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My fortnightly update of Dante.

He's such a cutie - sleeps lots, well he does when he's at Grandma and Grandad's! And lots of cuddles and kisses given by all.

I've been tagged - Happiness to me is....

Carly-Grace from Everyone Wants This tagged me.

I now have to tell you 6 things that make me happy - and then tag 6 others.

So narrowing down the enormous list to 6 is a bit of challenge!

1. My hubby and kids - of course they make me happy! The giggles from the kids, the love from hubby.... it's all happiness.

2. Our furbabies... Timmy and Bouncer. When they climb on my lap and snuggle in for a cuddle - it's nice to know your loved, even though they can't say it.

3. Reading. I can lose myself for hours in the magical world of Harry Potter or in the dark and and sometimes sinister world of Stephen Kings work. I love crime novels, some science fiction and one of my greatest loves is John Marsden's 'Tommorow' series.

4. Cooking - creating a lovely meal, something divine either sweet or savoury.

5. Creating. So a bit of an open field, but I like knitting, sewing, cross-stitching, scrapbooking, card making. And spending some 'me' time creating a project or completing a project, gives that sense of satifaction.

6. Being me. I'm not your run of the mill person. I enjoy some things that other people don't enjoy - data entry being one that I love. I also couldn't care less about things that as a woman I'm supposed to - like makeup and clothing.... (I make sure I look OK, but clothing labels and brands are meaningless to me).
I love who I am - and people love me - so that makes me happy!

Now to tag six people.....

Alyssa's Journey
Sparsely Kate
Just Us
BabyMac
What! There's No Instruction Manual
More Than Mum

And I'm Back....

I really hadn't gone that far away..... I usually only work 1 day a week - but last week ended up working 3 days - two different jobs.... and the week just vanished.

This week is a bit quieter. So I've been catching up on the neglected housework - and also spending a bit of time in the very neglected garden.

The amount of rain that we had on the weekend has made it a lot easier to pull the weeds out - but there are just so many of the darn things!

I also had to re-plant my cauliflower and broccoli plants - they were planted in the wheelbarrow as the vegie garden is an overgrown nightmare.... But the wheelbarrow ended up looking more like a swimming pool - and I don't think the plants were swimming really well. So now they're in the garden - it may not be the vegie garden, but at least they're in a garden.


Speaking of swimming - Alexander had two weeks of swimming lessons with the school. He's been in a pool since the age of about 3 months - but CAN NOT SWIM - that is a WHOLE other gripe that I won't bring up here.

I started teaching him last summer - and we made progress! But in the two weeks of 1 hour lessons a day Alexander can now swim 8 metres! I am so proud!! So more swimming will be on the cards for this summer (and hopefully someone else will try to teach him to swim too - not just to splash around).


Tax time is upon us again - and people are deciding what to spend their refunds on (if they are lucky enough to get a refund). This year I decided that part of my refund would be going on a new couch!!!

Hubby had one when I moved it - it was (and still is) rather brown and worn - it's supposed to be brown, but I think there is a lot of brown dirt there too. I brought two couches with me - but they didn't suit hubby has he is a lot taller than me - and they weren't comfortable for him - so they went to my brother.... and then to my parents..... and now I'm not sure where they are....

Then we took my brother in laws old leather lounge - which was worn and cracked in a few places, and the cats LOVED to scratch! Darn creatures have got 3 scratching posts but are never satisfied to scratch them!

So two 3 person couches, plus two arm chairs in our smallish lounge/dining room has been cramped.... And if the kids bring anything in, or the clothes airers are up there is no room to swing a cat (not literally people - I wouldn't swing my furbabies!).

So a new modular 5 seater couch has been ordered - and should arrive in 5 more weeks! Along with the new tv unit as we have to move furniture around to fit the new couch in! And get rid of both old lounge suits!

This is what our loungeroom looks like now (sorry about the dodgy paintbrush pic)


And this is what it will be like with the new couch! So much more space! We can pull the dining table away from the wall and from the bookcase - so hubby can sit properly instead of being squished!

Finished Projects

Just a couple of quick photos to show some completed projects! I'll be back later when I have some more time - just don't seem to have enough hours in the day at the moment.



Photo wall! Went ahead a purchased a few (lots) photo frames - and then set to with a hammer and nails! Lots of fun!!!!



My mothers birthday present (shut your eyes mum if you find my blog before your birthday!) Not as big a project as it was when I started it nearly 12 months ago - finshed in less than a week! Just have to get the hot water bottle to fill it now.... not that she needs a hot water bottle.... it's just a pretty decoration for the bedroom.

New Photos!

Some more photos of our nephew Dante - he is now 4 weeks old.

Dante with Daddy!

Dante - sleepy time.

Dante with Grandma and Alexander (cousin) looking on.

Dante with Grandad

Dante with Grandma

Dante sleeping

On the playmat

New Blog This Challenge!

Tell us fifteen facinating, far fetched, frightening, funny or frivilous facts about yourself. Those bits of trivia that are floating around in your life.

Can you eat 10 burgers in one sitting? Do you sleep with your eyes open? Can you tie a cherry stalk into a knot? Speak 5 different languages?

All those things that you've bored your friends and family with for years - We want to know.

1. I snore..... my poor husband.....

2. Inside I am a computer nerd - it just gets hidden away well.

3. I LOVE knitting. I love watching things coming together as I knit.

4. I suffer from anxiety - which makes some days better than others.

5. I can change the oil and spark plugs in my own car - but generally choose not to as hubby is a mechanic - and he ALWAYS needs something else to do!

6. I'd love more kids, but due to medical reasons having any more requires lots of $$$.

7. We own a car that my husband drag races... I have every opportunity to join in and am allowed to race the car. I'd love too - but am scared of something going wrong, so don't... I've seen accidents and I don't want that to be me....

8. I own far too many cookbooks..... Some I've never even cooked a recipe out of - bought the book because it looked nice.

9. I love the song 'Copperhead Road' - I will play it on repeat endlessly in the car...

10. I'm a trained primary school teacher - but have never taught in the classroom - but I LOVE going in for parent help....

11. I love the John Marsden "Tommorow" book series and will read them over and over and over again...

12. I'm a great procrastinator.

13. I love cheeses - all different sorts of cheeses - except blue cheese BLUGH!

14. I don't drink much red wine - not after the last time I drank far too much - it was 4 years ago now, but I still can't face drinking it.

15. I love cats - we have two, but I want more.... I'd be like the crazy cat lady from the Simpsons if I could (without the crazy bit)....

There we go - 15 things about me.... And it's amazing how hard I found that!

I've FINISHED!!

From this a week ago...

To this today!!!!
Two rounds of double crochet around the edge - first round in cream, second in purple - as per the daughters request!

But it is FINISHED!!!

This is the biggest single project I have ever attempted!

Next project? Must finish the hot water bottle cover for my mother that she asked for 12 months ago.....