Over Exercising...It's Complicated!!!

Just got home from watching "It's Complicated" at the movies, absolutely LMAO movie...I will never be able to look my laptop in the eye again!

Tracy and I have started an exercise junket, and I have to say it's all a bit backward...

Wednesday it was raining so we walked laps at the park and got soaked, we took the kids and they had a blast racing around in the rain.

Thursday was a beautiful sunny day so Tracy decided we should go swimming in an indoors pool???
We arrived at the pool (must add here that neither of us can actually swim), in our highly fashionable swimsuits (not). We jumped in, Tracy fitted her goggles, looked at me and I pissed myself with laughter (almost drowning in the process) as she had somehow managed to put her goggles on upside down. Once I stopped laughing and could tell her, Tracy corrected the problem and started breath stroke (the one stroke she does well), I started walking (the one stroke I do well). We flutterboarded, walked, kicked on our backs and once more Tracy struggled with her goggles so I leant her mine, she looked at me and yet again I almost drowned (this time for real as I was halfway down the pool doing my odd stroke thingy heading towards the deep end) as she had my goggles on upside down!!! So we laughed, splashed, breath stroked and odd stroked for an hour and went home exhausted.

PS was so sore this morning, I made the kids walk to school as I couldn't drag my achey body out of bed - I knew exercise was bad for you.

Mmmmm Chocolate!!!

This is Grandma's Easter card, I followed the Doodle Palace Challenge - a sketch by my little buddy Tracy. Image is Doodle Palace "Where the Easter Bunny Lives"(and wouldn't I love to know that) copic coloured - wouldn't use anything else, paper is BG Wisteria, flowers are my creation. I am loving this card - even though the colours aren't my kind of colours.

Karens Doodles Sketch!!!

Over at the Karen's Doodles Scandinavian Challenge Blog, they have a sketch challenge for their second Challenge. I decided to make this my first challenge after my creating break of 5 months. I used this little freebie Biggles from Karens Doodles (of course), coloured him with my copics - hello babies Mummy's back, used some Cosmo Cricket Chemistry patterned paper, created the flowers myself, added a bit of bling and voila. I loved this challenge and it feels good to be creating again.

My Sister's Keeper

Yesterday, Tracy and I finally got time to sit down and watch My Sister's Keeper (which we thoroughly enjoyed), and I am proud to say that even though we had the tissues on hand (and an xtra large popcorn I picked up from the movies on my way to her place), we didn't need them (actually I did need the popcorn). We decided it was the environment in which we watched the movie which made the difference. Her lounge, with sun streaming in (making us feel guilty...almost, that we were inside) Cameron and her Nintendo squeaking away in one corner and Bailee very slowly removing her lolly wrappers, a fly that wouldn't leave us along and a break halfway through, meant we watched, but didn't seem to "get right into it". We decided its about atmosphere - dark movie theatre, no interruptions, totally focused on the screen does make a difference to how you interpret and feel a movie. Tracy could not believe how different the movie was to the book - which I haven't yet read.
Anyway, I brought the DVD home, and Narny decided to watch it (on her own, because I didn't really want to see it again so soon) she sat in the lounge, in the dark and came out blubbering like a baby totally incoherent and unable to tell me what made her so sad "it was, blub blub, oh just blub blub, that bit - wipe eyes, oh just the saddest movie ever - nose running, so sad blub blub so sad" finally me saying (once I stopped laughing at her blubbering) "go to bed you're blubbering all over the place."
So, I've decided in a few months I will watch it again (because even checking on Narny I saw bits I had missed), and I am going to the library tomorrow where I will become number 14 on the wait list for the book.

3 Lives Down!!!

Who would've thought this little cutie could get into so much trouble! We were watching American Idol Friday night (thats how we roll) when this odd scratching/not scratching thumping/not thumping noise started, I listened for a while and then wondered if it was Brandy having one of her fits (Yup, thats a whole other story), so decided to investigate. OMG, got to the bathroom door and there was Sookie fighting to keep her head above water in the bath The Wahs had run (not even very deep but deep enough for my Foldy baby)without telling us, but then abandoned. Because her legs are short and stumpy, as well she is chubby with a thick coat and completely sloth like, she would never have made it out on her own (and thats all I want to think about that). So I pulled her out - her heart was flying, she was soaked except the top of her head, and it took a good 10 minutes for her breathing to slow to normal, I dried her off and tried not to think how close she came to drowning. We have explained to the littlies that shes like a real baby (shes my baby) and so thats life number 3 (the other two were her disappearing act, and arrival by plane with crate cracked by heavy object)
Anyway, these pics are Sookie in her lounge chair...note the plush looking coat - a nice bath will do that for ya!!!

Neeky's Natter - Karen's Doodles

Neeky was so excited when I told her, Karen's Doodles was going to have a Challenge Blog just for her (and all the other crafty kids around, of course). Neeky coloured her freebie image with copics, and used MM Abby patterned paper, all the other bits are randoms she scored from my stashes.

Just Call Me...Martha Stewart!!!

I have become so domesticated lately that I am starting to scare myself...and the family. I have been baking the last few weeks, and when I sent food down to Zak at Uni, he phoned to let me know there was a student wanting to adopt me (for my baking skills).

Today, I have created caramel cookies (from my BF's recipe which is in such high demand that her wedding vowels included the vowel to her almost husband that she would always keep a supply of caramel cookies coming just for him) and for the first time I wasn't impatient (I hate waiting for things "TO COOL" and so my cookies always overspread - is that even a word???), my cookies are perfect - if I do say so myself.

I then whipped up a chocolate cake - from the recipe book DH bought me for my birthday that I refused to use for months because HE BOUGHT ME A RECIPE BOOK FOR MY BIRTHDAY (of course, I eventually had to swallow my pride and tell him it was a very good book, and "thank you dear").

I have also downloaded some digi images and am about to help Neeky create her first card for the Karens Doodles Kids Challenge Blog (I am chief cutter outter).