. . . it is time . . .

I'm catching up to today!

Well things didn't seem to slow down much at all. Here is a little something I gave to Kathy as her birthday is  1 November. Supplies: Spellbinder die; Bigz Butterflies die - made into a broach 4 November Kira finisher her year with the National Institute of Youth Performing Arts Australia with a fantastic gala concert season featuring the fabulous Bruce Woodley and 25 years of I Am Australian.  9 November I made a few wee gifts,  for the card team and one for the raffle at "Stamp Camp".  the theme this time was "the 80's", se we dressed accordingly.  I had a productive weekend with a PB of 47 (I think). I arrived home to "cubby world" constructed by Kira  constructed by Lachlan  while I was away, Michael discovered how things had been falling over in his 'man cave'!  He was very very brave and caught it, then relocated it the next day.  It was identified as...

Aunty Penelope (my mother's sister) We had a wonderful day sitting on the couch, sharing thoughts, images and skills on our iPad and iPhone.  then it was off to the train station for her to go back to cousin Jo  this was too cute not to share. Thank you for a beautiful visit.

A card for a card maker Supplies: All SU

Update time: I have been MIA due to an committed effort on Pinterest (which I LOVE!).

What an amazing birthday I had !!! As I haven't got everyone's permission I thought it best not to publish all the photos here.  My only disappointment of the day was that as Michael was taking all the photos I didn't think to get one of he and I together %#$^&#@(*!. However a great blog follower had one and sent it to me (thank you Jaki) Kira and Lachlan chose their own clothes and made me very proud, as they looked very sophisticated.  The cup cakes were made by Jill @  Busy Making Cupcakes .  I bought my delicious dress from "That Shop" so, I'm now fifty years old (how did that happen?)

We were having problems with the leaves and flowers from the bottle brush all washing into the pool when it rained, as we are on the lower side of a slope. So I had a though we should remove the garden and make an area where we can sit and watch the kids swimming. Before Preparation Michael did an amazing amount of work removing the trees bit by bit. The kids thought it was fun too. We needed to get a stump grinder in to remove ehat Michael couldn't get out. I couldn't get this to rotate!!! Here is video of the activity Then I purchased 30 sq metres of 2nd hand pavers from Gumtree from the Gold Coast.  So off to Abel we went and got a truck for 24 hours to collect them.  They lay nicely on the tray of the truck We stacked them neatly I'm sure I have something for that blister  I did have a little mishap as I was driving the truck out to return it!!!  Kira and Dad inspect the damage tot he p...

We meet regularly (6-8 weekly) and have Gail teach us a few skills while we make a couple of cards each time.  We have a rotation of hostesses, so we all benefit from the generosity of Stampin' Up and receive free products. Here are the cards we made in September and October. September October

Lachlan headed off to camp As Lachlan is in his final year at primary school, they have a big camp for a week on Stradbroke Island. The kids love it. So LAchlan headed off the day before Pop and Kathy arrived from NZ. Bledisloe Cup - Suncorp Stadium 20 October  We dressed in our respective support colours (except Dad) and headed off for the adventure.  the excitement built  and the result was . . .  Kathy's creativity for Lachlan for Kira  O'Reilly's Plateau  Byron Bay - Australia's most easterly point  Lachlan performing at the Brisbane Schools Band Festival They were the largest band in their section and they were awesome. Each band is assessed on their ability and awarded either bronze, silver gold or platinum. the bands do not compete with each other. They were rewarded for all their hard work with GOLD!!!