Remember when Road trip with Karen 7 may 2007

Road tripping in the country with my little dude,listening to Jack Johnson,and enjoying the view.

A chance to remember that LIFE IS GOOD

The green of the meadows,grey of the sky

The world is such a beautifull place especialy

when were on adventure together

We have no aim,were just plain driving and enjoying.laughing having fun.stopping at the lolly shop,sherbert for my dude

opp shopping.craft shopping,looking for scrapbooking suplies

stoped to look at Spogs shed and other things on the way

we laughed about the seller door sales,getting me drunk before work

all and all a great road trip

Poffertjes

Karen and Benny came and stayed the night on sunday after their trip to melbourne ,they had to come and collect Mishka and Litle dude who I pet sat over the weekend so on monday morning we made poffertjes for breakfast it was great.

pofertjes for breaky yay

Have you ever wondered why we can spend so much time worrying, procrastinating about things, then suddenly inspiration can hit and before you know it the job is done, all that fear, worry and anxiety for nothing. Perhaps it's time to find the courage to just do it, feel the fear work through it and begin to live life joyfully. Sounds so simple, I wonder why we can have these thoughts and then feel the determination, and yet so often we fall back into those old habits. Perhaps next time I'll do better.

Beter late than never. Chrismas Eve in Adelaide we all had a great time.

Today gavin is teaching me ,how to load photos on the computer and put them on my blog so here is my first trial run.

I've had a lot of busy weekends in Adelaide of late. Last weekend I had a Friday night shift so I headed to Adelaide on Saturday afternoon. I got there at about 5:30 and had tea at Mum and Dad's before going to see "Peace Train" at the Festival Theatre (an early Christmas present from Anneke). It was really great and Gav and I had a great time. Sunday Anneke messaged to see if I could come over so I headed for Maslins and we did some shopping together and got most of my Christmas shopping done.
On the way home I stopped by at Levin's and enjoyed watching them decorate their tree and lounge.

On Tuesday Karen came over to my place and we did some shopping and afterwards we decorated my Christmas tree it looks great and I'm slowly adding other festive touches to the house.
It was nice to be home in Kadina this weekend. On Friday night we were invited for drinks and nibbles at friends who live across the road and we had a lovely evening coming home at about 2:30 am.
Saturday I was rather lazy although I did manage to get my washing done, and as it was such nice weather it dried in no time. Karen and Benny came over for tea that night and they went out for a while, but came back later and stayed the night.
Sunday morning started of pretty slow until Karen offered to help me paint my spare room which has been out of action for ages so we finished the sanding and got the first coat on before they headed home. I managed to do part of the second coat today although it goes a lot quicker with two people painting. At least its getting there. Gav spent most of the weekend finishing his study so he can hand it up tomorrow. Well that's about it for now till next time.

just a thougt

Life can be rather hectic and sometimes,it can all seem to much, at times life seems rather dull and lifeless and you wonder what its all about ,there are times when Major things can happen in life that force you to rethink life,perhaps we need to remember that we never really know how long we have on the earth plane .So what is it really all about,what do we really want from life and what is really important. For me the most important thing is my husband Gavin My girls Anneke and Karen,and my family who often remind me just how much they love me in lots of little ways .Sometimes we take these things/people for granted,we get so caught up in life,we don't always show our appreciation.after spending the weekend in Adelaide I feel more ready to cope with the day to day things in life and ready to go into a new week aiming to look at life in a more positive way .Hope you all have a great week Dineke

Karens 21st birthday

Its been ages since I last wrote. I was rather busy getting organised for Karens 21st birthday party which we decided would be an afternoon tea party. Luckily everyone helped with the baking and my sister Jo and her husband David let us have it at their house so pepoel didn't have to travel as far. Anneke and I organised a pin up board with photos of Karen over the last 21 years and we also bought her an outdoor table from the family. As usual a great time was had by us all. I spent the Saturday at Jo's with Anneke and Karen and the Forsters geting everything ready and with lots of hands on deck it was quick work and also very enjoyable. So we were quite relaxed when the guests arrived at 3 pm. Although there was the inevitable trips to the kitchen to do a few dishes and make tea or coffee but it was such a festive mood that even those jobs were quite fun. The Tuesday after was Karen's actual birthday so I headed to Port Wakefield after work and enjoyed the rest of the day with Anneke, Karen, Kylie, and Sara. Benny's parents joined us for a BBQ tea although it was geting pretty cold by then so Benny cooked outside but we ate inside. All in all I think Karen thoroughly enjoyed her Birthday.