is there such a thing as spidergirl?

hello blog world...today i am trying my hardest not to think about having to go back to work next year as it just puts panic into my soul. i seem to be thinking about it so much that i am not enjoying my long service as much as i should. and working towards holding a market stall seems to be consuming my every thought which also puts me in panic mode because i cant manage to make enough and do all of the house work that i WANT to do while i am off. am i making sense? the answer is that i hold all the power!! i don't have to have a market stall this year...i should just take the pressure off myself and plod along. in my heart i think the thorough cleaning of the house is more important and this is a great opportunity that i shouldn't miss. anyhow, i decided to take a break and blog about some things that have happened recently. this menacing look is so typical of our little hammy

our girls school had the much anticipated school carnival on Saturday and like all good parents we took them along. being relatively new to parents of school aged children, i didn't realise the enormity of a carnival. we have been donating various items for the past 10 weeks in the lead up to this one big day. we purchased $60 worth of armbands which entitled the children to unlimited rides(such a bloody scam) and i volunteered 2 hours of my day to help out with the prep stall and the year 2 stall... well how naive was i??!!

the carnival started at 10am, i arrived to help set up the devonshire tea stall (not even my children's class) at 7:30am and set about whipping cream and filling little containers with jam. i had to head to my year 2 stall at 10 so that the mum could go watch her child play her instrument. meanwhile mick came up with the girls and he had already had enough and wanted to go home =]

i wasn't needed on the plant stall so i headed to the drinks stall and the lady was in such a panic and need of help i offered to stay and there i stayed for the next 2 hours while poor old mick wandered around and lined up for ages to get our children onto rides. needless to stay mick had had enough and by 2pm we trudged off home. i actually went back to help at the drinks stall for another hour while mick had lunch with the girls. i wonder how out of 26 families why on 3 or four could help out on the day?? it is over for another 2 years THANK GOD. here are some pics of their face paint....

this little one had a great time and chose to be painted like spiderman, go figure..

beautiful butterfly

another butterfly but slightly wiped off... next time lili will be old enough to go off with her friends and call us when she wants to come home.

it is amazing how exhausted i was from all that volunteer work.. but i had these goodies to cheer me up...

the lovely Linda from lilly cottage gifted me a bottle of scotch for my birthday and a gorgeous book full of hand made ideas for little presents and a gorgeous collectible Dorn wool felt rabbit to say thank you for helping out while she was in hospital!

take a look at this little lady (click pic to enlarge) isn't she just gorgeous?! she is the perfect partner for this dandy fellow...

i bought him at the bear an doll show earlier in the year and he has been ever so lonesome til now #_#

and they are great company for the little collectible lili bought...

she has such great taste in purchases. she used some of her birthday money to buy this little pup, cute as a button! a happy little family all living on my hutch.

thanks linda, you didn't have to!! working for you isn't like working at all. oh how i wish it were my job for real...

and the last blurry and not straight pic is of my customer order for some shabby Christmas pretties

not the best picture but you get the idea, one garland is missing from this pic and i gifted her a large heart as well. i am working on more of these each spare moment i get.

thanks for sticking through that loooooonng post..have a great week

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