Unsure

Now im meant to be heading for the city tomorrow in a temperature of 38 man i must be a complete nutter. Beatter wear some coolish clothes.If i have any (sigh) new yeasrs eve is supposed to be 42. Absolutely insane weather to be out in, so i better pack my sunscreen etc.

The past few days i have stayed indoors. catching some sleep. I have been getting up and 4am and reading for a bit then heading back to bed.

Ugly Betty

I spent the day watching ugly better.. i only got through tot he end of the second disc.. so it means i have about 19 episodes to go. Im looking forward to watching them. I like it cause its a bit of fluff and easy to watch

What else... i just didnt feel like going out for dinner.I went to mid valley though no luck finding clothes there either. A few of the stores that i like had grany wear in them so i skipped them. Anyhow. I bought colheo,s new book. Cause i love his way of writing.

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well thats it today...

im hot and cant be bothered tap tap tapping away here

christmas day

Chirstmas day went well..the morning passed so quickly. I feel a bit ill at the moment probably all the chocolates i ate. Tsk Tsk ! We had a roast of different meats with mums famous roast potatoes, pumpkin and honey carrots/ peas and beans.

Just 7 of us/ uncle henry, bradley,louise and allen. Just mum dad and I. It was quiet, the bon bons i bought were terrific, nail kit make up brushes a;ll that jazz. I wanted them as they matched the table and the silver flowers looked great.

We ate and feasted and at some more.. The fridge is brimming with food... overload. Even today which is boxing day i am still feasting.. it will take me a life time to get my weight down within the past two days!

I have had the house to myself today which has been nice... I have been relaxing and watching 3 episodes of ugly betty (got the box set for chrsitmas)

Christmas Eve

Its another day. Christmas eve. I made the cake.. decorated it with some powdered icing sugar..It looks great with some fake holly on top. We found the george jenson angels in the cupboard, each angel stands for different things that they guard over. Its very beautiful. To read it as you put them up. It feels a like christmas here, a little anyhow.

I guess its just that my family is spread wide across the world. Its nice that louise is coming home tomorrow morning. Look forward to her arrival. I hope one year we can be together for christmas all of us. At the moment I have got the telly on the carols and am here in the loungeroom. Mum is busy in teh kitchen whipping up icecream and cream to make a chocolate ripple cake. Tammy makes good ones of this aswell.

I bought mum this AMAZING bunch of flowers.. they are just beautiful. Stunning lilac roses with pink gerbras and pink roses too. They have put ferns withit and some babies breath and some pine in it. They sit near the fireplace. I bought these great silver crackers to go with the table... I think they will look lovely. Dressing the table tomorrow.

The elephants look great with their glitter feet shining. The mobile looks good too. I will take some photos tomorrrow and post them. Have to get up at 5am to watch nicola roman and tronds family open their presents via skype.

Early bird

I was such an early bird today. Got up at the crack of bleeding dawn. Wrapped a few presents up for people. I wish i could wrap presents up full time. Would be fun. Wonder how you get a job like that. I would flourish at it i think. I had breakfast just juice only this mornings combination of raspberry, banana and oj didnt go down a treat.. curdle and made me queezy . Oooh yucky.

So I was an earlybird down the street,,, got some beautiful stunning christmas crackers... a presents and all that jazz. Got cards for everyone. Even for Jess.

Got to make another blueberry sour cream cake now...

in a while crocadile

Gltter Bug

Last night we dipped the elephants feet in glitter and hung them around the house.. we made a mobile that hangs off the fan. I was so looking forward to the city,,, na ah when i have to travel atleast 3hrs there and three hours back. Casue of the stupid bloody train only traveling to packenham. and then i would have had to travel by connex train all the way to teh city adding at least a good hour onto to travel. Then getting to catherines house. Total nightmare.

So I apologized to catherine. I was looking forward to it too. I feel sorry for all those who have to commute from city home. As it looks like its going to last for a little while.

Anyhow Ill stop being annoyed... and go to bed!

Raining

Man it rained nearly all night, thunder, lightening all that jazz. Its only 16 today. I am having a quiet day at home... due to it being such crappy weather. I like rain though. Nice for the catchment areas too.

Went out for a coffee, it was quite strong and mums was near scalding. Dad of course stuck to his usual english breakfast tea. Since when did he fancy a change? Perhaps when i put bi carb in his cup! lol. Now that was funny sure did clean him out.

I have not seen so much rain in absolute ages. Its nice in the house at the moment. Scooter is sitting beside me. She is great company, a bit shy around new people but after that her bark is worse than her bite. She likes to sit on my lap at around 4pmish until mum gets home.. almost like a daily ritual. No matter what i am doing i can always stop what im doing. She also loves to jump on dads back when he is gardening. Now i think that is one for dr harry myself!

Spoke to nicola last night...she is well. Roman isnt though.( poor little thing.)
Trond wants to buy roman some skis.I laughed. She sounds more relaxed and at home at the abelseths house. Scott is very homesick, thinking about moving back here. Not holding my breath on either two moving home! Just yet.

What else is news? Not a lot really, slave to the dog going in and out like a bloody yo yo..

welpers write more later alligator.

Cookies

I baked enough cookies today to run my own bloody stall. So im giving them to everyone, some for aunty anna, uncle henry, mum and dad, kevin and some for catherine. I made two types... cranberry and white chocolate and peanut butter choc chip. (They taste like snickers bar)and are very mourish. I am heading to the big smoke for the weekend.

I leave tomorrow morning on the 11:05 am train. I am looking forward to traveling. I will read lots of my book and perhaps buy one of those trashy magazines to read on the train.

Well its almost 9:30 and I am quite tired. I will be going to bed shortly. All tuckered out.


nighty night.

Rain

It is such a lovely day today, not hot but not cold and there have been light showers.. o good for the washing though. Im very tired... thinking i need a nap already and its only 10ish.

I am reliving in my head split second decisions over and over in my head today. I am listening to crowded house, reliving moments that i could have changed. Stupid idiot i have been. All the long lost days, i think ill take today out to mull over it. think though that those moments are over and i should pave myself a new path. *Sighs*

I really should have gone away with mish... cleared my head a little bit. Instead I made this beautiful silver card with a pretty leaf on the front which im posting to her today. I hold a lot of regrets.. as EVonne says "learning curves".

You know what i fany going for a swim, hmm might be a bit tricky that. *sighs* Welpers... im not sure what the weekend will hold for me.. i was going to go up and meetup with kevin. Also Id like to go to catherines do that she is having at her place on sunday.

Perhaps i will make those chcolate peanut cookies after all.

Blueberry Sour Cream Cake.

It is quite early but i'm baking a cake for dad to take to his appointment tomorrow. It smells heavenly. I baked it early as its supposed to reach a top of 31 (even though its a bit grey here) Im quite tired, even though I had solid sleep. I will go to kamrt and get the pot for my new plant. They had this beautiful cherry red pot (matches the colour of the leaves) however it had no holes in the bottom. They are asking $16. I don't have that much!

Oh well. I made some beautiful pos cards last night.. they are so pretty, Silver paper, silver card and some silver leaves that i had floating around in my art supplies. I just had a lovely cup of black english breakfast tea. I have that much tea..and to think my supplies were so low a few months ago. It means mum and I drank a heap. We have it every night about an hour after dinner. Its a nice thing to do. Mum's fav is apple berry, orange and hurro purro (raspberry leaf).

I don't think i'll be running out of tea for a while. I have a feeling that i'm going to be taking a nap soon! Welpers got a cake to rescue from the oven, the timer is going bananas.

Soup.

I made tomato soup for dinner tonight.. this one is roasted and light and summery. Its out of donna hay cook book. I have had mine.. dad who always loses time has not come in yet. Just got a phone call from nicola brief as a simple thank you from Roman. How cute.

I hope the parcel i have sent get to people on time. I will send a few more once i find the right gifts for some of my friends. I guess its a challenge, what do you buy people who have everything? Has to be nice though.

There is going to be a free market stall in the local plaza. However I think i shall leave it. Went to the gym. Walked to kmart got a few things there. Went to coles they don't sell the smoked cheese. *sighs*

I better be off.

have a few cards to make.

Alice

I have just started looking at Alice pictures on the net... bamboozled by the amount that there seems to be. I guess its because the net in itself is that giant rabbit hole that seems endless. I think I will bite the bullet and watch the movie tomorrow. I am going to take photos of each frame. I have kept them all in order (Shock shock horror horror) I hope to finish it and take it to get them all framed at the shop Uncle Ron goes to. If i exhibit these images they will be all together in one room.

I hope to finish it before christmas.. but that might be asking a lot. I am go0ing to paint for the first time in months tomorrow. I have a few ideas here and there floating around. I got some silver ink that I have been experimenting with. I have oils and acrylic. I went through my material box and gathered a few bits and pieces... put them into colour order (of course)

I best get a move on now...

ciao

op shop

Went for a walk down the road... not going to the gym as i walked home and that is half an hour. I bought this great skirt for myself from the op shop... its black (sheesh theres a change of shade for my wardrobe)(he he) it has a lovely pattern on it. Its got a great texture to the material too.

I feel ok today. Just a bit tired at the moment.. nothng a good coffee won't cure.. or more fruit.

write more later in the afternoon.

Talk About Cheap

Didn't realise how cheap aldi actually is. One has opened here, the bananas were 59c a kilo. Amazing. cONSIDERING Last year they were at a whopping $10 a kilo. Mangoes were about 60c each too. However stayed away from the cakes etc. Although went and had a latte after that. The bill came to less than $100.

I have done little today,watched a movie I(a thriller)(mums choice). Spoke to elizabeth today and tammy last night. I have been invited to go to china to spend a few weeks traveling.. lack of funds prevent me from going though. Although i'd prefer to go there than to vegas. *sighs* Cant have everything can ya?

I would love to go. Im sure i've lost A smidge of weight, positive i have. I get weighed this week also have to pay the gym this week. I ordered take away last night... i had my fried rice craving so now that is settled, i feel better.

I have just three more presents to get. I might wait til i go to the city next saturday (im a loon the trains gonna be packed) It took mum to 30minutes to get a car park at mid valley! That is crazy.

delicious secrets

i really like the sound of delicious secrets. Should write a book with that title. I read it an article in the age today where this lady said "full of delicious secrets." Welp thats about it from me today.. Fresh out of talk.

Twlight Market.

Dusty Dusty DUsty. So dusty I had t clean my pictures nearly every half hour with some windex and paper towel. I dont think I have tapped into the right market. I didnt sell anything last night, oh well. Dad sold a fair bit.. lots of records, dvds and videos. We are putting the money into an account that i cant touch... so that we can save a little bit for a trip away or something.

Id like to do other markets (if possible) I had a delicious slice of fruit chutney slice.. love their cakes at old gippstown they are all home made and delicious. I know im not supposed to eat it oh well. One little "sin" can't hurt. Well it can i guess. Too late GONE! OOps.

I got this cute elephant sun catcher thing for eliezabeth. I hope she will like it. I also bought this beautiful plant t go with the other ones out the front. just got to buy a nice pot for it tomorrow. Its stunning and tall. Just beautiful.

I just made myself a nice tea. Just sitting here thinking what i can make for lunch. Hmm I wonder. Any how i should get a move on, do some drawing/painting. write more later gator

Blessing

I went to the gym and the post office... talk about queues, i was lucky to fit in the door. Everyone sending parcels that take a while to weigh. Oh man. Glad I don't work there. Any how, after that I went to the paper store...and you know got a bit distrcted.. i went to pay and lost my wallet.I retraced my steps back to mums work..not there. Went back to the post office... and there is sat on the chair that I used as a table.. no one had taken any notice of it and everything was still in tact. Thank goodness. As this time of year it would be impossible near enough to be able to replace the cards before christmas. I am surprised. The last time i lost my purse i didnt even know I had lost it til the police station called me. LOL.

Well I reckon that was really lucky specially around this time of year. Well i got home and checked out my shadow boxes to make sure they are ok... and yeps they are. I will have to clean some of them when i get there. So ive packed the aerogard hat and other bits and pieces.. even my books are ready to go. So Im typing this as dad is watching his beloved cricket and pricing his records... Im not sure how long we have to be there.. probably pack up when the carols start.

Im not looking forward to sitting out in the 32 degree heat. Something my white skin doesnt take too easily to. Oh well. I bought some clothes today just a top and pants as the store had 70% off the second item. So i spent a little bit...

I am craving ice tea. I better get going now

ciao

Elephant Day

This is a photo of some of the elephants I cut out. (thanks for the idea trond) we are going to string them around the house. I spent the last few hours cutting them out. The look cool. Elephants at christmas? Well who said that cant be? They look good scattered on the cake board!

Im going to string them with fishing line and scatter them about the house.. or make 3 mobiles. Need more silver paper. I walked down the road and caught the bus back due to a bit of a panic attack, i couldnt stay down the road long. Aldi has opened here now... must go take a a squiz tomorrow. At the moment I have two shadow boxes to do that will fill the rest of the day up i would say. I have some beautiful paper.. just not sure what will match it all.

In search of the right hat at the moment.. i found one but did not buy it, i doubt it will be there anymore. I need one for tomorrow , otherwise im gonna get sunburned. I just know, like last time i came away with red cheeks.
more later alligator.

christmas tree

This is our tree this year it is all silver and white decorations. Its pretty and easy on the eye.

Im tired from the gym, just relaxing at home. Tomorrow i have a few things i have to do, shadow boxes... hopefully they are still there. Or else I'll have to shop elsewhere. I have in mind what i want to do. I just have to put it all together. I have the jewellery and tiles etc.

Gonna play some scrabble.

card

This is one cute card I did. I really like it. Not sure who to send it to yet.

Well I got one thing done today and that was heading to the gym no one else was there so i got corrected as i went. Think I shall go tomorrow morning. We have to finish the tree tonight. its only half dressed really. I found all these silver balls to hang. And these beautiful white ones too. Hiding in the attic.

Well Im STARVING mum is getting pasta from mias for dinner. I hope something tomato based.

Cards

I made some beautiful cards today. They are so lovely. Specailly the cat one, and the green flower one. I will send them off tomorrow. I slept in til 10am today... as i was up from 3-5am for some reason i couldnt sleep... I feel a bit tired still but im going to the gym a bit later. Going to force myself to go. I must invest in a hat. walking is eventful the flys just need a lift they are too lazy to fly. lol.

Well must get cracking

write more later


luv

albell

Spotlight

Sheesh I went to Morwell on the train yesterday... just to go to spotlight grab some silver paper, silver ink , diaries and a few other bits and pieces. I ended up spending more than I thought I would. OOOOOPPPS. I got some cool jewellery one of which i have wrapped up for a friend. Spotlight is like a bunnings for women.

Oh we set up the christmas tree mum got.. its a mother. 6foot tall platicish pine looking tree.. it takes about am hour to assemble the thing. lol oh well its up now.. i have to go out and buy some decorations for it todya.. white and silver the theme we have this year. A bit of pink thrown in too.. we are going to cut out some elephants out of pink and silver and white paper.

I still cant believe how big the bloody tree is.

That aside. I have some silver ink which i will muck around with now...


catch ya later alligator

Big Smoke

Went to the city on saturday afternoon..went straight to justynas house. Arrived early then walked to the bottle shop..I got myself a brown brothers wine and justyna a good bottle for a christmas present. I put on makeup and got dressed in my new skirt and top thinking it was going to be a dressy thing...WRONG... everyone rocked up in jeans.. so i changed into mine. The skirt is so lovely though... need to go out somewhere specal to wear it though.

Putting on makeup is tricky, im no that good at it though. I realized the black under my eyes... i need to invest in a concealer and perhaps some stuff that prevents red cheeks from showing too. Specially now its summer. Anyhow... at the party i felt a little out.. as though i couldnt break into her group of friends that were inside sitting in a circle... so I sat outside with paul, lucy, jamie and jo and a few of justynas other friends. Now the talk was driving me a little nuts.. they were talking mainly about having children. Man... *sighs* in some way I know i never will.. even if Billy says "wait til u meet the right partner" Im like hmm still NO.

Not that I have put myself out there to find a man . Oh well I lost out there. Im starting with me , changing myself first. Im sure i'll b more confident once I lose weight. Its not gonna be easy. I am aware of that. Specially with the silly season having arrived promptly on the door step. Im amazed i stayed up til about 1. Justyna had made some yummy food. Specially the fruit dipped in chocolate, then the chocolate brownies. I also tried some smoked cheese... think i found what i will buy instead of Jalsberg. It is so delectable.

The next day I went for a spot of shopping at lincraft and got a few things , then i finally bought some of that kimono off cut material... gee its beautiful. So lovely I covered some diaries with it. So many lovely colours which i love. No silky stuff..

I met up with Evonne.. who is not in the best of physical states,,, but she still met up with me... man now that is amazing.. really had I of known i would have traveled out to her place. I hope she is on the mend. We sat in gloria jeans just chatting for a an hour or so... then we went to the tea shop... they have some christmas teas out at the moment. Evonne bought a canvas which is good, painting is therapy. Then we just walked to the train station.. said our goodbyes and I went on my merry way home.

Lucky Cats

Yesterday got a card from Keoko his lady friend from the shipping days. Her last name is Murakami, now i wonder if she is in any way related to Haruki or married to him! That would be AMAZING. However every year she sends us a christmas card I look forward to hers (plus the stamps are beautiful).. this year she sent us some lucky waving cats. Id love to go to japan..it would be lovely.

I received a beautiful card from my german pen pal.Ive written most of my cards out, wrapped all the presents and have almost packed my bag for the city.. just need a few more things. So today I am heading for the city again.. for a do at Justynas house. Im not leaving here until 3pm.. that way i go straight to her house and not worry about going in and out of the train station. So i need a few good bottles of wine.

Yesterday flew by.. I didnt go anywhere... just stayed home and did house work
(boring)For once louise didnt bring shit food home.. which is great. We are all going to a new cafe in morwell for brunch. I hope its good food with mum being the food critic that she is.

What else is news? Oh not alot really... cept im going to buy a book to read on the train... or maybe a trashy magazine. Well i should go and make myself a coffee as im bloody tired.

catchya later alligator

Big Sigh

Its just about midnight i cant sleep. So im up here just thinking about today... i did little other than go to the gym,,, and a few odd bits of house work. JUst had a midnight snack a little bit of a bread roll. Naughty and I shouldnt have it... but oh well...Bread is bad though nigknow., Its my weakness.

So funny i saw the dog with something in her mouth.. i went up to her thinking ah yeah oilet roll.. but oh no it was half a block of chocolate..that she had found in dads room somewhere. Soher christmas present came early.


well anyhow i must go to bed now. nighty night

Petunia

These are of petinuas on the porch they look beautiful in the sun. I love them. Petunias are terrific. Discovered them when I was living in northcote. I like them very much.

Well today i got my arse to the gym. Good work out. Then went and had a coffee with mum. Went around the opshops found nothing bar a tshirt with a beautiful print on it that i bought to cover a diary with. Its silver with birds on it. Got to buy a nice little diary and cover it.

anyhow

on with the show

another one

This is of my plant that has gone ballaistic on the front porch. I have to take the other two out and repot them

Snap Happy.

This is just one dads garden. Pretty delicate ha?

slackarse

Boy I had a slackarse day today. I was sooooooooo tired. I got up at 5am went to sleep again at about 7 woke up at 10am then went and rested again at 4pm for an hour. Hmm not t hat I'm complaining. I felt sluggish and not that crash hot. Im just having a spot of orange tea and a cookie... that helps.

So i still have a few christmas presents to get. Not sure what to get must send them this week. I will go look at the shops tomorrow get a feel whats around. *Sighs* I blught this beautiful black lace looking skirt with this lace looking top to go with it, I have a chami top to go with it all. I am going to wear it next weekend.

What else? Oh got a letter from satu and got a letter from angela. I am going op shop shopping tomorrow... and the gym. Going to be a bit more active so then ill feel a bit less sluggish. I want to take up swimming again when i lose a little weight.

Anyhow. Take care out there.

ze weekend

Ze weekend went well. Saturday hung out in the city with catherine. Just looked at shops and then went to a chocolate place that has changed hands. Its all belgian and delicious, but still lacks a certain atmosphere. Im not sure what it is about that arcade. *sighs* Oh well. .

After sitting and resting...we went to the free Nick Cave exhibtion... i love it. I didn't get time to take it all in so I'm gonna go back and have another look next weekend. I love the bad seeds music. I missed him when he came out this year oh well hopefully he'll be out next year and I can go then. I guess i just love music alot of it doesn't date.

I then went to the bbq, just sat round feasting on about 10 different salads and lots of different meats. Man they are going to be living on meats for ages. Everyone bought some! Funny that. The ginger cookies lucy made were the best too. I liked them muchly. I stayed up til about midnight then i was so bloody tired... i had to go to bed as id been up since about 6am that morning. It was lovely to see everyone though and enjoyed myself muchly.

Sunday rocks around and I left pretty early to meet up with Kylie. That was lovely wondering around the shops... sitting..,.chatting.. then heading breifly to the design market that is on at fed square car park. Its really cool to see all the stalls. Then grapped some lunch and i headed home.

Yesterday mum dad and i went christmas shopping at fountain gate. I got nearly everyones accept 2 peoples but i havent seen anything for them yet. I will keep looking. until something jumps out at me and says "buy me" It shall be interesting i hope everyone likes what i got them. Im, not doing the movie tickets this year i opted out buying gifts. I probably over spent i'd say, as per usual.

I wrapped the gifts up in plan brown paper... with some amazing beautiful and stunning hand made paper... of gold pattern in three colours..blue..white and green... i used gold ribbon too... to jazz it up a bit. They look really beautiful...and you don't want to open them. lol I went overboard buying brown paper so ill be wrapping all my birthday presents for the next year with that too!

So today tuesday and im so tired... i guess i got up at 5am and went back to bed at about 7am woke up at 10am again. lol.. oh well you get that sometimes dont ya?

Hmm well on with the show...