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bad blogger

bad bad blogger
naughty shazz !!!!

despite every good intention of blogging regularly i have slipped off the wagon again.
oh well...put it behind me and move on.

i am still waiting for mark to help me get my new scrapping area set up. the old desk from the office at work has now migrated from the garage to the family room - lucky we have a B-I-G family room because it is plonked right in the middle of it.
i would move it into our bderoom, where my new scrapping area is going to be, by myself if it wasn't so big and heavy but that isn't gonna happen, i'm afraid.
i am hoping and praying that it will be in the corner of our bedroom ready for me to move my things up by the weekend and in time to do ruthy's EMM online class but alas i don't think it is meant to be.

have done a bit of scrapping this week. mainly finishing off calendars for rellies and a few cards for people.

a card for my cousin

a card for my aunt and uncle

a card for our friend kerrie who celebrated her 40th in dec, 06
(i know....it's late...!!!)

my scrapping room is such a mess and i am sure - in fact 100% sure - that if i clean it up i will be more productive with both my time and supplies.

my friend, nadia graduated from the goulburn police academy last week and started work with the northern rivers command on thursday. i can't wait to see her in her uniform. i am just SO very proud of her and all that she has done to achieve her dream of becoming a police officer.

mark worked from home yesterday and today. even though i barely spoke to him because he needed to concentrate, it was just so nice to have him working here at home. hopefully he can acheive his dreams of becoming financially secure enough to leave the business behind and program full time.

matt is at willowbank, near ipswich today, doing a defensive driving course that his godparents, graham and skip, bought for him last year after we had that tragic accident here that took the lives of 4 of matt's mates. i was so worried as he set off today on his own at 6 a.m. and it's now almost 5 p.m. and i am still worried. he had to drive all that way on his own and after starting his new job yesterday he was very very tired.
i just have to pray that he will arrrive home safely tonight.

we FINALLY had ceiling fans installed last week in the kids rooms and the family room (above the fire - it will help distribute the heat more evenly in winter) and of course...it hasn't been hot enough to have them on as yet.
isn't that always the way though...???

we had our twice-postponed street party on saturday night.
and what a fantastic night it was. about 70 people from the street (and a couple of streets over) turned up and it was just a great night. the older kids watched DVDs in the family room, the younger kids played the PS2 and "singstar" in the loungeroom and the adults all just hung around and chatted and laughed. it was great to see so many of the "new" faces come along and everyone agreed that it was a super night.
i won't tell you that i managed to consume 2 bottles (yes bottles...!!!) of Asti Ruby...!!!
but i will tell you that i won't be doing that again in a hurry.
i think the last of the stragglers left about 2 a.m.

i was shocked to learn last week that my uncle has bowel cancer.
why my mother chose to keep it from me i will never know.
i lived with this uncle and his wife (mum's sister) for 6 months before i married mark and of all my uncles he is probably my favourite. and that is despite the fact that when the family split, after the reading of my grandmother's will in 2000 (long story that will have to wait for a few glasses of wine and another day), i have had no contact with him, or most of my extended family in fact.
now i don't know what to do.
i would dearly love to go and see him again but that would mean re-initiating contact with other members of my extended family that i refuse to have any contact with whatsoever.
and i am scared that if i do take that step, that i am leaving myself open to more heartache and pain all over again at the hands of these vindictive and hateful people.
i just pray that he stays strong and has the strength, support and courage to fight this disease.
no-one deserves to get cancer, least of all this lovely man.

so if you are reading this, this is now the end of this rather long catch up post.
i will endeavour to update more regularly so as to not bore you too much with my ramblings and so i don't have to post such mammoth posts.

have a great wednesday.....
look for the things in your life that make you smile
~~ and remember, let those you love, know that you do ~~

~*~ shazz ~*~
xo