On a Mission

My to-do list for this week

* remove bedroom door (again) and breathe deeply before I speak to offending child   done

* finish Septembers block for A Gardeners Journal

* catch up on the Fat Quarter Shop BOM that is nearly finished

* start a new quilt.......but which one   done

* make some more points for the Mariners Compass thingie

* start my handmade part of Chookyblue's xmas swap and Maree's xmas swap gifts   done

* housework, groceries, more housework   done,

* garden, its over run with weeks

*try to shake my flu/cold/chest infection   still trying

* remember to breathe

* post some very overdue goodies.......

I think that is it for this week

oh one more

* keep everything crossed for my SIL, who at 42 has just been diagnosed with breast cancer, we are waiting to hear on lumpectomy results and treatment plan


Age is no barrier

Happy Happy Birthday Miss I

my baby is officaly 7 years old....

sniff sniff

Here are some party shots

Miss I the birthday girl

Miss E and Miss I

Miss I and Miss B

Australias next top models our Miss E

Miss G and Miss S

Miss P, Miss M and Miss E

Heels anyone

Miss E (back), Miss B, Miss I and Miss E

our Miss E

Miss S and her bestie Miss G

the girls had a fantastic time, was worth the money, no effort needed on

our part except for the cake.

We came home, friends came over, we had a late dinner of Pizza

then bed time (10pm oops)

this morning she waited very patiently until I woke up then opened her

presents, and was thrilled with them all (phew) has had a call from her daddy

we are off for a birthday lunch at Macca's, then Grandma and Grandpa 

are coming for Lasagne, garlic bread and salad

with a yummy chocolate mud cake for dessert.

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS I

mummy loves you very very much xx

Nigella Lawson eat your heart out

Cause I am in town lol

I really should pay more attention when The Cake Boss is on cable

here is Miss I's lopsided Fairy toadstool birthday cake, in all its pre eaten glory.

As I said to hubs this morning my days of creating a cake masterpiece are offically over, this is the LAST ONE.

I just hope it tastes ok and its all good as Miss I ADORES it lol, she told me it was the bestest cake ever, she is so good for your ego, I do love that girl.

Just 1.5 hrs until her party, she is so excited.

and bless her she asked if she could have all her presents today, I had to tell her that if she got some presents at her party she could open those otherwise she had to wait until the morning.

Lasagne for dinner tomorrow night at her request with Grandma and Grandpa, friends are calling in through the day tomorrow and then we have the traditional cupcake making fest on to take to school Monday for her classmates, they are easy all she wanted was iced cupcakes with a lollypop in the top.

Wish me luck as I spend my afternoon with 10 very excited little girls and grandma.

I'll post some party photos tonight and her offical birthday photos tomorrow sometime.

1st finish for October

 Ta Da my 1st and probably the only finish for October

and a close up of the quilting.

now I just need to decide where to hang it.

Feeling Very Blah

I am sick with the flu

and yes its definately the flu

I ache
my nose is like a dripping tap
my chest hurts from coughing
I am either freezing cold or boiling hot
I have a permanent headache that just won't go away
I am either asleep on the couch or wishing I was
I have no appetite and everything tastes like cardboard

and I need shares in Kleenex (4 boxes of tissues and counting)

its frustrating as I have NO IDEA who passed it onto me

I woke up Tuesday morning with an itchy sore throat then by Wednesday morning it was all downhill

Mum and dad had the girlies yesterday afternoon and then when they bought them home they also bought home some dinner YAY

so we are hanging at home today doing not much its Miss I's party tomorrow so I need to be well for that and I have to go annd collect her cake bases soon and decorate them tonight, I might need a surgical mask to avoid spreading the germs lol.

BUT

I have finished the pinwheel wall hanging, I sewed the binding down yesterday while the girlies were out and I was watching movies, Under Hill 60 (loved it) and 'The Men who Stare at Goats too funny, but I still have a bit of it to watch.

I'll be back with a photo of the wall hanging soon

Break out the Champagne

I have been sewing on Wolfie

I sewed the binding onto the black and white pinwheel wall hanging I made a couple of months ago, thats been back from the quilter for oh quite a while

I have also sorted out some more blocks for my baby jane and I cleaned up the sewing room again

and it felt GREAT.

I have 3 kits here to do at some stage and I really should get back into the mariners compass quilt.....

can't rush these things I guess lol

Had lunch with girlfriends today

Tomorrow I need to clean the house

Thursday is a public holiday here for show day and Friday is a pupil free day,

Saturday is Miss I's birthday party

and

Sunday my baby turns 7.

Its a busy week

Checking in

I am still here

Still struggling with serious decisions to be made

my head is saying one thing my gut is saying another

Still have no idea what I am doing

BUT

I am in a good place

I am happy and I haven't been happy for quite a while

girlies are great

life is good-ish

go the Dragons for Sunday :)

thanks for al your kind words and words of wisdom

Miss Deb,  mwah, thank you so much

will be back soon

xx