And so this week...

It's been a good week. It all started with having a cat who is sleeping through the night. Sounds strange? Our animals are all inside animals, and up for about three weeks, Tui our cat had decided she wanted to go outside during the night. At about two thirty in the morning. And then come back in about three in the morning. And then go back out about three thirty. Then come back in about four...you get the picture. And no, I couldn't just ignore her. If the scratching on the door doesn't make me get up then she hits the metal handles on the dressing tables. We wrapped them up so they made no noise. She then figured out that if she wipes her whiskers across my face that'll do it. That wakes me up. Could I lock her out. Well I could, but she would just stand and scratch on the door to come back in, or jump up and keep whacking the handle (she can open the unlocked doors). Anyway, for some reason she has snapped back into her old pattern of sleeping through the night. And I love my sleep and sleep makes the whole world seem just a little bit brighter lol.

Other good things that have happened this week? I got a gorgeous, gorgeous box chocka full of goodies from my two friends Viv and Trace up in the Naki - thanks again girls - I was really stoked. I got a little parcel of goodies I ordered over the net from Embellish It. It was the last week of term and while sad to say goodbye to the families at the the kindergarten I've been working in, I'm totally looking forward to my new job. They seem so much more open to new ideas, having spent Wednesday afternoon chatting with them and of course it's heaps closer to home.

Tuesday night Donna and I went to the Antarctic Centre for a teachers only night - it was fab. Lots of fun games, like mini golf in the big freezer bit and walking with a balloon between your knees and a spoon in your mouth trying to scoop up little plastic fish in a bowl of water - great for breaking the ice (yep, pun totally intended lol). Lots to drink and eat and I even won a spot prize. Shame we couldn't stay longer but we had a course to go to - but it was a great course (I should know it's the eighth time I've been to hear her speak!!).

This weekend has been shiny and bright with the thermometer reading twenty three outside today, so we headed to the snow with the dogs. Not much snow, but enough to grab some photos of them anyway. Love these crystal clear days and starry starry nights (hmmm frost not so much, but if that's the price you pay for the rest...lol).

Oh and the other good news arrived in my inbox today...

Congratulations! Your entry was judged the winner for the Up2Scrap blog challenge :)

So am darn happy about that!

Now the photos above...well the layout is just some random one to use up scraps (will have to look to find the one that I put in for the Up2Scrap blog and post it on here). Darcy in the snow. Project Life Page - that's for you Heidi lol. The mountains today. And last but not least, my lovely box of goodies.

Right, best I go check some of your blogs - which I should be able to do a bit more regularly with it being the holidays and all (even though I have courses on Monday and Tuesday of this week...) Have fun.