Wherever I Hang My Hat.....

Snow !!

It snowed last night. Great excitement all round. Okay - to you Canadians this may not be snow - but it was enough for Tim & Meg to have some great fun before school this morning.

We may get some more tonight, according to the weather report, but it doesn't look like it at the moment.

We are expecting Nat over tomorrow - to say goodbye to Granny and give her a few things to take home. I'll have to think of something more exciting than jam butties for lunch !

I haven't painted the last 2 weeks - been working on the business accounts - should be finished soon and then back to the paintbrush. But I have been knitting - a teddy and a cat, and I'm doing a dog for Tim and Jas too (their idea !!)

Meg Blows her Nose

Last week, Meg had a runny nose - but she insisted that SHE blow it. And as I had the camera in my hand, she told me to take photos of her blowing her nose, because she's such a big girl now. So here she is, blowing her nose all by herself.

There we go - all clean now !!!    

Hey good lookin' !!!

Beautiful !!!! I'm going to paint this.

Update !!

I have been quite slack with this blog lately ! Time to get myself in gear. So here's all the latest news.

Shell went for a scan today. It was her final scan to check that everything is okay, and to get to know the sex of the baby. Well...everything is fine, and the pregnancy is progressing normally - BUT - the baby had it's legs tightly together, and they couldn't tell the sex !!! Any guesses it's a girl ! Disappointing - but what great excitement when it's born. This is how it used to be when I had babies. We never knew what sex they would be, so we bought everything in white, pale green, or pale yellow. So we could be rushing around madly after the birth buying blue things, or using the pink things that they've got already. Whatever happens - we can't wait just to love and hold this precious babe. I read this quote about the unborn child, and I think it's so beautiful.

YOU ARE
God's Special Masterpiece......
Loved by Jesus.......
Watched over by Angels.......
And kept in the Heavenly Father's daily care.

Terry & Jo are busy with the wedding plans - very exciting.  They'll tell us all about it, I'm sure, when they come next Sunday.

Mum & Uncle Jim are off to Zim on Saturday 27th January. The Intergalactic Duo ride again !!! Go Batman...go Robin (or maybe the Lone Ranger and his sidekick Tonto ?) I'm sure Uncle Jim will have a great holiday. He comes back on the 17th February. I will really miss Mum. She is still not better - breathing badly, always out of breath. We're waiting for the Xray results and then we'll see the Doctor again. Maybe he'll change her medication.

I've heard from Basil, and he is fine - enjoying Zim. He says it's very hot, and he's not used to it.

The kids are all fine. I think Tim & Jas are sleeping here tomorrow night. Meg is great. I'll take some photos.

OH....you will notice that in my first week of eating normally (instead of pigging out on anything and everything), I lost 2.3kgs !! Now - let's see if I can put it back on again this week, shall we ? Weigh Day is Monday. I'll let you know.

Another OH...we received the most beautiful photo of Katy from Roz. She looks stunning. Roz - can I show it here ??? Let me know and I'll scan it. 

Weight Loss

You will notice above...a Weight Loss Countdown. Yes... I am trying to shift the extra lumps of lard that I'm carrying. I am at my highest weight ever - pig, pig, pig !!! So, I thought if I publicly showed the weight loss, it might encourage me to lose. But maybe not - maybe I'll just ignore it ! No - really - I'm GOING to lose the weight !

I got the ticker wrong for the baby's birth - it's due at the end of May. I knew that - and I still got the thingy wrong !! Old age !! So - if it says the end of April, ignore it. I'll change it as soon as I can.

Happy New Year

A very Happy New Year to all. I'm late updating, I know, but hope to get back into it regularly.

We had a great Xmas, everyone ate too much and had too much fun !!!  New Year was quiet, but we enjoyed the rest. So - it's back to normal. Basil is in Zim on business at the moment - he left on Wednesday 3rd Jan - and he'll be back on the 23rd. Mum is fine - not up to full strangth yet, and still coughing like mad. I took her for an Xray - and we are waiting for the results to get back to the Doctor. I am going to ask him to give her another round of antibiotics. That should shift it. She is making plans to go back to Zim, and Uncle Jim will be going with her for a couple of weeks - great fun !! They should be going at the end of the month. I'll let everyone know when the tickets are booked.

I'm busy uploading the Christmas photos. If you don't see the album on the left, you will soon !

So that's Xmas and new Year over with - the next big event is Tim's birthday !!!