in surgery as i type
after 2 hours we were just told they r attempting some repairs and stablisation that will take a further few hours from now.
i dont know why im here...i really just needed to read your comments all again
im feeling very helpless, worried beyond words and not functioning on any level at all
my mum wanted me to go and eat...i cant...and to at least have a break...i feel worse here so im going back upstairs. will update in the morning
we r in for a very long hospital stay
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
thankyou
thankyou so much, you all have no idea what it felt like to log in this morning to the 30 messages of love and support, knowing that you are all thinking of my girl helps in every way. thankyou to those that can offer actual help...i have no idea what i do or dont need and feel totally unable to make decisions beyond whats happening with emily and our third party claim that i had to start...thankfully the social workers at the hospital are now acting on my behalf for the most part. at some point i will actually check my real email...maybe tomorrow.
emily had a great night with a fairly good sleep. i am suffering from fairly frequent and violent flash backs of the whole accident as if someone was showing me footage with surround sound. im not sleeping well and when i finally do i wake with a fright every half hour or so...im spent totally. and really dont know what direction to go in for anything.
emily is now fasting for another operation in the early part of the afternoon, i know she needs them, but the idea of another operation so close to the one we have just had fills me with a dread that i cant describe. More wound checking, tissue to deal with and a reset of the fracture now the swelling is kind of less...well its less in her fingers. A check of the nerves and maybe a closure of the actual wound. Unsure at this point....i understand they cant tell us much, i understand her injuries r bad and rare....i just want someone to tell me that she can be left be for a little while to heal and then face some more surgery for her wrist...if they dont close the wound today we will still have one more visit to threatre before any healing can start to happen. the worst thing i have ever done in my life till now is all of this. watching your child put to sleep for an operation is about the worse thing i have ever seen...or suffered through...and followed by the not knowing what is happening or how she is just not good.
on the plus side emily has gone for a little walk this morning and been sitting up in bed, watching tv, playing with toys and demanding cuddles...about the best things i have ever seen or heard in my life.
on the plus side the hospital is fantastic, we are all very well looked after and ronald mcdonald house u never want to have to use things like this but knowing that its there and lilly is safe over there with my mum is a huge comfort to me. i will never walk past a mcdonalds without donating ever again.
i dont have a charger for my phone...it will go at some point today...if u cant get ahold of us that is why...if u need us just ring the hospital to find us....royal childrens melbourne, ward 4 north.
emily had a great night with a fairly good sleep. i am suffering from fairly frequent and violent flash backs of the whole accident as if someone was showing me footage with surround sound. im not sleeping well and when i finally do i wake with a fright every half hour or so...im spent totally. and really dont know what direction to go in for anything.
emily is now fasting for another operation in the early part of the afternoon, i know she needs them, but the idea of another operation so close to the one we have just had fills me with a dread that i cant describe. More wound checking, tissue to deal with and a reset of the fracture now the swelling is kind of less...well its less in her fingers. A check of the nerves and maybe a closure of the actual wound. Unsure at this point....i understand they cant tell us much, i understand her injuries r bad and rare....i just want someone to tell me that she can be left be for a little while to heal and then face some more surgery for her wrist...if they dont close the wound today we will still have one more visit to threatre before any healing can start to happen. the worst thing i have ever done in my life till now is all of this. watching your child put to sleep for an operation is about the worse thing i have ever seen...or suffered through...and followed by the not knowing what is happening or how she is just not good.
on the plus side emily has gone for a little walk this morning and been sitting up in bed, watching tv, playing with toys and demanding cuddles...about the best things i have ever seen or heard in my life.
on the plus side the hospital is fantastic, we are all very well looked after and ronald mcdonald house u never want to have to use things like this but knowing that its there and lilly is safe over there with my mum is a huge comfort to me. i will never walk past a mcdonalds without donating ever again.
i dont have a charger for my phone...it will go at some point today...if u cant get ahold of us that is why...if u need us just ring the hospital to find us....royal childrens melbourne, ward 4 north.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
what do u say
Its one of those posts u never want to read about on peoples blogs that you know.
some of you will be finding this information out for the first time that actually deserved to know by phone, im sorry as u can imagine im not functioning on any level of goodness at all. in fact the last 30 hours or so have gone in a bit of a blur.
that lovely few days away with my family in the snow field was turned into a nightmare on monday morning at 11:15 when a truck backed over our beautiful miss emily. I hear u thinking how and oh my god. emily is alive, and in royal childrens hospital melbourne.
we were standing at the back of our car getting out equipment. Dan had emily in front of him shelding her from the road and i was next the them and then lilly beside me. i little bit away was a reversing truck off the side of the road in the car parking area. the truck should not of been there. I didnt see the truck until dan was pushing me out of the way. I pushed lilly out of the way and tripped on equipment that was at our feet and couldnt turn around the get emily and dan couldnt pick her up quick enough. emily ended up pinned under the truck by her left leg and arm. the following moments only come to me in flashes and are full of horror, screaming and everything in between.
we were all transported to hotham medical centre and the full extent of injuries was discovered, i collapsed with shock at this point. and didnt see emily for about an hour but was keep up to date with what was happening. I think i only came around when they told me i had to keep it together so would be allowed to be air vac'ed out with emily. it took some time for them to stablise emily and work out what was going on. At this point we were told her leg was possibly broken and her arm crushed with concern for her blood refill in her hand. The plan was then to be road transported to the hotham airport for air evac to melbourne. this all started at about 20 to 1. we were in the plane on our way by 1pm to melbourne. more ambulance transfers and finally ending up in the hospital at 2:30 yesterday afternoon. By this time the worry was morea bout her wrist and not the blood refill therefore meaning she would keep her hand! emily has been seen by every bone dr in the place i think, and was x rayed until the cows came home. her leg unbelieveably is not broken or damaged beyond swelling and brusing. her arm is broken in 3 places one compound and 2 spiral which at this point we r being told will all heal with nothing more than a cast. HER WRIST is very damaged and face a long long road to recovery with many surgeries. She has a large laceration across her arm that is very scary to see and as of yet has been left open. Last night we had her first surgery mainly for her wrist be also to get a good looko at whats going on. There is some concern over her skin which while in tact was ripped from the tissue underneath. that will give a whole lot more problems and time in the hospital. At this point we face more surgery tomorrow or the next day at this stage. and anywhere from a week to a month in hospital with future visits and rehab on going.
we r staying with the wonderful ronald mcdonald house for the forseeable future at this point.
i will update my blog over the course of the week ahead with updates on whats happening here with us. i have opened my comments up to be just left without approval.
i dont know what to say or how to end phyiscalled we r ok except for emily, emotionally we r all a mess and have asked for some councilling at some point next week....ive been told today i have post trumatic stress so im not thinking well at all
some of you will be finding this information out for the first time that actually deserved to know by phone, im sorry as u can imagine im not functioning on any level of goodness at all. in fact the last 30 hours or so have gone in a bit of a blur.
that lovely few days away with my family in the snow field was turned into a nightmare on monday morning at 11:15 when a truck backed over our beautiful miss emily. I hear u thinking how and oh my god. emily is alive, and in royal childrens hospital melbourne.
we were standing at the back of our car getting out equipment. Dan had emily in front of him shelding her from the road and i was next the them and then lilly beside me. i little bit away was a reversing truck off the side of the road in the car parking area. the truck should not of been there. I didnt see the truck until dan was pushing me out of the way. I pushed lilly out of the way and tripped on equipment that was at our feet and couldnt turn around the get emily and dan couldnt pick her up quick enough. emily ended up pinned under the truck by her left leg and arm. the following moments only come to me in flashes and are full of horror, screaming and everything in between.
we were all transported to hotham medical centre and the full extent of injuries was discovered, i collapsed with shock at this point. and didnt see emily for about an hour but was keep up to date with what was happening. I think i only came around when they told me i had to keep it together so would be allowed to be air vac'ed out with emily. it took some time for them to stablise emily and work out what was going on. At this point we were told her leg was possibly broken and her arm crushed with concern for her blood refill in her hand. The plan was then to be road transported to the hotham airport for air evac to melbourne. this all started at about 20 to 1. we were in the plane on our way by 1pm to melbourne. more ambulance transfers and finally ending up in the hospital at 2:30 yesterday afternoon. By this time the worry was morea bout her wrist and not the blood refill therefore meaning she would keep her hand! emily has been seen by every bone dr in the place i think, and was x rayed until the cows came home. her leg unbelieveably is not broken or damaged beyond swelling and brusing. her arm is broken in 3 places one compound and 2 spiral which at this point we r being told will all heal with nothing more than a cast. HER WRIST is very damaged and face a long long road to recovery with many surgeries. She has a large laceration across her arm that is very scary to see and as of yet has been left open. Last night we had her first surgery mainly for her wrist be also to get a good looko at whats going on. There is some concern over her skin which while in tact was ripped from the tissue underneath. that will give a whole lot more problems and time in the hospital. At this point we face more surgery tomorrow or the next day at this stage. and anywhere from a week to a month in hospital with future visits and rehab on going.
we r staying with the wonderful ronald mcdonald house for the forseeable future at this point.
i will update my blog over the course of the week ahead with updates on whats happening here with us. i have opened my comments up to be just left without approval.
i dont know what to say or how to end phyiscalled we r ok except for emily, emotionally we r all a mess and have asked for some councilling at some point next week....ive been told today i have post trumatic stress so im not thinking well at all
Friday, July 04, 2008
sovereign hill
yesterday we went out to be tourists, its the best part about living in a new area...there is so much to see and do that u wouldnt normally bother to do....we always have plenty to do in ballarat when we visit that always has more to do with shopping and getting the things we cant get at home. yesterday we made a point of going early and then doing something for the kids.
lilly had fun as usual with all the activitys u can do, here she is with her dad panning(sp?) for gold, u will notice that dan is holding on to her lol, for fear of her falling into that cold cold water. Yesterday was so cold to be out playing in water, but we were not the only silly ones!
lilly had fun as usual with all the activitys u can do, here she is with her dad panning(sp?) for gold, u will notice that dan is holding on to her lol, for fear of her falling into that cold cold water. Yesterday was so cold to be out playing in water, but we were not the only silly ones!
the snow slide was a heap of fun! lol, we had to drag her off after her 3rd line up and slide lol. I was sure that she would get up to the top and turn around and say no way, but she didnt she got on and had a blast! her first words before the first side was even over as she came down was i want another turn LOL...so funny
yes miss emily was there, she has a cold so didnt get to play with the snow much, and of course in turn 2 year old fashion i have shocking photos of her while she spent her few minutes playing in the snow pit! she wont look at me at the moment when i have the camera. i only got this one when i asked what she had...she promptly told me she had ch-late, we had no idea she could even say anything remotely sounding like chocolate hence the look on dans face lol
her language atm is so cute (just some things i guess for me, i want to remember her language, its so different to lilly at the same age.)
kuggle - cuddle its somewhere before a hug and a cuddle lol
wota - which is a fairly common one for water
ch-late - chocolate
hobbie - our dog hobbes
she is just starting to get her tounge around lilly and sister
and says things like up, no, here are, wheres daddy, drink, poo (of which she promptly ___?___ whatever she wants, me ummm oh she says so many things i cant think of them now.
she actually has so much more language than lilly did at her age it amazes me
mel has the felt food up on her blog if your interested link in side bar, i still havent had the time to make mine but i will by next weekend im sure. and the kitchen hasnt started yet, but we have it all sitting here
will be away for a few days from now, we are snow fields bound sunday monday tuesday. Actually we chose to stay at the bottom of the mt buffalo, in an affordable self contained cottage, and r pretty much between buffalo and hotham...we have never been before but are looking forward to it.
have a good weekend and start of the week everyone
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Its amazing
what being inspired by others can do!
was on Mel Goodsells blog this morning. its quickly become one of my favs to visit a number of times a week. anyway she had used up some towels to make some dishclothes. That started me thinking about my store of cloth nappies that we no longer use. I wouldnt give them to anyone and i dont expect we will use them for more babies so i cut a few up, and made them into dishclothes. i stitched two 8 x 8in pieces of the cloth together and then used some binding on the edges. (i did get in trouble from my dh for making them pretty when they would be used to mop up hehe)
while making the dishclothes i was looking at the scraps and thinking about mels next post which will be a felt food tutorial, this lead to me thinking about emilys birthday. We are getting her a kitchen for her birthday (more on that later as we r making it) and i want to make some of this felt food for her birthday, today i started on her birthday present by making her a kitchen set hehe...she has two dishclothes, 2 teatowels and some oven mits all made out of the scraps from my dishclothes for the actual kitchen.
dont u think they will look cute all hung up on her little kitchen.
i have been getting a collection of knitting needles that were all just floating around the house. So i created this folder for them. Dont look too closely its not great sewing i should of stopped i had had enough after the little set i made for emily...but i am glad i did it, its already in use. Im planning on adding a page to the middle to hold some of the other things i have gotten to aid my knitting as well as having a few extra needle holders there
ok i will be back later in the week to show off some of the progress we hope to make on emily's kitchen, we r getting all the wood precut for it tomorrow. wish us luck, we r hoping a little knowledge will go a long way! hehe and with some felt food too
was on Mel Goodsells blog this morning. its quickly become one of my favs to visit a number of times a week. anyway she had used up some towels to make some dishclothes. That started me thinking about my store of cloth nappies that we no longer use. I wouldnt give them to anyone and i dont expect we will use them for more babies so i cut a few up, and made them into dishclothes. i stitched two 8 x 8in pieces of the cloth together and then used some binding on the edges. (i did get in trouble from my dh for making them pretty when they would be used to mop up hehe)
while making the dishclothes i was looking at the scraps and thinking about mels next post which will be a felt food tutorial, this lead to me thinking about emilys birthday. We are getting her a kitchen for her birthday (more on that later as we r making it) and i want to make some of this felt food for her birthday, today i started on her birthday present by making her a kitchen set hehe...she has two dishclothes, 2 teatowels and some oven mits all made out of the scraps from my dishclothes for the actual kitchen.
dont u think they will look cute all hung up on her little kitchen.
i have been getting a collection of knitting needles that were all just floating around the house. So i created this folder for them. Dont look too closely its not great sewing i should of stopped i had had enough after the little set i made for emily...but i am glad i did it, its already in use. Im planning on adding a page to the middle to hold some of the other things i have gotten to aid my knitting as well as having a few extra needle holders there
ok i will be back later in the week to show off some of the progress we hope to make on emily's kitchen, we r getting all the wood precut for it tomorrow. wish us luck, we r hoping a little knowledge will go a long way! hehe and with some felt food too
Monday, June 30, 2008
knitting is addictive
i havent knitted much in years...like since my grandmother taught me as a kid...until recent weeks when i started with my knitted green bag and then a pillow for lilly as we work on making her room nice and pretty and hopefully tidy! (making it a place she loves is working on the keeping it tidy part woohoo)
anyway
i have NEVER knitted anything that is a guess wearable...NEVER had any idea of how to follow a pattern beyond knit one and purl one....until i bought a learn to knit book that told me what the parts to the pattern where.
so this week i have been knitting my first piece of clothing, for emily. Its a cardie, and im pretty happy with it, it has all the errors u would expect from a learner, but its wearable
the pattern is from lincraft and its actually the easy baby jacket. It went right up to an 18month old size....i sized it up to 2 years, and its actually a little bit big on emily so will probably last this winter and into the next one. The pattern was easy to follow its basically stocking stitch with a little bit of shaping which suited my level of just learning all that type of shaping stuff. The flower came off another pattern for a beanie, which i think i will make to match the jacket for her and i will run up a pair of purple pants to go with or green too i think. U do need to know how to crochet for this pattern which was thankfully something i already knew from my first living in the country, cold winter experience.
any way i really enjoying the whole handmade experience this time around.. :)
i dont know what it is, but there r some cool wools around. While i picked a plain wool for the actual knitting, all the crocheting was done with thicker wool and all that fluffy stuff. Its certainly harder to work with but im getting better at using it
anyway
i have NEVER knitted anything that is a guess wearable...NEVER had any idea of how to follow a pattern beyond knit one and purl one....until i bought a learn to knit book that told me what the parts to the pattern where.
so this week i have been knitting my first piece of clothing, for emily. Its a cardie, and im pretty happy with it, it has all the errors u would expect from a learner, but its wearable
the pattern is from lincraft and its actually the easy baby jacket. It went right up to an 18month old size....i sized it up to 2 years, and its actually a little bit big on emily so will probably last this winter and into the next one. The pattern was easy to follow its basically stocking stitch with a little bit of shaping which suited my level of just learning all that type of shaping stuff. The flower came off another pattern for a beanie, which i think i will make to match the jacket for her and i will run up a pair of purple pants to go with or green too i think. U do need to know how to crochet for this pattern which was thankfully something i already knew from my first living in the country, cold winter experience.
any way i really enjoying the whole handmade experience this time around.. :)
i dont know what it is, but there r some cool wools around. While i picked a plain wool for the actual knitting, all the crocheting was done with thicker wool and all that fluffy stuff. Its certainly harder to work with but im getting better at using it
Friday, June 27, 2008
tagged
thanks kirsty
Ten Years Ago
UMM, moving out to charlevile, starting my teaching career, just got engaged
Five things on todays ToDo list
Knit emilys jacket (check)
take photos for dan (check)
do washing up (check)
eat lunch out (check)
photoshop todays photos (check)
Snacks I enjoy
Apples, avocado with salt and pepper on toast YUM
as well as my share of junk food
Things I would do if I were a millionaire
Go back to uni to study something arts (creative arts that is) - photography would have to fit in there somewhere. Pay for a good education for my kiddos too... :) Buy houses!
Places I have lived qld sunshine coast, toowoomba, charleville, mitchell, redcliffe, northlakes and vic avoca.
i tag... Chris Millar , and Kate Mason
Well i spent my day helping out my dh. They have been updating the warrenmang website and dan wanted me to take some photos of his latest food creations to put on the restaurant section of the site, so i have been reading foodie mags all week looking at photos and getting ideas. I had over 100 photos and a yummy duck lunch with chocolate for desert! YUMO
Ten Years Ago
UMM, moving out to charlevile, starting my teaching career, just got engaged
Five things on todays ToDo list
Knit emilys jacket (check)
take photos for dan (check)
do washing up (check)
eat lunch out (check)
photoshop todays photos (check)
Snacks I enjoy
Apples, avocado with salt and pepper on toast YUM
as well as my share of junk food
Things I would do if I were a millionaire
Go back to uni to study something arts (creative arts that is) - photography would have to fit in there somewhere. Pay for a good education for my kiddos too... :) Buy houses!
Places I have lived qld sunshine coast, toowoomba, charleville, mitchell, redcliffe, northlakes and vic avoca.
i tag... Chris Millar , and Kate Mason
Well i spent my day helping out my dh. They have been updating the warrenmang website and dan wanted me to take some photos of his latest food creations to put on the restaurant section of the site, so i have been reading foodie mags all week looking at photos and getting ideas. I had over 100 photos and a yummy duck lunch with chocolate for desert! YUMO
here r some of the pics i took today...just 4 of them to make u all hungry.
I had this for lunch.
I had this for lunch!
now i plug..if u r in victoria or coming to victoria Warrenmang is well worth a visit. The wine is fantastic and the food.well these photos speak for themselves.. :)
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
some scrapbooking
well one page to share anyway, miss lilly in the tree. i worked on this at my lss using my lime tart kit of pink pasilee products, the bird was an addition, is that not the cutest rub on u did ever see. the layout is called birds eye view...its hard to see the missing part of the title up there.
i have one more but im still working on it. I hope to spend some time with that layout tonight or tomorrow
everything else im working on atm is a secret for a few months yet... :)
Sunday, June 22, 2008
a weekend of sewing
i have spent my weekend sewing! a strange way for me to spend my craft time, but there it is, my sewing machine got used on fabric!
actually i scrapped on friday night at a crop at my lss in ballarat...i have one layout finished and i will share it later on...and one im working on that just isnt working for me atm...i seem to go through these times esp before working on comp work and masters is what i need to get working on....i do have a few ideas for my single layout that are brewing and only started today while i thought about something that was the complete opposite...go figure.
anyway
i came home with material last week to make our art on the go bags...i have only made one, because i got so carried away by stitching other projects hehe
Lilly needed a new school bag...and i just havent had a chance to get anywhere where i might be able to buy one...so i made this one from demin and pink poka dots material. Ive been material inspired ever since i went home and had a quick trip to the young designers market...there r some so clever young bag makers...well worth a visit if u r in brisbane on a sunday. im sure its all wrong...i wouldnt know how to follow much of a pattern if my life depended on it and im not one for following many sewing rules either, i was more about the creating, which i actually enjoyed.
I then using the ideas from the creative family for making a pair of pants made these for emily. it was so easy, i used a pair of her pants as a pattern and i was off. The demin is light weight and stretchy so perfect for me so i just added elastic for the waste band. PRETTY is all she says when she looks at them,. (excuse the photo...hard to make a nearly 2 year old stand still and in the light lol)
And then i moved onto this. This apron....a version of this sits on the wall of the material shop and i stare at it every time i go. It is well worth going to your local material shop and getting to know the people that work there....they r so full of information and willing to help, so unlike spotlight where they often have no idea what will and wont work. After i bought my material the other day we were talking about what i could do with the scraps and she suggested the apron knowing that i always stare at it! lol...she then pulled it down off the wall and talked me through making it myself. I was very happy with this...i used an old apron of lillys as a pattern for the top. and was very happy with the frills and how it all worked out. Lilly loves it! Emily is gettong one, im going for some lime green gigham fabric tomorrow.
And heres is one of our art on the go bags...its just a draw string backpack bag. one panel folded in half. I did line it.
How is it u can keep your sewing secret through 8 years in brisbane and live in a small town for just 4 months and the secret is out lol here is an art smock for preschool that i have been working on...i have one cut out and on the table ready to stitch tonight.
i hope everyone else had a productive weekend too.. :)
actually i scrapped on friday night at a crop at my lss in ballarat...i have one layout finished and i will share it later on...and one im working on that just isnt working for me atm...i seem to go through these times esp before working on comp work and masters is what i need to get working on....i do have a few ideas for my single layout that are brewing and only started today while i thought about something that was the complete opposite...go figure.
anyway
i came home with material last week to make our art on the go bags...i have only made one, because i got so carried away by stitching other projects hehe
Lilly needed a new school bag...and i just havent had a chance to get anywhere where i might be able to buy one...so i made this one from demin and pink poka dots material. Ive been material inspired ever since i went home and had a quick trip to the young designers market...there r some so clever young bag makers...well worth a visit if u r in brisbane on a sunday. im sure its all wrong...i wouldnt know how to follow much of a pattern if my life depended on it and im not one for following many sewing rules either, i was more about the creating, which i actually enjoyed.
I then using the ideas from the creative family for making a pair of pants made these for emily. it was so easy, i used a pair of her pants as a pattern and i was off. The demin is light weight and stretchy so perfect for me so i just added elastic for the waste band. PRETTY is all she says when she looks at them,. (excuse the photo...hard to make a nearly 2 year old stand still and in the light lol)
And then i moved onto this. This apron....a version of this sits on the wall of the material shop and i stare at it every time i go. It is well worth going to your local material shop and getting to know the people that work there....they r so full of information and willing to help, so unlike spotlight where they often have no idea what will and wont work. After i bought my material the other day we were talking about what i could do with the scraps and she suggested the apron knowing that i always stare at it! lol...she then pulled it down off the wall and talked me through making it myself. I was very happy with this...i used an old apron of lillys as a pattern for the top. and was very happy with the frills and how it all worked out. Lilly loves it! Emily is gettong one, im going for some lime green gigham fabric tomorrow.
And heres is one of our art on the go bags...its just a draw string backpack bag. one panel folded in half. I did line it.
How is it u can keep your sewing secret through 8 years in brisbane and live in a small town for just 4 months and the secret is out lol here is an art smock for preschool that i have been working on...i have one cut out and on the table ready to stitch tonight.
i hope everyone else had a productive weekend too.. :)Wednesday, June 18, 2008
6 weeks of challenges
ive been playing with the dt search at scraploot
6 weeks of challenges that have come to an end. it started with a card and went threw to layouts with certain things and finally a life of a dt layout...i chose one by sheree http://www.scraploot.com.au/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=886 see it here
i have fun for 6 weeks, got some scrapbooking done and got to see some fantastic layouts by the other people in the challenge
thanks everyone
Saturday, June 14, 2008
making
i have been all inspired by wool...maybe its winter and the cold. or its the better homes and gardens spread this month on wool, there r some really funky balls of wool around. I got all the wool iin the bag from lincraft. SUCH YUMMY wool on show
anyway i have a few wool projects on the go atm...but this one i finally finished this morning in a rare quiet moment. Its just a basic garter stitch bag...the one in the mag was fancy and while i wanted to have a go at that, it just didnt look right with the fluffy wool i picked. im happy with it, i havent knitted in years, and i really had to think about casting off, but we got their int he end lol
anyway i have a few wool projects on the go atm...but this one i finally finished this morning in a rare quiet moment. Its just a basic garter stitch bag...the one in the mag was fancy and while i wanted to have a go at that, it just didnt look right with the fluffy wool i picked. im happy with it, i havent knitted in years, and i really had to think about casting off, but we got their int he end lol
also been making these cute little rolls for the pencils to live in
and coveriing some of our art journals
no scrapbooking yesterday but thats for tonight, i have a scraploot dt comp challenge to catch up on
will be back to share that later tonight!
right now im off to make some bread with lilly
Friday, June 13, 2008
i *heart* this
we have lived here about 4 months, and have longed for this to work! esp lately as winter took hold of our lives. With such a big old house some days we were wearing 3 layers inside! Yesterday FINALLY our landlord got someone out to look at the fireplace and the flu was totally blocked, like replace it blocked. so yesterday afternoon the flu was replaced and last night we were so toasty warm from a fire in the fireplace! i *heart* my pot belly stove so much that we changed the house around so that our smaller lounge room is now with the fireplace the the dinning room in the room we had the lounge set up. The house feels so much nicer to me now! it was to be a chilly <10 id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211193949931164482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpb9ult6BzSeJYMKzj4lsNEq3o-Xg8pTfJiq5_ciR4JVz5oJCAlQbkRBi4knvdpyIMRax7Enz5oK9jKbXClPDp2QEjFxp-BdgeGg6rTP8ktZCqi02LLKqoJttcu3Sc0YpG_mR3Eg/s320/IMGP5527.JPG" border="0"> This morning we started our new way of life...from the creative family book i was reading with our own twist on it. We started with a weather journal. Something that was fun and was great for lilly to start learning about the days of the week and about describing the weather. Heres a close up of the page she worked on this morning. (dont look at the mess on their general drawing table, im yet to tackle the cull of that table and the putting away of things.)
When we woke up this morning their was a rainbow in the sky, their was some blue sky and the sun was trying to poke through and the clouds were rainy grey ones (which have now started to rain down on us. and its really come with a cooool turn in the weather.)i thought she did a great job. I then printed out some words and the day of the week and we sat together and she selected the words to describe the day and the day of the week. It was a fantastic way to start the day.
I went thrift shopping yesterday for something we could use as an art cupboard. Came up empty handed. I moved onto the second hand shops and found this white set of drawers. So i picked them up for $49 and they have become our art drawers. they r of course half empty but i dont think that will last long. I wish i had always had a cupboard that was for storage of art supplies now that i have this one. Its so tidy when u have a place to put everything! derrr. I think we will rib them back a bit to expose the wood underneath and give them that weathered look.
and lastly, our art display...we would love to attach a rail with hooks but seeing as we r currently living in a rental i went with command adhesive hooks, some ribbon from the stash and some wooden pegs. Its serving a great purpose....: )
well im off to join lilly, emily should be asleep by now fingers crossed and lilly and i are watching enchanted.
ps guess whos climbing out of her cot at 22 months...many months longer than lilly at 19 months, but still it looks like we pack away the cot today or tomorrow for what might possibly be the very last jones child we have....its a bit bitter sweet for me even thou i am enjoying emily at the age she is now...my sad to say farewell to this stage in my life....here somes the toddler..and the toddler bed as well
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
were home and inspired
were home
we had a fantastic week away in brisbane, we saw family, friends and met some new precious little people that i will share with you next time, (photo is on the usb stick i have to find it!)
i got some great photos of him.
on sunday we went to the paper convention in brisbane where i got to do a photography class with andrea thompson. It was fantastic and just the thing to help me take a leap with my photography. So i have now learnt a little bit more about posing people.
here r my two cuties on the planeon the way home, i caved and bought the pay tv...at 7 in the morning when they had been up since 5 it was the best decision i made the whole trip.
thanks to my parents that put up with us messing up their house for the past week. They were fantastic. Even giving me the sunday to go to the convention while allt he kids mine and cousins all together...brave nana....brave! hehe
my children ready out did their best behaviour while we were away. they were co-operative, did as they were told and put up with me taking them places, shops, coffee shops and all with little effort. We did of course have a few melt downs but nothing that stopped us having a great trip.
after getting off the plane people stared as they ran off up the walkaway and out and YELLED when they finally saw daddy...6 and a bit days is a long time without your daddy! it was so very cute.
and a big thankyou to the kindness of strangers. On the way down the poor lady sitting next to us gave up her seat for alot of the flight and did anything i needed done even when i said i couldnt possibly ask that. and to the man this morning that helped lilly onto the escallator (sp) this morning when she missed the step and had to let my hand go....he saved me from going through security to get her again.
and finally a big thank youto virgin....fantastic people to fly with...everything was oh so easy! we were able to get on and organised first which really is helpful.
I HAVE BEEN READING THIS....oh my god fantastic book. we r already putting things from this book into play in our home. If you have children i guesson the smaller side its well worth the effort of tracking it down and buying it. I got it in australia after much searching from http://www.booktopia.com.au/ for minimal money too. it took about 2 weeks i guess to come from the states. i am loving the new lease of life its given me and the changes in our daily life its helping me make...and all for the better~!
here is lilly finger kniting, which is an activity from the book and the first step for me teaching lilly to knit. handing on those traditional crafts that my grandmother taught me. we have some sewing planned this week also and some drawing in brand new art journals with lovely art supplies that we shopped for before coming home. and today on the way home i shopped for some material supplies to make us all some art on the go bags. i will share some of my making later on...crochet a scarf on holidays and started a baby blanket for a friends first baby, most of my friends have something handmade from me for their babies.
If you are interested in the book here is the author blog http://www.soulemama.typepad.com/
for those that asked
we r now living in rural victoria in a town called avoca. Its in the pyrenees wine region of victoria and daniel is working as exc chef here. http://www.warrenmang.com.au/ YUMMY wine! it was a warm 14degrees upon getting off the plane this morning and it was worse as we drove home. im to scared to look now but im about to go get the heater organised!
we had a fantastic week away in brisbane, we saw family, friends and met some new precious little people that i will share with you next time, (photo is on the usb stick i have to find it!)
i got some great photos of him.
on sunday we went to the paper convention in brisbane where i got to do a photography class with andrea thompson. It was fantastic and just the thing to help me take a leap with my photography. So i have now learnt a little bit more about posing people.
here r my two cuties on the planeon the way home, i caved and bought the pay tv...at 7 in the morning when they had been up since 5 it was the best decision i made the whole trip.thanks to my parents that put up with us messing up their house for the past week. They were fantastic. Even giving me the sunday to go to the convention while allt he kids mine and cousins all together...brave nana....brave! hehe
my children ready out did their best behaviour while we were away. they were co-operative, did as they were told and put up with me taking them places, shops, coffee shops and all with little effort. We did of course have a few melt downs but nothing that stopped us having a great trip.
after getting off the plane people stared as they ran off up the walkaway and out and YELLED when they finally saw daddy...6 and a bit days is a long time without your daddy! it was so very cute.
and a big thankyou to the kindness of strangers. On the way down the poor lady sitting next to us gave up her seat for alot of the flight and did anything i needed done even when i said i couldnt possibly ask that. and to the man this morning that helped lilly onto the escallator (sp) this morning when she missed the step and had to let my hand go....he saved me from going through security to get her again.
and finally a big thank youto virgin....fantastic people to fly with...everything was oh so easy! we were able to get on and organised first which really is helpful.
I HAVE BEEN READING THIS....oh my god fantastic book. we r already putting things from this book into play in our home. If you have children i guesson the smaller side its well worth the effort of tracking it down and buying it. I got it in australia after much searching from http://www.booktopia.com.au/ for minimal money too. it took about 2 weeks i guess to come from the states. i am loving the new lease of life its given me and the changes in our daily life its helping me make...and all for the better~!
here is lilly finger kniting, which is an activity from the book and the first step for me teaching lilly to knit. handing on those traditional crafts that my grandmother taught me. we have some sewing planned this week also and some drawing in brand new art journals with lovely art supplies that we shopped for before coming home. and today on the way home i shopped for some material supplies to make us all some art on the go bags. i will share some of my making later on...crochet a scarf on holidays and started a baby blanket for a friends first baby, most of my friends have something handmade from me for their babies.If you are interested in the book here is the author blog http://www.soulemama.typepad.com/
for those that asked
we r now living in rural victoria in a town called avoca. Its in the pyrenees wine region of victoria and daniel is working as exc chef here. http://www.warrenmang.com.au/ YUMMY wine! it was a warm 14degrees upon getting off the plane this morning and it was worse as we drove home. im to scared to look now but im about to go get the heater organised!
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
a quick one
heres my next pages for the scraploot challenge , in the gallery over there under jacqui j
heres a sneak peak today
heres a sneak peak today
the close up certainly looks alot better than the whole layout!....on a time limit with this one i was, and well the creativity just didnt flow, mine is else where...its ok but certainly not dt comp quality in my eyes. but oh well as i said no time to wait for it to happen it had to be done today and today only
because
tomorrow we FLY home for a weeks visit...woohoo....we leave tomorrow night, but lilly still has preschool, and then the 2 hour drive to get to the airport and well i havent actually packed our bags yet! So no time to fix dt challenges tomorrow im afraid. we r however looking so forward to going home for a little visit. Just me and the girls, but we have grand plans for a week of social butterflying...: ) including a visit to the scrapbook convention on sunday and a creative photography class as well....again i say woohoo, im right into my camera at the moment. and excusing todays photo of the above layout for the scraploot gallery {edited : i just fixed it i couldnt stand the yukko photo upthere} im actually getting better (i just didnt have time today to deal with getting a better photo) best part of doing the photography class i need no tools cause i couldnt handle kids stuff, scrap stuff kids and myself all on my own at the airport and well my camera will be coming anyway so it so suited me. I will post some of our queensland adventures next week, it all feels so shiny and new when u havent been there for a few months....and while for u qld'ers it might be cold....its a big 10 degrees warmer than here most days so i say bring it on!
have a great week everyone
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
scrapping
well i havent been doing much in the way of it this week
ive actually been making some quilted bags for our hot water bottles and one each for the girls to store their toys in that they like to have in the lounge room.
but i did take a little break today from my sewing so that i could scrap my next entry into the scraploot dt seach comp
not sure if i can share here but heres the link to my layout on the site... :)
http://www.scraploot.com.au/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1018
all pink paislee stuff that is oh so nice to play with...YUMMMO
the challenge this week was more than 6 buttons, no cardstock, felt and colouring in. i had to think about this one.
nothing really going on here but we do go home for a visit next week..woohoo
ive actually been making some quilted bags for our hot water bottles and one each for the girls to store their toys in that they like to have in the lounge room.
but i did take a little break today from my sewing so that i could scrap my next entry into the scraploot dt seach comp
not sure if i can share here but heres the link to my layout on the site... :)
http://www.scraploot.com.au/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1018
all pink paislee stuff that is oh so nice to play with...YUMMMO
the challenge this week was more than 6 buttons, no cardstock, felt and colouring in. i had to think about this one.
nothing really going on here but we do go home for a visit next week..woohoo
Monday, May 19, 2008
COLD
its so cold today
they r saying 7 degrees...but its so not!
my feet r cold, my nose is cold
i have on socks and shoes (something i never wear inside)
i have on a wool jacket, jeans 2 layers under the coat...and its still cold
ima bout to go out to get lilly from preschool and i think my gloves and scarf will also be coming for the walk!
its insane
they r saying 7 degrees...but its so not!
my feet r cold, my nose is cold
i have on socks and shoes (something i never wear inside)
i have on a wool jacket, jeans 2 layers under the coat...and its still cold
ima bout to go out to get lilly from preschool and i think my gloves and scarf will also be coming for the walk!
its insane
Saturday, May 17, 2008
heres my scrap jack entry
http://www.aussiescrapjack.blogspot.com/
heres my entry
photos of lilly throwing autumn leaves this is a bit of fun for us, being so used to trees that dont lose leaves one that do r a big deal right at the moment
i was also playing with my camera ont he manual settings here...not the best time of the day for pics at all, but im learning lots now ive turned to the manual settings!
heres my entry
photos of lilly throwing autumn leaves this is a bit of fun for us, being so used to trees that dont lose leaves one that do r a big deal right at the moment
i was also playing with my camera ont he manual settings here...not the best time of the day for pics at all, but im learning lots now ive turned to the manual settings!
Becky Fleck
there is a great Becky Fleck sketch up at scraploot
heres my version, changed the sketch to suit 11 x 8 1/2
and even thou this layout had a reason behind the making of it, it was fun to do something for fun...ive been bogged down the last few layouts i have done trying to work on things for my et entry this year...as soon as u add major comp to my thinking my mojo and brain walk right out the door!
heres my version, changed the sketch to suit 11 x 8 1/2
and even thou this layout had a reason behind the making of it, it was fun to do something for fun...ive been bogged down the last few layouts i have done trying to work on things for my et entry this year...as soon as u add major comp to my thinking my mojo and brain walk right out the door!
sorry about the pic of the layout. had to use the flash its dark and rainy here today
im going to work on the scrapjack today, something else just for fun! be back to share later
Saturday, May 10, 2008
early mothers day gift
i got to go to a class today taught by the wonderful and lovely fiona leehane on photography and photoshop.
i had a great time...a big thanks to fiona i really got alot from the class and am looking forward to getting out with my camera in the coming weeks
and im already putting some of the photoshop info into practice
we talked alot about take pics and the settings and the manual settings which is an area i havent ventured into to much even thou i should of by now.
and then we played in photoshop
and here is the outcome of that
i had a great time...a big thanks to fiona i really got alot from the class and am looking forward to getting out with my camera in the coming weeks
and im already putting some of the photoshop info into practice
we talked alot about take pics and the settings and the manual settings which is an area i havent ventured into to much even thou i should of by now.
and then we played in photoshop
and here is the outcome of that
ok heres the shot of lilly i took before i left home the day before...i love the photo and once upon a time would of happily printed that out and scrapped....but i have been playing in photoshop for some time with NO knowledge at all about what im doing or should be doing....hence going today
and heres the outcome....I LOVE IT looks fantastic printed and so different
it now sort of has that slight professional feel to it....i cant wait to scrap it...and i have it here to scrap buti am thinking on tuesday when im back in ballarat that it would probably look fantastic printed on matte paper at the photoshop...so imgoing to take it in and have it printed properly i think if i can wait that long.. :)
also a big thanks to by dear dh, who stayed home with the kids today...not something seemingly unusual but today was a big deal as he is a person down at work and as the boss has to go pick up her slack AGAIN!! needless to say this was the last straw with her and she was sacked. so i thank him because he will have a late night tonight doing things he could of done during the day for the mothersday function tomorrow.
Friday, May 09, 2008
check this out
my card on the cover....the one at the bottom called thanks so much
love this mag
cant show u the actual cards for a while, so u will have to go out and get it.. :)
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