Sunday, October 28, 2007

So glad this week is OVER

What a week it has been. We had our school FETE on Saturday night. So I have had a busy week helping get ready for the big day. Lots of time spent at the school. Not only was there the fete but we also had WORLD TEACHERS DAY which the P&C had to make all of the food for (which I don't think even got eaten, I know the {$40} cake didn't get touched)


But all is done and the FETE was a great success!!! I don't know if there were any marriage break ups or nervous break downs come Sunday but I am pretty sure there wont be a Fete next year, unfortunately. So much work went into it and the handful of people that helped were fantastic but we really need heaps more help on the night.


Here are some photos of my boys enjoying a couple of the rides..............

First ride of the day. The teacups, the guy is just about to spin them hence the laughing and pointing finger.
Seth loved this one but his thongs fell off half way through and he was worried about them.I can't believe Tristan went on this ride I didn't think he would be tall enough but they didn't stop him.
It just isn't fun when you have to line up.

Hopefully this week wont be as busy. We do have a couple of things on but nothing that I have to help organise. Thank goodness.
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo


Friday, October 26, 2007

Cyber Crop Forever Always

Cyber Crop on tonight at FOREVER ALWAYS go and have a look if you get a chance.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Guilty

I dont know how many times I have started a post with this......

Got this off Roz James' Blog, thanks.
{click on the picture.}



Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Want a laugh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nMaY4ZFjrk

This is what I call a very understanding DH!! Scrappers will understand.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Sunday, October 21, 2007

National Bingo

I'm hooked!! Out of three games on TV I got down to the last number twice...........bummer twice I didn't win and both times the last number I needed was 7. I will definately be watching next week and I think I will be printing off the 10 extra games you can get from the internet!!

I managed to get some scrapping done today this is my 123 Challenge entry for this month.
1. pink chipboard letters 2. hearts 3. 6x8 photo
This is my Sister's wedding day.


Until next time

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Friday, October 19, 2007

Blogging

Over at Scrapbook City the girls feel that thier blogging needs some work so they have organised some motivation in the form A BLOG ROLL CALL...... what is that you ask? Well you list your blog in the forum and join in by checking everyones blogs and leaving comments so as to keep everyone elses motivation up.

Terri - http://bracklebeebuzz.typepad.com
Wendy - http://craftingcrazylady.blogspot.com/
Michelle - www.michelle-lindenmayers-blog.blogspot.com
Tam - http://tamharris.blogspot.com/
Katie - http://katiehs-life.blogspot.com/
Anissa - http://handmadebyanissa.blogspot.com/
Trish - www.tishstalking.blogspot.com
Trudi - www.allthingsscrapandbeautiful.blogspot.com
Jen - http://uittenbosch.blogspot.com
Ronnie - www.ronniedoll.blogspot.com
Sue - http://scrapinsue.blogspot.com/
Brenda - http://mydaymyscrapbookingmylife.blogspot.com/
Lauren - http://laurenrhodes.blogspot.com
Debbie - http://bizescrapin.blogspot.com/

here is the list so far

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Monday, October 15, 2007

Holidays

We had a fabulous time on our Holiday just me and the boys, Michael ended up having to stay home to go to his Pops funeral, I think it did him good to stay at home and look after himself and to have some quiet time, made him appreciate us more when we got home.


Our first two nights were at the Mt Tambourine Motel which is next door to the St Bernard Pub. Very basic accommodation but nice and clean. Funny how small a room can feel when you are trying to entertain two excited children. We just relaxed and enjoyed our days without any time limits or agendas. Beautiful views and it was mating season for the Peacocks so we got to watch them prance around in all of their splendor Just beautiful.

Our first night we didn't get there until late after traffic jams on the way down so we just watched TV and went to bed early. The next day we went for a bush walk and checked out the town and the half a dozen shops LOL. Lots and lots of driving and the whole area is very similar to Maleny and Montville but a whole lot more dryer and thank goodness a lot less developed (although I'm sure it wont take long). The good thing about driving so much was even though I was enjoying looking at all of the beautiful views the boys weren't as interested and so they got lots of sleep in the car and funnily enough they slept well in the motel as well so they had a very rejuvenating holiday.

The third night we visited my friend in Labrador and went shopping at Harbour town. Got a couple of bargains but the kids were so excited to be back in civilization that they didn't know what to do with themselves TOO MUCH ENERGY from all of the sleeping. We also had a lovely dinner at Cav's Steakhouse. I had been there before but not for a really long time and the best part was they have a kids play room so they didn't have to sit still for too long.

On the way home I got to stop in at "IKEA" that shop is amazing everything is so cheap and beautiful. Way too much to take in on a quick visit. I will definitely be studying the catalogue and going back very soon, now that I have seen it and everything is still fresh in my head.

I was really sad that I couldn't stay longer cause I really love the Gold Coast but I suppose the Sunny Coast is better in some ways (like traffic).

Love always
Tanya

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Holidays


Going away for a couple of days SSSSOOOOOO looking forward to it. I had the worst night sleep last night cause all I could think of was all of the stuff I hadn't yet done. We are staying here.

I had my cousins son sleep over for the first time last night he is the same age as Seth so the two of them have been having an absolute ball, poor Tristan is the third wheel and keeps causing fights but when I can distract him the two younger ones play beautiful together.

Tristan is helping me now 7888899+9 VIDJNXFMRET33IJR4I34I4EJ54DREY

On a sad note my favourite LSS Always Scrapbooking is closing. Bronwyn is still going to be around and she is now a Stampin' up consultant so if you would like any information on having a fun get together just drop her an email - bronroh@aapt.net.au Good Luck Bronwyn.

Be back in a couple of days with heaps of photos.
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Monday, October 01, 2007

I WANT!!!!

How awesome is this!! The Original Scrapbox

Tanya xxxooo

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Is this me

This is how Tristan see's me. He asked if he could help and this is what he came up with. I dont think the shirt is me but you never know I am only on my second glass of wine.
LOL
Tanya xxxooo

School Holidays

With the much anticipated school holidays here I have to admit I am ready for school to go back. We have already had several play dates and a Train ride day (Nambour to Morayfield and back again) Which was an adventure all on it's own. Today we went to the movies to see the Rat one and now I am home totally exhausted and in need of a holiday to get over this (unfinished) week. LOL. Seriously it has been fun so far but I think we need to slow down a bit and with a the weekend ahead of us I am thinking of spending a couple of days at home to mellow out before I am hit with another FULL ON week next week.

So next week we are going to the Gold Coast for a couple of days just me and the boys Michael has opted to go to work (He is all Gold Coasted out) So me and the boys are doing a whatever goes holiday no plans I am really excited about visiting my friend and seeing her new baby girl. Cant wait.

And amongst all of that I have actually been able (and have actually wanted to) get some scrap pages done. YAAAHHH I am very excited because I haven't had the desire to scrap which has been a bit of a shock to me (as all of you scrap girls will understand) So here are the pages I have done this week.
This is me and my date at my year 10 Debuton Ball.
This one is this months 123 challenge page which I thought I had better enter since I was lucky enough to choose one of the criteria for this month, ripped paper and the other two are no flowers at all and transparencies. This is actually a take two of this page I had originally used the small dot craft paper for the background but Darling Seth thought because I accidentally left it on his desk that it was his to cut up. That will teach me!!

This is using a whole heap of embellishments out of my Scrapbook City August swap packAnd this is my Daisychain monthly challenge kit.Thanks for looking

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Pictures

I just checked the BOM website to see if the storm that they predicted was going to eventuate and this is the picture at about 10.30pm how cool does it look rain clouds everywhere on the outside of the circle. This is the August swap for Scrapbook City again a fantastic result Thank you so much girls.
Another busy week for me hopefully I can post some more pictures tomorrow.

Thanks
Tanya xxxooo

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Scrap Therapy

If you are looking for some inspiration or a new on line scrap shop take a look here one of the shops I now visit.

Scrap Therapy
Tanya xxxooo

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Quick layouts


I have been doing some seriously quick pages lately. Just almost chucking them together for the sake of getting them done. For the first time in ages I have actually been wanting to scrap and have been trying to every chance I get. So hence the quick layouts got to get them done while the want is there.

Hopefully soon ( in the next couple of weeks ) everything at school with the tuckshop re-opening, not as many meetings or as much paper work for me, and all of the fundraising stuff coming to an end for the year & school holidays. I might get a chance to scrap more, if the boys let me that is, maybe I can come up with some good bribes.


Sorry for the horrible photos it was rain out and this was the best light I could find.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Friday, August 31, 2007

So Cute

I just got this in an email it is so cute you can ask him to do heaps of tricks like roll over and sit down and KISS. Like I said before so cute.
http://www.idodogtricks.com:80/index_flash.html

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Tagged

Thanks Bec for another Tag I think I have done this on before but I will do it again because I can. (Dad you dont have to read all of this cause you prob. already know it. LOL.)

Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Mother
2. Sales Assistant
3. Sizzler - Service, registers and food prep.
4. Medical Receptionist
Four movies you would watch over and over:
1. Grease
2. American Pie 1, 2 & 3
3. Happy Gilmore
4. Scream 1, 2 & 3
Four places you have lived:
1. Maroochydore
2. Mt Gravatt
3. Pacific Paradise
4. That's it.
Four TV Shows that I watch:
1. Grey’s Anatomy
2. anything "REALITY TV" {I just cant help myself}
3. Boston Legal
4. Las Vegas
Four places you have been:
1. Perisher
2. Sydney
3. Canarvan Gorge
4. Emerald
4 People who e-mail me (regularly):
1. Hailey
2. Donna
3. Rhonda
4. Daddy
Four of my favourite foods:
1. Roast Pork Sandwich with gravy
2. Roast chicken and pasta salad
3. Guacamole
4. Tacos
Four of my favourite beverages:
1. Tea
2. water
3. Coke zero
4. Alcohol - depends on what mood I am in as to what I drink.
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Gold Coast
2. Movies
3. asleep
4. anywhere overseas on holidays
Four people I am tagging:
1. Anyone who hasn’t been!
Things you are looking forward to in the next year:
1. Holiday in Darwin
2. Seth going to Kindergarten
3. Scrapbook City scrap retreat
4. studying..........


Well thanks for the tag. I love doning those sorts of things getting to know other people and reminding yourself of things you want to achive.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Drying out

Well we are finally starting to dry out after all of the rain. Our dams are full now so we really don't need anymore anytime tooooo soon. Here is an example of just how much rain we had........ This photo was taken same time last year.
The boys all had a fantastic time in the rain though, Michael bought the boys skim boards so they could skim in all of the puddles (there were heaps everywhere). So I had a fantastic weekend too cause I couldn't do any washing and I had an empty house most of the week.

A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sister and my mother-in-law. Big party day on Sunday - lunch at the in-laws and dinner at my sisters lots of good food and great company.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Thursday, August 23, 2007

123 Challenge Prize


Tristan recieved his 123 Challenge prize yesterday and is over the moon!! He is so proud that today he had to take his layout and his prize to school for show and tell. (even thought they don't do show and tell at the moment)

Poor Seth, tears and all, was most upset that he didn't get a special prize in the mail but Tristan was so good about it all he insisted Seth be in the photo. By the way the car Seth is holding was only given to him the day before. (how quick they forget)

Not much else to report but RAIN and more RAIN! Our backyard is flooded and it hasn't stopped rain since it went dark so I can only imagine what it looks like now. I hope there isn't anything on the shed floor that is not water proof!!!!

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Just for fun

I got this off Leisha's Blog. There are so many in here where it just bought back so many memories. Thanks Leisha!

Just for fun
You grew up in Australia in the 90's.
You made worms by squeezing your Vegemite or peanut butter crackers together.
The best parties always had fairy bread.
The Waugh twins. Go! Aussie! Go!
Super League almost ruining rugby league in Australia.
Getting the Easter Show guide from the paper and circling all the show bags you wanted.
You thought everyone in America carried a gun and you never wanted to go there because you were were scared you'd get shot.
Blinky Bill, Mr Squiggle and Gumby.
Doing research for school projects by going to the library or looking up an encyclopaedia rather than using the internet.
Brian Henderson and Richard Morecroft reading the news.
Paul Keating was some guy that ran the country and John Howard became the only PM you really ever knew because you were too young to care before that.
Waking up early everyday to watch Agro’s Cartoon Connection or Cheez TV.
Hey Hey It’s Saturday.
Everyone got the Coke bag at the Easter Show and it was only $10.
Birthday parties at McDonald's.
A pinch and a punch for the first day of the month. No returns!
The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Don’t push me, push a push pop!
Nobody made "not" jokes... NOT!!
Bathurst stopped being Holden vs. Ford and all those European cars came in until they came to their senses.
Who shot Mr Burns?
That's so funny, I forgot to laugh.
You decorated your room with glow-in-the-dark stickers.
Singing "a ram sam sam, a ram sam sam, guli guli guli guli guli, ram sam sam, a rafi, a rafi, guli guli guli guli guli ram sam sam".
Seeing a small rack of DVDs in the video store and wondering if anyone ever rented them.
Dolly the sheep.
Getting up early to watch the Rage Top 50.
Friends when they were all actually just friends. Why didn't Phoebe and Joey get together?
Watching The Simpsons back when it was funny, every night on Channel 10.
Power Rangers becoming cooler than the Ninja Turtles, even though the Turtles will always be cooler.
Smell the cheese.
Vulcan, Tower, Flame... Australian Gladiators.
Watching Hey Dad! and then seeing little Arthur McArthur go on to star in that famous Sorbent ad.
Full Frontal, not Comedy Inc.
Downloading music from Napster.
Going to see Titanic.
The winner is… Sydney.
Mighty Max and Polly Pocket. Max and Polly always got lost because they were so bloody small.
Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.
Waiting for Tony “Plugger” Lockett to break that record.
Australia didn’t always win the cricket.
The Socceroos couldn’t qualify for the World Cup.
John Eales captained the Wallabies and we won the World Cup.
Ray Martin hosted A Current Affair.
Zoopa Doopa ice blocks were only 20c and if you couldn’t afford it, you asked the canteen lady to cut it in half so you could split it with a friend.
Listening to boy bands like Human Nature and girl bands like Girlfriend.
Barbie, not Bratz.
The Spice Girls.
Happy Meals were only $2.95 and the toys were simple but actually good.
Brad Fittler was the best in the world.
Thorpe won lots of gold medals and wasn’t so gay.
Playing tackle Bull Rush at lunchtime and having tackling banned. You had to resort to grab 1-2-3 or tip. Same goes for footy.
Pogs and Looney Tunes Tazos.
You laughed at the fat kid on the Cottees cordial ad and changed the song to "My Dad picks his nose..."
You ate Smarties instead of M&M’s.
Service stations didn’t need space for 4 digits on their petrol prices signs.
Girl germs! Boy germs!
Goosebumps.
You had to actually call your friends rather than send them an SMS.
Paul Jennings’ Gizmo books.
Matchbox cars.
The feeling of wonder you got, the first time you were able to see the image in one of those Magic Eye 3D pictures.
Talk to the hand!
Johnson and Friends, Noddy and Humphrey B. Bear.
You wished you had enough Lego to build those amazing cities they displayed in the brochures.
Collecting Yowie toys. Aussie wildlife was way cooler than any stupid Kinder Surprise toy.
Playing truth or dare with your secret crush.
Mark Taylor equalling Don Bradman's record.
Slap bracelets.
Roger Ramjet, he’s our man, hero of our nation.
We had paper money.
Telling those Dobbers where to stick it by singing, "Dibba dobba dibba dobba number nine, wearing nappies all the time" and, "Dibba dobba Cindy went to kindy, stepped on a bindy wa wa wa.
"Good on ya Mum! Tip Top’s the one!
You could buy more than enough food from the school canteen for only $2.
Begging your parents to go to McDonald’s for dinner.
Noni, Monica and that bald guy named George on Play School.
Going to World 4 Kids to look at all the toys.
Watching The Lion King and feeling Simba’s pain when Mufasa died. Disney just doesn’t make them like that anymore.
Soft serve cones were only 30c and they never tried to up-sell a Flake because they didn’t have it.
Nesquik without the Nes.
Troll Dolls.
The Kids' Works at Pizza Hut with unlimited drink refills. You made an ice cream mountain covered in choc chips and marshmallows and could never finish it.
Thomas the Tank Engine and TUGS.
Ba-na-na-na-na! Ba-na-na-na-na! Make those bodies sing!
You had to get your photos developed.
Your family didn’t own a 4WD unless it was a real one like a Land Cruiser or Patrol. Range Rovers were tough and nobody thought BMW would make a 4WD, let alone Porsche.
The Channel 9 logo had dots next to it and the Channel 7 logo wasn’t a folded piece of paper.
No Hat, no play.
High five! Up high, down low, too slow!
Cheating in Heads Down, Thumbs Up.
You always wished your parents had bought you a bigger Super Soaker for Christmas. Christmas is hot in Australia... the more water, the better.
Collecting hundreds of tickets from Timezone just so you could trade them for some crappy prize that you could have bought from Woolies for ten bucks.
Healthy Harold day was the best because you got to miss class to sit in a tiny caravan and listen to a talking giraffe.
Playing handball with Ace, King, Queen and Dunce and making up stupid rules as you went along.
Skipping ropes and Jump Rope for Heart Day.
Chewing the crappy gum in Bubble-O-Bill's nose and wishing they could just use Hubba Bubba instead.
A*mazing.Hypercolour T-shirts.
Who Dares! Who Dares! Who Dares Wins!
Having your very own Dollarmites account and getting really excited when you earned a tiny bit of interest

I know it is long but didn't you find your self nodding along to heaps of the them.
Love Always
Tanyaxxxooo

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Rockin' Girl


Funny how you cruise around other peoples blogs and little things stir an interest in you. Well this is one of those things that I have seen recently on quite a few blogs and now it is on my blog thanks to BEC who tagged me so now it is my job to keep this rockin' girl circulating so here is the 5 girls I am tagging................Gigi, Ang, Leisha, Leenie & Michelle.
So to everyone else keep on Rockin' in your own way.
Love Always
Tanya xxxooo