been slack

oh my goodness, I have been soooo busy lately and not had time even to look at the blogs I follow let alone post on mine!!

Lets see..... I have had a cold, it went and then I think I got its cousin, the cold #2
the fisherman had his work do, on board a boat on the yarra which ended up being a fun night, I got to practice my moves I have been learning in danzika class!
These are a couple of views we had while cruising around the yarra!




The swim club stuff has taken over my life at the moment, lots to get sorted as the past past committee has let a few things go and we need to now move on and get it happening, so there is a bit of ground work to be done then it should be much easier going from there.

Training for my round the bay experience has shuddered to a halt with the weather and my buddies time tables clashing, but we are doing RPM and other gym classes to keep up the fitness, just need some road time.

Got a sausage sizzle on Monday at a local bunnings so hoping that will bring in much needed cash for the swim club. Have to be up at the crack of dawn to buy 20 loaves of bread arrgghhh!

Sewing has been limited to taking up 2 pairs of pants for the froglet for her work experience week, which went really well. So well that she may well gain some casual work from it!!

community festival

I'm here! just been busy with life. Have some photos to upload again! tomorrow is the whittlesea community festival down at Barry road Lalor.

There will be stalls there and things happening on stage. Danzika/zumba with top instructors at 4pm. Irish dance display with wonderful dancers at 720pm Stalls such as bike n bean who sell great bikes and make good coffee in mill park just near spotlight, they service bikes too. Westfield plaza has a walking group who meet in the morning (not sure of time or days) but you will find out if you go to the festival!!

Hope you have a great weekend... the weather has been amazing! (our grass is also amazing!)

road trip 2!

Today the girls and I embarked on another road trip... such fun!

today we decided to invade the other side of town and went down to Mentone. Our first stop of the day was primative patches

You enter a small slice of patchwork heaven and dive in at the deep end!

I really dont know how long we were there but we managed to do a bit of damage to the bank accounts heheheheh. I kept on finding fabrics that I knew Jennifer would love but she was strong (most of the time) and deflected my attempts to empty her purse.

The next stop was to Carmels warehouse.... Anita said it was just like project runway! I agreed with her and thought we should have run in there screaming make it work!! That show is the bomb!
We also managed to go into Carmels actual shop in Mentone.


This was I think my find of the day. the froglets best friend is goth (babybat for those in the know) I saw this epic spider fabric and knew I had to buy it for her. I also bought some black satin backed crepe... both these were in the remenants bin so a total bargin!
I bought it home and showed the froglet who was delighted, but when I told her that her friend could sew up a skirt, she told me she is "crap at sewing mum" Looks like I might have to have a sewing day with the girls. Sewing clothes is my least favourite sewing thing but if push comes to shove... I will have to wait until Friday morning to present my finds to the babybat, I can hardly wait!!

funky owls for the froglet... yes yes I know its not frogs but she likes owls too and we have a cunning plan for a bag.... stay tuned for that saga!


The noisy one likes cats and the froglet made herself a frog quilt some time ago and now the noisy one wants the same quilt but with cats. Im slowly collecting cat fabrics for the hexagons and some century we will make it together.

Of course I bought a few other bits and pieces and then we had a very nice lunch at truely scrumptious Anita had a yummy looking (and tasting) vegetarian foccacia melt, Madeline and I had the B.E.L.T. bacon, egg, lettuce and tomato on a very light roll and Jennifer had the breakfast in a roll... All looked and tasted very good. The coffee was pretty good too (better than the crap I had last week!).

Tonight I did a danzika class with the girls as I missed my gym session this morning to partake in the road trip.

Day one of six.

I survived the day!

I also did a danzika class at my gym tonight with some of my friends... Carlos our instructor is the bomb! The night class was quite different from the day class, music was more orientated towards the younger participants which was fine by me as I like that music too.

Quilting tomorrow night and I think I might go swimming with the girls while they train with the club on Friday night.

The house is quiet tonight as the noisy one is on school camp....

Bedtime

my holidays are over

Well the time has come for me to go back to work after being on annual leave for the last 3 weeks.

I have gone to the gym every morning and exercised my butt off (well that was the idea!) I have had coffee with my friends, shopped, gone to patchwork shops, taken my mum to appointments, gone to the city with the enviro team from the school and settled the noisy one into high school.

I now have 6... yes 6 days straight of work after all this time off (I must be mad).

The noisy one is off to school camp for 3 days so I am currently getting her to pack her bag and get into bed as I am must home from the gym (yes again).

I have made a nice casserole for dinner tomorrow night so I don't have to think about that particular job and my friends from gym and myself are all going to danzika class in the evening as I will miss class in the morning. (oh will I cope?!).

I know I will find a million things I need to do in the next 6 days that will clash with me working (such as my social life!).
Wish me luck!

sweat

Tonight I went to my gym while the froglet swam in squads (she could barely walk afterwards!!). I did an RPM class (bike riding) Now I do at least one of these classes a week, if not 2 and I have NEVER sweated like I did tonight, I was going to take a photo of my sweaty Tshirt but I thought it might really gross you all out too much heheheheh.

I'm just about to take my weary body off to bed, I did an hour in the gym this morning plus another hour in danzika class.... yes I know I'm mad. I am going to be doing around the bay with one of the girls from the gym. I'm not doing the BIG one, we will leave that to her hubby and his mates... there is a smaller version, I think its either 40 or 50kms.... that will really knock the stuffing out of me! Its not till much later in the year but I will have to start training sooner rather than later.

Tomorrow I am off with a couple of girls to check out Mrs Martins quilt shop in Monbulk, I have been watching her blog for sometime now and will be updating my favourite blogs soon. Hope that we will find a nice place for coffee...mmmmmm

New shoes

I bought some new trainers yesterday... have to sell my first born to pay them off heheheh. I expect them to turn me into a super athlete!! (I wish!).
I have been going to the gym every morning for the last 2 weeks and doing at least one class and sometimes a bit extra. Yesterday was an extra day, started with a lovely walk outside with one of my friends, a bit of weights and then Danzika (Latin dance based) class with Carlos.... he is from Columbia and has an accent that we all love *wink* then last night rather than doing a RPM (bike riding)class I decided it was too hot so I swam instead while the froglet did squad training in the next lane.

Today I visited one of my gym junkie buddies who has had her girly bits removed. I'm glad to see she is home and doing well, and was rather excited to think at the moment I am fitter that her for a change lol. Two other girls visited her also and between us I think we gave her stitches a workout!

Weather here is really bizarre, hot, steamy, wet, cool change..... good old fashion Melbourne weather.

Bring it on!!

Schools back!

So many of us have waved goodbye to our children this morning going off to school. Some have started their very first day in primary school.

The noisy one started high school today and was very quiet this morning while she got ready... which every morning could run so smoothly! She had a fun day she informed me,

The froglet started in the senior campus in year 10 and was very excited. She came home very happy with her teachers and looking forward to the year ahead, I also found out that her year 12 subject she is doing this year will probably cost me over $600 eeekkk. Oh well, I will have to make sure she earns her keep and cook the occasional meal. She has a chicken dish she has made several times and its rather nice!

I went back to the gym and was dragged into a step combo class... seriously I was dragged out of the locker room, I had intended on doing an easy session in the gym just to get back into it... but nooooo.




I ended up enjoying myself, even though I am really unco ordinated on the step, at least I amused my fellow gym buddies.

The obligatory coffee afterwards and caught up with the goss. Back tomorrow to do some weights in the gym and then a danzika class.... will tell you about that one tomorrow!!