Unintentionally I made....

Sophie and Imogen double bed sized quilts for

their single beds.

Its been a week of bargain hunting for me,

on Facebook there is a local buy,swap,sell group and

I have paid no attention to it before last week.

For a grand sum of $100 we bought the girlies this

a 12 foot trampoline for the huge sum of $30.00

and it does have all the springs attached

Hubby and Em went for a drive yesterday to collect 

Sophies new bed which cost us $70.00 and

included an exceptionally clean innerspring slumber-pedic

mattress

Ta Da, complete with her quilt which is a perfect fit

she loves it, I adore it and as soon as the weather

warms up I will spend a few days, sanding it back then 

re staining it.

Saturday night we had friends join us for drinkies and dinner

so we got a chimnea to have on the deck on cold winter

evenings, it was a fabulous night with lots of laughs, lots of chatter

and possibly lots of alcohol consumed.

Sophie and Emma had an all night movie night at

scouts last night, there obviously wasn't much sleep had as both girlies

went for a nap about 2pm and still haven't surfaced.

its school holiday time for us, I plan on getting some neglect machine sewing

done, perhaps start a new project and having daily sleep ins. Later in the week the

girlies and I are off to Bega to collect Sophie's and my new glasses and to get some

stitchery backing as this week my copy of Anni Down's new book should arrive, and

I am waiting on season 3&4 of Lark Rise to Candleford to arrive from the ABC shop.

Its Shrinking :) :) :)

This is what met you at the garage door on Sunday

lots and lots of boxes, the pile has grown since

I finished packing up my sewing room today,

took down my design wall :(

packed all my little quilts that were hanging up

took the skirt of the quilting frame

packed up all my cutting mats and rulers

but I just couldn't bring myself to pack my sewing machine

away, my current project or my little cutting mat

maybe tomorrow I will do that

I packed all the wine into boxes

dusted the hutch, tv, bookcases

packed up the crystal cabinet, have packed all

I can until we go

while I was busy downstairs, Sophie and her bestie Miss E

were upstairs playing monopoly with Henry

Emma was on a scout excursion, while she was out they went to the

rockpools to clean up the little beach and to look in the rockpools

all was good until she slipped on a rock

look at the mess she made of her knee, poor girl

Tomorrow we have Master A and Miss K coming over for a couple

of hours to have a final play with the girls before they leave on Thursday

(they lived in our new house, mum has a new Marine Pilots job up north)

and other than that we have no plans.

and to top it all off its supposed to pour here

until Saturday

10-20mm Wed

20-40mm Thur

40-80mm Fri

aren't I going to have fun running from house to car, car to house in that

delightful weather.

We get the keys tomorrow afternoon

YIPPEE

and the bestest news ever

Mum saw one of her Cancer doctors today and on her latest xray

her lung tumor has shrunk significantly she said that it was very

obvious before treatment and now its hard to see it. She is thrilled

SO AM I, I know that she will never be cured of it, but YAY YAY YAY

her horrid radiation and baby chemo has worked

2 more sleeps

Until I fly home to see my

mummy, I am very excited to be going home

I just wish it wasn't because she cancer

anyhoo

hubby and I went to Merimbula on

Thursday I needed to get

wadding, backing and binding fabric

for mum's quilt

the backing fabric, a bargin at $10 pm

the binding

Something to watch while I was quilting on the quilty beast

aka Frank

not that you can actually watch a dvd and quilt

at the same time

and on tomorrows to do list because Scouts starts back on

Thursday and I have double to sew on, the pressure is

building.

Tomorrow you can see mums Chemo Quilt, quilted, washed, dried, full

of love, its in the dryer right now

The girlies had a great week at school, they all have lovely

teachers, re connected with their friends, all are happy

so far.

Next trip is being booked when I get home for late April returning to NSW
mid May, she will be mid chemo then and dad will be needing a break.

I need to join frequent flyers I think  :)

Its almost time.....

for Santa to visit

are you excited.....

my girlies are

I am not only because I know

HOW MUCH WORK I have to do

in the kitchen, between now and Sunday

Its been a busy week for us

I have had an influx of stray children

I have had girlies staying over at friends houses

We spent a day shopping in Bega and Merimbula

 for all the last minute christmas gifts,

and food why is food so expensive

and then on Thursday afternoon the 2 big girlies were invested at

scouts

Let the badge earning begin

and my baby girl I love this photo of her

Today was a trip to the supermarket (again), dh and I went on

a slip n slide hunt, we were successful :)

& we bought some prawns and oysters for Sunday

then went to the beach for a couple of hours it was

so nice just to lie on my towel with a good book

listening to the kids have fun.

So as a result of the past week there has been very little

sewing of any kind being done :(

not even hand sewing at night

Tomorrow I have so much to do

I have a Nigella Pork roast thingie prepare

a meringue to cook

veges to prepare

all the Christmas presents to wrap after we watch

part 2 of Going Postal

I am looking forward to Monday :)

Have a Happy, Safe and Blessed Christmas

If you are driving, no texting, drive sober, no speeding

and stay safe

and I hope Santa leaves something special for you all