too cute

another birthday shot!!!! I was soo tired to pressie is in focus and MAX - the birthday boy is out of focus

I am SOOO tired!!

a year ago we brought Max home from hospital. today he came to school for a meeting I had to attend

On the school front we got more numbers and we have to form another class and that means my great team teaching buddy might me leaving ME!!!! OH NO!!!!! going to bed Max and I go back to swimming lessons tomorrow and I need to appear FRESH!!!!

cheers Kathryn for inspiring me to blog in Jan!!!!

back to part time work = depressing!!!!

I keep thinking if only I was not obsessed by scrapbooking product, cute kids clothes and buying whatever i WANT. If onlywe did not put in a pool...I would not be going back to work to PAY off my addictions!!!!! OK OK it is only 3 days but OH GOSH it is still hard and YES emotional. YET AGAIN i cried tonight - last Austrlaian OPEN final I was sittng back in my hospital bed with 2 nurses running in and out chatting and watching the score, and 2 other girls and their newborns and we were quietly cheering on the greek guy - what was his name??? TONIGHT!!!! I had to watch while preparing school work and getting my stage notes ready!!!!!
Oh gee!!!!
Ok got that moaning off my chest - going to iron, pack my bag, read forkeeps and SLEEP!!!! early rising is necessary to hit the classroom and be 100% prepared!!!!!
Wednesday I will be happy - my day off plus prison break is BACK and I can perve on Mr Miller!!!!
BRING on the good TV - all i have to look forward to for a while!!!!!!

Happy birthday little man!!!

WOW only those who have been involved in a first birthday ofr 60 guests can KNOW how I feel!!!!

Max woke up really happy and opened his pressies. He had a great time playing with his COOL winter outfit coathangers and the little people box.

from then it was like it was on FAST FORWARD!!!! guests arrived from 1pm and we got to bed at 2am when the last guests left. WE then awake to a "spray and wipe" add as the place was HORRID!!!!

here he is - SO CUTE!!!!!

I LOVE Alison's work with some of the photos of the day on her blog! Check it out!
Oh gee I am SOOO beat - falling asleep) GOODNIGHT!!!!!!Happy birthday baby - i love you.

reflecting or just plain babbling

WOW!!! a year ago I was sitting in this exact room - finishing off my 2005 year in review layout. Darren came home from a work meeting at 12.45 am. I packed up and we went to bed, I tried talking to hi, telling him i fel weid - he said he was tired and needed some sleep!!!!

At 1.15 POP. Forget the sleep honey drive me to the hospital my water has BROKEN!!!!

Finally at 5.27pm our little man was born!!!!

Now here he is about to turn one!!

DArren was sooo much fun tonight - he helped make cup cakes, packed lolly bags and made some icing!!!! He really is a hard worker - when there is a task to be done he will do it.

i have to go and wrap Max's pressie and get some rest before the morning. I have 24 cupcakes left to ice and a bit of cleaning. i am soo excited about tomorrow - I so want to make birthdays great.

then when he is tucked away in bed a fter a big day tomorrow night I am hitting my bottle of MOET!!!!!! LOOK out!!!

Happy birthday my beautiful aussie day boy!!! I love you SOOOO much.

STRESSED!!!

Ok it is not like Max's birthday has snuck up on me!!! I KNOW the date - there has even been adds on TV asking "what are you doing this Australia day?" and I shout back celebrating Max's birthday with 60 close friends and family!!!!

Tomorrow I am visiting family up the coast and then I have soooo much left to do - lolly bags, cupcakes, fairy bread (blah blah blah!!!)

I still dont have anything for the 2 of us to wear!!! YES I know that sentence sounded SAD (stop laughing Alison) but I have this picture in my head that we will both look snazzy no blue hospital gowns for us THIS Australia day.

Wish me luck!!!

Here we are a year ago today - thanks Alison for the photo shoot - must do it again SOON!!!!

Has anyone got a cheap phone for sale??

YEP lost my second one in 4 months!!!!
It really ruined a GREAT Saturday. Which started off at the RAGGS concert with my great mums group. Max liked it but 10.30 was sleep time not really dance time. We had coffee afterwards (funny no one had coffee) and i think it fell out of my baby bag. I went back 15 min later and it was GONE!!!
After tears, anger and sweat I was off to the movies with Alison to watch pursuit of Happyness!!! WOW it was sensational - Wil Smith really played the part so well and I balled my eyes out. It really made me thankful for all I have and showed me that there are no real excuses - this man faced extreme hardship and he NEVER said NEVER!
I spent this 42 degree day shopping - got some great sales for Max.
Ok off to tidy this house - then BEGIN party plans!!!

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wow I got something finished at 12.14am this morning. It is the last one in my 06 month by month album!!!! WOW he has grown

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I am in love....

with is program!!! Picasa ROCKS!!!! I first fell in love with photo collages on Kim Archer's blog, then Lee showed Alison and Alison showed me. thanks you 3 great girls as this is going to make my year in review layout the best EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

this is January 2006

my blood blisters are GONE!!!

the only proof I had of my efforts today!! I went into school (BLAH)!! We re-carpeted and the place looks like a bomb hit it!!!! I hate a messy room on the first day as there is never any time to FIX it up in my anal way, to start teaching the next day! meetings, 2007 projections, goals, maths programming - blah blah blah blah!!! So I spent 6 hours making the bomb site NEALRY respectable. ENOUGH about this BORING topic - the blood blisters I got from putting up display paper are GONE so no proof of the hard work i did!

stop reading now if you are sick of me GOING ON about how I have had the best year ever and I am SAD my baby is turning one!!! the tears are welling and today in the car I cried - I cried heaps !!! It is overwhelming sadness and happiness all at once. what will I be like on Max's first birthday - up to my elbows in icing NO DOUBT!!! Oh gosh here they come. a yezr ago yesterday I drove up to the mountains and went to Nana's teddies and bought Russell (Max's bear I take photos with), today he tackled it !!!

there is just so much on my to do list and I want to ENJOY my last week of holidays but as I am such a time waster I feel like I am up to my neck in it!!!!

Ok tissue please!!!

Ok I want to get one thing off my list before I go to bed tonight. I have to go and WRITE in our 2007 calendar before I forget someones birthday.

A friend has started a kit company and I LOVE the gallery. Check it out here - love it Katja!!!!

Weighing 1 kilo less!!!!

YES in nine days i have managed to loose 1 kilo!!!! YIPPEEE lots to go I know but that is the start I needed. I have also walked 10 out of 14 days. So my stats are good considering I had drinks and dip up the river and a christening with yummy food on the weekend.

I am going to scrap and watch NIp Tuck. I am also LOVING the tennis!

Sleepy Sunday

Oh i wish! I soo need a sleep.

Yesterday was fabulous as I already have said here are some pics.

It started off with Max deciding he needed to take a shower in his PJs. He worked out that our shower door is dual opening and I couldn't hold him out any longer. So in he got!

It was going to be another day at home as the weather was cold and windy. but I was SOOOO SICk of the 4 walls around me so i packed up and went up to Windsor where our friends have a cabin. The horrible day turned out to be sensational and we had a ball and I cralwed in the door at 11pm.

I wish i had a photo of Alanah on the back of the boat !! She is adare devil and skied like a PRO!!!

Max is SUCH a water baby. He partied all day in the water, had a ball on the boat, loved the pool with the kids and socialised ALL day. I wish I could capture what he did in the water but as I am the one holding him and the need to keep my camera safe it is hard to get a shot!! He ducks under and jumps of the edge and doges the waves on the rivers edge!!! I love having him in the water!

Oh and I got SOOOO sunburnt - spent all day worrying about Max and forgot about my legs!!!! YES I know it looks sore and it is and it is a REMINDER to PROTECT all parts of your body as the sun does get you!!! It will hery to walk to tomorrow at least!

ENJOY!!

I am off to Lucas' Christening and then HOME to SLEEP!!!!

Happy Saturday

Oh sooo happy
but ooohhhh so sunburnt and
ohhhhh SO tired!!!!!
more SOON!!!!
and some great photos I PROMISE

HAPPYNESS

Happiness is my word - thanks Ali - you ROCK your work makes me happy!!! Everything you taught me about scrapping made me happy in Sydney. This may be the inspiration i need this year to go back to work 3 days. I need to be happy, I need to ignore the crap, I need to focus on my class, teach like I have never taught before and empower my vegemites- not try to fix those staff who will never be fixed. As my boss would say thick skin, happy-thick-skin!!!

what makes me happy

MAX

Darren

My wonderful family and friends

My pool (when water is is it)

Scrapbooking

Loosing weight ( YEAH BABY I am in the zone)

Photos

my computer, blogs and KSK

Holidays

Good TV

Sleep-ins

A good laugh

girls nights out (soo looking forward to March 31!!!)

I sooo want to see the movie "the pursuit of happyness"as it looks so inspiring and the adds and promos have also inspired this word. imagine being homeless, a single father, living on the streets and then working your way up to being a multi - million $$$ man!!!!!

Don't worry BE happy

Wednesday!!!

Ok I failed at the blog a day thing!!! Monday night I was scrapping, enjoying my TV, walking and sorting photos and before I knew it it was 12.10am!!! Then last night I felt SOOO blah!!! headache, pool problems so i just sat in front of the cricket!!!

I am about to get my 5000th post on KSK!!!! WOW I can talk!!!! They also have a great new gallery too!!!!

The other night I started the LO below!!! When I was pregnant I bought SOOO much metal for baby LOs so i decided to paint some up and get some use out of it!!!! You would swear I own a kilo of baby metal!!!!!

These photos are from feb, max was 13 days old. Look at those long skinny legs

chip off the old block

"Excuse me operator I would like to make a call to the Department of Community Services and dob my dad in!!! He keeps giving me empty beer bottles and not full ones - how is a kid meant to sooth his teething pain?"

Max loves using everything as a pretend phone!!!! Maybe that is a message to mummy!!!

I PROMISE it is empty, he is just bottle obsessed!!!!!

"Hey Nathan, your dummy looks nicer than mine - so I will borrow it!!! Shhh don't dob, if you lend it to me I will give you some of this".

Check out more photos of the wonderful Charlotte's first birthday with the beautiful Zoe. You will spot me on a c

Cheers to a fantastic weekend.

Hey Kathryn!!! LOOK DAY 6 and I am still doing it!!!!

Someday I will enjoy this pool. These 2 are in it ALL the time. Well I tell ya puppies we did not dig this hole for you so enjoy it while you can! All the rain has put it back by a week or so as the retaining wall is not built so the fencer cant come - blah blah blah!!!


Here is the LO from the other night



















and this one is November from my calendar LOs. The lighting is really bad and it LOOKS wrong but you get the idea!!! I used up some of the bags of ribbon i have.

I had a big day cleaning. Max went to spend time with Nanna and I ...

• went fot a 40 min walk


• Hung out 3 loads of washing C


• leaned the fridge


• cleaned the blinds (timber blinds in a kitchen - so filthy)


• cleaned the Kit.window


• cleaned out the pantry


• cleaned out the bottom 2 drawers


• washed down all my white cupboads - you would be amzed what grime is down there when you sit down on the floor


• mopped the floor and cleaned another set of timber blinds


• ate lunch/breakfast at 3.30


• then went to pick max up and had a swim at Nannas!!!!!!!

Off to Charlotte's (from mums group) 1st birthday tomorrow!!!!!

FIVE NIL BABY!!!

there are no words to describe today!!!!

• Very happy to watch the Aussies win
• Had a bad mummy moment. while making breakfast Max descovered the staricase! has not shown ANY interest since being on the move, but today he made it 10 stairs up and was giggling at the top! I heard him above me from the kitchen, went to investigate and BANG! I caught him on the 4th stair! His head looks like a dropped peach and i was an emotional WRECK!!!
• I am in the middle of gluing down a LO so my fingers are sticky!
• I will upload some photos tomorrow!
• I got locked in Myer buying Charlotte's first birthday pressie.
• I walked for 40 minutes tonight and ate good food!
• I dont know where the full stop button is!!!
• I am really liking BIGPOND movies!!!
• Big cleaning day ahead tomorrow (YAWN!!!).

TODAY!!!

Hey Cathy Z is back in blog land!!!! Cool I love her wit and stories. Meeting her in Sydney was sensational!!!!
Can you tell I have nothing much to say!!!!
I scrapped 1.5 LOs tonight I will take photos tomorrow!!!!
This saving money thing is KILLING ME!!!! So today I broke out and spent some money at Pumpkin Patch!!! Met Veronika for a shop!!
Then this afternoon Alison popped in and she put some of my clothes on (LOL!!!) and we went for a walk! I am doing well 3 days of healthy eating and walking!!!! Wait until the pool is finished and I do water aerobics!!!
I have put a weigh sheet un in the bathroom and each Wednesday I will weigh in!!! DArren is giving me $20 a kilo!!! So weight loss here I come!! I even skipped my lite icecreams tonight. WHO needs it - not me BABY I want the cash.
Go the Aussies in the cricket! 2 days until we must say goodbye to some legends.
Will stop the banter NOW.
Goodnight

Daily blogging!!!

Gee for someone that really thought a BLOG took TOOO much time I have now followed Kathryn's crowd and taking her "blog entry a day challenge!!!

Lets see if I can do it!!!

NO scrapping tonight (insert sad face here)!!! I just made 26 invites for max's first birthday

Here is the photo on the front of the invite!!!

Just in case you were wondering he was born on Australia day and we are having a big Aussie BBQ to celebrate his first.

First LO of the year!!!

In true Belinda style I procrastinated, played and wasted time on this one!!! I am happy but for the hours it took it should be SOOO mouch MORE!!!

It is for an online monthly challenge I am in. I have made a monthly snapshop album for Max and I am loving the album even though I am running late in the challenge. The page opposite will contain all the journaling for the month.

I am on a bit of a NO BUY challenge too!!! Kathy and some of my KSK friends have decided to USE our beloved supplies, I KNOW i have heard your gasps....."but what happens if you love it....NEED to keep it....or the shops never stock it again???!!!! Well TOOOOO bad what use is it in a box!!!! I am planning to buy again when I get 20 pages done - so I am paying myself to scrap. plus we would not want any shops to go out of business would we!!

Day one - 2007

We had a great time in the city!!! Not many crowds, our own PRIVATE view and Max loved his first fireworks display!

He went to sleep just after the 9pm fireworks in Darling harbour. He then WOKE up at 12.05am to give me a kiss and party on with us singing and dancing.

I drove home at 2am and it nearly killed me I was SOOO tired and I had to sit up and really concentrate.

Darren and I lazied around until 11am, ate lunch, Darren dug out more of the pool footings and then we cleaned up until 5.30!!! I am happier the place is cleaner.

Goodluck to the Aussies tomorrow!!! It SOOO has to be a 5-0 win in the Ashes!!! And yes you may hate him but in 5 days (could be earlier) we say goodbye to one of the best cricketers Australia has seen!!! thanks Warney.

Here is Max admiring the view of the fireworks

And hey I am peeved they took off that great show ;) on 9 "Outrageous Fortune" tonight!!! Bring it back channel 9!!!

Ok 2007 goals!!!

Enjoy work - no stress!!! I really need to get over the ISSUES!!!

Enjoy my days off with Max

Healthy eating plan and EXERCISE!!!!

Save - no scrap shopping until at least Feb.

STOP procrastinating!!!! Gee that is hard!!! but I am the worlds biggest time waster. I have bloglines now so that will save time.

Enjoy 2007. I am SOOO sad to say goodbye to 06. The tears still well at all the tiny memories that were created!!! Those little moments

• the first day at home, how GREAT darren was, cooking cleaning and just enjoying us.
• going back to the hospital to have Max checked when he was not putting on weight, chatting with all the nurses
• the great mothers group chats.
• going sale shopping with max in the pram.

I really can't explain but the little things meant soo much, the time at home with my boy, it went by way to quickly!!!

then the BIG things!!!! It was such a party year here

• My 30th, Darren's 30th, a Christening and first Christmas.
• The great times of Kiwi Scraps.
• Going for a new job, getting it and realising family is more important, "better the devil you know" and staying at BPS.
• Darren went to Thailand for a conference and 2 weeks in Goulburn to get his LPG licence.
• I went to Scrapgirls in NOV and had a great time.
• We started our pool.

I better start my year in review LO to share!!!

Sorry about the rambling!!!!