A very busy week ahead.

We are in for a very busy week this week. Lots of appointments, tradesmen coming to give quotes, Steve is away in Brissie with his mum, as she is having heart surgery this week. Mount Washmore has been tackled again this week.
So thankful for my lovely ironing lady who will come tomorrow and have it all ironed ready for us to wear this week.

I have finally been coverted to wearing these.
My girls are so impressed. I have never been a thong girl, but we did invest in some cheap rubber thongs from Big W for our big trip away. I mean when you stay in lots of different caravan parks, and use lots of different bathrooms, thongs became essential. After wearing them on and off for the past four months, we've actually found we quite enjoy wearing them, so we have now each scored a pair of these.
I kind of now know why our girls love wearing them.

I have also managed to do a couple of layouts this week.
The photos aren't too clear, but I had fun creating these couple of layouts. I think I might just have to squeeze a bit of time this week to do a couple more. I actually picked up some new photos today, so hope to get inspired.

I have also been busy this week, doing a photo book of our holiday last year. I dread to think of what it is going to cost us, so far I have over a 100 pages in my book and I still have a month of travelling to go. I am sure it will be worth it though, and I have really enjoyed putting it together, it is bringing back so many lovely memories.

Look what arrived at our place this week.
And I have to say they smell amazing, and leave a beautiful sent right through the house.
I also scored this too from my friend Jannett's party.It has been in use pretty much most of the weekend.

This also arrived in our home this afternoon.

Love it when Woolies has specials of roses and these arrive at my home.

The other great news this week, is that Chloe's car is finally fixed and home. It means no more early early starts for me, as I don't have to drop her at work before going onto work myself. It means I have an extra half hour home in the mornings.

This week I’m also pleased to bring you a slightly modified version of one of those stories that seem to find their way around the internet and into all of our inboxes. Now if you’re like me you may well find many of these mailings unfunny and useless time-wasters; but every now and then one comes along that’s inspirational, or at the very least thought provoking. I believe this is one of those and I hope you agree.

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. What food might this contain?" the mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. "There’s a mousetrap in the house! There’s a mousetrap in the house!"

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it."

The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There’s a mousetrap in the house! There’s a mousetrap in the house!"

The pig sympathized, but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers."

The mouse turned to the cow and said, "There’s a mousetrap in the house! There’s a mousetrap in the house!"

The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I’m sorry for you, but it’s no skin off my nose."

So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer’s mousetrap…alone; and that very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey.

The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital, and she returned home with a fever.

Now everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. But his wife’s sickness continued, so friends and neighbours came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.

The farmer’s wife did not get well; she died. A great many people came for her funeral, so the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.

The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and you think it doesn’t concern you remember that when one of us is threatened, we’re all at risk. We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.

Chris Peterson, one of the most respected academics in my field, was once asked to sum up positive psychology which he duly did in three words – other people matter!

Let me know what you think.....