The blue and whit layout is my warm up for the Olympics! Honduras is my country. I had a lot of fun with this layout, I pulled out the beads and after covering the big butterfly in paper, covered it in beads, and the little butterflies having been covered in paper have a few beads and some rub ons to give them a little added something. However my spelling went haywire and I spelt popsicle wrong. Gave me a good laugh that did, and I can soon sort it out, but I don't think I will, 'cos it kind of appeals to my sense of humour! The circle layout is one for my BOM, on what my personal style is. I'm a casual girl, through and through, never happier than in jeans and fluffy socks! That's not to say I can't get dressed up with the best of them, but I don't need a ton of makeup and three changes of clothes before I'll leave the house.
We went to the Stardome today, and it was a great trip. You go into a room with a dome like ceiling and they play a movie about the planets, but it's aimed at this age group so they sat there like there, being very well behaved and having a wonderful time. Then into another room to try on the glasses that make the lights into prisms, before heading up to the big telescope and watching them open up the roof (they love that). The actual experience takes about an hour and a half and it takes us forty five minutes each way in the bus, so it leaves us with about a twenty minute window to have a run around at the park next to the Stardome before we head in, and to give them all morning tea.
I've come home tonight and dinner is ready, lunch tomorrow is sorted, my fridge has been cleaned, and my lounge rearranged, how cool is that! I told you, I could so get used to this!
A few people have asked about our move South. The plan is when the renovations on the house are finished we will then put it on the market, if it sells for what we want then we move, if not we will give it a break (after a few months of course) and then put it back on the market. We know our market well so I'm confident we won't have too much of a problem selling, and we are looking at a realistic price (less than what the agents are telling us we should list it at). We love Invercargill and that's where it's most likely we will shift to, but we also like just North of Christchurch, an area called Fernside, and it depends on whats for sale where when we sell up here. There are a number of reasons for us selling. Our little seaside village where we have lived for the last fifteen years has been found by greater Auckland and we now have seven new subdivisions on the go, with another really big one in the pipeline and a supermarket to go in. It's no longer the lifestyle that we shifted out here for. By moving south we can get a bit of land and also be in a position where both of us will have the choice of working or not, (or part time etc) whereas that's not an option up. But Mandy I don't think I'll be working in the snow LOL...probably freezing cold wind...but not snow! (That might be fun for a day or two, but I know the novelty of being wet and cold would soon wear off ROFL!). We are patient, and know that sooner or later, it will all work out, it's just a matter of time...
13 comments:
I love your popsicle layout - it looks soooo..... lemonade popsicle! LOL - that was always my favourite flavour. It's really cool on a hot summers day with the colours you used.
yeah i say leave the spelling... part of the story.... and if you try and fix it, you might spoil it. As for the move so exciting... a bit of wait and see... cool... love the idea of look around and see what's on offer... and as for the snow....oh come on;;;; it may be!!! you never know!!!
Oh, Olympics layout, yeah, I suppose I better get on with that...... noooooo, you can't move, then I won't see you at the crops. Oh, well, if you must, I'm sure you'll have no probs with the house, although if it were me, I'd probably get the house all done and not want to move!
You are such a blue girl. Love the colours and the layouts.
Good to have a plan and would love to see you around Fernside but guessing that others would be pushing for further south. LOL
The layouts are great, I really love the colours you used!
Your plans for moving south sound really sensible and very well-thought-out. I'm sure your house will sell at the right time and you guys will be very happy in Invers. Just think of all the built-in friends you've already got down there - now not many people can say that when they shift from one end of the country to the other, can they?!
The layout is great - and I agree, leave the title - it is a story in itself!!lol!
You have a fantastic attitude about the move...whatever will be,will be, when it is meant to happen...
what beautiful soft colours Trace, love it and the butterflies great mind must think alike as I used some rub on butterflies on mine. I love your title and I say leave it as that. How exciting about the move and I know that things will pan out the way you want. Had to giggle about your housekepper because I think Mike likes the service he gets at the moment too. Mind you I like playing housekeeper too. The trip out sounded fab.
Oh, it's hard to think of a witty title sometimes, isn't it?? I love your layout; it's so pretty. Gosh, when you say you are moving South, you really mean South, don't you! Invercargill is a long way away...
These are lovely Trace, and of course, love the blue (favourite colour).
Wow, you are going to be a Southern girl! You will love it. Especially the lifestyle block life. (Not that I'm a biased Mainlander in exile in the North or anything, hee hee.)
Oh Milo looks soooo hard done by NOT LOL but I so know what you mean, Rusty is not spoilt at all- ahem LOL
Love the layouts and I to say leave Popcicle, I laughed - and the colours are so stunning, yep blue is cool!!
What a great plan on selling the house and good on you both for being so down to earth and realistic - it will happen when it happens, that is my belief about pretty much everything and I know it will happen for you too
LOL about working in the snow, yep I agree that would get pretty old pretty quick hee hee
Great LO's - the cool tones and fun themes appeal muchly to me. Am also a jeans and sox kinda gal.
My injury is much better - am hobbling far more gracefully today!
That's interesting that you are wanting to go south - I love Invercargill too. Yes, lots of "teacher talk" from me lol
Well Invercargill makes sense considering we have not been rained out, blown inside out and have had the best winter of the whole country but still we get penguin jokes - hopefully you will be here for summer time - it rocks and Aaron reckons he will have that boat by then wink wink!!!
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