Fun!

Oh I've just been involved in the best fun! Over at Scrappin' Patch, many of them went away to a Retreat. Nicki decided we should have an online retreat for those of us who couldn't go. Mandy and I jumped in to help. Poor Nicki ended up having to work all weekend but there was lots of fun anyway. I had a Treasure Hunt - twenty questions whose answers could be found all through the SP website. By 7pm tonight, some of the ladies were nagging me incessantly for question #20 - and I was trying to eat my dinner! I haven't laughed like that in such a long time - my family thought I was mad.

Anyway, here's what I did:

Challenge #2:Use one piece of patterned paper, as much c/s and embellishments as you like but no flowers

Nicki's challenge: Use old punches

I didn't do Mandy's but I did a few other l/os:

The Kanuka tree that we planted at Cape Reinga

Colin's first boat fishing trip

My god-daughter's quilt (but it needs a title)

It's the last week of term - Yay! And next weekend is Easter. And in two weeks time the pin will come out my foot - I'm over it as it hard to shower, hard to sleep and hard to walk!

I also got a wonderful little parcel of things from my SIL and wanted to take a photo, but I started using it all!

Foot, scrapping, end-of-term

I went to the surgeon today and I was really hoping that I would loose the pin, and the "boot" and be able to have a wonderful shower tonight! I lost the bandages but the pin is still there. My toe is lovely and straight and he's pleased with the healing. The stitches will dissolve but my foot looks dreadful! I still have to keep my toes dry but I think showering will be a bit easier. I can't wear shoes so will have to keep the "boot" still until 9th April when the pin will come out.

It was scrapping on Saturday and I had a lovely day! I got eleven l/os done and two of them were doubles. Of course it's my plain and simple style and packing page kits that helps. I even finished all the journalling and titles on Sunday and the l/os went straight into my album without me taking any photos of them. I'll try to take some photos over the coming weekend.

It's end of term so it's very busy. Last night I got home at 7.30pm after leaving home before 8am as it was parent-teacher meeting night. I have no more than one packet of stewing steak and some frozen fish the freezer and can't get to the butcher until Saturday. It will be creative meals this week. Working full time is really hard when you're trying to be a good parent and supervise homework etc as well!

Last night's storm

A storm from the south came in just before 5pm. The sky went black and the temperature dropped from 20°C to 10°C in about ten minutes. The was lots of wind and hailstones. Other parts of Wellington had lots of damage - trees down, surface flooding and roofs blown off. This is what it looked like coming in over the Harbour (not my photo)

It's really cold here this morning - 8°C. I have to take and fetch Ross to a party and I will get take away curry for dinner; then spend the rest of the day scrapping or packing page kits

Operation

I had a foot operation yesterday to correct a hammer toe which was causing a constant fungal infecting in the toenail. Th op was fine but I really don't do anaesthetic very well. I came out of theatre with an oxygen mask on and then they took me back to the ward after about 15minutes. I was fine, but started to feel really sick so back came the oxygen and an anti nausea IV for nearly two hours. Around 8.30pm they asked if I was staying the night, but I knew I would be better at home in my own bed and with some decent food in my stomach. I'm not sure that they were happy though. I left in a wheelchair, with a crutch and a boot for my foot! I got home to two boys who were very pleased to see me! I'm home today (been in bed most of the day) and tomorrow and Thursday I have Wellington Secondary Bowls Championships although the weather forecast is not too flash so I'll just spend another day at home. Here's my foot - the bit sticking out the top is a pin with a bead on which will come out in about two - to four weeks time. The bead was catching on everything so hubby put some tape over it. Showering's going to be fun!!

Flowers my two boys bought me!

And then I have three very clever boys here: we had arranged for our house to be painted but over two months later we haven't seen the painters. Adrian put up some scaffolding frames and bought another four from TradeMe. Then we bought ten planks from Bunnings (driving them home on the Odyssey was another story!) and then they put them up. First job to water blast is done and now they can slowly paint.

I also managed to get my Project 12 February l/o done

Then this morning when I logged I had a wonderful request from the lovely Shell at Scrapbook Dreams: she wanted to use my Parrot Place l/o in her newsletter and when I find out how to link it, I'll add that link here. In the meantime, just go along to Scrapbook Dreams and signup for the newsletter! Update: I can't link it here, but I can email it to you if you want it

Oh and on Sunday we went to buy some shirts for Adrian and I also found some bargains. So I bought three winter tops - not one, but two sizes less than what I currently am wearing!

6th March - such an original title!

Yesterday was my Mom's 80th birthday - that's just amazing! We went out to dinner at Cafe Vella in Plimmerton - very nice.


This morning, Hubby and I woke up really early so we decided to head over the hill to the Martinborough Fair. We stopped at McD's in Johnsonville on the way for breakfast. Did you know that a BLT Bagel is only four WW points? That did me for breakfast. We got there and sat in the car and waited for the rain to stop which didn't take long. We first bought some coffee which was so good and then walked around the Fair. We have been looking at wall art for awhile and found some pieces that we liked, but none that really struck us. We have had an idea in our heads of what we want so we're going to make a "test" piece - a small canvas and if it works we'll buy a bigger canvas and make our own.


I found a bag I liked even though I am still searching for the "perfect" one. This is reversible but I like the cats on the outside. Then we bought some great hot cross buns. I was looking for the berries and ice cream stall and although I saw people eating them, I never found it so a raspberry fruit ice cream sufficed. Of course, as I finished my ice cream, I found the "right" place. I didn't buy another one. I was looking for something for my two boys but the was just nothing for teenage boys unless they were into caps. Lots of jewellery and other trinkets though.

I also got a bit of scrapping done for some competitions:

Purple Cottage for Scrappin Patch Patch it Up

More Birds, also for Scrappin Patch

And The Parrot Place for Scrapbook Dreams more than four (or eight on a double) photos

On Monday I am having a small foot operation to correct a hammer toe. I am quite stressed about that, but even more worried about making sure that I've left enough work at school for all my classes. The operation is Monday afternoon, so I'll go to school in the morning then have Tuesday and Wednesday as sick leave. On Thursday it it the Wellington Secondary Schools Bowls Championships and both boys are taking part so I'm off school for that day too. I was hoping to use some time on Friday to get organised as I had two delightful policemen in my classroom. They have been at the Police College for two weeks learning how to present the DARE programme. However, I had to spend quite a bit of time helping them (it was fun) so didn't get anything else done. I have some photos but I don't want to show any faces and rather than "colouring" the faces in Paint, is there any other easy way of blurring faces? I have Paint and PSE4.