To Find A Silver Lining

5th March:


Today was all about hard work... decluttering the dining/living room, and my bookshelves! So there has been yet another rearrange in the living area as the photos above show (my Dad says I take after my Nana - said they never knew what the house would look like by the time they got home from school). Hubby says the same - he doesn't even bat an eyelid when he gets home and things have been changed AGAIN! Button also takes it all in her stride, and never seems to worry - thankfully! I did pre-warn Hubby this time though, so he knew it was coming (and even helped me a bit, as well as putting his foot down to a few of the changes I had initially wanted *sigh*)! 
Grrr - Button has just woken up, yesterday she gave me 2 hours 20, today it has been slightly over the hour... never mind. Be back tonight IF I'm lucky!
Nope... never made it back yesterday; hopefully I'll get a longer sleep out of her today and manage to finish this post!
Anyway - I love the new look, much mor…

Loads of people are commenting on the most recent changes in Blogger; most annoyingly, now you have to verify two words, not one... and they are VERY difficult to read. To the point it is almost ridiculous; and some people have stopped commenting altogether.
I have finally worked out (after much frustration) how to turn off 'Word Verification', and am only using the 'Comment Moderation' tool now! Yay for me... 

Linking in hereand here!
So please come back and comment on my blog again, it's all easy-peasy once more; nothing too difficult or annoying  ;-)!

1st March:

Top: Early morning rituals with Button... snuggles with Mummy after breakfast watching a DVD! Normally she is out of her PJ's by then though - obviously this was a lazy day!
Bottom: The very decadent hot chocolate I bought while out with my friend Deirdre for a girly-night! Mmmmmm!!!!
2nd March:

Fly hunting... Button had found a fly limping along the ground and became quite fascinated as it didn't fly away (injured I suspect)! Kept telling me all about it :-)!
3rd March:


It started with Mr.C and Button reading in bed... it was too cute, especially as she had to be holding her 'Mr Rabbit' as well (a crucial element at all bedtimes)!
Then I got to attend a lovely baby shower put on for a good friend from church... it was lovely to see her so blessed! But I am not kidding when I say at least 3/4 of the ladies attending were pregnant or had babies under 6 months old, and the other 1/4 were Grandmothers (or soon to be Grandmothers of the aforementioned friend)! I have n…

28th February:

Guess you've got to try it at least once ;-)! (In case you can't tell - Button is trying to pick up some chippies with a play fork...)!
29th February:


Our beautiful daughter. Can't decide if I like the colour version or the B&W version best, so you get both :-)!
These were taken at Playcentre by one of the other Mum's who is an amazing eye for photography, and a fantastic camera! Loving it!

These were taken the same day, but by me with my phone camera... I was trying to get the messy mouth but she wouldn't look up! However, I still quite like them; and it shows off her gorgeous long dark eyelashes ;-)!

Here you go Amy... the new spare room; loving it! Just hope it stays this tidy :-)!

Top Left - Looking from the bookshelves down towards end of bed and white cupboards (which hides a doorway into the neighbours part of the house...) Top Middle - Inside of white cupboards... TIDY and decluttered! I should have taken a pre-tidy photo; but it would have been TOO embarrassing! Top Right - Looking from the front of the cupboards back towards the bed and bookshelves.
Bottom Left - Closer up view of the bookshelves... so tidy, so organised! These shelves have taken the overflow from my lounge bookshelves, which now look like they're supposed to! I LOVE it (oh, and I LOVE books)!!!!!! Bottom Right - Looking in from the door...
You will note there are still no photos of the window side of the bed... it is still a 'storage corner' with baby stuff! But this weekend we are swapping over the top bedrooms, which means that there will be room to put these things away in their correct places, y…

Button moved into her new 'Big Girls Bedroom' yesterday, with no problems whatsoever... we'd emptied it out three weeks ago as the 'spare room' and moved that; and had then moved a lot of her toys into it - explaining along the way this was going to be her new room soon. 
So yesterday was finally the big move with her cot,  the final piece:


Keeping an eye on the proceedings, and then taking the final screw down the stairs for Daddy!

Watching with interest as Daddy puts it back together, and then we just had to test that the mattress was as bouncy downstairs, as it had been upstairs!

The final touches: 1) The cot fully made up with Wiggles blanket and all 2) Her curtains going up in the new bedroom

Quick look around her bedroom... Still got to get her some draws, will be giving her some new curtains (these will go into the new baby's room eventually), and some decals.
So still some work to do - stay tuned!

No words required...

I am currently using our 'good' car, the toyota (it is the one with the air-conditioning *grin*), while poor hubby has the big old HOT subaru (with the black leather seats, urghh)! We swap over winter though, as the subaru chews through the petrol something chronic, and Mr.C does a LOT more driving than me throughout the week.
Anyway - the point is, in the toyota there is only a radio and tape deck, no CD player at all (and yet it's not that old)! So this summer I have been having fun going back through my old teenage tapes and introducing Button to some good old 1980's Christian rock music; I am guessing most of you won't even have heard of most of the singers I listen too... but the more I sing along loudly to this music - the more grateful I am for the strong foundations I have had the privilege of growing up with. This is something I want to offer my children also - as one thing I have discovered for myself, just as many others have, music stays with you forever…