Monday, June 22, 2009

Last friday - 39 candles

Last Friday was my birthday. I'm now 39, which I can't believe at times. On my Facebook that day, I said how I was another year older, not any wiser (LOL) and definitely don't look older. Anyway, here is my cake, that our older boy David made - it says "39!!".



Oyr younger boy Matt took photos of the cake alight...



I think he did a great job taking the photo, which he took without a flash. Bob thinks the cake looked like a bushfire with all the candles lit.

Here everyone is singing Happy Birthday, and Matt took this photo.





I really thought I was going to be able to blow out all the candles in one go, but it took me 2 times. Hehe!

It was a good day. We went out for dinner to Sizzler and had a pleasant evening there. I just had the salad bar as a main meal, and that was plenty for me.

Friday, June 19, 2009

No more twittering

Decided to delete my Twitter account last night. I was starting to get some weird people following me, and didn't want to have to keep blocking people. So, deleted it to make things easier. I didn't use it all that much anyway. :-)

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Birthday pics from last week!

Here are a few photos of Katie and her birthday last week. She had a great day!



I didn't get the center of the cake frosted, as I had enough trouble with the outer part as it was. Don't know if you are supposed to frost the center anyway. I definitely am no professional cake decorator. LOL!





Gotta love that cheesy grin!







Singing Happy Birthday! David was taking the photo so didn't get to be in it.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Free download of the Future Christian Homemakers' Handbook



The Future Christian Homemakers' Handbook. I purchased this book a while back for my daughter for when she is older, so I can help teach her to be a future homemaker. It is such a wonderful and helpful guide, and I am so glad I bought it.

Right now, Laurie Latour of Future Christian Homemakers is currently offering her handbook online for free that you can print out. I'm not sure how long this offer will be available. You don't want to miss out on this. The handbook normally retails for $29.95USD.

Download it here: Future Christian Homemakers' Handbook.

My birthday girl!

Today we are celebrating Katie's 3rd birthday! She's been so excited about this the past few weeks, and now it has finally come. I am currently working on her cake, which I hope will turn out. I used a bundt shaped silicone cake pan, which kind of messed up the cake as I was taking it out. I will take photos when I can.



Happy Birthday, sweet Katie!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Crafting burn-out

A few months back I closed up my prim craft website. I really had such a burn-out, even though I hadn't really made an awful lot of stuff. I ran out of ideas, and not having access to a lot of craft items just made it hard. I hope one of these days I can get back into it. I love prim crafts.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Had a busy weekend

It was a 3 day weekend, as yesterday was a public holiday due to it being the Queen's birthday. We hired a big dumpster last week so we could get rid of a lot of junk - old furniture, stuff around the house, yard scraps, etc. And we certainly filled it up.

Yesterday Bob had to re-install my computer with a new hard drive. My old one had gotten a virus a few months back, and my computer was very sick. I couldn't get into one of my drives I keep everything on, so I had made a temp one that I used the past few months. But that's all gone now. I had a lot of cute photos in that special file, so I am sad it is gone. I also lost all my email, and all my bookmarks in my browser, some that I have had for a few years. It's really kind of sad to lose it all. So I have to start from scratch again.

Monday, June 1, 2009

A good change may be coming

Happy June everyone! Hope you are all well!

The place where my husband, Bob, works, seems to have been going downhill the past 6 months. Some of the things Bob tells me that goes on there just makes you shake your head in disbelief. It used to be a really great company. Just crazy stuff that has been going on.

Anyway, Bob has really had enough of it all. He recently applied for a new job back in Tasmania, and so we are just waiting to hear back about it. They have to have a board meeting for the final decision, and it all sounds pretty hopeful.

Their main concern is that although they realize they need to hire another person, they just don't know if they have the budget to do so to be able to pay Bob what he is hoping to get. Bob will be taking a big pay cut though if he takes this job (compared to what he currently gets paid), but we are ok with that.

We really hope things work out and that they are able to hire Bob. We want to move back to Tasmania very much. We'd like to live in the town that his folks live in, and it's a nice spot, more out in the country. And the school there goes from kindergarten to 10th grade, so the boys would still be at the same school with each other for a few more years. The high school is separate from the primary section, but the 2 are next to each other. It would be good too, for when Katie starts school in 2 years, the boys will be there too (just in high school).

So it's all pretty exciting. I know I shouldn't get my hopes up (although I am sure you can tell I am excited for the possibility). They could still decide they aren't able to hire Bob at this time. But it looks like there is a great chance they will.

If it all works out and we do get to move, we have a lot to do around the house. We need to get the roof and ceiling upstairs as there are some places where the roof leaks. We need to get the air conditioner fixed, downstairs bathroom ceiling fixed, LOTS of yard work, and a few other bits and pieces. We are going to be doing a lot of yard work this weekend, mostly because it just needs to be done anyway. We have a huge container coming on friday so we can put stuff in it - kind of like a huge dumpster, which they call a skip here. We also plan to get rid of a few old pieces of furniture, and junk around the house. The more we can get rid of, the less we have to worry about moving if we do move, I say.

I'll keep you posted on the outcome!

Monday, May 18, 2009

If you are in a crafting mood

Here's a neat site that has a lot of great craft ideas for crafters. I came across this site earlier today:

Freebies for Crafters

Thursday, May 14, 2009

My birthday boy

Mr. M celebrated his 11th birthday yesterday. I can't believe how quickly my kids are growing. It's all just way too fast!



Mr. M had only one bad birthday present, and that is getting the flu. So he was home sick yesterday, and today as well.