Lists

I am a list person.  I have one big list that covers many things and at this time of the year the list is longer than usual.  Added to the usual must do things that Christmas brings upon us we have all the Hayden must do things before the festive season shuts down many businesses for a couple of weeks.  It would be awful to run out of any part of his medication.  We are also hosting Christmas for my inlaws at DH is going to be away for Christams an early Christmas for us.

I know many people would be saying I need to have an electronic diary.  Trust me, I thought long and hard about one of these and apart from making my handbag lighter I am not sure that there are too many other benefits.  I need to be able to see more than one page at once.  I keep not only Haydens important to know information but the days DH is away and home on his work roster, the days that I am working plus all those other to do things that crop up in everyday life.  I need a full page for each day and my system requires colour coding with hilighters and instant access to months gone by.  Of course I write everything down.  Without doing that I find it hard to sleep as I keep waking up thinking that I must remember this that and the other thing.

So roll on the finishing of the lists so that I can get in the groove of more of this kind of life during the long summer holidays.

Monday Menu 13 December

My last week of work before the summer holidays.  Oh I can't wait for the holidays to arrive.  Anyway we have a couple of Christmas functions to go to this week so my menu is going to look a bit bare.

Monday  Sweet and Sour Stirfry  This week I have used Bok Coy for the first time to expand the children pallet.  It is seasonally cheap here too.

Tuesday  goats cheese and bacon pizza with green salad

Wednesday  Thai curry stirfry

Thursday  chicken wraps

Friday  Flafels and salad

Saturday  Christmas with my family I am taking a fresh fruitsalad made with strawberries, watermelon and pineaplle.

Sunday  We are hosting Christmas for my husabands family as he is going to be away in London with work on Christmas Day.

P365 November 2010

Finally here are my pages for this project

week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

All products on these pages come from Weeds and Wildflowers. 

My Advent Activites

This years advent activities have evolved a little more.  I am trying to do the fun stuff and the reason for the season things too.

So here is the list just incase anyone was interested.  I would be keen to find out anything else that people do that I could think of adding to my list of activities.

• Light the advent candle
• Try and be really kind and helpful today.Secretly choose a special
• Someone and do something for them without them knowing.
• Sing lots of Christmas Carols
• Spend the evening reading Christmas books
• Visit Santa and have your photo taken with him
• Christmas baking
• Lets make a Christmas decoration
• Visiting a special light display at night.
• Organise a gift for a neighbour
• Watch a Christmas movie and eat popcorn\
• Make a pine cone wreath
• Make a gift for Grandparents
• Decorate the christmas tree
• Lets go Christmas Shopping
• Lets picnic under the Christmas tree
• Find the best Christmas website
• Make reindeer food
• Post letter to Santa
• Write letters to Santa
• Secretly gift to someone. Try and think of some special way to do this.
• Try and do a chore for someone else with letting them know that you have done it.
• Decide how to spend our charity money jar.
• Read the birth of Christ story
• Tell the nativity story
• Interview each child about Christmas

Wordless Wednesday 8 December

Here is Andre at his school athletics yesterday.

I am linking up to Wordless Wednesday at Little Drummer Boys.

I have gone Hybrid - temporarily

I have been taking a break from my digital scrapbooking to take on some hybrid crafts.  Definition of hybrid for me is design on computer, print out and assemble.  I am sure that other so inclined would do way more with their hybrid efforts but I am very please with what I have created and how well the scissors and I co-operated.  No glue was required which is a bonus as far as I am concerned so all is well.

There they are those trusty scissors.

So what have I been making you might as. Christmas Cards to start with. Two one for family and friends and the other for the children to take to school for their teacher. They really are the same card with a few alterations.


The Chirstmas card for the family.

Note to self (must find out how to photography cards better like the clever hybrid ladies do)

I used pop dots to elevate the Santa on the card.

Then I saw this advent calendar I simply fell in love with.  Pop over to My Digital Art Studio and take a look.  Here is my version.  I didn't have the tools to do the rosettes so I have improvised.  Infact now that I sit here I have a couple more ideas on how to dress up my advent calendar.

For this i used a gold and glitter covered bamboo Christmas tree, glue dots, bull dog clips, scissors my computer and printer

 I will try and take another photo when I put my other couple of ideas into action.

Inside each little card is an advent activity for the the children with or without me to do. I will try and pop back tomorrow and post those idea.

Monday Menu 6 December

This weeks menu is here and looking good...well  I think so

Monday   whole chicken cooked in the slow cooker with baked potatos and green vege.

Tuesday  DD birthday her choice of food.

Wednesday  goats cheese and prosciutto pizzas

Thursday Roasted vege frittata

Friday  Flafels and salad

Saturday  chicken meatballs with couscous

Sunday  Leftovers


Sorry not so many links with weeks.  decided to use my books for once.

Wordless Wednesday 1 December

Here is my photo for Wednesday

Monday Menu 29 November

I am really tired.  it is the end of both the calendar year and the school year.  So my menu is very simple this week and made of things that will keep me on track and not require lots of energy.

Monday  spaghetti bolignaise

Tuesday  Wraps - chicken

Wednesday  Chicken and salad

Thursday  meatballs and spaghetti

Friday  toasted sandwiches

Saturday  baked flaffel sandwich

Sunday Leftovers

Christmas is almost here

Can you believe it ..... Christmas is almost here.  Each year when the Christmas season is here I try and come up with a great craft for my children to do.  One that we can keep getting out year after year.  This year will be no exception.  So I have gathered together a range of craft activities that can be done.  As of yet I am to decide what will actually be the 'one' but I am sure I will become inspired.  But I have come across something just to get my thought process in action.  I thought that I would share some of them here and add more as I come across them.

Advent calendars

A summary of Advent calendars on The Crafty Crow

This thread at The DigiChick has some great ideas for Advent Calendars and such like

A paper heart craft by Reese Dixon

Flower Ornament found on How About Orange

And then this list at kidspot with too many to show one at a time so I thought A link to the page would do the job.


I would love to find more so please link me up with your favourite.