More heated discussion

ha! Should say more hot discussion. I can't stop talking about the weather. It was 41 here today. This heatwave has lasted all week. I'm completely over it. At the moment the evening has cooled down outside but it's hot as hell in here still. I jokingly said to Mike we should camp outside in the backyard last night, he nearly took me up on the offer.

I'm off on a fabulous girls weekend this weekend ... to a house with air conditioning! hahaha No no, that's not the only reason. My old workmates are having a girls overnight get together, and we're going to learn beading, before the drinking starts! To be honest I couldn't give two hoots about learning how to bead, but it's more to get together with these girls who have meant so much to me over the years.

Mike is taking Lucky to his first obedience class on Sunday. I won't make it back in time but will be there for the rest of the sessions. Lucky was a show dog (well, for all of his young months anyway) so he knows how to stand proudly and all, and now he sits nicely for us, but as for coming and dropping, etc. sometimes I swear he doesn't know his own name. So we're all going to learn together.

One of the photos I took over the weekend of my sister-in-law's birthday, we were struck by how grey Mike was looking, although he will deny it till the cows come home. I couldn't resist doing a page. He of course is absolutely insulted by it but all he said was ... "I don't like the set out, I don't like the colours you've used, what's these papery bits on it, I don't like this or that". He said absolutely nothing about the photo! See, denial is the key isn't it?

Credits here.

Well that's it from me, over and out.

I ... am ... melting

I do not *do* hot weather very well. Oh sure I like nice warm days. I like feeling the sun on my skin. But the scorchers we are having at the moment defies description for me. No energy. No thinking clearly. We don't have an AC here in the house either. Oh I should refrain. We do have an AC, but you have to sit right slap bang underneath it and wear ear muffs because it's so loud. Every year we say "we must do something about that". And every summer rolls around and we haven't. This year it's on the list, not just a verbal thought floating in the air. I can't stand this heat.

It got to 42.8 C here today, that's 109 F in imperial temperatures. Just so not on in my book.

I went and dragged a chair out into the middle of the backyard before and sat in the dark and tried to soak in what little breeze there was. That was fine until I got attacked by mozzies. I just couldn't win!

So this is a quick posting, it's too hot in here.

I had a lovely surprise yesterday. I got a very nice email from Gwen of Scrappy Angel Quilts. She has just had her 2nd anniversary of blogging. I like to stop in on her blog, I think I originally found it because of her beautiful quilting, now she's knitting and I'm admiring that. If she starts digi scrapping, well I'll be in heaven! hahaha Anyway back to Gwen, she has thanked me for my regular reading of her blog and is sending me some of her delicious sock wool that she hand dyes. Wow! Thank you again Gwen. What a lovely thing to do.

So before I go, shall show you a fun page I did recently of my father-in-law. He was trying number one step-son's motorbike on for size. Doesn't he look big bad and mean huh? Big bikie with his shirt and tie on. hahahahahaha Gosh I love my father-in-law, he's such a great sport.

Credits here.

And with that I'm about to go jump into a cold shower, run around in it, jump out and go to bed. And obviously lie there in a puddle of sweat not being able to sleep. Urrrgh.

Happy Australia Day

However you are spending it, it's gorgeous weather, I hope you are out and about enjoying it. We wandered down to the Village Green and chatted to friends, stopped in at a cafe and enjoyed a cappucino on the way home, it was lovely.

I think we are the only house in the street with a flag pole, it's attached to the shed. It doesn't always have the Aussie flag flying, sometimes Mike puts up the Scottish one or the Lion Rampant (I think it's called), at Christmas we have a Santa one flying. I reckon as long as I don't come home and see a Scull & Crossbones up there, I'll be right, ha!

I'm still plodding along with Project 365. I've become like the papparazi, I never leave home without the camera. Heck, I even took a photo of our cappucino earlier at the cafe. I'm sure people were wondering why? But it's fun, it's making me look at every day things in another way. I think this will be a treasure to look back on.

Credits here.

That's it from me, over and out, I'm off to enjoy the rest of my lovely Monday off work!

It was a hit !

Saturday was a hit, the book for my sister-in-law was a hit, it was a fabulous day. I can let you in on a little secret now. She was having a surprise party. What a hoot. She had absolutely no idea. She knew that we were coming down for a BBQ lunch at her dad's and we had three of the kids with us. She knew about that. What she didn't know was that evening a surprise party was planned.

We supposedly "left" to go home around 4pm but we just did some odds and ends in town. She was going out for dinner with her husband and then home to get changed before going to a Naturalisation party for one of her friends. Her friends had gone to such lengths even sending out fake invitations to this Naturalisation party in aid of the upcoming Australia Day. We headed back around 7pm to her house where her friends had moved in and decorated after she'd gone to dinner. It was completely a synchronised watches type of evening.

When she came back to the house (mind you, she lives in a court and no one was parked in the court, everyone was parked in adjacent streets) she had no idea. Walked in and SURPRISE!!!! What lovely friends she has to do this and what a lovely husband. She's had just as shitty a year as I have in that she lost her mum last year. So this was a lovely bright spot to start 2009 with.

Here's a picture of her during the day opening her Shutterfly book. You think she liked it? I know she did.

Calling all digi-scrappers. Head over to creashens blog to wish her a happy birthday, pick up a fabulous freebie, and have a chance to be a guest member on her creative team. Shen is an amazing designer and a lot of fun to boot and it's sooooooo easy do do pretty pages with her goodies. So you've got to be in it to win it, so get scrapping. Oh and not only that, but she still has 35% off her goodies until Sunday.

Now finally, Sharon has a new Simple Set out, visit twolittlepixels and check it out. This whole format is appealing to me at the moment, particularly with the 365 pages springing up everywhere. I'm lucky enough to be given some cute as a button photographs of my dear friend Tanya's beautiful daughter so I can scrap with them. How lucky am I? Win-win for each of us. I get to use twolittlepixels pretties to make a page with, Tanya gets the page.

Credits here.

Australia Day tomorrow, so however you are planning to spend it, make it a good one. We are planning to go to the entertainment in the Village Square here in town, partake in the sausage sizzle, and just generally enjoy the music and entertainment.

Proof !

Proof that they've been in the same room together. It was quite cute actually, Bo popped up onto the dining chair and Lucky sat watching her for quite some time, disappeared outside, bought the ball back in and dropped it at the chair and then sat back and watched her. An offering? Who knows. Then decided, well heck if you're not going to play with it, I will gnaw on it! They even both come into the kitchen while I'm getting breakfast ready for them too, both sitting almost side by side. I won't say it's peace at last but it's (almost) peace at last.

See Polly, here are those absolute horrible dining chairs I was talking about. I trumped you on it, didn't I? hahahaha

And the book, oh I love it, I know my sister-in-law will too. We'll be giving it to her tomorrow. Here's some snaps of it.

Shall report back on the reaction !!!

It's here !!!

YAY. The book has arrived. We will have a gift for my sister-in-law when we see her on the weekend after all. And it's beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. I do think she may cry. I'm over the moon happy. Pictures will be forthcoming. Obviously it will appear in my next 365 page! ha

So there's a thief in our midst. Shocking in this small town of ours, but true. I went to put my sandals on for work yesterday and one had disappeared, later found on our front lawn under a bush. MY GOOD SANDALS !!!! I just saw Lucky hightail it out the door just before with one of my high heels. Ack! Looks like there will be no more of the throwing the shoes under the bed. It's become a game with him to fetch, retrieve and hide, little devil.

Mind you he doesn't go anywhere near Mike's steel capped work boots, 'nuff said!

I haven't showed you this first page I made of the little boy. This face just melts my heart.

Credits here.

Well that's it from me. It will be another fan night tonight, it's rather warm here at the moment. I'm getting my elbow nudged big time to my left from Molly so I think she wants to go out. Bye!

Count down is on

Only 4 days of post to go. I do hope I get my sister-in-law's book back in time. Cross fingers!!!! I have given Mike strict instructions to ring me as soon as it arrives so I can stop worrying. It won't be the same to give her an "IOU present". It left USA on 9th January so surely not much longer. ~~fret fret~~

Another hot day here today. The house is stifling at the moment, once nightfall hit it was cooler out than in. I have all the windows wide open trying to let the slightest breeze in. Mike has settled down in the loungeroom in front of the fan. He's bunkered down to watch the first of 5 episodes of Roots on Fox Classics I think it is. It's on all week. Looks like I'll be scrapping or sewing cause I'm not overly interested.

I thought I'd share with you two special pages that will take pride of place in my sister-in-law's book. Lucky she doesn't read or even know of this blog! I really love this double spread I did.

Credits here.

I'm in desperate need of some chocolate right now, I have a massive craving. I may have to just settle for a hot chocolate because I have absolutely no chocolate in the house otherwise. I suppose it's safer that way!