Favourite book atc swap....

The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd.

Not my favourite book, but an easy ATC to do as I had a bee stamp ;) Stamped and watercolour painted....

Roses...

Lloyd gave me these beautiful roses last Wednesday after I'd had a long baaaaaad day....he thought I needed cheering up :) I didn't take this picture until yesterday so they are looking a little sad now but when they were fresh and new they were STUNNING. So gorgeous - thank you baby! They really made me smile Lloyd thank you!

Cool

I think its cool that I can sit in my bedroom window typing my blog and looking up at the international space station - it's so bright in the sky. I wonder what they're doing up there. What time zone are they on? Do they have their own 'space station' time or are they on our time?

Tuesday......

Sam had Pre-K, Abigail and I went swimming and for the first hour there were more lifeguards around the pool than there swimmers IN the pool :) it was wonderful! Last week the pool was crowded with school kids, today it was empty and we were able to enjoy the waves, the slides, the lazy river - and the hot tub :)

Tonight Susannah has dance class - the last rehearsal before she dances for the Mayor on Saturday at the Valentine Open House at Salisbury Greenhouses. She's very excited. Abigail isn't at her class tonight.

Lloyd and I plan to relax and watch Enchanted. Lloyds prepping some paperwork for taxes and I'm prepping some work for Abigail.

We picked the colour for the kitchen tonight.

I finished my whimsey jar - just waiting for it to dry before I photograph it and can't wait to show my 'muse' Stacey :) Yes, I have a 'whimsey muse'........the only thing I'm disappointed with is that I didn't paint high up the neck enough so when the lid is on you can still see clear glass - so I need to do 'something' about that (ie sneak back to Staceys and use some more of her turquoise paint lol).

Kitchen work continues...poor Denis..he came into the kitchen this morning as he could hear me yelling...he said 'Good morning' in his sing-song French accent and I started yelling at him! 'No it isn't! It ISN'T GOOD morning - it's just MORNING - there's no GOOD about it!!!' hahahaha! " I can't find anything in this stupid kitchen - I can find the coffee, but I can't find the stupid coffee filters, so you can only have instant coffee" and he laughed and said "we're here and we're alive so its a good morning" and then he said "It's my fault you can't find anything so I will have the instant because it's my fault" and then he laughed!

It's good that Denis knows I am not a morning person and he understands my sense of humour ;)

I eventually found the coffee filters in a completely separate cupboard from everything else!!! Why???? WHY???? Is Lloyd playing games with my mind????? hahahahaha ok this kitchen reno is going to drive me insane!!! The oven is like miles away from any counters and the sink has no counter to one side and it turns out the old dishwasher has been leaking underneath for two weeks since Lloyd tried to remove it! And we have everything we use crammed onto one tiny counter and what is left of the cupboard and the hamster...

The HAMSTER....I KNEW Lloyd would NOT look after that stupid hamster - I just KNEW I would end up looking after that bloody thing! Grrrrrrrrr ;) bloody cheesy is going to end up with all the other bloody cheesy's at the end of our driveway me thinks......

I love you Lloyd :)

Monday - a visit to Staceys.

Yesterday we went to Staceys house (Mollys People blog - link to right) for the afternoon. We had a great time - chatting, playing, drinking tea and painting whimsey jars! The children each painted one too - I will add the photographs of theirs later although I didn't take my camera to Staceys house and I wished I had afterwards!

When I got home from Staceys I found my kitchen GONE. All that is left is the small piece in the middle now. I will add the pictures to our home reno blog (link also to the right)

I spent the evening finishing more of my jar and making some ATC's. I received two in the mail yesterday - and Susie received a 'kids can make atc's too' swap in the mail yesterday too.

Oh and Stacey - Anaconda was on tv last now!!! too funny! I didn't see it but Sam and Lloyd watched some of it while I was in the shower ;)

Thinking of a friend...

My friends family have had some very sad and sudden news. The death of a young, beautiful lady. A Sister. A friend. A bride just two weeks ago. Someone full of life, taken far too soon. They are reeling from the shock. I can't imagine.

They are in my thoughts.
xxxx