I could go to the P&C meeting at the school. Full on meeting looks like we have to close the Tuckshop cause it is losing money big time??????

Wednesday :- We all slept in it was fabulous!! Really crappy day though cold and overcast. Tristan lost the plot and cried his little eyes out in protest of going to school cause all of the kids are mean to him. So I didn't have the heart to argue with him and let him stay at home. Tristan and Seth had an absolutely beautiful day playing together. I wish they played that well all of the time.

My beautiful friend Emica came over and we had a lovely catch up. So good to see her. Funny how you live 10mins away but you get to busy to see each other with different timetables. I will have to make sure that there isn't such a big gap next time.

Thursday :- Bribed Tristan to go to school today without tears with the promise of Tuckshop (had better get the use out of it before it is gone). Seth and I had a lazy day then we had to do our special "Picture Plates Fundraiser" at Tristan's school, they should turn out great!! Tristan had a huge blue with one of his mates I can see why he was so upset on Wednesday now.

Friday :- End of semester party for the Prep's today the had a huge blow up bouncy twister mat game for the kids to play on, lots of food and heaps of other things to do. Set had a great time playing in the sand pit for most of the morning but again Tristan had lots of arguments with his "Friends".......... I don't know what to do??!! So I took him home with me at 10.30am when the morning tea was finished cause I didn't want to think what fights he would get into with out me there to break them up. I was meeting my cousin and her 2 boys for a bike ride so I thought he would like that would be fun for us all to do and I know Tristan loves riding his bike. So after our bike ride/walk, just to top my week off my darling boys locked my keys in the car. I was very lucky my cousin hadn't left yet and she waited with me until RACQ got there to unlock my car.

This photo was taken at the end of a very long week...... doesn't it just make your heart melt. My little "Wags the dog" Seth all showered and ready for bed now I just need to get him into bed. ARRRRRRR. BED TIME!!!!! Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Always Remember

I Love this. It was sent to me by a friend and I thought I would share with you all.

Tequila and Salt
>
> This should probably be taped to your bathroom mirror
> where one could read it everyday. You may not realize it, but it's
>100%
> true.
>
> 1. There are at least two people in this world that you
> would die for.
> 2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some
> way.
> 3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because
> they want to be just like you.
> 4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even
> if they don't like you.
> 5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go
> to sleep.
> 6. You mean the world to someone.
> 7. You are special and unique.
> 8. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.
> 9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something
> good comes from it.
> 10. When you think the world has turned its back on you
> take another look.
> 11. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget
> about the rude remarks.
>
>
>
> And always remember....when life hands you Lemons, ask
> for tequila and salt, and call me over!
>
> Good friends are like stars........You don't always see
> them, but you know they are always there.
>
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

changing photos

Byebye
Tanya xoxoxo

Paper craft was fun.

After a big weekend and a busy week and a late night, I some how managed to wake at 6am this morning wide awake enough that I had to get up. I tried to go back to sleep but I could hear the garbage trucks driving around and I just couldn't switch my darn brain off.

The Paper Craft Show was excellent I had a lovely day with Gigi, Such a beautiful person inside and out!! I got to meet the beautiful NGAIRE BARTLAM and I did her class which was very relaxed and heaps of fun. Thanks to Gigi for the photo can you believe I forgot my camera??

I also got to meet a few of the ladies that I chat to online thought the Scrapbook City Website. A big hello to Loulou and Gayle and it was lovely to meet my fellow "Twin Peaks addict" Angela, looking forward to catching up at the Scrap Retreat next month.

So after a lovely relaxing day I came home to an absolute pig sty my kitchen looked like someone (SETH) had just stood at one corner and thrown Milo all over the floor and there was just stuff everywhere it took me until 10pm to clean up. Not happy!

Tristan had his first ever School Sports day on Thursday. They all did so good and it was heaps of fun for them all. I again forgot my camera (I don't know where my memory is lately) so I have to get some photos off the other mums and I will post them later.

Today we are off to the NAMBOUR SHOW so excited for the kids they are going to love it.

Better get ready. Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Brisbane Paper Craft Fair

I cant wait until tomorrow..........The Paper Craft show in Brisbane where I am doing a class with the wonderful NGAIRE BARTLAM so looking forward to it. Plus I will get to catch up with this beautiful lady, Gigi. And hopefully get to meet some of the ladies from the Scrapbook City Shop that I have been talking to online for ages now but never meet face to face. Very Exciting!!!!

This is a layout Gigi did, of her son Mackinley and my son Tristan when we meet for the first time. The boys got along immediately and they had a great time keeping me and Gigi on our toes for the day.

Well I had better make sure I have got everything packed for the class.

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Rain

Well it so good to finally get some decent rain but now I have to put up with hubby hanging around the house for the next couple days being bored. He does not entertain himself well and is lost without work. I guess the T.V. will be getting a good workout.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

PINK!!!

This concert was fantastic. Two days later my ears are still ringing but that's just because I had such a great spot. Mosh pit about 4 meters away from her. Pink is so much prettier in real life and a body to die for PLUS she sounds even better live than she does on her CD's. I want to go again!!

Two concerts in one week LOL I took Seth to a "Play School" concert last week it was funny to watch grown adults jumping around, getting dressed up and singing on stage. So much different to watching it on T.V. but then so similar with the songs and other thing from the show being the same. I have photos but my computer doesn't want to co-operate with me today.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Crusty's

My Boys all went to see the Crusty Demons of Dirt on Saturday night and all had a great time. Lots of exciting stories the next day but I think my hubby enjoyed it the most!! LOL.

Then of course they had to take the bikes for a spin on Sunday just to pretend they are as good as the Crusty riders. Especially with the new addition to our motorbike family (Mummy not happy with Daddy's purchase) a quad bike. Of course in usual fashion my two boys had the devil in them and would not pose for a nice photo with their new friends. If it is not one it is the other.

The beautiful Mount Pomona on the Sunshine Coast this is where the property is that the boys go riding on. I really love this place it is so pretty.
Lots more news to come in my next post just have to get some photos.......... Babies and engagements.

Love Always

Tanya

Busy, busy, busy..........

I can't believe it has been two weeks since I last blogged. Have done heaps lately so I might do a quick review.

• Mothers day stall at the school. I had fun making some cute little magnet backed note pads. I made about 20. and my darling Sister also made a whole heap.


• I finally got around to using one of my birthday vouchers. A pedicure!!! It was fabulous. I got to sit in a massage chair and have my feet pampered. I love the little flowers she did on my nails.
• My little Preppy got his first certificate at the school parade. It was so beautiful to see the look on his face cause he didn't know he was getting it. Photo is really bad cause I couldn't get close to the stage because of the kids. But I did get it on my new video camera. LOL.
• 
• Also I replaced my laundry sink unit ALL BY MYSELF. It was so much fun ripping the old one out!! but a little bit harder to get the new one in but I managed and I didn't need any males to help!!!
• While I was on such a girl power kick I also chopped down a tree ALL BY MYSELF with a hatchet and a pair of clippers, {it took me two days of stop and starting} then loaded it all onto hubby's ute and took it all to the dump. Sethy helped out a little bit with the cutting up and the emptying at the dump.
• Today I had a lovely lunch with my Mummy and Sister, a belated Mothers Day. Great food and Great company.

It is amazing how much stuff you can get done when you set your mind to it. This weeks challenge is to put a new cistern on the toilet. I have already bought it now I just have to find the time and energy.

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Indoor Cricket

Michael had his Indoor cricket grand final on last night and it was the first (and last) game that I have taken the boys to. They didn't enjoy it at all and by 9.30pm they and I were very tired and so ready to go home. Michael lost by the way. They only lost by 35 runs which for the team they played wasn't too bad and considering thier best player didn't turn up. ??How can you forget a grand final after playing all season??

My mummy bought me a video camera yah!!! I have already got about a half hour ticked up on tape. I taped some of Michael's cricket and when we got home I asked if he wanted to watch and he didn't find that very funny considering they lost and he thinks that he played like shit and didn't want to be reminded. Maybe in a couple of weeks he will stop feeling sorry for himself and watch it.

I have been busy trying to do some craft stuff for the Mother's Day Fundraising stall at the school. I spent all day Sunday and got 6 plaques done went to check them on Monday and Seth had broken 3 of them. I managed to salvage 2 of them but one was too far gone. I wasn't a happy mummy!!! At this rate I wont be helping them make much money.

Love Always
Tanya

Tagged

Tagged by BEC

Each player starts with 7 random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their seven things, as well as these rules. At the end of your blog, you need to choose 7 people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them that they have been tagged and to read your blog!

Fact 1:- I am Vice president of the P&C Committee for Pacific Paradise State School (and I haven't got a clue what I am doing LOL)

Fact 2:- I love reading Jackie Collins Books

Fact 3:- I am currently listening to the Duets soundtrack on cassette that I found today while cleaning

Fact 4:- I rarely clean (dust) unused places thats why I only just found it after how many years

Fact 5:- I love the TWIN PEAKS series....Love love loved it

Fact 6:- {Bad Habit} I dont tend to pack things away instead I procratinate and I stack them to make a bench look cleaner I can thank Mum for this bad habit. We are stackers or the dreaded Bowl of no return.

Fact 7:- I find it really difficult to throw things that aren't broken away but I keep buying new things to replace the old. My hubby is worse than me.

I now tag Gigi, Michelle, Leisha, Angela that will do for now.

There you go a few things that you may not have known about me.

Bye for now
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Another week gone

Took Tristan to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Monday for his last "mummy day" in a while. We had heaps of fun, movie then McDonald's for lunch and a little bit of shopping. I love spending time with Tristan now he is getting a little bit older.


First week back at school after Tristan's first ever school holidays took me a while to get back into the swing of things like school lunches and getting to school on time. Tuesday morning I had another P&C meeting, I am learning heaps about the school and everything that is involved.


Today we went to watch our friends daughter get christened. Miss "Shiolah Jade" so beautiful. Then back to their place for a couple of drinks it was a lovely day.

Tristan all dressed up so handsome. (By the way Grandma, Tristan loves his outfit he raved on about is all day. He loves that there is a singlet under the good shirt and even though he was sweating he refused to take off the good shirt.)
Couldn't have put it better myself. We were making stuff this afternoon with bottles and junk and grey tape. Well Seth thought that this was the best place for his. And considering it has just taken my over half and hour to get him to bed I think I might see if we have enough to tape him down as well. LOL.
I just LOVE LOVE LOVE those eyes.

Love always

Tanya xxxooo

Fairy Dust

Tristan and Seth were playing outside this morning and Seth came running inside so excited that there was a storm coming and it was raining.
SETH: Come and look!!!! Mum, come and look. (So out I go to see the storm and the very, very, very light shower that is passing over.)
ME: Wow Seth how exciting it is raining.
TRISTAN: It isn't raining it's FAIRY DUST.
My heart melted!!! Tristan is such a boy with his bike and motorbike and scooters etc. he sometimes comes out with the most beautiful things.

This is my week 8 entry for the others team in the Scrapbook City Reality Scrap Comp, it was a bit late but better late than never.
This is my first ever entry in the HOW DARE YOU challenge I really loved doing this page cause I have wanted to scrap these photos for ages and now I finally have!

Thankyou every-one for your well wishes, I am feeling much better, although the virus seems to be hanging around a little bit but hopefully the worst of it is gone.

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Blah blah blah

So funny my Tristan was telling my mum something the other day about me. After he had told her half of the story he said ........and blah blah blah. (This is what my hubby does to me all of the time when he thinks that I am harping on and wingeing to him.) It was so funny, me and Mum couldn't stop laughing.

Mum and Dad got back from thier trip safely amongst all of the Sunarmi warnings and cyclone warning and rough seas. They had an absolute ball, with heaps of stories and videos and photos it is going to take me a month to see them all. (Mum bought every little bit of memoribilia home with her so we can scrapbook it all yeah!... like I need an excuse)

My darling Seth has smashed his poor little teeth AGAIN..... but can you believe he managed to get the other two front teeth this time. He is so clumsy. And to top it off he is now sick with temperatures so at least he will be getting some relief from his teeth with all of the panadole I have to give him to keep his temperature down.

Fundraising crazy here at the moment. You don't realize how short a school term is until you have to squeeze as many fundraisers into it as you can without going over the top. In the last couple of weeks we have done the school disco and an Easter raffle and a BBQ at the park. All up we have done really well. Now only 3 more terms to go.

Well I am off to scrapbook for the first time this week.
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Long week

This is my first ever entry in the 123 Challenge. The March challenge criteria was 1. Stitching 2.Black and White 3. Three or more photos. So I did this page with photos of my beautiful nephew, Joshua, with Grandma and Grandpa. This is my week 8 instalment of the reality scraps comp now that I am an other I actually get credit for my layouts now and don't just look like a hanger on.....er.
The writing says:-
My Dreamed of Reality V's My Reality

I would be a super hero - I am just a super mum
I would live in a huge house - I live in a cute little house
I would have 3 children - I have two beautiful boys (three children if you include my husband)
Would marry a movie star - Married my darling husband (who thinks he is a movie star)
Would have heaps & heaps of money - Living comfortably and happily

The photo was taken a my friends, Paul and Hailey's fancy dress party a couple of years ago.

Pacific Paradise had it's first school disco for the year last Friday night. They had a prep to year 3 dance starting at 5pm till 6.30pm and then the rest of the school was 6.30 till 8.30pm. Tristan and Seth lasted about an hour before they both came to me in unison crying their eyes out for various reasons, luckily Michael was there helping so I just got him to take them home so I could stay and help out with the rest of the dance. It was a great success for the school fundraising and the kids all had a great night. (Except mine of course LOL)

Nothing much else has been happening. I have managed to catch some damn virus and it has really knocked me about I have had fevers, sore muscles and joints, major headaches, fluid retention and a rash all over my body I have been a walking zombie for the last week living on Nurofen plus and anti-histamines. The doctors have done heaps of blood tests so hopefully I will know something soon.

Until next time

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo