24 minutes!

TODAY the BIG W TOY sale catalogue arrived in my mail box! Here is how the afternoon went!

4.15 - look at the catalogue page by page, think hard that Max needs nothing, I want sing star and "do I get the 8 foot or 10 foor jumpoline"!

I see the Wii and think of Miss Alison as she may want one for Rebecca, funnily enough the phone rings and it is Alison. We talk toys and scrapping for 24 minutes (my phone has a timer)

I ring Elleni and talk Wiggles tickets and toys with her, we compare KMARTS prices and talk presents! we talk for 24 minutes!

5.35 - go to leave for the shops to grab some chicken for tea, the phone rings, meaning it is pasta for tea! Karen and I talk tactics about the MIDNIGHT TOY SALE TRADITION. this year we have many options as big w opens at midnight TOO!!! Oh the choices!
for some strange reason we talk for 23 minutes??!!!! that may be a record!

I call local big w and check if they will be open! I get the service girl of the YEAR and she gives me all the hints of where things are going to be. and they are only getting 70 Wiis in bigger stores and 40 in smaller SO RUN people! Oh yes back to my angel, she is a mum of a 2 year old too so of course we get talking!!!! we talk jumpolines too and V tech laptops! She tells me to come in tomorrow lay by everything come and see her on Friday, cancel the layby and re layby it at sale prices!!!! REALLY??!!! I always thought you could do that but felt scabby doing it! My sales angel insists I can do it and then tells me to enjoy my sleep at midnight!!!! NO!!!! the whole tradition involes coffee and cake at Rashaeys first while the TOY TEAM (AKA Karen, Anabel, Tanya and I ) swap maps and lists and PLAN out attack! So I might layby everything and go in anyway!!! LOL
Oh and Naomi and I (sales assistant of the year) spoke for 24 minutes!!! WOW!!!

I call my MIL Ann and we talk TOYS for a while, SIL Donna and I talk jumpoline sizes and if Max will be able to ride a bike (with trainers) at Christmas time as if so she will get a bike!

We eat vege and chesse pasta and leftover bbq from last night...max also ate a bowl of bubbles and 2 choc yogos for dessert (yes he snuck the second one in while I was talking TOYS!!)

Narelle calls! gee I missed home and away ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!! we would have talked for 24 minutes but Daz came in all fired up saying I had hit the garage door with the car!!! MEN! i HIt nothing!!!!!!!!

Am I obsessed or what!!!??? I get a little crazy this time of year...... wish me luck at midnight on Wednesday, I will enjoy my strawberry pancakes at Rashaeys(which I will fast all day for as I am starting a diet tomorrow) and REMEMBER to go to the ladies this time as last time I ran for toys I had to STOP or it was not going to be pretty!

on that note! GOODNIGHT!!!!!

good times!

Happy Bithday to my gorgeous friend Julie! thanks for the great night that I needed after a tough week! here is a photo of us at my birthday last year (with Alison in the middle)!!! LOL poor me could not remember how old I was this week! it was not until I figured if Julie was 31 today i could not be TURNING 31 like I thought in the staffroom at school this week! WOW I am getting old if I cant remember how old I am !
I have no idea WHY reports were sooo HARD this year! Maybe my dedication as a teacher has slipped and I am living my life too much, running after a toddler, scrapbooking, blog surfing, chatting with friends on MSN and PROCRASTINATING!!!! I have often wondered if I should take a demotion, go back to being just a teacher with no title at the end. Walk in and walk out NO DRAMA, no extras. WOULD I COPE??? maybe not, i tell you I would not cope with no keys to the stationary/craft storeroom! Imagine if I had to actually WRITE it down and WAIT!!! NO WAY!!! I guess the longer I am in this role the harder it would be to actually leave it!
leaving you with a few layouts. I did these for the DT challenge over at scraploot. It was a great 6 weeks and well done to the lucky girls that got through!!!

OUT OF ORDER!

yep! that is how my head feels at the moment!

I get back from an EXCELLENT weekend away to a broken hot water system, meaning LIMITED showers, YES i went 2 days without a shower, just hospital baths! YUCK! especially after an excursion to the city with 52 children walking ALL DAY!!!!
I then stuff UP saving some of my reports and have to write most of my Maths comments all over again! ARRRRGHHHHHH!!!!!!!

I have 2 MASSIVE baskets of ironing, a headache, 1 week to write Term 3s program so I can scrapbook all holidays, i dropped my camera and broke the focus thingy on the lens and i get a massive doctors bill from my OP that I was NOT expecting !
ok! that is all off my chest!!!
here is some of what I did while I was away!



What else so you do at 12.30am on a scrapping retreat??? burn your eyes with fluro colour would be an option! this LO is bright but it matches my outfit!
This LO took me half an hour, that is all I had left to pack up time. It has sat in my "to scrap" folder for 3.5 years, so I am happy to have it done!
there are 2 that I cant share, and one kit page from Katja that I forgot to photograph.
happy Friday and here is to a good weekend !!!!!

She who has clip it up will travel!
I am HOME!!!! not that i guess many of you knew I was GONE!!! I had a great 2.5 days at a scrapbook retreat! I scrapped, procrastinated, laughed, sang, ate, spat on my LO from too much giggling with Vanessa my table buddy and met some really nice people that I hope will be in contact!
I took photos of all my layouts BUT as I am NOW playing with my ISO and WB on my camera thanks to the wonderful Janine (like I know what I am doing!!!!) i forgot to change it for the LOs and they came out all grainy! So I will re shoot ASAP!!! I spent 5 hours making a button tree so it is WELL worth the wait!

8 working days (for this part timer) till those MUCh needed holidays roll around. I need another list too as working to a list it GOOD!
sooooo much to share, I hope to do a post a day to catch up on all that is happening and has happened over the last week!
head down, bum up NOW as I put the final touches on my reports and check another 40 maths comments!

have a good week- I am off to Darling Harbour Wildlife world and the Aquarium on Tuesday with 60 6-8 year olds so wish me JOY!

6.19AM

I have come here to scream as I can't scream OUT LOUD here at the moment as a very unsettled boy is finally asleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


I am exhausted, Sunday i had a bad headache and had to go to bed early (NO REPORTS)
Monday night Max was awake with fevers and the worst grizzling I have heard in years (NO REPORTS)
Last night I was up all night with him too, teeth, tonsils, oral thrush, fevers, you name it he has it!!! (No REPROTS). I am now 3 nights behind, I would have finished, I would have been drinking in celebration tonight!
I have a retreat all weekend and you scrapbookers know how important it is to be prepared for a retreat or you WASTE precious scrapping time. I am not even close, my table is still a mess from when I scrapped 7 days ago!

ok I am going to drag my bed to work, lucky Max is with family today so he can relax.

I wonder how good I will be today with MINIMAL sleep over 3 days! Narelle I know you know how I feel!!!

YAWN!!! off I go.............wish me joy and happiness with my computer lesson, multiplication lesson and ART!!!!!!!

belinda's ebay! (dance costumes)

long weekend update tomorrow night!!!
Karen has ASKED!!LOL(she pretends she cant use the computer well) me to be the seller of her daughters beautiful dance costumes over the years!!! these costumes are well looked after and most only worn once/twice!!! most make me want to go and adopt a little girl just so i can buy them!!!
I am avoiding ebay until i really have to go there!!!!
I dont have much info on them.....just sizes and prices but email me with questions anytime. Spread the word to anyone you know!!!! bh2110@bigpond.net.au
Prices include postage except the tutus they need to be packed up in a box.

$25 Size 6 includes black hotpants (1 only, the other one is sold I think??)

$30 Size 8 matching hair tie

Size 8 $25 spats included
Size 8 $30 - has a glitter in fabric VERY effective on stage!


Size 10 (price ?? TBA)

hand made for an 8 year old $25

$40 Size TBA maybe a 8-10

Size 6-8 $35

Size 4-6 $35

LOVED SEX and the CITY!!! a fantastic girls night out had by all!!!!

update soon!!!!

buried under reports but I just want to note....

Today we missed Gym as I could not find my wallet, found it after 20 min of looking! So we went to the shops early for the weekly shop! We ended up in Gloria Jeans, we shared a banana bread and you had a mini chino while I had a vanilla latte! you sat and talked with me and got puppy out and shared your drink with him!
You were being sooo good, as the lady opposite us was leaving she came over and complemented your behaviour. She asked what my secret was?? maybe food and a mini chino??? as she chatted you looked up at her and poked your tongue out!!!!!! It was comical, as a lot you do is comical! You are a good boy but you have determination and sooooo much character and sometimes these things get in the way! PLUS you are a boy!!!!

Right now you..................................

love Jeff from the Wiggles and always want the DVD on.

are starting to sit down and play with trucks, you load them up and push them around.

love tieing stuff up, the dog on the lead and any cord you find. You tied a rope to the washing basket and dragged it along. You can wind an extension lead up neatly.

always want to play in the car.

love your dinkie bike.

EVERYTHING is "MINE".

I love it how you eat your weet-bix on the stool and I can only give you the last mouthful. You also have to mix in the milk, i cant touch.

love it when i put 3 passion fruits in a cup and you drink it!

When you see Honda Accords on the street you call out to Mark (who drives one).

love to jump on the bed.

still wont say your name but repeat most stuff we say.

adore reading the animal book, you search for the puppy and the monkey!

happy long weekend for those lucky enough not to have reports hanging over their head!

Hi!

Hi my name is Max and I am blogging for my mum as I think she has LOST her marbles! YEP tonight she "pretended" Jeff from the wiggles was on the phone and he was telling her to "tell" me that if I did not go to bed that Jeff would be cranky and I would never get a new wiggles DVD ever again!!!!! I love Jeff so much i listened but Mum she is one STRESSED lady!!!
She wanted me in bed as she has reports to mark and write, a program to DO, spelling tasks to write, homework books and journals to mark and blogs to read!!!! LMNO (laughing my nappy off)!!! She is NUTS!!!!
Mum stop wasting time and just get it all done! I am banning you from all scrapbooking forums, bloglines and 2 peas until you are done!!!!!

If anyone has Jeff's number email it to me as I would love to chat with him!!!!!!

good night!