Blogtoberfest Day 13 - Thankful Thought Thursday

It's been a while since I posted a thankful Thought. Not to say that I haven't had any, I just haven't posted them.

Today I am thankful for my very understanding family.
For the last few weeks (and especially the last few days) all of my spare time has been taken up with the All Things Kids Market that we are holding at school on Saturday. There is washing that needs folding and putting away (at least it's clean) and dishes that need doing, but it's all being put on the back burner until Sunday.

But everyone is dressed and fed! Bailey even had preschool photos today and has gone to school looking decidedly cute.

So I would like to thank my family from the bottom of my hearts for their patience and support.
I'll make it up to you all next week.

K xx

Blogtoberfest Day 12 - Wordless Wednesday

Let's go fly a kite......

Blogtoberfest Day 9 - Happy Sunday

 Today the icecream van came down our street.

 It was the first taste of summer.

And it was GOOD.

Happy Sunday to you.

K xx

Blogtoberfest Day 8 - BUGGER!!!

I'm usually the WORST Blogger in the world when it comes to updating, and I was so happy with myself that I had posted every day in October.

It has been school holidays here, and I haven't actually spent a lot of time at home in front of the PC, so I've tried the whole mobile blogging thing. And as I sit here now lo-an-behold none of it has published. And I have no way of knowing if I can get it off my phone.

I was going to Blog about Operation Barge Arse, but that will have to wait until tomorrow now. I have to go back and either find my posts, or try to recreate them.

Is that cheating?? I will have to back date them. Grrrrr.
Well bugger you all if it is cheating, I'm doing it.

Back later. I'm off to a little blog-hopping of my own
K xx

Blogtoberfest Day 4 - Sandwich Masterclass

Today we had plans to go to the zoo with Emma and Charlotte. We were all really looking forward to it. It's been so long since we've all caught up.

Ardyn had spent the day yesterday with Charlotte and then slept over at her house. Such an exciting couple of days for my girl. She loves spending time with Charlotte Adores her, to the point she says she will marry her when she is grown up. So cute.

A couple of weeks ago an email went around to Zoo Friends members to notify them that bookings had opened to attend the Kids Sandwich Masterclass at the Zoo on October 4 (how lucky), and Emma booked all three girls in. The synopsis of the day was that the kids would learn the importance of healthy eating and how to make sandwiches from "World Champon Sandwich Makers". We weren't sure exactly what to expect, but it was free, the kids got to make sandwiches they wouldn't normally eat, and it was something different.

I'm all for the kids preparing food that they normally wouldn't eat in the hope that they might try something a little different. So whatever they did, I was up for it.

What we experienced was a pretty good morning. 

When we registered the kids were presented with a goodie bag filled with lots of products from the sponsors, a small chopping board, an apron and hat. After they were kitted up in their aprons and caps, they had to collect their supplies - now this impressed me. Each child was given a decent sized cooler bag with contents that included ham, baked beans, beetroot, tomato, chicken, chocolate milk and an apple. At the tables they received a loaf of bread, cheese, wraps, butter.......basically, everything needed to create any sort of sandwich you would like really.

The kids got to watch competitors from the World Sandwichship Competition make different sandwiches and wraps, and then had to copy them using the ingredients from their cooler bag.

They had so much fun creating sandwiches and wraps for us to have for lunch (which we actually did eat). I got both of my girls to try beetroot - which they promptly spat out - and they realised that there is more to a sandwich than jam or vegemite. 

Ardyn even brought some home and Cal is going to take them for lunch tomorrow.

It was a lot of fun. The girls seemed to enjoy themselves. 

Then we spent a few hours at the zoo. We haven't been there for a while and I must say, it has been renovated beautifully. But Ardyn was exhausted after the sleepover and there were a lot of tears and meltdowns - self-inflicted injuries, anxiety over possible turkey attacks, and general fatigue. When we left she fell asleep within a kilometre of the zoo. Bailey too. 

 

The silence was golden. 

Great day.

A Public Apology

I need to apologise to my closest friends, my confidantes and the people who see me most days. For the last couple of months I have been one of 'those' friends, and I hate myself for it. You know the one? The one who is just too much hard work? The one who complains all the time? The one who is always all about themselves and displays a ridiculous amount of self-pity? The one that you just don't want to be around, so you avoid them?

My God, that was me. I'm SO SORRY.

I feel awful admitting that I have been like this, but also happy as I realise I have been like this. That's the first step to getting out of it.

I have spent some time working through some personal issues and doing a HELL of a lot of soul searching, and I would like to apologise to everyone for my behaviour, attitude and general Blah-ness (yes, I've made up a new word to describe the funk that I've been in).

I promise to be more like the easy-going, nice-to-be-around person that you have know in in the past.

To those friends who have put up with my crap, and are still with me, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. I love you all, and appreciate you even more for sticking with me.

To those of you who have possibly written me off, or are thinking about it, please don't. Give me another chance. We all have our issues, and it's taken me time to deal with mine.

Thanks for listening. 

K xx

Blogtoberfest 2011 - Cal's birthday

I just stumbled across Blogtoberfest 2011 on a couple of Blogs, and thought that I'd give it a go and join in.

Basically I am joining the challenge to make a post EVERY DAY in October.

Well if this doesn't get my Blogging motivation up and running, I don't know what will.

It of course, was meant to start yesterday (being the first of the month - durrr) so my Day 1 is actually the official Day 2. Oh well. Better late to the party than never arrive.

I apologise now if 1) I miss a day or 2) my blog posts are less than enthralling, but I'm going to give it a go. Please bear with me.

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Today. Well today was my beloved's 40th birthday, but the party has been going since last weekend.

Last Saturday morning we shot down to Melbourne to host a cocktail party for family and friends. You see, so have only lived in Sydney for 6 years, and Cal wanted to celebrate there. As he is at work all day, I don't think that he has made the same connections that I have up here. Other than work friends, or husbands of my friends, he hasn't really met anyone, and in his defence I guess he doesn't get the chance. 

So here are some shots of the party last weekend.

Today Cal said that the girls could decide what we were to do to celebrate his birthday. 

First we had to let dad sleep in. When they heard him coming down the stairs they quicly ushered him back to bed and bought his presents to him. I didn't have my camera ready for it, but he was quite amazed with some of his gifts.

During the week when I asked the girls what they wanted to get him Bailey said "A ring with a heart on it and a Beanie Kid" and Ardyn said "A book on Triathlons". I managed to talk Bailey out of the Beanie kid (a preciousness completely wasted on him) but she still insisted in the ring with a heart. Very big and very Liberace. Ardyn chose a book on Triathlon training and a book written by Sig Hansen (captain of the fishing vessel Northwestern). We also got him a pair of 2XU running shorts.

I gave him a certificate for a aerobatic plane flight from Red Balloon. He deserves to go for a joy ride in a small plane. When he was 18 he went to the US for basketball and his mum was a team chaperone. The morning that all the guys were going on a light aircraft flight over the Grand Canyon, his mother didn't wake him. Deliberately. She didn't want him in the plane for fear it would crash (which it obviously didn't). Cal has never forgiven her, and she still stands my her actions as the right decision. It's a stand-off.

So I though that I'd give him his joy flight. A friend of mine did the same flight for her 40th, and said it was fab. Okay, so Camden isn't quite the Grand Canyon, but I'm sure he'll still have fun. 

Wheeeeeeee!!!!!!

The girls then wanted to have lunch down at the beach, but the weather was PUTRID today, so it was off bowling we went (please excuse the poor iPhone pictures)

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Bailey was upset that she lost

Then a lazy afternoon at home to play games, watch the NRL Grand Final, have a roast dinner, ice cream cake and a couple of glasses of red. 

A pretty quiet day, but a very enjoyable one.

 

Happy Birthday my sweet. Thank you for being my one and only, and living this life with me every day. 

K xx