A Very Quick Post

Had a great week in Sale staying with Heather, D & Jack.....thanks H for a great Mothers Day present and thank you Jack for giving up your bed to Grandma. Mothers Day we went and watched Jack play football - in a Bulldogs jumper and then to War'de lock (not sure on spelling!)at Stratford for lunch, first time for years I have spent Mothers Day with both my children. Another great Mothers Day suprise was Brad allowed Jack to come home 24 hrs early. During the week I caught up with a few of my friends, long lunches and morning coffee's....only put on half a kilo, thought it would have been more! Since coming home I have been busy setting up my web sites and adding a few more things to our Oztion store http://www.oztion.com.au/shop/RV-Designs.aspx - am enjoying it but would love to be able to have a week to just concentrate on finalising them so I only need to spend a few hours a week on maintaining them....it will happen!
Was not impressed with the umpiring on Friday night.....my beloved Bulldogs were robbed by umpire #5, and its not just me being one eyed, Bill even agrees and the stats show it also....just goes to prove Geelong are not unbeatable.....maybe Allan and I will be off to get our tattoos this year!!!!!!!!!! Till next time take care and Go Doggies...

Its been so long!

I can't believe its been six months since I last blogged....seems Facebook has taken over as my means of communicating with family and friends. So much has happened in the intervening months. In November we travelled to Victoria for Evan & Tahnee's wedding, staying at our time share in Numurkah.....had a great week there, then it was back to Wellington for Mums 90th birthday, she looked gorgeous on the day and there were little windows of recognition....so glad we had this party as Mum sadly passed away on January 8th. Christmas seemed to come and go very quickly. Dylan spent 10 days with us .... his Christmas present from us, bought his ticket thru Tiger Airlines however when Heather went to check him in he was refused a flight as he was a minor...this happened at the same time Tiger flew a 13 year old girl from Melbourne to the Gold Coast then a week later refused to take her back...Tiger has since changed their booking site to prevent tickets being purchased for unaccompanied minors, however they are unobtainable by phone and do not respond to registered mail and my complaint to Fair Trading was a waste of time.....I got the impression the girl who was to deal with it just couldn't be bothered....I'm planning on going to visit my local member of Parliament next. Bill and I had a weeks holiday in Cairns where the weather was a lot kinder this year - the area south had had floods the week prior and roads were still cut so the supermarkets shelves were almost empty.....not a piece of fresh fruit or vegetable to be had for the first 4 days we were there. Finally got to do my train trip to Kuranda....really enjoyed it, there was still plenty of water going over the Barron Falls, very spectacular. Football time again.....my Doggies not going so well the past two weeks and have another tough game coming up.....just hate it when they lose to Carlton! Sold my 1000th Backyard Buddy on Friday, its really tough going at the moment with the ecconomic downturn, but we still keep plugging along. Robyn and I have started our new venture......well part of it, by opening an Vstore on Oztion, its called RV Designs.....more to come but what is a secret for the time being. Also studying to open up an internet business - just havn't had much spare time recently to even look at it, nor to do any scrapbooking. Hopefully it won't be quite as long before I find time to Blog again.....till then take care...and Go Doggies!

Scrapbooking and Sky Scrapers

Last weekend Rob, Shell & Lilly spent a couple of days with us....Lillys' Godmother Danielle was married on Oct 31 and they flew up for the wedding. The weather was a little overcast on Sunday however that didn't stop us visiting Q1 - once again. Lilly is learning about sky scrapers at school and where better to see them than in Surfers and from Q1. Took a stroll to Cavill Ave, bought some lunch and sat down by the beach front - on the way back to the car we just had to stop at Baskin Robins so we could use our buy one get one free vouchers! Caiti was very pleased to see her cousin Lilly - although they only meet a couple of times a year they get on really well together, both enjoy playing with Grandmas scrapbooking 'stuff' making cards, stamping. On Sunday afternoon Lilly decided it was time to do a 'real' scrapbook page and this is the result. Tomorrow is her 6th birthday and H & I have combined to put together a scrapbooking kit of her own (to add to the bits Grandma let her take home). Didn't back a winner on Melbourne Cup day - we did have one family member who won a reasonable amount on the Cup, born lucky he was 7/7/70 his birthdate. Percy Penguin has joined our family - had to sell 100 penguins to receive him - he is truly a fine specimen.....my sales have slowed down dramatically over the past week or so, possibly due to the ecconomic climate at the moment.
Off to Victoria for Evan & Tahnees wedding then Mums 90th on the 21st....looking forward to spending time with the family and just chilling out. Till next time - take care.

Fraser Island

Our trip to Maroochydore and Fraser Island was great......fascinating place Fraser Island....saw a dingo on the beach, cleaned our jewellery with the fine white sand at Lake McKenzie. The weather was perfect as was the company and our tour driver very enlightning with his information on the whole area. Thanks Jan & Alan for a great few days. Whilst in Maroochydore we had the opportunity to watch a firework display from the balcony of a penthouse.....fantastic view, however not sure I'd like to live in a penthouse permanently. It may sound trivial to some, however I was extremely proud of myself driving over the Gateway Bridge for the first time.....I detest those toll gates where cars, trucks, bikes, buses seem to come at you from all angles. Savvy travelled well - and my brain is now coming to terms with the indicators on the left side and wipers on the right. Bill has to go into Allamanda Hospital on 27 November to have an angiogram to check the stent he had put in last year....he may need to have further stents inserted, won't know till they have a look. My visit to the Dr today confirmed I have lost 4kg in a month......very, very pleased - can't stop smiling....though still a lot of kgs to go yet. Started to organise the Victorian Christmas presents and wrap them - don't think I've ever been this organised!! Oops just noticed the time....off to work I go. Only 4 more sleeps...

Boring, Boring, Boring!

Looking forward to a trip to Fraser Island on Tuesday.....heading up to Maroochydore on Monday to stay with Jan & Allan home again Wednesday as Bill has to work...will be a welcome break. It will be Savvy's first big trip....pleased to say she is all fixed...the dealer replaced the battery.
Brent is now able to ride his bike round here on his own and last Sunday he popped over for a short visit....think he hoped Grandpa would be home to have a game of tennis with him.....when I asked what he'd been doing I got a cheeky grin and 'can't tell you, you'll find out tonight'. The suprise was a belated birthday cake.....white chocolate with raspberry ripple and marshmallow frosting ......it was yum (only had a small piece)....Leeanne couldn't find a number 2 in her candle supply so beside the 6 she put two ordinary birthday candles....Brent's comment 'Grandma - are you 611'...cheeky!
Pleased to say that my healthy eating and exercise seems to be paying off - a loss of 2kg in 3 weeks....gotta be happy with that. Still got a long way to go to reach my goal weight.
'The Punter' has been doing well for his Punters Club this is his 4th week - no idea yet how he went today as he isn't home from work yet.
Boring, Boring, Boring was the comment left by Annonymous on my last Blog - to me my life is far from boring, I'm blessed with a loving family and great friends.
Only 14 more sleeps Lilly .....Grandma's counting down.

And another year flys by!

'Time flies when you're having fun' so the saying goes......it hardly seems any time since Bill, Sue & I celebrated our 180th birthday and yet its now 2 years on....which reminds me I better keep on 'scrapping' as I'm only up to 1983 in my life and I really want to re-do Mums albums to preserve them to....so there's another 28 years of photos and memorabilia. Yesterday wasn't one of my more memorable birthdays....'twas one of those days where whatever can go wrong did (it started when I got on the scales and found I'd put on weight after exercising religiously all week and cutting back on my food intake and eating healthy - I am convinced I must have absolutley zilch metabolism - I'm not aiming to be the slim trim person I was 25 years ago....just to feel comfortable in my clothes) got in my new little car to go out, turned the key and nothing! is that why the car came with free 3 year 24/7 roadside assistance? a lovely young man from RACQ came out and charged up the battery and told us to go back to the dealer and get them to check the battery as it may be a faulty battery and also check the electrical system in case there's something which is not shutting off and draining the battery. Finally got to have lunch at 2pm - with my free birthday voucher from Sharks. Bill had a wonderful day.......he won again for Sharks Punters Club (3rd week in a row)and some for himself too. On checking the phone when I got home I had several singing greetings .....hadn't realised how tuneful my family and friends were!! It wasn't all bad, I did get to have long chats with my Precious One, my Cheeky Possum and my Princess....pleasing to know Rob's knee operation went OK.
Got up this morning and decided today will be a better day.....had a delicious breakfast at Crown Plaza in the Revolving restaurant, the views are fantastic but possibly not as spectacular as from Q1,it is lovely sitting back relaxing and watching the world turn! Leeanne made my birthday present from the family, the gorgeous bracelet pictured here.......how special is that.....my photography doesn't do it justice. Courtney also made me feel very loved by being at breakfast after a 'big night out' and we all know how Courtney loves her sleep.
Tomorrow we have the little fairy for the day and we're heading off to Harbour Town to meet Amy whom I worked with and meet her gorgeous little boy Parker. I'm gonna miss Caiti when she goes to school next year....Mondays just won't be the same.
27 more sleeps Lilly! Till next time....take care