I am just me..... e

A week of achievements

well that is what I am hoping for anyhow. I have a list of things to do that have been taking me forever so Hubby is at home on annuals and I am working....in the scraproom....doing everything from listing auctions, to sewing bags, to scrapping some classes for the local store....things i have been trying to get to do but just not succeeding! Today I managed to mock a couple of layouts for a class and make some invites for another class so I am feeling rather clever,,,....forgot how nice it was to be in the office for any length of time.

ok...that is me....just wanting some normality so here I am. Hope your all well.

hugs

e

{it is all about the mouth}

We all have them....but I am sure mine is more trouble than most....lets clarify. Joel is not the only one having trouble with his mouth. The last eye tooth is REALLY making this little man suffer bad and now the two lower eye teeth are swollen....is there no rest for this little man?????

Then I had to visit the dentist on Wednesday....long story but my teeth are nasty. They have been fixed, fixed and re-fixed many times...actually each time I have a baby they are re-fixed....lol...so off I went after 4 composite filling fell out....yes,,,,just fell out! and one of my lower rear molars snapped of slightly lower than the gum line....OUCH! Yes....true story. So obviously after that happened there was no saving it. It had already been root filled and it was now only a matter of time before I had to have it removed....so Wednesday was the day. *and for the record...WHAT THE HECK WAS I THINKING?* Picture the dentist (lovely lady too) trying to dig out a molar that had no tooth above the gum to grab with those narly pliers....then it was in with some other tools to try and move and lift the tooth, that didn't work and so then in with one of her partners to help....by this stage people....I WANT THE GROUND TO SWOLLOW ME! Finally the roots are removed after the gum was cut to aid this and the corners of my mouth split as they gain leverage! PAINTING A BAD PICTURE??????

THAT IS CAUSE IT WAS BAD!

Yesterday was a day to forget. The drugs did their part but really there is nothing that can take away the pain and discomfort....time. Today I am feeling less human, but this is more to do with Joel waking screaming every 20 minutes next to me i bed cause his face feels like it is being ripped off and mine throbbing cause it had been ripped apart! I guess it can only get better right? and adding insult to injury, then an account will arrive and it will be enough to feed a small starving village for a year! GRRRRRR

anyhow...enough with the pity party. I will survive. I am pretty strong and tough but this pain has broken me somewhat. Luckily I am looking forward to the next appointment on Saturday.....(one down and one to go...appointments that is) as this will then repair all of the damage I had as a result of the pregnancy and I will be back to square 1 ....AGAIN! No more extractions thankfully....just some replacement fillings so I can start eating properly again.

Kaitlyn left the house this morning bound for Temuka! The south island Touch champs are on there and wow....how exciting. She text me to let me know that instead of taking the school mini bus which was *cough* nasty, they are traveling i a new Chrysler van so I am actually feeling very happy now. I just freak when my kids are on the road without us....silly but i hate it. It will be a long day for sure. The drive will take them approx 7.5 hours not including a stops, so it is some time for me to be pacing and freaking out. GO NAYLAND TOUCH! If they make top 4 after the weekend they will travel north for the Secondary National Touch champs....yay!
She has trained so hard and has done so well with all sports. She was bummed to make the 2nd 11 soccer squad but got the call o Monday night and was asked to play with the 1st team on Wednesday against Nelson girls. They played well. Lost but much progress was made and now it looks like she is in the 1st squad, so WTG KAITLYN!

ok...sitting here wondering what other random boring garbage I can impose on y'all. Joel's asleep on the couch right behind me. Poor wee cherub! It just sucks to be Joel today! My plan is to let him sleep as long as he can. Comfort him and just hang. Then off to collect the other kids from school and travel to Motueka for a dental appointment for Nikita....man it is all about the dentist right! (at least hers is free!)

hope you are all well. Hugs to u and yours.

e

welcome new week

Can i slow down the weekends and speed up the weeks? Please?

Had a good weekend. Disturbed sleep but hey....my body is starting to function this way so I guess i can't complain.

Did I tell you all about being invited to be a part of the amaing Kate Mason & Deb Fuller book? If I forgot....then yay...yup.....these wonderfull chickies asked me to create a page for them. I wish I had have had more time to create morw than one but it was so close to when Joel arrived and life was pre-occupied. Here is the cover of their book....

I can't wait for my copy to arrive...actually it shouldn't be far off.....I love these girls work and tobe a part of these and a heap of other amazing artists was awesome...

on that note....

This is available for purchase.......NIC HOWARDS BOOK!
Check this out people....this is going to be a wonderful book also. Thanks for also letting me create a couple of pages. The artists among these pages are amazing. The theme of the book is real. It reveals that there is more to life as scrapbookers than pretty faces & ideal days....I just love this idea. I am so happy for my pal who has always wanted her own book. Dude....I am so pleased you got your dream...you deserve this and all the accolaides that will come. Cross that off the list huh! Well done...I am so proud of you! And that cutie pie face people, is little Miss Howard....aint she a cutie!

Not allot being achieved here today. Changed formula for Joel and so far he is not complaining.....washing can wait....housework can wait....I am enjoying some me time.

Happy monday all!

Doing over tha rusk!

yup....it had to be done. I had to snap the mess this boy can make with a single solitary rusk! IT IS A WORK OF ART! Sadly I kind of enjoy him doing this cause after each meal I have the perfect excuse to clean down the highchair....lol....sad but true!

Ok....another pic of him watching * or was that getting cranky cause he was over* the mighty warriors tonight. His Daddy was proud. and wahoo....THEY WON! *sorry Eels supporters!

Happy saturday night.

e

Oh you guys!

Thanks so much to all of you who emailed and left comments saying that your still there...lol...I miss having enough spare time to go round everyone but just know that I appreciate you all!

One thing that I did forget to share the other day is that the wonderfull Sasha at Shop & Crop has the most amazing selection of all the fancy pants stuff!....please head over there cause I am not sure where else you can get all of this....it is gorgeous stuff....click HERE and check it all out!

Ok...we had about 3 great days with Joel but sadly we are now working on another tooth.....man they are coming thick and fast! I did manage to snap away some pics of him crawling around the floor and playing pee-a-boo with me....very cute, so enjoy!

and this is Joel's favourite place to be at the moment....despite the fact that he keeps hitting his head and he gets very upset....he goes straight back though!

Friday already and we have a big weekend with sports etc. Kaitlyn was bummed a bit after trials the other day and making the 2nd team not the 1st as she wanted, but we are very proud of her and she can see now that it was a huge achievement. The athletics in Blenheim the other day were a disaster as the weather took hold so she rode the bus there and then it was cancelled before her events were run and she rode the bus home again...sad but couldn't be helped!

Thanks to the lovely Hera for coming to my class in the local store the other day. It was such a pleasure to meet you after all this time. Thanks for the chocolate *and thanks from the hips too* and I hope you love the rest of your kiwi stay. Watch this space for the pics....lol

Ok....hugs to you all!

e

Hello?....anyone there?

Well I would understand if some of you have given me up for the blog cemetery....BUT WAIT! I am here. Just found myself buried in my mummy taxi run and a seriously sad baby boy who was cutting anew tooth. Yup....Joel now has 5 teeth.....2 bottom and 3 top. And let me tell you this last week....argh. This little tooth has given him the worst time, but anyhow....he is back to fighting fit and napping twice a day and so I am finally getting something done. The mending pile was dealt to Sunday, the ironing pile was dealt to yesterday and the washing is up to date! Phew.....hate this house when things get let go!

In other news......old but new....this is the project I completed for the March article for Shop & Crop. It was a nice and easy frame for any occasion.

Huge congrats to my friend Trina. Sorry this is late but wow....Junkitz DT! You go girl. Visit Trina here and see how much talent this girl has, not to mention the great shot of the big bang in Auckland last weekend. Well done.

I am finally off to the local scrapbook store tomorrow night for my first class for 2007.....actually for a long while, and I am really looking forward to it. I have had such a busy time over the last 4 mths that it will be nice to get out of the house and into the class again...I do love it. BEST OF ALL.....I get to finally meet Hera Frei....yup....she is coming to do one of my classes! WAHOO! She is the sweetest chic and has been very cool to chat too. But we have never met in person. YAY!

Not alot else to report on the scrapping front. I actually feel like I have stepped too far back IYKWIM. I am kinda experiencing some almost withdrawals...lol

In family news

Nikita and Liam had their school cross country last week and both did very well....Nikita placed 7th overall and Liam was just happy he got to run like the wind. That boy really is like a gazelle....his body doesn't seem to have caught up to his legs..lol

Kaitlyn *or Kate as she likes to be known...he he teens* has had the most amazing few weeks at her new school. She has made the south island champs for Touch and has for the last 2 weeks been in the busy of a grueling trial process with the hopes of making the Nayland college 1st 11 Soccer side. Nayland always put together a great girls side and so it was her hope to make it. They trialled for 2 hours on Tues 27th Feb and then again a week later, where they short listed 21 girls....TODAY IS THE BIG DAY! Today they will select from that 21, based on performance, the girls to make the 16 girls squad...argh....I am nervous. But you know what she has a dream and she has worked hard. *the waiting will kill me*
On top of this they train twice a week at the moment building up to the big trip south on the 23rd, and she also ran the 200m and the relay at Athletics the other day and automatically placed in the Nayland side to travel to Blenheim for the inter schools......with legs like that who could run aye! We are very proud of her. She has also worked all summer long to save for her own laptop. I thought it was a big ask, but she set her mind to it and whammo....she has $887 to date.....only needs $999. What an achievement!

ok....I won't go on and on. My man is fab....I am recovering and getting some sleep and all is well with the world....TILL THE NEXT TOOTH! Will post some pics later. Oh....thought I would share the pic on my phone of me and my baby girl....lol....who turns 15 soon....argh

ok...sorry I have been so scarce. Stop by and say hi ok....I miss you all!
Hugs

e

It is me.....eeeeee

Yes I am here. I have had the best few days and the worst in some respects....let me clarify...

My Dad & Step mum arrived on Monday which was awesome....following on from the weekend of Craigs birthday and after very few nights with great sleep...never-the-less we had a blast! It was a fast fleeting visit on their way up north but it was time I wouldn't trade. But....*and there is always one* we had to say goodbye and I dropped them at the airport yesterday morning. Joel in the meantime has been fairly happy but not at night. Last night was the pits....you know the hairy, foggy pit....lol...poor little man is now working on more teeth. Gosh does this boy have to grow so fast???

So after not allot or should I say not enough sleep for me to function properly, we are off to the Dr for the next round of shots and a plunket check (our plunket comes to the local Dr's surgery....yay) so this day will be anything but plain sailing.

So....I miss you all but just have too many things going on and they don't involve the computer or anything else for that matter. Poor kids. They go through so much but it will be all done soon enough.

Hope your all well...when sleep returns and I have something inspirational to share *lol.....not likely ...lol* I will return.

huge hugs

e