I FINALLY DID IT

Stew and I need a break.Away.On our own.So, I finally did it... I booked us a weekend away ... in an area we both love so much.Matakana/Omaha Beach.We are going to stay in the country, at the cutest little cottage on a farm....ABOVE: how cute does this little cottage look?  I am going to love staying here, I just know it... COS... it's got COWS over the fence!  I really like cows.  And the smell of a farm... takes me back to when I was a little kid visiting my Grandmother on her farm.  Lots of lovely memories.ABOVE: the interior.  Looks comfy.  There is a seperate...

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CRIKEY DICK, LOOK WHAT YOU STARTED KELLY!

Kelly visited on the weekend... and made Feijoa Cake... TWICE!So anyways ... last night Steve asked me if we had any Cocoa.... I said yep..... and THEN he intimated to Bex where he would like her to put it..... SHEESH..... better not go into details... (grotty boy) ANYWAY..... I thought nothing more of it... Until I got up to have a piddle after dinner... only to find them in MY kitchen:ABOVE:  they were cooking Chocolate muffins no less!  Ya gotta love their cookbook too.   It feels weird having other people cooking in my kitchen... can't complain though.... they do clean...

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MORE FAMILY SNAPS: AND WHAT IS A FEIJOA?

I took rather a lot of photos yesterday... so here's a few more :ABOVE:  no room ... dogs cramping your style Amanda ?   lolABOVE:  my Granddad looks silly.... 'catching flies' comes to mind...ABOVE: now that's a nice one...I cooked Spaghetti Bologniese for dinner, had to grate some cheese... Emily LOVES cheese ... so I have her some:ABOVE:  she gave it a good go!  Then I took some cute photos of Rena:ABOVE: yeah, yeah... I will smile for you Grandma...ABOVE:  hmmmm..... ABOVE:  you know, I DID have some nail polish on me fingers.... where's it gone?ABOVE:...

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FEIJOA'S!

I seriously LOVE feijoas... and Bex bought a big bag of them up with her yesterday.ABOVE: Kelly made a feijoa cake last night too.  YUM.  We ate it HOT.. OMG it was delicious.I've actually got two feijoa trees out the back, but they are just baby's... so don't have much fruit at all... and they are piddly little ones.MINI RANT:  I was getting all wound up yesterday, feeling very cross about the amount of running around I'm having to do for Lacy.  Feeling very put upon and wondering where the hell MY LIFE went.I need a bloody BIG slap!Because the biggest reason why I NEED to...

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FRIDAY... I LIKE FRIDAYS

Apparently the weather is going to take a dive and turn nasty.OH yaaa... I hope we get thunder and lightening! We don't get enough stormy weather here.  I love a good storm.Am I the only one I wonder?We meet Lacy's new midwife this morning.  Lyn (friend) recommended her, so did my Dr.... so it will be interesting to meet her.  She is YOUNG, like 25!!!  I wonder if she has had a baby herself?After that meeting, I think we will come home, as I'm expecting Bex sometime today too.ABOVE:  sad we only get to see Mike now and then.... I nicked this photo off Joyce's Facebook...

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BACK TO SPELD

The kids are back at school today, blokes are back to work.... so it's just Lacy and I here for the moment.A bit later on we will pick up Griffin and take him to his Speld lesson, his first for the school term.As we have had two really lovely offers of baby stuff from me girlfriends Lynise and Lyn, we are  holding back on buying much for Lacy's baby right now, but while out the other day I just couldn't resist this little 'sleeping bag':ABOVE:  it's so cute!  This morning I'm taking Lacy over to an internet 'shop' in Mt Wellington to check out a pram she's found online.  She's...

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ANZAC DAY, AND THE CAKE

Today is ANZAC DAY ... here and in Australia.  It's the day we honour our fallen soldiers and Vets. As it's a public holiday, safe travels to all on the roads.ABOVE: our darling Sienna... enjoying ice cream.  She has the cutest little button nose! And my eyes. (yeah, yeah Russell, they are your eyes too)NEXT:  a few photos from last night, with Steve and his Birthday Cake:ABOVE: the cake, it was a really moist, rich chocolate cake.  Worth having a wee bit.ABOVE:  no words for that 'pose'.... he's a right dick.  Notice the 'Mini Steve' on the right?ABOVE:  it's...

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