Thanks Jess, I am going to start checking out all these deals and see if I can come up with a better one!
I have finally paid for my platinum membership! Yeah! I also got Kelly to change my username, the other was too long and this is much quicker. Everyone uses Mel anyway. Bath created an great avatar a few weeks back, so hopefully will have that up and running soon.
Bath - can you email me the avatar again, I can't find where I saved it and just wanted to check it out again. I wanted to add something but I can't remember what?????
Yay! New identity! Good one, Mel
Well, I'm killing time but have a sink full of dishes to take care of.
DP was away all weekend on a deer hunting course (no shooting for this one, but one of these days we'll have us some venison on our plates!!), so I had a full weekend with Oscar and no studying done.
Friday night was just us two and I had been painting a picture for a friend's soon-to-be-5 year old (Monday is the party) as well as chasing Oscar around. Saturday was swimming, which was great, as usual. Oscar was the happiest kid in the class and was loving the backwards fall, the slide and anything involving dunking. He even let go of me a great number of times and swam around looking for me underwater (not was he was supposed to be doing, but it was awesome to see him come off me a couple of times and turn around to swim to the pool edge!). Got back to some housework and took off again for a BBQ at one of the Booby Club girls' place - a goat farm in Wandin! Oscar had a ball and I might even post some pictures when I get a chance. Last night was quiet again, I got a very tired boy to sleep and finished my painting at 12.30 (will post pics of this, too - it's very simplistic and Bath, I hope I don't horrify you too much...I'm not much of an artist, more a 'trier'!).
I tried to sleep in this morning, but Oscar was having none of it, so we went straight outside in jammies and he tried to plant himself in my new planter boxes (bought them yesterday in Kilsyth very cheaply...closing down sale...glazed pots and other garden bits). I took photos of that. We then had porridge (tastes better when made my DP!) and a shower, followed by a good two hours on nudie run. Off to the nursery to buy potting mix, then Aldi, then back for more laundry. Then off to GF's for a late lunch, back home to get a dinner ready. DP got home at about 9pm and Oscar was stoked.
Now I'm tired but my work is not yet done.
Be back properly during the week (I have a small assignment to take care of, too).
Glad everyone is well, and especially that Nic, you're still preggers!! Woo hoo! Donna, so glad that you're in the clear and that Lochie is doing wonderful things for you from time to time I hope everything else is well at home for you.
Dee, how's the school work going with DH home?
Better go, dishes won't do themselves...
ETA: I've been making soap, too! Not from scratch, but from ground soap powder and using my essential oils and food dye! I'm excited about the endless possibilities for gifts between my painting and my aromatherapy!
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