Don't let this opportunity pass you by

I know that it's hard when you are asked to help all over these days. But please don't let this one pass you by. This very special little boy and his family are in need of some help and the very generous Jody White is donating hours and hours plus more to make this special fundraiser work.

http://dylanhartungscrapbookingfundraiser.blogspot.com/

So if you can come along on the day - great. If you live too far away and can donate a prize - do it, if you are able to make a cash donation - fantastic. Not only will you have helped someone else but you you will in return have that warm glo that is just priceless. Every little bit counts.

Thanks everyone . . .

dj

Made my day

So here I am posting again - I've decided that I need to write more stuff down and don't know if this will be my main venue but it will do for now. Yesterday was at a friends house - this is a gal I've known off and on for about 12 years now. Anyway a little group of us girls were sitting around talking about babies and the like and she mentioned that 11 or so years ago when she had her first baby (Jalen) that she was at church with this fretful crying baby who she was sooo stressed out about and about to chuck out the window (ok us mums have all had that feeling haven't we?) and she said that I came up to her and took Jalen off her and told her to go sit down and have a break - now just let it be known that I will pinch anyone's babies anytime - just call me the baby whisperer (I have my mom's gift of getting those "won't sleep" babies off it a flash). But it was just so cool that she had that memory and shared it with me and that I had made a little difference to her that day. Ok so no. 2 great thing about yesterday was going to book club. I love my book club - it's a bunch of us Church ladies - young and old, my pears, my elders and all sorts. We get together ever 3 weeks and discuss a new book. Last night kept trying to make an escape as I had Memory Trends Product designs waiting for me, but the stories and the laughs and the tears kept coming. We are all so different but I just love them all. The book ususally gets around an hours discussion and then we are full on into everything else - last night reminded me of that scene in Jerry McGuire with the single bitter womens support group sitting in the lounge - only diff is we are not bitter and most of us are happily married.

OK last thing for today - so Monday in afterschool running around get to places caos I locked my keys inside the house - we had 10 mins to get Sage from the bus and 20 odd minutes to get Taylor to his Chess Connections programme. So money is tight and I did not want to break a window and Brad is nearly 2 hours drive away - what's a girl to do. Well I improvised didn't I - in steps Crazy Mom. I got the ladder from the Garage - dragged it out the back of the house - made it go as tall as possible and climbed onto the roof - Tay and Abby held the ladder for me (their own idea:). So I scramble over the roof in my pale pink leather slip on's to a spot I know is roughly above the laundry. The kids have now climbed the back fence to watch crazy mum in action. Took forever to leaver up a couple of unattached roof tiles - it was tough and dirty and I nearly gave up a few times. At last I had two clear - chucked my shoes off the roof at the kids and slid into the roof cavity - located the man hole - leavered it up and tarzaned down into the laundry onto the cupboard next to the drier - onto the drier and then the washer. Safe and "IN" yeah!!!! - Taylor had the nerve to suggest that I just leave the roof tiles off incase I need to do it again. He knows his mother too well LOL!

Ok - may your news be good news and your keys safely in your pocket . . .

dj

Getting over the hump

The hump that is winter and winter ills. Seems like this last year of stress and trouble has effected the whole family health wise. We've been ill and then ill some more and then ill some more. Spent all Friday night in Frankston ER with Abigail - talk about hell on earth. Definately not the place to be with a 7 year old babe. She is on the mend but gave us a good scare with a touch of Pneumonia - poor little thing was so brave but the pain got soo much she told me she couldn't take it any more - whats a mother to do but pray and comfort.

OK - so have been home heaps cause of all this - have barely ventured out the house so have got a little scrapping done - have been plugging away at a little special project that is in the making - well actually it is HUGE AND EXCITING and I'm loving getting my hands dirty again.

I'm also trying to set up a new blog - had enough of blogger - I'm blogger challenged so stay tuned for that.

Some pages from FK - a couple here that I just loved doing - they just felt right and still do. OK so I only have 2 scanned and can't be bothered with the 3rd right now :)

May your news be good news . . .
dj