Christmas Eve

Well am finally i think ready for christmas cooking done prezzys wrapped almost and house is clean and I am off to bed before the kids and grandkids arrive tomorrow.Can't wait Anabel should really be in to it this year..
I wish all our family and friends a magical christmas wherever you are and whatever you are doing...May 2010 be the best year yet for everyone.CHEERS!!!!!!!!!Love to all.....

almost there

Have managed to complete most of what i set out to achieve this week have finished 5 pairs of cot sheets ,embriodered 4 towels(scary 1st time I have done this but all things considered they look ok) and made some sock protectors for Jeremy ,made lolly trees , slice, homemade mayo for gifts, more slice (because I didn't leave any over for the boys)made candy cane candles(which the boys think are awesome) ,almost finished the baubles ....have boxed and wrapped almost everything(almost)....am stressing that the parcels i bought online won't arrive in time Arghhhhh Australia Post....but now I need to clean ........my house looks like ground zero ......my dining room needs to be cleared of the sewing machine and the 2 overlockers that have lived there all week and why didn't i buy cellophane last week grrrrr. So my plan tomorrow is
1Take Noels mum shopping
2Try to con Noel into taking his own mum shopping
3 clean my sewing table so my machines can go where they belong (don't ask whats gonna happen to the stuff thats residing there)
4 find cellophane
5finish wrapping

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Jeremy .......hope it was a fantastic day and I know that you will have a great time at dinner tonight with Kasey and the kids ,Nat and luke and Laureena . Hoep that you enjoy your prezzys................CHEERS!!!!!!!

Time to get crafty

Still no more on the quilt front but I think you are right Car black is definately the way to go.....I have been busy getting cot sheets done for Anabels toddler bed, Mias toddler bed and Olivers cot and personalising decorations and making lolly trees (in a bid to save some cashola) and have finally managed to get some ......well a few prezzys wrapped .....and even managed to get the front of my house karchered In between Mums overlocker playing up then a friend turned up while I was cursing away at the thing and came back with not one but 2 overlockers that are older models but I zipped along on the old Janome lock but all done so am now the owner of 2 overlockers well three if you count my old one in the shed that needs needles that i can't seem to get.......now to get the other 3 sides of the house done and back to wrapping.....

Christmas shopping

Decided this morning .......after Jeremy nagged me that the helmet he has to have was only on sale until today Ughhhhhh..... that we would brave the shops and try to get some christmas shopping done...........I didn't have a lot to do but lack motivation to do it....well first stop the bloody helmet :( none left surprise!!!!! but the fantastic Kmart people gave us the next one up the pro model for the sale price on the other one which was over double the price so I am loving them :) so all in all it was great and I got most of it done and scored a couple of bargains on the way and then I went to spotlight ....now I just need to get creative.......
which means 1. I can not use Kaseys ideas
2. Motivation needs to pickup
3. wrap
I also need to get sewing to finish the cot sheets for the babies and Jeremy S's birthday prezzy for next week and handpainted baubles for gifts etc .

Kasey just rang me and Oliver has his first tooth with slightly less fuss than Miss A caused getting hers.Maybe he will get his 2 front teeth for chrissy ......... Kase is also going great guns on the toilet training front Miss Anabel is on a roll.

MOTIVATION >>>>>>>where are you ?????????????

We Made It

Well we made it Noel and I have been married for 25 years today. It was definately cooler today than it was the day we got married at 43 degrees we sweltered (no one should get married in december). It may have been a struggle at times but we raised 5 great kids and we have our 2 beautiful grandkids and at the end of the day we can still laugh together and if I had my time over i would do it again ..........so heres to the next 25 hopeully it will be even better.....

Bits and bobs

Finished work on Friday for almost 6 weeks and can breathe a sigh of relief and hopefully get something done. Last week was mind boggling with work ,trips to brisbane a fire at our good friends Lyn and Mick's property that almost saw them lose their home ......scary stuff but thank goodness all is well they stopped the fire within a meter of the house the horses tails will grow back and if we ever get some more rain they will have beautiful green paddocks again. With the heat we have had the last couple of weeks its no wonder how scary that it took them by surprise it was that quick.
We had Kasey and Anabel and Oliver home for the weekend which is great Anabel is a real chatterbox and can sing all her nursery rhymes and of course is stilla big book worm she will listen to story after story and never forgets them and Oliver is rolling over and almost sitting up just gets the wobbles sometimes and is soooooo big and so heavy now but he always has the most amazing smiles these two little moppets just make my day.
still no further on the quilt so i can definately say it will be a no show for xmas but hopefully for lukes birthday in March.
We also has Isabelle today for the day who is my besties grandaughter and the girls got on really well. It makes me sad though and really angry that Petes husband is now stopping her grandma from seeing her ( because he is a total control freak). I know I would be devestated if it happened to me I simply could not live without my grandkids and she can't either so it was super hard to shut my mouth and not say what i wanted to say to him so we don't make it worse for Vik.
This week my plan is to wrap pressys buy more pressys deliver pressys to those I will not see for chrissy and put my house back in order before xmas which is not much short of a disaster area at the moment. Clean Noels Mums windows any takers to clean mine lol.And try not to stress about work next year.....I will be doing full prep and am worried that after all the high needs kids it will be boring ..........well different anyway......arhhhh well time will tell.

No laughing

Now no laughing Car !!!!!! this is the quilt so far and the eye spy orchestra fabric ...........don' t know whether to border this part in black or red before I go on maybe in black with a mix of the eye spy and I have a white music note fabric for the next set of blocks...Let me know your thoughts.... Ideas. I always thought I would do the black and white now am not so sure

Dollhouse

I scored myself a doll house today from work with all the transitions from pre school to prep there is way 2 much stuff and this hasn't been used since it came to work so Anabel scores a rather large doll house at grandmas to play with but first i want to do it up I will add it to the very large doll house in our shed that was kaseys when she was little that hopefully will eventually go to Anabel when she is at the barbie stage. Will post some pics when I pick it up next week. Only 5 days to go arghhhh love my job but can't wait. So much to do so little time .

Also have been trying to work on Lukes quilt but honestly time is running out for me to have it by xmas. It is a music quilt that I started a while ago with the plan to make one for both Tom and Luke . I hand drew and stitched the trombones and was really set on all black and white theme but I bought an eye spy orchestra fabric and I'm worried that it will get lost in all the black Car .....Jen.....thoughts please will try to post some pics on the weekend I'm thinking I need to add maybe some red?????? Its a very basic squares pattern but I want to keep it simple.
I also need to get moving on my christmas sewing fitted sheets for Olly and Anabel and Mia and Mia's new tinkerbell quilt for her toddler bed. And a new boy quilt for my cot for Oliver.