2009 in review..

I hope you have all had a great 2009 and I wish you all a happy and health 2010

Cherie xx

From Our Home To Yours

Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas

& A Happy & Healthy 2010

Love Cherie, Craig, Chloe, Georgia, Jasper & Velvet xoxoxo

What Huge Month November Has Been!!!!

Where to start??? So much going on, highs and some lows...here a brief run down...minus all the usually day to day stuff...


Kim Archers Retreat!!! I had been waiting and waiting and finally the weekend arrived and what a huge weekend it was. I left home at 7.00am, Craig drove me to Bendigo and I hopped on the shuttle to Melbourne Airport. I boarded a plane to the Gold Coast to meet up with Sheree and Leanne. It was so great to finally meet Sheree in real life, we have been chatting online for quite some time and we were going to be room mates at the retreat. From the Gold Coast we flew down to Newcastle where we took a very expensive taxi to the resort. As soon as we walked in the door we meet the gorgeous Mardi and Janelle, another two girls who I have been chatting to for a long time online and have never meet in person. It was fantastic...


The whole weekend flew by so quickly, I did every class offered, ate lots of nice food, lollies and had a few glasses of wine and champagne. The other girls on our table were lovely too. I worst part was saying good bye to everyone, There was lots of hugs and quite a few tears , I can't believe how close I feel to some of these girls, it feels like we have know each other forever. Janelle's lovely hubby drove me to the airport (thank you , thank you, thank you) then I flew home to Melbourne where Craig and the kids were waiting at the gate for me xoxoxx It was a fantastic few days and so worth the long wait, expense and the long plane flights on my own, I really hope Kim runs it again next year!

Myself, Mardi and Sheree


Leanne and I beeing silly.....


The lovely Janelle and me...



Mardi...what can I say about the gorgeous gal....xoxo



The lovely gorgeous Sherre and I meeting at the Gold Coast airport....Thank you Sheree for a great weekend,xoxoxoxo

The weekend after the retreat I had another big event The BABBA concert. It is the first major live event I have organised for the Rex theatre. I was a bit stressed that we would not sell enough tickets or that something major would go wrong but luckily it all went to plan and EVERYONE has a great time. I have had so many people stop me in the street and say how much they enjoyed it and ask what our next live concert will be. So now the pressure is on to find another live act the appeals to a wide age group...Babba was great because who does not like ABBA?? If anyone has seen a great live act, please let me know.



Georgia and Chloe dressed up from the BABBA Concert






Chloe and Georgia and 2 other girls with Babba after the concert...






The weekend after Babba I also had a big Saturday, My friend Marlene and I went and got tattoos!!!!

(my tattoo story) After years of secretly wanting to get a tattoo it finally happened. My friend and partner in crime Marlene also shared a desire to get a tattoo so we decided to get it done together. After many hours of www searching for the best artist, Marlene said she found the guy and booked us in...

Now came the hard part, deciding what to have and where to have it... I had lots of different ideas going through my mind, the one thing I was sure of was that it had to have meaning, it had to relate to me and my family. I liked stars and thought about having 6, each a different colour to represent each family member, than I really like butterflies, and then bows then the kids initials on my wrist then I designed my children's names around in a circle and I was going to have a heart and a C for Craig in the centre but it still just was not quite right so again the www search went on!!! I have a bit of a thing for retro/rockabilly/1950’s stuff and I came across a site that had great swallow jewellery. I saw a fab design on a necklace and decided that it was just what I was looking for so I copied it on to photoshop and started editing!!!

Finally my design was finished but even until I walked into Tattoo Nation I was not 100% sure if that was what I was going to have!!! But when Squirrel asked who was going first and what we wanted I knew the swallow design was for me.

Getting the tattoo was a lot less painful than I had expected other than the first bit of black outline which did hurt. I had some issues with bleeding and bruising afterwards but other than that it was easy!

I was not quite sure of what Craig would say but when he saw it and saw that it had the kids initials on it he was fine, he even said he liked it! He did want to know why his initial were not on it but I explained that the swallow is a bird that chooses a mate for life. therefore a swallow tattoo is also a symbol for love and loyalty to the family...so he was happy. The kids all thought it looked good and Chloe said she is getting one when she is older!!!! I said we will have to wait and see.

After many years of waiting and wanting I finally have it and I am happy, in years to come I may change my mind but life is way to short to think about that, I would hate to get to the end of my life and think gee I wish I had got that tattoo!!!






Then this weekend just past we all have been a bit down as Craig's nana, the kids nan nan has been very very ill and there is not a lot they can do for her so I am trying gently to let the kids know that she is really unwell and may not live for much longer. We all went and seen her in hospital yesterday, she was awake and talking to them which was nice but she did get very tired by the time left. Its very sad as her body is giving up but her mind is still going strong...

Well that's my November wrapped up. I can't believe that tomorrow will be December. I hope to do my December daily diary again so I best get on to that today.

Take care and I will try and post again before Christmas.

Take care and love to all

Cherie xxooxx

ONLY 3 MORE SLEEPS TILL......

It's here....

Our room....



Doing classes with these lovely girls...



Can't wait

Cherie xx

Velvet rocking out to P!NK

The Joker...

School holidays are almost over...wow they went really quickly... We have done something almost everyday, yesterday we did have an at home day though, we watched some DVDs, after lunch while Velvet slept we watched The Dark Night ( its a bit of a fav with me as I have a bit of a thing for Batman!!! and Heath Ledger is brilliant as the Joker), then Jasper decided that he wanted to dress up as The Joker, luckily I had some face paint on hand, we did not have any coloured hairspray so I just used craft paint!!! looked good and also washed out easily as well (must remember that next time as it is cheaper than coloured hair spray and I always have paint on hand)

Jasper is having a birthday party tomorrow, Its not his birthday until the 10th he will be turning 7 but we are having it tomorrow so he can have lunch with his friends then we will take all of them to the movies to see UP...

That's all I have to share for now, lots going on around our house but will update on that at a later date.

Till next time

Take care
Love to all
Cherie xx

I had lots of fun taking photos today...

Can't wait to play with these in photoshop!!!

Take care

Love Cherie xx

Fun with Blue Versa Ink......

Naughty Miss Velvet

Just not enough hours in the day to do everything and blog too....I feel like I say that every post...sorry!!!

We are all fit and healthy, busy with sports and social activity's. I have lots of great photos to share and even a scrapbook page or two but that will have to wait until another day.

till next time

Take care and Love to all

Cherie xxoo

Just adding some more photos....

Chloe

just us....

OMG....where has the last few months gone!!!!

In my last real I blogged about Chloe and I going to see P!NK well its almost 2 months later and we are going to see her again next week!!!

Lots and lots of stuff has been happening during the past 2 months, more than I will be able to remember be here is a brief run down

-Chloe started Netball...she decided at the start of the season she was not going to play but then after a few weeks changed her mind, she is so glad she did as she is loving it. She has won 2 awards. We were all quite proud of her last week as she shot 3 out of the 4 goals the team got.

-Chloe turned 11 and Miss Velvet turned 2...

Its my party and I will cry if I want too... poor Velvet could not understand why she had to wait until we finished singing before she could eat her cake...

-Georgia has been enjoying her badminton, she played in the North Central Zone squad a month ago and is playing again this Sunday. Chloe also played but had to play for another team as they were short on numbers

Georgia and Velvet

- Jasper has been doing Auskick and spending all other free time playing Lego. He gets to go to work with Craig on Saturday mornings when us girls go to netball. He has a great time doing boys stuff and playing with the dogs

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-Velvet is doing all the usual 2 year old stuff, talking lots, playing with her dolls, loves to walk instead of going in the pram, she loves watching the Wiggles and Hi-5. As soon as she hears music she starts singing and dancing. She also loves to draw, she draws on EVERYTHING and I mean everything....grrrr. She likes going to netball on Saturday but can't understand why she can't go on the court with Chloe which has ended in tears and a tantrum a few times

-I have been playing badminton weekly and played in the tournament earlier this week. Won 2 out of my 4 games. I finished my basic photography course. I am now doing an online photoshop course. Chloe has been doing the course with me, she is picking it up very easily, better than me in fact!! Have not been doing much walking or weight training in the morning as it has been to cold... must start again next week. My position in our local cinema/theatre is keeping me busy. I have busy booking all the movies and our next live show which is Babba. If you are on facebook check out our page its The Rex Theatre Charlton. We also have a web site Charlton Cinema.

-Craig as taken over another RACV area with means his area now is 150km long and 50km wide approximately which is a huge area to cover 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

I also have a tag from Julie

Things I Look Forward To

1. Weekends

2. Sunday arvos at the movies

3. Family Time

4. Time with friends

5. Taking Photos

6. scrapbooking and crafts

7. Spare time to myself

8. getting up early

8 Things I Did Yesterday

1. Played 4 games of Badminton

2. Won 2 games and lost 2 games

3. Made a beautiful salad with curry dressing for lunch

4. Took Chloe to netball training

5. Did some photo editing

6. Drank lots of coffee

7. Made a delicious quiche

8. Watched Rush

8 Things I wish I could Do

1. Exercise every day

2. Not yell at my kids

3. More Holidays

4. Buy a new home

5. More time for scrapping and craft

6. More Holidays
7. More hours in a day

8. family days at home

8 Things Or Shows I've Watched Lately

1. New Idea TV

2. Mastercheif

3. Playschool (with Velvet)

4. Today show

5. RPA

6. True Blood

7. Unfinished Sky

8. Movie Reviews and trailers

8 beautiful Blogs I am tagging....

whoever has not done this one please add it to your blog xxx

Oh I almost forgot....I'm going to Kim Archers Retreat....VERY EXCITING.....

I'm also very excited about meeting my dear online friend Sheree... I'm flying up to the Gold Coast and meeting up with her then we are flying together down to Newcastle. I can't wait.... bring on November!!!

Must run

I'm sure I have forgotten heaps and heaps of things but this post is long enough.

Take care and love to all

Cherie xxooxx