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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

wordful wednesday: spring tulips


as i look outside my window right now, it doesn't look or FEEL very spring-like
(the fire's on!) - however yesterday was warm(ISH) and sunny, and we enjoyed wandering around the spring tulips at our NOW FAMOUS botanical gardens
(thanks to flight of the conchords and the SIMPSONS!)

i only tweaked this shot a little in photoshop.
i probably could have left it SOTC, but i didn't 
these babies almost look 3D!!!

happy WW!!!




Friday, September 24, 2010

photostory friday: just like wordful wednesday, but with more photos (and words)

 so last weekend miss 14 and i jumped on a plane to sydney to surprise my bestie tara, and miss 14's bestie - miss 13 (that be her with the suprised look on her face)
 that be her sister miss 12 much later that day when miss 14 leapt out from under a pile of blankets to surprise her

and here's tara and i waiting for our pizzas in the sun
back home there's thunder and lightening and gale force winds, but i'm toughing it out in the sun

really, what's a girl to do??

just soak it all up, that's what's to do


that 'golden hour' (there's an iphone ap for it!)
that hour before the sun goes down that's perfect for taking photos


like this one


 the next day it's off to the beach (coz we can)
NB:  this school drink bottle is NOT being used for juice alone
(if you know what i mean!)


what's a trip to the beach without a little tipple?!


and jumpy pics



i love jumpy pics...`


i said JUMPY pics!!!

there you go


 before we knew it, it was time to say goodbye and head home






a wonderful surprise
a wonderful weekend









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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

wordful wednesday and the big surprise


maybe these should have been linked up to wordLESS wednesday, because they really need no words, but of course there's a story, so here it is!

if you remember, back in january, tara and her family moved back to australia

if your best friend has ever moved away/to another country, you know how that feels

best friends are hard to come by and they are sorely missed when not closeby.

about a month ago, after yet another lengthy phone call to tara, i sat on my bed and said 'i just wish i could hop on a plane and go see them.'

of course i took it a step further and made it a surprise!
i didn't even tell my miss 14 (who came with me to see HER bestie) until 9 hours before we jumped on the plane from wellington to sydney

one facebook status update and the surprise would have been toast!

i enlisted the help of tara's youngest sister, and what followed was lots of tears and hugs and a very happy 4 days.

i don't yet have the pics of tara, but i can tell you that her response was 'oprah worthy'.
(think that woman who slammed the door in oprah's face when she was surprised with tom cruise the first time).

after tara had calmed down, we collected her miss 13 from school, while my miss 14 hid around the corner of the building.

you can see what followed :)




for more wordful wednesday, visit amanda over @ parenting by dummies

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

wordful wednesday: me'n'miss 14


when i started this blog and decided to keep the identities of my girls anonymous,
i clearly didn't think it through...


...because i now have categories for:

miss 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21

and it's only a matter of time before i fill in that single gap
(358 days to be precise)

anyhoo

i just love this photo

and i'm sure you'll think it's kinda ok too



for more wordful wednesday, visit angie over @ seven clown circus

Thursday, September 9, 2010

photostory friday: back in the saddle again

it's been a fun week for several reasons:

i'm back working mornings only and am enjoying the stress less ness ness (ness)

amanda started blogging again!

sass starting blogging again!

mel started blogging again!

you remember amanda?

she was the one who flew from georgia to NY to celebrate her 30th birthday, and i flew slightly further (also to NY) to help her celebrate said birthday!

and you gotta remember sass?

she's the one mr scrappy and i went to stay the night with at the seaside after our trip to italy last year to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.

and mel?
well i haven't met mel yet, but she DID feature prominently in my vision board recently

i inadvertently gave her a pair of giant toonie boobies (but she didn't mind)


the fact that these three started blogging again this week is significant, because they've been AWOL from their blogs for several months, and are my ORIGINAL bloggy friends and therefore hold a special place in my bloggy heart


so cheers to you - and welcome back!!!





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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

wordful wednesday: sometimes they really DO want sox for fathers' day


and that's pretty much all i wanted to say about that hehe

so, an epic fail in terms of being wordFUL, but i thought it was kinda cute!

he says that they even helped him win his game of squash when he wore them the next night!!!


happy fathers' day to the most awesome father of my children
(and not a bad hubby too)

for more wordful wednesday, visit angie over @ seven clown circus



Friday, September 3, 2010

photostory friday and the spring that ain't sprung

the day started off well enough

3rd day of spring - 2nd day of beautiful sunshine and it was warm enough to go out without a coat!

but we weren't home from work for long, before it rained

then hailed

thunder clapped

and lightening did whatever the word is for when lightening flashes

ah - lightening flashed


and after 5 minutes, our backyard looked like this!!!




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