A little card

Hi all! Have had a lovely day with Toni and Deb at the park.  The kids are now EXHAUSTED and I am happily blogging and soon going to be getting ready for a night in gold class seeing Eclipse again!!  Can't wait!

I just wanted to share a little card I made for my niece's 18th birthday which was yesterday!  I loved using my new forever friends paper!!

Have a lovely day everybody!!

Eclipse was AWESOME!!!

Hi all!  Last night I set up with 7 other fabulous ladies who I am very lucky to call my friends to see Eclipse!  It was great!!  Still went to quickly though, which seems to be a common amongst those who read the book first, but I do think it's the best movie of the series so far!

Thanks to Vicki who gave me the most gorgeous set of candles for my dining room table!  Aren't they gorgeous?

Also thanks to Debbie who made me a gorgeous bag with matching mini zipper purse!  I LOVE the denim and red flower fabric!!  Can't wait to use it!

Finally, thanks to Toni who made me a gorgeous little bag to use in my brand new bag! 

I am so lucky to have wonderful friends, and although we don't get to catch up all that often, it is always great when we do!  Thanks for a great night ladies!!!

Another little pressie!

Maxine gave me some money for my birthday so, as any good scrapper would, I headed for a scrapbooking shop!  I found the cutest things!!

First a set of Forever Friends small squares of paper (50 sheets).  Perfect for cardmaking!  There is a huge, cute variety of papers and some even have the little bears on them!

The other purchase was a set of super cute stickers!! Check them out!

I was so excited when I left the shop and can't wait to use them soon!  Perhaps in Esk???

Now, only 1 more sleep until Eclipse!  I watched Twilight last night and am watching New Moon at the moment!  I can't wait!!!

My birthday....

Hello all!  Well I had a lovely day Monday and was thoroughly spoilt!  I got a small sleep in and then the girls gave me their presents.  It's so nice to get exactly what you like! 

The girls disappeared for some "secret business" and I was soon called to Caitlyn's room where Abbie had been wrapped up!!!  Pretty cute!!

We went to see Toy Story 3 and it was awesome!!  We just loved it and I even cried at the end!!  Ha!  Fantastic animation! 

Monday night my Mum and Dad and Sharryn, John and kids came around for cake! 

Mum actually MADE me a card and this lovely voucher to say that she had paid for my Esk retreat!!  I love them!  I had a giggle because Mum never makes my cards, so I love the effort!! Thanks Mum you're the best!

Have a guess what I'm seeing twice?!!!  Friday night and then Monday night.....

Yep gold class!!  Sharryn had booked these before I organised Friday night, but I don't mind!  Sean and I will see it together with Sharryn and John Monday night in GOLD CLASS!!

I got the loveliest cards this year, a really nice collection....

Thanks all for your b'day wishes and I hope you are all having as greater holiday as I am!  Lots of sleep ins and just having fun!!  xxx

What to do......

Well, I was off school Friday with Caitlyn as she had a very high temp and sore throat.  So, off to the drs we went and were told, red tonsils, not tonsilitis, but here's a script anyway.  Of course, the next morning (after a long night of high temps and tears) puss had appeared and off I went to fill the script!

 So we've spent Fri, Sat and today at home.  Feeling a little bored after cleaning and cooking, the girls and I did some scrapping and cardmaking.  I have a wonderful helper from work finishing Tuesday and our special needs teacher leaves Friday, so I decided to make them a thanks card each.  Here they are....

Today we've cooked (again!) and visited my parents to print some work stuff.  So now, I blog and I suppose get ready for work tomorrow.  Bring on the end of the week!!!

Monday: Planning 1/2 day
Tuesday: Gold/Silver parade
Wednesday: Sports day
Thursday: Excursion with Caitlyn to planetarium
Friday: BREAK UP DAY!!!

Bring on the rest of this week!  I can't wait for the hols and even when they end....4 days a week!!!!!!
Have a great last week all and I can't wait to catch up over the holidays!! xxx

What I've been up to....

Well, the last few weeks have been fairly ordinary for me.  Under 8s week last week was EXHAUSTING!  We went to the Early Years Centre on Tuesday, then had Under 8s at school on Wednesday.  By Friday, I was VERY ready for the weekend. 

This week has been fairly uneventful, except that I completed my transfer form and Julieanne approved it!  I put down Lawnton, Kurwongbah, Petrie, Undurba and Burpengary Meadows.  So I guess it's just a case of fingers crossed and getting back to normal for a while. 

I'm definately on count down now to

1.  ECLIPSE!!  Can't wait!  I keep hearing interviews with Kristen and Taylor and get excited!  It's just like being a teenager all over again (even though it doesn't seem that long ago that I was one!).

and
2.  4 days a week!!  As at July I will be working 4 days a week until Christmas!  Hooray!

and
3.  Esk!!  Off for a relaxing weekend in Esk with lots of winter gear and crafting to do....

Sorry to be so boring guys, but until Eclipse, 4 days a week and Esk happen, I'm pretty sure that won't change!

Catch you all later!

To move, or not to move...

Hi everyone.  Well I've spent a fair amount of my weekend thinking about transfers.  I have started to fill out my transfer at school (as you can't do it online, it has to be through the school intranet stuff). 

My main motivation is to save in school care fees!   I sat down Sat night and worked out that I'm paying close to $800 a month!! AHHH!  I thought it was less...  So I want to take the girls to school with me.  Another reason is definately the distance and wear and tear on my car. 50kms a day is wearing it out (I realise that some people travel heaps further than me!!)!  Finally, I think after about 7 years at Cab East it's time for a change!

So then of course the question is, where to?  I thought about Lawnton (has a good name now I'd say mostly thanks to Tracy)!  Thought about Kurwongbah (where the girls are already).  Thought also about Undurba, Petrie, Dayboro....  hmmm... anyone have any thoughts about all of this?  I would love some other people's input.

Then of course, I think, do I stay at Cab East, on prep and perhaps work 4 days a week like I will be soon.  I know the school, the staff, I LOVE prep and there is a big change coming with the new round of funding.

Hmm...guess I'll just have to wait and see.  Am seeing the staffing officer Thursday.  It's such a big thing!  Can't believe how nervous it makes me!

Netball...with photo!

Hi all!  We had our 2nd week of netball this morning.  The girls were up early and SO excited to go again (no netball last week)!  It's a bit of a drama to get photos whilst they play, so I took a snap of them before the game.  So cute!  Abbie had a ball and Caitlyn's team won, 20-0.  They were both exhausted tonight, but Caitlyn managed to keep talking about how much she loved the game today whilst she was in bed!!!

Hope you are all well and that you all have a fantastic Mother's Day!!!

Signing off,

Kristie. xxx
VPM (very proud Mummy!!)

Overflow!!!!

Well, my long weekend was fabulous and lovely but the end....not quite!  I started to run a bath for the girls yesterday afternoon, when Sharryn and family came over and well, you can guess what happened!  I forgot the bath until a wall of water started to fall whilst we were standing under the house!  ARGHH!!

We ran upstairs to lots of water flooding out of the bathroom!  Not only did we have flooding, but also the power switched off!!!  The safety switch would not let us turn it back on!  So off we went to Sharryn and John's for dinner (thanks again guys!) and home in the quiet house for bedtime!  Lights were OK, thank Goodness!

So very disorganised this morning (and without breakfast due to no milk, toast etc) I took off for work.  Then had to do a PD til 7pm tonight and didn't get home until 8pm.  So a pretty crap end of weekend and day.

We have power back upstairs and internet (thank God!!!).  So I hope you are all having a better couple of days than I've had!!!!

Scrapping Fun!

Just thought I'd share my creations from last night.  Had a ball!  As always, the photos aren't the best, but you get the idea!  Now to wait for ESK!!!!

By the way, I know my cards are upside down but it took FOREVER for them to upload, so not going to attempt it again!!!!

Have a great long weekend!!!
xxx