Have you ever been bedridden???

This week has been particularly frustrating as I have had a seriously sprained back and have spent a day AND a night in hospital.



my poor bruised arm...

I really do take my good health for granted until something like this happens. I can't do the little things I always do like pick up toys and set my bed and more than anything else it's just plain annoying. 
 


My hospital bed in the early hours...

But I am such a lucky girl... Mr C fully stepped up over the last few days, completely competent in caring for our 4 kids by himself, he's been an absolute gem of a man, not to mention the lovely back rubs of 'deep heat' (a hot muscle ointment).

And it's times like these that I'm grateful we live with my mum and I know mumma will do all she can to help Mr C hold the fort without me...

me... in bed... writing this post...

But enough of this annoying-bed-ridden-frustration, I want to get better and quickly!!!

I know that with family like mine it will be no time at all. 

I hope you are all happy and healthy...

Oh and I forgot to mention... My blissful, old best friend 'Holiday' has returned... It's going to be a wonderful two weeks...

Mrs C

xox

Fifty Shades of what???

There's nothing better on a cold, wet weekend than a warm, soft bed and a great book...

Reading now;
The Wednesday Wizard Series by Sherryl Jordan.

I was very naughty and stole number 1 from my daughter before she had finished reading it, but I've finished it and returned it and have just started book 2 Denzil's Dilemma.

The genre of these books is one that I really love, of course it started off with Harry Potter.  Since reading the 7 Harry books, I have discovered the Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo...

and now Denzil... As with Harry and  Charlie Bone, Denzil is a boy-wizard and is the mischievous apprentice of the great wizard Valvasor back in the middle ages.  This book sees Denzil get himself in to all sorts of trouble when he accidentally sends himself 700 years into the future; to a time of computers, T.V's and DVDs, cars, motorbikes and the rest.  He's lucky to land in the backyard of Samantha and her slightly wacky family who take him in... I enjoyed the quick easy read, thought it was well written and look forward to the rest of the series... I'd recommend this series to tween's of both gender's.

What I read before what I'm reading now;
I don't just read children's books, I enjoy Susan Elizabeth Phillips a lot.  Last week I was reading her novel 'What I did for love.'

Susan's novels are easy and light and they are perfect for a quick getaway of the mind when you don't have the time or energy to delve into huge epic series.  I've read a several of her novels, I found this ones plot a teeny bit predictable but enjoyable nonetheless.  Busy mum's would like this book and Susan never fails to deliver a wonderful 'happy ever after' ending.

Fifty shades of what?
No doubt anyone interested in books has heard of 'Fifty Shade of Grey'... and no, sorry, I haven't read it.  A friend told me how popular this book was about a month ago and I put it on reserve at the library where I was the 98th one to reserve it! 98th!!!  In our small town, that's a LOT of reserves. Since then I have found out more about the book... Lets face it, most romantic novels these days have sex in them... now, after hearing a lot about it, I know that this book is highly explicit. Each to their own I guess but I've chosen to not follow this hype this time, which is something I always do when it comes to books, so I cancelled my reserve and have allowed 99 to move up one lol! 

What next?
I picked up 'Delicious' by Nicky Pellegrino from the library today and I'm going to start reading it tonight.  Denzil can wait because I own the series... but for now its off to Italy and England with Nicky...

See you when I get back hehe!
Mrs C
xox

The Chill Factor...

Have you ever noticed how Winter slows everything down?  I've certainly slowed to a snail pace over the past few weeks and my creativity is all but ceased completely.

I have an amazing video for you to watch; its a train pushing its way through deep snow covered tracks down in the South of our stunning country.  It's certainly worth a watch...

Thankfully our little part of New Zealand doesn't look like this at the moment... but last year it actually snowed, mostly in Masterton we get hail, sleet and slush, but last year for 3 whole days we had actual, real, 'lets build a snow man' type snow! 

Here's some of the picts I took of the snow last year.  I hope it won't get as cold this winter, but on the other hand it was so beautiful and such a novelty for us, we had a family snow picnic... for all my life I can't remember seeing snow like this in my hometown ever!

our house...

our street...

our fence...

catch the snowball!

gumboots on the rugby field...

our mailbox...

our veranda...

at the deer park...

our first snowman ever!!!

If you're in the cold season... keep warm.  If you're in the warm season... enjoy!!!

Mrs C
xox

A Photography Post...

Well I haven't done a photography post for a while so here we go... This week I have had the opportunity to do two. The first; some family portraits for a good friend, Ruby... 

and the second; a few cultural promo Pict's for my brother and sister...

 

I'm doing a 2 day photography workshop next week, its going to be great, I plan to learn HEAPS...

Mrs C

xox

A Long Weekend...

Well I'm pretty sure that these are the last of the beautiful days seeing as yesterday was the official first day of winter...

So we are basking in the sun and enjoying ourselves with the deck doors open... Lovely!!!

This weekend we have 4 extra kids in our house = 8 kids!!! So far its been been fun fun fun!!! Movies on the big screen, Lollie's and s'mores (the real ones with Graham crackers the hershey's chocolate), the park, the pools, scavenger hunts and lots of other fun things!!!

We made the best of a beautiful day today with a little photo shoot with my brother and sister.  They're promoting themselves for something exciting coming up...

All the kids are running around in the behind me having a blast! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend too...

There is no school tomorrow thanks to the Queen and her birthday... you know I'm not much of a royalist, the social, title vs commoner, british/english thing, but I LOVE Queens birthday weekend and royalist or not, you've got to love the amazing weddings...

So Happy Birthday Your Majesty and thanks for the Public Holiday.

 

Mrs C xox