Thank you Marilyn

OMG it feels like my birthday is living on....I received some lovely goodies from my good friend Marilyn in Long Beach CA.....Marilyn really is a wonderful friend. Glen and I stayed with her on both our trips to the States....she picked us up and dropped us off at the airport. She took us around Hollywood and her neck of the woods. She truly is as treasured friend. Anyway....look at my goodies. She sent me some oil cloth so I could make some totes and lunch sacks.



I cant seem to find it here in Oz. So now I will give them a go...can't wait. She also made me George the Cup Warmer. I was idolising him when I saw a free pattern over at Alejandra's blog but am not really a knitter. So she whipped one up for me. I am impressed. And he will be coming with me tomorrow as I am heading to the Quilt and Craft Show in Adelaide with some new friends I have made here....woohooo....so excited.



On top of that she also sent me a chicken pincushion. I am so lucky to have such wonderful friends....THANK YOU Marilyn.

Owl from Lyn

Gosh I tell you sometimes I would forget my head if it weren't screwed on....LOL..I got this gorgeous marble owl wrapped in a piece of owl fabric from Lyn some weeks ago. Isn't the colour just gorgeous...so rich and warm....I took the photo and meant to blog about it and completely forgot. Gosh knows what happened for me to forget something so important. But, a BIG THANK YOU to Lyn for being so special and thoughtful....biggggg hugsssss

Parcel Received

I got a pleasant surprise last week when a parcel arrived from Sandra with these lovely goodies inside....a zipper purse made from fabric with owls on it and a fat quarter with dachshunds on it....I had commented to Sandra when I saw her purchase it that I thought it was cute....and on top of that she sent some owl stamps...what a hoot. I can make up some cards now.....THANK YOU Sandra for being such a thoughtful blog friend...hugsssss!!

Parcels arrived at their destinations

Finally Miss Ruby (as named by Sandra) and a fabric covered notebook has arrived in Canada. Sandra and I believe she was out tarting around with the postie as she seemed to take her merry time. I sent a parcel to the UK at the same time and it arrived a week earlier then Miss Ruby did. Anyway, the parcels have arrived and I am relieved. Sandra won my 50,000 visit give-away.

Janice's mug bag and coasters for a personal swap and the needlecase and pincushion for a PIF gift arrived in the UK safe and sound a week before.

Halloween Birthday Party

Madeline and I in our black lipstick, dress and hats.



My prim dolls fitted in perfectly didn't they!!!




Well the girls had a screaming good time and I laughed so much at the girls screaming it was even more fun. They watched two scary movies and boy do they have good lungs. They did pass the parcel with Halloween jokes at every opening and little party toys like spiders and skeletons. We hid their treat bags outside in the garden and they had to look for them in the dark. Glen got them really good with a scary mask....he dressed in all black and took a little torch(flashlight) with him to light up his face and jumped out from behind the plants with a very scary holler.

Happy Birthday Madeline

Yes its Madeline's birthday today....she is 12 years old.....OMGosh time just flies by so quickly. I can remember her birth as if it was yesterday....thank goodness it wasn't as doing all this over at 43 years old would kill me...LOL...now saying that she is 12 but still the baby and still gets called "Bubby". I doubt this will ever change with her being the baby though. My son Guy is now 18 and when he was a baby we called him "boy"...don't ask me why....lol..but he is still "the boy"...and Madeline gets called "the girl"....dont ask me how that happened either...LOL....when she was a toddler she was "missy moo"....then it went to "the girl"...which has stuck....but of course its "bubby" or "bub" too.

These are the pics of her cake on the 30th.....we did it simple as it was just the three of us...it is a trifle in the middle with mini mudcakes surrounding it.





Because tomorrow is the 31st of October and a Saturday here she will be have a handful of friends over for a Halloween sleep over. The theme is Halloween Hair. So all week I have been in and out of shops getting Halloween themed bits and pieces for the party. I will post pics after tomorrow of the party.

Guess who?

No its not a competition....LOL

Surprise in the mail

I got a lovely surprise from Donna in the mail....and what could be more lovely than owl fabric....woohoooottt.....owls and this cool fabric with Keep on Quilting on it....how cool...thank you Donna what a lovely gift.

BIRTHDAY WINNER.......

YES YES YES.....WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!! I was just about to put up a clue and I got a second guess from Lois who has guessed the my correct birth weight.......and the winning guess was 7lb 4oz......wow....some were so close and I thought somebody would have to get it soon......CONGRATULATIONS Lois and THANK YOU to all of you who played along and had a guess.

Hugssss Khris

More birthday pressies

Today at lunch my friend Terry gave me this sweet miniature Teddy....on his paw it says "Your Special"....Terry is such a special person and was my first friend here in Adelaide and I couldn't ask for a sweeter friend....thank you Terry.



Naomi went out to buy me a Lavender bush as I had mentioned I would love a Lavender bush....alas she couldn't find one but she did find this grand owl....isn't he just wonderful...thanks Naomi.