What to do Sunday

My motivation has been down a lot lately - it may be the Sandomigran that I have been taking. Yet whatever it is I need to find my mojo again.

Maybe planning is the way to go. Ok making lists may not always be the best way as a list never gets completed but maybe it will help somewhat so here goes.......

Today my plans are:

• Get some ironing done- school uniforms are priority.....
• Finish hemming the skirt I am making
• Spray paint Jessica's pot
• Make a start on my new T shirt on my sewing table
• Do 15 minutes of house cleaning

I will be back at the end of the day to keep myself accountable!!!!!

The Royal Wedding

The wedding of William and Catherine was just beautiful. This will be an event for forever sticks in my mind as did Diana's wedding day and Fergie's too. Lucy and I sat through it all whilst Matt and James went to the movies.

Kate was simply beautiful, elegant and classic. What really struck me though was that she was so confident and enjoying every moment of her wedding; a stark contrast to Diana who looked scared to death. I think she knew that Charles was never going to give Camilla up and she was like a lamb to slaughter.

Kate's family carried themselves so well and her brother spoke so beautifully.

 

 

You could tell that William loved her so and will protect her. He is his mother all over and I was saddened that Diana was not there to see her beloved son get married. She would have been the proudest mother. I loved seeing Prince Harry and what a little devil he is. He is ALL about fun and cheekiness and such an imp. I loved it when he and William entered the church and Harry took off his hat and ruffled his hair back up - such a modern young man thing to do.

When I saw Kate come into the church it was hard not to see Princess Grace. The elegance was evident. Classic beauty never fades.

William and Kate will revive the Monarchy and marriage and  bring it into the modern age.

Long Weekend Painting

Easter this year coincided with ANZAC day so we had an extra long weekend to get things done around here.

After the leaving of Jess Matt claimed her room but he wasn't so keen on the pink walls. It was time to change that.

Here you can see the contrast of the two colours

I wasn't so sure when we first started, the colour looked so dark but of course it dried lighter.

Here is the finished effect and I LOVE it.... The white dado rails really break it up and add a touch if elegance whilst still being a teenage boy's cave.

I love the texture of it and it covers less that perfect walls extremely well!

We don't have a lot of the holidays left and I am disappointed as I haven't done anything I wanted to do yet. I had hoped to sew a lot and get a few home chores done and catch up with some friends. This morning Sarah came over with Rory and Ethan and it was nice to see them all and have a good laugh.

Today is the Royal Wedding of William and Kate so my afternoon and evening are taken up with watching the proceedings. I think I will put the TV on in my sewing room and sew a skirt until the Ceremony and then I will watch on the big screen.

Autumn Holidays

My Dad emailed me this photo of a recent family lunch at my favourite restaurant to eat. It's not often we get a photo of all of us together. Love it!!! Unfortunately, Jess was at work and Gail was taking the photo :(

Yay we are now on our Autumn school holidays and I am so glad. I REALLY needed this as I was starting to get stressed. I need a LOT of quiet time otherwise I become overwhelmed and the school term does not allow for any down time at all.

Our first day yesterday was spent at the Naregebup Environment Centre with Jules and Ethan. I met Jules on the EDSAUS forum and found we were both from Perth and so managed to organize a meet up. Ethan is 7 and a very delightful little boy. Lucy really enjoyed spending time with him yesterday.

They were the first people we have met with EDS in real life. It was great to compare and we had so many similar experiences that other people would never understand.

Lucy had such a great day and was so interested in all the things at the centre. We visited the butterfly house, touched a snake and tried to catch a fish. As a home schooled child socialization is always a concern and often a question many people will ask about. Well I am so proud of my girl. She can socialize with anyone and have fun. Her and Ethan had a great day playing together and even went off exploring by themselves. Lucy certainly doesn't have any social issues.

Today I need to get onto some home chores. Washing needs doing and the house needs a good clean. Oh where do I start?????

Tomorrow we plan to start painting Matt's room. This boy can't sleep in a pink space much longer!!

We decided to paint it a Dulux Stone which has a bit of depth to it. He has picked a blue and I hope it will look good with the off white dado rail.

I am sure the house will be in a complete uproar while we are hosting Easter Sunday lunch, but, oh well that's life around here!!!

A Great Appointment

 This past Tuesday Lucy attended the oral surgeon at Charlies to discuss the removal of the four baby teeth that have decided to stay put in her mouth not allowing any room for her adult teeth to break through. I was worried about how they were going to remove the teeth but had a pleasant surprise when they offered to put her to sleep in hospital.

She has been booked for May 12th and will need to be at King Eddies at 7.45am for morning surgery. I am so relieved that this has been sorted so quickly and the staff were just lovely.

Lucy is comfortable with the plan and I just pray now that she stays well and doesn't catch any colds prior to the anaesthestic.

Once the teeth are removed they can then start the orthodontic work. I can't believe that all three of my kids have had such extensive work done, but am so greatful for OCHWA and the money we have saved over the years for their treatment.

The Boy in my Life

It's not very often I get a great picture of my beautiful boy. At 15 years of age he is not interested in getting his photo taken to appear on my blog. My dad emailed this picture he had taken on a recent dinner out at The Village Chinese restaurant (my favourite place to eat ) with the family.

I LOVE this picture of me and one of my favourite men. He is kind, loving and a lot of fun to be around.

We also share a special bond- I am his "Annster" and I love it!!!

Autumn Clean

Now the weather has been a little bit more pleasant I had some energy to get some cleaning done. My carpets haven't been cleaned for a while so I was glad to get onto this. This is the before not looking too bad here but if you looked close it wasn't so nice.

Afterwards they smelt so much nicer and looked a whole lot better.

I managed to do Lucy's room and my room so now every carpet in the house has been done.

I was so surprised that I completed this task without a twinge of pain. I have been going to the physio gym now for a couple of weeks and I am glad to say I think it is helping. There would have been no way a few months ago I could have done all three rooms without being in agony. In fact I probably wouldn't have even contemplated it.

Another thing I have wanted to do for a while is get to know my camera. James gave it to me last year for mothers day and to this day I have learnt nothing about it. I could point and shoot and even that was pretty bad. I took an hour today to read the manual and found some interesting settings. I used the "greenery" setting to capture these few pics.

I look forward to learning some more and being able to take much better photos in the future. And of course no photo shoot would be complete without the beautiful face of my precious Lucy.