Goodbye good friend

The world lost a very good person last week and we said goodbye to her at her funeral on Thursday. M. was the type of person who really did see the good in everybody, saw the humour in every part of life and also had it organised to a finite point!

I will miss you you more than you know.

Procrastination is the key!

So I am supposed to be cleaning out my study and getting stuff ready for the new year which is starting on Wednesday and I have an eye on facebook for news about a friend (and for notifications about Words with Friends too) when I decide to open up Pinterest and another image distracts me!

And then I glance up to my pile of sticky scrapbooking paper and down to my left to one of my bags that I am taking back to school and in less than 20 minutes this has happened.......

So easy and quick to do. I am just lucky that I can't find any more clips here at home and that I don't have any wooden pegs cause I have a whole lot of new Washi tape calling out my name!

Anyway, must get back to sewing my rainbow bunting, Mum's curtains, my cushions and I may even start a jelly roll quilt too!! Why on earth do I always get motivated to be creative at the end of my holidays?

Christmas Stars

Since seeing these on Pinterest, I have been trying my hardest to get it figured out. I have looked at tutorials and watched videos and then by simple Christmas luck, I did it! By joe, I figured it out! And now I can't stop!

I just love them! And now I can't stop!!!!!!

Christmas is upon us!

I have one more week of school for the year and the cards from the kids have started coming in!  I went to the Yr 7 Farewell last week. My babies have grown up.

I have also put up my Christmas tree. And it only took me three days!

Every year I ask myself why do I have such a big treebut I finish decorating it and I know why....it's so pretty!!!!!!

Favourite Photo

I am currently going through my photos from the year and I just love this photo and the activity that went with it. It was for 100 Days of Prep and was 100 streamers. The children did it all, cut them, counted them and attached them. And it just looked so pretty!

I don't know why, but there's something about this that just makes it so pretty!

The Construction!

It is nearly finished. Thank goodness! I was not meant for physical labour!


before







after

the other corner!

I am just so proud of myself!

I need more time in the day!

But then who doesn't?

For the last two weekends, I have had my wonderful father helping me build some shelves in my lounge. They're looking great but what with Dad's one leg and blindness and me doing the actual building, it's going to take forever to get done! And I have also decided that now would be a good time to clean out my cupboards and throw out my old clothes. So not only does my little house look like a construction zone, it also looks like a very messy laundry!!

As for school, we are on the wind down. I have assessment coming out my ears, trying hard to get things ready for next year, getting the kids organised for their transition into grade one, getting the kids ready for the end of our year, working hard at trying to figure out the new National Curriculum, and building myself up to say goodbye to working with my aide of ten years (she's not leaving - just changing classes! but she's leaving me!) and getting to know a new aide!

Is it sad that I already have so many ideas for next year and so many resolutions that I want to keep and it's not even December yet?

Oh well, that's five minutes venting that I really needed. Even if no one is following me yet (sob sob), it feels great to put it out there, write down everything I need to do and move on!