Bits 'n Pieces

I'm baaacckkk!  Due to a slight (actually huge!) technical hitch, I couldn't access my blog for days on end....so I decided to give you a bits 'n pieces post about recent goings on.  Probably the most exciting news is that I'm on holiday!!  Woo hoo.  School finished on Saturday and doesn't go back until February so I'm lucky to have a huge holiday to rest, relax, read, sleep and....well, that's all the plans I've made so far :) Anyway, enough showing off, here's some happenings......

I finally found a wooden tray (within my budget) to put on my dining table.  I've used little plates, jugs and jars to hold my candles and as I find more little knick knacks, I'll add to it.  I love the little pink teapot spoon holder....Grandma gave me that xxx

Macy's school held their annual food fair a week or so ago and her class sold hangi.  Mace designed the sign and with the super powers of Macy and Molly (her bff) combined, they had it painted in no time.  Guess she gets her signwriting talent from her daddy.  And they raised a lot of money as the hangi was in hot demand and sold out .  Well done!

I taught myself how to waterfall braid via youtube and on Macy's head lol, and was pleased to be asked to do the hair of a beautiful young lady for her ballroom dancing social at school. She was completely happy so that's good enough for me :)

Happy 2nd birthday to our boy El Tonto Hosea or simply, Tonto.  Here he is enjoying his birthday biscuit in the sunshine.  He's a clever boy who is learning to sing on command (seriously), can spin around and say his prayers.  Impressive.

Macy had her final game of mod softball.  Sadly, they lost but they all played hard, got some good hits and a few catches.  Big thanks to Mrs W for all her coaching skills and for getting out of bed every Saturday morning and for giving up another one of her lunch times for practice.

The Mother plant

Stalk jammed into pot

Stalk stuck in the garden

  If you're my facebook buddy, you may remember me loading a few pictures of a huge yukka that somebody gave to us.  Sadly, it started to die.  So, me, being the brilliant gardener that I am (yeah right) told Honey to chop it off and see what happened.........well, you can see what's happening!!!  We cut it off and stuck the stalks in the garden and one in a pot and now we have over 100 yukka shoots.  Cool!  We love yukkas so soon, I'll be transplanting them into pots and garden and hopefully, they will keep growing.  And keep giving new shoots :)

Ever since my sister went to Hawaii and brought me back some peanut m&m's, I've dreamed of little else!  Slight exaggeration but still, I knew I needed to eat them again, lol.  So I was so excited when I went to Star Movies, our friendly local DVD store :)  and saw that they are selling a whole lot of American confectionery and yes, peanut butter m&m's are there!!!!  Now, at $2.50 a small bag, they aren't cheap but they are delicious and the change jar has been taking a beating as I dip my hand in so I can buy a yummy little packet when we get our DVD's each Saturday.  I am in no way wanting you to go and buy some.....because you may buy the last packet, lol.

Happy 4th birthday to Mr Chilli Popodopolus also known as Chilli!  This is Macy's baby and the first dog we have had as a family.  He's a lovely lil fulla and loves his Mr Fuzzy BlueMan toy :)

It's that time of year.......Christmas is on it's way...yippee!!!!!  And I have 3 Christmas cards! 1 more than last year already!  Maybe this year I'll get 4 cards!  We'll be putting up our tree on Saturday (soooo excited) and then it will really feel like the Christmas season.

So, it's been a busy and interesting couple of weeks and I'm glad to be back blogging.  I hope you've all been okay and that you're starting to get geared up for Christmas, holidays and summer.

I'll be back soon (technology permitting)

I've missed you, lol

trudy_n