I've been tagged by Amanda

Well, I've finally got around to completing my tag! With all the Christmas mayhem, and DH on holidays, it's been hard to find time. So, here goes:

A - Available/Single? Married
B - Best Friend? Jason - my DH
C - Cake or Pie? Chocolate mud cake
D - Drink Of Choice? white wine - chardy
E - Essential Item You Use Everyday? Computer
F - Favorite Color? Blue
G - Gummy Bears Or Worms? Both
H - Home or Homesick? Home.
I - Indulgence? Chocolate - and lots of it!
J - January Or February? January
K - Kids & Their Names? 2 - Zac (3) and Ella (15mths)
L - Life Is Incomplete Without? My family
M - Marriage date? 20 June 1998
N - Number Of Siblings? 1 sister - Kellie
O - Oranges Or Apples? Love both!
P - Phobias/Fears? I get a little jelly-legged when up high!
Q - Favorite Quote: A great snapshot stops a moment from running away ~ unknown
R- Real Hair Color? Can't remember - boring brown!
S - Season? Spring.
T - Tag 2 or 3 people? Pam and Zane
U - Unknown Fact About Me? I raced dirt go-karts before I was married - heaps of fun!
V - Vegetable you don’t like? Like all vegies.
W - Worst Habit? Sleep deprivation - too much scrapping!
X - X-rays You’ve Had? Teeth, fingers(netball injury)
Y - Your Favorite Food? Chocolate and Seafood - but not together!
Z - Zodiac Sign? Saggitarius

Promise I'll tell you all about Christmas when I download my photos later today!

Chat soon,
Chelle Xx

Merry Christmas

Just a quick one tonight...

Wishing all my Scrapping and Blogging friends a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.I look forward to hearing from you all in 2007!

May you be blessed with good times, lots of food, fun and of course, lots of presents(even better if they are of the scrapping variety!).

Chat soon,
Chelle Xx

Our budding Hairdresser

I'm not sure if Zac is going to follow in my footsteps and become a Hairdresser, but sure seemed like it the other day. I was folding up washing in the lounge room, Monday afternoon, and the kids were in Ella's room playing with a teddy that sings. They were having fun, lots of giggles when I noticed everything went quiet. I always worry when everything goes quiet....wandered into my room and Zac had not only waxed his own hair, but also Ella's to the point it was stiff and very shiny! I laughed then got the camera, to take a pic(as you do!). One of those moments.

It took 4 washes with soap to get it out of Zac's hair and 3 washes to get it out of Ella's. We had to go out for dinner that night, but they looked ok. Their hair wasn't too unruly!


Hope everyone is nearly ready for Christmas. I've only got a bit of running around to do tomorrow. Just mainly things I need to take to my family destinations(ie. chips, coke, cheese for a cheese platter, etc)

Only 4 sleeps til the Big fella in red arrives!

Chat soon,
Chelle Xx

Christmas at Pop's

We had Christmas on Macleay Island over the weekend. Jason's Dad(Pop) lives over there with his partner, Carol. They are off to Melbourne for Christmas next weekend, so Santa came early. The kids loved it! There are a few cousins now. My two, Zac(3) and Ella(15 mths), Melanie(9), Griffin(7) and Seth(6 mths), the newest addition to the Jamieson clan.

Uncle Scotty took the kids for a swim after lunch - BAD IDEA - this was the result...as the tide was out. This is Griffin, Zac and Mel. They had heaps of fun, playing in the mud!



Zac was nominated Santa's little helper and No.1 Elf. He had the honors of handing out presents this year, but not without being in complete uniform. He was very cute!



This is Seth, who is now 6 mths old. Jason and I are very proud godparents as well as Uncle and Aunty to this georgeous little man! He smiles at everyone, rolls over and has picked up shaking his head. Very cute!



The last one for today is Daddy and Ella. She was looking very cool in this picture, dummy and sunnies! She has a fasination with wearing glasses at the moment. Couldn't resist...had to take a pic.


So, a nice weekend away from the mundane tasks at home. Was very relaxing even if the weather wasn't very good. Very rainy and extremely windy out in the bay today!

Have a good week!
Chat soon,
Chelle

Loving Robbie!

Well, I witnessed a showman at his best last night! Robbie Williams' concert was fantastic! We were in the "mosh" pit area, right up near the stage. He sang, told stories, sang with his brother, did an old "Take That" song, and smoked another ciggy on stage, much to the Health ministers disgust.(In the paper this morning)

It was lights, smoke, fire and fireworks. An awesome stage, with an awesome performer!

I'm just loving Robbie!

What is it about BAD BOYS that make us like them so much?

The best thing was you were allowed to take photos. There's a first for everything! So here are a couple from the night!

This is Robbie walking down the runway at the start of the show.



For the encore, he came back onto the stage from the roof.



And this one I took from the big screen and then cropped it in photoshop. Cool hey!



Chat soon,
Chelle Xx

Update on the past week!

Things are so hectic this time of year. Way to much to do...and not enough time to do it! The past week has been a blur. Here it is in dot form.

- Last Tues, Ella woke with a high temp. After going to the Dr's, she couldn't find anything wrong with her. She has been teething lately, so thought it could be that or she has a viral infection. Temp went down Thursday. In between, I had a very wingey little girl who wouldn't leave my side.

- She went back to Daycare Fri, had a good day. She was in the bath, I turned around to get her towel and she decided she'd get out herself, fell and split her head open. Off to the hospital to see if it needed stitches, with her very emotional mother at this stage. Was ok, clean cut and the dr glued it and put a stairy strip over it. Took the stairy strip off yesterday and it's healing well.

- Zac had sport on Sat morning. After that, we headed over to see Daddy(who was at work), and Ella looked a bit red in the face. By the time we got home she was covered in a rash on her face, back and tummy. Ok, after the week I had, I panicked!! back down the dr's and they isolated us(due to the rash) and found out it was Roseola - a common type of viral rash in kids. Had gone by the time we got home.

- Took the kids to the Gatton speedway on Sat night. My Dad has a Dwarf car he races, and the kids hadn't seen him race. was heaps of fun. He had a great night, winning the night with 3 x 1sts and 1 x 2nd. Was quite proud of himself.

- Sunday, Jase had tickets to the PGA Golf Championship at Coolum(through work). Told me I was going to have a night away from the kids. Was great, not that I'm that in to golf, but there were celebrities everywhere. We went down for a drink before heading out to dinner, and I saw Jeff Kennett, Brett Ogle, Jason Dunstall, Jack Nicholas, Craig Parry, and the very impressive George Gregan. Now, I've never been a huge fan of George, but after seeing him signing autographs and chatting to people who he didn't need from a bar of soap, he was very polite and friendly, signed plenty of autographs and didn't tell one person No! He's won a heart in me. Very nice and genuine person....I'll be sticking up for him if they ever try and sack him as Wallaby Captain again. Had a great night away at the Hyatt Coolum..very noice, highly recommend it. Total relaxation!

- Got home Monday, worked Tues and today have spent putting our house back together and catching up on mountains of washing. Mission accomplished!

- My younger cousin, Kristi, gave birth to a beautiful baby girl around 6pm tonight...so I'm none the wiser on names or weights yet. Just know she was delivered by caesar and both Mum and Bub are doing well. Have to ring my Aunty Jenny tomorrow to get all the details.

- Off to Robbie Williams at Suncorp tomorrow night and can't wait! Will tell you all about it on Friday!

So, I'm back on track...finished my Xmas shopping, just need to finish off a few "scrapped" pressies. So, better get to it!

Chat soon,
Chelle Xx

I've been tagged

by the lovely Amanda! These are lots of fun. You get to learn a little more about your online friends.

1. NAME: Michelle
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Yes, Peter Brock's first wife - Michelle
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Watching a TV Soap - last week.
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? It's not too bad
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Ham
6. KIDS? 2 - Zac is 3 and Ella is 15 mths
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yes, I think so.
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? I have a blog
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Yes - I can do...:-)
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? I'd say Yes, until it came time to jump!
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Special K
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Not usually
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY? More mentally
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Peppermint choc chip - Yum!
16. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
17. RED OR PINK? I like both. Wear lots of red, but like pink too!
18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? Jelly "baby" belly
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Depends on the context - Too hard!!
20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Yes, please, or do it on their blog!!
21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES YOU ARE WEARING? denim shorts and no shoes - Just love Summer!
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? red for happy!!
23. FAVORITE SMELL? Smell of rain on a hot day - Just love it!!
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? My Sister-in-law - Tracey
25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Love her - she's become a great friend!
26. FAVORITE DRINK? Non-alcoholic - Coke // Alcoholic - Love white wines and the odd Cruiser
27. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? AFL footy
28. HAIR COLOR? Chocolate brown with blonde foils
29. EYE COLOR? Blue
30. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No
31. FAVORITE FOOD? I love Seafood, and Thai
32. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Definately a happy ending!
33. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? DVD - Munich
34. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Red
35. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer
36. HUGS OR KISSES? Hugs
37. FAVORITE DESSERT? Chocolate mud cake
38. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Alicia
39. MOST LIKELY NOT TO RESPOND? Zane - hasn't be a good blogger lately!!
40. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING? Don't read much - too busy scrapping!
41. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Garfield dropping his daks saying "Compute this"
42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST ON TV LAST NIGHT? Survivor Cook Islands
43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? laughter especially from my kids
44. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Rolling Stones
45. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Bali, Indonesia
46. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Can talk non-stop - is that a talent??
47. WHEN WERE YOU BORN? November
48. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Portland, Victoria
49. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? Not sure yet - at the moment raising my kids, and enjoying life.

Ok, now I tag: Alicia, Pam, Sara and Zane

The pics I promised...

of Suttons Beach at Redcliffe. Blogger is going to be nice and let me upload today...I hope.

I'm home with Ella today who has a tummy bug. I kept her home to get rid of it before Christmas. That wouldn't be much fun. She's sound asleep at the moment.

Here are my pics(taken with my new camera!)....

Zac, all smiles. He just loved the beach!


Ella playing in the water.


This is my niece, Melanie. Loving this photo of her!


Chat soon,
Chelle Xx

A day at Sutton's Beach

Every year we get together with our friend's, just before Christmas. We get to catch up...Santa brings the kids presents, we eat, laugh and spend a little time together, before the silly season begins!

Most years we go to Southbank, but our usual "spot" has been dug up making way for a new "Water Play" area. So, we had to find somewhere else. So, we all headed to Sutton's Beach at Redcliffe. It was a beautiful day, and the kids had heaps of fun swimming, kicking the ball and skipping. (my niece Melanie, got a skipping rope from Santa)

It was Ella's first real trip to the beach. She was only 3 months old last Christmas, so a little young for the experience. Playing in the sand and sitting on the edge and letting the waves hit her. She had heaps of fun!

We saw the parachuters land on the beach...the kids thought that was pretty cool!!

A great day was had by all...a little sunburnt, but ok! Needless to say Zac and Ella were in bed early tonight.

I can't put any pics in at the moment...Blogger won't let me. Promise i will later!