Tuesdays around the world

Today I am remembering when I was in USA. Now this was ages ago and please don't laugh at me!! I put on nearly 10 kilos in the 7-8 weeks I was there!! I know - crazy - but oh their yummy food! I still dream of Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream - even 15 years later. :) And check out how long and curly my hair was!
The above photo is JUST of what I bought while I was there! Mum had taken out all my clothes to wash and these will all the goodies and gifts I bought.

While I was there we went to Manhattan. And we walked the streets. I have never been so overwhelmed, scared and excited all at the same time. We went to FAO Schwarz and spent hours there! Loved it!

Ok Now this almost makes me sik when I look at this photo! I think it was at a place called TGI Fridays and this dessert was called a Tall Cake. Now when I ordered it the lovely lady said it was designed for two people. I told her that I would be fine by myself! Cake, cream, mousse.....

I think you can see I put a kilo on in my face over the hour it took me to eat it ALL!!!

Flag half mast due to the Oklahoma bombing.

I love this photo. I love how it has scanned....all dreamy like.

What an amazing time I had. Will I ever get back there?? I hope so........

I wonder what others are doing around the world today????


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Party 2!!

Party 2 was the same day - well at night!
My Faher in law turned 65 and his wife organised a surprise party!! It was a bit of a mission to get him there as he had had a hard week losing his beloved dog but we got him there and all had a great time.
While I was there though I realised it had been a while since i had pics of him and the kids - so the next day we went up there and got a couple of snapshots. So important to have photos!!

Party Number 1! (Oh yes there were two parties this weekend)

Amalie turned 4 on Saturday. We had such a great day. She woke around 6.30am saying "NO more sleeps Mama. No more sleeps."
She jumped into our bed and we gave her her presents - Oliver gave her a Littlest Pet shop thingy. We have her a new Kindy bag and 2 goldfish! She was so excited to see the fish.
Her party was at 3pm so she had a long wait. and what do you know at 3pm on the dot it started to rain. Rain like take on step out in it and you are soaked to the bone!!
We still had a great time and the kids loved decorating their cupcakes.

Rest in Peace sweet Scotty

1993-2010

Love this song

Oh how I love this song....and I am not usually a "poster" of music but this song makes me happy (and sad at the same time as its on a TV ad here about a young man having a baby abd then reaches out to his own father he has not seen in years)

OK I am even going to post the words!!! Sing along if you know the tune. Loud and proud is how we sing in our house!


Absence make her heart grow fonder
While I'm conquering the last frontier
Lately I've found myself wonderin' out loud
Wonderin' what I was doin' here

[Chorus]
One day you'll understand how much you have me
One day you'll realise we have it easy
I can't offer you the future - I don't know it myself
All I can offer you is me
I'm all I can offer you right now

Patience make her heart grow stronger
Reassure her she's where I want to be
Never was the grass ever greener
I'm about ready as I'll ever be

And one day you'll understand how much you have me
One day you'll realise we have it easy
If an expression of love is what you need to believe
All I can offer you is me
I'm all I can offer you right now

[Music]

I'm all I am
All I am, yeah

One day you'll understand how much you have me
One day you'll realise we have it easy
I can't offer you the future - I don't know it myself
All I can offer you is me

One day you'll understand how much you have me
One day you'll realise we have it easy
If an expression of love is what you need to believe
All I can offer you is me
I'm all I can offer you right now

[Pause]

Absence make her heart grow fonder
While I'm conquering the last frontier

Amalie is nearly 4!

I just can't believe that my baby girl will be 4 on Saturday!! The time has flown by....she is growing so quickly!
While she is dreaming of pickles and yams for her birthday party food (her choice - not mine) I am busy sorting her birthday cake which is one of those giant cupcakes. Hope it turns out well.
Saturday has turned into a crazy day for us with so many things on so her party is 3-5pm. She is so excited!
I love these little pics of her!! I can't even think what she was laughing about but she thought it was so funny.
Time flys when your having fun.....................

Tuesdays around the world

So a few months ago I found a great website for little girls hair styles. I fell in love with it and decided that Amalie would have amazing hair do's everyday. I actually did it!! And then we had the "incident" read about that here http://thecrazynessthatisme.blogspot.com/2010/06/she-cut-her-hair.html


So I lost interest in new designs and stuck with a few favs - trying to cover up the mess as I went along.

Last week I took her to have her hair cut by an actual hairdresser - I tried to cut it a few times and mucked up badly.

so today we tried a new hair style. The plaits on the side are to keep the short bits stuck down - like a comb over to hide the shortys!!!

She loves me doing her hair and will sit happily for ages while I do it.

So today we are doing hair styles.

What are you doing today?

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Hmmmmmm

70's Girls!!!

So we had a Quiz night for the school and my sister and I ran the bar. I have little to no experience with alcohol. I am not a drinker but have family, hubby and friends who drink but was clueless!! It was a great night and we raised a ton of money for the school. Check out the pic of me and my sister. She is 11 months older than me!!

excuse the photo - I asked a friend to take it (thank you friend - but its a little blurry) so i ran PW's seventies action over it!

Dear So and So....

Dear Marmalade
Sorry I picked such a crazy day to be making you. Please set and taste yummy like you always do.
Love the crazy Marmalade lady


Dear Me
Forgive and forget.
Love Me


Dear Blog followers
Sorry I have been so down at the moment. Life is crazy at times and this seems to be one of them. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I do appreciate it.
Regards Angela

Dear Husband of mine
With all that is going on in our lives right now, and all that we have been through together, I am so thankful we found each other. i could not have coped with any of this with out you by my side. I love you so much.
Love angela

Dear children of mine
You two have been amazing these last few weeks. Mummy has been so busy and you both have been sick but have soldiered on. I am so thankful that you belong to Mummy and daddy. My heart breaks if I think of the lives you may have had had your birthmums decided to keep you. I love you. I love love love you so much I could pop!! You are ours and even though you didn't grow in my tummy (or a sharks tummy like Amalie believes!)
Love Mummy

Dear Soon to be summer vege patch, fruit trees and chickens
Thanks for feeding us through the winter. We promise to give back with some great compost and yummy worm wees so we will have a great summer.
love Angela


Edited to say:

Dear Marmalade
I am sorry that I was doing my Dear So an So's and I forgot about you. Your not that burnt! Still yummy just a deeper colour!!
Regards crazy Marmalade lady who promises to watch you closer next time!