See ya

Well I'm about to be computerless so this will be my last random shot for a few days, quite a few days in fact.

Janine, I tried and just about got the month in, but it's just not going to be a happening thing.



I'm going to miss my big park-like tree. I've enjoyed watching the big fat wood pigeons playing in my tree. Sounding a little possessive me thinks - lol !!!

I'm going to miss a few things to be honest ... my rose bushes, my tree, my crushed marble fountain, my weeping cherry blossom tree [big time], it puts on an absolutely stunning display September/October ...

I guess one shouldn't dwell too much on some things ... but it's hard. I think it is really hitting home now that we are moving in a couple of days. I'm feeling a little down in the doldrums ... but I've got to stop thinking like that ... some more boxes beckon ... I'm over packing !!!!!

So just cos I'm off line, doesn't mean to say that you can't come and visit and say hi-de-hi ... I will be back.

Till then, take care.
Me

I'm not going to miss

this ...





roadworks!!!

These roading guys are constructing a new roundabout down here and it is a royal pain in the butt at the moment ... not many days now to put up with this ... woo hoo!!!

My car is filthy and there's no point in cleaning it until we've moved ... something else to add to the list - and that list is growing.

L8A ...

Nearly there ...

Well I've just about done my scrap room. DH doesn't agree with me ... but I will go back in there again tonight and finish packing a few bits and pieces - it will probably take me a while, but I will get there.

I've got way too much stuff ... although young Ashleigh has gained a few more scrapping supplies over the last few days, which I'm sure she will put to good use.

Then it's probably time to attack the kitchen ... ewwwwwhhhhhh. That's going to be a whole lot easier though than packing scrapping supplies - well I reckon it will be ... but I won't hold my breath.

Now it's getting really close to D-Day now ... and so I'm thinking to myself, I've done pretty well with this random pic a day business ... not sure whether I will get the rest of the week in though, not sure when the 'puta' is being packed away.

So I think with all that is going on around me at the moment that I deserve an 'E' for effort and and 'E' for excellence ... and I've just given myself two awards ... lol.

On that note. CYA ...

Day 24 - random shot

Before I share with you my random shot ... just thought that I would share with you all ... it is STILL bleedin' hot down here... it was 28 degrees Celsius in my lounge last night at 9:30 pm and I still had ALL the doors and windows open ... an open invitation for the bugs and moths - ewwwwhhhhh and I don't do bugs and moths very well ... but it was so flippin' hot.

Heat and a waterbed are NOT a good mix really ... lol.

The barometer is still way down ... where is that rain ???




So here now ... random shot for the day, number 24 ...


Okay, I've got a few of these boxes packaged up here and there.



I'm sure that the neighbours are going to be thinking that we have a drinking problem ... there's a few alcohol boxes here my friends and I can assure you that this pile was emptied before we got them.

Lots of people think empty boxes from their local grocery shop, but if you are in need of boxes for packing and moving house, don't forget to visit your local liquor store ...

And I've been meaning to pop the funky blog award pic on my blog and so here it is - hopefully.





Mich awarded one of these recently to me - thanks for that ... didn't look too flash when I went to upload/download, so will see if it works out when I hit the publish post button ... will be interesting.



And before I forget ... my husband left me a message ...


Your 1 job for the day.

Pack your scrap room.

It needs to be done Today. All of it.

Pack don't sort!!!!

Good Luck.



Isn't he charming ...

Are you ready

for this pic???

I doubt many of you will be ...

This pic says it all really - a bloody mess!!!!

and wait for it ... it's only a small part of that mess - ROFLMAO



So I haven't been creative ... can't find my desk ... it's underneath all that creative chaos [somewhere]...

I'm about to head in there and start packing ... wish me luck.

CYA

Another one of those

random shots for the day ...




So you all know where I've been ... lol.

On that note ... just tidied the kitchen, thinking to myself it must be time to go and pack another bleedin' box or two.

I'm bleating about this packing business ... but I'm SO OVER IT - like you wouldn't believe!!!

On that note ... enjoy your weekend people, have fun and enjoy a little R&R and a few sunshiney rays [with a bit of luck].

Are you old enough ...

to remember Oroton wallets ...





This particular Oroton wallet has served me well ... very well in fact ... somewhere between 20 and 25 years of service and I'm thinking that's a long time! When I purchased this particular Oroton wallet, it wasn't long afterwards that I also came home with an Oroton cheque book holder/wallet ... still got that ... ROFLMAO and I don't plan on getting rid of that any time soon either, just quietly.

But it is time to part with the wallet and that's exactly what I have done, the poor thing was falling apart at the seams. It just had to go ... but as you do, you replace it with something else ... lol and that's all I will say on the subject, except to say, it had to have a matching handbag as well ... ROFLMAO.

On that note ... gotta go, packing calls, after I've had a quick looksy here and there over my coffee.

CYA.

Questions ...

answered ... well some of them ... lol.

NZ Post charges ...

something like $20 to redirect your mail for 2 months, $30 to redirect your mail for 4 months and then more money for a longer period.


Telecom, just under $50 for a new connection ... this is one that I found incredible really ... when you look at how much we pay them every month and then look at that over the year ... a bleedin' lot of money, that's for real. Internet charges, toll calls, line rental, call waiting, faxability, cell phones ... it all adds up, just nicely thank you very much. But they want a little bit more ... lol.

A few blog posts back I was asked about an ironing board cover ... I've got a feeling that I got mine from the Plastic box, but in saying that, it was ages ago now.

Right then ... my random shot for the day ...

Another shot taken standing on the deck looking out ... and yep, I am going to miss my backyard ... as much as I don't do gardening myself, I must admit that I enjoy sitting out on the deck, just sitting ... lol.




Right then, back to it ... more packing to do ... I did think that I might delve into the wardrobe in my scrap room ... which is full of scrap stuff and other crafting goodies ... note that I said 'think that I might' ... it's gotta happen sooner or later and I am running out of time.

CYA

How am I going to cope ...

when I can't use this for a few days, perhaps even a week, cos we're moving ... ouch, could be even longer than that.





I guess to be honest, I'm probably going to be a little on the busy side come closer to the end of next week - major understatement!!!

We actually move next week - OMG ... that sounds scarier saying it out loud, than typing it ... majorly scary in fact.

Right then, had better get back to ... wait for it ... you know what I am going to say ... back to PACKING!!!

I'm over packing ... big time!!!

CYA

Okay, so we

don't like the construction of this mail box ...

But we will be putting up with it for quite some time before we do anything about erecting a new one.




Lots of things to do before we do anything with the street frontage.

But I tell you what ... it's expensive this moving thing.

Telecom want money to change the telephone number, well actually it's classified as a new connection. Trust me on this one, I would prefer to keep the number that is currently ours ... but unfortunately we can't keep it.

We so won't go there.

New Zealand Post want money to redirect your mail ... hello ... this one gave me a surprise ... no wonder their profits are so bleedin' huge!!!

And so it goes on ... and if I was you and you are thinking about doing the big move ... check out your insurance cover ... after discussions today, that's all I will say on the subject ...

On that note ...

CYA ... the newspaper and boxes are waiting for me ... lol.

What's this ...

Well we can all see what it is ... it's a Harcourt's Real Estate sign with a sold sign on it ... duh !!! Stating the obvious.

But where is it ... not telling you ... yet - lol.

But it is a sold sign on the front of the new house that we have just purchased and we move into it in less than two weeks. So it's all go in our house, that's for real. Packing. Working. Housework. Packing. Working. Housework. No let up.

and NO SCRAPPING!!! I am NOT a happy camper ... but I keep telling myself, that it's only for another couple of weeks.

Life has been a real roller coaster ride the last couple of weeks and the phrase 'wham bam, thank you mam' - takes on a whole new meaning atm ...

So there you have it ... if I'm a little on the quiet side around the traps the next couple of weeks you know why ... so bear with me. Life will return to relative normality ... I hope!!! and then I will be back.

Not quite sure how many more days of random shots I am going to fit in ... but under the circumstances, I think I'm doing very well.

CYA

Another day

and another random shot ...

and I'm getting good at taking random shots ... the fountain in our driveway - the pic taken at night ... I'm going to miss this when we move on.

Years ago I was a census enumerator ... you know one of those pesky people that knocked on your door to drop off your census forms, invariably interrupting your dinner preparation ... you know those forms that have to be filled in on that one particular date and then made available for pick up again ... yep, I recall getting home from work and then heading down the streets doing the drop offs and pick ups ... well I tell you what it was actually bloody hard work ... but anyway at the end of one of those census enumerator periods [I did another one four years later] ... anyway, I purchased this ... it is an Italian crushed marble fountain and sits in the roundabout in our driveway.

Here tis.





I quite like listening to the tinkling of the water ... and I think that it looks stunning ... it does really and I can say that ... cos I know these things.

On that note ... time to run the lux around the floor and clean the loo ... the joys of housework ... NOT!!!

Later.

Well we've made it to

Day 15 ... how many more to go - just jesting ...


So here it is ... another outdoor shot.




Catch you again over the weekend ... have fun and make the most of it.
CYA

Another totally random

shot for the day ...


When the folding up is done, the ironing is done, the baskets [note plural here ladies] are empty ... they look like this ...





So there you have it ...


Today is Valentine's Day ... so happy Valentine's Day everyone ... love makes the world go round and today people around the world tend to go more than a little crazy ... every day we should tell those near and dear to us that we love them ... alot of the time we don't.

But I will share this with you ... just before I close my eyes at night ... I always say goodnight Mr Friz, I love you, whether he is there or not ... and I have for many years.

On that note ... have a good night everyone.
Take care,
CYA.

Meet ...

To my blogging buddies, let me introduce a four legged friend ... meet Moro ...




I had to take Nathan through to Mercy Hospital in Dunedin to see a specialist to have a look at some moles that have appeared on his scalp [and they have changed quite significantly in the last six months or so - grown quite large - but probably attributed to adolescence]. And with his fair skin, it was suggested that I get them looked at. Good result, they don't look sinister - I'm to keep an eye on them periodically and if they change noticeably again, to have them looked at. I'm happy with that. It's a shame tho that we don't have a specialist locally - seems crazy really. A day off work and a day off school and a day on the road to get there and back ... bleedin' health systems ... and I'm talking private as well ...

But back to my random shot of the day ...

So as you know I am in Dunedin for the day ... I thought to myself, while I'm up here, will give KiwiMich a ring to see if she is home ... so after a little sleuthing, got her number and gave her a ring ... said hi ... it's Michelle Frisby on the phone ... blah ... blah ... blah and I got back "WHO" - well as soon as I said, Mrs Frizz, she knew who it was ... ROFLMAO ... so was given directions and hit the big lights of Mosgiel.

Now at a stretch, I'm saying let me introduce a four legged friend ... lol ... cos what KiwiMich doesn't know, is I'm scared shitless of dogs ... how's that for honesty. But there are reasons for that ... an episode that happened close to 25 years ago and involved an Alsation chasing me ... some things you never forget. But Moro was lovely and I can say that quite honestly ... but then in my favour [or should that be his favour], was a big fence and he was on one side of it and I was quite happily on the other. You can all stop laughing now!!!


Mich, thank you for my cuppa and pit stop ... you have two delightful young children and a lovely house ... my thanks.

Now, Angelgurl, you will have to pop over to Mich's blog to have a look at her random pic and that's all I will say on the matter.

That's it from me ...
CYA

I don't use ...

one of these too often ... but here's my random shot for the day ...





Another pic that is so totally random ... for most people, probably.


Now a big happy birthday and I should say happy belated birthday Mom ... birthday hugs are being sent all the way to West Virginia, to my Mom ... on top of her mountain.

Life has just got in the way the last week or so and I don't feel too proud of myself for not sending you birthday wishes before now ...

so without further ado ...

Happy birthday to YOU
Happy birthday to YOU
Happy birthday to a very special lady in our lives [that would be you Mom]
Happy birthday to YOU

Sung in my very bestest voice ... it was, honest!!!!!

Hope you had a wonderful day and that Dad treated you like a princess ...

Dad, hope you did just that.

Gotta go,
Take care everyone.
L8A ...

Getting there

We are getting there with these random shots.

Day 11 - here we are ...





A pic of one of our wee concrete critters [statues] from in the garden.

CYA

Totally random

That's what my pics have been ... just totally random and here's another one... our mint patch is more than a little overgrown atm ... but there's nothing like a pot of freshly dug new potatoes cooked in fresh mint and smothered in butter with your dinner ... yummy ...





Here I am thinking about a pot of new potatoes when I have just eaten my bowl of sugarless porridge with skinny milk ... now that's sad.

On that note ... outta here.
Enjoy your day everyone.

and another one ...

another random shot for the day ... and I'm still going strong ... day 9 - here it is ...





DH loves picking fresh peas and eating them while he is still out in the garden. Sitting on our bench in the kitchen at the moment; a bowl full of fresh peas still in their pods.

Enjoy ... I know the boys do.

Time to scrap ... have a good night.

CYA

And just cos I can ...

I thought that I would share this with you all ... you may have already seen it, could well be in circulation ...



6 Truths of Life ...



are you ready for this - LOL ...




are you sure you are ready ...





1. You cannot touch all your teeth with your tongue.


2. All idiots, after reading the first truth try it.


3. The first truth is a lie.


4. You're smiling now because you're an idiot.


5. You soon will forward this to another idiot.


6. There's still a stupid smile on your face.



Okay, so you won't be forwarding this to another idiot as such, but I'm thinking more than a few of you are going to do the 'copy and paste' and share this with others ...

It brought a smile to my face.

Another one ...

of those random shots to share.

We have our very own tree monster ... love it ... Russell had a play one day with the chain saw ... it even sprouts it's own hair ... totally random.



On that note ...
CYA

Now this ...

is more than a little random.







I thought to myself, if Janine can share Mike's technique of folding socks, I can show my blogging buddies this random shot of the day ...

And now I have ...

Gotta go, heaps to do, places to go and people to see.
CYA.

Another one ...

Well then, this is what you call a really random shot ... I've got washing hung on the line and those of you that know me, know that I very rarely hang washing ... lol. But here you have the evidence, it does happen - occasionally.

In fact, I have probably hung out more washing in the last six weeks, than I have hung out in the last six years ... truly.

I just thought that I would share this pic of our beautiful tree, so in seeing our washing, you are privileged - lol ... now this is 'my' tree - no chainsaws are allowed anywhere near this tree.


Enjoy Waitangi Day everyone ...
CYA

just about forgot ...

too much happening in our household tonight and I just about forgot to post my random shot for the day ...

here tis ...





Night ...

Totally random

So this is totally random ...




That's what it is all about ... taking random shots.

Going passed the Yunca in the lounge and saw my big coin sitting up on the schist and thought yep - and see in the right hand side of the pic, there is a wee badge all the way from Tacoma ... now that wee badge has been sitting right there since 2001 ... I kid you not ... now that's even more random.

And creatively ...

This is the layout that I was working on over the weekend, following yet another sketch ... I love sketches ... I normally only pick up on a small part of the sketch, but I went with the flow with this one ... talk about 'starry'.





This young man really is our wee super star ... he's not a bad kid really - he's an academic, he's sporty [well that's a major understatement], he is normally reasonably polite, he's addicted to that bleedin' X-box 360, I guess some could even call him a bit of a geek in that department - lol. Of late though he has noticeably been more than just a little lippy, not sure what I am going to do about that ... time will tell.

I used the following wee verse in this layout ... have had it sitting there for ages ...

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
~Dr. Seuss


I love you dearly Nathan, you're a special young man and we are so very proud of you. You really are ... our all star, super star.


On that note ... CYA

Random shot for day number 3 ...

Here it is ... short and sweet today ... oops didn't realise it was a little blurry ... sorry!!!

CYA

Random shot - day 2 ...

Before I head away into my scrap room ... here's my random shot for the day ...




Danielle gave her father the JB glass bottle clock for Christmas ... I'm the JB bourbon drinker and like it myself. Some things are supposed to be shared.

I have done zilch scrapping today and so am about to head into my scrap room ... CYA.

Random shots

Okay, so as if I'm not busy enough, Janine [mummymoo] has posted a blog challenge - to post a random pic every day for the month of February ... and I've just been surfing and found it ... so here goes ... Janine, sorry, haven't got your blog thingymajig on my side bar ... note to self ... update list of bloggies in my sidebar ...


Day 1 - random shot





Candles on my mantlepiece in the lounge ... and Mrs R [who was my Scrapbook Essentials Secret Santa - the middle one came from you]. Just thought I would share that with you all and guess what ... it smells absolutely divine when it is burning ... hmmmmm ... hmmmmm.

Surfing and blogging is not scrapping people. I'm out of here.

February ...

Just in case you didn't realise ... January is now shot ... it's February - OMG ... last month went.

School's back in our household next week and that would be MONDAY!!! woo hoo ... only thing is ...between now and then I have to organise my son's school bags and school books - didn't happen during the week. So looks like I am going to be on a mission this weekend. Don't you just love that job - covering books and labelling everything ... oh well, it only needs done once a year. Just a shame I've left it till this weekend, cos now it HAS to happen!!! ROFLMAO ... and it will!!!

But in amongst covering school books, I plan on doing a whole lot of scrapping. I've got all these ideas rattling around in my head at the moment for some reason and I'm not one for putting anything like that down on paper for some reason - it just doesn't happen ... so what a shame, I'm just going to have to scrap away to give the poor old head a little rest - lol. Mr Mojo is sitting on my shoulder and sorry girls, he's hanging around for quite some time ... not sharing, I'm being selfish - sitting here poking my tongue out.

Now talking about scrapping ... listen to this ... oops, silly me ... that would be read this ... bossy aren't I??? Don't answer that ...

it goes like this ...

I would like to *accept the layout titled ""*#@!*&$#@"" for publication in our May 08issue of Up2Scrap.

How cool is that ... now I can't share anything with you ... sorry ... nope not even a sneak peek ... don't you just hate that ... lol.

Cos you know the rules, when you submit a layout to Up2Scrap it's not allowed to have been on your blog or uploaded on any website ... and in this case, it hasn't ... so I'm just going to have to wait until May to see what it looks like 'in print' ... can't wait ...

So there you have it ... just thought that I would share that with you - cos I can.

Right then ... I know that my blog posts have been few and far between lately - but life just gets in the way and that's all there is to it ... a few years ago Dad kindly offered me an extra hour in the day - but I'm thinking I even need a little more than that.

So on that note ... I better make the most of the hours that I do have left in today. Have a good weekend everyone and if you are travelling anywhere, safe travels my friends.