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"6 things about your children that you are proud of.”

MMMMM six things about my kids that I am proud of.

1. That my 3 year old is so personable and friendly and seeks people out. And makes them feel special.

2. That my 5 year old is so organised. Knows just how she likes things and does a good job.

3. That my 8 year old is doing so well academically after a slow start, he is finally getting school and going for it.

4. That my 11 year old is so creative. He can draw anything and it looks amazing. He wants to use his skills to glorify God. Now that is something to be proud of.

5. I am proud that my kids all have a good sense of humor. They can be really really funny.

6. I am proud and thankful that my children are learning about God and love him very much.

Pro hart and Pollock

“ My painting does not come from the easel. I prefer to tack the unstretched canvas to the hard wall or the floor. I need the resistance of a hard surface. On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. ”
“ I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc. I prefer sticks, trowels, knives and dripping fluid paint or a heavy impasto with sand, broken glass or other foreign matter added. ”
“ When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well."

Jackson Pollock

Below is a Pro Hart painting. Who didn't always paint in the same style as Pollock but for some reason I remembered the ad where Hart was painting a picture on the floor and rolling in it and throwing all kinds of mess on it and the housekeeper comes in and says Mr Hart what a mess.


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No more nappies

Two nights ago when it was time for Charli to go to bed we had a little problem. There were no night nappies to be found. I really didn't want to run down to the shop and so I asked her if she wanted to be a really big girl and not wear a nappy to bed. She felt that that would be fine so off to bed she went. She woke up at about 10 PM and went to the toilet and woke in the morning nice and dry and feeling VERY VERY proud of herself.

I was too.

That day while I was at the shop I saw the nappies and thought I should buy some. But decided NO we had gone ahead we had to keep going. IT is always harder for me to give things up than the kids. Especially the nappies for some reason.

Again she went to bed and woke up nice and dry.

She even had a few hours sleep during the day and didn't wet. She is ready.

But I don't know if I am. I felt a bit sad thinking I will never buy a packet of nappies again. My wallet and budget will not be sad however. I have been doing nappies for nearly twelve years now and feel sad that my baby days really are over.
I know I will change a nappy now and then but never again for one of my children and I feel really sad about that. In thought that is not deed. I don't mind not having to change the nappies but it is the stage that I will miss. My Charli is three now and Bailey turns 12 in a few months. We are definitely in the home stretch.

I have plenty of other stages to look forward too. I laugh now thinking that I feel sad the nappy stage is over. When I was changing two sets of nappies a day I was in nappy hell and yet now I feel sad. LOL.

Tick tock tick tock

1.What is your favorite book?
Well that really is an easy one. My Bible of course.It has everything you need, drama, romance, action, murders, depression, joy, triumph, defeat. And that is just 1 Samuel. LOL

2.What is your favorite song? I don't have a fave song. I like LOTS of different songs. I love Planet Shakers and most Hillsong music. I love Queen and the Eurthymics. John Farnham. I am a bit of an 80's chick.


3.What is your favorite color? Another easy one. Purple purple purple purple. Although I do love pink as well.

4. What is your favorite destination? Home. No matter where I go it always feels so good to come home.

5.What is your favorite memory? One of my fave memories is the day I saw James for the first time. I looked at him and heard God whisper to me. That is the one you are going to marry.


6. What is your favorite TV show? I have lots of faves. I love reality tellie. I love So you think you can dance - Australia. Australia's Next top model. Biggest loser - Australia. Gilmore Girls. Friends. But I think I cut my teeth on Home and Away.

7. What is your favorite movie? Probably Sound of Music or Bring it on. I only like Chick flicks. Nothing to heavy. It stresses me out otherwise.
8.What is your favorite food? Sadly I have a great love of food. I really love Asian Flavors. Chinese. And recently I have enjoyed Thai food a lot. Indian is good as well.
8.What is your favorite desert? I love pavlova and trifle. Mmmmmm made with sherry please.

9. What is your favorite treat? Coke with ice and at the moment fruit tingles.

10.What is your favorite car? I love the Tarago van.
11. What is your favorite piece of clothing? I love jeans. Good fitting. Comfortable jeans.
12. What is your favorite fashion accessory? I don't really have one. I don't get a great opportunity to accessorise.
13.What is your favorite perfume? At the moment I am wearing Mariah Carey M. I only ever wear one perfume until the bottle runs out and then I choose another one.
Isn't the bottle so pretty? My favourite color and with a butterfly. Perfect! Smells good too.

14. What is your favorite leisure activity? I am a book addict and consume at least 5-10 books a week. I read in the toilet, during the ads on telly, in bed. I even have a book in my car in case of traffic jams. LOL sad isn't it?

15.Who is your favorite author? I like so so many.
16. Who is your favorite actor/actress?

17.Who is your favorite singer?
See above for that answer.
18. Who is your role model?
19.Where is your favorite place to be? With my family and friends. Wherever they are is always good for me.


Now I am going to make a little book out of this and put all this info down so when I am old and decrepit my grandkids can read this and see that I had some form of a life when I was younger. LOL.

Time is going too fast.

Baileys psoriasis is coming along nicely. The light treatment has really worked. It has 95 percent disappeared and now just needs new skin to grow over it. The twice weekly visit to the hospital have been a pain but do able and it is good to see the improvement in Bay. This is the machine that he stands in and delivers the UV treatment. He is becoming a pre teen now. And drives us crazy most of the time. I have been dedicating lots of prayer to him of late, lots and lots and lots.

The cousins visit was successful. Our Children loved playing with them all. I enjoyed seeing them too. They are lovely children. We had seven children in the house at one stage but they were so quite and engrossed in each other that it didn't seem like we had any more than usual.


Work has been settling down. The renovations are finished and we spent all day Wednesday rearranging and organising things. Now we actually have the dishes in the kitchen. Which is a novel idea. LOL. We have moved things into designated areas. Lounge room with all the music, Dvd's and books. Dining room nicely set up. Activities area with all the games on display so that they can pick what they want to do.

I went to a conference on Thursday on Dementia and creating quality programs for them. I don't feel like I learnt a lot. But the lunch was great.

Ok gotta go find green woolen tights for Cait, long grey trousers that fit for Mooey and Bay. Take Mooey to his footy game. Do the groceries. And clean this dump of a house up.

Dreams, dragons, fairys and ointments.

Bailey is home from the hospital. I would love to be able to say that he is all better but he isn't. He actually looks really terrible. Worse, in fact then when he first went in. He had an allergic reaction to the cream they were putting on him so he has a rash covering his entire body and looks like a burns victim. His actual psoriasis is looking much better and is responding really well to the light treatment. Now he has to go to the hospital for six weeks as out outpatient two times a week. They wanted three but there is no way we could fit that into our lives. It is an hours drive through major traffic each way. Plus it will mean that he misses out on school two days a week, as the appointments are all over the place. I can feel a little bit of homeschooling coming on. Woohoo!!!

The positive side is he has his health and it is looking like he will lose the psoriasis. He is a good boy and has put up with a lot. At the hospital they had the most amazing fairy garden, it was truly beautiful. It had all lights and trees with little windows and doors with lights behind them. And at night it was wonderfully magical. Bay and I loved it. We went out every night to have a look at it. It was SO cool.

They also had breath taking beautiful murals painted over all the walls. I often got distracted on a late night toilet run by the walls. Oohing and aahing and trying to work out how they were painted. I really wish I could do something like this in the girls room.

And the boys would go crazy for something like this


We are getting ready for a visit from the cousins so I had better chuff off for now.

Baileys hospital visit

We are getting ready for Bailey to go to hospital tomorrow. He will be there for seven days so I will not be around very much. Hopefully this will just nip his psoriasis in the bud and help him get back to normal. Fingers crossed and prayers going up.

I truly do love butterflies they make me feel closer to God.


10 countries I would love to visit
1. Italy - especially Venice
2. Israel. I would love to walk where Jesus walked. And Moses, and all the Bible gang.
3. America. I would need to visit Texas to visit Carol Ann. Oregon to visit Stacey, New York to see it, Hollywood to see it. And I would love to visit Amish country.
4. China. Would love love love to walk on the Great Wall of China.
5. England. It would be nice to check out the historical things.
6. Ireland I love Ireland. What more can I say.
7. Scotland. James and I both have Scottish roots, it would be great to go and pay homage.
8. Singapore I would love to go back there. I think I left a little piece of my heart when I was there before.
9. Bora Bora I want to stay in the little huts over the ocean. That would be cool.
10. France - or any where in Europe really. Just cos.