Christmas morning

I made these jars of Cowgirl cookies from http://bakerella.blogspot.com & put them in their santa sacks. The girls went mad for these. They wanted to make them up on Christmas day but I had to take control & say 'hold your horses, we already have far too much food' haha sorry 'bout the pun. Nik reckons all her Uni buddies will go crazy when she cooks up the cowgirl cookies.
She loves to dress up & chrissy was just another excuse.
We had a blue & silver theme this year, in fact I think I became a traitor from Pink this year.

Yep, they were sooooooo happy when they seen their Napoleon gift bags but not as excited as they were when they opened their Pandora bags. This was the 'best Christmas ever' they reckon. Santa & I bought all the girls a silver Pandora bracelet with a little silver house charm.
We explained its significance. We explained that they should always remember that they will always have somewhere to come home to where they can feel safe. The door will always be open.... All I want for christmas (for the past 10 years!) is a pair of footy shorts. Well this is your lucky year darling!!! Merry Christmas !!!!!

Christmas day lunch at The Lancasters.

The two older girls were her for this and did they have a feast. We had oysters, salmon and prawns all given to us , this was a real treat and the girls loved having the oysters to themselves.Craig & I not too keen on oysters.

We still had the traditional ham and chicken, no pork or turkey for us this year. We enjoyed lots of salad dishes & only one hot dish of potato bake. Too hot for anything else we thought. We shared bottles of our favourite wine, Browns Brothers Merlot. Yummy.

My last Christmas Eve in Inverell

How beautiful is our angel

The girls are 16, 20 & 21 but the still like their sack of goodies from Santa Good things come in small packages

Miranda & Bec (Besties) exchanging gifts...........aaHhhh!!! That's Pandora ahhh!! & Napoleon

Sisters

My two girls are moving in together at University accommodation next weekend.

Do you know what this means for me?

It means I can stresss less!Whew!
It wasn't long ago that they 'got on each other's nerves'. Now they are thick as thieves.

I 'm glad they have found each other again. Nik has a blog! go see what she wrote about the love for her sister at http://myheartby monique.blogspot.com /2009/10/hope-is-something-myself-and-my-sister.html

Yey!! Blog Award

Jack http://myworld-jack.blogspot.com/ awarded me this Over the Top blog award. Thankyou!!!

Let me see if I can get this right, now I have a little job to do
That is..........pass onto 5 of my favourite bloggers ( not easy task, too many beauties!)
......................Alert them that you have given them this award
......................Use one word only .....

1. Where is you cell phone? dunno!
2.Hair? Yuk!
3.Your mother? friend
4. Your father? protector
5.Your fave food? Thai
6. Your dream last night? peaceful
7.Your fave drink? moscato
8. Your dream /your goal? longevity
9.What room are you in? lounge
10. Your hobby? thrifting
11. Your fear? hairdressers
12.Where do you want to be in 6 years? married
13.Where you were last night? home
14.Something that you aren't? lonely
15.Muffins? maybe
16.Wish list item? diamonds
17.Where did you grow up? Gunnedah
18.Last thing you did? ate
19.What are you wearing? P'js
20.Your T.V? Flat
21.Your pets? dogs
22.Your friends? fun
23.Your life? busy
24.Mood? settled
25.Missing someone? daughters
26.Your vehicle? maroon
27.Something your not wearing? jewellery
28.Your fave store? Spotlight
29. Your fave colour? Pink
30.Last time you laughed? today
31.Last time you cried? today
32.Your best friend? fifty
33.One place I go to over and over? work
34.One person who emails me regularly? Kay
35.fave place to eat? Thai

Now pass onto 5 friends....

Lee Laurie http://asouthernrose.blogspot.com/
Joey http://joey_joeysplace.blogspot.com/
Patti http://peppermint54.blogspot.com/

kimmie http://serendipitycafe.blogspot.com/
sheryn http://pinkandprettydesngns.blogspot.com/

My Garage Sale finds

Have you been bargain hunting lately??

Look what I picked up at a saturday morning Garage sale at Vinnies. I didn't know Vinnies had garage sales?? I come across this by accident. Just in time I arrived 5 minutes before closing.....ooooweeee!

I found all this for under 8 bucks. A hp deskjet 5550 printer (great for one of the girls at Uni or another doing her senior years at high school), a blue christmas ball, a frame that fits the drawing that my daughter done for me for my last birthday & a pretty painted jar that I just thought would be perfect for my cottonbuds for my bathroom
( do you remember these from the late eighties?)

Delicious Lemon Coconut Slice

I 'm feeling pretty chuffed right now!! I just couldn't wait to get my big jar out from layby!!
I had other plans for it until I visited Cindy at Romantic Home
I zoomed in on her kitchen & seen her big jar that looks just like mine.

She had filled it with lemons & added ribbons.

Then, I couldn't resist making some yummy lemon coconut slice.
I forgot the recipe so I found one on the web along with some other beaut recipes, head on over to http://www.exclusivelyfood.com.au/ for some ideas for next weeks menu planning.

Pink Poison

I' m suddenly into poisons !!What a sweeeeeeet way to go!!
My kinda halloweeeeeeeeeeeen...........

Wow!! Pink turns the scariest skulls into pretty
pop on over to toriejayne's Blog at

http://toriejayne.blogspot.com

Oh So Sweet

I am soooo in love with these candy bars!! So much so that I am collecting my own jars to have my own little candy bar. Yummo !!!smacko!!!

See the tall one on the right with those big round gumballs inside, well I have it on layby.

Yes! yes! yes! I do!.............& guess what ??
It was on sale at 35% off..........How Cooool is that!!!

Theres more..........They let me layby it too...........hehe
You know what?? I don't think I ever pay full price for anything. I mostly shop when there is a sale on. Once upon a time, stores would only have sales on at stocktake time.
BUT not anymore........They will use any excuse for a sale.......
This time I think the sale was in line with the festivities of the Sapphire City Festival.

Pink Party

One day I am going to host a pink party just like this one isn't it gorgeous!!!
I have a friend turning 50 soon, think she might like this one??
Love those flower pots as weights for the balloons too!!

My business at Balloons n Stuf can supply and fill your balloons up to a 3ft size.
Photo courtesy of ?? not sure sorry, when I saved the picture it was only for personal use.
Please let me know if you know where it may have originated from.

Miranda came to see us off home. She loves the Byron Bay area so much!!

I have resigned to the fact that she has made this her home now. Boo Hoo for me!

She looks happy & she says she is happy. So........ that's good enough for me!! She has lost weight though!? Should I worry?? Stop it right now!!! Why do mothers WORRY so much agh!!

She is so happy that she has decided to study at University. She is hoping she can get in after Christmas break, Good Luck girl we know you can do it!!

Monique is on 5 months break from Uni now and she has full time work, which she loves most of the time.
Enjoy life while you can because you never know what's in store for you!!!

He loves being in front of the camera!!!