Hi All

Yes I'm still here, wow can't believe how long it has been since my last post, but between the two weeks school holidays and I'm trying to get the business BAS and end of year tax done not to mention our contract with Boral is in the works at the moment that I haven't had much time for much else. The school holidays went way too fast, the boys had fun ice skating, the movies, friends over and to top it all off a three day touch football carnival, who said holidays were relaxing. I still have a bit more paperwork to finish up then I can get back into catching up with everyone, so until then I thought that I will just show you my front entrance way which I did up a couple of months ago.

The teddy family.

Paul's and the boys christening gown, they cringe when I tell them that they wore a dress. LOL

So until I catch up with you all, I hope everyone has a great week.

Cheers,

Not much to tell

Hi all, I don't have much to show you at the moment, many projects on the go but nothing finished yet. This week was a bit of a wipe out too with the boys sports days at school, and in between that I have been busy cleaning out and sorting through my craft room or as Paul's Grandfather nicely calls it my studio (I though you have to be a professional artist for one of those so I felt quite honoured that that is how he saw it.) It's the school holidays next week yeah can't wait, I can sleep in a bit and get stuck into some painting around the house, Oh and there is that wall to build too. I though that I would leave you all with a photo of our lovely new arrivals who are now all out of the nest, they are getting more active everyday playing chasey around the cage and driving their Mother and Auntie nuts, just like human children.




Thunder (boy), Sky (boy) and Tweet (girl) 6 weeks old

Hopefuly I will have more to post about next week, so I hope that everyone has a great week and I will catch up with you all then.

Cheers,

Hello Big Wide World

It's amazing the difference a few weeks can make our once cute but ugly baby budgies are all cute now, it's getting harder to get a decent photo of them now because they are smart enough to know to hide when the camera comes. The oldest which my boys have named Thunder came out of the nesting box yesterday, I think he is a boy still a bit too hard to till yet. I got this photo of him.

He's a lovely white and grey colour, not quite as blue as it looks in this photo, the second oldest is a lovely shade of bright blue and the youngest is a yellow and green colour, it's great that we ended up with three different colours.


Last week I finished off and sent my Parasol and paper swap to Suze in the US, I must thank Natasha for the inspiration on this, after seeing what herself, Heather, Holly and Ginny had made for their Marie Antoinette round robin, although mine is nowhere near as elaborate.

Here is what I sent.

Lots of lovely ribbons and lace.

It's hard to get a decent photo of the clock, I actually used the arms off a doll that I bought so she could hold her parasol, I really hope Suze likes this as it took quite a while to get it to work just right. I hope that it all arrives there safely.

Yesterday my parcel arrived from Suze, I was so excited I had to stop myself and make sure that I took photos of everything. Suze was more then generous I love everything she sent.


How cute is this handmade tag, it is just beautiful.

The most yummiest caramels ever, love the flower and lace

A glittered L vintage doilie and some of the most beautiful papers ever!

Glittered parasols and even some confetti ones too.

How about this beautiful mosaic box it is just so beautiful I love it!

Lovely bling, and have a look at what Suze used for the feet, gorgeous vintage spools with lovely thread still attached.

The inside of the box is just as beautiful.

and look even more beautiful goodies inside the box!

A beautiful vintage parasol broach love it, there was even a beautiful vintage hankie with a lovely girl holding a parasol.

Thank you again Suze I really enjoyed this swap thanks to such a generous partner I hope that your parcel arrives very soon.

I'm trying to stall on the A to Z of my home, as I'm up to M and that is my youngest sons room which I'm still in the process of painting at the moment, sorry I'm not going to give you any clues about what the M stands for you will just have to wait and see hopefully soon।

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful week.

Cheers,

I'm Seeing Red

No i'm not angry just participating in Sara's I saw red challenge. I didn't have to go far to find something red around here. Sorry if you have already seen these photos from around my kitchen and family room.

Of cause Betty had to join in again too, that girl loves a party.


Red geraniums

This red truck is actually a small fish tank it does have a Siamese fighting fish in it but he didn't like the flash on my camera.

I hope everyone enjoyed all the red photos, I have even changed the colours of my blog to match, now I'm off to check out some of the other blogs participating.

Cheers,

It's raining it's pouring (drizzling), the old man is snoring.

That is what I have been singing in my head all day, I'm just so happy that it is finally raining again even if it is only a drizzle. It has been so dry here as of late, one of our water tanks were empty and even the weeds looked like they were dying from lack of water.

We are well and truly into Autumn/Winter weather now not my favourite time of year I'm a bit of a sook when it comes to the cold I wouldn't mind so much if it snowed, then we would at least have something to show for it. These are some of the plants in flower in my garden this time of year.



Snowflake, I love these so easy to look after and when you plant many together it looks like snow.

Camellias, one of my favourites, I actually have 15 of these in a variety of colours not all are in flower yet.

Cactus Flower, (I think that's what it i called) love this colour.

The baby budgies are still going strong keeping both Mum and Dad busy.

Now I have been tag by Marja to answer the following 5 questions about myself, never one to disappoint I thought that I would get onto it straight away.

1. What was I doing 10 years ago?

I had a 3 year old a 16 month old and I was approx 3 months pregnant with number three, oh and did I mention at the time I also worked two part-time jobs, on the weekend at Telebet and a couple of days a week at the family wholesale floorcoverings business. Don't ask me where I found the energy I'm tired just thinking about it, no wonder those years are a bit of a blur.

2. Five things on my to do list?


1. Finish painting youngest sons room.
2. Finish my parasol and paper swap.
3. Do up my craft room.
4. Clean out my linnen cupboard
5. Finish mulching the gardens


3. Snacks I enjoy?


Depending on my mood, sometimes something sweet like chocolate (I love white chocolate) or sometimes something savoury, really does depend on my mood at the time.


4. Things I would do if I were a millionaire?



Renovate! I don't think that I could ever move from here too many wonderful memories and it is just a wonderful place to live, but I would love to pay someone to finish all of the projects that I have rattling round in my head.

Weekend Retreat! I would love a really really big property with just a log cabin and a large shed to house the boys dirt bikes and etc that they would undoubtedly own if we were millionaires.

Travel the world starting with Graceland of cause.

Charity I would love to help out a charity that doesn't get much publicity something local maybe.

5. Places I have lived?


Brisbane and now just north of Brisbane (don't get around much do I)

Ok so I have to tag 5 people -


Deb @ Posted from Home (I managed to get her first for once LOL)
Kris @ Tag along Teddies (Always makes me laugh every post)
Kirstie @ Adeline Country Cottage (fellow bling bling birdhouse extraordinaire)
Linda @ Lilly Cottage (co-owner of 2 gorgeous shops which I still have to visit, soon I promise)
Bek @ Beks Shabby Chic (maker of beautiful faux cupcakes, cakes, biscuits and sugar cubes)



Now I had better get to bed and catch some beauty sleep since I will wake a whole year older tomorrow.

Hope you all have a wonderful week.

Cheers,

A new addition to our family

In one of my very first posts I wrote about our bird aviary, well our birds have been very busy making happy families, one of our couples eggs have hatched and we have three new little baby budgies. It is very hard to get a photo of them but I was able to video them on my phone, sorry about the noise but Mum (Jess) is very protective -



Cute but a bit ugly too. It looks like one of the babies is getting a bit more attention then the younger siblings, I'll keep you posted on how they go.

Cheers,