Another week had flown by ... busy, busy, busy !
Soooo good to reach the school holidays - I looooove school holidays : no routine, no lunches, no uniforms ... time to chill out - Yeah!
I have been very very busy organising our school Trivia Night for 21st July. For the past 5 years this has been a major school fundraiser which i organise and host. It is lots of work but certainly worth all the effort for such a huge fun night. This year is a "Wild West Trivia Night" Yee Hah !!
What started out to be a "give it go" idea for our school 5 years ago has turned into a bit of a sidekick !! After the school Trivia Night i am hosting one for a soccer club, one for our wonderful local pre-school (where Blake used to go) ... and ... i feel very honoured to have been asked to host one in Sydney in August which is in aid of raising funds to help a boy get to the special Olympics !!
Well, now that you know what i do in my spare time ... mmm ... what else have i been doing ....
Currently organising my business and office extensions, fit outs, new furniture etc. etc. Was aiming for this to be complete for 1st July to start the new financial year ... but ... that has come and gone and ...... don't stress Julie, it'll happen!
Saturday we were up bright and early and off to Nelson Bay for soccer. The kids played their little hearts out with no subs (cause some kids away with school hols ... which brings me to the thought that i think it is really wrong that kids sport continues in the school holidays ... but anyway) and we were up against the team coming first in the comp ....
Our kids WON !!!
I thought us parents were going to have a hear attack on the sideline it was such an exciting / close game - both teams played fantastic - well done boys !! {clapping}!!
Saturday night, was a family night at the movies to see 'Pirates of the Caribbean 3' ... not having seen no.2 yet i was a little lost but it was still really good ... and after all - Orlando Bloom makes it pretty easy to sit through a 2.5 hour movie ... mmm!
Now believe it or not ... even with all this going on ... i found some "ME TIME" and scrapped.
I know it is not Christmas ... and Christmas LO's have never really been my thing; but, i done two!
Jessica, Jacob & Blake on Christmas Day ... i love this photo!
This LO is about Blake and "that present" for Christmas last year (as per my post on 17th Dec -
sorry, don't know how to do a link).
The deal was ... "Mum, i don't want anything from you and dad; and i don't want anything else from Santa" ....
When he is older i'll be able to do a LO about the "whole" story and how that infamous present came to be!! LOL!
This LO is just a random that i'd had on the go from the last time I sat and scrapped (which is probable a couple of months ago now !??) ...
Well, this is turning into a super long post ... are you still awake !??
Just one more thing ...
I was driving home from work the other day (which takes me about 4 minutes - up the road and round the corner sorta kinda ...) and there is a section of the waterfront that i pass every day, many times a day, including on my way home and i always admire how pretty it is ...
This always make me think of how we take things for granted ... sometimes such simple things (like our local surroundings) ... and this is often 'cause we are in such a hurry to go somewhere, do something etc etc ....
Well ... the other day on my way home as i was passing this specific section of the lake there was a beautiful rainbow, so i took the time to stop and take some photos.
Sorry if this sounds lame or boring but i just thought i would share this pic with you ...
I consider myself lucky that this is part of my everyday ...
Enjoy the rest of your week and take care,
JULIE x
