I may have a warped sense of humour

or haven't had enough sleep in the past 48 hours (that naughty little boy turned out to be a sick little boy), but this made me laugh so much it brought tears to my eyes.

"I thought it would be a great opportunity for us to ride our bikes to school. Hayden does most of the actual bike riding. I, on the other hand, am the struggling, sweaty mass of screaming leg muscles trailing behind him by 25 yards, trying to figure out how to change the damn gear on my bike. And cussing loudly. Did I mention the route to school is uphill? Both ways?

So I'm logging a whopping four miles on my bike each day by taking him to and from school. You may think four miles doesn't sound like much, especially on a bike. But my pelvic area would beg to differ. I actually spent 30 minutes yesterday trying to figure out an efficient way to duct tape a pillow to my bike seat. I was unsuccessful. But I just may have come up with a whole new use for Super Maxi Pads with Wings. Just kidding. Except that I'm not."

Today's hilarity brought to you by scrapbooker Lisa Dickinson.

One More Thing

Girls, I replied to your questions in the comments section of the last post - and thanks again so much for the comments on the hair do. Notice there isn't a AFTER shot of that one ;-) hee hee!

I have a dilemma - I have not one idea of how to scrap that photo that I love of the kids from the last post! I was thinking about what to say, and then I thought I'd use just what I wrote here:

"Photos like this, capturing your affection for each other and your joy for life, make me forget: the brawl you had just minutes before, and the fact that one of you RIGHT NOW is creating a rather intricate project involving string and a walkway that is sure to end with some sort of injury on my part later today, when I forget and walk there; the fact that the other one of you, RIGHT now, is showing the new kitties the budgies....and reminds me how much I love you all."

Not exactly prose, but it IS real, and it reflects EXACTLY what was happening today!

Any ideas, oh scrapping queens?

And, just to end the day with, look at the lovely things that came on the madeit.com.au email...I LOVE newletters! ;) I tell you, all birthday gifts this year will be coming from this place (I know I won't ever get to making the things I see here!)

Are you seeing a theme here? :)

I'm into flowers today....and I'm thinking I need to find me a flower die that will go through my little used Cuttlebug (one of those "had to have" buys!) so I can make cute felt flowers like that...and how cute are those pin cushions?! I can blanket stitch, and I do have some felt...I don't have the time or motivation right now...and I wish I could crochet, seeing as that crocheted flowers are so hot right now!

Off to wrassle with more campdraft nominations right now...sigh.

Community volunteering is highly over-rated.

PS - If you are crafty, love gorgeous patterned fabrics and other bits and peices, you HAVE to bookmark this site. Just the place for all of those things I have been looking for - and reasonable prices too. Its going over there on my blogroll as soon as I get to it. Check it out!

An All time Favourite

This photo will hit the list of one of my favourite photos...in fact, seeing as I just bought myself some new frames to house some of my favourite family, this will find a home in one.

Just for interests sake, this is what it looked like, straight out of the camera. The action I ran on it really boosted the colour, and while it might be a little too much, I'm really liking the bright colour in comparison to this slightly dull version. I only have Elements, but since I've found actions that work with it, as well as LEVELS for both colour and light, I have no desire to get anything fancier.

Photos like this, capturing their affection for each other and their joy for life, makes me forget: the brawl they had just minutes before, and the fact that one of them RIGHT NOW is creating a rather intricate project involving string and a walkway that is sure to end with some sort of injury on my part later today, when I forget and walk there; the fact that the other one, RIGHT now, is showing the new kitties the budgies. (not a safe move for the budgies!)

Guess which one is doing which? I'll even help - the big one is at school, so you've a 50% chance of getting it right!

This one below: NOT ever will it be on my favourite's list, but it does show you my new STRAIGHT hair do - well it was straight until I washed it that night. Now...I think it's waaay more lived in, and certainly hasn't seen any product since that day. I'm a wash and wear kinda gal!

Trevor took the photo, and seeing as it was way too much effort for the poor old dear to get out of his armchair, I had to sit on the floor in front of his chair so as to try and reduce the double chin... not sure that it was successful!

Now there's many other things that I should be doing other than blogging (procrastination be thy name!) so I had better go and make lunch for the two ratbags, and think about some of those chores...I can't wait for the day that they make a washing machine that dries AND folds the clothes!