howdy partner…….

You know - I used that title for no particular reason - except that it was the first thing that came to my head!!!

Hey now - if you are looking for a whole heap of colour, you have come to the wrong spot! I mean - yeah sure - I am colourful - but unless I figure out how to colour the font in this post - there will be no colour - ie - no pictures!!!! I’m just gonna prattle on about life - after all - that’s why I am here!!!!!!

Firstly - let’s discuss how my three and a half year olkd daughter tried to ‘pull a sickie’ on Monday. Yes - already she is easing herself into that larrikin-type persona that us Aussies are well known for - but a sicke from creche - where she gets a second breakfast, all the playmates in the world, dress-ups in fanct costumes, sand galore - I kid you not! What a girl! She did the old ‘mummy - my tummy hurts’ trick. Hmm - the thing is - with a child and their tummy - I figure you can never be too safe. One minute they might look fine, and the next - well - you have an appointment with a mop, buckets, and a whole lotta floor cleaner. Okay - so I said she culd come to school with me (a pain in the rear end - but hey!). As I was packing a snack for myself - a little voice piped up and said “you’ll need snacks for me too mummy’! AHA - lightbulb moment. So I said - ‘but don’t you have a sick tummy”………”no” she said, and then the tears started….”I don’t want to go to creche, I want Daddy to take me….”. Aha. There we have it. not a sore tummy afterall - just a conniving child!!!!!!! SO - get this - Daddy took her to creche. Why is that strange you ask (or maybe you don’t - but I am telling this story!)? Daddy to M1 in his car, and I took M2 in my car - to the exact same spot and the same time. (both children will not fit in his car!). How’s that for spoilt! M1 is daddy’s little girl through and through. Me - I am tough, and wuld have just said - come on - let’s go - but not daddy! Little devil - anyway - she got to creche and immediately tucked into another bowl of cereal…………OY

Guess what I just bought (ok so I lied - there will be a picture!!)

How fantastically cool is that!

I bought it on ebay - $329.00 AUD - they sell for $500 AUD in stores. This bloke (bike city warehouse) buys them in bulk, and then sells them. he has a ‘normal’ store in Melbourne, and he delivers for $30. Ripper!!!! This thing will hold both the girls while I ride the bike, or I can push it as a jogger. I have used one before behind a bike - and I love it:) Can’t wait to get back on the bike again - especially in this gorgeous weather!!!!

it’s getting to the time of year when kindergarten enrolments happen. I had no idea about this. I was completely in the dark - I just figured it would happen some time at the end of the year. Nup - NOW. I rang our council (they are in charge of the whole allocating kinder spaces she-bang) and enquired as to why I had been hearing murmurs about enrolment times - and I hadn’t heard anything yet. Get this - M1 is on a waiting list - #6 no less. WHAT! My child - already on a waiting list - I haven’t even checked out any kinders! Apparently they get to enrol on the basis of their age - so the older kids are at the top of the list, and the younger ones get what’s left. Bugger. Why did we have a baby in January! Never fear - all will be well. We went to have a look at her soon-to-be kinder (I figured I should go and have a look where my child’s education was going to begin!!), and Miss Helene (yes - that’s right - Miss ‘Romper Room’ Helene - and get this - her assisstant was ‘Miss Jane’ - gotta love a bit of Mr Squiggle humour!) was happy to inform me that M1 has already climbed up a couple of spots on the waiting ist, and is now sitting at #4. Gifted! Enrol her in special gifted school now I say - she can move up a list without trying! So now we just have to wait until enrolment day next week, and if there are spots left - M1 is in like Flynn! (not sure who Flynn was / is - but we’ll go with it!).

Onto other stuff - Will and I went down to the loca golf driving range on Monday before we picked the girls up. Apparently I have a great swing! yeah. Some bloke who was hitting next to us was watching me (I am presuming only my swing - otherwise it may be a little disturbing) - and he was the one to inform me of my apparent swing. Will on the other hand - did not get a mention. Poor lad! Anyway I got myself a few free buckets of balls - got to be happy with that.

I’ve got a site for all you chicks out there that want to find your essence. Check out SHE-ESSENCE. There are also some great forums over there - plenty of challenges - both for scrapbooking and our every day self. Have fun exploring, and discovering your true essence!

AND - have a look at the fantastic stuff at Designer Digitals this week. Ok - so I know I am a couple of days late it was all released on Sunday - but who cares! There are three wonderful challenges - hopefully I will be able to squeexze one in this week - using some of Patties’ Speed Bytyes! How ace are they - I have been having scrappers block so often - but these really help to knock it outta me! Check out this weeks ad challenge - Maria Sharapova is a great palyer - and this ad says it all!

My buddy Trish has just opened her virtual doors . Loving the new design Trish!

AND another buddy Jess has a couple of top shelf paper packs on her blog.

The colours here ROCK!

On a somewhat sad note - I stepped down from the Sweet Shoppe today.  I just didn’t feel that I was doing them justice.  they have such as awesome team - but I wasn’t doing enough to warrant being a Sugarbabe. So - a big shout out and thank you to all the gang over ther - it wa wonderful to be a part of such a ’sweet’ community
I guess now that it is nearing 5pm - I should go and be a hands on mother instead of letting the sandpit and swing set do the job for me!  Cheers:)