Scrapping weekend

Yay all we are doing is scrapping.....

My DH & BIL are at Mighty Men Conference so yesterday my sister arrived to spend the next four days with me. Its our annual scrapping bonanza. As Cath lives in Joburg she has access to lots more scrapping goodies than Durban although our prices are much cheaper, so she brings bling & things & we provide papers & card stock - its just so much fun.

At lunchtime yesterday the men were off to Greytown, we hit the local scrap shop & from the time we got home it was scrapping, my DD arrived after 5.30pm & joined us. We did manage to do a quick spagetti bolognaise for dinner throw a salad together & then it was back to scrapping.

Mark is down from Joburg on business & he casually mentioned "whew don't you ever get tired of scrapping" it was very late I must admit but we all very clearly told him NO. At least he shared his stash of left over easter eggs & made us coffee so was forgiven.

Saturday 10 April

Today we are all running around and doing our "weekend" chores of shopping, Mothwa meetings, getting dinner ready for tonight with our kiddies and I am on laundry duty. That means I hit the jackpot because I have the "A" team working this weekend, I was there early & the team were already working & laughing and told me to go home....... as I have a meeting DH will do the other checks & then by the time I get home everything is closed.
Tomorrow DH & I are leaving early for Joburg (about 5am) & then we will stay over at his normal hotel but using Sun rands which he accumulates during his normal stay overs & then we can use only on the weekends but its great because Southern Sun & Garden Court Holiday Inns are all over South Africa. The bonus is we see Mark & Maddie for the afternoon & thats wonderful.Its business on Monday morning & then on our way home to Durban.
These are such pleasant trips as we really travel well together (we always have) & we chat & listen to music & stop here & there and I look forward to "our" time as we call it. Then one or both of our Durban based children move into our house & enjoy all the mod cons they don't have like DSTV & aircon & the pool...... we are never short of volunteers & Kylie & Steven say they love catching up on all the movies,programs oh & of course my fridge & freezer are always full LOL.
I hope everyone has a blessed weekend.

Happy Easter to all

I love Easter , because Jesus died for us & rose again to give us everlasting life.

We all love Easter eggs in our family, yes my children are very grown up but quess what I buy them a stash of eggs & bunnies every year & I doubt will stop. I do miss the egg hunts & games & dying eggs etc but am waiting for grandchildren one day ....sigh.

So to everyone have a Blessed Easter.

Queen Mary 2 sails from Durban

What a fantastic sight, we went down to the beach to watch her sail out. She was due to sail at 6pm but only sailed past at about 7pm. It was magical. The whole of Durban turned out (well it seemed like it anyway) & it was fantastic. It was like a floating palace with all her lights on & her horn blowing.

The ship is magestic & HUGE.

Oh & by the way I forgot my camera ........

Confession time

Yip I went & splurged on some scrap stash, after I have been doing so well on the "will not buy anything" until I need it. Well "need" is a very difficult word to determine LOL thats my version & I'm sticking to it.
So some lovely new papers (more than a few just because they are gorgeous colours .)
Some SA themed papers ready to be shipped to New zealand.
2 bottles of "glimmer mist " oh I love it - burnt orange & tanzanite blue.
Some of the local enmarc die cuts, hearts & words & frilly bits.
Pearls & bling, I just love that combination.
Ok I wasn't all that bad I did have a gift voucher left over from Christmas from hubby but it didn't quite stretch that far but you know what I am over the moon and its really going to be the last for a while ........till the need arises.

Feb layout

Ok so I am up to date now with my project 12 challenge. While I was playing I was meant to be doing my shopping list for tomorrow - yuk grocery shopping not my favourite especially when I should have gone this morning but got involved with work and forgot about it. As Durban just sweltered today this afternoon was spent in the pool with DH & DS and it was the place to be.

A quick dinner of borevors rolls as its too hot to really cook plus its not messy - I love Friday evenings the whole weekend stretches in front of you.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Project 12 jan l/out

Yes its late & I really battled with it, why because I thought I would be clever & finish a UFO & do the Jan l/o in one. Well lets just say using something half done is not easy or quicker.

My DH & DS (baby) are restoring Grandad Louis's old workbench. He died the year before we were married & my hubby has had this wooden monstrosity for ever but DS has become very interested in restoring - he did Grandad Louis's cupboard in Jan this year & so enjoyed doing it, I have to confess that at times I thought it would not be put back together but I was wrong.

I have good news that my BF Debbie is improving everyday & should be in remission by June of this year, we are still praying & thanking God for every improvement. Its been a lesson in patience & how not to indulge in self pity for me but Debbie has had faith and perserverence the whole time .