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As soon as I woke up I could feel the heat from outside, it was going to be a scorcher!

Mum rang and said that Josh was keen to come home early, she said everything was ok but he wanted to bring his bird home, I secretly think that yes that was half the reason but he knew it was going to be hot and wanted to swim in the pool all day LOL

I spent most of the morning getting the house organized and also ready for people to view, I'm so sick of people coming around here it aint funny, on one hand I don't want them to sell but on the other hand I want it to be sold and over and done with. An hour before the people were due here I get a call from the Real Estate to say they had cancelled grrrr there goes my day, could have done something else but no sit here waiting for someone not to show, frustrating to say the least!

Mum, Ron and Josh turned up and we had one extremely happy and spoilt boy come home. Mum and Ron had not only bought him his budgie and a cage they also bought him clothes, a how to draw book, sketch pad and loads more. The budgie is so cute, and so small. Josh wanted to call him Alvin (after the chipmunks) but he changed his mind as he is now known as ‘Budgie Boy’ …

The kids swam for the rest of the arvo and I was able to catch up on some internet time and was so over the moon when I read the Scrap Girls newsletter and saw that I had won 3 prizes!!! First up I won the weekly LO contest for Cherish the Moments …

Then I won a gift certificate for participating in the Tree of Doom, and then won another gift certificate for winning Task #1 in the Holiday Hoopla competition …

Alphabet Cards …

So with all those prizes I scored a $30 gift certificate and was able to buy these goodies from Scrap Girls …

Splish splash

Had my morning coffee and decided it was time I needed a new desktop so I participated in Scrap Girls desktop challenge, found HERE. This is what I came up with (click on image for credits)…

I then got straight into cleaning and getting set up for the day. Lainie rang and organized to come over earlier as her girls wanted to play and get in the pool. I was still in my PJ’s by the time they got here LOL An hour later Julie and her girl Matilda turned up followed by Jacinta and her boys. The kids wanted to get straight into the pool and within in no time at all they were fighting and we had to split the girls and boys up and give them a 10min swim at a time while the others played on the trampoline. Amanda popped in for a visit which was nice as she hasn't been here before, she looked so burnt from the beach the other day … ouch!

Julie, Matilda, Mitchell & Joshua …

Jacinta, Jacob, Amanda, Kenzie & Lainie …

 

We decided to save the BBQ for when our men got here once they finished work, I finished off the salads then headed down the street with Julie and we also stopped to feed my ponies.

It was all systems go when I got home everyone was here and we were all enjoying a few beers and a few good laughs. Damian cooked the food and we all settled in for a good night with good friends. Jacinta, Craig and their boys headed off first, then Julie’s man Glen got itchy feet and headed off, Julie followed not long after as her little girl Matilda was so tired. Just before they left we found this cheeky boy Oscar trying to catch some zzzz’s in her pram …

Lainie & Dan decided to stay as the drinks were going down way too easily LOL Dan decided to entertain us by zooming around on Josh’s 3 wheeler bike, gotta love the expression on his face HAHA …

Lainie & I were the only ones up by the end of the night and decided to have some cowboy shots as a night cap, certainly did the charm as I was sound asleep in no time.

Soy-licious

Woke up to my phone ringing, instantly I thought ‘Oh no my dog Sasha has got out’ … luckily that wasn't the case! It was Lainie wanting to see if Damian & I would like to go out for dinner with them, sounded like a great plan so all I had to do was organize getting the kids looked after.

I got to spend some time on the internet then took Josh to stay at his mates house for the night. Lillian and I headed out to see our horses. Our boys (Chief & Prince) had demolished their hay bale and their paddock was in much need of a major clean so we spent a good 2 hours raking and bagging poo … ewwww It’s great that Lillian helps as we put the bags out the front gate for sale and I let Lillian keep the money, its a good way for her to learn responsibility and be rewarded for her hard work. I'm still trying to convince her to save it and then I can take her to the horse shop and she can buy herself goodies, but for now she is pretty keen on spending it on lollies and Barbie things LOL

We headed home and got ready for the night, Damian took Lillian to her Aunty Nicole’s for the night. As I got out of the shower I heard voices and realized Lainie and Dan were already here … eeek I didn't realize it was getting that late already!

The Chinese restaurant Lainie booked us into is called ‘Soy’ located in Mornington. I was honestly expecting your usual Chinese restaurant nothing too special, even though Lainie has raved on about it I didn't have my expectations high. My entree of fried wonton was very nice and we decided to put our mains in the middle of the table and share the lot and what do you know it was truly delish and yes I was very impressed, I can see we will be definitely going back there again!

We decided to head back to Lainie and Dan’s for a few more drinks and listen to some music, before we knew it the time had flown by and it was 3am!!!

Ohh and I have been taking a photo a day as I'm really keen on participating in the Scrap Girls Project Challenge which you can find HERE 

I will post my photo a day and also my LO for the week on my blog so here are my catch up pics …

Jan 1 -

January 2 is the horrid photo of the bruise on my leg I posted about yesterday

and today’s photo is of the for sale sign out the front of my house …

Open for inspection

Well today was the day of the first of many open house inspections, I'm still shattered that the house we are renting is up for sale and wasn't all that thrilled about having people I don't know look through the place with all my possessions on show, I really felt invaded and ever so uncomfortable :( However the good side of it all is that the Real Estate I currently rent through are fantastic, by far the best I've ever dealt with so they are trying their best to be sure I'm ok with all that's going on. The thing that is really getting to me though is that they have advertised the property on the internet with the address which means I get anywhere from 1-5 drive by’s a day not to mention the rude so and so’s who just open the gate and feel they can snoop through my yard, its extremely hard to be polite and tell them to get off the property and see the Real Estate to book in a time to view, ugh … vent over!

One thing that did really perk me up today was a nice email from Scrap Girls with my links to download the monthly club kit and wow its a doozie, I love it! Here’s a peek, click on image for more info …

For the rest of the afternoon I was able to relax in a spotlessly clean house, do a bit of gardening and jump on the trampoline with my kids. I was a little hesitant about getting back on the trampoline due to my clumsy accident the other day and my leg is still quite sore but after a few minutes we were all laughing and I totally forgot about the mini disaster. If your game enough to see the damage I did to my leg, look below …

The start of a new decade

A lot of people have New Year resolutions, well I have a few! Most importantly I want to improve my fitness, record my children's school progression and blog more often so at the end of the year I can get my blog printed and have a hard copy. I cant guarantee this will happen but I can promise myself that I will at least try…

After a huge night out last night for New Years I woke up feeling rather icky you could say, I had an awesome night though so it was worth it! Damian and I headed to Mum’s and picked up the kids, we stopped in to see Uncle Paul & Aunty Lisa, gee their boys are so adorable. We were finally home by 1pm and had a huge mess to clean as our poor dog Sasha had been frightened by the thunder storm and fireworks and had been let inside by Damian’s brother (thank goodness) as we were worried she might run away, she had managed to soak herself in our pond and was so filthy dirty, the floors were covered in mud and ohh my it was so not a good thing to have to clean feeling the way I did. Sasha wasnt herself all day, she was extremely quiet and very out of sorts. I gave her a bath, which is something she hates having done to her but mid way through she started to relax and enjoy it just a little.

For the rest of the day I caught up on my Holiday Hoopla tasks from the Scrap Girls event and got my email submission sent just in time.

These are the 2 pages I finished today …

(Click on images to view credits)