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!)

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.