WHO can complain???

Who can complain when you go out on a Sunday afternoon to have a chat with scrapping buddies leaving hubby with Max and you get home to-

a cooked baked dinner
3 clean toilets
dusted furniture
toys all packed up

I cant complain!!!


and look at Maxi, he can't complain at the size of the bone he got after eating ALL his veggies!!!!
Max was 16 months yesterday so it was time for the traditional 26th Russell photo!!!!!


Max at 16 months ......
loves to 'pretend' talk on the phone
He can follow instructions - go and get the book
He can say "mum, dad, up, key and hello.
He LOVES the house and tunnel at Gym
He sleeps in to 7.30 at LEAST!!!
will say hello as soon as he hears a phone ring
Loves to hide behind doors and shut them in mums face!!!
pulls his socks off at ANY chance

Has worked out how to go FORWARDS on his bike and car.
will walk to the TV in the AAMI add when they mention Max and watch and wave!
is starting to run
can turn the TV on and off with the remote

Have a good week everyone! I have school work up to my EYEBALLS. I would SO MUCH prefer to be playing scrapbooks!!!!

Maximum fun

WOW another Sunday night is here!!! I hate Sunday night I never go to bed early and wake up with BAD monday-i-tus!!!!!

So i will be quick so I can SCRAP!!! Oh and I scrapped last night!!!! loving the new daisy D rubons!!!!

important bits from OUR week!

Some of us from Mothers group went to Lollipops!!!! WOW we had sooo much fun!!! I mean the kids had SOOO much fun!!!! Look at me like a big kid on the massive slide!!!! Gotta do this again. Nathan and Zoe - Max and Charlotte want to take you on a date there really SOON!!!

Happy BIRTHDAY Lucas!!!!

WOW has it been a year since Max met you!!! Your party was great!!!!
Today we took Max to the park and I got some good photos!!!! Today he just laughed and laughed all day!!!!! his laugh is SOOOOO funny - it sounds FAKE!!!! a bit put on but it really makes us laugh and then he laughs even harder!!!! must get the video out this week ti tape it!!!

Here is a photo of his laugh!!!!!

AND to my scrapping pals!!!! I was thinking of you all this weekend! If i could find my phone on Saturday night i was going to message you! (it was in the car!!!)
cant wait to hear about all the fun you had! looking forward to a retreat SOON!!!!!

the last 6 days!!!

Saturday.

Max started Kinder Gym (Gymbaroo) and it was a let down! We spent more time singing and looking at "words" than actaully on the equipment playing!!! I signed up for GROSS MOTOR not literacy skills! HE even GOT literacy homework! COME ON!!!!! We only got about 20 out of 45 min on the equipment and SORRY I am paying for the equipment - I can sing and read at home!!!

WE WANT MORE TUNNEL TIME!!!!!!!

Then i went home and did a fantastic photo shoot for Kathryn! I actaully was nervous for the first time ever! I think because there was SOOO many of them and the light was doing weird things!!!

I am loving playing with them getting some different looks!

Then on Saturday night we popped into Charlottes from Mums group tp return things to them and ended up staying for dinner! I sooooo wish i took my camera as Max had a bath with Charlotte and wore her white and pink PJs home!!! He looked SO pretty! Poor boy! Note to seld TAKE CAMERA EVERYWHERE!!!!! NOTE to SANTA!! I want a pocket cannon for the baby bag!!!

Sunday!

school work, cleaning, washing, playing, cooking, shopping!!!!

I scrapped Sunday night! Loved playing with my goodies from ADDICTED to CRAFT for the next add LO!

Monday!

WORK - yawn

Tuesday

WORK - yawn!

Wednesday!

i headed off to SCRAPBOOKING and BEYOND to work at the Addicted to Craft stand! I was sooo lucky as not only did i get to DROOL over all the HOT Gel-i-tins stamps, EVERYTHING Maya RD, and I could go ON and ON!!!

I also got to catch up with Karen from KSK!!!! I love seeing the boss lady !!!!!

Ok i was sooo lucky as I got to help Jodie from daisy d's!!!!! She ran a great class! Here is the cover of the maya rd album! It was awesome! I drooled over the yummy robons all day!!! I am SOOOOOO busting to use them ALL!!!!!!! Jodie was sooo cool and she was a great teacher. We talked about the states and scrapbooking in Australia. I recommend you go and check out the DD website as they have the HOTTEST ideas and then find a shop that stocks DD as I am totally addicted to the rubons! I know scraploot has some.

then after a day filled with sensory OVERLOAD!!!!! Karen and I had dinner with Alison! it was sooo good eating yummy food and chatting!

we chatted until very late and the lovely Karen gave me a KI felt album!!! MORE drooling! I lOVE you KAren!!!!

TODAY!!!

Karen and I hit the shops! She had a 1pm flight so we had to MOVE!!!!It was sad to say goodbye again!!! I SOOOO Karen and Sally lived down the road - Tassie is toooo far away for such great mates!

on the way home Max vomited for the first time EVER!!!! He was sooo scared!!! he is better now - slept it off for 3 hours this afternoon! I am going to clean this scraproom AGAIN!!!!!!

Stamping up is in!!! So I will be delivering ASAP!!! emial me if you want to organise a time!!!!

Do you like my hat???

......I don't, when mum took me for a walk in the evening I kept taking it off! Desn't she know that it was 27 degrees today and it is UNSEASONALY warm for MAY!!!

My mummy has been so busy - beside playing with me and teaching me to touch type she has...

been preparing work for her 1/2 class... she says they are sooo demanding and have soo much to learn BUT they are a nice class of sweet kids that she enjoys teaching. She worries about their numeracy skills and is always trying to teach them MORE.

Mummy went to KIWI SCRAPS as a teachers aide!!! She was sooo excited and happy.. I heard her tell Daddy she worked hard but got to chat with so many great girls and do some good classes all at once! Wow wasn't she lucky! The KIWI SCRAPS thing sounded so exciting and she did not stop talking about it for days, she learnt something called felting and started an excellent doodling page (on me of course)!!!!

DID you know I turned 15 months! I am SOOOOO clever (and some people tell me I am cute) - well OK EVERYONE tells me I am cute!!!!! I can stand up by myself, jump in the pool and kick to mum, I can chat on the phone (like mother ...like son)!!!! I love keys and pots are my NEW favourite toys! Here are some photos that mummy took.......

Lots of packages have been arriving on our door step. SOme have been for me as Mummy has an addiction to ebay and has been buying all these Little People toys that are no longer available in the shops. I am not complaining!!! She was happy today when she got a package from Katja. She loved her kit and cant wait to use it!

Tomorrow I start GYMBAROO so i will type an update as soon as I have pulled all the tupperware out of the cupboard and had an afternoon nap!

My mummy is going to point her camera at a lovely family tomorrow! I am worried as she calls it a shoot....... I hope she is not going to shoot me for that apple I left under the pillow that went bad and has stained the carpet!!! If anyone deserves to be shot it is daddy as he wants to buy a Harley...he keeps telling mummy it is a steal!!!! but she is not buying it!

I better go to bed now!!!!! nice meeting you all...... drop me a line to say hi if you stopped by!!! It will be good reading practice for me!!!!!

Off to KIWI SCRAPS!!!

thnaks to my buddy Joan I am off to KIWI Scraps with my buddies Alison J and Alison S. I will be working BUT will have some chances to see classes and may get some classes in too! DOING the happy dance!
I am sitting here with a big headache BUT i have to get sorted for tomorrow morning!
I have been tagged by my KSK buddies Kayla and Donna

7 things about me!

I wish i was in Disneyland RIGHT NOW!

I am forgetful and i procrastinate - so if I am not forgetting something important i am thinking about it.

i have a bump on the side of my head - my dr said it is a "growth" that needs to be watched!!!

I swear too much and i need to watch my language

I played with my barbie dolls until i was in year 8 (behind closed doors of course).

I hang my washing in sections depending on if it is going to be ironed, folded or it belongs downstairs.

I went to a fortune teller 2 years ago andshe freaked me out by telling me things NO one could ever guess! She was right in so many ways.

I tag Alison J, Alynda, Karen T, Elleni and anyone who want to give this ago!!!! it was 24 minutes of my life I will never get back (WINK ;)

Anzac Day

This morning Daz drove Dad to the station to attend the march and I became really sad, I just wanted to go too! So i have made a promise that we will take Max every year to see his Pop march! Dad today we remember and I am thinking of your brother "uncle Norm" who was in WW2. I also want to say i love you and I am proud of you. Here is a photo of my sweet Dad - Max taken in the 60'sI have been busy scrapping and I seem to be on a little role! But it is coming to an end as I have a mountain of school work to do and since I am spending all weekend at KIWI SCRAPS I have to get going!

Here are my latest creations

Today we had the wonderful Elleni, Michel and Lucas over! It was sooo good to catch up! I am so happy Max and Lucas are 4 months apart as I know they will be great at keeping each other company for many years to come. thanks sooo much for a fun day! we have to stop missing each other and do it MORE!!!

I also forgot to say in my last post MAX loves Barney.

We went to the Barney concert last Wednesday with Tracy, Charlotte, Christine and David and we had a great time. Max danced up a storm!!!! sadly the shops do not seem to be selling Barney stuff anymore as i would love to get him a Barney toy!

Hello!!!

Max has a new word!!! YAY! it is Hello!!!

WOW it has been a very busy holidays! Seems like I have had soo much to do but got nothing done! I had a great stamping up party with 19 of my scrapping friends. Then after getting to bed at 1am after some scrapping with Alison and Jen it was up at 6am for a trip to the hairdresser and then to Terrigal for Clare and Scott's wedding! It was a really nice day with lots of great catch ups!!! Especially with Jules and Marcus - these two crack me up. We are so lucky to have great friends like these two. Marcus you are a sexy BOY!!!!! thanks for a memorable weekend guys - we need MORE like this!

Scrapping wise I have managed a CUTE altered album for Addicted to craft . It is Maya rd and I cant share - but look out for their stuff it is HOT!!!!

here is also what i did last night!

TV wise - yes !!!if you did not know I am a TV NUT!!!!!!! I am sad biggest looser is coming to an end! I sooo hope Munnalita or Marty get the win!!!! I am loving the Amazing Race and LOST is doing my head in as usual! Prison Break is making my heart skip a beat everytime Michael/Wentworth moves!!!! and as it is holidays and I am up to 2am each night I am SOOOO hating quiz mania - but why do i still listen and scream at the silly twit presenter!!!

Our friends Peta and Todd had a baby boy - Jack Fisher - well done !!

I caught up with Rebekka and her photos made me want to go to New york tomorrow!!!!

I swam in our pool. it was sooo warm as I pumped the solar up and did about 30 laps!!! it was so relaxing.

Happy 50th Birthday Debbie!

Going to scrap even though it is 11.50pm!! I need to achieve at least 2 pages this holidays

LOOK!!!!

I am sitting here totally wasting time!!!! I went for a swim at 11.30am !!! IT WAS FREEZING but I just wanted to go in in my swimmers and TEST it out!!!!!

Anyway last night I started my 2006 year in review page and decided I needed 25 sepia photos!!! I played and played in photoshop and it was SOOOO frustrating!!! So i went on a search and came across these actions!!! WOW i love these actions thingeees!!!

http://kkphotosblog.blogspot.com/ go to the botom of the page

where can i get more! I turned 25 photos into a perfect sepia tone in NO TIME!!!!!!

I love the NET!!!

If I could only get back all the time I wasted last night!

Doesn't he look so cute you could eat him????

It was Darren's birthday.....

but most importantly WE WENT SWIMMING!!!

Mark came over and finished the electrical and we had a little birthday celebration. THEN we decided we needed to jump in JUST BECAUSE!!!!! because it has been a long time coming!!!

I was just going to watch the guys, but Karen said I HAD to get in too!! I could not be bothered getting changed and i think my clothes kept me one degree warmer!

Rebecca was soooo funny - she just got in - no foot test, no screaming - just started to swim! She is a true summer baby!!!!

Happy 31st birthday Daz!!!!! love ya long time!!!!

can't wait to next summer!

So ironic!!!

Our pool is FINISHED!!!! (except the pavers and the plants) nad we get COLD weather!!!! Yes I can here you all tell me "well it is APRIL!!!" I promise you all there will be a photo of me in this POOL this week as soon as the solar kicks in and I find my wetsuit!!!!!

Max and I had a great time on Wednesday afternoon filling it! We walked around the shallow end and he had the best time playing with the hose. I remember doing this when my parents put a pool in - I was sad when darkness ruined our fun!!! the next time he will walk in the shallow end he will be at least 6!!!.

FIRST KISS!!! with a taller and older woman!!!!!!

On Good Friday our Mums group had a get-together! We had such a yummy seafood lunch.

The children played happily! I really hope they are friends forever and attend each others weddings - hey we could even pair some of them up !!! we all get a along so there will be no inlaw problems!!!!!! SUCH CUTIES!!!!!!!

WOOO HOO!!!!

• Last day of school tomorrow!!!! Holidays here we come!
• They start filling the pool tomorrow!!!! Winter swimming here we come (NOT!!!)
• I got the COOLEST new stuff from Addicted to Craft to play with!!!! IT is WONDERFUL . Look out for the Rouge de garance range!!! YUMMY!!! Holiday scrapping here I come!!

will post pool picks ASAP!!!

Don't forget stamping up party!!!! BIG NIGHT!!!!! About 18 so far!!!! Can't wait!!!!

LOOK I still do scrapbook!!!

I did these for Katrina and Vanessa's monthly packs - very honoured that they asked me!

Journaling reads- 362 days, 8688 hours and 521,280 minutes
time has flown too quickly. It feels like only yesterday that you came into our lives. I have loved every minute and will cherish every day of this first year.

The pool is only 4 days off being filled!!!!!!!!

YIPPPPEEEEEE - please hope for at leat 2 35 degree days!!!!!!

Also thanks girls for all your KIND messsages!! I am lucky to be surounded by such GREAT girlfriends!

And don't forget my stamping up party on Friday the 13th!!! 7pm start!!! If you want to order something let me know!!! If not be prepared for a great night of stamping scrapping and WINE!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr Cheerful

No I am not writing the new Mr MEN series and using Max as my illustrations!
I really have been a bit down lately and I really did not EVER want to DO a WOE IS ME type post! I just really need some theraphy and blogging is cheap and I wont see my hairdresser with all the great advice until NEXT week!!!

I just hate how sad I am about the small things! I hate how I can go to work and THINGS can make me really sad, I hate that I am letting things people do to hurt me ACTUALLY hurt me!
NOW tell me bloggers would you be hurt if someone asked someone else to go to the movies IN YOUR HOME in front of you and you were never asked!!! EXCUSE me Would that make you feel like chopped liver OR WHAT!!!???? So yes lots has gotten me DOWN over the past few weeks BUT I guess the moral to my story is when you have someone like Max around it does make you laugh and ENJOY life no matter how bad things may seem!
Yesterday we ventured out into the backyard and had a great time playing with water and cars.

Where does it come from????

This ice block tastes greatOpps I dropped it!!!!

So i will just pick it up!!!!

and eat it!!!

I love him to bits and he makes any blue day GREAT!!!!

Looking forward to Rachel Greigs classes at Scrapabout tomorrow!!! will post and tell ou what I learnt

Mr Independent

I got home from work yesterday and had dinner with Max! He ate 2!! Salmon rissoles and some salad! He rarely eats sweets - but loves fruit, but since I had hardly any fruit left I decided to get out some chocolate custard for him!!! Well the tantrum!!!!! He so wanted to DO IT HIMSELF!!! he grabbed the spoon - so i grabbed another to feed him. He pushed my hand away and said "ugh ugh"! well he SO tried his best but it kept falling off the spoon and EVERYWHERE!!!!! so i grabbed the camera while he continued to be Mr Independent.

WHAT A MESS!!!!!

FIVE things

1. The pool is moving along well. Retaining wall is up after 5 days of hard INTENSE labour by the wonderful Graeme and his off sider Darren. Here is a photo of the balancing act.

2. I had a fantastic time doing Kim Archer's class last weekend!!! I really enjoyed doing lots of sanding - rather than my usual inking. I love it - thanks Kim !!!!

3. Max is becoming a confident walker. On Saturday we had a very busy day with all the electrical being done on the pool. So Max pottered around and found the hose!!! It is his new obsession. he played for 2 hours just moving from water bowl to water bowl! (for the clean freaks like me!! I did CLEAN the water bowls first). nad yes he is in his PJs. He started at 8am and was dragged away kicking and screaming at 10am. I dont think they will EVER be this colour again - been soaking for 2 days and I still can't get the clay stain OUT!!!!!!! 4. Congrats to Hayley, Stephen and Zac on the birth of Tyler. Karen and i went to visit and I sadly forgot my camera. HE is sooo tiny and cute !!! Tyler bought his big brother a Steve Irwin doll. THIS doll is sooooo COOL. KAren and I played with it for a good 30 minutes! The vocie is real and he says 8 phrases and isn't she gorgeous is my favourite.

5. A fortnight ago i had a mums group get-together at my place. It was great to see all the bubs back together. 7 babies and 7 mums!!! So much chatter toooo cute!!!!

I am hoping this week someone finds the formula for adding another 4 hours to the average day !!!!! Time is flying by and I am SAD that I haven't even called my great friend Elleni - I am thinking of you - as slack as I may seem I am WORKING my butt off at school (wont go into the ups and downs of teaching!!!). miss ya and I will call !!!!!!

FAR OUT!!!!

I just spent time catching up on EVERYTHING that has happened and my post failed and i got a blank screen!!!! Will start again tomorrow!!!
ÁNNOYED !!!!!!!!!

love this !!!! SOOO true

Alison sent me this and it really made us giggle

Work versus Prison!!!
Just in case you ever get these two environments mixed up, this should make things a little bit clearer.
IN PRISON..........you spend the majority of your time in a 10X10 cell. AT WORK...........you spend the majority of your time in an 8X8 cubicle. I
N PRISON........you get three meals a day. AT WORK..........you get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it.
IN PRISON..........you get time off for good behaviour. AT WORK...........you get more work for good behaviour.
IN PRISON..........the guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you. AT WORK..........you must often carry a security card and open all the doors for yourself.
IN PRISON..........you can watch TV and play games. AT WORK...........you could get fired for watching TV and playing games.
IN PRISON.........you get your own toilet. AT WORK.........you have to share the toilet with some people who peed on the seat.
IN PRISON...........they allow your family and friends to visit. AT WORK............you aren't even supposed to speak to your family.
IN PRISON........all expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work required. AT WORK..........you get to pay all your expenses to go to work, and they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.
IN PRISON..........you spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out. AT WORK..........you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars.
IN PRISON........you must deal with sadistic wardens. AT WORK...........they are called managers.
Now get back to work. You're not getting paid to check emails.

Also inpired by the fact the PRISON BREAK is on tonight!!! WOOO HOOOOO!!! wih those oys were my brothers

First Steps

1 - 2- 3 - 4 -5

YEP!!! sadly No camera on hand. We were visiting Aunty karen who is in a lot of pain so I think Max decided to walk just to cheer her up!!!!! Poor Karen - get well SOOn - especially before our big girls night out!!!!

Happy Birthday Nathan - Yes I am about 12 days LATE but we had a fantastic day at your birthday party on Sunday.

going back to school work!!!! YUCK!!!!

MONDAY-i-tus

I have it!!!!! Headaches, stress, just plain old OVERIT!!!!!!! Sick of the rain stopping the men from coming to fix the pool, sad about the fact that another busy weekend ended with going to work instead of RECOVERING - that is why I have Monday-i-tus!!!!!!

A big get well to Karen who is very sore after a bad water-ski accident. was thinking of you all day today while I was at work!!!!

Here are some of the photos from LAST weekend - the wedding, the bestman and my gorgeous boy!!!!

what a weekend!!!!

one wedding

one bestman (armed with a great speech - that I wrote)

one 30th

one 1st birthday

sixteen hundred bricks - carried by Darren from the frontyard to the backyard

one visit to a scrap crop to see Alison and Sue

and not much sleep.

my computer has frozen twice with the 453 photos I am trying upload but here is one Alison emailed me earlier

WE call it la la la I can not hear you!!!!!!!

Max slept in this morning after all the partying from the weekend!!

Here is a page just to prove I scrapbooked one more item in Feb before it ends

going to try and upload AGAIN - fingers crossed!!!!!