A bit dusty!!!

Oh dear I didnt realise how neglected I had left this blog! I am so sorry. Things have been pretty busy around here that is for sure. July is a pretty emotional month and then it seems to flow through to August. Then here it ends up being the silly season really early!

I have actually been holding off posting lately just in case family came by here. BUT now I can share my news......we are having another baby! Yes thats right #5 is on the way. This one is 18wks today and things are going really well. I have been pretty sick with morning sickness but I am hoping that after this head cold I am suffering from that I will regain some sense of normality! We are going to find out the sex this time as well but the scan yesterday was just way to unclear for much so its another 4 or so weeks before we find out.

Other than that our oldest Amey is in 4yr old Kinder this year and she is growing up so much. I am hoping that a lot of our problems are behind us with her health. She seems to be hearing heaps better and her speech and behaviour have improved.

Katie is 2 and pretty good really with the "terrible twos." I am comparing that to Amey who was not hearing well at that stage and tantrums all the time. She is such a clown and a joy to have around.....when shes not fighting shes even better.

MacKenzie is such a cutie. She tries and keeps up with the other two but of course cant. Although she wont be that far off it. She is walking everywhere if not running and you really have to keep an eye on her. When she is told to come back she gives the cheekiest grin and runs the opposite direction. Other than that all is well.

Scrapping I have started the ADSR with Kellie this week. We had our first challenge and I finished it tonight. You can check out our blog here. Im really looking forward to it and hoping that it will bring some of that long lost mojo back. I really feel I need a bit of a boost there and something 'new.' What that is.....I have no idea!!!

I have also lost a few CT's with some retiring or retiring their CT's for re-assessment. So now I only have Tara Dunstan, CLD and Rachel Martin left. I was thinking of picking up another one but really I am happy with what I have at the moment. Although if any of the designers that fell by the wayside were to ask me to come back I would more than likely not :)

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How Has It All Been Going?

Well the decluttering hasnt been to bad. I got rid of three big boxes last week which I was really pleased about. I put one in the house so that I could fill it as I went. Instead of just leaving the things in a pile and putting them somewhere to go into the box.....eventually. I refused to look in it so I didnt get things out. Although I had to make sure a couple of times that the girls didnt "add" anything in there as well. Like Katies "Pukky Dog" now THAT would have been a disaster for sure.

There's a bit going on but its all a bit of a mess in my head so I will have to come back and write. One good thing though is that Amey has her operation (no I havent mentioned it before I dont think) next Monday. I am hopeing that this will be the last set of grommits in for a while. It really is sad to see her struggle to hear and her speech being an issue. Although I have been proactive in getting it all fixed up. I SO dont want her to go through what I went through as a kid at school. Gee that is only a year and a bit away for her.

I will come back and write a bit more about my last week or so.

Declutter My Life....ok well my house.

I think thats a big enough deal in its own. There was a thread on PBP about not having a tidy house. I sooooo feel that way right now. AND I know that I should do something about it. Especially when DH makes comments about things regularly.

My excuse (I have decided thats really what it is) is that I get sick of the house being mess up by the kids not long afterwards. BUT I have realised that 1 yes it is an excuse but 2 that the less clutter there is the easier the kids mess will be to clean up :) Have I really been that brain dead for this long?! Ok dont answer that.

THEN there was also a post on DST about decluttering. WHICH I think is my problem and something that I need to work on. So thats what I am going to do. I made a trip to www.flylady.com and refreshed myself on some things about clutter and I am ready....well sorta. If you want to check out a declutter "How To" then check it out here.

So I have the following rooms to declutter......

Enterance
Amey & Kenzies Room
Katies Room
Master Bedroom
Bathroom
Toilet
Laundry
Garage
Dining Room
Kitchen
Living Room

I have broken up the last three even though they are really the same room. BUT I think I would just look at it and go NO WAY if I put them all together. Also no the toilet doesnt have heaps of things in it just a few TT things need to go away for a couple of months anyway.

So today I reform!

And the 3rd Bliggity Blogger in the list

Is.....Sharon (ksharonk)!

I wrote about her blog before as she was part of Jodie's list of blogs that inspired her. Ok so I am running out of time at the moment as I have 3 sick kids BUT they are all asleep and so I have to get a few things done so the house looks a bit cleaner....ROFLMAO....right so that should read...sit down have dinner put my feet up and watch "City Homicide" and then "ER"

So a short list for Sharons and I will come back later to extend the description OR you can be left wondering and go and check them out for yourself....Here they are

Antique Mommy

Sprague Lab

Digital Scrapbooking Info

3191

{ me } I DO have to say something about this one. This post has a picture of a family of 5. Not only is the photography fantastic but I love how she has placed the members of the family with blue eyes on one side and the rest have dark eyes and are on the right. What a wonderful photo!

{A}

And one more that she sneeked in at the bottom Creashens

OK Im off to have my hopefully peaceful night of TV. NO DH and only one child in the lounge room with me. Not bad...1 outa 3!

Some More Bloggity Blog Players

OK we have some more players in the game.

Jodie (jodie) on her blog listed these blogs......

Lanne's blog - There is some pretty good photography on here and at the moment some cool birthday ideas that could easily be adapted for girls as well.

Musings Of A Scrappin' mom - This lady has seven kids and homeschools them. There has got to be some inspiration there! And it is well written.

Sharons blog Artistic Musings - Ah well what can I say! She is a designer has my name or really I have hers and her gallery is FANTASTIC! There is usually a freebie on there as well. But then shes the next person that played the game so there is a list of her fav blogs on there as well.

Fresh and Vintage - You HAVE to check this one out if you love and appreciate designs. This one is probably more for sewers but wow! There is some really nice stuff on here for sure.

Shabby Miss Jenn - You have to know who this is right?? Well for those that done and love shabby designs for digi LO's this is one for you. She is right up there with Shabby Princess AND Jodie is on her CT. Lucky duck!!!

Anna's blog { just me thinking } - Jodie says it best "the queen of white space" She really has a great gallery to look at. Go and check this one out for some inspiration.

Peta's blog Crazy Little Me - Another PBP designer who has great designs and a bubbly personality which really comes through on her blog.

Oh and btw Jodie has a great blog as well and shows off what can be done with SMJ's designs too. She ALSO has a great sense of white space!

What Blogs Do Other People Like

Ok as per the last post I am doing the Bliggity Bloggity Boo Round #2 at PBP. So I thought it might be interesting to type up a bit of a list of what blog some other PBP chickie like. I will just come back and update this post as more people add to the list.

Kate (katef) on her blog listed these blogs that she liked.....

* Kylie Clark's blog A*muze*ing - I went and had a look and I just love the photos there. She is a designer at FPD and she has some freebies on her blog as well. Although FPD fans would know that already. I had never come across it and I'm glad I did. I signed up for her newsletter :)
* Azure's blog azure of subrbia - Is a common sense account of her everyday life. Also you have to check out the "bom chicka wah wah" add. Worth the laugh for sure.
* Simply Recipes Food and Cooking blog - I didnt get to far looking around here as I just know I would be stuck there for a VERY long time but there are some pretty tasty looking recipes on there. I have it book marked to look at for sure.