Sick

My girlie # 2 is unwell.

The girlie who has soooo much energy 110% of the time, my livewire

She arrived home from school and took herself to bed! So I dosed her with panadol then tried so hard to get her into GP , she was soooo hot and complaining of an awful headache, so as I was unable to get her seen by a GP until December 7, I took her to our local hospital, where they said she was dehydrated and that caused her headache, but they then did a urine test with had something in it Lipo somethings, then they started to really look at her,

my poor girl has massively swollen glands in her neck, a swollen tonsil that was pitted and she was so very pale, so the end result was 2 hrs at the hospital, no real diagnosis and we are to go back tomorrow at 8am to have her looked at by a dr.......

fingers crossed that she will be ok in the morning and there is nothing seriously wrong with her that anti biotics can't cure.

A big day at the post office tomorrow, my SSCS gift, a parcel to my mum with some silk threads and baste it glue, and part of my advent swap gift and could someone please help me decide which gift to send as the 'big one' for Christams day I will love you forever cause the way things are going Miss Chookyblue is going to end up with both!

What a Man

Look what DH found for me on the weekend. He called into the local uber expensive 2nd hand shop for a look and found this little gem, he waited until lunchtime today to tell me because he didn't think I'd want it my reply was WHAT THE, so off we went for a look and I tell you all my fingers were crossed that it was still there and it was. A baby Singer sewing machine that WORKS. I need to track down a bobbin cover plate and all will be good.

What a man.

41 days to go :)

So Close yet so far

Lots of decisions made today

Grandma and Frumpa are flying over early January to collect 3 lil girlie's, 2 lil kitty's and 1 naughty puppy, they are the lucky ones, 1 day travelling in planes me I get to be co driver for the trip home from WA to Tasmania.

and

in 42 days I will be sitting in an empty house after watching our life being driven away on the back of a semi trailer  (again)

42 days so exciting.

Not to much sewing going though, I decided on Sunday that I wasn't sure of my Christmas day present for my advent swap partner, so I started making a 2nd, now I can't decide WHICH one to send........

I have about 2 hours work left on my SSCS that Chookyblue is running and it will be postal

last night we had dh's workmate and his partner over for dinner, good food, good wine great company was just a great night but a very late one and I was very very tired this morning.

We have an engagement party on this Friday night, will be great fun otherwise I am working again tomorrow sewing at home Thursday and working again Friday morning. I think I'll need a nanna nap friday afternoon before we go out.

My baby girlie has her very first loose tooth its being pushed out by her adult tooth, poor baby her gum is so inflamed and sore that she has to have bonjella lol, she went to the dentist yesterday and was told she had beautiful teeth, no holes just lovely pearly whites :) that made me happy.

I have a parcel waiting for me at the Post Office, very exciting as I am not expecting anything, I have a feeling its the 1st month of the BOM I am doing with the Fat Quarter Shop I guess I will find out in the morning when I collect it.

I will be so pleased when school, christmas and the sorting out is done.

42 days

Short Leg Syndrome

is what it seems I suffer from.

I bought some 'crop leg pants' yesterday, now to me crop means short, so I expected to put them on and have them sit about 4 inches above my ankle.

but

when I put them on they actually sat about 1/2 and inch above my ankle....... today I had to get them taken up lol.

I'll admit to it now

it's official

I am vertically challenged lol

Care to share your height vs clothing length issues with me :)

on another note

would you like to see another Moda new release for 2010

meet

Cherish Nature by Deb Strain

 and remember about my very special pressie

this is it brand new just released in the States and released here early 2010

now I just need to get busy and finish reading the rest of the series

Tonight DH and I are going out, the babysitter is booked and will be here shortly, the kids are dining on hot chips and bbq chicken and the Wii is really to go. Its DH's workmates farewell party, today was his last day, and DH has 5 weeks and 6 days until he finishes :) :) :) :) so that means its 7 weeks and 6 days until we start our trip home YIPPEE.

Let the countdown begin :)

Goodies from AQM

I am so lucky the girls from work didn't forget about me while they were at the AQM in Melbourne last week. I have a bit of a chook love thing happening, I am going to miss our 'girls' when we go back to Tasmania and DH has assured me I CANNOT take the 'girls' home with us :(

So the girls from work bought me some McKenna Ryan, chook rod ends.

these are  some of the goodies I had in my AQM goodie bag :) 

a 14 x 14 ruler, especially to do a McKenna Ryan quilt, I added my name to the shop list for the BOM of All Cooped Up,  The charm squares are from Michelle Marvig;s 1st fabric line. Some Sew Easy craft mats, Matilda's Own baby templates, a clover Hera Marker, some threads, a thread quide and lots more.

then I found the new Moda that came back, new designs that you can't even buy from the States, the dark is Butterfly Garden by Kansas Trouble Quilters, I got a layer cake and a jelly roll and I am thinking I might need a charm pack too, and the light is Martinique by 3 Sisters, so I am feeling pretty darn special to have these babies :)

and I have one more goodie to share as soon as I remember where I put it, apparently its the FIRST one in the country and my boss managed to sweet talk the distributor to get it for me.....so you just need to wait until I find it tomorrow for a photo, but again I feel very very lucky  to have it and I am looking forward to using it as soon as I find the perfect pattern

DOes anyone have any pattern ideas for these gorgeous fabrics???

SO just a few sharies for you,  more to come

Back to Normal

If there is such a thing as normal for me lol

the girls have returned fromQuitl Market in Melbourne, I am still a bit jealous that I couldn't go too, but hey I got some gorgeous presents for holding down the fort, so to speak here.

I'll share photos in the next couple of days of my pressies, and they bought home new Moda jelly rolls and layer cakes, there are 2 different designs that have my name written on them lol.

So its back to regular programming for my lil family, no more collecting my girlies from school  then them having to hang out at the shop until closing, we are back to the bus each afternoon, I must say it was lovely coming home this afternoon to a quiet house, and watching for the school bus.

I do love silence, its such a rare thing for me.

Sewing wise I have started a new project, a cot quilt for our littlest family member, baby K, who is 3 months old, I am making him the cot quilt in the new Anni Downs, book A Boy Story, its gorgeous and I have had fun collecting fabric for it. Progress photos to come, I have aslo made 1 complete wall hanging, half of another and a needlecase all designed by Anni. I will admit she is one of my favourite designers.

Hope your week is a happy one

Friday the 13th

is lucky for some,

The drawing bowl

the offical drawer outerer's

and the lucky Friday the 13th winner is

LISSA JANE

Congrats Lissa Jane, please email me with your postal address and I'll get your goodies in the mail on Monday

Thanks for playing everyone :)

BTW Friday the 13th isn't so lucky for Henry Cat, who escaped this afternoon, and is currently hiding in the bush in the middle of a thunder storm..........stupid cat...