back again

a bit long between posts>>>"blush"

where would i be without good friends to remind me to get something done.

but in my defence i have been sooooo busy.i thought quitting my job would give me so much free time...not so

first there was mum and dad staying with us for the wedding...then i had to get one ready for a scout regatta and then take her all the way to st helens.such a long drive i stayed too.

then getting the other one ready for school camp.peice of cake you say.they were going to maria island.the rules were..no fresh meat,no fresh milk and only food that you bring and cook for yourself.it was only for 2 nights and it would have been so easy if i could have packed him a few cans of baked beans and some 2 minute noodles like all the other kids were taking.but i have one of the few kids that won't eat that.and he didn't want to take any sort of stove(we are not a good camping family...lol)so i had to work out what we could freeze that wouldn't defrost too soon and give him food poisoning.and it had to be something he would eat and could eat cold.thank goodness for our family chicken pasties.he lived on them.

after all that we had the arrival of risaki...our japanese homestay student.so little english and so much time to be dragged around hobart landmarks.of course the upside was that i have now seen a few places that i hadn't before.fortunately she was very patient with me taking her photo every three seconds.she didn't even mind be dragged to salamanca market a second time as the first visit(when i took all those wonderful photos)i forgot to check my memory card and as you can probably guess i didn't have it in the camera.to make matters worse,i reached for my mobile to ring gustavo and ask him to bring me in a card...but my mobile had the bad manners to be home on the charger.the first picture is our lovely risaki.we amde her a lovely mini album to take home with her.i am not sure what she thought of it..i am fairly certain that scrapping isn't big in japan ...yet!

no sooner was it time for risaki to go home than it was time for mollie to go on school camp.this was a much easier one to pack for.lol.after the regatta and matts camp we are pros at this.mollie can even get the sleeping bag back in it's cover now.

then of course it was easter and my sister-in-law and nephew came over to visit.so off we go again playing show and tell hobart.we even took william(nephew)across on the bruny island ferry and fished off the docks.picture 2 shows the motely crew fishing.

now all i have to get through is the last of the easter break,my parents going to adelaide for an 80th party(i'm taking care of their dog)and the beginning of soccer season.just to keep me on my toes i have to also add in the facts that i have joined a gym(giving up smoking i gained about 7-8 kilos)and become an ambasssador for fiskars.i have already recieved my first parcel of goodies and can't wait to get into them .

pictures 3 and 4 are mini moopy bunnies????say what!!!!!i saw them on mel and fiona's blogs and thought they were adorable.well...i just had to make my own..so 4 bunnies later here they are.miss mollie came up with the idea for the rainbow bunnies and she even made her own.and they really were fun to make.what i didn't realise from the other blogs was that they were much larger than the baby ones we made.oh well!i still love them and we plan on making more.

i think i will sign of here as i am falling asleep at the keyboard.

bye for now

cathy

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