Families R USS

Finally i have finished this rocking chair and I'm very happy with it. I purchased this in Morayfield last year and it was very worn and scratched but that was ok as i wanted to paint one up myself anyway. I spent such a long time sanding every part then prepping and doing undercoat then finally 2x top coats and TAA DAAA all finished ready to be enjoyed for many years to come. what a great sense of achievement in the finished product :)

I picked this little old mirror up from the Tahnuna Reclycle centre a good year ago now.When i was down there getting some books for Aaliyah to read in Nz. There was something about it that caught my eye and jumped out at me. After finally tracking down some suitable purple spraypaint in Adelaide recently i was able to finish this mirror. I think its super cute and great for a wee girls bedroom. It started off having quite a few chips out of it and was rather run down but with a quick spruce up i think it has come up really well.

Well its getting close to that magical time of year again and i cant wait, i just looooooove Xmas. For me its not about receiving gifts its more about giving to others and getting together and having a celebration. This will be fourth Xmas away from home and away from loved ones so will be quite isolating but and a big but it is.. I'm not going to let that stop us having a wonderful day.It may be only myself Hayden and Aaliyah OH and Pixie and Paddington but we can still have a lovely time. I found a Xmas pudding at our supermarket made in NZ so its got to be a yummy one and well look forward to that. I'm especially excited about how Aaliyah is going to find Xmas this year as shes a little bit older in saying that last Xmas we could have just got her 3 rolls of Xmas paper as she just so loved ripping the paper open and screwing it up and of course eating it. I no your meant to wait until December 1st to put your tree up but when have i ever been one for tradition???? i have nev...

I was recently given this excellent Macaroni Cheese Recipe so would love to share it with you. Ingredients + Cheese Milk Plain Flour Bacon Breadcrumbs Margarine Pasta (Now with toddlers using the Bow shaped pasta is excellent as the child can hold the pasta in there fingers).. Grate 2 cups of cheese Add into a saucepan with 4 cups of milk & 1 Tbls of margarine Bring to the boil Add 2 Tbls of flour & stir constantly until the mixture thickens.(dont panic if you get lumps,just keep stiring and they dissapear). If the consistency isnt thick enough add some more flour until it becomes a thick creamy consistency. Then cook 3/4 of a packet of pasta in a pot with a dash of oil and some salt for around 10mins until soft. Mix the cheesy mixture in with your pasta & add chopped bacon . Once mixed all together add this into an oven proof dish & sprinkle a layer f breadcrumbs over top then sprinkle some more cheese across the top again. Put in the oven & cook for around 20-30mi...

Why is there such debate over Dummy's /Pacifiers???? Before i had a child i always looked at children with dummy's and to be honest thought they were just awful and so unsightly. And when my baby arrived i was sure i was definitely not going to use a dummy with her. After Aaliyah was sick in New Zealand for 4weeks really bad with a sore throat as well , i was desperate for anything to fix her she was 4months old. I trotted off to the Dr thinking a course of antibiotics would be the order of the day but once i got to the Dr's and he had checked her over i was told that in fact the best thing for me to try was to give her a dummy for awhile until she got better at least as she was so sick and had been crying so so much that he explained as her throat was so sore the more she was crying the more she was hurting her throat and making it worse. So i figured alright I'll give it a go and within a week she became really attached to it. I noticed with her having the Dummy...

Of late i have been getting into Crafts again, Rather than paint Canvas,s like i used to do i have been trying my luck at sanding and re painting a rocking chair i brought off ebay. I like the whole white look and find its so clean, fresh and bright and added with what ever colour theme you like can make the room pop. Aaliyahs room has all white Furniture and the rest is coloured with pinks/ purples with a butterfly theme. While i was pregnant i painted canvas,s to decorate the walls and also did some picture frames painted. i have been finally getting a mirror ready to paint up aswell after having it sitting away for almost a year. I had forgotten how much i enjoy making things and seeing the finished product. Its nice to be busy again and having projects in the pipeline.... My family smiles, They dont complain, Although at times i am a pain. But when all is said and done, I really am a crafty one.

Sitting back and looking back on a recent trip to New Zealand i count my lucky stars to have an amazing group of friends and a close knit family. I am so pleased to be able go through life's journeys with such neat people. I can't help but feel the pinch of not having them around all the time with me but in the long run everything will fall into play. At the moment we are on our adventure in the Desert. Theres days where you think "Seriously what are we doing??? why are we here??" But on the majority of days you find a positive and will find yourself thinking oh gosh that is pretty or hmmm that was quite cool ya no...... Its Spring and jeeze it sure does get hot in the Desert, I wondered into Aaliyahs room the other night at 9.30pm and it was still 29 degrees. So it doesn't cool down to much overnight. My veggies are feeling the heat and its a struggle to keep them prodding along, Hayds project this block off is to make a shade cover for them. The dogs ar...