Embracing Change

OK so the wait is over and my wonderful husband has a wonderful new job and we're moving. Very soon.
Because of this, and with all the Christmas rush and family commitments I'm going to have to sign off from my blog for a while. It really is too crazy around here. I'm **hoping** to get my website updated soon (it is SO out of date and for that I apologise) and when I do I'll put any exciting news up there.

This isn't the end of the blog forever and ever... but it is for the next wee while. You should see my 'to do' list. It is longer than... a very long thing (see I have no brain to even think of a metaphor).

So, wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
I hope that this holiday season you travel safely, are able to look back on happy memories - especially those featuring loved ones now departed, and that you get to make some new happy memories too. I hope you get to be together and have a laugh with those you love.
And I hope you get to curl up with a good book and relax at some point too!

With love,
Natalie

Still more work, work, work

... I know I've been a bad blogger but there's a lot going on round here and it's taking up all my time and brain space. So I'm slowly, slowly, slowly getting my story right while I wait, wait, wait for some non-work related news.

I hate waiting.

Recovery & Preparation

OK, so we're almost all the way through the birthday season - PHEW!!!!

And November is swinging round fast which means its almost time to Nanowrimo!!!! Am so pleased to be doing it this year over at eharlequin.com.... am signing on for a novella and part of another story... except yesterday I woke up with this whole OTHER story in my head??!!!!! Gotta love it when that happens... I scrawled down copious notes to leave for later but it keeps whispering to me...

SUNNY days...

...and the week is starting to slip away from me already. School's back and this term we've gotten involved with a ton of extra-curriculr activities so its going to be busy, busy, busy - but its SUNNY and hooray the world is a beautiful place...

It is my eldest's birthday party (with all her schoolmates) on Sunday - and we have a fish'n'chip birthday dinner on Friday with good family friends and a ton of stuff to do before then (cakes are being PURCHASED this year!!!)... October is the birthday month in our house (4/6) - wonderful but exhausting and I have work to do too!

Still, its too SUNNY to panic ;)

p.s. Did I mention it's SUNNY???

Progress!!!

... so I've spent the night watching a fun movie with my hubby, making big quantities of pink playdough and baking and icing 30 odd babycakes (pink again) - plus two 'muffin' sized ones for my two wee girls - they had to have ones big enough to poke candles in because they're TWO tomorrow!!!
It is SUCH a milestone.
I don't tend to blog that much about the family because, well, its the family, but let me tell you its been a very full on couple of years - for all 6 of us. It is so lovely to see these wee pets coming along and growing into lovely little ladies.
So I spent all day in the uni library knocking poor old Luca into shape and I knocked HARD - but I really didn't want to have to work tomorrow - I want to be able to relax - just sit back (ha!) and enjoy the day with the family and friends. Happily, Luca succumbed to the pummelling and I think he looks a lot better for it - here's hoping my ed agrees... altho I think he'll probably end up with another tweak or two but that's ok... because I'm done for the night, the cakes are ready to go, the pressies wrapped and the bottles of bubbles in the fridge.

Big... Fat... YAY!!!