Lovely gardens.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Spring is in the air.
The parks and gardens are really looking lovely here in Toowoomba at the moment. Our Carnival of Flowers festivities start in 2 weeks.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Wedding Invitations finished
Three pictures are of the full invitation which opens up. The main invite is glued inside and the gift Registry and Acceptance are loose and in a small pocket. On the front cover the top ribbon is fastened with double sided tape and the bottom ribbon with the teardrop crystal is tied on. There is a little hole in the side and another underneath the bow for the ribbon to go through.The small single (wedding cermony) invite only is the same wording as the main invite but without the reception part. The bow is the same type of ribbon as I used on the full invitations. These bows I bought already tied.
The last invites are for the Kitchen Tea. There are other that say Laundry or Pantry as well, just to get some variety. They are all in a mix of blue, yellow and green backgrounds and this is just one of the papers used. I am happy with all of them.
Yeh. finished at last and mostly mailed.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Another month has passed.
Mum is looking well (besides having no hair) and is back home again and is getting around quite good too. At this stage I don't know what her tests have shown (if the cancer is stable, has shrunk or grown).
My brother from Alice Springs was home for awhile and is now in the USA being a tourist. He is on Long Service Leave. He will be coming back here for daughters wedding in October.
The day he left here, for his home in Alice Aprings, before going to the US, my husbands sister arrived from Adelaide for a few days so she could visit their stepmum. She stayed with us. Last week-end my husbands brother also arrived from South Australia and stayed with us a few days, again to visit their stepmother. She is in a bad way, but having said that, she has been that way for some time now. Never any improvement. They've upped her medication again. They seem to think she is waiting for someone in particular to visit but we have no idea who.
On the 4th July, our daughter ran the Gold Coast Airport marathon. We went down on the Saturday afternoon and stayed overnight at Surfers Paradise at the Paradise Resort. I was quite happy with the place, enjoyed the BBQ meal there and the floor show. Weather on the Sunday was good and sunny and our daughter ran the marathon under 4 hours which she was really pleased about. Took 25 minutes off of her time last year.
This past week I have been working on her wedding invitations. They open like a book, with the information to be placed/glued inside but they haven't organized their gift registry yet and decided on the wording. I really, really wish they would hurry up as I want to get them finished and out by the end of the month. (I said that last month too). The meals at the reception venue have gone up since they booked too (bugger). They are now having the wedding cake as desert so have gone to a cheaper option, instead of the entree, main, desert option they first organized, but because they want the chair covers, sashes, and fairy lights they have to pay $300 for these when in their first option it was part of the package.
We picked up the wedding dress last Saturday, but the front hem needs taking up (even with her buying very high heeled/platform shoes). So to the dressmaker on Tuesday we go. Must make phone calls to the cake maker now and let her know we need enough cake for desert and the hire place as we can have t-lights on the reception tables.
Husband goes away for a couple weeks holiday next month to South Australia to visit friends and relatives. His brother is turning 60 so wants to be there then, as he came up to us for my husband's 60th a couple years back.
I hoping this invitation stuff is sorted by then.
I have my wedding outfit at the dressmakers too as it needs some altering. Pants taken up and a nip and tuck here and there. Things I don't want to do myself.
Been working on our tax returns this week end. Am hoping to be called in to work on the 21st August for the elections. I worked at a polling booth at the 07 elections. The extra money will come in handy as always.
Anyway will post again next month.
Mum is looking well (besides having no hair) and is back home again and is getting around quite good too. At this stage I don't know what her tests have shown (if the cancer is stable, has shrunk or grown).
My brother from Alice Springs was home for awhile and is now in the USA being a tourist. He is on Long Service Leave. He will be coming back here for daughters wedding in October.
The day he left here, for his home in Alice Aprings, before going to the US, my husbands sister arrived from Adelaide for a few days so she could visit their stepmum. She stayed with us. Last week-end my husbands brother also arrived from South Australia and stayed with us a few days, again to visit their stepmother. She is in a bad way, but having said that, she has been that way for some time now. Never any improvement. They've upped her medication again. They seem to think she is waiting for someone in particular to visit but we have no idea who.
On the 4th July, our daughter ran the Gold Coast Airport marathon. We went down on the Saturday afternoon and stayed overnight at Surfers Paradise at the Paradise Resort. I was quite happy with the place, enjoyed the BBQ meal there and the floor show. Weather on the Sunday was good and sunny and our daughter ran the marathon under 4 hours which she was really pleased about. Took 25 minutes off of her time last year.
This past week I have been working on her wedding invitations. They open like a book, with the information to be placed/glued inside but they haven't organized their gift registry yet and decided on the wording. I really, really wish they would hurry up as I want to get them finished and out by the end of the month. (I said that last month too). The meals at the reception venue have gone up since they booked too (bugger). They are now having the wedding cake as desert so have gone to a cheaper option, instead of the entree, main, desert option they first organized, but because they want the chair covers, sashes, and fairy lights they have to pay $300 for these when in their first option it was part of the package.
We picked up the wedding dress last Saturday, but the front hem needs taking up (even with her buying very high heeled/platform shoes). So to the dressmaker on Tuesday we go. Must make phone calls to the cake maker now and let her know we need enough cake for desert and the hire place as we can have t-lights on the reception tables.
Husband goes away for a couple weeks holiday next month to South Australia to visit friends and relatives. His brother is turning 60 so wants to be there then, as he came up to us for my husband's 60th a couple years back.
I hoping this invitation stuff is sorted by then.
I have my wedding outfit at the dressmakers too as it needs some altering. Pants taken up and a nip and tuck here and there. Things I don't want to do myself.
Been working on our tax returns this week end. Am hoping to be called in to work on the 21st August for the elections. I worked at a polling booth at the 07 elections. The extra money will come in handy as always.
Anyway will post again next month.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Middle of june already
Middle of June already. Time is flying by. Last month I talked about the wedding. One bridesmaid has picked up her dress on the week-end but I haven't organized dressmaker yet. Left message but no return call. Hired the vases. Bought myself an outfit and made hairdresser appointment for me, so that's something done. Need to find an organist for the church, again left message but no return call as yet. Will try again tonight I think.
AS for my Mum, she is at home again after 4 and a half weeks in 3 different hospitals. She spent a week in her local hospital, a week and a half up here in Toowoomba, a week in the Mater in Brisbane and then nearly a week back in her local hospital again. Because her white blood cell count dropped so low after the chemo she is not to have it any more. That's why she was at the Mater. She had radium treatment whilst there. So now we wait and see what effect that had.
While Mum was in Brisbane I was taking Dad down to visit every second day. On work days I'd do my morning shift and give my afternoon shift to whoever I could get. I'm a school Crossing supervisior.
My brother flew in from Alice Springs the day after Mum was sent back to her local hospital. That was a surprise visit which was great for Mum and Dad. He flies back home tomorrow. He was a great help to Dad around the yard doing lots of tree/shrub prunning. Took away 6 trailer loads to the dump. Mum is the keen gardener, but as she was away the men got stuck into it and did a real tidy up.
This week we're expecting my husband's sister to fly in from Adelaide so she can visit their stepmother. She is in a nursing home and has been going downhill quite quickly too. She is now bedridden, unable to do anything for herself. She spends most of the day asleep. My husband went down to see her Sunday and sat with her for an hour or so but she didn't wake while he was there even though he did try to wake her. She is on constant pain killers and all that can be done is to make her as comfortable as possible. We do not know what will happen there.
Craft wise all I've done is a bit of work on the bibs I make for charity and fiddling around with wedding invitation ideas. Next month the invitations have to be made so they can go out by the end of July. That leaves 3 months to the wedding. Next Wednesday our daughter is taking a day off work so we can go the the printers, pick card, paper etc as I'm to make the invitations. She is so busy at work and the one printing place isn't open week-ends which makes it hard. A lunch break just isn't enough time to work things out. I really had wanted all this done by now but it wasn't to be. Wish us luck. Hope when I write next time, the invitations are progressing. Please, please may this be so.
AS for my Mum, she is at home again after 4 and a half weeks in 3 different hospitals. She spent a week in her local hospital, a week and a half up here in Toowoomba, a week in the Mater in Brisbane and then nearly a week back in her local hospital again. Because her white blood cell count dropped so low after the chemo she is not to have it any more. That's why she was at the Mater. She had radium treatment whilst there. So now we wait and see what effect that had.
While Mum was in Brisbane I was taking Dad down to visit every second day. On work days I'd do my morning shift and give my afternoon shift to whoever I could get. I'm a school Crossing supervisior.
My brother flew in from Alice Springs the day after Mum was sent back to her local hospital. That was a surprise visit which was great for Mum and Dad. He flies back home tomorrow. He was a great help to Dad around the yard doing lots of tree/shrub prunning. Took away 6 trailer loads to the dump. Mum is the keen gardener, but as she was away the men got stuck into it and did a real tidy up.
This week we're expecting my husband's sister to fly in from Adelaide so she can visit their stepmother. She is in a nursing home and has been going downhill quite quickly too. She is now bedridden, unable to do anything for herself. She spends most of the day asleep. My husband went down to see her Sunday and sat with her for an hour or so but she didn't wake while he was there even though he did try to wake her. She is on constant pain killers and all that can be done is to make her as comfortable as possible. We do not know what will happen there.
Craft wise all I've done is a bit of work on the bibs I make for charity and fiddling around with wedding invitation ideas. Next month the invitations have to be made so they can go out by the end of July. That leaves 3 months to the wedding. Next Wednesday our daughter is taking a day off work so we can go the the printers, pick card, paper etc as I'm to make the invitations. She is so busy at work and the one printing place isn't open week-ends which makes it hard. A lunch break just isn't enough time to work things out. I really had wanted all this done by now but it wasn't to be. Wish us luck. Hope when I write next time, the invitations are progressing. Please, please may this be so.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
A bit of this and a bit of that
Back again. Well the wedding plans are coming along again. Ran around and got a few quotes from florists and have accepted one of those this week. As we need to hire vases for the reception flowers will have to book those in the next couple of days. Went to Brisbane with the bridesmaids last Saturday and they lay-byed their dresses. Two of the bridesmaids need their dresses altered so now have to find a local dressmaker to do that. If anyone knows of a good dressmaker here in Toowoomba please let me know. Next big thing to organize is the invitations. Daughter doesn't really know what she wants.
Had a lovely Mother's Day lunch with our daughter and partner and his parents, brother, sister and husband. Then went to see my Mum who is in hospital at the moment, then saw my Dad. Mum has terminal cancer and had had a week of chemo and that makes her very sick. Will be going down tomorrow again to see her then again on the week-end.
Sewing has been put on hold. My sewing space is in the spare bedroom and I have cleaned it up, made space just in case Mum or Dad need to stay. The only sewing I have been doing is mending, some for us and some for a friend. Oh, I did make a pin cushion for the April Crafty Mamas swap. It was the same style as the apple one I posted about a little while back, but in different colours.
Had a lovely Mother's Day lunch with our daughter and partner and his parents, brother, sister and husband. Then went to see my Mum who is in hospital at the moment, then saw my Dad. Mum has terminal cancer and had had a week of chemo and that makes her very sick. Will be going down tomorrow again to see her then again on the week-end.
Sewing has been put on hold. My sewing space is in the spare bedroom and I have cleaned it up, made space just in case Mum or Dad need to stay. The only sewing I have been doing is mending, some for us and some for a friend. Oh, I did make a pin cushion for the April Crafty Mamas swap. It was the same style as the apple one I posted about a little while back, but in different colours.
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