Monday, April 13, 2009

Happy L-Easter (as Little E would say :-)

I had terrible camera troubles yesterday (of course it wasn't me!)

My beautiful Easter egg hunteresses ...



The sensible 16 year old (who also decided to terrorise the 3 year old by playing tennis with the mini eggs and hitting them over the fence!)

Cadbury bokeh ...

I FINALLY finished some boiled egg warmers (also useful for chocolate egg hats!)


Hope you all had a blessed Easter, with lots of love from me and mine ... to you and yours xxx
PS Caitlin is the best (she told me to say that!)

Friday, April 10, 2009

Life: 14,297 .... Peace: 0

Hi there! Miss me? :-)

So ... 3 and a bit months since my self-proclaimed year of peace, and unfortunately no peace to be had as yet. Most days I'm a little like this flower .... dying around the edges, and trying hard to keep my bright center alive.



Some wonderful days I'm more like this sunflower ... bright and cheery. I hold my head high and can tackle anything that comes my way.

Some days I put on a mask and hide from the world.

And every day ... I hope I soon find the key that unlocks the door to my ideal (and peaceful!) world.


2009 so far (in dot points!)
  • 1 new nephew
  • 1 16 year old daughter who now has a boyfriend
  • 1 (now cured) flickr obsession
  • 1 photography workshop
  • 1 shortish haircut
  • 1 burnt fringe with hair straighteners!
  • 1 hens day
  • 1 wedding
  • 1 x 1 year old birthday party
  • 1 x 3 year old birthday party
  • 1 25th wedding anniversay
  • 1 x 65th birthday
  • 1 ultrasound
  • 1 lovely brother came to live with me
  • 2 nights at the outdoor movies
  • 2 friends with babies on the way
  • 2 x 16 year old fancy dress birthday parties
  • 2 dinners out
  • 2kg weight loss
  • 2 indoor movies
  • 3 concerts
  • 6 parent/teacher interviews
  • some wine
  • moderate amount of anger
  • a fair amount of tears
  • quite a bit of chocolate :-)
  • and lots and lots of reasons to be grateful.