Thursday, 28 May 2009

Dedicated to Zeffy!!

If you are reading this Zeffy this post is for you!!
A couple of weeks ago at a get together for coffee with some fellow scrappers, Zeffy (fellow scrapper) turned to me and in a very stern voice said "when are you going to update your blog??" I was pleasantly surprised...so people do read my blog!! 'well I'll be' this is an Aussie-ism try saying it with an nasal Australian accent !!!
A lot obviously has happened since I last posted for example lots of birthdays..the month of May is a very 'expensive one' due to the amount of money spent of gifts!
Amongst all the other things that have been happening I have managed to scrap. I am still taking a photo a day and scrapping that.
I didn't show you any of the boxes I made for Christians kindergarten teachers I filled them with chocolate eggs and gave them as gifts for Easter...I was very proud of them they were lots of fun to make.......so here follows what i have been up to........









































































































This little mini was made for a little girl I know I call her the 'Rose boubou' as she is always dressed in pink and unfortunately the poor thing has a terrible rash on her cheeks that make her look red and pink all the time.......even with the rash she is the cutest little girl I have seen.
I will be back to upload some photos of my photo a day mini.........
later.......................
Oh nearly forgot we had a some really good news last week........Christian got into the private school we wanted.....so if you hear of a series of bank robberies in the Athens area you will know it is G and I doing a Bonnie and Clyde every night so we can pay for the school fees...........
Later..............

Sunday, 10 May 2009

Mommy dearest........................



















Need I say more...................................................

later........

Saturday, 9 May 2009

Happy Birthday Sweet boy of mine

I still can't believe that 6 years ago today I gave birth to this sweet baby boy. The memory of holding you in my arms for the first time is still crystal clear, I held you in my arms with tears rolling down my cheeks singing happy birthday...it was not till later that the nurses told me they were moved because no one had ever sang happy birthday to their new born before. It just seemed natural to me as it was you day of birth no other song seemed appropriate!!












Now he is six years old...why do they grow up so fast? I tell my self every day that i should treasure every moment even the tantrums, fights and murderess threats as they are moments never to return (only through scrap booking LOL).















Be well baby boy I will always be with you no matter how far away your wings take you.....you are my heart and my soul...............I love you.......Happy Birthday..........

Thursday, 26 March 2009

Temperature rising part 2..........



















I cannot believe it has been so long since I last blogged well things have not changed much......C3 has been home now for nearly 3 weeks...unbelievable he has been sick on and off........ he went back to school at some point but started throwing unbelievably high temps again so i have kept him home.
His paed said that it is the flu that keeps coming back......great, unfortunately there are a lot of working parents who send their children to school with a high fever.........you think that the school could offer some service for these parents especially during the winter months when most of the children get sick.
Of course this is just a logical practical thought it would never work in a country that revels in red tape and frappe!!!
Sorry being a little bitter there.........working parents get a raw deal in this country!!!
Enough......of course with C3 being ill all the time I too have caught variuous bugs the latest has my ears and throat on fire...it's better today thankfully.
I have not scrapped but i have slowly downsized a lot of supplies. I have been brutal with things like stickers...I always wonder what was going through my mind when I bought them..they are pretty enough but i will never use them.....any one want them????????? some have been taken out of their packaging so i am giving them away for less than half the price i bought them at..if anyone is interested leave me a comment or email me so i can send you a pic.
Time for pictures.....
My new teapot!!!..oh so kitsch but oh so cute!!!!!




















The witch the magician and the green elf!!....















Oh we are also having a Save the planet party on Saturday night.....
later..........................

Monday, 9 March 2009

Temperature rising....................

Here it is in bullet points.....
  • woke up to a crying child this morning with a 40degree celcius temp!!! talk about a morning freak out
  • I am preparing to teach a scrapbooking class to Christian's kindergarten class...get them when they are young I say!!!!!
  • Still checking out private schools as we have ruled out the public school system entirely even for the primary school.....we have decided to invest in his education than in a house...of course nothing is written in stone.
  • had the most action packed...not to forget boozy weekend in a long time!!!
  • Ive had so much alcohol since Friday night that I feel strange holding a coffee cup instead of a wine glass!!!!!!!!
  • I haven't scrapped in ages and I am just about climbing the walls
  • I have a new tea pot and I am in love......with the tea pot that is!!
  • I have a new perfume..........I think i am in love with that too.......Mugler cologne.....I smell like spring when i wear it........
  • we went to the children's museum in Plaka...for all of you who live in Athens and have young children you must go it is definitely worth it...we couldn't get Christian to leave even when i bribed with the never fail chocolate bribe.
  • I dressed up as a witch for carnival............I will post some pics soon
Have to go and check on C3's temperature..........
Later................................

Monday, 23 February 2009

Time flies




















and these are some scrappies that i have done in my blogland absence.....they are from "a picture a day" minis that i have been working on here are some from January......























































This is the cover for February..........













































This is a little kit from Little yellow bicycle......thankfully I managed to find some pictures of Christian riding his first bike summer 2008...as i managed to erase all photos from May 2008 to October 2008...I still haven't figured out how i managed that!!!!..


































Back cover.....




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This is the little man himself dressed as a magician for his carnival party at kindergarten he was extremely cute.....I even attached some hankerchieves to his magic wand so that he could pretend he was doing magic tricks it was very cute to watch......... ha



















this weekend we went to the opening of the annual Athens Wine festival which was held at the Zappeio megaro we had a fabulous time we went to the opening on the Friday evening and on Sunday we took C3 with us and he was fascinated with the whole wine tasting process he even tried some himself (of course he did not swallow) he is a red man...well that is what he claimed!!!
Isn't it a beautiful building?????.............













Later....................................

Thursday, 12 February 2009

"Sweet dreams are made of these......

who am I to disagree"............I don't know why but this Eurythmics song has been invading my brain space this morning and as there is not much space in there any way I am pretty much consumed.

Where did the week go i was supposed to post my last 20 seriously riveting things about me!!! on Monday......have i been asleep all week and just woken up this morning??????

As you can tell my brain is not behaving normally this morning (what as opposed to other mornings there is a difference?????????) I swear there are two of me in here.........right now that explains the weight gain!!!!!

Here they are............ better read them before you and I lose interest...........

80. I crashed into a police car that was waiting at a red traffic light, a very embarrassing moment in my life.

81. I was intorduced to scrapbooking at a 'Stampin up' party June 2003

82. I bought and hoarded scrapbooking supplies for a couple of months as I was too inlove with the pretty papers to use them!!!!!!!!!!

83.I have a passion for tea pots. I have a small collection which is growing dangerously.

84. I prefer to drink tea that has been poured from a teapot because i love the whole tea making ritual. Warming the pot preparing the tray with cups and saucers, sugar bowl ,milk jug etc...oh and a couple of biscuits.

85. During the summer months here in Greece it is stinking hot!!!!!!!!..I for some strange reason go through this crazy phase of drinking diet coke in tall glasses topped with ice.......with the first cool winds of I hate the taste of it...........I def need therapy.

86. For years i wore chunky Doc Martins........you?????????

87. Thanks to my mother being a hairdresser and my desire to change my look often I have had
-blue black hair
-blonde
-purple black

88. I have had all different types of hair cuts and fair share of terrible perms.The most extreme was back in 1998 where my super hunky hairdresser (I am secretly in lust with him..still 11 years down the track) decided to cut my hair very very short more like shave my head because he said I have a beautiful shaped head!!!..well it was fabulous not only did it look good I didn't need to buy hair shampoo or conditioner for a few months!!!!!!!!

89. If I am allowed to read...(from constant interjections from Christian..such as Mummy why this ...mummy why that????).I feel Iam on holidays it is a luxury to read. No I cannot read before going to bed because i will not put the book down if it is a good book and I will never sleep I am already dealing with lack of sleep issues!!!!!!!!!

90. I love faux jewelry.....

91. I have a hand bag addiction because i never seem to be able to find the right one...and anyway there is no bag that goes with everything...it's all about style a black handbag does not always go with everything...I am sure the style wise and hand bag freaks know exactly what I am talking about.

92. I dream of opening a scrapbooking store come bookshop come cafe/tea house...3 in 1 if you like.......

93. I love road trips, the freedom of going wherever and whenever you want.......

94. I adore sunflowers, daisies and lillies..........

95. I am a step mum to a beautiful, intelligent and talented 13year old girl....soon to be 14.....

96.The part of the day I always look forward to is when Christian has been fed and bathed then we cuddle on the couch and watch a nature documentary before going to bed. Just holding my fragrant sleepy little man in my arms makes the trials of the day all worth it.....

97.I used to play the piano accordian.........what was that noise????? did you fall on the floor from laughter????for your information I was a preteen

98. Gregory and I have given Christian many nicknames in his short life while in my womb.........UFO.....UFAKI at 3 months .......skoulikaki....it means little worm in Greek....why???? as Christian was really starting to move around and wouldn't sit still always wriggling Gregory called him his little worm. When he was 12 months he tried to say his name all that came out was SISSO........it didn't take long for me to start playing with the sound and called him SISSOPOULAKI.......it's a Greek thing!!!!

99. I have never wanted to get married...I was deliriously happy just living together. G proposed to me back in 1999 then again in 2001....poor man...I never said NO i always said YES then promptly filed it away as if nothing happened and got on with our lives. The thought of dressing like a powder puff and inviting zillions of guests which you have to feed and water, preferably with alcohol...and all the while you are left with callouses from uncomfortable powder puffs heels and bad un returnable gifts ARGHHH no way........ I have always personally felt that weddings are for the couple to celebrate any way they want and the baptism of a child is the occasion for a big party with lots of guests....a child becoming a Christian is far more important...you only get one baptism. You can get married as many times as you like.......but that's my opinion...I don't expect people to agree with me.

100. Gregory and i had a shot gun wedding because I was 7 1/2 months pregnant.....I was having such a fabulous pregnancy I didn't want to organise a wedding...I prefered having my teeth pulled out. One thing was for sure since we had to get married for bureacratic pruposes it had to be a church wedding. So in two weeks I organised a party for 14 people. Mind you there was nothing fancy. We got married on the 1st of March 2003 at 11am in a little church at the foot of the Acropolis. We came home to buffet lunch thanks to my mother in law and we drank champagne all afternoon and evening till the last guest left (Eleni our koumbara the translation into English i suppose would by my matron of honour). We managed to have the wedding we wanted small and tasteful we had a fabulous time and we reminisce with a smile still 5 years down the track!!!!!!!!!!

So that's all folks...................................
that was fun..........
back soon as i have been busy with some scrappies.......
Later