Negativity ...

Why is there so much out there right now ...

I cant believe how negative some people can be, and

the first thing that pops into their mind is a negative thought.

I am on a cross stitch board ...and its

a great board and a whole range of topics come up.

but lately everything is so negative ...

There was a post about NY legalising gay marraige ...

my first thought ...

yay to NY...finally and about time,

it effects me in no way, but i am happy for those involved.

but then the people against it come on , and probably like me, have nothing

to do with it, but sprout their bible bashing

and posting bible verses left, right and centre ...and these are so called christians ...

i believe everyone has an opinion, and I respect that,

if you belive in God , fine with me,

but to say some of the ugly things they do about being gay

is not very christian to me ...

then another post ..

about a US policeman proposing marriage

to his girlfriend over the police radio ..

their first thought ...

" did he get permission", " hopefully it was in down time".

seriously ... I am sure he got permision, but my first

thought was ..." how romantic and nice" ...not something negative ...

i have also stopped face book, finding that

stressful ..lol

to many whingers, whiners, who complain about the

same old things ...OMG try and at least change

the problem rather than moaning about it all the time ..

also finding little things I might need to know by a phone call / txt/ email

is on FB for everyone to see ... and if I didnt see it

well my fault ...

and things posted that me and most likely everyone dosent need to know ..

so this is probably my negative post,

but i believe you make what you want of your life,

and that some people are just born whingers and aren't happy

unless they can make someone miserable, or play the

"poor me" victim ...

i think its a lot easier to smile &  be happy

rather than a grumpy old whinger ..

so smile and be happy ...it so much better .

xxx



Decisions...decisions .... what to do ...

As in what to stitch today ...

such a BIG decision to make ...

Lizzie Kate Halloween Rules ...

Red work angels ...

My Fab 4 bestie Coral made 1 of these

for each of us at our GTG

I loved it so much I need to make

some for the special people in

my life as gifts ...

OR ...

Sebastians Shepherds Bush Stocking.

along with one for Madeline

will be hopefully finished by

Christmas ...2011 that is ..

Myley Cyrus concert ...

The concert was fantastic ..

and no more Hannah Montanna ..she's all grown up.

and think that some of the mums

there will be explaining to their 5 & 6yr olds

what "hannah' was doing ..lol

we were in the very back row  :-(

but we had a great view of the stage ..couldnt have got any better.

We caught the train up, and then with my 2 of the Fab 4

giving me directions from the station to

Rod Laver arena ..we got there.

( and it was rather easy too..now I know will be doing it more)

once there we went thru the bag check, and they were

taking away..well you had to 'cloak" them, larger cameras

they were only letting in pocket size ones.

Now mine is over 4 years old and a little bigger than

pocket size and some of the smaller ones

have a better zoom than mine ..

but alas mine had to be 'cloaked'

NOT HAPPY JAN !!!

so after doing that, buying a program $25 each ...eeks..

a poster and neckalce..no not for me

for the girls ..

we found out seats...

the support act was a guy Michael Paynter ..

boy was he good, going to search itunes later ..

So with only my magic telephone

aka iphone

i could only get these photos ...



She sang for over 1 1/2 hours..not many costume changes and

nothing you would rave about ..unlike Kylie Minogue ..

we all were up standing, dancing & singing .

I was amazed at how many Myley songs I knew   lol

Live concerts are so amazing, if I had the money

I would go to everyone ..

the sound and atmosphere is so fanastic..

i wish i could have that sound system

in my lounge..

think if I did i would be getting complaints

and have no roof ...

home and in bed by 1am ...



A girls night out ...

With Madeline and her friend

in Melbourne to see

Myley Cyrus ...

dont know whether I am excited or not ...lol

A finish

Shepherds Bush

Merry Be

finished 21st June 2011.

Love stitching  this one,

the silk is so beautiful to work with.

2 photos ...

 This is Seb & Mad at the

Eureka SkyDeck

Melbourne

They are actually outside the building

88 floors up

in a glass elevator type thing

that goes out instead of up/down.

The floor is frosted glass until they get

out, then it changes to clear.

They loved it and ended up sitting on the floor

looking down ...

And is this the most

pathetic dog ever ...

Milo ...

he scooted up one end of the blanket

and ended up this end, head on pillow

and fell asleep.

he woke up when I went to take this

photo ... 

SB Merry Be WIP ...

Since we did a Christmas theme at the GTG

I started on this ..

Shepherds Bush Merry Be ..

Its stitched over 2, with 1 strand of silk ..

how beautiful is silk to stitch with ??

and so very slippery, 

 I ended up putting  it in a hoop

which I never use  as its so fine ..and slippery .. lol

The Fab 4 inally in a photo ...

Melisa, Helen, me, Coral

and hononary 5th member

Milo

Weekend update of the Fab 4 ...

Well the weekend is over  :-( and it went so quick ..

but we had a ball ...

one of things we do is have

a GTG project.

this year it was Just Nans Gingerbread Stocking.

we stitched it before we got togther

and then put it togther ..with Corals help ..

this is how they turned out ...

 I was also very spoilt by gifts from the girls ...

below is the gift from Coral,

I was in on her secret with the boxes for us girls.

she was like a kid at christmas

so wxcited for us to open our presents..

and yes we were spolit ..

 inside the box ...

 hand made gifts and little surprises galore

Just Nans little pin keep, so cute and sweet ..

Gift from Helen, which was so appropriate ...

FRIENDS ...

And since we were having a Christmas themed project, she made us a christmas

themed gift bag...

little christmas pins, Threadworx Christmas thread, and some Bohin needles to try.

 and for me...choc coated coffee beans...2 favourites in 1 ..chocolate & coffee

and from Lissy .. A Masterchef tea towel and pot holders...wonder how she knew I liked master chef  lol

And this beautiful Easter mat she made ...BTW ..she won a prize with this mat ..the prize ..cake of course  lol

so thats it for another year,

roll on 2012 for our next GTG

and we are in the middle of figuring out what the

2012 GTG project will be

Think its going to be somethig to do with food ..

as the Fab 4 loves FOOD ... xxxx

an introduction to India ...

Half way thru our girls weekend ..

its going so quick ...

tonight was takeaway night and an introdution

to ....

INDIAN food ...

OMG ..what have I been missing out on ...????

 we are having a christmas

themed stitching weekend ..

so we decided to go with a

christmas themed dinner setting

with Indian food and Chinese fortune cookies ..

what to celebrate with great friends ..

 food for 4 ......

yes it was and thinking we were going to have

leftovers for lunch tomorrow

...that isnt happening ....

and last night I made chocolate ice cream topped

with Chocolate Persian fairy floss ...

christmas project 3/4's finished ...

more photos later ...

if we .... oops I mean I can roll of the couch...

they are the ones that have drunk the bottle of chapagne ..

extra long weekend this weekend ...

and 3 of the most beautiful friends -Helen , Coral & Melissa AKA
The Fab 4

will be here with me for it ...

2 more sleeps i cant wait ...

if we can get photos ..that aren't incriminating

in anyway over the weekend I will post them ...

so hope everyone has a great weekend like i will



baking ...

Made some choc mint ice-cream on Friday night ,

disappeared on Saturday tub and all -curtesy of my

brother.

Made more Saturday night

since Seb was "devasted" I gave it away ...

Sunday I made my very 1st Macarons ..

Donna Hay style ...

next time I will make them smaller, they are a little too large, and cook for

a shorter amount of time.