Julie was here.

Sunday, January 04, 2009

2008 run down - ignore spelling errors - spell check has gone to france

well what a year it has been....

January was huge - Cameron turned 14, ray turned 37. all 3 boys were at high school - Matt year 11, Cameron year 9 and Corey year 8. we started renos on the house.

February - MY BIRTHDAY!!!!! i turned 36, Matt turned 16 - argh!!!!! Matt had swimming for school and won age champion and then went on to districts and then onto states.

march - mum and dad came over from NZ - yay - we had a great few days together including a few days down the coast and a trip to dreamworld and Australia zoo and outback spectacular - worth every penny - awesome night out!!!!! Matt went for his learners and failed twice

April - life went on..lol Matt failed his learners yet again. Matt competed in the qld state school swimming championships. finals for summer season of touch footy - all boys teams came 2nd - Matt got best and fairest for his team...

may - mothers day - life must have gone on smoothly..

June - life was still rolling along without us...hehe

July - Corey's birthday, he turned 13 - 3 teenage boys in the house - arghhhhhhhhhhhhh. we went and played laser skirmish - talk about huge fun.... we also had an exchange student from japan - his name was tama - he was wonderful - so well mannered - we are glad we did it after being so disappointed after our last exchange student.

august - saw ray 12 month check up for his hip - doc said leg not ready yet come back in 12 more months - sort of yay - sort of bugger... we also sad goodbye to Goran - he was a very naughty dog and got into the chooks pen - twice so he had to go. end of footy season - thank goodness - no teams through this year...

Sept - was our annual family road trip - this year it was too birdsville - again - we love it out there - a couple of days before we left -ray was asked to stay for the whole birdsville series which meant that i had to finish our road trip with out him. so the kids and i drove the birdsville track all the way to port pirie ( to see the wonderful lone) then across to broken hill, dubbo, up to grafton and home - 7500kms - we had a blast!!!!!! ray stayed and did the series a few winners and some fishing, 4 weeks later we were back together as a family - very weird - as we both did new things on own.

oct - Matt finally got his licence - woohoo!!!!! Cameron started flying lessons - he is in his element. we got some new chooks...swimming club started...

nov - Matt is driving us every where including crazy...lol Matt and Corey got awards at the schools sports awards night - Corey zone champions for volley ball and matt got age champion boy swimmer and state rep award. kids had finals for touch footy for winter season- matt and cams team came 2nd in their grades and coreys team won!!!!!

dec - well the run down to the end of the year was huge - Matt brought himself a car, i lost my beloved kitty - Zach - to snake bite so very very sad.... we also got a new kitty ( a few days before Zach passed away) her name is Gary, she is a Manx...

Christmas came and went kids got spoil t. we got a new internal staircase - very nice....lol

hope you all had a great 2008 - here's to a huge 2009 - live well, love much and laugh often - even if its at yourself....hehehe

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

lots to catch up on

we lost poor zach last week to a snake bite - so very very sad. he is buried under the mandarin tree. we will make him a cross in the coming weeks.

we got a new cat - about 10 days before Zach passed away - she is a Manx and her name is Gary - yes there is a story there.... we order a boy kitty, when the lady rang adn said there is a boy born do you want it - yep cool thanks - let me know when hes ready to go, so about 2 weeks ago , i briing her home, later that night we were having cuddles when corey asked are we sure its a boy, yeah why - um it looks liek a girl - so we all pick her up and have a look and yep gary is a girl - but her name gary has stuck - in case your wondering - GARY is from spongebob squarepants.....

isnt she a cutie!!!!!!!

Cameron's flying lessons are going good - should have his licence around easter...

ok builder is here - back later...

Thursday, December 11, 2008

for zach

for my darling kitty - my you rest in peace

18/10/02 - 11/12/08

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Menu planning

there has been a lot of chit chat around the groups about menu planning - i thought i would give you my two cents worth - ok we all know its going to be about $100 worth ...lol

If this works you should be able to see my menu plan for 5 weeks - it stays the same - basically. As most of you know we have no takeway near us - ok we have fish and chips but after so many years - its not worth it.

so where you see takeaway type food - its not its all home made!!!!

subway - means french stick salad rolls - i can choose from what ever cold meats are on special - ray likes turkey, i love roast pork, matt likes his seafood - so we can get little bits of things we really love - also allows me to change each time so it will never been the same

pizzas - home made base's but they pick the topping just the same - ray loves ham and pineapple - ew - cam and corey love meat lovers - any cold meat left over form the subway night gets frozen to use on the pizzas

hot chooks - you can get them mark down for broken etc - or when i special - i grab a few and freeze. i will use these for heaps of things - roast chook rolls, pies, pizzas and of course a roast.

beef and chicken wellingtons - this is where i can change it heaps - add ham and cheese, spinach and cheese - yummm - bacon and onion - so once again this wont be the same meal again for at least 3 months

mince - i love mince - i use it for pies, rissoles, meatballs, meatloaf, spagetti bol..

blogger having a hissy - brb

woohoo back again...

mince - i will make up the rissoles, meatloaf and meatballs all in one hit and freeze them...

sausages - cheap and tasty and easy - what more can i say..

duck / turkey - ew - but this is the night we try something new.....

as you can see we are not big fish people - ew - but we use this night to have any thing we would get from the fish shop..

KFC - crumbed chicken - easy peasy and so tasty!!!

chinese - this also will never be the same menu with in 3 months - month it will be beef and black bean and honey chicken - the next sweet and sour chicken and pork in plum - i will use up leaft overs and what ever is on sale at the time...

doughnuts and pancakes - why not...hehehe

i have put food that ray hates on friday nights - the nights he doesnt eat, easy to prepare stuff on monday ( swimming club )

hope that helps a few of you with your planning - any other questions you know where to find me...lol

eat well people

Saturday, November 15, 2008

i have been baking and scrapping

hello peoples....another busy week - Christmas is coming so fast - still no pressies here - well at least i am getting some lists now

Matt - blackberry - as if!!!!!!
Cameron - ipod touch - maybe, that's not a yes - its a i will think about it
Corey - new laptop - i so don't think so !!!!!

the saying goes - the bigger the boys......

hehehe

I went to Blossies and did 2 classes with Ngaire - she is so awesome - funky and funny all round into one - thanks ngaire for a great fun day!!!!

The first layout is the boys laying on the road - some where bewteen st george and cunnamulla - why ??? why not!!!!!! lol

this next one was so fun to do - the pic of ray and i was taken back in Nov 2006 at treenas wedding and the pic of the boys was taken first day of school Jan 2007 - the writing are rubons - how cool do they look!!!!!!