I have actually sewed something

LOL I can't remember the last time I actually used my machine to make something just cos I wanted to.... usually it is work or mending...........
but I finally got the urge to sew yesterday and made up a bag that I had cut out months and months ago...... it came together really quickly, it is all just from scraps of fabric I had left over from other projects, not my normal colours, blues this time but I think it turned out okay.. will take a pic later today and upload it... it did make me feel good to be back sewing and I hope to do more of it real soon...vbg..
Dancing starts again tonight for Tahlia so I won't have a lot of time and with their performance coming up in a month they have extra nights training etc.. but it will be all over soon and some of my time will come back to me....lol so here's to looking forward to more time for sewing.....hooray...

Okay edit to this post...lol here is a pic of Tahlia in her costume with a friend waiting backstage for their turn for the performance.. the performance was over three days/nights.. and was a very tiring time for all involved.. Friday and Saturday nights finished around 11 pm and then we were back again Sunday from 1pm for an afternoon performance.. i think we got home Sunday night some time around 8pm all exhausted.. the performance was astounding and a credit to all involved.. the girls and boys did an amazing job and made everyone proud..

Cricket season is upon us again!!

Well it doesn't seem like 6 months have passed since cricket finished earlier this year but it must have....
We started back into the local cricket season on Saturday which made for a hectic day all round with birthday celebrations happening as well..lol the boys did really well for themselves and won their first game for the season which was really pleasing as on Thursday night we were still scratching around for a team as no one yet seems to be in cricket season mood....lol
We have lost a few players from last season which always makes it hard for the next season.. we only come from a small community and trying to find players is very hard unless you can manage to recruit some in from the bigger towns around.. hopefully we will go okay and be able to fill our teams each week..... here's hoping anyway..
Lauren is still trekking backwards and forwards to Melbourne with State cricket training... weekly trips at the moment then next weekend we start Friday nights and Sunday trainings..... not sure how we will do that but may have to miss out on Friday nights and just do Sundays...
She has had to forego her womens' cricket locally for this month so we are hoping they can get enough players each week as her and another girl both play in the same team and both have state training in Melbourne on Friday nights......... we find out at the end of this month if she makes the cut into the actual team that will play in Brisbane in the first week of December....
could make for a nice holiday destination for us if she does make it...lol

1st birthday...

Our gorgeous little granddaughter turned 1 on Saturday and her mum nicely nominated to have her party here at our house, which I really didn't mind...
Well we had a ball, it is funny watching a young ones face and trying to work out what their little minds are thinking.. she was absolutely taken with her birthday cake which her other nan made for her and my dd decorated it.. with nothing less than horses...lol what else would a child of an obsessed horse mad mum get for her birthday cake...hehehe.. her daddy sneaked in an extra decoration though which made for a few laughs... he is car mad so just happened to place one of my hubby's miniature cars on the cake just prior to cake time....lol
Kaylee made a dive for the cake upon spotting it and thoroughly enjoyed her handful she managed to grab...lmao... her gran managed to wear quiet a bit of the cake all over her too....
I will put up some pics as soon as I download them off the camera... Okay have added the pics now...

On the left is the happy family together for Kaylee's 1st birthday..

and on the right is me holding Kaylee and her aunty Nikayla also waiting to blow out the candle...lol

The Winter Warm Project

Today whilst browsing the net I came across this website, www.winterwarm.org/ which is a relatively new organisation working towards helping those less fortunate. They are working towards a great cause, if you want to read up on them then I recommend you do.
I can't even begin to imagine what life must be like for these children in Afghanistan when winter sets in for them....
So I beg of anyone who can knit or crochet and is willing to help out pleeease give some of your time to make something for these children.. or even in the way of a donation of a brand new coat or jacket to help keep the freezing cold at bay for these poor kids...
Details are on the website for those who are interested. I know I will be making items and sending them on.. every little bit no matter how small all helps.

What a year it has been for celebrations....

It has been an amazing year for us this year.. we started the year off with my baby sis getting married. Since then our eldest has celebrated her 21st, then one son celebrated his 16th and got his L plates, then a month later his brother celebrated his 18th.. and we have our granddaughter celebrating her 1st birthday in about 6 weeks.. and the only party we have to hold is going to be our granddaughter's 1st birthday party.......phew...... not sure how we did it but we did......lol all the others chose to go out for a family meal instead of a party...

this is Josh at his 18th birthday celebration tea after we surprised him with a cake.... i had promised him we wouldn't embarass him with a cake.... well what can I say... payback..... hehehe

A fortnight after this he got his driver's licence and has since moved home again......

Our house now looks like a furniture shop....... no room to move between all the furniture... well that is what furniture shops are like around here...... it is amazing what someone can accumulate in 6 months...... he was lucky and had a former teacher give him half a household of furniture....

we now have 4 queen beds in our 4 bedroom house....... 2 are still in pieces on the verandah..lol a double bed and 3 single beds...... and a click clack couch in my office so Josh has somewhere to sleep.. we have 5 tvs, not all are hooked up but no more fighting about who is watching what channel........ yeah right.......hehehe 3 lounge suites.... one is in storage in my garage which is now totally full of all the other furniture from Josh including fridge, washing machine, kitchen table etc. etc.... I am slowly clearing the boxes of his stuff and either repacking and storing in the attic or cleaning and putting away in cupboards... but I will add it is really nice to have him home again.. he is saving me a trip to Warrnambool each week as he can now pick up his brother and bring him home after tafe and heaven knows that extra day gives me more time......just not enough time for crafting just yet........

Brady plays off in the Grand Final of his junior football this weekend..... this will be the last time we have junior footy after 6 years of it........ Josh and Lauren finish the last round of their respective football and netball this weekend, may have only one week of finals with both... then it is all finished for the year... next year hopefully we will have them all playing in the one place for the one club and on the same day... won't know what to do with myself then........ yeah right....... never had them all playing on the same day in the same place before....

We have begun our fortnightly trips to Melbourne on Fridays now with Lauren. She has been selected in the State Under 15s girls Spirit Vic Cricket squad......so off we head every second Friday down to Melbourne........not sure for how long this will be for but will be for the next few months....

our other lot of news is that I will become an aunty again 3 times over later this year...lol.. all 3 of my younger sisters are all expecting babies........ they are all due 8 weeks apart I think, first one due in November, next December 25th and then next in January - early February......better get busy and do some things for them........me thinks...

hard to believe this monkey is 2 1/2

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Couldn't resist this one... Nikayla caught in the act with some of my chrysanthemums.......lol
By the time we arrived home from shopping there was not one flower left on the plant... although I am glad to report that since being planted out it has happily grown new shoots and hopefully will flower again next year....

Kaylee

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Well I did promise a pic nearly 12 months ago...lol amazing how time has flown this year... this is our darling grand daughter Kaylee.. she is such a happy little thing....... she will be 12 months old in 6 weeks.. it is hard to believe....
I would post a pic of her when she was born also but they are all on my old pc.. Kaylee is here with her uncle and aunt.... we were out for tea celebrating her other uncles' 18th....
As you can see here she has inherited her mother's love of horses and has started riding at such an early age much to her daddy's and grandparents' dismay...lol

And these two odd friends are her and her mummy's horses..... the little one in the foreground with Tahlia is our latest addition to the family, a miniature pony named Snickers... he is 3, and the taller fella is Les a 7 year old ex race horse.... they look quite funny walking round the paddock together....lol

some little hats

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Okay I know it has been ages since I posted here I apologize..
Kids and life just got in the way here...... I have been running flat out with kids and sports trainings and commitments and also dancing... so I have been spending considerable amounts of time in the car waiting....... so this is what I have been doing while waiting..
I have also made scarves, cardigans, beanies and blankets for the needy and homeless and the latest is little scarves for The Alfred Foundation in Melbourne for their Alfred Teddy..
These little hats and bootees went to John Hunter Children’s Hospital NICU in Newcastle via Little Wonders Foundation for the little premmies..

This is another little beanie I made but this one has gone up on Oztion.com ... hopefully to get some funds to cover some postage costs for all the charity items I am sending... it is a small baby size... you can check it out and some other items here.. http://www.oztion.com.au/buy/auction.aspx?itemid=5227553 I am hoping to get some other items up for auction soon....

Well it has been a while :-)

Sorry it has been so long since I have updated my blog but I think time has just passed me by........... well my dd did give birth eventually on the 4th October to a darling little girl named Kaylee..... it is hard to imagine she is nearly 6 months old now.......time really has got away from me with xmas and all happening since then...... I promise to load up some pics soon...lol
Lots has been happening in my life since I last updated with all the kids and their cricket over the summer, thankfully that is all nearly finished. Just have Lauren playing in Melbourne this weekend in the Regions Country Cup. She is an under 14's western waves player but this is an open region cup so should be good experience for her to play against some of the state's best women cricketers..
Footy starts again in about a fortnight, probably not even that far away so we will be busy with that also I suspect..lol
Not much done in the sewing department of late...... have to learn how to upload my pics again. Have a new 12 meg camera and also a new laptop so quickly learning how to use both of these..vbg...
Off to do some more work........... lol kids have buggered up 2 pcs tonight so I am meant to be fixing them too............. never ending isn't it..